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What is asteya or non-stealing? How does it impact our relationship with others? What is it's relationships with integrity?
Hatha Yoga Pradeepika – Chapter 2 – Pranayama Once a yogi has perfected asanas, he should maintain a beneficial and moderate diet and practice pranayama […]
Arda-matsyendrasana is an asana where a practitioner steadies the body around the hips and twists the lower back to hold the other side.
What is brahmacaryam (sexual continence), the fourth yama or raja-yoga? Why is it important? How should it be practiced?
Hatha Yoga Pradeepika Chapter 3a– Mudra (1- 60 shlokas) Hatha Yoga Pradeepika Chapter 3a– Mudra (1 – 9 shlokas) 1.As the chief of serpents supports […]
In yoga-mudra, the practitioner sits in padmasana, then placing the hands on the heelsbends forward to touch the face to the ground.
What is aparigraha? Why is the ability to renounce possessions important to the development of a person in Yoga? What are its elements?
Hatha Yoga Pradeepika Chapter 3b– Light on Hatha Yoga (Chapter 3, 61 to 130 shlokas) Hatha Yoga Pradeepika Chapter 3b – Mudra (61 to 69 shlokas) […]
Uḍḍīyana bandha (abdominal hold) is a bandha but not an āsana. Bandha is a hold where the flow of prāṇa is obstucted to achieve higher yoga goals.
School of Yoga explains nauli-kriya (Rectus Isolation) Hatha Yoga Pradeepika on nauli-kriya; Ch 2 v 33: Sitting on the toes with heels above the ground, […]
What is diet control (mitāhāra)? Why is it an important element of self-control (yama)? What are it's elements? How can one succeed in it?
Hatha Yoga Pradeepika Chapter 4a – Samadhi (1 – 60 Shlokas) Hatha Yoga Pradeepika Chapter 4a – Samadhi (1 – 9 Shlokas) 1.Salutations to Siva, the Guru, who embodies […]
