Japa, the repetition of sacred Sanskrit mantras with my mala beads, helps me to feel connected and keeps me more centered. Japa meditation with mantra is an ancient practice, and I have experienced how it has energetically changed the vibrations within and around me.
I am hooked on this mantra. I say it with my mala beads, with hand mudras, with finger-tip touching, and during the “hold” in my asanas, and in this delightful, long-form Gayatri Salutation. This Gayatri Salutation is a beautiful practice, turning it into a sacred prayer for your body, mind and spirit.
When I wrote my book Letters from the Yoga Masters, it became clear that my teacher Hari was learning multiple ways one can practice the yoga techniques. He wrote to yoga masters of various traditional lineages, asking for clarification on how they instructed a...
The dirgha pranayama, or the three part breath, is considered an important foundational breath practice and is safe for everyone. Uses the pattern of a three part breath using the lower lung (diaphragmatic), mid lung (intercostal), and high (clavicular).
From the SOYA Archives, originally submitted by Emma Barata, SOYA500 from Prince George BC Ananda Madirasana activates the Ajna Chakra The vajra, the thunderbolt, is said to be the weapon of Indra king of the devas or gods, just as the mind is the king of all the...
Pranayama is a Sanskrit word well known by those that are studious in their practice of yoga. It is the fourth limb in the eight limbs of yoga as laid out by Maharishi Patanjali, which we study in depth in the SOYA 200 hour yoga teacher training. In his ancient text,...
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