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PRACTICAL RELIGION: BREATHING AND MEDITATION   This article was recorded by Ida Ansell in shorthand. As, however, Swamiji's speed was too great for her in her early days, dots are put in the ar...

  The Science of Breathing (Delivered in San Francisco, March 28, 1900)   This article was recorded by Ida Ansell in shorthand. As, however, Swamiji's speed was too great for her in her ear...

Samadhi   Some other important words, which recur from time to time in the Yoga-sutras, need to be understood, though there are no exact English equivalents. As they must be used to avoid clu...

Known throughout India and the world as a form of meditation technique, the Kriya Yoga was one of the ancient types of yoga that were kept hidden in secrecy for several years.  It was only made o...

    For a lot of people, the first image that will pop into their head when they think of Yoga is a little old man in a loincloth sitting on top of a stone pillar with his legs crossed and his a...

  The circulatory system is an essential part of what keeps us going. It is also referred to as the cardio-vascular system and consists of the heart and the blood vessels. The hearts job is to pu...

Yoga is not only an extremely popular form of exercise, but depending on the form you practice, can be exciting or calming, social, meditative, energizing or relaxing. No matter which of these be...

Swami Kuvalyanand once said: “Yoga has a message for the human body, for the human mind and the human spirit.”   The above statement is true, a healthy body is the prime requisite for succe...

Yoga is a very popular form of exercising and spiritual balancing, but it is also very often understood by a lot of people.  This is almost inevitable when you consider the incredible popularity ...

Whenever we start something new, we have a certain feeling of trepidation and uncertainty of the unknown and in most cases it is completely unfounded and we get on with things very quickly and ea...