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Yoga Life , The Power of mind


A man comes; you know he is very learned, his language is beautiful, and he speaks to you by the hour; but he does not make any impression. Another man comes, and he speaks a few words, not well arranged, ungrammatical perhaps; all the same, he makes an immense impression. Many of you have seen that. So it is evident that words alone cannot always produce an impression. Words, even thoughts contribute only one-third of the influence in making an impression, the man, two-thirds. What you call the personal magnetism of the man — that is what goes out and impresses you. 
   
 In our families there are the heads; some of them are successful, others are not. Why? We complain of others in our failures. The moment I am unsuccessful, I say, so-and-so is the cause of the failure. In failure, one does not like to confess one's own faults and weaknesses. Each person tries to hold himself faultless and lay the blame upon somebody or something else, or even on bad luck. When heads of families fail, they should ask themselves, why it is that some persons manage a family so well and others do not. Then you will find that the difference is owing to the man — his presence, his personality. 




Coming to great leaders of mankind, we always find that it was the personality of the man that counted. Now, take all the great authors of the past, the great thinkers. Really speaking, how many thoughts have they thought? Take all the writings that have been left to us by the past leaders of mankind; take each one of their books and appraise them. The real thoughts, new and genuine, that have been thought in this world up to this time, amount to only a handful. Read in their books the thoughts they have left to us. The authors do not appear to be giants to us, and yet we know that they were great giants in their days. What made them so? Not simply the thoughts they thought, neither the books they wrote, nor the speeches they made, it was something else that is now gone, that is their personality. As I have already remarked, the personality of the man is two-thirds, and his intellect, his words, are but one-third. It is the real man, the personality of the man, that runs through us. Our actions are but effects. Actions must come when the man is there; the effect is bound to follow the cause.

The ideal of all education, all training, should be this man-making. But, instead of that, we are always trying to polish up the outside. What use in polishing up the outside when there is no inside? The end and aim of all training is to make the man grow. The man who influences, who throws his magic, as it were, upon his fellow-beings, is a dynamo of power, and when that man is ready, he can do anything and everything he likes; that personality put upon anything will make it work.

Now, we see that though this is a fact, no physical laws that we know of will explain this. How can we explain it by chemical and physical knowledge? How much of oxygen, hydrogen, carbon, how many molecules in different positions, and how many cells, etc., etc. can explain this mysterious personality? And we still see, it is a fact, and not only that, it is the real man; and it is that man that lives and moves and works, it is that man that influences, moves his fellow-beings, and passes out, and his intellect and books and works are but traces left behind. Think of this. Compare the great teachers of religion with the great philosophers. The philosophers scarcely influenced anybody's inner man, and yet they wrote most marvelous books. The religious teachers, on the other hand, moved countries in their lifetime. The difference was made by personality. In the philosopher it is a faint personality that influences; in the great prophets it is tremendous. In the former we touch the intellect, in the latter we touch life. In the one case, it is simply a chemical process, putting certain chemical ingredients together which may gradually combine and under proper circumstances bring out a flash of light or may fail. In the other, it is like a torch that goes round quickly, lighting others.



The science of Yoga claims that it has discovered the laws which develop this personality, and by proper attention to those laws and methods, each one can grow and strengthen his personality 


they came to certain remarkable conclusions; that is, they made a science of it. They found out that all these, though extraordinary, are also natural; there is nothing supernatural. They are under laws just the same as any other physical phenomenon. It is not a freak of nature that a man is born with such powers. They can be systematically studied, practiced, and acquired. This science they call the science of Râja-Yoga.   



words from-

swami vivekananda


THE POWERS OF THE MIND
(Delivered at Los Angeles, California, January 8, 1900 )

Yoga Life, famous Indian Yoga Teacher

Famous Yoga Teachers of India

yoga has been an important part of Indian culture over 5000 year.there are many form of yoga karma yoga, bhakti yoga, sankhya yoga , hath yoga, astang yoga there are different types and discipline of yoga.there are many books of yoga some of them are patanjali yoga sutra, hatpardipika , gaurakshsanita etc.some famous name of yoga literature are maharishi pantanjali, sawatmaram , guru gaurakhnath who work for yoga and compile  it in there book.
United nation proclaim 21 jun  the International yoga day. Underscoring the fact that global health is a long-term development objective that requires closer international cooperation through the exchange of best practices aimed at building better individual lifestyles devoid of excesses of all kinds, Recognizing that yoga provides a holistic approach to health and well-being.

