Article - Yoga: Yoga And Motherhood
The psychology and philosophy of yoga can assist the mother to understand the experiences she is going through and to live them more full...   » Read the article

Article - Motherhood: The Mother Link - The Magical Bond Of Motherhood
Mother love and maternal instinct have been central to humankind from the time when Mother Earth was first worshipped. Today mothering is...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hathor: Encyclopedia Ii - Hathor - Goddess Of Motherhood
As a provider of milk, and due to cows careful tending of their calves, the cow was a universal symbol of motherhood, and so Hathor becam...   » Read the article

Article - Yoga: Yoga And Pregnancy
Pregnancy is a total experience. It is a time in a woman's life when it is of prime importance that the various dimensions of her being a...   » Read the article

Article - Yoga: Hints On Yoga
Brahmacharya is very very essential Even in dreams you must be free from lustful thoughts. It requires long practice and careful watch ov...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Yoga: Encyclopedia - Yoga
Yoga is a family of ancient spiritual practices that originated in India, where it remains a vibrant living tradition and is seen as a me...   » Read the article

Article - Yoga: The Meaning Of Yoga
While in recent years the word "yoga" has been heard more in gyms than in religious discourse, "yoga" in its original...   » Read the article

Article - Yoga: An Introduction To Yoga
An Introduction to Yoga Yoga can be defined as a complete science of life. It was originated in India many thousands of years ago. It is...   » Read the article

Article - Yoga: The Quintessence Of Yoga
Yoga is union with the infinite through meditation and Samadhi. A Yogi is freed from Karma or the law of cause and effect, from births a...   » Read the article

Article - Yoga: Yoga Of Right Conduct
Ethics as a Means to Yoga.   From "Easy Steps to Yoga" by Sri Swami Sivananda.      » Read the article

Article - Yoga: Perfection In Yoga
Perfection In Yoga A Yogi can switch his life-currents, to and from the senses. He takes the Prana and the mind to the Sahasrara or the ...   » Read the article

Article - Yoga: Stages In Yoga
A seeker asked, "What action shall I perform to attain God?" "If you wish to attain God" came the response, "...   » Read the article

Article - Yoga - Beyond The Body And Mind
Yog means union. Union with a supreme power which is the source of creation, perfection and destruction. Union with the supreme intellect...   » Read the article

Article - Yoga: Yoga For Self-realisation
Yoga-II Yoga is primarily a process of self-culture. Its aim is the attainment of spiritual perfection or Self-realisation. The process ...   » Read the article

Article - Yoga: Yoga - A Perfect Practical System Of Self-culture
Yoga - I Yoga is a perfect practical system of self-culture. Yoga is an exact science. It aims at the harmonious development of the body...   » Read the article

Article - Yoga: Yoga And Its Consummation
Yoga is the art of uniting the individual soul with the Supreme Soul, of uniting the Kundalini Sakti lying dormant in the Muladhara Chakr...   » Read the article

Article - Yoga: Ideals In Yoga
Some Yogic students think that only he who can fly in the air, walk on the water, and do such other miracles, can be called a Yogi. It is...   » Read the article

Article - Yoga: Serve, Love, Meditate, Realize - The Inner Teachings Of Yoga
 The word "yoga" often brings to mind a classroom of students attired in exercise clothing attempting to stretch their bod...   » Read the article

Article - Yoga Sadhana: Yoga For Health
Most of the diseases take their origin in over-eating, sexual excess and outbursts of anger and hatred. If the mind is kept cool and calm...   » Read the article

Article - Yoga: A Dynamic Yoga
It is due to the veil of ignorance that you have forgotten your real essential nature, the Sat-Chit-Ananda state. It is not at all necess...   » Read the article

Article - Yoga: Spiritual Benefits Of Yoga
Practising yoga regularly imparts great benefits, which can be categorized under:   Basic spiritual benefits, Advanced spiritual b...   » Read the article

