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Our articles about Yoga, India’s ancient physical, mental, and spiritual exercise practices.

Dharana in Yoga | Single-Pointed Concentration
Dharana in Yoga | Single-Pointed Concentration
Dharana in Yoga is about mastering single-pointed concentration, and the sixth step of the Yogic practice as described in Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras. I [ ... ]
What is Chair Yoga? | Concepts, Goals, and Health Benefits
What is Chair Yoga? | Concepts, Goals, and Health Benefits
Chair Yoga is a type of Yoga as Therapy developed by Lakshmi Voelker-Binder in 1982. It was created as a way to adapt Yoga postures and exercises, mak [ ... ]
SKY Yoga | Simplified Kundalini Yoga by Vethathiri Maharishi
SKY Yoga | Simplified Kundalini Yoga by Vethathiri Maharishi
Simplified Kundalini Yoga, also known as SKY Yoga, is a Yoga system founded by Shri Vethathiri Maharishi (1911–2006). It’s a holistic system c [ ... ]
Zen Yoga | Benefits, Techniques, and Goals
Zen Yoga | Benefits, Techniques, and Goals
Zen Yoga is a general term used to refer to Yoga modalities that blend Ancient Indian Yoga and Zen Buddhism practices. The Zen Yoga practice can inclu [ ... ]
Nidra Yoga | The Yogic Sleep
Nidra Yoga | The Yogic Sleep
Nidra Yoga (or Yoga Nidra) is an ancient type of Indian Yoga that induces a relaxing, meditative state of consciousness between waking and sleeping. T [ ... ]
Anahata Yoga | Opening the Heart Chakra
Anahata Yoga | Opening the Heart Chakra
Anahata Yoga (or Heart Yoga) was developed by Ana Costa, a Brazilian born Yoga teacher. The modality was created in 2001, and is a combination of Hath [ ... ]
Yoga Goals and Health Benefits | Physical, Mental, and Spiritual Exercises
Yoga Goals and Health Benefits | Physical, Mental, and Spiritual Exercises
Yoga is an ancient Indian practice of movement, breathing, physical, mental and spiritual exercises. There are many types and lineages of Yoga, with m [ ... ]
Dhyana | Indian Spiritual and Yoga Meditation Practice
Dhyana | Indian Spiritual and Yoga Meditation Practice
Dhyana is an Indian Sanskrit (and Pali) term for what today is called meditation, but depending on the sources, religion, spiritual tradition, and/or [ ... ]
Naked Yoga | Spiritual Nudity and Freedom
Naked Yoga | Spiritual Nudity and Freedom
Naked Yoga, as the name already implies, is the practice of Yoga without clothes. Also known by its Sanskrit names Nagna Yoga or Vivastra Yoga it has [ ... ]
Restorative Yoga and Massage Therapy | Concepts and Health Benefits
Restorative Yoga and Massage Therapy | Concepts and Health Benefits
In Restorative Yoga one carries out Yoga poses that are held much longer than usual. These poses (Yoga Asanas) are done with or without the help of a [ ... ]