Yoga is a way of life

Yoga is a way of life

Yoga is Divine and about attaining a blissful state of being. Through the development of your body, mind and psychic potencies, you gain physical strength, beauty, health and spiritual consciousness. Yoga techniques — Asana, Kriya, Pranayama, Bhavana calm the mind, offers clarity of thought, objectivity, and an overall balance in your personality.

The word yoga is derived from Sanskrit ‘Yuj’- which means ‘to unite or integrate’. It is a practical method for making your life meaningful, useful and noble. The practice of yoga helps your body become active and vibrant. Most importantly, yoga helps to keep your body and mind in tune with the essence of your soul, and the beauty is in the fine blend of the three.

To attain this harmonious blend, constant practice without interruption and effort (abhyasa) is required. With the right attitude and determination, you must reach what I call, a certain climax, in your effort. When we practice yoga, we have to be aware of what we are experiencing, whether certain feeling are being generated. If we do not get into the spirit of whatever is being done the impact is lost.

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Yoga for All

Yoga for All

Offers individualized instruction; rather than instructor lead classes. Our program enables students to practice with a teacher who has taken the time to learn each student’s situation and objectives. The instruction offered is centered on the evolving needs and goals of the student. At YOGA for ALL, the student plays a meaningful role in developing personalized tools for transformation.

The purpose of the practice Yoga Daily is not to be lost in aesthetic beauty, nor in pushing physical limits, but in specific effects on the breath that enable us to dissolve limitations. There are actually infinite ways to practice for endless possibilities. When the breath shifts properly, the mind transforms its conditioned pattern, sanctioning a full and aware participation of the body-breath-mind relationship. It is through alert attention to this trinity that we may come to know our true freedom. Anyone, at any age, in any condition, can make use of this practice.

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Why do yoga?

The short answer is that yoga makes you feel better. Practicing the postures, breathing exercises and meditation makes you healthier in body, mind and spirit. Yoga lets you tune in, chill out, shape up — all at the same time.

For many people, that’s enough of an answer. But there’s more if you’re interested.

For starters, yoga is good for what ails you. Specifically, research shows that yoga helps manage or control anxiety, arthritis, asthma, back pain, blood pressure, carpal tunnel syndrome, chronic fatigue, depression, diabetes, epilepsy, headaches, heart disease, multiple sclerosis, stress and other conditions and diseases. What’s more, yoga:

Improves muscle tone, flexibility, strength and stamina

Reduces stress and tension

Boosts self esteem

Improves concentration and creativity

Lowers fat

Improves circulation

Stimulates the immune system

Creates sense of well being and calm.

We have long known the benefits of yoga, and another study confirms once again that the ancient practice is great for stress reduction. One of the other more obvious benefits of yoga is flexibility, but it also increases strength, improves posture, decreases back pain, and improves lung capacity — an unsung benefit of the practice, especially for endurance athletes.

Sahaj Samadhi Meditation Mantra

The peace and happiness we feverishly seek in the world are already contained within us, covered only by the clouds of stress and strain. These clouds are lifted with Sahaj Samadhi meditation – a gift of wisdom from Sri Sri Ravi Shankar. This is a mantra-based meditation. You can learn this meditation with the personal instruction offered at Art of Living centres worldwide. The power of mantra provides a rest much deeper than sleep.

Sahaj Samadhi Meditation is a natural and graceful system of effortless meditation. The chanting of mantra through Sahaj Samadhi Meditation Mantra allows the conscious mind to settle deeply into itself. And when the mind settles down, it lets go of all tension and stress and centres itself in the present moment. It is only in the present moment that we find true happiness; those moments when we are free from regrets about the past or anxiety about the future. Sahaj means natural. Samadhi means enlightenment. Our inner nature is available naturally through this mantra meditation.

Everyone has experienced this meditative state in certain moments of deep joy and happiness, perhaps on a vacation or when you are completely engrossed in an activity. Just for a moment the mind becomes so light and at ease. We have such moments and want to repeat them, but don’t know how. Learning this powerful mantra-based Sahaj Samadhimeditation gives us the ability to recreate this feeling of ease, of calm alertness, in the midst of busy daily life.

Sahaj Samadhi Meditation Mantra

EFFORTLESS PATH TO TRUE RELAXATION THROUGH MEDITATION

Everyone has experienced a meditative state in moments of deep joy, or when completely engrossed in an activity, when just for a moment the mind becomes so light and at ease. While we have such moments, we are unable to repeat them at will. The Sahaj Samadhi course teaches you how. This meditation technique almost instantly alleviates the practitioner from stress-related problems, deeply relaxes the mind and rejuvenates the system.

Sahaj is a Sanskrit word that means natural or effortless. Samadhi is a deep, blissful, meditative state. Sahaj Samadhi meditation is a natural, effortless system of meditation.

Regular practise of the Sahaj Samadhi can totally transform the quality of one’s life, by culturing the system to maintain the peace, energy and expanded awareness throughout the day. These meditation techniques combined with yogic practises can ensure good health and a calm mind.

Meditation allows the conscious mind to settle deeply in the Self, giving it rest

When the mind settles down, it lets go of all tension, making one healthy and focused

How does Sahaj Samadhi meditation work?

The participant is taught to use a simple sound mentally which allows the mind to settle down and go within. When the mind and nervous system are allowed to repose a few moments in the profound silence, the blocks that clog the system and our progress gradually dissolve.

How does reposing in the Self help in day-to-day life

When a river is calm, its reflection is clearer. When the mind is calm, there is greater clarity in the field of expression. Our powers of observation, perception and expression improve. As a result we are able to communicate effectively and clearly.

Why do I need a mantra?

In Sanskrit, a mantra is described as, “Manana trayate iti mantra.”. Iti Mantra is that which saves you from repetitiveness. A repetitive thought is a worry. Mantras help to free you from worries.