Aatm Yogashala

Muladhara : There are seven chakras, or energy centers, in the body that become blocked by longheld tension and low self-esteem. But practicing poses that correspond to each chakra can release these blocks and clear the path to higher consciousness. "The first centre is called the Muladhara centre. It has four petals (sub-plexuses), is placed below the triangular bone, and is responsible on the physical level of the manifestation of the pelvic plexus which looks after all our excretion, inclusive of sex activity. When the Kundalini rises, then this centre becomes inactive in the excretion functions but active in the support of the rising of the Kundalini. Though the Kundalini has to rise through six centres, the first centre of Muladhara protects the purity of chastity of the Kundalini at the time of its awakening Mūla = Root, Origin, Essence Ādhāra = Basis, Foundation Just as the womb of the mother creates the basic requirement for the growth of the embryo, the Mūlā...

Basics first—the key to lose weight is to eat comparatively lesser calories than you burn without losing out essential nutrients. Sure, most people can manage to eat a bit lesser calories but if you want to lose weight in the healthiest possible way then being a little choosy about selecting what you eat is a must. Vegetables, in general, have low calories. Plus, they are rich in fibre and water content and also offer a wide range of nutrients that help you stay healthy 1. Cabbage (Patta gobi) : Easily available in the market, cabbage is a super food and a dietary staple in most parts of the world. Most importantly, it is one vegetable that you can count on while counting calories. One cup of sliced cabbage will not give you more than 24 calories. It also contains good amount of fibre (2gm in one cup), loads of vitamins along with other minerals like calcium and iron. 2. Spinach (Palak) :This leafy vegetable tops the list of foods you should have while on a weight loss diet. ...

Rishikesh is  a  capital of yoga (Aatm Prakash Maharaj ji ,shivananda  . Maharishi Mahesh Yogi ji ,Yogi kailashananda maharaj ji .Yogi Taat wale baba ji. Yogi moni baba ji) are big sage was practice and meditate  in Rishikesh. Swami shivananda ; Sivananda was born Kuppuswamy in Pattamadai near Tirunelveli in Tamil Nadu, India, as the third son to his parents on 8 September 1887. As a child he was very active and promising in academics and gymnastics. He attended medical school in Tanjore, where he excelled. He ran a medical journal called Ambrosia during this period. Upon graduation he practised medicine and worked as a doctor in Malaya for ten years, with a reputation for providing free treatment to poor patients. Over time, a sense that medicine was healing on a superficial level grew in him, urging him to look elsewhere to fill the void, and in 1923 he left Malaya and returned to India to pursue a spiritual quest.Initiation.Upon his return to India in 1924, ...

When great trees fall, rocks on distant hills shudder, lions hunker down in tall grasses, and even elephants lumber after safety. When great trees fall in forests, small things recoil into silence, their senses eroded beyond fear. When great souls die, the air around us becomes light, rare, sterile. We breathe, briefly. Our eyes, briefly, see with a hurtful clarity. Our memory, suddenly sharpened, examines, gnaws on kind words unsaid, promised walks never taken. Great souls die and our reality, bound to them, takes leave of us. Our souls, dependent upon their nurture, now shrink, wizened. Our minds, formed and informed by their radiance, fall away. We are not so much maddened as reduced to the unutterable ignorance of dark, cold caves. And when great souls die, after a period peace blooms, slowly and always irregularly. Spaces fill with a kind of soothing electric vibration. Our senses, restored, never to be the same, whisper to us. They existed. They existed. We can be. Be and be...

There’s a lot to learn about the human body and it's easy to get overwhelmed. As a yoga teacher, it’s helpful to remember that the biggest reason to discuss anatomy is to facilitate healthy practice and help students understand what’s going on in the body. If you’re not sure where to start, here are some key aspects of anatomy that are helpful to know. One note: When I say “major” in the list below, it refers to the more commonly-used parts of the body versus every little bone or muscle contained therein. This doesn’t mean you may not want to learn this additional information; it means it’s a place to start. 1. Major movements of the body. Yoga is a practice of connecting movement to breath. "Movement" can be described in various ways, but in order to understand it from an anatomical perspective, we need to know the planes of the body and how moving different body parts create actions such as flexion, extension, and internal and external rotation. The challenge is...

Do not train a child to learn by force or harshness; but direct them to it by what amuses their minds, so that you may be better able to discover with accuracy the peculiar bent of the genius of each.”       by ;  ( happy faces foundation ) “Ideally, what should be said to every child, repeatedly, throughout his or her school life is something like this: 'You are in the process of being indoctrinated. We have not yet evolved a system of education that is not a system of indoctrination. We are sorry, but it is the best we can do. What you are being taught here is an amalgam of current prejudice and the choices of this particular culture. The slightest look at history will show how impermanent these must be. You are being taught by people who have been able to accommodate themselves to a regime of thought laid down by their predecessors. It is a self-perpetuating system. Those of you who are more robust and individual than others will be encouraged to l...

