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Naked Sunday Workout
Naked Sunday Workout
Pratyahara is confusing to many students of yoga philosophy...
Pratyahara is confusing to many students of yoga philosophy. This fifth limb on Patanjali’s eight-limbed path of yoga from the Yoga Sutras translates as “withdrawal of the senses,” which initially might seem like the opposite of awareness—and yoga is, first and foremost, a practice of awaren...
The fifth limb of yoga, pratyahara, can be seen as the bridg..
The fifth limb of yoga, pratyahara, can be seen as the bridge between external and internal yoga. It moves the practitioner towards the more subtle art of concentration and meditation, and finally to samadhi (enlightenment). The word 'pratyahara' stems from the Sanskrit prati and ahara.
Hump Day At Home Workouts
Hump Day At Home Workouts
Sunday Naked Yoga Flow
Sunday Naked Yoga Flow
ASANA: Posture The practice of physical postures of yoga is..
ASANA: Posture The practice of physical postures of yoga is the third step on the path to freedom; Asana is perhaps the most known limb of the eightfold path of yoga, and it often gets interpreted as Yoga itself. Often when we say we are going to do yoga, we mean Asana.
Yogic Expressions of Light
Yogic Expressions of Light
There are two aspects of saucha. One is the disinclination f..
There are two aspects of saucha. One is the disinclination for one’s own body, and two is the disinclination towards another’s body. Cravings of and for the body begin in the mind, because we do not totally understand our bodies. Beneath the skin there are bones, flesh, nerves.The lack of under...
By personal hygiene and cleanliness of your own physical bod..
By personal hygiene and cleanliness of your own physical body (and mind), there will be a disinclination towards the body, and there will be cessation of craving for contact with the bodies of others.
While the yamas are about our relationship with others, the ..
While the yamas are about our relationship with others, the niyamas are about the relationship we have with our Self. The first of the five niyamas is saucha. Saucha is a Sanskrit word often translated as “purity” or “cleanliness”. It refers to cleaning at many levels - the physical and men...
Naturalist At Home Work Out
Naturalist At Home Work Out
Niyamas are positive duties or observances. In Indian tradit..
Niyamas are positive duties or observances. In Indian traditions, particularly Yoga, niyamas and their complement, Yamas, are recommended activities and habits for healthy living, spiritual enlightenment, and a liberated state of existence. It has multiple meanings depending on context in Hinduism.
Yamas, and their complement, Niyamas, represent a series of ..
Yamas, and their complement, Niyamas, represent a series of "right living" or ethical rules within Hinduism and Yoga. It means "reining in" or "control". These are restraints for Proper Conduct as given in the Veda. They are a form of moral imperatives, commandments, rules or...
In Hinduism and Jainism, aparigraha (Sanskrit: अपरिग्रह) is ..
In Hinduism and Jainism, aparigraha (Sanskrit: अपरिग्रह) is the virtue of non-possessiveness, non-grasping or non-greediness. Aparigrah is the opposite of parigrah, and refers to keeping the desire for possessions to what is necessary or important, depending on one's life stage a...
Aparigraha (Non-hoarding, Freedom from Grasping) Develop se..
Aparigraha (Non-hoarding, Freedom from Grasping) Develop sensitivity to what you really need. Don’t take so much that others don’t have enough. Don’t be possessed by your possessions. As long as you are lusting after the next great thing, you will always have a sense of lack, which leads to s...
Brahmacharya (/ˌbrɑːməˈtʃɑːrjə/; Devanagari: ब्रह्मचर्य, Ben..
Brahmacharya (/ˌbrɑːməˈtʃɑːrjə/; Devanagari: ब्रह्मचर्य, Bengali: ব্রহ্মচর্য) is a concept within Indian religions that literally means to stay in conduct within one's own soul. In Yoga, Hinduism and Jainism it generally refers to a lifestyle char...
Brahmacharya (Moderation) The yogic path discourages overin..
Brahmacharya (Moderation) The yogic path discourages overindulgence in many things, including food and sex. Obsession with these things may cause you to lose touch with what is truly important in life. Brahmacharya is often described as moderation, specifically sensual. In classical yoga, brahmacha...
Brahmacharya is often translated as ‘celibacy’ – and is ofte..
Brahmacharya is often translated as ‘celibacy’ – and is often considered irrevelant in our modern culture. The word Brahmacharya actually translates as ‘behaviour which leads to Brahman’. Brahman is thought of as ‘the creator’ in Hinduism and yogic terms. So Brahmacharya can be seen as...
Brahmacharya (continence) states that when we have control o..
Brahmacharya (continence) states that when we have control over our physical impulses of excess, we attain knowledge, vigor, and increased energy. To break the bonds that attach us to our excesses and addictions, we need both courage and will. And each time we overcome these impulses of excess we be...
Svadhishthana Tuesday / Sacral Chakra: Sound Bath and Water ..
Svadhishthana Tuesday / Sacral Chakra: Sound Bath and Water Element Purification of Sacred Body Temple
Root Chakra Activation and Balancing
Root Chakra Activation and Balancing
Muladhara Monday/ Root Chakra: Yoga poses and body workouts ..
Muladhara Monday/ Root Chakra: Yoga poses and body workouts for legs.
Since the root chakra is all about being grounded, stable an..
Since the root chakra is all about being grounded, stable and safe, doing things that get you into your body and feeling connected will help you to open it: yoga, dancing, going for walks, getting a massage, walking barefoot or putting your hands in the earth will all help to heal this chakra.
Muladhara Monday: Taking good care of your body and keeping ..
Muladhara Monday: Taking good care of your body and keeping your temple clean 🧼
Body Oil Treatment
Body Oil Treatment
Divine Crown Chakra Sunday Soak
Divine Crown Chakra Sunday Soak
The original design of our bodies was based on that star in ..
The original design of our bodies was based on that star in the spiritual eye. We were literally made ‘in the image of God.’ This wasn’t a merely poetic image meant to indicate somehow a higher potential in ourselves. And it didn’t mean, as orthodox dogma would have it, that only human being...

















