Inge Sengelmann – OmStars

July 12, 2021
What is Depression and How Can Yoga Help?

Is depression centered in the brain? The “broken brain” or “chemical imbalance” model is too simplistic. As you can already assess, there are multi-layered processes in both body and mind ...

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Category: Wellness
June 21, 2021
What is Anxiety and How Can Yoga Help?

All fears eventually lead to abhinivesha – the fear of death and the will to continue to exist. This is considered one of the five kleshas, or obstacles to attaining ...

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May 10, 2021
Decolonizing and Demystifying Anxiety and Depression

Yoga is not a feel-good practice; it is a practice of self-accountability. It asks us to be responsible for our inner experience and learn to divorce it from the outside ...

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Category: Culture
February 8, 2021
Why practice? Yoga and Your Mental Health

Yoga’s first principle is embodiment, and research shows that the practice of yoga tones the vagus nerve, which is implicated in numerous bodily functions and mediates the relaxation response. Through ...

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Category: Wellness
May 7, 2019
Create a Soul Inspired Intention

The first thing that we need to know is, that desire to fulfill our desires is part of the soul’s nature. In Sanskrit the word for intention, or resolve, is ...

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Category: Culture
July 31, 2018
What is Tantra? A Primer on Tantric Meditation

Tantra is as misunderstood in the West, where it’s become synonymous with sexual rituals, as in the East, where it’s considered magic alchemy. But Tantra is actually a vast science ...

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June 12, 2018
Vichara: A key tool of self-study in yoga

The systematic practice of raja yoga, the “royal” path, consists of three components: tapas (austerity, or going against the grain of our conditioning), svadyaya (self-study, or self-inquiry to understand the ...

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