somatic therapy (somatic disciplines, somatic methods, somatics, somatic techniques, somatic therapies): Field that encompasses aikido, the Alexander Technique, applied kinesiology, Arica, Aston-Patterning, Awareness Through Movement, bioenergetics, Body-Mind Centering, Capoeria, Continuum, CranioSacral Therapy, Eutony, Focusing, Functional Integration, Hakomi, Hellerwork, judo, karate, kundalini yoga, kung fu, Lomi (see lomi-lomi and Lomi work), Oki yoga (see Oki-Do), Process-Oriented Psychotherapy (process psychology), rebirthing, reflexology, Resonant Kinesiology, Rolfing, Rosen work (see Rosen Method), sensory awareness, SHEN, somasynthesis, tai chi, Touch for Health, Trager, Trans Fiber, yoga therapy, and Zero Balancing.

Subtle-energy elements are a commonality of somatic therapies. Thomas Hanna, founder of the journal Somatics, coined the word somatics.

(See also: Somatic therapy, Body Mind and Soul, Alternative Health, Alternative Health Dictionary)

Anahata chakra:

energy center located in the heart region; also called pranic centre - fourth of the seven energy centers.

(See also: Anahata chakra, Yoga, Yoga Dictionary)

Ajna chakra:

energy center located behind the forehead, also called psychic centre - one of the seven energy centers

(See also: Ajna chakra, Yoga, Yoga Dictionary)

Karma Yoga Lesson XI

The dullness in Karma Yogi's life; The power of cumulation; Dryness; The Air trial, without programme; Reversion; The task one of changing the center; The need for watchfulness.

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Yogic sadhana is reminding yourself constantly to center and be aware. To identify with the "I AM", and to see your experience as a passing show, without identifying with it or becoming attached to it. Whether it be postures, pranayama, meditation, mantras or bhakti yoga, or jnana or karma yoga, the purpose is the same. To remind and to train your conscious to remain pure and free, until it becomes spontaneous and effortless.

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Sahaja Yoga: The Living Tradition of Sahaj Marg

The Raja Yoga system known as "Sahaj Marg" is still relatively obscure in the West, even among Yoga aficionados. This is largely due to the fact that Sahaj Marg has been a low-key, word-of-mouth practice. Works by the lineage of Sahaj Marg Masters, published under the auspices of the Shri Ram Chandra Mission (SRCM), are difficult to locate, and beyond the abhyasis or practitioners of Sahaj Marg, few are aware that SRCM centers have been established worldwide since the Mission was founded in India fifty years ago.

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Hatha Yoga: Hatha Yoga Positions

 One thing I like to do when I start a yoga session, either by myself or when I'm teaching, is to begin with centering. I find that centering is soooo important. I like to begin with sighs and releasing breathe. And close my eyes. I tell myself to leave the worries and troubles and concerns outside at the door. If I need to pick them up on my way out, I can do that. But, for the half hour to hour that I am giving myself this treat of yoga, I can leave the troubles outside. And that includes all the self judgement about postures that I might or might not be able to do or the fat that I carry on my body. I think that is one of the things that has made yoga good for me. I give myself permission not to be disappointed with myself.....mentally, emotionally, or physically. It doesn't always work. And I give myself permission for that, too.

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Yoga when used as a form of alternative medicine is a combination of breathing exercises, physical postures, and meditation, practiced for over 5,000 years. Template:CamMenu In India, yoga is a daily part of life. It is common to see people performing yoga in the morning or speaking about food diets and body therapy entirely based on Yoga or the Hindu healing system of Ayurveda. A survey released in May 2004 by the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine focused on who used complementary ...

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• Yoga alternative medicine - Overview
• Yoga alternative medicine - Hatha yoga

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Anahata Yoga is a meditative hatha yoga developed by Ana Costa. It was registered with the Yoga Alliance in 2002. More than 60 teachers have received certification since then. The method was inspired by this quote from Yogananda Paramahansa: "It is slow but sure suicide to walk, sit, rest, talk, or lie down with a caved-in chest. The cells of the lungs become starved thereby, and maladjustments of the vertebrae often occur." The focus of Anahata yoga is the opening of the anahata chakra, or heart center: simultaneously correcting bad posture, opening the chest, shoulders, and lungs, ...

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• Anahata Yoga - Description

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The Vedanta Society is a branch of the Ramakrishna Mission. The Vedanta Society of Southern California maintains a comprehensive list of centers worldwide. Shruti (primary scriptures): Vedas | Upanishads | Bhagavad Gita | Itihasa (Ramayana & Mahabharata) | Agamas Smriti (other texts): Tantras | Sutras | Puranas | Brahma Sutras | Hatha Yoga Pradipika | Smritis | Tirukural | Yoga Sutra

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The Self-Realization Fellowship is a religious organization founded by Paramahansa Yogananda in 1920. The group carries on Yogananda's teachings, including Kriya Yoga, a form of yoga the group claims originated millennia ago in India. To this end, it conducts correspondence courses in this discipline. It also publishes Yogananda's writings, lectures, and recorded talks; oversees temples, retreats, meditation centers, and monastic communities bearing the name Self-Realization Order; and coordinates the Worldwide Prayer Circle, which it ...

