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You may have read of people doing 108 Sun Salutations (Surya Namaskar) at the time of the spring equinox, or own mala with 108 beads. Here's why the number is considered so auspicious.
Head-of-the-Knee Pose fosters flexibility in the hamstrings and spine while calming the nervous system.
The Indian philosopher Abhinavagupta describes rasa as “the self tasting the self.”
If you have attended even one yoga class, it is a familiar gesture: the drawing together of one’s palms at the heart.
This contemplation meditation is an opportunity to focus "thinking mind" on the mystery of being.
Dive into Sun Salutations with Shiva Rea and discover the sequences, mantras, and mudras that originally accompanied this simple yet powerful ancient practice.
Within yoga, a different guide is needed—one that charts the landscape of the self. The koshas, “layers” or “sheaths,” make up one such map, charted by yogic sages some 3,000 years ago.
When we’re in tune with ourselves, says Rea, we get a clear-eyed view of our positive and negative habits, our sense of what’s right and wrong for us, and the places we are in or out of balance.
Ishvara pranidhana is not about what your yoga can do for you, but about approaching your practice in the spirit of offering.
In the Hindu tradition, gods and goddesses dance as a way of expressing the dynamic energy of life.
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