DHYAN FOUNDATION

कितने आश्चर्य की बात है कि आज के युवक-युवतियां कम उम्र में बालों के पकने का शिकार हो रहे हैं। अपनी त्वचा और बालों को चमक प्रदान करने के लिए कृत्रिम रसायनों से लैस सौंदर्य प्रसाधनों का सहारा ले रहे हैं। जबकि हमारे ऋषियों का न केवल शरीर सुडौल होता था अपितु अंतिम समय तक उनकी त्वचा आभा से भरपूर रहती थी। शरीर स्वस्थ रहता था। वे कभी वृद्ध होते ही नहीं थे। आखिर वे ऐसा क्या करते थे, जो बिल्कुल अलग था? क्या उन्हें सदैव यौवन बनाए रखने का कोई जादुई नुस्खा मिल गया था? सच तो यह था कि उन्होंने प्रकृति को चलाने वाले नियमों को समझ लिया था। यह हमारा सौभाग्य है कि वृद्धावस्था को रोकने वाले उनके ज्ञान का संग्रह सनातन क्रिया जैसी योग तकनीकों के रूप में हमें विरासत में मिला है। सनातन क्रिया का अभ्यास व्यक्ति को प्रकृति के साथ एक कर देता है।  सनातन क्रिया में 'सूर्य साधना' नामक एक सरल सी क्रिया का वर्णन है और ऐसा कहा जाता है कि जो 'सूर्य साधना' करता है वह सूर्य की भांति ही आभा युक्त हो जाता है। इस क्रिया में सूर्य के साथ सूक्ष्म रूप से संपर्क स्थापित किया जाता है लेकिन ऐसा करते समय सूर्य ...

आमतौर पर आसन का नाम आते ही मन में एक छवि उभरती है कि जैसे कोई तेज-तेज श्वास ले रहा होगा या फिर कोई बंदरों की तरह उछल-कूद कर रहा होगा। भौतिकी के नियम के अनुसार प्रत्येक क्रिया की प्रतिक्रिया भी होती है। इसी तरह से तेज-तेज श्वास लेने से शरीर में अधिक उर्जा उत्पन्न होती है इस कारण से कुछ जहरीले और हानिकारक तत्व भी शरीर में ज्यादा मात्रा में पैदा होने लगते हैं। और यही तत्व आगे चलकर वृद्धावस्था का कारण बनते हैं। आयुर्वेद में अग्नि का उल्लेख किया गया है। यह अग्नि केवल पचाने में ही नहीं बल्कि शरीर की असंख्य जीवन प्रणालियों को चलाने में भी सहायता करती है। वास्तव में किसी भी कोशिका/सेल का आधार उसका केंद्र नहीं बल्कि अग्नि है। अग्नि से शरीर में उर्जा की खपत होती है और जितनी जल्दी ऊर्जा की खपत होगी उतनी ही तेजी से शरीर में हानिकारक तत्व पैदा होंगे। इससे नुकसान होगा और व्यक्ति की युवावस्था को भी इससे नुकसान पहुंचेगा। जो व्यक्ति अत्यंत ही गंभीर होते हैं और हमेशा कुछ न कुछ सोचते रहते हैं, उनकी उम्र अक्सर कम होती है। इसका कारण यह है कि प्रत्येक कोशिका में यह प्राण सीमित मात्रा में होता है और ज्यादा ...

TIMES NEWS NETWORK        Age is just a number. So believes Yogi Ashwini (in pic), head of Dhyan Foundation, a body that believes in teaching yoga for free. Addressing management delegates at IIM-B, he said, “There is no such thing as a number. When the senses begin to dull, it means you are aging. It could happen when you are 20 or 80; it’s entirely in your hands.”     People in their 20s and 30s are graying and balding. Why? “The root cause is a bent spine. When the spine bends, it’s the first sign of ageing,” explains the Yogi, who launched his book ‘The Ageless Dimension’ at the spirituality conference. As stress levels overwhelm people of all age groups, women in India are countering ‘age-discrimination’ because their biological clocks are ticking, whereas men don’t. “Brahmacharya Kriya counters this problem among women. The process of biological aging is not restricted to women!” he says.     What then is t...