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The Aetherius Society is an organization founded by Dr. George King (1919-1997) in 1955. It mixes yoga, Theosophy and a form of spiritualism which involves yogic mediumship in the channeling of advanced extraterrestrial beings. Aetherius Society - Structure. The group is international, but not very large. It has somewhere between 2,000-10,000 members. Membership further has three levels from "friend" to "full member." They have one of their more major centers in Hollywood, California. ...

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• Aetherius Society - Structure
• Aetherius Society - History
• Aetherius Society - Beliefs
• Aetherius Society - Criticism
• Aetherius Society - Mission and recruitment

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Harbhajan Singh Khalsa Yogiji (August 26, 1929–October 6, 2004), also known as Yogi Harbhajan and Yogi Bhajan, was a spiritual leader who was the head of the Sikh Dharma in the western hemisphere. He was widely known as a master of Kundalini Yoga and taught thousands to be teachers and spread the teachings. He founded the non-profit 3HO (Healthy, Happy, Holy) Organization in 1969. Under his guidance as Director of Spiritual Education, 3HO mushroomed worldwide, to 300 centers in 35 countries. In 1994, 3HO became ...

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• Harbhajan Singh Yogi - External link

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Bhoj was a great philosopher king and polymath of medieval India. He ruled the kingdom of Malwa in central India from about 1010 to 1060. He was from the Paramara dynasty of Rajputs, who ruled Malwa from the mid-tenth century to about 1200. His extensive writings cover philosophy, poetry, medicine, veterinary science, phonetics, yoga, and archery. Under his rule, Malwa and its capital Dhar became one of the chief intellectual centers of India. King Bhoj, together with the Solanki king Bhima of Gujarat (Anhilwara), rebuilt the temple a ...

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• Bhoj - Also see

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Chakra:

literally meaning circle or wheel, in yoga this refers to the energy centers lying along the confluence of the nadis (energy channels)

(See also: Chakra, Yoga, Yoga Dictionary)

There are several organizations that teach kriya yoga as taught by Yogananda. A few are: Self-Realization Fellowship, founded by Yogananda; Ananda, founded by Swami Kriyananda (a direct disciple of Yogananda); Center for Spiritual Awareness, founded by Roy Eugene Davis (also a direct disciple of Yogananda); and the Song of the Morning Retreat Center founded by one of Yogananda's chief disciples, Yogacharya Oliver Black. The lineage of Lahiri Mahasaya also continues in the person of Shibendu Lahiri, the great-grandson of Lahiri Mahasaya. He is based in Benares but travels around the world, initia ...

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Kriya yoga, Kriya yoga - History, Kriya yoga - Other lineages, Kriya yoga - External link

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Laya Yoga:

Laya Yoga ("Yoga of dissolution"): an advanced form or process of Tantric yoga by which the energies associated with the various psycho-energetic centers (cakra) of the subtle body are gradually dissolved through the ascent of the serpent power (kundalini-shakti)

(See also: Laya Yoga, Yoga, Yoga Dictionary)

The university has a botanical garden at Bland Cottage, the Performing Arts Center where national acts as well as Georgia Southern student shows are performed, a college radio station (WVGS 91.9 The Buzz), and a college newspaper, The George-Anne. The Recreation and Activities Center (the RAC) has an area for weight lifting, several basketball courts, an indoor track, two dance studios, equipment for yoga and ...

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Georgia Southern University, Georgia Southern University - History, Georgia Southern University - Academia, Georgia Southern University - Sports, Georgia Southern University - Student Activities, Georgia Southern University - Location, Georgia Southern University - Sources

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Tilaka has been worn by Hindu women for many millennia for different reasons as a bindi or dot between the eyebrows or on the center of the forehead. This practice is associated with Yoga and Ayurvedic principles. Per yogic belief, the psychic energy forces of the nadis (subtle nerves), Ida and Pingala, meet at the middle of the forehead and activate the centre of 'will', clearing the way for enlightenment. This place is also the seat of the the soul (atman) or the Self, the location of the spiritual third eye, and the ajna chakra. The tilak ...

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Tilaka, Tilaka - A sign of God, Tilaka - Worn by women Bindi, Tilaka - In different languages, Tilaka - History, Tilaka - Related customs, Tilaka - In other cultures

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Edzard Ernst wrote in the Medical Journal of Australia that "about half the general population in developed countries use complementary and alternative medicine (CAM)" (Ernst 2003). A survey (Barnes et al 2004) released in May 2004 by the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, part of the National Institutes of Health in the United States, found that in 2002, 36% of Americans used some form of alternative therapy in the past 12 months — a category that included yoga, meditation, herbal treatments and the Atkins ...

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Alternative medicine, Alternative medicine - Complementary and alternative medicine, Alternative medicine - Regulation, Alternative medicine - Contemporary use of alternative medicine, Alternative medicine - Medical education, Alternative medicine - Support for alternative medicine, Alternative medicine - Efficacy, Alternative medicine - Danger reduced when used as a complement to conventional medicine, Alternative medicine - Criticism of alternative medicine, Alternative medicine - Efficacy, Alternative medicine - Safety

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