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    Who is Vishnu?

    Who is Vishnu?

    February 6, 2013
    by yogaxtc
    Humor

    Vishnu is the Johnny Depp of Gods.  Most deities usually play one role: Ganesh plays the lovable elephant-headed God, Shiva is the ascetic meditating on…

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    Isvarapranidhana, Embracing God

    Isvarapranidhana, Embracing God

    February 4, 2013
    by yogaxtc
    Yoga Sutra

    Īśvarapraṇidhāna (ईश्वरप्रणिधान) is the combination of īśvara (ईश्वर) and praṇidhāna (प्रणिधान).  Patañjali tells us that īśvara is a unique being (puruṣa पुरुष) beyond all affliction…

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    Svadhyaya, know your Self, know God

    Svadhyaya, know your Self, know God

    January 8, 2013
    by yogaxtc
    Yoga Sutra

    ॐ Svādhyāya (स्वाध्याय) is commonly translated as “self-study”; a combination of “sva”, which means “one’s own”, or “self”, and “adhyāya” which means “chapter (as in…

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    Tapas, from purification to Perfection

    Tapas, from purification to Perfection

    January 6, 2013
    by yogaxtc
    Yoga Sutra

    Like most Sanskrit words, tapas (तपस्) is difficult to render into one concise English term without losing much of its meaning (explicit and implied).  Popular…

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    Three Key Ingredients of a Complete Yoga Practice

    Three Key Ingredients of a Complete Yoga Practice

    January 5, 2013
    by yogaxtc
    Yoga Sutra

    योगेन चित्तस्य पदेन वाचां मलं शरीरस्य च वैद्यकेन । योऽपाकरोत् तं प्रवरं मुनीनां पतञ्जलिं प्राञ्जलिरानतोऽस्मि ।। yogena cittasya padena vācāṁ malaṁ śarīrasya ca vaidyakena yo’pākarot…

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    Who is Shiva?

    Who is Shiva?

    January 4, 2013
    by yogaxtc
    Humor

    ॐ नम: शिवाय om namaḥ śivāya Shiva  aka Rudra aka Adinath aka Mahadeva aka Maheshvara aka Nilakanth aka Mrityunjaya aka Digambara aka Hara (and at…

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    Love in the Kali Yuga

    Love in the Kali Yuga

    January 3, 2013
    by yogaxtc
    Uncategorized

    ॐ नमो नारायणाय om namo nārāyaṇāya According to the Gregorian calendar, we have just entered the year 2013. According to the Yogic Seers, we are…

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    New Day’s Resolutions

    New Day’s Resolutions

    January 2, 2013
    by yogaxtc
    Uncategorized

    ॐ श्रीमन्महागणाधिपतये नम: om śrīman mahāgaṇādhipataye namaḥ New Year’s Resolutions can be slippery things.  In the light of Yoga, we propose not New Year’s Resolutions,…

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