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Balance is key

Balance is key

Balance is key to a healthy and happy life. But finding balance in daily life is sometimes challenging. Busy scheduled, overloaded planning with work, household, socialising. You can relate to these I guess. The things we cut off our list when we are busy are the...

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Living in Surrender

Living in Surrender

ISHVARAPRANIWHAT? Patañjali's eight limbs of Yoga make up a philosophy that includes yamas (restraints) and niyamas (observances, the "don’t restrains"). These are interconnected and help us to enjoy virtuous, purposeful, happy, and balanced lives. Ishvarapranidhana...

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Pranayama

Pranayama

In this month’s yoga insight, we will be sharing with you an article on pranayama, covering it in context of the Hatha Yoga tradition, how it works, and why it’s fascinating. The Sanskrit term pranayama means prana = life force, yama = retaining. Pranayama techniques...

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Yoga and Personal Development

Yoga and Personal Development

Yoga & Personal Development People are overall greatly interested in personal growth. It is one of the keywords that gets searched often on the Internet, and there are many different approaches which have been created and developed to fulfil that need. Personal...

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Ahimsa

Ahimsa

Ahimsa stands for “non-violence” or “absence of injury” in Sanskrit. It is the first of the yamas (self-restraints) in Yoga from Patanjali’s Sutras, in which you find the foundations of yoga (made up by the eight limbs of yoga). With it being the very first yama, it...

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Yin Yoga

Yin Yoga

YIN YOGA There are many types of Yoga. The four main ones are: Jnana, Karma, Bhakti & Hatha Yoga. Many forms of yoga fall under the umbrella of Hatha Yoga. Yin Yoga is one of them, and this blog entry is dedicated to it. WHAT IS YIN YOGA? To understand, first of...

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Tapas

Tapas

Tapas is Sanskrit for austerity or discipline, and it is the third of Patanjali's Niyamas. The niyamas are moral codes that encourage positive behavior. Tapas is all about perseverance, and burning enthousiasm. When we look at the etymology of this Sanskrit term, it...

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Maha Shiva Ratri

Maha Shiva Ratri

Namaste friends, Full of spiritual aspiration, I am excited to greet you once again, and share my eager anticipation for the upcoming yearly Maha Shiva Ratri, the great night of Shiva. Maha Shiva Ratri is traditionally celebrated on the night before the day of the New...

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FEMALE MYSTICS

FEMALE MYSTICS

Hello dear ones! After some time of deep reflection and settling into this exciting 2020 (hope you all had an amazing transition into this year of vision!), I am happy to be back and blogging once again, this month presenting you with a post about a topic that has intrigued me for a few years, and now lies very close to my heart as I immerse myself deeper in the world of divine femininity: female mystics. My ever-growing fascination with the divine, the metaphysical forces underlying the dances of the universe, and all the ways in which I experience this throughout my life as a woman dancing through this earth plane fuels my interest in mysticism. There have been many male and female mystics throughout the course of history who each add special value to the practice of spiritual contemplation. In honour of the rise of the divine feminine, this post is dedicated to female mystics, while reorganizing the conversation in which spiritual and religious structures have typically been male-dominated and as a disclaimer: all while honouring all male mystics equally.

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SATYAM – TRUTHFULNESS

SATYAM – TRUTHFULNESS

Satyam is the second of the yamas in Yoga from Patanjali’s Sutras, and it stands for truthfulness in Sanskrit. This same principle is also found in other religious texts such as the Old Testament (from the Bible), Jewish Scriptures, and the Holy Quran. In the justice system, such as for example in court or when bearing witness to authorities like the police, it is considered a crime to falsify testimony, or simply said, lie.

When we break down the Sanskrit word satyam, we get sat = what is, true, real; and yam = restrain, or ya= “ness” or “coming from”

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YOGA & ASTROLOGY – THE CONNECTION

YOGA & ASTROLOGY – THE CONNECTION

While Yoga & Astrology are both different subjects of study and practice, yet they have many similarities as they work on common principles of elements, chakras and energy. Astrology is like the sister discipline of yoga They are both useful tools in daily life, which are also very ancient and have stood the test of time as are still very relevant up to this day and age.

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Sauca – Purity

Sauca – Purity

If you think of people in your life who you perceive as pure, what qualities do they have that make you see them in this way? Isn’t it usually the case that you consider someone pure when you feel they are transparent, having no hidden agenda, healthy, and genuinely well-intentioned? Perhaps you came up with some different things. Like being clean, for instance. Sauca, which means purity in Sanskrit, is an essential part of Yoga practice, and ultimately of life.

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