Encyclopedia - Yoga Nidra: Encyclopedia - Yoga Nidra
Yoga Nidra, which literally means "sleep of the yogis", is used to prepare both mentally and physically prior to seeking deeper levels of...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Yoga-nidra: Bhakti Yoga Dictionary Ii On Yoga-nidra
yoga-nidra the mystic slumber of Lord Vishnu.   (See also: yoga-nidra , Bhakti, Bhakti Yoga, Bhakti Dictionary, Body Mind and ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Yoga Nidra: Spiritual Yoga Dictionary V On Yoga Nidra
Yoga nidra: a deep relaxation technique also called 'yogic sleep' in which mind and body is at complete rest but with complete awaren...   » Read the article

Article - Meditation: What Is Meditation?
Meditation is an intensely personal and spiritual experience. The desired purpose of each meditation technique is to channel our awarenes...   » Read the article

Article - Vedic Science: Understanding The Creation Of The Universe
Why should we understand how the universe was created? Because it gives us a clearer understanding of where we have come from, where we a...   » Read the article

Article - Enlightenment: Krishnaraj Dasaji About Samskarashuddhi
Krishnaraj Dasaji will introduce you to some of the basic principles of Samskara Shuddi and also share some of his personal experiences f...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bihar School Of Yoga: Encyclopedia - Bihar School Of Yoga
The Bihar School of Yoga is an entity founded by Swami Satyananda Saraswati in 1964 and is located in Munger (Bihar, India). It publishes...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Yoga Nidra: Encyclopedia Ii - Yoga Nidra - History
Paramyogeshwar Sri Devpuriji developed Yoga Nidra and passed it on to Sri Deep Narayan Mahaprabhuji and it was taught to his disciples si...   » Read the article

Article - Infinity: Zero To Infinity In Indian Mysticism  
Ananta is Sanskrit for infinity. It is equated with the Supreme Brahman - infinitely powerful and so infinitely free. It is bigger tha...   » Read the article

Article - Bhagavata Dharma: Limitless Pleasure - Bhagavata Dharma  
What is a human being’s dharma?   Every entity and idea has its own distinct characteristic which differentiates it from a...   » Read the article

