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Chinmaya Mudra | Meaning | Steps | Benefits And More

Based on the principles of Ayurveda, all yoga mudras are beneficial for you in many ways. Chinmaya Mudra is one of the hasta mudras or hand gestures that supreme awareness, and is full of knowledge or pure wisdom. Typically we practiced it to bring awareness to the body and make the body and brain healthy, […]

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The 5 KLESHAS To Yoga Practice –Causes of Human Sufferings

The Pancha Klesha or 5 kleshas are described in a book called Virachit-Yogasutras by Maharishi Patanjali. According to Sutra 3 of its second lesson, which is also called “Sadhana Paad” avidyasmitaragadveshabhiniveshah kleshaah //2.3// Ignorance, egoism, attachment, aversion, and clinging to life – are the five Kleshas. What is Kleshas? Klesha is a term from Indian […]

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Kumbhaka Pranayama: The Breath Retention Technique

Kumbhaka Pranayama – the control of prana through retention of the breath. The perfection of Pranayama is from ‘Kumbhaka’. In Patanjali’s Yogasutra, Kumbhak has been described as Pranayama (Yogasutra 2.49). The real benefits of Pranayama come from Kumbhak only. The importance of Kumbhak has also been told in Patanjali’s ‘Yogasutra’. While defining Pranayama, Maharishi Patanjali […]

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