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People who do over-exercising and excessive gymming do tend to look slim but symptoms of ageing set in very fast in them – wrinkles, grey hair, loss of glow…as every action has an equal and opposite reaction. The faster you breathe and the more you exert yourself, more is the energy produced and equal and opposite reaction is premature ageing symptoms. You would have heard of people dying of sudden heart attacks or cancer in early years. This is an equal and opposite reaction of over straining the body. Sanatan Kriya brings the various layers of body in a state of balance, optimising the metabolic rate and enhancing longevity. Regular practice elevates consciousness and it is through the heightened state of consciousness that changes are affected in the body and environment. There are live examples of practitioners at Dhyan Ashram, who have used this power of consciousness to get the body they desired, to improve relationships and finances at an elementary level and combined with...

The  vedic rishis  were the masters of physical and the spiritual, super beings who controlled  prakriti  and all its manifestations. The physical body comprising of the five  mahabhutas  (elements) had been completely mastered by them. From the masters of the  vedic  era to the present-day doctors of modern and alternative medicine, all are engaged in finding a solution to somehow stop, or at least, slow down the body clock. Many on realizing that they are ageing, lose their mental balance. A lot accept it as the inevitable. Some get stressed and fearful, and it is these vulnerable people who fall prey to business-minded companies selling anti-ageing creams, tonics, rejuvenating serums which at best camouflage the symptoms, addressing just the periphery while the core goes unnoticed. With time, the core emerges revealing the facts, but by then the precious years have been lost and the damage is now irreversible.   It is normal to ...

The glow or radiance on your skin defines your mental and physical well-being.  A tired, dull, wrinkled skin reflects how age is setting in the body. And pimples, blemishes, scars and spots are a clear indication of the toxins   present in the body and the body’s inability to cope with them. So why do we get acne? Yogi Ashwini explains how to get flawless skin with the right diet. In Ayurveda, the physical body is defined as,  Dosha dhatu mala mool hi shariram’ , i.e., the body is composed of doshas, dhatus and malas. These three factors direct and manipulate the physical manifestation of the body.  Dhatus are the tissue elements in the body. When there is imbalance, there is disease or destruction of the body. There are 8 dhatus, of which rasa dhatu (lymphatic system) and rakta dhatu (blood), what affects the skin. Apart from them ,  medas or the fat/oil content in the body, when in a state of imbalance blocks the pores and cause...

The article was published in Indian Spice

जब पुरुष(आत्मा) प्रकृति(सृष्टि) के साथ-सत्त्व, राजस और तम- इन तीनों गुणों के रूप में जुड़ जाता है तब सृष्टि में एक जीव का जन्म होता है। प्रकाश, आनंद और ज्ञान यह  सारे सत्त्व गुण के लक्षण होते हैं, इच्छाएं, आसक्ति और उससे जुड़े कर्म राजस गुण के लक्षण होते हैं और अंधकार, अज्ञान और निद्रा ये तम गुण के लक्षण होते हैं। मनुष्य में उसकी इच्छाओं और आत्मिक उन्नति के स्तर के आधार पर कम/अधिक मात्रा में ये तीनों गुण पाएं जाते हैं। आम लोग तम गुण के प्राबल्य के आधीन होते हैं, जो कि पशुओं और अन्य नीच योनि के जीवों में भी मुख्य रूप से पाया जाता है। भगवद गीता के अनुसार जब कोई इंसान अपना शरीर तम गुण के आधीन होकर छोड़ता है, तो उसका अगला जन्म पशुओं की योनियों में होता है और वह नर्कों में प्रवेश करता है। इसी कारण से तम गुण को कम कर हमें सत्त्व और राजस गुण की मात्रा खुद में बढ़ाने का प्रयास सन्तानक्रिया के द्वारा  करना चाहिए। मनुष्य में जब राजस गुण का प्राबल्य होता है तो वह उत्साह से अपनी भौतिक इच्छाओं तथा आसक्तियों को पूरा करने के लिए कर्म करने हेतु प्रवृत्त होता है। हर कर्म से उसकी समान और वि...

The article was published in The Covai Post

There is more to us than what meets the eye, the physical body is only an aspect of our existence which is directly controlled by the etheric layer, some called it the aura, vedic rishis called it the pranamaya kosha. Chakra beej kriya, the premilinary practices of which were intorduced in the previous article taps into this layer by means of sounds and asans to stimulate the chakras. There are six major chakras in the body, each responsible for specific functions, needs and desires. As we progress in the chakra beej asans, we move from the grosser to the subtler chakras, understanding and balancing them as we move along. Having performed the basic rotations and spine asanas, we move to the kriya for the mooladhar chakra. Corresponding to the location of base of the spine, it is at this chakra at the phenomenal power of kundalini energy rests. Mooladhar is the base chakra for humans; it is the highest in animals. It controls the survival instinct. Ruled by the earth ...