 Famous yoga guru of modern india..


BKS Iyengar-

Born: 14 December 1918 ,Died: 20 August 2014One of the most famous yoga teacher who is popular in india as well as in abroad. He is one who populariz yoga in abroad also.He gifted a version of yoga known as 'Iyengar Yoga'. He died at the age of 95 and he performed yoga in that age also.




Sri Sri Ravi Shankar-

Born: 13 May 1956 (age 61)He is the founder of art if living , he known for his famous breathing practice called 'Suddarshan kriya' He developed it when he was practicing salience for 10 days.

Baba Ramdev-

Born: 25 December 1965One of the most famous yoga teacher , he is the person who brought back yoga to the mainstream by his yoga camps.
He is the founder of patanjali yoga trust. Who is spreading awareness towards swadeshi.



jaggi vasudev -








Born: 3 September 1957he is  popularly known as sadguru, he is the founder of Isha Foundation , Isha foundation offers the yoga program around the world...A adi yogi Shiva 112 ft tall statue desined by sadguru jaggi vaudev located at Coimbatore in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.

Bikram Choudhury 



Born: February 10, 1944 in Calcutta, India. he is an Indian yoga teacher and the founder of Bikram Yoga, a form of hot yoga performed in a series of 26 hatha yoga postures done in a hot environment of 40 °C (104 °F)

Vishnudevananda Saraswati


Born: 31 December 1927, Kerala Died: 9 November 1993, Uttarakhand. Vishnudevananda Saraswati was a disciple of Sivananda Saraswati, and founder of the International Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Centres and Ashrams. He established the Sivananda Yoga Teachers’ Training Course, one of the first yoga teacher training programs in the West.




yoga Life, Lean yoga to improve your life

21 th Jun is approved as “International Yoga Day” by united nation.
“Yoga” one of the beautiful  gifts which India Gave to the world .
India who believe in the philosophy of  vasudhaiva kutumbakam  (“वसुधैव कुटुम्बकम” -The world is one family)

yoga has been an important part of Indian culture over 5000 year.there are many form of yoga karma yoga, bhakti yoga, sankhya yoga , hath yoga, astang yoga there are different types and discipline of yoga.there are many books of yoga some of them are patanjali yoga sutra, hatpardipika , gaurakshsanita etc.some famous name of yoga literature are maharishi pantanjali, sawatmaram , guru gaurakhnath who work for yoga and compile  it in there book.
United nation proclaim 21 jun  the International yoga day. Underscoring the fact that global health is a long-term development objective that requires closer international cooperation through the exchange of best practices aimed at building better individual lifestyles devoid of excesses of all kinds, Recognizing that yoga provides a holistic approach to health and well-being.


The word yoga come from the vedic Sanskrit. The term yoga has been used to variety of practices, The Hindu schools of Yoga being Bhakti Yoga, Karma Yoga, Laya Yoga and Hatha Yoga, Maharishi Patanjali is known as father of modern Yoga who wrote the sutra of yoga, Yoga Sutras of Pantajali, constitute classical Ashtanga Yoga (the eight limbs), also called Raja Yoga


Yoga is a Physical, mantel and spiritual practice which helps to 
transform body and mind.
Dhayan (Mediation) , Pranayam (Extension of breath)  and suryie namaskar (Sun Salutation) are the basics of yoga.
Daily Practice of these will help you to improve ability of your body and mind.
It  helps to raise consciousness of the mind.
It  helps you to know yourself .
It  keeps your body fit and free from illness.
It  helps you to improve your willpower.


It is the solution to many  problems.

According to maharishi Patanjali yoga is 

योग: चित्त-वृत्ति निरोध:
yogah citta-vṛtti-nirodhaḥ
 which means "Yoga is the inhibition (nirodhaḥ) of the "waves" or "disturbance" (vṛtti) of the "mind" or "consciousness” or “memory,” (citta)".Swami Vivekananda translates the sutra as "Yoga is restraining the mind-stuff (Citta) from taking various forms (Vrittis)."
In Patanjali yoga shutra there are eight limbs or aspects of yoga


SanskritEnglish
Yamamoral codes
Niyamaself-purification and study
Asanaposture
Pranayamabreath control
Pratyaharawithdrawing of the mind from the senses
Dharanaconcentration
Dhyanadeep meditation
Samadhiunion with the object of meditation

1.Yamas are ethical rules in meny religions like  Hinduism , Buddhism and Jainism and can be thought of as moral imperatives. Maharishi Patanjali listed The five yamas in Patanjali in Yoga sutra.