Removing the veil. Referring to pranayama, Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras (2:52) state: Tatah kshiyate prakasavaranam – “Thence the covering of the light is destroyed.” Here the covering refers to that which obscures the chitta, consciousness, of the individual. Chitta is essentially pure, being itself made up of sattwa, but is obscured by rajas and tamas, just as fire is enveloped by smoke. This amalgamation of rajas and tamas constitutes the covering or veil which is removed by the regular practice of pranayama. Thus it is said that pranayama purifies the consciousness, and once revealed, the light of knowledge shines. Propelled by rajas and tamas, and entranced by the magic panorama of desire, the individual has made countless efforts to attain the coveted objects, and escape the unpleasant. This accumulated karma of the yogi binds him to repeated births and deaths. The pure essence, which is luminous by nature, becomes covered by these karmas and the jiva, individual soul, is dir...

“Feelings come and go like clouds in a windy sky. Conscious breathing is my anchor “It is never too late to turn on the light. Your ability to break an unhealthy habit or turn off an old tape doesn't depend on how long it has been running; a shift in perspective doesn't depend on how long you've held on to the old view.  When you flip the switch in that attic, it doesn't matter whether its been dark for ten minutes, ten years or ten decades.  The light still illuminates the room and banishes the murkiness, letting you see the things you couldn't see before. Its never too late to take a moment to look.”                                                                                                          ...

“we need to always smile"  because    smiling face giving happiness in our life   "We need more smiles" to brighten up our day,  "We need more love", to supersede hatred,  -We need more strength,  to resist our weaknesses,  -We need more inspiration,  to lighten up our inner mind.  -We need more learning,  to erase our ignorance,  - we need to learn more our traditional to make happy to everyone . -We need more wisdom,  to live longer and happier,  -We need more truths, to suppress deceptions,  -We need more health,  to enjoy our wealth,  -We need more peace, to stay in harmony with our brethren  -We need more hero's, and not zero's,  -We need more change of ourselves, to change the lives of others,  -We need more understanding,  to tackle our misunderstanding,  -We need more sympathy,  not apathy,  -We...

The "Sahanavavatu mantra" is one of the shaanti (peace) mantras which has its origins in the Taittiriya Upanisad. This mantra is often used as a "universal" prayer, to send the message of peace and prosperity. The mantra may also be used to invoke God's blessings for harmony amongst teacher(s) and student(s). AUM saha navavatu, saha nau bhunaktu Saha veeryam karvaavahai Tejasvi naa vadhita mastu maa vid vishaa va hai AUM shaantih, shaantih, shaantih.                            Meaning of the Sahanavavatu Mantra                 Let us together (-saha) be protected (-na vavatu) and let us together be nourished (-bhunaktu) by God's blessings. Let us together join our mental forces in strength (-veeryam) for the benefit of humanity (-karvaa vahai). Let our efforts at learning be luminous (-tejasvi) and filled with joy, and endowed with the force of purpose (-vadh...

Ashtanga practice is traditionally begun with the recitation of the mantra. What we call the Ashtanga Mantra is really two shlokas (verses) from different sources. The first is a verse from the "Yoga Taravali" by Sri Shankaracharya (one of the most important saints of India, a yoga master and proponent of Advaita Vedanta, a non-dualist Eastern philosophy) and the second verse is from a longer prayer to Patanjali, who compiled the Yoga Sutras (approximately 2,500B.C), the root text of yogic philosophy, which is a guide to yoga as a spiritual practice and an examination of our own true self and nature. The original language of the mantra is Sanskrit, the oldest recorded language. Sanskrit was evolved in such a way that each sound is connected with a particular state of consciousness, so that a Sanskrit mantra, if you do it over and over again, will take you to a certain state of consciousness. Om "O...

    Karma Yoga is consecration of all actions and their fruits unto the Lord. Karma Yoga is performance of actions dwelling in union with the Divine, removing attachment and remaining balanced ever in success and failure. Karma Yoga is selfless service unto humanity. Karma Yoga is the Yoga of action which purifies the heart and prepares the Antahkarana (the heart and the mind) for the reception of Divine Light or attainment if Knowledge of the Self. The important point is that you will have to serve humanity without any attachment or egoism. Action of some kind or the other is unavoidable. You cannot keep quiet without doing anything. What binds you to phenomenal existence or Samsara is not the action but the idea of doership and enjoyership. Karma binds when it is done with a selfish motive, with the expectation of fruits. But when action is done without the expectation of fruits, it is liberating. If you act as an instrument in the hands of the ...

According To Patanjali Eight limbs   the following limbs as prescribed by Patanjali          The first five are called external aids to Yoga             (bahiranga sadhana) 1- YAMA;  refers to the five abstentions: how we relate to the external world. (the five vows  of                     janinsm  are identical to these ) Ahimsa  non-violence, inflicting no injury or harm to others or even to one's own self, it goes as far as nonviolence in thought, word and deed. Satya  non-illusion; truth in word and thought. Asteya  non-covetousness, to the extent that one should not even desire something that is one's own; non-stealing. Brahmacharya : abstinence, particularly in the case of sexual activity. Also, responsible behavior with respect to our goal of moving toward the truth. It suggests that we should form relationship...