Essence of bhakti yoga
Ramanuja has propounded the path of Saranagati and Prapatti as most efficacious in the attainment of salvation. When one seeks surrender at the Lord’s feet with a heart full of love and devotion to the Lord, one automatically becomes a practitioner of the bhakti yoga explained by Krishna in the Gita, pointed out Velukkudi Sri Krishnan in a discourse. Bhakti More...
Yoga students graduate from Yogavahini
There is a need to further strengthen ayurvedic sciences and practices, said Saraswati Vasudevan of Yogavahini, a training and healing centre. Yogavahini held its graduation day where many got their certificates More...
Tune yourself to the Cosmos with Asana
Tune yourself to the Cosmos! In the yoga world nowadays, the word asana generally means body postures: holding a specific pose while bending the body. Asanas may be popular practice for a number of reasons, including More...
SC to hear PIL for making ‘Yoga’ compulsory for students
The PIL said that right to health cannot be secured without providing ‘Yoga and Health Education’ to all children or framing a ‘National Yoga Policy’ to promote and propagate it. The Supreme Court would More...
Hindus welcome Netherlands’ move to train soldiers in yoga
Hindus have welcomed Netherlands Ministry of Defense’s reported move to train their soldiers in yoga to effectively handle stressful situations and process traumatic experiences; and are urging all world military More...
Health department to start 50 yoga camps in Chandigarh next month
Starting next month, the UT health department will start 50 yoga camps for residents in the city. The department had earlier said that these camps would start in October. According to health department officials, More...
Badminton players should take up yoga early in careers: Yuva Dayalan
MORE THAN two decades ago, a young Yuva Dayalan suffered from pneumonia during his university badminton days, forcing him to take a break from the sport for over six months. Dayalan took up yoga on the insistence More...
1,000 Delhi govt teachers start training in Yoga under Ramdev
The students in Delhi government school will soon get Yoga classes as the Delhi government has sent 1,000 physical education teachers for training to Patanjali Yogpeeth in Haridwar. Delhi’s Deputy Chief Minister More...
UGC brings out syllabus for yoga for NET exam
The University Grants Commission (UGC) has brought out the syllabus for NET examination for the subject of yoga. A 12-member committee headed by H R Nagendra, believed to be Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s More...
Yoga-promoting institutions out of service tax net | Business Standard News
Yoga instructor Ramdev’s trusts and similar other institutions engaged in promoting yoga are not required to pay the service tax for a period, starting from June 20, 2012 to October 20, 2015, provided More...