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The day after holi: pink, green and blue faces, rashes everywhere, body aches, cold, cough and pains occurs - thanks to catching a chill in the wet clothes or an allergic reaction to the using chemical-laced colours and other numbers of particulates that float in during holi air. To keep away harsh chemicals dampening your spirits, all you have to do is to perform simple yogic techniques and raid your kitchen, kitchen garden or your granny’s spice rack to celebrate Holi naturally & organically. The best part, at the end of all the merriment your skin will glow. Yogic Techniques  1. JAL NETI:  (Nasal cleansing) Take 500ml bearably warm water in a neti pot, add ½ tsp black/rock salt and a pinch of turmeric. Stand evenly and bending slightly forward tilt the head at a 45degrees angle towards left. Insert the nozzle of the pot into the right nostril. While breathing normally from the mouth, tilt the pot so that the water runs into the right nostril and flo...

Published in Deshpyaar paper.

Holi is one of the most powerful days of the year. On this day, it is extremely easy to access an aspect of the energy of the preserver. Night of Holi is the night of wish fulfilment and manifestation of thoughts through mantra given by the Guru. Ward off effects of black magic and evil spirits Simultaneous yagyas on the occasion of Holi at Dhyan Ashram and at all centres worldwide on Mar 1st at 5.30pm IST. To attend register at 9871965645 / 7053911420

#Holi is the day when #Holika, who had the boon to remain unscathed in fire, took #Prahlad in her lap and sat in fire. Lord Vishnu came to Prahlad’s aid and as a result, Holika burnt while Prahlad remained unharmed. The stories from #Puranas appear to be mythological tales to a layman as the incidents described in them often refer to things that seem supernatural or surreal, take for example, the power to remain unscathed in fire or the invocation of energy called Vishnu. Puranas are in fact chronicles of real events that occurred with our ancestors, who inhabited this planet many thousand years ago. These ancestors were not aliens or super-humans, they were humans like you and me, only they were able to tap into the phenomenal potential that a human being has. Majority of us, on the other hand, leave that force within us unused. For most of us the world exists in these four dimensions, them being- length, breath, depth and time (time being measured as the distance between two th...

योगी अश्विनी  अष्टाँग योग का नियमित अभ्यास किसी भी मनुष्य को प्रह्लाद बना सकता है – वही प्रह्लाद, जिसकी कथाएँ पुराणों में निहित हैं और जिसे हिरण्यकश्यप ने फाल्गुन मॉस की पूर्णिमा को, होलिका दहन में जलाकर मारने का प्रयास किया था। किन्तु उस रात की शक्ति ही कुछ ऐसी थी कि प्रह्लाद बिना जले आग से बाहर आ गया और होलिका, जिसे न जलने का वरदान प्राप्त था, फिर भी जलकर राख़ हो गयी। पुराणों में निहित कथाएँ केवल मनोरंजन का साधन नहीं हैं बल्कि ज्ञान का भंडार हैं। एक साधारण मनुष्य उन्हें सिर्फ कहानियाँ ही मानता है। सीमित बुद्धि के कारण उसमें इन कथाओं में निहित ज्ञान को जानने की जिज्ञासा ही नहीं होती। और यही इन कथाओं का उद्देश्य भी है कि उनमें छिपे ज्ञान और रहस्यपूर्ण शक्तियों तक एक योग्य साधक ही पहुँच सके। ज्ञान की प्राप्ति और दैविक शक्तियों का अनुभव गुरु द्वारा निर्धारित क्रियाओं और साधनाओं के नियमित अभ्यास से ही संभव हैं। यह सृष्टि पांच तत्वों के संयोजन और सम्मिश्रण से उत्पन्न हुई है। जब शरीर में कोई दोष होता है तभी ये तत्व मिलकर उस शरीर की संरचना करते हैं। आयुर्वेद के अनुसार, वात, ...

The day after #holi: pink, green and blue faces, rashes everywhere, body aches and pains-all this and more is the result of using chemical laced colours. Don't let harsh chemicals dampen your spirits. All you have to do is raid your kitchen, kitchen garden or your granny's spice rack and celebrate it organically. The best part, at the end of all the merriment your skin will glow. Here's how:  Mellow yellow: Soak dry tesu flowers overnight in hot water. You will get a bright yellow wet colour to put in pichkaris.  Sandalwood powder and haldi will give you a brilliant yellow dry colour.  Take two teaspoons of turmeric powder mix this with besan (double the amount of turmeric taken) for a lovely dry colour. Instead of besan you can also use flour or arrow root. Of course this will dilute the intensity.  Dried powder of flowers like marigold and yellow chrysanthemums also work. Give me red:  Boil and crush beetroot in water to make a gre...

The physical creation is a manifestation of the five elements in their various permutations and combinations. These elements come together to form a body because there is an impurity or  dosh a. As per ayurveda , these  doshas  are  vata pita and kapha , as per other vedas it is a selfish/negative thought. The  dosha  along with its action tendency determines your  prakriti  or basic nature. The level of impurity reflects upon the thought process of a person. The purer are the elements, the higher are the thoughts and more are the impurities, the grosser thoughts one catches from the environment. Fire or  agni  deserves a special mention among the five elements as it is the only element that cannot be polluted. It is also the only element that rises up, despite the pull of gravity. The implication of this is that  agni  purifies anything that comes in contact with it and holds the capacity to make you rise. No wonder i...

Yogiji's article in Navhind Times today.

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