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Importance of friends and community support

I like an answer from Swami Satchitananda (not 100% sure that it was him, but it doesn’t really matter):

When he was asked: “What is the difference between illness and wellness?” – He circled first letter in the first word and two first letters in the second:

illness vs. wellness

see? How neat!

I’m not sure if origin of [...]

Got good friends?

Sure your friends are the best! – So, we will talk about someone else’s friends…. OK?

I don’t need to remind you about social pressure, “pressure to be like others around you”… But then, unless you are very strong to resist such kind of pressure (and believe me it could be very strong!), you [...]

Atkins diet - is it what you think it is?

Atkins diet. I’ve heard about it – but never bothered to learn. Here is why: until today my misunderstanding about it was that it is “all you can eat stake diet”. It is not correct, although I would say – this misconception is a source of problems with it for…

critics of the diet – but [...]

Switching to vegetarian diet without gaining weight

Any significant changes in life style should be made as a result of a proper education.

One of the main mistakes people make when switching to vegetarian diet is that they simply exclude meat and fish and continue to eat everything else they did before… only now – in greater amounts. Here is why this causes [...]

Does prayer help meditation?

I just read on one of the web-sites: “It’s beneficial to begin your meditation with a prayer. Praying helps you remember why you are meditating.”

Here are my two cents:

Yoga doesn’t imply a particular sort of prayer or “belief-system”. You don’t have to be a Hindu (or Buddhist) to meditate.
Yoga doesn’t force you to be a [...]

What is the point of nude Yoga?

…just stumbled upon a mentioning of nude Yoga. Could somebody explain to me what is that and why?

Yoga for me is a personal work first of all. If I’m practicing alone – I don’t really care. And from the practical point of view – if I sweat – I would prefer sweat going [...]

Yoga practice tips: pace of the session (more on breathing)

I got a question: “what should be the pace of the practice, if pauses are needed, etc.?”

Here is my answer – it could be useful to someone else…

First of all, nowadays there are many different “types” of Yoga. Some of them are very slow and relaxing, others – fast and very physically challenging.
For example – [...]

Breath Question

Got the question by e-mail. Copy it here together with my answer – so it’s not lost and maybe useful to somebody else.

“im new to yoga.i wana know what is the right way to breath during yoga.Is it the normal way as we do.or it has some esp way like stomach in …etc.hope you get [...]

Kundalini Yoga. Transformer. All-In-One Workout. - Transform Your Body, Feed Your Soul, Change Your Life! Ana Brett, Ravi Singh

First impressions after I tried the “Kundalini Yoga. Transformer. All-In-One Workout. – Transform Your Body, Feed Your Soul, Change Your Life! Ana Brett, Ravi Singh” DVD.

Disclaimer

I’m not getting payed for DVD reviews. – I’m happy to review any Yoga or Yoga related DVD — I do it for free, and I’m also free to have [...]

A wise teacher - are you looking for one?

Teachers (Buddhas) are plenty – we just not able to recognize them. — Something along these lines I’ve heard several times already.

We all are looking for support, help in our lives, we are striving to find a wise, omnipotent, omniscient guru, who would guide us.

This often made me wonder: where do I find one? how [...]

Why variations in Yoga practice?

Some teachers would tell you that variation is not good and it’s enough to perform 12 (14, 20, …) basic asanas every session. (There are large well known chains of Yoga centers applying this approach.)

In my opinion this may be well true – especially if one is an advanced Yogi, well motivated and seeking meditative [...]

Weight loss, Yoga, Magic berries, and Illusions

One lady-friend of mine wanted to order some pills with berries (I will not put the names of the berries, links to companies selling pills, etc. – don’t want to advertise those guys). What are they promising? – Things along the lines of “do nothing, eat our pills and your body will lose weight, become [...]

Yoga practice on the road - Yoga tips

I would like to propose a few Yoga practice tips I found useful (come up with myself or found elsewhere) – for when we travel.

You are very welcome to share your own advices in the comments – I travel regularly – and will certainly appreciate helpful Yoga practice tips. I’m sure many of us who [...]

Yoga and modern science

I had a discussion with someone interested in Yoga. The discussion inspired me to write the following post (communication is private of course. But I re-write my opinion in a general way.)

Thing is that I constantly hear so many mis-interpretations of modern science these days (and read in relatively recent books) – it makes me [...]

Power of a Guru: from guiding-to-light to misleading

Here is a simple, real-life example for you:

When I was waiting for my plane, sitting in the airport today – I noticed a couple: woman and a man. She was blind and he was taking care of her. When I noticed them – man was guiding the woman from one shop/cafe stand to another and [...]

Why possibility for meditation is a bliss. And an experiment in which I almost killed myself... twice...

Let me start with an “experiment” and then move to some thoughts on meditation.

I actually didn’t plan what happened – I simply didn’t have enough knowledge. It was a discovery for me that when mind becomes very tired – it just shuts down – it stops working with signals coming from outside at least.

Yoga morning tips: colon cleansing and more

It’s a useful discussion, so, let’s not be shy about it. Below is a simple tip for colon cleansing to help Yoga practice.

Everybody knows that morning Yoga practice is the best in many respects – we will discuss the reasons in a separate post. Most obvious reasons are the following:

mind is calmer in the morning [...]

The science of self healing. Metals in Ayurveda.

This is one of my personal investigations. This is the first post in the series.

Ayurveda: The Science of Self Healing – is a book by Dr. Vasant Lad – quite a famous nowadays author of books on Ayurveda.

Here is what I found so far (I’m only starting – and will appreciate any useful comment/answer/suggestion you [...]

Yoga meets Buddhism: an important mantra to remember

I will share the mantra and story about it in the second half of the post with you. First I would like to show you what I got today into my mailbox:

Direct the six passions to God. The impulse of lust should be turned into the desire to have intercourse with Atman. Feel angry at [...]

I am drawing God...

…during a drawing class teacher comes to a little girl and asks her:

- What are you drawing?

- I’m drawing God, — the child answers.

- But nobody knows how God looks like! — teacher says.

- They will in a minute…

From a very nice talk by Sir Ken Robinson: “Do schools kill creativity?” Here:

Importance of friends and community support

Got good friends?

Atkins diet - is it what you think it is?

Switching to vegetarian diet without gaining weight

Does prayer help meditation?

What is the point of nude Yoga?

Yoga practice tips: pace of the session (more on breathing)

Breath Question

Kundalini Yoga. Transformer. All-In-One Workout. - Transform Your Body, Feed Your Soul, Change Your Life! Ana Brett, Ravi Singh

A wise teacher - are you looking for one?

Why variations in Yoga practice?

Weight loss, Yoga, Magic berries, and Illusions

Yoga practice on the road - Yoga tips

Yoga and modern science

Power of a Guru: from guiding-to-light to misleading

Why possibility for meditation is a bliss. And an experiment in which I almost killed myself... twice...

Yoga morning tips: colon cleansing and more

The science of self healing. Metals in Ayurveda.

Yoga meets Buddhism: an important mantra to remember

I am drawing God...

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