When we open Patañjali’s Yoga Sutras, we are immediately met with a foundational cornerstone: Yogah Citta Vṛtti Nirodhaḥ. This very first sutra holds the key to our entire journey. Contrary to popular belief, our yoga […]
Category: Yoga philosophy
Healing the heart through yoga
Through the practice of Yoga, one experiences a series of progressive transformations in the quality of the mind. We are not made up of different minds. The same mind goes […]
Action, knowledge, love – Karma, Jñāna and Bhakti – Tapas, Svādhyāya and Ishvarapranidhāna
Yoga has three facets to it. A tripod, in which even if one limb is removed, it creates an imbalance ultimately leading to a fall. These three faces are presented […]
On Suffering and Pain
Once a woman came to Gautama Buddha and told him that she had just lost her husband and that she needed help from him to get rid of the pain […]
On Will-power
We usually consider success to be the fulfilment of our desires. Yet when a desire is fulfilled there are more desires. We construe this self-satisfaction to be success and we […]
