Archive for February, 2009
Loving the Lotus
I grew up in Southern California during the 1970s, so I’ve endured just about every New Agey self-helpy spirituality trend you can imagine. (Tony Robbins himself lived right down the street, for crying out loud.) By the time I left for college, my eye-rolling skills were superb, and I had no patience for anything that [...]
Breathe through the nose!
Article courtsey : www.yogameditation.com/ Bindu Magazine
http://www.yogameditation.com/articles/issues_of_bindu/bindu_13/breathe_through_the_nose
By Eddie Weitzberg, M.D. Ph.D., Karolinska Institute
Nitric Oxide (NO) is a gas previously regarded as an environmental pollutant. The gas is formed by combustion and is present in high concentrations in, among other things, cigarette smoke and car exhaust fumes. It was therefore quite sensational when it became apparent that [...]
Savasana
Article courtsey : www.yogameditation.com/ Bindu Magazine
http://www.yogameditation.com/articles/issues_of_bindu/bindu_7/savasana
By : Robert Nilsson
A paradox within yoga is that some of the most advanced and deep-reaching techniques are so simple that if you only read the instructions in a book, then the chance of obtaining a genuine experience is very small. At some point or other it is a good [...]
Being Lonely is Bad for Your Health
Source : http://nutritionresearchcenter.org/
A recent psychology finding states that chronic loneliness belongs among health risk factors such as smoking, obesity or lack of exercise.1
The mind-body connection is not to be underestimated because when emotions are out of balance then the body responds. Although it is popularly understood that stress can cause heart problems and nervousness can cause [...]
Yoga for the Eyes
The human eye is nature’s most sophisticated camera. And sight is the result of an intricate mechanism within this camera. To understand problems of sight, it is necessary to peek within the eye and see this mechanism at work.
Our eyeball comprises three layers—sclerotic or the outer layer, choroid or the middle layer and retina or [...]
The Source of Energy - a meditation from the Tantric Kriya Yoga
Article courtsey : www.yogameditation.com/ Bindu Magazine
Do you meditate when you simply sit down, close your eyes and let go?”
Hardly - a few might succeed in relaxing a little, but you can easily become caught in the illusion that you meditate, when instead you lose yourself in thoughts, or simply doze without going deep.
A method is [...]
Shoulderstand - a pose for the whole body
Article Coursey : http://www.yogameditation.com/articles/issues_of_bindu/bindu_6/shoulderstand
Author : Franz Jervidalo
What is this pose good for?” is one of the most frequently asked questions in the yoga class.“Find out for yourself. Experience the pose while you are in it,” is a tempting reply. When there is knowledge beforehand then one is pinned to some particular expected effects, and [...]
Why Now is Time Start Meditation
Source : http://www.empowher.com/
Years ago when I was a yoga teacher, I was facilitating a class in meditation and was looking around to see how people were doing. One person in the class looked completely freaked out, distracted, and utterly puckered up. Tight. Resisting with every fiber of her being. I walked over to her, and whispered, [...]
How to Conquer Fear ?
Dr. Rick Levy
Fear is rampant in today’s society. You have the power to banish fear from your life, and you should resolve to do so because of its highly destructive nature. If it is allowed to go unchecked it will paralyze your efforts to succeed and eventually cause illness in your mind and body. Moreover, [...]
Miracles of Yoga in Improving Memory Power
When you fail to remember something, which you have read, heard or seen and cannot remember despite several efforts then it is called loss of memory power or forgetful-ness. People of all age groups are suffering due to this problem. There are a number of reasons for this problem. For example, mental tension, excessive mental [...]