Yoga Blog For Mind Body Balance | Satyanandashram Hellas

2020

Knowledge

Knowledge is a true friend There is no greater friend than knowledge in this world. In the most difficult of situations, knowledge is the only force that can really help. There is a story which illustrates this truth. Two men passing through the forest met a bear. One man ran and climbed up a tree. The second man did not know how to climb. Suddenly it struck him that bears do not disturb dead bodies,

2020

Spiritual awareness

Spiritual awareness is different from religious awareness. Spirituality has nothing to do with religion and religion has nothing to do with spirituality; they are two different paths altogether. People believe that by following a religion one can become spiritual, but that is not right. Spiritual awareness or spiritual realization is a personal experience. It is a personal effort to improve the quality of life. Therefore, a distinction must be made between spirituality and religiosity. From

2020

Yoga and Stress Management

Without stress, we would not be able to survive and function in the world. In reality, stress is like adding a pinch of salt to food to give it taste. When stress becomes unmanageable, it becomes distress, so rather than stress management, it is managing distress that is the problem. Stress is not negative; it is an important component of our existence. Even cavemen had stress, hunting wild animals and not knowing what calamities would

2020

Diwali

Can you explain the celebration of Diwali? What is the special significance of it? Diwali can be compared to Halloween, the night of the spirits. The lights are lit and displayed so that these spirits may pass on to the next realm and be free from the bondage of the earth. It is also considered to be the day when Lakshmi, the goddess of wealth according to Hindu mythology, visits and it is a day

2020

Bhakti Yoga

Bhakti yoga is the yoga of emotional management. It transforms conditioned, limiting, restricting emotions into uplifting, expansive emotions. Bhakti yoga is the journey from tamas to sattwa, from darkness to light, chaos to harmony, inertia to creativity, dullness to luminosity. Emotions are expressions of the ego. An unmanaged mind is constantly under the influence of the shatvikara or six inherent conditions of the ego: kama, desire; krodha, anger; lobha, greed; mada, arrogance; moha, infatuation; and

2020

Mudras

Mudras: happiness of pranic balance. Mudras are simple postures of the body, postures of fingers, hands, eyes, neck and stomach that alter the flow of prana shakti. When you do the Shanti Path, you bring the index finger and the thumb together in a hand mudra. By placing the fingers in this manner you are creating an energy circuit in the body so that energy is not wasted; instead, it is reinvested in the body.

2020

Rama And Navaratri

Navaratri is also associated with Rama. According to the myth, on Vijaya Dashami, the last day of Ashwin Navaratri (September/October), Rama is victorious over Ravana, and he is able to reclaim and become one with the individual self. This event is an indication of what we can aspire for. Rama personified the highest ideals that an individual can attain. The story of Rama is contained in the Ramayana, written by Valmiki, and the Ramacharitamanas, by

2020

Navaratri

Navaratri is one of the most ancient methods of recognizing the force, the shakti, the power and wisdom of God. There has been much speculation about who or what God is. However, while everyone claims to speak the truth, very few can claim to see the truth. We all have a body but also inherent in the body is the force or shakti. Where does the strength come from when you have to win a

2020

Jnana and the drashta

What is jnana yoga? It is the yoga through which spashtata, mental clarity, viveka, discrimination, and samajh, understanding, develop. These three things are the outcome of jnana yoga, as once you understand the nature of your own mind you are in a position of strength to change that nature also. One practice of jnana yoga is to become the drashta, the observer. When you are the bhokta, the enjoyer, there is no jnana in that.

2020

Nadi Shodhana Pranayama

Purpose of nadi shodhana Nadi shodhana pranayama is also a term coined by Sri Swamiji. In kriya yoga, inhalation and exhalation are known as arohan and awarohan, ascending and descending breath. In the language of classical pranayama, nadi shodhana is known as anuloma viloma, inhalation and exhalation, or anuloma and viloma, respectively. These are the names you will come across in the yogic literature: anuloma viloma and arohan awarohan. You will not find the

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