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The basics of ashtanga yoga cannot be learned enough. Because yoga practice is progressive it is important to go through this manual in the order it is presented. However, if you are having difficulty with any of the postures go back to the beginning. Keep in mind that the true source of understanding is in the basic principals underlying the asanas. Take your time and learn the fundamentals of the practice. Go slowly. 

This book describes a systematic process to open the third eye.It has been written for those who cannot be satisfied with only an intellectual understanding of spiritual realities and who wish to gain access to direct experience. The development of spiritual vision requires the patient building of some new ‘organs’ of energy, of which the third eye is an essential member.

Vastu Shastra is an ancient Indian science of architecture and construction based on the laws of nature. It originated in India thousands of years ago and has since been adopted by many cultures around the world. It is believed that building a structure according to these principles brings peace, prosperity, harmony, health and happiness to its residents.

This book is an introduction to the classical understanding of chakras, which are most simply defined as psychic centers of transformation that enable one to move toward an enlightened state of being. Although the roots of the knowledge about chakras are of ancient origin, this knowledge is still functionally practical today. Chakra is a Sanskrit word that means “a wheel, a disc, or any arrangement in circular form or organization.” The ancient sources depict each of the seven major chakras as a lotus blossom, a circular form surrounded by petals, as we shall see illustrated in chapter 3, “The Essentials of the Chakras.” The word chakra also indicates movement. Chakras introduce movement because they transform psychophysical energy into spiritual energy. Psychophysical energy is electrochemical in nature and it works with the help of prana.Prana is the energy that creates life, matter, and mind. The word prana means “vital life force.” Although our organism draws prana in through our nostrils as we breathe, dynamic prana energy is not based on the physiochemical system of the body; it operates super physically through a “wireless” system rather than through the nervous system.

The chakra system is an ancient Indian belief system comprised of seven energy centres located along the spine. The word “chakra” comes from the Sanskrit language and literally means “wheel” – a reference to these rotating vortices or focal points that have been assigned specific vibrations.

The Srimad Devi Bhagavatam, also known as Devi Purana, was composed into 12 chapters, containing 18000 verses by the great Veda Vyasa. Though classified as an upapurana it is the only purana Vedavyasa called "Maha Purana" meaning the great purana. At the end of each chapter of the 18 main puranas or the upa puranas is the verse "This is the end of the fifth section of the Vishnu Purana", or "Thus ends the first chapter of GaneshaPurana Upasanakhanda called "The Description of Somakanta". Where as in the Devi Bhagavatam it is clearly

Yoga is right living. This definition may appear to be simple, but really it is very significant for the meaning of right living is very wide. Swami Sivanandaji Maharaj explains in an easy and homely style the basic principles that a beginner in Yoga has to understand and follow. These Easy Steps to Yoga are laid out with a special view to enable the novice to ascend without much difficulty the heights of spiritual attainment.

Yoga is a perfect practical system of self-culture. Yoga is an exact science. It aims at the harmonious development of the body, the mind and the soul. Yoga is the turning away of the senses from the objective universe and the concentration of the mind within. Yoga is eternal life in the soul or spirit. Yoga aims at controlling the mind and its modifications. The path of Yoga is an inner path
whose gateway is your heart.

Guide To Advanced Yoga Techniques

Hinduism is not a religion but a way of life. Unlike other religions, Hindu dharma has many specialties. This is not known as a religion, it is known as the dharma; Sanaathana Dharma. Sanaathana means, according to Bhagavath Geetha, which cannot be destroyed by fire, weapons, water, air, and which is present in all living and non living being. Dharma means, the way of life which is the ‘total of all aachaaraas or customs and rituals’.

The Vedic system of astrology is based on a calculation of 27 stars (constellations). These constellations are also known as Nakshatras, and they measure uncanny human characteristics, natural inclinations, needs, motivations, and present an accurate reading of what makes us tick in the realm of relationships. In Indian astrology, the Nakshatras are thought to be filled with energies that influence our destinies based on the position we were born into.

There are few subjects relating to spiritual development so critically important and yet so incompletely understood as Yoga. Although the interest in Yoga that started in the West during the 1960’s has abated to some degree, the teaching of the various forms of the discipline has become well-established. In many cases, those who practise Yoga as it is generally taught in the West do so primarily as a means to improve health, reduce stress or maintain physical fitness.