Accessing your Guru means, you think of something and your Guru does it for you. No matter what that is. A Guru is ready to do anything for the shishya, but you need to have that connection, dedication and attraction that he cannot refuse you, even if it is something as frivolous as guarding your body. There are only two ways to access your Guru, bhakti – that nothing else exists for you or shakti – if you tie your Guru with shakti, he will get tied. You need to decide which category you fall in and then walk just that path. But whatever you get, whether it is Guru’s shakti or bhakti, you will try to put it on display and show others how much ability you have. That is the time to exercise control and focus on just your path, otherwise you will get carried away. The shakti of bhakti and your own shakti, both are there only to light up the path for you, so that you pick up some speed and instead of 5 seconds you reach in one second. The path is just one. People tell me they want to...

The article was published in Deshpyar paper.

Navratras  are the nine nights of devi. What is devi is beyond the scope of this article. It is a subject of lifelong sadhna under a guru... I will attempt here to throw light on just a small aspect of it. That devi, which resides in every being as shakti. Everything manifests as a union of Shiv and shakti. Shiv without shakti is a shav (corpse). Just like a car cannot run without fuel, no aspect of creation can run without shakti. Shakti is the propelling force, pure energy. Even gods cannot function without shakti. For Shiv, it is Parvati. For Vishnu, it is Lakshmi. For Brahma, it is Saraswati. First the shakti is invoked, then Shiv manifests. No event or anushthan is complete without invoking the shakti. In the battle between Lord Ram and Ravan, Ram invoked the shakti of Durga, Ravan invoked Kali. When Guru Gobind Singh created Khalsa, he performed a Chandi yagya. On the path of yog, the evolution of sadhak is impossible without the transference of s...

अष्टांग योग के पांच नियमों में से एक नियम है ‘तप’ अर्थात अपने शरीर को किसी रूप में स्वयं कष्ट देकर तपाना। यह एक बुनियादी शुद्धिकरण की प्रक्रिया है जोकि नकारात्मक कर्मों को काटने, हटाने में तथा आत्मिक उत्थान में सहायक होती है। उपवास भी स्वयं को तपाने का एक माध्यम है। यही कारण है कि शारीरिक तथा आत्मिक शुद्धि के लिए नवरात्रों के दौरान उपवास रखे जाते हैं। मां ‘शक्ति’ के दस रूप- शैलपुत्री, ब्रह्मचारिणी, चंद्रकान्ता, कुशमंदा, स्कंदमाता, कात्यायनी, कालरात्रि, महागौरी, सिद्धिदात्री तथा अपराजिता, इन नौ रातों और दस दिनों में समाए हुए हैं। इस प्रकार प्रत्येक रात्रि की एक विशेष शक्ति है जिसका एक विशिष्ट प्रयोजन है।  नवरात्रों के दौरान मौसम परिवर्तित होता है अर्थात इस सृष्टि की विभिन्न शक्तियां असंतुलन से एक सामान्य स्थिति की ओर बढ़ती हैं। चूंकि हम इस सृष्टि के पूर्ण अंश हैं, हम भी इन नौ दिनों में एक संतुलन में आने लगते हैं। इस दौरान हमारी प्राण शक्ति एक पुनः निर्माण की प्रक्रिया से होकर गुजरती है जिसके लिए शरीर को हल्का रखा जाता है। शरीर के सम्पूर्ण विषहरण के लिए, इन दिनों में उपवास के अल...

Yog is a 5000-year-old science. When the whole world was living in caves and jungles according to modern historians, then the highly developed people of Bharat were revealing the secrets of Creation… scientifically; so scientifically that till date the modern sciences are unable to match their precision and accuracy. In this article, we will delve upon a common human malady, the problem of migraine, according to this 5000-year-old science for achieving a perfect balance in all spheres of life. In Ayurveda, two conditions, known as  Ardhaavabheda  (half-sided headache) and  Anantavaata  (the unilateral pain), resemble the classic migraine. Migraine is commonly misunderstood as a headache. It is actually not a headache, the headache is just a symptom of an imbalance that exists somewhere else. There are two main reasons for a migraine. Usually it is the aggravated pitta dosha that is at the root of the problem. Pitta dosha impairs digestion an...

The article was published in South Africa Today.

The article was published in Metro India Paper, Andhra Pradesh