Health
Sheetali and Sheetkari Pranayamas for this Summer
Beat the Heat! Even when you do not have water, watermelon, fan, cooler , AC near by.
These two simple breathing techniques / pranayamas will definitely help you.
Sheetali Pranayama:
‘Sheeta’ means cold. ‘Sheeta Gaali’ means cooling air. Sheetali pranayama is a cooling breath technique, which is to be done to keep the body cool, especially in summer. [...]
Are we Matured or Nurtured over the years
Does god exists?
Is he an extraterrestrial intelligence?
Is he an ancient astronaut/ Alien?
Did he (they) , the supreme soul(s), took birth as human like Krishna, Rama, Buddha, Mahaveer, Gurunanak, Basveshwara, Mohammad Paigambar and / or Jesus Christ? Did they co-exist at any given point of time?
Do we nurtured through them?
Do we matured form Ape to current [...]
Indian Valentine’s Day
There are many Valentines, whom to attribute? The right one could be…
Roman Emperor Claudius Second believed that men remain single are going to be excellent warriors. But St.Valentine Rome was working against this ideology by performing marriage ceremonies secretly of those young men. Because of this, he was martyred and buried on 14th February on [...]
Maha Shivaratri and Science
Maha Shivaratri “Great Holy Night to get union with Shiva” falls on Magha masa(11th Month of salivahana Shaka- chandramana panchanga) Bahula Chaturdasi((14th) (Krishna Paksham- Moonless night).
Lord Shiva, one of the Trinity(Trimurtis) who maintains laya (the undifferentiated State) of the universe, is the deity worshiped on this auspicious day.
legends /Reasons for Special Worship:
It is [...]
Maharishi Patanjali’s Ashtanga Yoga
Maharishi Patanjali had revealed first time on Ashtanga (Eight Limbs) Yoga about 5000 years back in his Yoga Sutra book .
These Ashtanga are -
Yama (moral codes or Principles)
* Ahimsa - A principle of non-violence Master: Mahatma Gandhi
* Satya - A principle of Truthfulness Master: Maharajah Satyaharishchandra
* Asteya - A principle of non stealing
* [...]
Vedic Health
In general, health means body health, the physical wellness. Though we speak about mental health most of the times it is only restricted to proper working of nerves and nerves system i.e neurology. But in Vedic science and in some of its derivatives all the three aspects of health -
1. Bhautika (physical, pertaining to the [...]
Tridoshahs - Pillars of Ayurvedic Diagnosis
Ayurveda describes one’s Prakrati in terms of tridoshah - Vata, Pitta and Kapha.
As these three basic functional elements are used to determine one’s energy level, I personally feel that one should have called these as “Trishakthis”.
New age ayurvedic practitioners interpret Vata as the energy of movement, Pitta as the metabolism (energy of [...]