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19/12/2021

People now think that hatha yoga is doing asanas. In fact, they think it is yoga as exercise. That is how hatha yoga classes are marketed. But traditional hatha yoga is actually about controlling prana, our life force.

The practice of asanas should give us the ability to manage our prana. Then that asana practice can be called hatha yoga. This is not possible using physical movements alone. The key is to manage the breath.

Ancient hatha yoga texts like the Hatha Yoga Pradipika and Yoga Yajnavalkya consider asana as a stepping stone to pranayama. Only when we do effective pranayama, we can call our practice hatha yoga. Otherwise, the asana practice is only exercise or stretching.

Therefore, all serious yoga practitioners should learn to breathe well in asanas and start practicing pranayama regularly as soon as they are able. The lifelong practice of pranayama is the key to hatha yoga and it will also lead us to manage our mind through raja yoga.

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18/10/2020

WASHINGTON — Sleep should be a welcome respite, but with our regular routines upended and an almost daily onslaught of anxiety-inducing news, many people are tossing and turning.

05/09/2020

You can find inner peace and happiness even when the world disturbs you. The world is not really under anyone’s control. If we haven’t realized that this year, we are missing an important message. Even your body is not entirely under your control, leave alone controlling other living beings and all of nature. The world will never do what we exactly want it to do, and we should not let that disturb our inner calm. This is one of the most important messages of yoga.

The path to lasting happiness does not lie in creating the ideal circumstances outside. It lies in cultivating peace with all circumstances from inside. That practice of inner acceptance is called īśvara-praṇidhāna in Chapter 2 of the Yoga Sūtra. Do your best to create a positive change in the world to the extent you are involved in it. Leave the rest to the Divine, or nature, or chance (as you prefer), for you don’t control it all. And be at peace with that.

Dr. Ganesh Mohan

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07/07/2020

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02/04/2020

Remember,
Wash your hands often, wear facemasks and cover your coughs and sneezes!
Practice social distancing and be safe dear friends. 🙏

17/03/2020

05/08/2019

How to soothe your nervous system using acupressure techniques.

14/06/2019

23/05/2019

"Tailored acupuncture lessens chronic pain intensity in patients with fibromyalgia and improves functional capacity and quality of life, according to Spanish researchers."

"After 10 weeks, perceived pain intensity was lower among those given real acupuncture, with pain scores dropping by an average of 41%, compared with 27% for those given the sham treatment."

See article via the link under the comments section.

Contact Meng TCM Wellness Centre for more details on treatment for fibromyalgia.

08/03/2019

05/03/2019

幾歲練習瑜珈，年齡就會停留在幾歲，許多瑜珈動作看起來像在拉筋，但停留其實很費力，而你知道嗎，研究發現，練瑜珈是讓時鐘走慢點的方法之一，為什麼呢？

09/02/2019

13/09/2018

Research has looked at the cortical thickness of 'yoginis' versus non-practioners, finding that yoga could help prevent cognitive decline.

06/07/2018

“The coach of the Thai soccer team that has been trapped in a cave for 12 days taught the players how to meditate in order to stay calm and conserve energy while awaiting rescue.”

The coach of the Thai soccer team that have been trapped in a cave for 12 days taught his team how to meditate in order to stay calm and conserve energy while the eagerly await rescue. The 25-year-old was sent to a Buddhist monastery when he was younger, and rescue divers found the team meditating.