We make sense of our environment through the process of perception. It typically happens through our senses: visual, auditory, olfactory, gustatory and tactile sense. We respond…
Understanding Vairagya through Mudagala Maharishi’s story
The Yogasutra of Patanjali talks about a two-fold approach to achieve chitta vritti: Abhayasa and Vairagya अभ्यासवैराग्याभ्यां तन्निरोधः॥१२॥ Abhyāsavairāgyābhyāṁ tannirodhaḥ||1.12|| Bhagavan Sri Krishna too talks…
Yoga Sutras: Insights on Memory Parallels between Yogic…
During the past century, research in psychology and neuroscience has lead to an understanding of several cognitive and neurobiological processes underlie the three stages of…
Yoga and Epigenetics An overview of recent scientific…
Numerous research works over the past few decades have shown how Yoga and meditation positively impact well-being and reduce stress. Recently, the molecular mechanisms underlying…
Decoding Stress Stress can be looked at as…
The nature of life and work is changing in this world and if there is one that seems to connect everyone, it is stress! Ask…
Yoga and Attention
One of the things that differentiate Yogis from those who are not introduced to the Yogic path is the level of attention. Yogis not just…
How to remove obstacles on the Yogic Path
In the previous post we discussed the various obstacles to the Yogic path. If there is a problem, there must be a solution. The best solutions come…
Yoga Bites: Prayer
By Smt Smrithi Adinarayanan Once Mulla Nasruddin went to a shop. He asked the shopkeeper, "Do you have nails?" The shop keeper said, "Yes". The…
Yoga and Mental Health A scientific push is…
by Varalakshmi Lakshminarayanan With growing complexities of the real and virtual world, mental health has become a significant area of interest and concern. Observing World…