Most people are familiar with yoga in the sense of the physical movements. However, yoga is much broader than the mainstream classes that we might have become accustomed to. The word “yoga” comes from the Sanskrit language and translates to “unity”. Yoga itself comes from...
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When you hear the word “meditation”, do you think of a sage sitting cross legged, eyes closed, breathing deeply, and perhaps, levitating (or trying to)? Meditation is often linked to religions and movements such as Buddhism, Hinduism, or the Brahmakumaris. Each might have a version...
Raja yoga, also knows as Ashtanga yoga, is known to have eight limbs which is also known as the “eight-fold path”. “Ashtanga” literally means ashta=eight and anga=limb. The eight limbs are identified and described below: Yamas – our personal ethical standards and how we carry...
There are known to be 196 Yoga Sutras of Patanjali. “Sutras” in Sanskrit translates to “thread” in English. I think of them as guidelines designed to help me live a peaceful life. As I read and processed the translations of Yoga Sutras in Sanskrit, the...