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The Dark Side of Christmas
What to do if you get the festive season blues For many people Christmas and the holiday season is a joyful time that farewells the old year and welcomes in the new with renewed opportunities and possibilities. It can be … Continue reading
Mindfulness and Antar Mouna Meditation
Meditation has two main aims, the cultivation of witness consciousness, and the evolution of your body, mind and spirit. The essential key to success in meditation is the cultivation of witness consciousness, your own self-awareness. When you develop the witness, … Continue reading
Improve Your Digestive System – Balance Agni
When we improve our digestive strength we improve our overall health, our immunity and mental clarity. This is why Ayurveda and yoga-tantra place great emphasis on proper diet and the maintenance of digestive fire (agni). Doing so prevents and treats disease … Continue reading
Awakening the Spiritual Spine
The chakras lie in the central nervous system (the brain and spine), which controls all the functions of the body and mind. Chakra meditations focus awareness onto the spine at specific areas where the controlling points for the chakras lie. … Continue reading
Planetary Alignment and Karma
Why is it that at various times in history certain great souls are born and bring light, compassion, knowledge and wisdom into the world? Some people are born with great gifts and abilities, and also with wonderful opportunities. And why … Continue reading
Jyotish – Indian Astrology
Jyotish is India’s system of divination. It is sometimes referred to as Hindu or Vedic astrology. Meaning of Jyotish The word Jyotish in Sanskrit means ‘Lord of light’. It is the study of the light that comes to us from … Continue reading
Origin of Yoga Nidra
Relaxation does not mean sleep. Relaxation means to be blissfully happy; it has no end. I call bliss absolute relaxation; sleep is a different matter. Sleep gives only mind and sense relaxation. Bliss relaxes the atma, the inner self; that … Continue reading
Insufficient Rest and Poor Sleep Causes Heart Disease
Rest is the foundation of a happy and healthy life. And yet millions of people around the world are suffering from the effects of busy lifestyles, stress, overwork and fatigue. They are unable to rest, recharge and rejuvenate themselves. Many … Continue reading
Learn about Yoga Nidra from Experts: Powerful Relaxation Meditation
Yoga Nidra is a technique from the great yoga adept Swami Satyananda Saraswati of the Bihar School of Yoga, India. The word yoga means conscious connection to Self. Nidra means sleep. Yoga Nidra is a yoga meditation technique that allows … Continue reading
Research Articles on Yoga, Relaxation and Meditation
The following research has been done into relaxation and mind-body medicine by the Harvard Researcher Herbert Benson of The Benson-Henry Institute for Mind Body Medicine at the Massachusetts General Hospital, USA. Mind-body medicine is an not a complimentary or alternative … Continue reading
Spiritual Awakening
Spirit is the least tangible, most subtle and essential part of us. It contains the seeds of all that is potential in us, the seeds of our ultimate fulfillment. Because it is so subtle you require some form of meditative … Continue reading
Yoga Therapy
Big Shakti has created a holistic approach to health and healing, integrating the best from yoga, meditation, Ayurveda, Daoism and western mind-body medicine. Big Shakti has created a holistic approach to health and healing. Yoga Therapy Explained Yoga therapy is … Continue reading
The Need for Self-Development
The cultivation of self-awareness is vital for your long-term happiness. You need to form a relationship with your self, to get to know your self. This is the basis of a meaningful and fulfilled life. Self-awareness is the basis of … Continue reading
The Five Keys to Health and Wellbeing
Yoga and meditation have been shown to be powerful elements in alternative meditation because of their ability to increase health and wellbeing. They are now part of mind body medicine, a newly emerging holistic science of medicine. There are five … Continue reading
Relaxation is a Natural Skill
Relaxation is a natural skill that you can improve through simple relaxation and meditation techniques. With practice you can remain relaxed during both the good times and the bad. If you do not practice relaxation tension builds up. Obvious and … Continue reading
Definitions of Yoga
Sanskrit Definition of Yoga Yoga means ‘union’ or ‘connection’. In Sanskrit, the word ‘yoga’ is used to signify any form of connection. Yoga is both a state of connection and a body of techniques that allow us to connect to … Continue reading