Article - Meditation: Meditation Experiences According To The Ashtanga Yoga Tradition With Commentary On Patanjali's Yoga Sutra
Meditation Experiences by Sarasvati Buhrman PhD - Part I Sometime after 350 B.C. a great yogi sage wrote the "Yoga Sutra". Th...   » 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 - Awareness: Encyclopedia - Awareness
In biological psychology, awareness describes an animal's perception and cognitive reaction to a condition or event. Awareness does not n...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bihar Yoga Bharati: Encyclopedia - Bihar Yoga Bharati
Located near Munger, in India's Bihar State, Bihar Yoga Bharati (BYB) is a yoga institute dedicated to the study of yoga in a gurukul env...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Self-awareness: Encyclopedia - Self-awareness
Self-awareness is the ability to perceive one's own existence, including one's own traits, feelings and behaviours. In an epistemological...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Meditation: Encyclopedia - Meditation
Meditation like yoga originated in Vedic Hinduism many centuries ago, it was much later adopted into a wide variety of practices of relig...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Astral Projection: Encyclopedia - Astral Projection
Subtle bodies Causal plane: Causal body Mental plane: Mental body Astral plane: body, projection Etheric plane: Etheric body Physical pla...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Yoga In Daily Life: Encyclopedia - Yoga In Daily Life
Yoga in Daily Life by Mahamandaleshwar Paramhans Swami Maheshwarananda is a comprehensive system of Yoga with a holistic approach to heal...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Arhatic Yoga: Encyclopedia - Arhatic Yoga
Arhatic Yoga is a form of Yoga, developed and taught by Grand Master Choa Kok Sui, that synthesizes in a single discipline all the other ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Paschimottanasana: Encyclopedia - Paschimottanasana
Paschimottanasana literally translated as "intense stretch of the west". A yoga position (or asana) where one sits on the floor with legs...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Yoga As Exercise: Encyclopedia - Yoga As Exercise
While Yoga evolved as a spiritual practice, in the West it has grown popular as a form of purely physical exercise. Some Western practic...   » 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 - Anusara Yoga: Encyclopedia - Anusara Yoga
Anusara yoga is a modern school of yoga started by John Friend in 1997; it is a hatha yoga with a Tantric philosophy. Friend continues to...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jnana Yoga: Encyclopedia - Jnana Yoga
Jnana in Sanskrit means "knowledge", and is often interpreted to mean "knowledge of the true self". In the Vedanta school of the Hindu re...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Niyama: Encyclopedia - Niyama
The Niyamas are codified as "the observances" in numerous scriptures including the Shandilya and Varuha Upanishads, Hatha Yoga Pradipika ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bhujangasana: Encyclopedia - Bhujangasana
Bhujangasana (cobra position) is a hatha yoga position which strengthens the spine; stretches chest and lungs, shoulders, and abdomen; fi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dharana: Encyclopedia - Dharana
Dharana is the sixth of the eight steps of Patanjali's Ashtanga Yoga. Dharana can be translated as "holding steady", and it is the initia...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pratyahara: Encyclopedia - Pratyahara
Pratyahara is the fifth among the Eight steps of Patanjali's Ashtanga Yoga. In it, the consciousness, or more specifically, the neural cu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Iyengar Yoga: Encyclopedia - Iyengar Yoga
Iyengar Yoga, created by B.K.S. Iyengar, is a form of yoga known for its use of props, such as belts and blocks, as aids in performing as...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Yogi: Encyclopedia - Yogi
Main articles: Yoga, and List of yoga schools, and [[{{{3}}}]], and [[{{{4}}}]]   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Yoga Piracy: Encyclopedia - Yoga Piracy
Yoga piracy is the appropriation of postures and techniques that are found in ancient and traditional yoga treatises belonging to Hinduis...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sahaja Yoga: Encyclopedia - Sahaja Yoga
Sahaja Yoga (Sahaja meaning born with and Yoga meaning union) is a type of meditation and yoga. It is "a unique method of meditation base...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kriya Yoga: Encyclopedia - Kriya Yoga
Kriya yoga is a system of Indian yoga that was first popularized in the West by Paramahansa Yogananda. The system consists of a number of...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bikram Yoga: Encyclopedia - Bikram Yoga
Bikram Yoga was developed by Bikram Choudhury. He claims that his method is the only true hatha yoga practiced in the West. This claim is...   » 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 - Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga: Encyclopedia - Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga
This article is about the style of yoga taught by Sri K. Pattabhi Jois of Mysore, India. This article is about the Ashtanga Yoga style of...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tumo: Encyclopedia - Tumo
Tumo (also spelled Tummo, or Tum-mo ) is a Tibetan term for an advanced type of meditation practiced by those wishing to attain enlighten...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kundalini Yoga: Encyclopedia - Kundalini Yoga
Kundalini yoga is a meditative discipline, comprising a set of simple techniques that uses the mind, senses and body to create a communic...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hatha Yoga Pradipika: Encyclopedia - Hatha Yoga Pradipika
Shruti Vedas Rig Veda Sama Veda Yajur Veda Atharva Veda Brahmanas Aranyakas Upanishads Smriti Itihāsas Mahābhārata Bhagavad G�...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Asana: Encyclopedia - Asana
Asana is Sanskrit for "seat". It is no accident that this word be chosen to describe the "posture" of Yoga. The idea of the "seat" in thi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Siddha Yoga: Encyclopedia - Siddha Yoga
Siddha Yoga is a spiritual group teaching traditional Hindu or yogic practices both in India and in the West. The group has an organizati...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pranayama: Encyclopedia - Pranayama
Pranayama is the fourth limb of Raja Yoga expounded in the Yoga Sutras of Patañjali. Prana is the source of which energy evolves from. I...   » 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 - Raja Yoga: Encyclopedia - Raja Yoga
Raja Yoga or Ashtanga Yoga is one of the four major Yogic paths of Hinduism, the others being Karma yoga, Jnana yoga and Bhakti yoga. Raj...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Samadhi: Encyclopedia - Samadhi
Samadhi is a term used in Hindu and Buddhist yogic meditation. Samadhi is also the Hindi word for a cenotaph, a structure commemorating t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Yama: Encyclopedia - Yama
Yama (Sanskrit: यम) is the lord of death, whose first recorded appearance is in the Vedas. He is one of the most ancient beings in th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Surat Shabd Yoga: Encyclopedia - Surat Shabd Yoga
Surat Shabd Yoga or Surat Shabda Yoga is a form of spiritual practice that is followed in the Sant Mat and many other related spiritual t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Consciousness: Encyclopedia - Consciousness
Consciousness is a quality of the mind generally regarded to comprise such key features as subjectivity, self-awareness, sentience, sapie...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sahaj Marg: Encyclopedia - Sahaj Marg
Sahaj Marg, which essentially translates to "the natural path" is the system of practical training in spirituality offered by Shri Ram Ch...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Agni Yoga: Encyclopedia - Agni Yoga
Agni Yoga, also called the "Teaching of Living Ethics" or (in Russian) the Zhivaya Etica, is an esoteric teaching founded by the Russian ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Yoga Sutras Of Patanjali: Encyclopedia - Yoga Sutras Of Patanjali
Shruti Vedas Rig Veda Sama Veda Yajur Veda Atharva Veda Brahmanas Aranyakas Upanishads Smriti Itihāsas Mahābhārata Bhagavad G�...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vedanta Desika: Encyclopedia - Vedanta Desika
Vedanta Desika (1269 – 1370) is the second great name in Vaishnavism. He was a great poet, devotee, philosopher and master-teacher -- a...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Yoga Nidra: Hindu Sanskrit Dictionary On Yoga Nidra
Yoga Nidra: A state of half-contemplation and half-sleep; light yogic sleep when the individual retains slight awareness; state betwee...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Yoga-nidra: Hinduism Sanskrit Dictionary V On Yoga-nidra
yoga-nidra: yoga-nidra - the sleep of yoga, where the body is resting but the mind is awake   (See also: yoga-nidra , Hindu...   » Read the article