YOGI ASHWINI Nature has its way of providing for balance in this Creation. For every aspect there exists an equal and opposite. Darkness is nothing but absence of light. Similarly, silence is nothing but the absence of sound. It is only the duality in nature, the coexistence of positive and negative that gives meaning to the existence of the whole. What if at any given time, there exist the entire positive and negative? Then the two will balance each other out completely, the net result being shunya or zero. In other words, there would be everything yet nothing. The only form that could fit such a description is the formless – Nirakaar, Para Brahma. This is the swaroop of Shiv. In the words of Shankaracharya, ‘Na Punyam Na Paapam Na Saukhyam Na Dukham, Chidananda Rupa Shivoham Shivoham.’ What then is the dancing male form, or the half-man half-woman, or a sadhu clad in loincloth with body smeared in bhasma? Are Natraj, Ardhnareshwar and Neelkanth a myth? Let us dwell upon the in...

YOGI ASHWINI. Our civilisation is the lone civilisation that has the concept of Guru. It is important to understand here that Guru is not the physical. It is an energy that can flow through a person, a stone, a book or anything else, provided the shishya has the Guru bhaav. While the energy of Guru is limitless; it is upon the shishya how much he/she chooses to receive. You get a Guru as per your level of evolution. A Guru sees the capacity of the shishya and relates to him/her accordingly. The thoughts and desires of the shishya determine how he/she sees his/her Guru. Being in the sanidhya of the Guru, the thoughts of the shishya manifest, and the Guru has to respond the same way. In ancient times, Gurus used to exhibit phenomenal power - because there existed shishyas who respected the science and the energy. Likewise, the energy respected the shishyas and endowed them with phenomenal gyana. There was a reason why our ancients would denounce material pleasures and stay in ashram...

Yogi Ashwini is a spiritual teacher and yoga guru. He spoke with Ruchi Kale on whether saintly figures renouncing the material world should get involved in politics, mythological precedents and differences between politicians and gurus: Who is a yoga guru? Both being leaders, how is a guru different from a politician? A yoga guru is beyond the clutches of maya. Physical attractions and pleasures don't affect him. Everything in the physical world is at his beck and call. There is nothing he desires and is not able to achieve. A yoga guru reaches this state practically, he doesn't just talk about it. He actually experiences and radiates the glow this state is associated with, he doesn't just talk about this...promising these to others and not exhibiting these signs himself is fraudulent. A practitioner becomes a guru and then he's beyond the clutches of maya. He desires nothing in the physical world, yet can achieve anything in the physical world by just a thought. ...

Yogi Ashwini We like to be with some people and prefer to stay away from some. This is because people who are at peace or are shaant create a serenity around and one feels good in their presence where as people who are ashaant or disturbed create disturbance wherever they go and send signals to people to stay away. This is due to the difference in positive and negative vibrations. Birds of feather do flock together, people with similar vibrations like each others’ company. This is why some people love chaos while some prefer stillness. If there is a coin at the bottom of a river bed, it can only be seen if the water is clear and still. Slight ripples and waves affect the clear view. Similarly, if a person is disturbed, he or she will not be able to take any concrete decision and will remain in a state of conflict and turmoil while creating more disturbance within and all around. The key to shaanti is stilling the brain, taking it to a state of no thought. Our thoughts are link...

YOGI ASHWINI The Vedic culture was conceived thousands of years back by the vedic masters who had a direct connection with the creator. This gyan was documented by Rishi Vyas at the beginning of kalyug, approximately 5000 years back. Respect for creation and everything within it and beyond it, is characteristic of Indian culture. Our Vedic ancestors were descendents of Herculean beings who not only gave the world the knowledge of the material world but also the etheric world. Any serious practitioner of the subject of spiritual sciences would clearly see the devolution of mankind, which was anticipated by the Vedic Rishis hence they gave to the world tools as per the anticipated capacity of the beings who would inhabit this planet at different points of time - poetry, art, romance, economics, medicine, physics, chemistry, dance, music..........peace; you name it and they gave it. Creation began from stillness, in the opening yug, In Satyug, the beings were highly evolved and had c...