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When I started going Yoga there was always one thought nagging me. How do they decide which posture comes after which? How do I know this series is right for me? Is it ok to do the same poses and sequence for everyone? There are lot of postures and poses in yoga. And a lot [...]

“om” is arguably the most well-known word one finds in a non-religious, spiritual context. Although, traditionally associated with the Vedic Religion (popularly but wrongly known as ‘Hinduism’) it is used by non-hindus, new agers & many different people in different settings. It is said that the primordial sound is Om. Om is the root of [...]

Do you know each and every thought that you have? Do you? Why not? Isn’t it scary that we don’t have control over this most intimate of things. This basic thing that makes up our feeling of ‘I’ness. Thoughts are the thing that make up most of our personality. They color our actions, moods, emotions, [...]

It is better to be beautiful than to be good. But … it is better to be good than to be ugly.- OSCAR WILDE, The Picture of Dorian Gray But best of all is to be good and beautiful. And it is possible. Very possible in fact. The fact is that beauty only comes when [...]

What would happen if both our brains function at the same time?  It is something called relaxed alertness.  Like the ultimate yogi, you are on top of your game.  You can walk the tighrope from end to end without a problem.  This is the perfect balance we crave.  And if we can achieve it…wow!  Watch [...]

A very wise person said “You can be happy with or without a reason, but you can’t be unhappy without a reason”. The profoundness and depth in this statement is amazing.  It points to the core of the human condition.  The wish and need to escape from pain and unhappiness.  If we really look at [...]

Have you noticed, that when you are in a great mood, say you are in love or you just got a promotion or your kid got into a great college, you have so much generosity of spirit at that time. You don’t mind if someone cuts you off on the freeway or if you have a long wait at the bank or if your boss yells at you. But these same situations could make you really angry and ruin your day at any other time.

You read it right.  It is a prescription for depression.  Not a prescription to overcome depression.  Now why would we want to do something like this?  No one out there is looking to get depressed. In fact, we Americans are desperate to get out of depression.  We spend more than $86 billion dollars on anti-depressants.  [...]

Ok. We all have heard of meditation.  Some of us do it, some of us tried it and gave up.  We found it beneficial but it was kinda boring.  And we wonder how some people are so intense and passionate about it.  How do they have the discipline to do it.   The media is full [...]

We were mulling over what our #healthyholidays tip of the day should be and one of our staff members came up with a great idea.  Constipation.  Everyone has suffered from it at one time or other and there is a multi billion dollar pharmaceutical industry dedicated to providing relief from the symptoms of constipation.  That’s [...]