Students of yoga often react when I tell them that yoga is about controlling the mind. It challenges their understanding. The mind cannot be controlled. But the mind is at the heart of the yogic path. Interestingly, neuroscience is also beginning to echo what yogis have...
Dear friends, When I was in my mid-thirties, I was diagnosed with a cyst on my ovary. That experience sent me on a healing journey that changed my life. Along the way, I discovered something surprising....
Tim Almond is a Yoga Pranala graduate from Perth, Australia, with an amazing life story. “ I am from Australia. I was in the military for 13 years with the Royal Australian Navy Clearance Diving Teams. I then left the military to start a personal training...
I have recently been practicing an amazing and very effective technique of yoga for the brain. Practicing this technique increases oxygen and blood flow to the brain. This causes an increase in brain function. It is a very old technique that is still nowadays practiced in some...
Hasta mudras mean hand gestures adopted during asana, pranayama and meditation that directs flow of energy into our body. According to the Tantras these mudra yoga techniques stimulate different areas of the brain. “(Sanskrit: , lit. “seal”) is a symbolic or ritual gesture in Hinduism and...
Yoga therapy aims at cleansing and purifying the body and mind but more importantly at connecting us with our higher self. Yoga therapy teaches us to regard the experience of illness as a challenge not to be feared and as an important teacher for the...
New students to yoga are often surprised or even alarmed when strong emotions arise either during, or after, a yoga class. However, as we become more experienced we start to understand that this is the gift that yoga offers us. Yoga is often presented as a...
As we get ready to begin another new year, let us take a moment to ponder on how balanced our life has been in 2012. Have we been able to commit sufficient energy to both work and personal life? Do we have special memories of...