Vasishthasana is a simple but challenging pose. We start in the plank position, body in a straight line, weight on hands and toes, with hands beneath shoulders. On an inhalation, we roll our upper body weight onto our left arm as we sweep our right arm out to the side and up and turn the body 90 degrees to the right. The right … Read More
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Why Practice Vrikasana?
Vrikasana, or Tree Pose, is one of my favourite asanas. The Sanskrit words “Vrika” mean tree and “Asana” mean posture. It is a balancing asana. This asana roots you and helps you be calm and centered. It keeps your body balanced and helps you be in the moment. You feel more centered from within, which creates a sense of calm … Read More
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Why I love Viaparita Karani?
Viparita Karani is one of my favourite poses. I have never turned down the opportunity to do Viparita Karani. I remember that while we were learning asanas in the Yoga Teacher Training programme, this was the only asana that I could not do. Being a perfectionist, I not only wanted to perform the asana but also to perfect it. I … Read More
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Ardha Matsyendrasana – Why Twist?
Twisting yoga poses increase spine mobility, relieve blocked energies and stimulate the digestive system and other organs. This helps to restore and retain the spine’s natural range of motion. Including twists in our yoga practice will help you to find ease, balance, and serenity in all areas of our life. Twisting and lengthening our spine can make us feel re-energized … Read More
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Ardha Matsyendrasana (Half Spinal Twist)
Named after Yogi Matsyendra, Ardha Matsyendrasana has remained one of my favorite postures from the day I first did it. Though I found it a bit difficult in the beginning to turn my neck completely and feel the opening of the heart, time and repeated practice led to the smooth turning of lumbar, thoracic and cervical spines. Also, practicing warm-ups, … Read More
Bejewel your Asanas with Affirmations
[cs_content][cs_section parallax=”false” separator_top_type=”none” separator_top_height=”50px” separator_top_angle_point=”50″ separator_bottom_type=”none” separator_bottom_height=”50px” separator_bottom_angle_point=”50″ style=”margin: 0px;padding: 45px 0px;”][cs_row inner_container=”true” marginless_columns=”false” style=”margin: 0px auto;padding: 0px;”][cs_column fade=”false” fade_animation=”in” fade_animation_offset=”45px” fade_duration=”750″ type=”1/1″ style=”padding: 0px;”][cs_text]Affirmations are exquisite, priceless jewels of Ananda Yoga. They adorn the asanas and the practitioner with grace, blessings and priceless wisdom. The affirmations uplift consciousness to a level, inaccessible by a sheer physical practice of aligning … Read More
Enrich Life with Ananda Yoga
[cs_content][cs_section parallax=”false” separator_top_type=”none” separator_top_height=”50px” separator_top_angle_point=”50″ separator_bottom_type=”none” separator_bottom_height=”50px” separator_bottom_angle_point=”50″ style=”margin: 0px;padding: 0px;”][cs_row inner_container=”true” marginless_columns=”false” style=”margin: 0px auto;padding: 0px;”][cs_column fade=”false” fade_animation=”in” fade_animation_offset=”45px” fade_duration=”750″ type=”1/1″ style=”padding: 0px;”][cs_text] My previous blog, ‘Ananda Yoga and Personal Growth,’ is an expression of my journey, impression, and understanding of Yoga in my mind’s eye, and how at Ananda Sangha different aspects of Yoga were beautifully unfolded to … Read More
Ananda Yoga and Personal Growth
[cs_content][cs_section parallax=”false” separator_top_type=”none” separator_top_height=”50px” separator_top_angle_point=”50″ separator_bottom_type=”none” separator_bottom_height=”50px” separator_bottom_angle_point=”50″ style=”margin: 0px;padding: 0px;”][cs_row inner_container=”true” marginless_columns=”false” style=”margin: 0px auto;padding: 0px;”][cs_column fade=”false” fade_animation=”in” fade_animation_offset=”45px” fade_duration=”750″ type=”1/1″ style=”padding: 0px;”][cs_text]I was magnetized to Ananda Sangha in 2012 for two reasons. First, to learn how to meditate and deepen my practice. Second, because my beloved Gurudev Paramhansa Yogananda was the strongest magnet. Reading Autobiography of a Yogi … Read More
Opening the Heart Through Ananda Yoga
[cs_content][cs_section parallax=”false” separator_top_type=”none” separator_top_height=”50px” separator_top_angle_point=”50″ separator_bottom_type=”none” separator_bottom_height=”50px” separator_bottom_angle_point=”50″ style=”margin: 0px;padding: 0px;”][cs_row inner_container=”true” marginless_columns=”false” style=”margin: 0px auto;padding: 0px;”][cs_column fade=”false” fade_animation=”in” fade_animation_offset=”45px” fade_duration=”750″ type=”1/1″ style=”padding: 0px;”][cs_text]I started my full time seva in Ananda Pune in January 2016. At the end of November, Adityaji and Gaurav told me to join the Ananda Yoga Teacher training course starting in the first week of December. … Read More
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