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Yoga Kundalini Upanishad

Reading books about Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga and the Krishnamacharya’s Tradition generally, I observing that to understand deeply what they referring for, you must have a good knowledge of Ayurveda, Kundalini, Prana, and at least you must have read the most important Sacred Text of Yoga Tradition. Yoga Kundalini Upanishad is a very interested Sacred Text to give to you a good knowledge about the Prana, Pranic Anatomy, Chakras and Kundalini. About Ashtanga Yoga Ashtanga Yoga is a perfect practical system of self-culture. Yoga is an exact science. It aims at the harmonious development of the body, the mind and the soul. Yoga is the turning away of the senses from the objective universe and the concentration of the mind within. Yoga is eternal life in the soul or spirit. Ashtanga Yoga aims at controlling the mind and its modifications. The path of Yoga is an inner path whose gateway is your heart. Ashtanga Yoga is the discipline of the mind, sens...

Udgitha (OM Chanting) Pranayama

When OM is chanted as a Pranayama, it is called the Udgitha Pranayama ( उद्गीथ प्राणायाम ). Udgitha, means the chanting in a vedic ritual, a division of the samaveda, a name of the mystical syllable aum, a name of recommendation that “let a man meditate on om”. We call the Sacred syllable OM as Udgitha ( उद्गीथ , Divine Song). This word has been discussed in depth in the ancient scripture Chhandogya Upanishad. If you have attended an Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga class, the mantra OM was chanted at the beginning and at the end of the yoga class, with the mantra of opening or closing. In the Mandukya Upanishad it was mentioned that OM is in fact a composite of three letters A, U and M. A represents our experiences in the waking state, U represents our experiences in the dream state and M those in the deep sleep state. The syllable OM is called by the term udgitha since a priest designated as Udgātṛ starts his singing of Sama Veda with OM in Vedic yajnas. The three...

Directions in Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga

When you practice Astanga Vinyasa Yoga and reading books about this Tradition, lot of times you can listen or found words like: dakshina, vama, paschima, poorva etc. What are exactly the meaning of these words? Sometimes we hear explanations like right side, left side, front side, back side and these are not wrong but we can search deeper explanations to their meanings. Directions in Kannada Language English Transliteration Kannada Directions dikkagalu ದಿಕ್ಕುಗಳು East poorva, mooDaNa ಪೂರ್ವ, ಮೂಡಣ West paschima, paDuvaNa ಪಶ್ಚಿಮ, ಪಡುವಣ North uttara, baDagaNa ಉತ್ತರ, ಬಡಗಣ South dakshina, tenkaNa ದಕ್ಷಿಣ, ತೆ೦ಕಣ Names of Directions in Ramayana and Mahabharata "In the begin...

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