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Love Of Life - A Klesha

Ahara (food), Nidra (sleep), Bhaya (fear), are accepted in Indian literature as characteristics of all living creatures.

Critical Role Of Clarity In Thoughts And Actions

As we age, we suffer from aches and pains and promptly hope and expect some medicines to do the job of pain relief.

Feelings

In our country, the culture is very strong.

Uplifting The Mind is More Important

As we get up in the morning, there is calm, quiet around - we have had a rested time, we are at peace, we are looking forward to the day enthusiastically.

How I Overcame Anger-Frustration-Depression

I am sharing two personal experiences of how yoga has helped me control my mind.

The Power Of Vulnerability

I feel fear.

Objectivity - The Road To Happiness

Objectivity, as we understand, is an unbiased viewpoint - a relaxed state where one’s view is not coloured by overriding emotions.

Abhay Daan

Talk by Smt. Hansaji J. Yogendra 

The Yoga Institute - Life Maker

I Joined 7-Month Teacher Training Course at The Yoga Institute with a lot of reservation, mainly because of my age.

Passing The Baton

Dr. Jayadeva had a huge pair of shoes to fill - his father’s. Shri Yogendraji had laid the foundations of the work to be done and informed his son, Jayadeva, now coming of age, that the responsibility of spreading the word of yoga now lay on his young shoulders.

The Mystic Who Transformed a Disease into Your Guru

If someone asks me to sum up my impressions about Dr. Jayadeva, I would say that he was a mystic householder who has transformed the lives of thousands. If his illustrious father, Shri Yogendraji was a Householder Yogi, Dr. Jayadeva was a Householder Mystic to me.

Fearlessness 

Dr. Jayadeva Yogendra in Parisamvada.

Tension v/s Relaxation

My association with The Yoga Institute began in 2001 when I joined the 21-Days Better Living Course.

Glamourizing Yoga

The entire approach to this subject of yoga is very different all over the world.

Gladrags And Yoga

Mrs. Arni Sapkal is in her late 30s, married, and has a cute 7-year old daughter. She is one of us and this is her story.

Self - Love

There is something within me that emits a signal that I am not okay. It is like a black hole in my consciousness.

A Bouquet Of Scriptural Tales

Satyakama Jabala (Chandogya Upanishad)

A Journey- From Student To Teacher

One day while watching the gorgeous sunset from my balcony in UAE (where I have moved to recently), my twenty years of association with The Yoga Institute just rolled like a movie reel in front of my eyes.

Hatha Yoga

Hatha Yoga, while acknowledging its relation to Raja Yoga ( Patanjala Samkhya), did not stick to the meaning of the word yoga as given by Patanjali (Yuj Samadhau).

Are You in a Hurry to Die?

An encounter with Tirumalai Krishnamacharya, a Hatha Yogi par excellence.

Story Of A Cancer Patient

This is a unique story of a cancer patient, who underwent two major cancer operations and whose case is kept as a case study in the S.L Raheja Hospital, Mahim, by none less than Dr. S. H. Advani, one of the most reputed oncology doctors in Asia, who is also Padmabhushan and Padmashri awardee.

Choose to be Strong

Few weeks back, the Satsang topic at The Yoga Institute was “Depression the Killer”.

Transcend Your Environment

The human mind is influenced and affected by all the things that surround it.

Yoga At Sea

He was the Captain of a cargo ship.

From The Archives Of Yoga And Total Health

No Embellishments

Developing Emotions

What is the difference between us human beings and a machine? Machines also work and we humans also work.

Reaching Excellence

We have this word Aishwarya which means excellence. Infact, Aishwarya means the ultimate state of excellence. This is against the other kind of state of weakness.

Yogis Of India

Raja Bharthari was a Nath Panth Yogi, and also a ruler of Ujjain in the 1st Century B.C. He was the eldest son of King Gandharva Sen, and was renowned as a just ruler, a poet and a Yogi.

Gita And Food

In the Bhagavad Gita much importance is given to food. This includes eating, drinking, way of living, etc.

Arrogance, My Shield

I have slowly built a wall around myself, brick by brick, Every time someone comes to break it, I unknowingly make it harder for others.