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25
Mar

Practice Patterns 2019: Some Statistics and Practice Advice

If you’ve ever been to YogaJaya, you know that our teachers are helping the students a lot throughout the class. Occasionally a teacher may give you…

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Choice and Performance
11
Feb

Seasons of Life

“Today we live in a chaos of straight lines, in a jungle of straight lines. If you do not believe this, take the trouble to count…

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23
Jan

Ready To Change Your Life

Change has always been a challenge for me. The uncomfortable fear of the unknown, insecurity that seems to shake the ground beneath, not knowing where you…

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09
Jan

Why you may want to commit

Have you ever thought of developing the cognitive and emotional skills of a monk, but gave up after trying 2 sessions of the Headspace meditation app? Or…

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Mārjārottānāsana: The earliest known 'Cat' Pose
23
Apr

Mārjārottānāsana: The earliest known ‘cat’ pose

The earliest known description of 'Cat' pose (to date) is called Mārjārottānāsana (Upturned Cat Pose), which is described in an eighteenth-century yoga text the Haṭhābhyāsapaddhati. The image seen here is…

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Śvottānāsana- The earliest known 'Dog' Pose
15
Apr

Śvottānāsana- The earliest known ‘dog’ pose

The earliest known description (to date) of 'Dog' Pose is called Śvottānāsana (Up-turned Dog Pose) described in an eighteenth-century yoga text called the Haṭhābhyāsapaddhati.  Śvottānāsana Having…

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Yoganidrāsana- One of many Yoga Asana that prepare one for deeper meditation
02
Apr

Remembering the Restful State

Lying on the ground as a position in which meditation techniques are practiced is not new to Indian yoga traditions. As early as the 12th century,…

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14
Apr

Movement is Transformation

“I am hungry, I need to eat. But people are not realising that I need to move now. Because if I don’t move now, in a…

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29
Nov

Optimizing Health Through Yoga

Over the years of dedicated yoga practice, I have experienced my health go through a variety of fluctuations. This eventually took me into a more sensitive…

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01
Nov

The Anatomy of Yoga

In the ultimate sense, the goal of yoga (which means union) is the realisation that the individual consciousness is one with the universal consciousness. This is…

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