Bharat Thakur guides you through the practices of this ancient Indian discipline In the past, I have explained the yoga sutras or aphorisms on postures, breath regulation and the mind. Patanjali who ...

A single rope lying in the dark. The moment you think, 'It's a snake!', you break out in a cold sweat.But there was no snake there to begin with.Even though the snake didn't exist, the cold sweat was ...

The practice of yoga is about the body and mind. And the oldest book on yoga, the "Yoga Sutra Of Patanjali," talks about finding relief from pain. Pain trickles down from the mind to the heart to the ...

This article looks at origins and philosophy of yoga, asking, what was the true and original purpose of yoga? A darshana is an outlook, a philosophy, literally, a “vision.” The term darshana is ...

Each morning at 5, senior yoga therapy consultant Shri S Sridharan of Krishnamacharya Yoga Mandiram, Chennai, an institute of yoga and yogic studies, spreads out his mauve yoga mat in the lush lawn ...

You are calm on the mat, but once it ends, the anxiety comes rushing back. Have you ever noticed this about yourself, even ...

Yoga, as it is beamed through television channels today, is not what was written by Patanjali in the first centuries of the Common Era. Consisting of fewer than two hundred verses, the Yoga Sutra has ...

Jal Neti is a technique to clean the nasal passage, nasal path to the throat, just like any other part of the body. It helps in breathing exercises and clears the blockage of the breathing passage.