Relaxation

Harnessing the Power of Hatha Yoga

Hatha yoga is a practice that helps to unlock the power of your solar and lunar energies within. By balancing the opposite energies, you can open yourself up to a science of purification and energy channelization. This practice is believed to be able to transmute cells from gross to subtle and accelerate evolution by compressingContinue reading “Harnessing the Power of Hatha Yoga”

Beauty of Yoga

Yoga is a practice that has been around for centuries and is still relevant today due to its many benefits. People have always been fascinated with the idea of using yoga to help manage stress, reduce disease, improve health and find greater mental peace. But what exactly makes yoga so fascinating? Likes and Dislikes WhenContinue reading “Beauty of Yoga”

What is Wisdom?

Wisdom arises in the moments of pure relaxation. Wisdom is to see the things as they are and not as they appear. But to ‘see’ things are they are, cannot be accomplished from the surface layers of mind which are always agitated and disturbed and from where we normally operate. A deeply calm, subtle andContinue reading “What is Wisdom?”

What is Yoga in Nutshell

Yoga is neither an exercise nor types of mental concentration. Yoga is a simple process of calming of the mind. As we move towards calming of the mind, there is an experience of slowdown and relaxation at the level of body, breath, and psyche.

Difference between Yoga Asana and Exercise

Life has become body. We work, we enjoy, we earn, and we sleep and relax all for our body. Because of this body-centric life and the apparent involvement of body in asana, we often consider asana as an alternate form of exercise. In this article we have kept asana and exercise side-by-side to make youContinue reading “Difference between Yoga Asana and Exercise”

Yoga Based Relaxation Techniques: Reducing Sympathetic Nervous Activity

Yoga relaxation techniques stabilize the autonomic nervous system by inducing a state of inner calmness and relaxation. Autonomic nervous system regulates the vegetative functions of body responsible for the maintenance of life. These functions include respiration, digestion, heart rate, blood pressure, bowel function etc. Autonomic nervous system comprises of two nerve divisions: the sympathetic andContinue reading “Yoga Based Relaxation Techniques: Reducing Sympathetic Nervous Activity”