Why Do the Yoga Sutras Begin With Samadhi?

Why Do the Yoga Sutras Begin With Samadhi?

By Gurudev Shri Amritji One of the most unique and overlooked aspects of Yoga Sutras of Patanjali is that it begins with the fourth stage of yoga in the first chapter. The Yoga Sutras opens with Samadhi Pada, the chapter on samadhi, realization, and the experience of...
Your Nervous System Was Designed to Recover

Your Nervous System Was Designed to Recover

How Unresolved Tension Becomes Stress By Gurudev Shri Amritji The connection between emotions and illness is well documented and established. Many tension based illnesses can be traced to traumatic, emotionally charged events that disrupt the balancing power and self...
Yoga: Where Concentration Ends and Meditation Begins

Yoga: Where Concentration Ends and Meditation Begins

When to Consciously & Intuitively Let Go of Techniques By Gurudev Shri Amritji Meditation does not begin by forcing stillness; it begins with concentration, the narrowing of focus on the object of attention. While you are holding the asana, you practice directed,...
Have You Been Practicing Yoga Backwards?

Have You Been Practicing Yoga Backwards?

The refinement of technique is not the same as awakening awareness. By Gurudev Shri Amritji Your body is the visible soul. The false self that has continuously abused the body has not only violated it and lived in conflict with it, but has also lived in separation...
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