A little while ago I found out that I was regularly mistranslating a yoga pose in my classes. You know what crow pose is, don’t you? Everyone knows what crow is. If you did a search for “‘crow pose yoga,’ you would find Bakasana – the arm balance where your knees rest on your upper arms. … Read more
how to practice mantras & their purpose A mantra is a tool for protecting the mind from the habitual, unconscious cycles of thought and action we get caught up in. In ancient Vedic philosophy, these imprints on our subconscious mind are known as samskaras. These impressions that get stored in our mind through cultural conditioning and … Read more
the nature of the sanskrit language logic and magic In the western yoga movement, it has become common to find people chanting, singing and praising God in Sanskrit as an important adjunct to a physical (raja) yoga practice. Many Indian masters have declared this form of spiritual worship (which falls under bhakti yoga) to be … Read more
meaning, benefits of powerful hand mudras “What is” Series video created by Brett Larkin for YOGI TIMES What are Mudras? Mudras, derived from Sanskrit meaning “sealing in the energy”, are elaborate hand and finger gestures which have symbolic meaning as visual language. Also known as Yoga of the hands and fingers, their energetic powers can … Read more