Archives: April, 2006

To perform the boat posture simply to get a flatter tummy is missing the boat, according to Patanjali.

Often called “the father of yoga,” Patanjali was the guy who codified his thoughts and knowledge of yoga in The Yoga Sutra of Patanjali. In this work, Patanjali compiled 195 sutras or concise aphorisms that are essentially an [...]

The origins of Indian classical music, the classical music of India, can be found from the oldest of scriptures, part of the Hindu tradition, the Vedas. Samaveda, one of the four Vedas, describes music at length.

The two main streams of Indian classical music are Hindustani music, from North India, and Carnatic music (Karnataka Sangeeth), [...]

What is the word viniyoga as used in recent years within this country?
The term viniyoga had come to be associated with TKV Desikachar’s methods of teaching, adapted from his twenty-seven year long study with his father and teacher T Krishnamacharya in order to make the essence and depth of the tradition available to Westerners.

Desikachar had [...]

“To share Vedic Chant is to share an experience of silence through listening, a process of healing, and a link with nature, the deeper self and the divine.”—TKV Desikachar. Mantra and Vedic chanting are meditative practices from the rich tradition of Indian spiritual practices. They integrate body, voice, mind and emotions in the quest for [...]