Article - Yoga: Ten Commandments For Yoga-students
Ten Commandments For Yoga-Students.   From "Kundalini Yoga" by Sri Swami Sivananda      » Read the article

Article - Yoga: Special Spiritual Benefits Of Yoga
Practising yoga regularly imparts great benefits. Among them are improved concentration and clarity in mind. But in the more advanced sta...   » Read the article

Article - Yoga Schools: The Six Branches Of Yoga
Yoga Schools: The Six Branches of Yoga Of the six branches of yoga, only one is concerned with Prana and physical body. The rest can be ...   » Read the article

Article - Yoga: Wise Guidance For Sure Success
The practice of Yoga should be gradual and step by step. Extremes are to be avoided. No sudden and violent methods should be employed. Co...   » Read the article

Article - Yoga Branches: Hatha Yoga
Hatha Yoga Physical Yoga or the Yoga of postures is known as Hatha Yoga. It is the most popular form of yoga practiced in the West. This...   » Read the article

Article - Hatha Yoga Styles: Bikram Yoga
Bikram Yoga Ð Bikram Choudhury founded this style of yoga. It is typically practiced in a room with a temperature of up to 100 degrees. S...   » Read the article

Article - Yoga: The Principles Of Yoga
The Principles of Yoga In this article, the five principles of Yoga will be detailed. These are the foundations of Yoga Practice; Correc...   » Read the article

Article - Hatha Yoga Styles: Kundalini Yoga
Kundalini Yoga Ð In this style of yoga, the spine is regarded as a snake. It was brought to the West by Yogi Bhajan in the late 1960s. Th...   » Read the article

Article - Hatha Yoga Styles: Sivananda Yoga
Sivananda Yoga Ð Sivananda was developed by Vishnu-devananda. Practice consists of Pranayama and classic Asanas - 12 basic poses. Diet an...   » Read the article

Article - Hatha Yoga Styles: Svaroopa Yoga
Svaroopa Yoga Ð Rama Berch founded Svaroopa Yoga. It introduces alternative ways of doing familiar poses with deep emphasis on the spine....   » Read the article

Article - Hatha Yoga Styles: Ashtanga Yoga
Ashtanga Yoga Ð Ashtanga was developed by K. Pattabhi Jois. It is a very physically demanding form of yoga often known as Ôpower yoga'. T...   » Read the article

Article - Hatha Yoga Styles: Iyengar Yoga
Iyengar Yoga Ð Iyengar Yoga was named after B.K.S. Iyengar. This style of yoga focuses on detail and precise alignment of postures. Iyeng...   » Read the article

Article - Hatha Yoga Styles: Ananda Yoga
Ananda Yoga Ð Ananda Yoga is a gentle practice. Swami Kriyananda developed this classical style of Hatha yoga that uses Asana and Pranaya...   » Read the article

Article - Hatha Yoga Styles: Anusara Yoga
Anusara Yoga Ð Anusara is a combination of Hatha yoga and biochemical principles. It is a very modern style of yoga developed by John Fri...   » Read the article

Article - Hatha Yoga Styles: Jivamukti Yoga
Jivamukti Yoga Ð Perhaps the latest form of Hatha yoga, Jivamukti was created by David Life and Sharon Gannon in 1984. Like Ashtanga yoga...   » Read the article

Article - Yoga Branches: Raja Yoga
Raja Yoga - The Yoga of Self Control Raja means Ôroyal' and Raja Yoga is said to be the Ôking' of Yogas. It is the path of yoga which is...   » Read the article

Article - Hatha Yoga: Hatha Yoga Styles
Hatha Yoga: Hatha Yoga Styles Hatha Yoga is the branch of Yoga that focuses on the physical well-being of a person and sees the body as ...   » Read the article

Article - Yoga: Therapeutic Yoga
Although yoga is best used as preventive medicine, some of its practices also have great therapeutic value. They can help those suffering...   » Read the article

Article - Yoga Systems: Hatha Yoga
Hatha Yoga deals with physical body and astral body purification and training. Its goal is to bring the physical body into a perfect s...   » Read the article

