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The outreach of yoga is expanding and is consuming both city weeds and the country side folks. Many are on the yoga boat and others waiting in the line to get onto one. The crazy frenzy of yoga has led to a lot of fads and fakes in the process. Just like when a thing...

We believe in following some rituals every time we have a batch of students at the Rishikul Yogshala. Some of those rituals are fire ceremony, acts of karma yoga, cleaning the Ganges, helping the needy, yoga on the beach etc. These acts of kindness and purity have a...

The festivity is around the corner and the nip in the air makes us realize of the approaching celebration times. Winter brings with itself fun, frolic, meeting friends and family. But it is also accompanied with digestion issues as. With so much on the plate,...

Channel the shift energy of seasonal change with the decision to change your life for the better forever. If you’ve dabbled with the idea of teaching yoga to others or simply want to gift yourself the opportunity to straighten and...

Long before the moon recedes and the sun punctures through the horizon a group of dedicated yogi’s in training are dressed and ready with mats strapped to our backs for our day-off excursion.  We commence a walk through residential alleys and over Ramjula bridge to a...

A yoga teacher might appear to his students, as someone to whom the art  of yoga comes naturally and  easily. But behind the composed exterior lies a tumultuous past. The relentless hours of dedicated practice and theory lessons, when put together with courage and...

A controlled breathing practice, yoga is known to offer a natural cure to breathing and respiratory issues like asthma, bronchitis, etc. By deeply working with the breath and opening the chest, making space for intercostals muscle, the yoga poses, breath work and...

Yoga teacher training infuses many beliefs, theories, concepts in our thought terrain and asks us to abide by the rules taught in yoga philosophy. Nonviolence, truth, non-stealing there are many lessons to learn and put to work in our daily lives but the...

In the modern times when stress and tension have engulfed us, we are surrounded by negative thoughts wherever we go. As it is said, that your thoughts make you who you are, when we think negative thoughts we become a negative person or to be more precise, start...

As yoga means to unite and to collaborate, it also enlightens the lives of the practitioners and creates a new spark for greater good. With this ideology, International day of Yoga was proposed to be observed on 21st June every year. The reason for 21st as the date...

Meditation is a celebrated practice and there is no secret that through practicing meditation we can achieve above and beyond what we can see. But what we do not know usually understand is, while practicing meditation is a good habit, this good habit is essential to...

One of the motives to start teaching yoga is, our belief in greater good and the will to spread the richness of the ancient science. Teachers are the guiding light and the students follow them with utmost faith, sincerity and sometimes even beyond doubt. While our...

The Yoga Teacher Training Experience3 Valuable Lessons To Live By As A Yoga InstructorLearning is a never-ending processPractice makes progressYoga as a BusinessFinal Words The Yoga Teacher Training Experience Training as a yoga instructor is an eye-opening...

Autumn is a transition time, visible in all forms. From the nip in the air to the fall of the leaves from the trees, and even the skin everything leads to a low or end, to begin again. Therefore, it requires extra support and concern. While practicing yoga asanas or...

  "Yoga is not a forgotten ancient practice, but rather a valuable inheritance of the present. It is a necessary component of our well-being today, and an essential part of the culture of tomorrow." - Swami Satyananda Saraswati. Yoga is an art that promotes...

Introduction There’s nothing like Yoga and meditation to rewind, revive your energy and set you back into action. The benefits of Yoga are incomparable to say the least. It not only provides instant gratification to the mind, but also brings a...

Gaining proclamation world wide, Yoga has received acceptance all around the globe. This acceptance has now been converted to recognition. Yoga, the 5,000 year old science has been honoured with much awaited and deserved recognition lately. Under the concept proposed...