2.The second Limbs of Patanjali's Yoga path is called niyama, which includes habits, behaviors


3.Asana is thus a posture that one can hold for a period of time, staying relaxed, steady, comfortable and motionless.


4.Praṇayama is made out of two Sanskrit words praṇa (प्राण, breath)  and ayama (आयाम, restraining, extending, stretching) After a desired posture has been achieved, the next limb of yoga, praṇayama, which is the practice of consciously regulating breath (inhalation and exhalation) 


5.Pratyahara is a combination of two Sanskrit words prati- (the prefix प्रति-, "towards") and ahara (आहार, "bring near") Pratyahara is bringing near one's awareness and one's thoughts to within. 


6.Dharana (Sanskrit: धारणा) means concentration, introspective focus. Dharana as the sixth limb of yoga, is holding one's mind onto a particular inner state, subject or topic of one's mind.


7.Dhyana (Sanskrit: ध्यान) simply known as meditation literally means "profound contemplation" Dhyana is contemplating, reflecting on whatever Dharana has focused on.


8.Samadhi is oneness with the subject of meditation. There is no distinction, during the eighth limb of yoga, between the actor of meditation.


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Practice the yoga with India and adopt the concept of  सर्वे भवन्तु सुखिनः (Sarve Bhavantu Sukhinah)


 सर्वे भवन्तु सुखिनः

सर्वे सन्तु निरामयाः 



सर्वे भद्राणि पश्यन्तु


मा कश्चिद्दुःखभाग्भवेत् 


 शान्तिः शान्तिः शान्तिः 


Om Sarve Bhavantu Sukhinah
Sarve Santu Nir-Aamayaah
Sarve Bhadraanni Pashyantu
Maa Kashcid-Duhkha-Bhaag-Bhavet
OM Shaantih Shaantih Shaantih

Meaning:


Om , may all become happy


May all be Free from Illness.


May all  See what is Auspicious,


May no one Suffer.
OM Peace, Peace, Peace

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Come and join hand with India to make a peaceful world.
You are welcome to India to learn more about YOGA and meditation.

Yoga Life, Yoga for neck and beck pain

Yoga for neck and beck pain
We spend hours in front of our computers and phones, and the repetitive movement patterns can cause neck and shoulder strain. Neck pain is extremely common and may be caused by several factors.These include daily activities that involve repetitive forward movement patterns, poor posture, or the habit of holding your head in one position.  
Lifestyle and professions revolving around technology require us to sit crouching before a television, laptop or desktop for long duration, causing strain in our neck muscles causing Cervical , as neck pain is better known in medical terms. 


the best medicine when you wake up with a stiff neck, or you have chronic tight neck muscles?
that is yoga
With yoga you can move your neck in its six primary directions to lengthen and stretch the muscles. It can prevent chronic neck pain and treat sudden onset pain from sleeping poorly. 

some other yoga asana

Marjariasana (Cat Stretch)  


shashank asan( rabbit pose )


Savasana (Corpse Pose)


best sequence pose for neck and back relief 

Sit in vazarasan and slowly go to shashank asan( rabbit pose ) then slowly go to bhujang asan (cobra pose) and then come back to rabbit and then to vazarasan repeat 5-7 times  



hope it helps you and you get right class for Yoga for neck pain in X town for right posture and max benefit do this under guidance of teacher
Set of Yoga Posture is designed by Yoga Life AC


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Yoga Life, Why we need asana in yoga Practice


Why do we do the physical practice in yoga is it to become more flexible – both physically and mentally? Is it a just Physical Exercise? Or we need some thing else?

“asana” has become synonymous with “yoga” in the minds of most people. but it is a only one part of yoga  When yoga was introduced in the West, the postures were easy to popularize, asana practice has been easy to market but there are many other things but today we discuss Asana

Asanas, the postures practiced in yoga, comprise the third limb. In the yogic view, the body is a temple of spirit, the care of which is an important stage of our spiritual growth. Through the practice of asanas, we develop the habit of discipline and the ability to concentrate, both of which are necessary for meditation Asana is one of the most important part of yoga
But the practice of asanas is not just physical exercise rather it requires the participation of one’s whole being, with awareness of oneself in relation to the physical position and movement, the breath, relaxation of the muscles and so forth. Our real existence has three aspects body, mind, and consciousness. By doing asanas we are aiming to influence all three aspects into one harmonious whole.
According to maharishi  patanjali Asana is

