Telepathy Applications, Benefits, and Negative Effects

Telepathy is the purported vicarious transmission of information from one person’s mind to another’s without using any known human sensory channels or…

Chakra Cleansing and Alternative Ways of Healing

Chakra must have been heard by many of us mentioned in yoga class. You’ve almost definitely heard the “New Age”…

Patanjali Yoga Sutras and Valid Reasons to Know Them

The Patanjali Yoga Sutras is a collection of Sanskrit sutras (aphorisms) on the theory and practice of yoga – 195…

84 Asanas Introduced by Lord Shiva

84 asanas; the 17th century Hatha Ratnavali provides a different list of 84 asanas, describing some of them. In the 20th…

How You Can Get the Siddhis Safely

In Indian religions, Siddhis (Sanskrit: सिद्धि siddhi; fulfillment, accomplishment) are material, paranormal, supernatural, or otherwise magical powers, abilities, and attainments that are the products of…

Kundalini Yoga Steps, Safe Practice, and Benefits

Kundalini yoga derives from kundalini, defined in Vedanta (Hinduism) as energy. It lies dormant at the base of the spine until…

Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga

Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga (अष्टांग विनयसा योग) is a style of yoga as exercise popularized by K. Pattabhi Jois during the…

Samadhi Practice for Bliss, Liberation, and Enlightenment

Samadhi (समाधि), in Hinduism, Jainism, Buddhism, Sikhism, and yogic schools, is a state of meditative consciousness. In the yogic traditions and the Buddhist commentarial tradition on which the Burmese Vipassana movement and…

Pranayama Benefits for the Mind and Body

Pranayama is the yogic practice of focusing on the breath. In Sanskrit, prana means “vital life force”, and Yama means to gain control. In yoga, breath…

Asana for Assured Spiritual and Physical Benefits

An asana is a body posture, originally and still a general term for a sitting meditation pose, and later extended in hatha yoga and modern yoga as…