SUFFERING IS A CHOICE
Why do some people suffer even when they seem to be living comfortably, while others smile and thrive even through the most difficult situations?
Why do some people suffer even when they seem to be living comfortably, while others smile and thrive even through the most difficult situations?
With Valentine’s Day around the corner, one can say “love is in the air”. At least, the chocolate boxes and cut out heart shapes are on the grocery store shelves. The images of “love” are omnipresent as we get closer to Feb 14.
Nothing magically transforms in us on Jan 1st! There is no ‘better version’ either.
And yet, the only Adventure worth pursuing in Life, is expanding our ‘comfort zone’, our Idea of ‘Who am I’ – daily.
An article by our Yogi; Svetlana Iyer An u “Be careful what you wish for, lest it come true”-Aesop “She’s gone”. My best friend’s mother sent me a text on a September morning a few years ago. I knew immediately what it meant. My best friend of nearly 20 years (my college roommate) passed away…
I opened my eyes and the first thing I saw was my toes sticking out from the blanket. They were not cold nor hot. Examining them closer, I realized I couldn’t feel them. I wiggled them, stretched them, rotated my whole foot- all was in order.
Celebrating the auspicious handsels of nature, with most festivals of India, a significance is tied to the types of foods that are prepared corresponding to the change of seasons which tunes the type of harvest in the months to come.
“If you are depressed you are living in the past. If you are anxious you are living in the future. If you are at peace you are living in the present.” – Unknown
Meet Sam my dog, a 14 year old Jack Russell Terrier, whom we adopted 2 years back.
Yoga and Meditation: A complete Guide to understand Yoga & Meditation Realizing What is being witnessed; and Who is doing the witnessing is the Journey of Meditation. Let’s get started with the basics to understand Yoga and Meditation. If we Focus on that which is Fundamental to Existence, and base a ‘witnessing’ practice around that…
Classical Indian Thought, or rather Beyond-Thought, has held ‘Moksha’ or Liberation as the highest ideal. Not Peace. Not even Happiness. And this has remained the ideal through varied, even contrasting “Darshans’ or schools of Thought.
YOGA IS INFECTIOUS
That’s the message I’ve discovered in 2020!
When our world came to a grinding halt, we endeavoured to kickstart 21st Century Yoga as a Digital Yoga Shala. Unlimited by geography, we found a Tribe of Yogis across the world united by a singular passion to practice Yoga, Meditate and learn Philosophy.
… gives us an ideal Heart-Breath Resonance?
The simple answer is 6. But why 6?
Firstly let’s examine Breathing. I love this gem from the Classical Yoga Texts.
“a person who does not breathe fully; can never live fully!”
Here we’re talking about Prana or Livingness. But what’s the relationship between Breathing and Prana? To make matters simpler, let’s just call it Vitality.