About Swami

Swami in Hinduism is an honorific title given to a male or female ascetic who has chosen the path of renunciation (sannyāsa), or has been initiated into a religious monastic order of Vaishnavas. It is used either before or after the subject's name.

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What is Downward Facing Dog Pose?

Aug

2022

Yoga Samiksha

Downward Dog Pose and Downward-facing Dog Pose is also known as Adho Mukha Shvanasana. Downward-facing Dog Pose is an inversion asana in modern yoga as exercise which is often practiced as part of a flowing sequence of poses especially Surya Namaskar which means the Salute to the Sun. The asana does not have formally named variations but several playful variants are used to assist beginning practitioners to become comfortable in the pose. Downward Dog stretches .

A Complete Guide to Prenatal Yoga

Nov

2020

Yoga Samiksha

Prenatal yoga is a style designed for pregnant women to practice, regardless of their due date. The mixture of stretching, controlled breathing, and mental focus offers a variety of benefits to expectant mothers. This form of yoga can also increase strength and flexibility in the muscles used during childbirth. Prenatal yoga may reduce stress levels and improve sleep patterns during pregnancy. It may also alleviate physical discomforts such as nausea, headaches, and lower back pain. .

Modern Hatha yoga – Anusara yoga

Sep

2020

Yoga Samiksha

Anusara yoga is a modern school of Hatha yoga founded by John Friend who is known as an American yogi. In Sanskrit, Anu means "with" and Sara means "flow." Therefore, Anusara may be translated as "flowing with grace" or "natural state." Anusara Yoga is rooted in a non-dual Tantric philosophy that we are all inherently good. It draws from this that life is a gift that we are invited to remember and celebrate in our .

All You need to know about Jivamukti Yoga

Sep

2020

Yoga Samiksha

The Jivamukti Yoga method is a proprietary style of yoga which is created by David Life and Sharon Gannon in 1984. Jivamukti is an ethical, physical, and spiritual practice that fuses vigorous yoga exercises with adherence to five central tenets. Many celebrities follow this Yogic Style over time. For spiritual, psychological, and physical growth, the fusion of five principles with Hatha Yoga is crucial. So this is obvious to experience an overall transformation in your .

Hatha Yoga – Origin, Benefits and Asanas

Aug

2020

Vajrayāna, Yoga sadiksha

Hatha yoga is the yoga tradition most familiar to Western culture. The term is derived from the Sanskrit ha, meaning "sun," and tha, meaning "moon." The practice aims to unite the active and receptive qualities represented by each celestial being. Hatha yoga is a branch of yoga. In India, hatha yoga is associated with popular tradition with the Yogis of the Natha Sampradaya through its traditional founder Matsyendranath. Almost all Hatha yogic texts belong to .

All you need to know about Yoga

Aug

2020

Vajrayāna, Yoga sadiksha

Yoga is a group of physical, mental, and spiritual practices or disciplines which originated in ancient India. Yoga is one of the six astika schools of Hindu philosophical traditions. There is a broad variety of yoga schools, practices, and goals in Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism. The term "Yoga" in the Western world often denotes a modern form of hatha yoga and yoga as exercise, consisting largely of the postures or asanas. Origin of Yoga The word Yoga .

Division of Hinduism and Female Devin Power

Mar

2019

Hinduism sadiksha

For over 200 years, Western scholars have struggled to understand Hinduism, a faith whose followers seemed (to outsiders) to arbitrarily worship any one of a dozen Gods as the Supreme, a religion vastly diverse in its beliefs, practices, and ways of worship. Some Indologists labeled the Hinduism they encountered polytheistically; others even coined new terms, like henotheism, to describe this baffling array of spiritual traditions. Few, however, have realized, and fewer still have written, that .

The Bandhas – Mystic Breathing Exercise

Jun

2018

Yoga sadiksha

Among the "secret" aspects of Yoga are the Bandhas, which may be translated roughly as breathing exercises. After the body has been prepared by thorough practice in the different asanas and clarified by the breathing exercises, the Yogi is ready for the Bandhas. These may not be attained immediately since they depend on a full state of body and mental relaxation for successful attainment. Uddiana Bandha By a very strong expiration, the lungs are emptied and .

Obtaining Relaxation Through Yoga

Jun

2018

Mudra, Yoga sadiksha

While the asanas or postures which will be described later are a basic part of the practice of Yoga, we should continue our study of Raja Yoga, the non-physical phases of this practice. Some readers may find they cannot follow the rigid discipline of a full Yogic life; others may be seeking an easier path to relaxation and may feel that they are less concerned with their physical than their mental states. Breath control Breath control .

The Origin Of Yoga

Jun

2018

Yoga sadiksha

The basic problem of every living creature is survival in a hostile world. Countless generations ago, from the teeming human masses of the East, where the man lived in ever-present dread of famine, disease, flood, invasion, and vengeance of the gods, Yoga, a system or method of attaining physical and mental serenity under adverse and even horrible conditions, was introduced. Man, in his essence, has changed little in the course of historical time. The philosophy .