Category: Yoga (Page 2 of 8)

I have been writing a series of articles on the ethical base of yoga, known as Yama and Niyama.  There are five principles of Yama, and these instruct a person to restrain his or her conduct in order to remain in harmony with the external environment and society.  The five points of Niyama are practices that a spiritual aspirant adopts in order to get internal harmony and purification.  My latest article in this series is about achieving thorough contentment which in yoga is known as santosha or santos’a.  You can read the article on this site by pressing this link.

Our daily conduct has a big impact on our capacity to meditate and to reach higher states of consciousness. That’s why the base of yoga is good conduct or the practice of Yama and Niyama.  I am in the process of writing a series of articles explaining these guidelines for good conduct, and just completed an article on Shaoca, explaining the role of cleanliness and purity in the quest for human perfection.  You can read the article by clicking this link.

I just wrote a new article in my series on Yama and Niyama, the ethical principles of yoga. This time I wrote on Aparigraha, the principle of reducing luxuries and living a more simple life.  You can see the article on this site, and if you like it please share it with friends.

Presently I have been offering a weekly yoga-meditation class and monthly seminars at the Ananda Liina Yoga and Meditation Center in Urbana, IL. Starting on March 21 I am adding another program, a weekly class in meditation and the philosophy that supports the practice of yoga and meditation.  I will be explaining yoga’s theory of creation, the layers of the mind, the law of karma and other topics as well as giving tips on meditation.  You can find out more by visiting the Ananda Liina website