Yoga philosophy – OmStars

April 10, 2023
Going Beyond the Asanas: The Eight Limbs of Yoga Explained

Yoga is much more than just physical exercise. The physical postures, or asanas, are just one aspect of a much larger philosophical system known as the eight limbs of yoga. ...

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November 19, 2019
What is Bhakti Yoga?

With regards to a formal definition of bhakti, there were, naturally, a variety of overlapping definitions of bhakti in circulation in textual sources of ancient India, highlighting its various ingredients ...

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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
April 15, 2019
Maintaining Peace, Equanimity, and Authenticity

I want to talk with you about what it means to maintain peace, equanimity, and authenticity in your walk in the world. As a yogi, it’s traditionally understood that you ...

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Category: Wellness
November 27, 2018
Eight Simple Words

This quote sticks in my head like one of those earworms that creeps into your head off the radio and keeps popping up to annoy you and everyone around you ...

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May 8, 2018
Trauma, the Gunas and the Polyvagal Theory

Trauma field luminaries such as Peter Levine, PhD and Bessel van der Kolk, MD, among others, concur that trauma is in the body, not in the event – or in ...

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March 20, 2018
Suffering, Transformation, & The New Reality

Needless to say, there is suffering. Part of suffering is unavoidable. Small sufferings can wreak havoc momentarily as we attend educational programs, training, relocate, have a child or suffer the ...

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February 13, 2018
Cut To The Feeling

In those classic Hollywood silent films, the big climax was always some exciting chase scene. The hero had lost something, and a mad dash ensues to get it back. Filmmakers of ...

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February 2, 2018
Yoga Sūtra 1.23 – Īśvara Pranidhānād Vā.

The Yoga Sūtras of Patañjali are full of lessons rooted in ancient wisdom, all of which can be applied to your everyday life for more ease and peace of mind. Today, ...

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