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The Harmony of the Yogas

Thursday, January 28, 2010

I was perusing through Swadharma’s vast collection of posts from its wide range of authors when I found a post called the ‘Intersection of the Four Yogas’. Sonali states how each of the four yogas is a separate path to the same goal, which is, of course, oneness with God. However, I’d like to kind [...]

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The Art of Living

Thursday, January 21, 2010

A few weeks ago, I enrolled in an Art of Living course that essentially teaches breathing techniques that are said to help alleviate stress. The breathing techniques have been created by Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, the founder of the Art of Living Foundation. The Kriya Yoga that is taught is synonymous to Karma Yoga, which [...]

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Muscling your way to enlightenment

Tuesday, January 5, 2010

“You may have the Gita in your left hand but have a football in your right.”
So said Swami Vivekananda, according to the reminiscences of A. Srinivasa Pai.
This raises an interesting and often neglected aspect of spiritual development — physical exercise. Hinduism, like most other religions, seems sedentary — after all, if sitting for years on [...]

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