Working at Wall Street in the early 2000s, I got introduced to meditation as a result of the September 11 attacks on the World Trade Center. Due to the high anxiety levels of the people in New York City and the increased fear and hopelessness, many began seeing psychologists, popping anxiety pills, or better yet turning to the simple and effective stress-busting method called meditation. This...

4. Restful sleep Busy running the race to be a successful professional while also balancing home responsibilities and having an active social life, most of us become workaholics and often end up compromising on our sleep. But do you know how important sleep is to us? Doctors say, 7–9 hours of sleep each night maintains blood pressure, reduces cholesterol levels, and breaks the circle of...

I began this new year with an incredible treat. I had the chance to be a part of a one week intensive advanced program of deep meditations, profound knowledge & breathing/yogic techniques of the Art of Living Foundation. Over 700 people from over 60 countries came together in Berlin- CEOs, artists, sports people, entrepreneurs young & old, engineers, senior citizens, young parents,...

I began this new year with an incredible treat. I had the chance to be a part of a one week intensive advanced program of deep meditations, profound knowledge & breathing/yogic techniques of the Art of Living Foundation. Over 700 people from over 60 countries came together in Berlin- CEOs, artists, sports people, entrepreneurs young & old, engineers, senior citizens, young parents,...

Someone texts you a bad news in the middle of the day. You are sad and you ruminate over it. One thought leads to another and before you know it, you are upset about things that are not even related to the news you received. That was just one example of overthinking. There can be hundreds of instances when you pull your mind into a whirpool of thoughts without your awareness.  Overthinking...

Overthinking is painful. It happens without your will and sometimes, you just wish you could have a switch-off button. What you overthink could be as simple as a slip of the tongue at a work meeting and be as challenging an event to process as losing a loved one. Overthinking further brings its relatives: anxiety, panic, anger, and a host of negative emotions. Sometimes, these emotions are...

Patanjali Yoga Sutras - Knowledge Sheet 7 Contd. from knowledge sheet 6 Are you looking for proof? Debating within yourself? Are you hanging on to 'wrong knowledge' of how things are? You do not know how things are because the world is fluid. There is nothing solid here. Nobody is solid. Nobody’s mind is solid. No thoughts are solid. The whole world is fluid. Anything can change any...

Like any competitive sport such as gymnastics, yoga postures need grace, style, balance and flexibility. Yet yoga has something deeper to offer. To many it is a spiritual practice, a pathway to a more profound understanding of life. Dinesh Kashikar, senior Sri Sri Yoga teacher, shares his views about entering yoga pose practice as a competitive sport in Olympics. He feels that...

Patanjali Yoga Sutra Knowledge Sheet 38 There are only two states of consciousness. One is deep sleep or dreaming: day dream or night dream. Throughout the day one dreams, “Oh, what will happen to me? Or I will do this, I will do that.” Building castles in the air. However, once you know that you are day dreaming, that very moment a gush of energy overtakes you; you become alert and...

Sava - Corpse; Asana - Pose The asana is pronounced as Shuh-vah-sana This pose gets its name from the recumbent posture of a dead body. It is a position of rest and relaxation, and is usually practiced towards the end of a yoga session – a session that typically begins with activity and ends in rest; a space or pause when deep healing can take place. How...