Telepathy Applications, Benefits, and Negative Effects

Telepathy is the purported vicarious transmission of information from one person’s mind to another’s without using any known human sensory channels or…

84 Asanas Introduced by Lord Shiva

84 asanas; the 17th century Hatha Ratnavali provides a different list of 84 asanas, describing some of them. In the 20th…

Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga

Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga (अष्टांग विनयसा योग) is a style of yoga as exercise popularized by K. Pattabhi Jois during the…

Asana for Assured Spiritual and Physical Benefits

An asana is a body posture, originally and still a general term for a sitting meditation pose, and later extended in hatha yoga and modern yoga as…

Niyamas: The List of “Do These” To Live Well

The Niyamas (नियम) are positive duties or observances. In Indian traditions, particularly Yoga, niyamas and their complement, Yamas, are recommended activities and habits for…

Dhyana Yoga For Anxiety, Anger, and Irritability

Dhyana yoga in Hinduism means contemplation and meditation. Dhyana is taken up in Yoga practices and is a means to Samadhi and self-knowledge. The various…

Pratyahara and Unique Benefits

Pratyahara (Sanskrit: प्रत्याहार) or the withdrawal of the senses is the fifth element among the Eight stages of Patanjali’s Ashtanga Yoga, as…

Dharana Yoga, Techniques, Practice and Benefits

Dharana yoga (Sanskrit: धारणा योग) is translated as “collection or concentration of the mind (joined with the retention of breath)”,…

Jnana Yoga Practices and Benefits

Jnana Yoga (Sanskrit: ज्ञान योग) is the process of converting intellectual knowledge into practical wisdom. It is a discovery of…

Bhakti Yoga Concept, Practices, and Benefits

Bhakti yoga (Sanskrit: भक्ती योग), literally the path of Bhakti, is a spiritual path or spiritual practice within Hinduism focused on loving devotion towards any personal…