The Way We Eat
The way we eat can be just as important as the food we eat! People who overeat are robbing their body of energy as their energy is used to process the extra food. People who eat fast are creating stressful … Continue reading →
Holistic Dani
The Yogic Diet and the 3 Gunas of Nature
Yoga is the only science that has laid great emphasis on food over centuries. In fact, there is a whole branch – called Anna Yoga – devoted to food for health and happiness. Yoga over centuries has developed a concept … Continue reading →
Yoga Cleansing (Shat Kriyas)
Yoga has considered internal purification of the human body in depth. The shuddhikriyas (Cleansing Processes mentioned in the Niyamas of the 8 Limbs of Yoga) are intended to help to achieve total purification of the body. The organs where there … Continue reading →
Meditation
Meditation Meditation is the art of finding peace and happiness within by using simple methods of calming and stabilising our minds. Modern life can be stressful and busy. Most of the time we are carried along by the force of … Continue reading →
The Principles of Yoga
There are hundreds or more of styles and techniques and therefore as many different Yogas. In order to simplify and clarify the vast science of Yoga can be put into principles which are easy to understand and to include in … Continue reading →
What is Yoga?
Yoga Means Union. It has links with the English word Yoke. Although many people think this term refers to union between body and mind, or body, mind and spirit, the traditional acceptance is union between the Jivatman and Paramatman that … Continue reading →
Pranayama Exercises
While practising Pranayama: It is a good idea to imagine the breath as a colour, maybe a bright energetic yellow as it fills your lungs. Then imagine your exhaling air to be a stale colour such as brown, ridding your … Continue reading →
Pranayama …Yogic Breathing
The Power of Breathing The lungs are to the body what the bellows are to the fires of the forge. The more regularly and vigorously that the air is forced through the bellows and through the lungs, the livelier burns … Continue reading →
Hatha Yoga
What we commonly call yoga in the West is technically Hatha Yoga. Hatha Yoga attains the union of mind-body-spirit though a practice of asana (yoga postures), pranayama (yoga breathing), mudra (body gestures) and shatkriya (internal cleansings). These body-centred practices are … Continue reading →
An Inspirational Story – The Deer
I’d like to share this story with you. I first heard this story during a Yoga class and it has made a lasting impression on me, helping me through some of life’s hurdles. The story is about a deer who … Continue reading →