Article - Yoga Systems: Raja Yoga
In Raja Yoga the goal is to quieten the mind through meditation where the attention is fixed on an object, mantra, or concept.   ...   » Read the article

Article - Yoga Branches: Bhakti Yoga
Bhakti Yoga - The Yoga of Devotion The Yoga of devotion is known as Bhakti Yoga. Practicing this form of yoga trains the heart to seek t...   » Read the article

Article - Yoga And Health: Yoga For Acidity And Other Stomach Problems.
The ultimate goal of yoga, "is not just a better body, but also a better state of being. Today we give you two exercises to impro...   » Read the article

Article - Kriya Yoga: The Benefits Of Practicing Kriya Yoga
 The Benefits of Practicing Kriya Yoga The science of Kriya Yoga is the most precious technique for God-realization. It is very si...   » Read the article

Article - Dhyana Yoga: Dhyana-yoga Of Bhagavad-gita
Dhyana-yoga of Bhagavad-Gita In this chapter the Lord explains that the process of the eightfold yoga system (astanga-yoga) is a means ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Anahata Yoga: Encyclopedia - Anahata Yoga
Anahata Yoga is a meditative hatha yoga developed by Ana Costa. It was registered with the Yoga Alliance in 2002. More than 60 teachers h...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Naked Yoga: Encyclopedia - Naked Yoga
The short film 'Naked Yoga is an attempt to illustrate the practice of yoga in a natural setting. The purpose is to free the body and min...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Integral Yoga: Encyclopedia - Integral Yoga
Integral yoga or purna yoga (Full or complete yoga) refers in Sri Aurobindo's teachings to the union of all the parts of one's being with...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rebeccah: Encyclopedia Ii - Rebeccah - Motherhood
Like the other Matriarchs, Sarah and Rachel, Rebeccah is infertile for many years. Finally, after 20 years of marriage, hers and Isaac's ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Marie Antoinette: Encyclopedia Ii - Marie Antoinette - Motherhood
Marie Antoinette's first child was born at Versailles 19th December 1778. She was forced to endure the humiliation of a public birth in h...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Yoga: Eastern Philosophy Dictionary On Yoga
Yoga: Hindu meditative practices; the formal school of Yoga developed in the middle ages contains seven sub-schools: Jnana Yoga (knowl...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Yoga: A Spiritual Dictionary On Yoga
Yoga: Union of the individual self, or Atma, with the Supreme Being, or Universal Self. There are many forms of Yoga, all of which ar...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Brooke English: Encyclopedia Ii - Brooke English - Motherhood Tragedy And More Run-ins With La Kane
Brooke then began a job as a reporter and discovered that her mother (or so she believed at the time), Peg English, was in actuality code...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Yoga: Zen And Buddhism Dictionary On Yoga
Yoga: Tradition that predates Hinduism, and emphasizes meditation for self realization.    (See also: Yoga , Buddhism, Bo...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Yoga: Parapsychology Dictionary On Yoga
Yoga: Literally means 'link' or 'combination'. This word has broad implications and is used in many ways throughout the Vedas and wit...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Yoga: Sanskrit Hinduism Dictionary Ii On Yoga
yoga: techniques of developing and integrating energy; discipline or 'yoking' of the senses and the ego more...   (See also: ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Yoga: Spiritual Yoga Dictionary V On Yoga
Yoga: state of union between two opposites - body and mind; individual and universal consciousness; a process of uniting the opposing...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Yoga: Spiritual Sanskrit Dictionary On Yoga
Yoga: means union; to yoke. A yoga is a method (any one of many) by which an individual may become united with the Godhead, the Realit...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Yoga: Hinduism Sanskrit Dictionary Iv On Yoga
Yoga: Yoga: union; union with the supreme being -  any course that makes for such union.   (See also: Yoga , Hinduism,...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Yoga: Siddha Yoga Dictionary On Yoga