                          स्थिरसुखमासनम् ॥४६॥
               An asana is what is steady and pleasant

The main purpose of Asana is to prepare oneself so that one can be steady and comfortable to sit and meditate. That’s why ultimately two most important asanas are Padmasana (Lotus pose) & Siddhasana (Perfect pose). When one is able to maintain a posture for 2-3 hours in a steady and comfortable way then one can be accepted as a master of asana.
While practicing asanas, we need relaxed and deep breathing and we need to be very much aware of posture and different stretched and contracted parts of the body while holding the posture, a yogi needs to relax the stressed parts and develop steady and comfortable posture.

But today, people often go to “yoga” classes to enhance their physical fitness only, and in most classes asanas are taught as a means of addressing the concerns of the body only but the practice of asana is also done for opening the energy channels (nadis) and psychic centers (chakras). Asana practice helps one to develop control over body and in turn by having control over the body, the mind is also controlled. When a yogi practices asana, prana in nadis flows freely and because of which there are lesser chances of disease. Because when prana flow through blocked energy channels (nadis) , it invites many diseases in the body. Stiffness in the body is due to blockages and accumulation of toxins. By opening the energy channels, prana begins to flow, toxins are removed and the body becomes light and flexible. When a yogi increases the flow of prana in the body, performing different mudras and pranayama also becomes very easy. And one can also perform very difficult asanas very easily.
And when one can be steady and comfortable to sit it helps him to mediate for a long time because meditation was the goal and asanas were a means of enhancing the capacity of the body and mind so that a person could sit in meditation for long periods with as few distractions as possible and it helps us in our yogic path it helps us to understand our self and the world and it solve the purpose of yoga the union it make union of body and mind and the union of mind and soul and the union of soul with supreme power



Yoga Life, international yoga day 21 jun

we celebrate yoga day on 21th Jun. Yoga is the most beautiful gift of India to the world. Maharishi Patangali is known as the “Father Of Yoga” . who compile the yoga sutra. 

on September 27, 2014, the Honorable Prime Minister of India Shri Narendra Modi urged the world community in his address to the 69 session of United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) to adopt an International Day of Yoga   Shri Modi said “Yoga is an invaluable gift of ancient Indian tradition. It embodies unity of mind and body; thought and action; restraint and fulfillment; harmony between man and nature and a holistic approach to health and well-being. Yoga is not about exercise but to discover the sense of oneness with ourselves, the world and Nature. By changing our lifestyle and creating consciousness, it can help us to deal with climate change. Let us work towards adopting an International Yoga Day,"  
On December 11, 2014, the 193 member UNGA approved the proposal by consensus with a record 177 co-sponsoring countries a resolution to establish 21 June as "International Day of Yoga" 


21 jun yoga day protocol
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Yoga is not only for body fitness, it also gives “Peace of mind”. Yoga has different parts like pranayama, dhayan, aashan, Samadhi etc which make our body free from illness as well as give peace of mind and improve efficiency of our body and mind. daily practice of dhayan and yoga can improve our life a lot. Yoga is not related to any religion it is related to humanity. if you are not expert of yoga, it should be practiced with the help of any yoga guru (teacher). Or you can learn this from books, Videos, or online. Try to go to a good guru/teacher for learning yoga. next International Day of Yoga 2019 will be celebrated on Friday, 21 June


12 poses of Surya Namaskar for daily practice

 Practice 2-4 sets (10-15 minutes) of Surya Namaskar daily in the morning and feel the change.
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There are many ashrams (/school) for yoga in India. Some of them are in Rishikesh , Haridwar, Maysore, Goa, Dharamsala etc.


Yoga Life, Basic rules of yoga practice

Basic rules of yoga practice


1. Aim should be clear why you want to do yoga.. yoga can be done for spiritual benefits or for health benefits...

2. Select Proper time and place for yoga practice it is important factor of yoga practice.
3. Don't start yoga practice without Proper training or without good teacher..
4. Before starting yogic practice read good books of yoga to make your mind clear ...
5.To get success in yoga practice follow yogic philosophy also . Only practice of ashan is not enough..
6. Always take yogic diets..without proper yogic diets all yoga practice is useless..during yoga practice avoid smoking, alcohol and nonveg.
7.best time to practice yoga is morning 4 am to 6 am or before sun rise.. it will give result soon..
8.for best result do practice in supervision of a good teacher...


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