Dictionary -  yoga-nidra: Sanskrit Dictionary On  yoga-nidra
 Yoga-nidra: the sleep of yoga, where the body is resting but the mind is awake   (See also:  Yoga-nidra , Body Min...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Nidra: Spiritual Yoga Dictionary V On Nidra
Nidra: sleep   (See also: Nidra ,Yoga, Yoga Dictionary)      » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Meditation: Encyclopedia Ii - Meditation - Health Applications And Clinical Studies Of Meditation
In the recent years there has been a growing interest within the medical community to study the physiological effects of meditation (Venk...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Astral Projection: Encyclopedia Ii - Astral Projection - Schools Of Thought
There generally exist two schools of thought on the nature of astral projection; these can broadly be defined as the mystical model and t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Meditation: Encyclopedia Ii - Meditation - Frequency And Duration
These vary so much that it is difficult to venture any general comments. On one extreme there exist monks and nuns whose whole lives are ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Meditation: Encyclopedia Ii - Meditation - Purposes And Effects Of Meditation
The purposes for which people meditate vary almost as widely as practices. Meditation may serve simply as a means of relaxation from a bu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Meditation: Encyclopedia Ii - Meditation - Overview
In the late nineteenth century, Theosophists adopted "meditation" to refer to various spiritual practices drawn from Hinduism, Buddhism, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Meditation: Encyclopedia Ii - Meditation - Meditation In Context
While meditation focuses on mental or psycho-spiritual activity, this is of course only one of several spheres of human existence; and we...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Meditation: Encyclopedia Ii - Meditation - Physical Postures
Different spiritual traditions, and different teachers within those traditions, prescribe or suggest different physical postures for medi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Meditation: Encyclopedia Ii - Meditation - Types Of Meditation
According to Bogart (1991) and Perez-De-Albeniz & Holmes (2000) the different techniques of meditation can be classified according to...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Astral Projection: Encyclopedia Ii - Astral Projection - Research
Projectors claim that during an astral voyage, communication with other projectors or spirits is possible. Sometimes the projector report...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Astral Projection: Encyclopedia Ii - Astral Projection - Astral Projection And The Bible
The Bible describes people as being "in the spirit" while receiving prophecy. Many biblical scholars attribute this to being in a dream-l...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Astral Projection: Encyclopedia Ii - Astral Projection - Other Kinds Of Projection
Astral projection - Real time projection. In contrast to "astral" projection, the traditional understanding of out-of-body experiences ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Nidra: Hindu Sanskrit Dictionary On Nidra
Nidra: Sleep; either dreaming or deep sleep state.   (See also: Nidra , Hinduism, Hinduism Dictionary, Sanskrit Dictionary, Bo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Consciousness: Encyclopedia Ii - Consciousness - Spiritual Approaches
Spiritual approaches to consciousness involve the idea of altered states of consciousness or religious experience. Changes in the state o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Serpent Symbolism: Encyclopedia Ii - Serpent Symbolism - Mythology
There was a serpent that was an Ancient Near Eastern and Aegean god of wisdom, who was always, quite naturally, an earth symbol. In Egypt...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Consciousness: Encyclopedia Ii - Consciousness - Cognitive Neuroscience Approaches
Modern investigations into and discoveries about consciousness are based on psychological statistical studies and case studies of conscio...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Consciousness: Encyclopedia Ii - Consciousness - Physical Approaches
Even at the dawn of Newtonian science, Leibniz and many others were suggesting physical theories of consciousness. Modern physical theori...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Consciousness: Encyclopedia Ii - Consciousness - Tests Of Consciousness
As there is still not a clear definition of consciousness, no empirical tests currently exist to test consciousness as a whole. Some have...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Sanskrit Dictionary: Dictionary Of Commonly Used Sanskrit Terms (t-y)
A dictionary Of Commonly Used Sanskrit terms. From Tada to Yukta.   Please note that all words in grey, like "yoga", &quo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vedanta Desika: Encyclopedia Ii - Vedanta Desika - Paduka-sahasram, A Magnum Opus
Paduka (pronounced 'paadukaa') Sahasram means one thousand verses on the sandals, is in praise of the sacred sandals on which the Lord’...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Consciousness: Encyclopedia Ii - Consciousness - Philosophical Approaches
Some philosophers suggest that consciousness resists or even defies definition. Others believe it can be usefully distinguished between p...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vedanta Desika: Encyclopedia Ii - Vedanta Desika - Paduka-sahasram A Magnum Opus
Paduka (pronounced 'paadukaa') Sahasram means one thousand verses on the sandals, is in praise of the sacred sandals on which the Lord’...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Consciousness: Encyclopedia Ii - Consciousness - Philosophical Approaches
Some philosophers suggest that consciousness resists or even defies definition. Others believe it can be usefully distinguished between p...   » Read the article

Article - Yoga Sitemap I - Y
This is a sitemap for Yoga - Y . Click on a link and you will find multiple definitions and articles related to the word.   yaj...   » Read the article