Yoga: (lit., union) The spiritual practices and disciplines that lead a seeker to evenness of mind, to the severing of the union with...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Yoga: Hindu Sanskrit Dictionary Ii On Yoga
Yoga: techniques of developing and integrating energy   (See also: Yoga , Hinduism, Hinduism Dictionary, Sanskrit Dictionary, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Yoga: Encyclopedia Ii - Yoga - The Word Yoga
The word "yoga" - from the Sanskrit root yuj ("to yoke") - is generally translated as "union" or "integration." This may be understood as...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Yoga: Sanskrit Hinduism Dictionary Iii On Yoga
yoga: yoga. (a) Union of the individual self or Atma with the Supreme Being or Universal Self; act of yoking. (b) A spiritual disci...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Yoga: Sanskrit Dictionary On Yoga
Yoga: Union of the individual soul and the Supreme Soul; the discipline by which such union is effected. The Yoga system of philosoph...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Yoga: Hindu Sanskrit Dictionary Iii On Yoga
YOGA: (Lit.) union; union of the individual soul with the Supreme Soul; any course which makes for such union   (See also: YOG...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Yoga: Hindu Sanskrit Dictionary On Yoga
Yoga: Literally, "union." Union with the Supreme Being, or any practice that makes for such union. Meditation that unites th...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Yoga: Pagan Paganism Dictionary Ii On Yoga
Yoga: Literally means “yoke” or discipline. With no qualifying adjective, usually refers to Hatha Yoga (discipline of the ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Yoga: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Yoga
yoga: (Sanskrit) "Union." From yuj, "to yoke, harness, unite."   The philosophy, process, disciplines and pr...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Yoga: Kundalini Yoga Dictionary On Yoga
Yoga: (lit. "Union") The sate of oneness with the Self, with God; the practices leading to that state.   (See also: ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Yoga: Spiritual Yoga Dictionary Iii On Yoga
Yoga: meaning Union, A broad range of disciplined forms of meditation, which share the goal of freeing the mind from attachment, and d...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Yoga: Encyclopedia Ii - Yoga - Yoga And Tantra
Yoga is often mentioned in company with Tantra. While the two have deep similarities, most traditions distinguish them from one another. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Yoga: Encyclopedia Ii - Yoga - Hindu Yoga
Yoga - Bhagavad Gita. Main article: Bhagavad Gita The Bhagavad Gita famously distinguishes several types of "yoga", corresponding to ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Yoga: Complementary Medicine Dictionary On Yoga
YOGA: Indian Medicine places much emphasis on prevention and yoga is used with that in mind. There are many different type of yoga pos...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Yoga: Encyclopedia Ii - Yoga - Buddhist Yoga
Within the various schools of Tibetan Buddhism yoga likewise holds a central place, though not in the form presented by Patanjali or the ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Yoga: Holistic Health Dictionary I On Yoga
YOGA Means union, or the yoking together of body and spirit. It is one of the more ancient methods of healing and of raising conscious...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Yoga: New Age Spirituality Dictionary On Yoga
Yoga (from Sanskrit. verbal root, meaning "discipline," )   Any number of physical or spiritual disciplines arising in...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Yoga: Sai Baba Dictionary On Yoga
Yoga: Yoga: Conquest of the senses, union of body, mind and soul, and with God (RRV-6b).   (See also: Yoga , Hinduism, Hin...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Yoga / Ashtanga Yoga.: Spiritual Yoga Dictionary Ii On Yoga / Ashtanga Yoga.
Yoga / Ashtanga Yoga.   (See also: Yoga / Ashtanga Yoga. ,Yoga, Yoga Dictionary)      » Read the article

