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                                    There is a lady who has been doing dhyana for quite some time. Everyday without fail she would write to me seeking my blessings, so that she can move ahead in dhyana. Recently, I got a mail from her asking if I could help her find a camera that got lost recently. Such emails, especially from those who have been long practicing, set me thinking. Why do people do dhyana ? Most of the people who come to me either want to pass an exam, some of them desire a better job or relationship and the rest have a heart trouble or a factory that is about to shut. I know this because I keep getting your emails and as I read them, I wonder if I am really a Yoga Guru or a consultant to whom people come for solutions to their various problems. It is foolish to think that dhyana would make you immortal or help you recover a business loss or make your ailing heart hale and ...

"It is the desires that tie one to the individual consciousness. Once these are removed, the being becomes one with the supreme consciousness" -  Yogi Ashwini Love is the four-letter word on which epics have been composed, movies based, songs and poems attributed. And yet, if you look at any great love story, you will find that the end is always tragic; the story ends with the separation of the lovers. The truth is that there is no such thing as love, and realising this is enlightenment. Every person in the world is looking for love, yet there is hardly anyone who is aware of it. Today one spends a lifetime in the pursuit of the physical; lust and possession are mistranslated as love. Love actually is in letting go of the people you love, to give them the freedom to live their own; it lies in sacrifice and being there for them unconditionally without expecting anything in return. In the realm of energy, the colour pink translates as love. If you look around you wi...

  It is a scary experience. The first reaction of the passengers usually is to grab their seats tight, some of them fasten their seat belts and some even put on the oxygen mask. But then, would it prevent the plane from crashing? Or would it save them in the event the plane crashes? No. You have boarded the plane and are now moving with the energy of it. The control over the plane is not in your hands, you are a mere passenger. No matter what your social status, how many assets and wealth you possess or how good you look, you cannot save the body or the physical assets. What should you do then, when you realise the plane is crashing? People tell me, will you pray for it not to crash? Maybe your prayers get answered and the plane does not crash that once. But then, how many times and for how long may this work? The physical is temporary, it is bound to go. There is no one I know, who had been able to hold onto anything they collected. The plane has to crash some day. Y...

पिछले सप्ताह हमने एक सरल श्वास प्रक्रिया की चर्चा की थी जिससे शरीर के चयापचय को अनुकूल किया जा सकता है तथा शरीर की कोशिकाओं के जीवन काल में वृद्धि कर, अपने शरीर के वृद्ध होने की प्रक्रिया को धीमा किया जा सकता हैं। । योग की प्रारंभिक क्रियाओ का यह पहला तत्कालीन लाभ है । आशा है कि पाठकों ने पिछले लेख में वर्णित उदर-श्वास-क्रिया का अभ्यास किया होगा। योग आपके लिए तभी सार्थक है जब आप उसका नियमित रूप से अभ्यास करें क्योंकि योग अनुभव का विषय है, आपका निजी अनुभव । अब हम उदर-श्वास-क्रिया में एक छोटा-सा परिवर्तन करेंगे, १. अपनी रीढ़ की हड्डी को सीधा कर के बैठें। आँखें बंद कर सारा ध्यान नाभि पर रखते हुए उदर श्वास की क्रिया करते रहें। अपने श्वास को धीमा, गहरा और लम्बा करें । २. एक लंबी सांस लें और साँस बाहर छोड़ते समय अपना मुँह खोल राहत की एक सांस छोड़े। यदि आप इस प्रश्वास को जागरूकता के साथ करते है, तो अापको एहसास होगा कि हवाएक हल्की फुफकार के साथ आपके गले के अंदरूनी हिस्सों को छूकर बाहर जाती है । ३. अब यही प्रक्रिया अपने मुंह को बंद करके दोहराएं । प्रत्यक्ष रूप से नासिका छिद्र...

ANTI-AGEING | BREATHE IT RIGHT By: Yogi Ashwini If you trace a person from being an infant to a full grown adult, you will notice, in most cases, a progressive decline in the skin texture and complexion. A baby is glowing pink whereas most adults, even in their prime youth, are plagued with a diseased skin and dull complexion.  This is because, in the process of growing up, one is exposed to certain unnatural practices and stimuli from which it was kept protected in the womb. Take for example, the simple act of breathing. If you observe a baby breathing, you would notice a pronounced abdominal movement. The stomach inflates as it breathes in and deflates as it breathes out. If you observe your own breathing patterns, most likely, you will find it to be the opposite and with little or no abdominal movement…this breathing pattern of yours, holds the key to the way you look and your present state of health. Abdominal breathing maximizes the up and down movemen...

Yogi Ashwini points out the various ways by which the concept of power yoga is harmful to the body and lists the beneficial ones. Yog is a practical subject the results of practices are tangible and physical. These days one hears of yoga courses, which claim to make you fit and healthy through certain postures and breathing exercises directed at the physical. While one does feel good after doing such practices, their effects are limited to the physical body and do not touch upon the root of the problem. As a result, the ‘problem’ reappears in some other shape or form and once again one starts looking for a solution and more courses. What you lose in the process, is not the heaviness and negativity, but your bank balance.  Yog is not about twisting and turning your body or breathing abnormally, it does not tie you to any particular religion, ritual, lifestyle or diet. Yog sets you free and this can definitely not be given by one who is himself tied in the bondages of...