Posts Tagged ‘yoga’

Sure Ways to Self-Realization according to Swami Satyananda Saraswati

September 24, 2015 by stas | No Comments | Filed in Spiritual

Meditation is the key to self-realization.  Most people think of meditation as sitting down with your eyes closed and chanting om, while moving the beads on their meditation mala. True meditation however is just a term that refers to a unique state of mind, and as long as this state can be achieved, you can […]

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How to Have a Better Bikram Yoga Experience

November 19, 2008 by stas | 23 Comments | Filed in Health, Physical

I’ve now been doing Bikram’s Yoga for about a year and a half, pretty much every other day or at least 3 times a week, with a 3-month break that I had after I had an ACL-replacement knee surgery. I wanted to share some insights I gained through the process. I really like the practice, […]

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What is Tantra Yoga?

October 22, 2008 by stas | No Comments | Filed in Sexual, Transformational

What’s Tantra Yoga – An evening with Swami Vivekananda Saraswati, the founder of Agama Yoga. Introduction: Swami Vivekananda Saraswati gave a free talk on Tantra Yoga on Oct 22 2008 in Vancouver, Canada. I really enjoyed the 2.5 hours of Swami’s monologue, followed by Q&A. I found it to be very enlightening. His presence was […]

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Getting a Kick Out of Bikram’s Yoga

November 16, 2007 by stas | 5 Comments | Filed in Physical

A professional swimmer in my youth, I continued swimming as my main workout, but recently I happened to suffer more and more from scapula issues, which swimming aggravated (since I swim for about 1 hour, about 3K). And my partner suggested that I try Bikram’s yoga for a month. I was quite skeptical, but decided […]

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