Dictionary - Yoga: Theosophy Occultism Mysticism Dictionary On Yoga
A Theosophical definition of Yoga :   Yoga (Sanskrit) Literally "union," "conjunction," etc. In India it is...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Yoga: Mysticism Magick Dictionary On Yoga
YOGA (Sanskrit for "union," related to our "yoke.") Conquering the self is known as Yoga, the esoteric Eastern tea...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Yoga: Massage Bodywork Dictionary On Yoga
YOGA The word yoga describes a variety of Hindu practices developed in ancient India to unify body and mind with universal spirit, the...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Yoga: Alternative Medicine Dictionary Ii On Yoga
Yoga: This is a system that integrates breathing, movement, energy and diet for optimum health. Yoga promotes the mind/body connection...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Yoga: Natural Medicine Dictionary On Yoga
Yoga: A system of exercises, postures, breathing, meditation and relaxation. Students learn self-control and a state of being at one w...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Yoga: Alternative Health Dictionary Ii On Yoga
Yoga The word "Yoga" has two meanings, each of which go some way to explaining it.   The Sanskrit root yuj means to yok...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Yoga: New Age Spiritual Dictionary On Yoga
yoga (Sanskrit) "Yoke" 1. Union of self with the absolute or divine. 2. Methods or discipline employed to obtain such union...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Yoga: Natural Health Dictionary Ii On Yoga
Yoga: Yoga is an applied science of the mind and body, involving physical, mental and spiritual forms of practice. It comes from the H...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Yoga: Natural Health Dictionary On Yoga
Yoga: A mind-body practice for physical fitness, mental wellness and spiritual renewal, based on the practice of postures known as asa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Yoga: Encyclopedia Ii - Yoga - Diversity Of Yoga
Over the long history of yoga, different schools have emerged, and there are numerous examples of subdivisions and synthesis. It is commo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Yoga: Encyclopedia Ii - Yoga - Yoga And Religion
In the Hindu, Buddhist, Sikh, and Jain traditions, the spiritual goals of yoga are seen as inseparable from the religions of which yoga f...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Yoga: Encyclopedia Ii - Yoga - Yoga Practice And Intention
Modern yoga practice often includes traditional elements inherited from Hinduism, such as moral and ethical principles, postures designed...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Yoga: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Yoga
Yoga (Sanskrit) Union; one of the six Darsanas or schools of philosophy of India, founded by Patanjali, but said to have existed as a ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Yoga: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Yoga
Yoga (Sanskrit). (1) One of the six Darshanas or schools of India; a school of philosophy founded by Patanjali, though the real Yoga ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Yoga: Encyclopedia Ii - Yoga - Origins
Images of a meditating yogi from the Indus Valley Civilization are thought to be 6 to 7 thousand years old. The earliest written accounts...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Yoga: Yoga Dictionary
A Yoga Dictionary from Abhyasa to Yukti.   From "Kundalini Yoga" by Sri Swami Sivananda      » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Integral Yoga: Encyclopedia Ii - Integral Yoga - The Yoga Of Synthesis
Sri Aurobindo describes the nature and practice of integral yoga in his opus The Synthesis of Yoga. As the title of that work indicates, ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Agni Yoga: A Spiritual Dictionary On Agni Yoga
Agni yoga: A sanskrit word meaning fire. A synthesis of all yogas, especially Karma, Bahkti and Raja yoga.   (See also: Agni ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Jnana-yoga: A Spiritual Dictionary On Jnana-yoga
Jnana-yoga: Yoga path of inner contemplation, wisdom.   (See also: Jnana-yoga , Body Mind and Soul)      » Read the article

Dictionary - Raja Yoga: A Spiritual Dictionary On Raja Yoga
Raja yoga: Literally "Royal Yoga". The path of concentration, meditation, of detachment.   (See also: Raja yoga , B...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Ashtanga Yoga: A Spiritual Dictionary On Ashtanga Yoga
Ashtanga yoga: Eignt-fold discipline of yoga to destroy ignorance and reach the state of communion with Self. As taught by Patanjali....   » Read the article

Dictionary - Karma Yoga: Eastern Philosophy Dictionary On Karma Yoga
Karma Yoga: Sub-school of Hindu Yoga which advocates becoming indifferent to the consequences of one's actions, thereby disassociating...   » Read the article