When working with transcending the attachments characteristic of each of these sheaths in a lasting way –physicality for the first sheath, instincts in the second, the weight of sensory impressions in the case of the third, value judgements for the fourth, and individu...

Hinduism has as many ceremonies, rituals, branches, sects, gods, gurus, and goddesses as there’s individuals in the world, so it is per se defined by a complexity and variety hard to pin down in words. This is perhaps the reason why Hinduism is so ‘diverse’ –where the...

There is a certain immediacy to how dogs do things and something not short of mesmerizing in seeing him just pass out on the floor of the porch after enjoying a walk on the beach followed by the day’s meal. Life seems very straightforward uncomplicated from the perspec...

Indeed, in a world that has built itself around the development of cognitive forms of productive intelligence, investing into emotional and relational forms of intelligence that acknowledge the need for somatic expression of trauma is not even contemplated. We think we...

We have learnt to conflate the idea of time with the notion of movement and steady (or exponential) progression. And so, we measure time and its progress by how well it moves us from one point to another, from one place to another, one job to another, one partner to an...

Friends, both new and old, remain a key component in the fabric of a healthy life and a healthy heart; and whoever has a friend in this lifetime knows himself to be a really lucky kind of guy. For friends help us deal with stress, anxiety, loneliness, and sadness and n...

The scriptures, in this sense, are quite clear: only a mind aimed in the right direction –meaning inwards– can attain Yoga or self-realization. And yes, you read it right. In the scriptures Yoga is self-realization, and not your usual timed change from one asana to the...

The Lokas are another way of speaking about many of the qualities or aspects inherent in the yogic concept of the Chakras –the latter being a more esoteric way of speaking about the different possible planes of consciousness and dualities implicit in each of our differ...

Bandhas are a great way to mobilize the energies of our pranomaya kosha so that its effects may be felt not just physically, but also mentally and at a psychic or spiritual level. And so, when used in combination not only with asana, but also with specific breath ratio...

You can think of it as the coaching of the good ‘ol yogis, in a way. Unlike other modalities of counseling or coaching that rely mainly on techniques of (self-)analysis grounded in intellectual forms of understanding, Vedic Counseling takes as its point of departure tw...