Writings

Yoga and the Yoga Sutras

This article was originally published on The Shift Network, here.The word “sutra” literally means a thread. In English, if you fall and hurt yourself and have to get stitches, the stitches are called “sutures.” It’s the same concept. It’s a thread that is weaving together...

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Yoga and the Sustainable Development Goals

The Indian sage Patanjali gave us the eight limbs of yoga, or what are called “ashtanga” yoga.  They include, of course, all of that which we currently identify as yoga: the physical postures or asanas, the breath exercises or pranayama, meditation or dhyana.  However, the...

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I Click, Therefore I Am

This article was originally publishing on The Speaking Tree, here. 'Clicking still-lifes of self but no life in my self,' writes  Sadhvi Bhagawati Saraswati from Parmarth Ashram on the banks of the Ganga in RishikeshA new craze has begun — selfies. It is not actually brand...

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