IYD2020: Special Trataka Session for Eye Health for AYUSH Ministry – June 21, 2020

This International Day of Yoga on June 21, 2020, I also had the privilege of conducting an online Trataka Session for the AYUSH Ministry. The COVID situation required us to conduct the session via the internet while staying in the safety of our homes. The session was well appreciated. Participants found the eye exercises extremely helpful and relaxing, and vowed to do th...
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How We Perform Tratak Kriya at Yoga Central

The students in my yoga class often tell me how meditation can be difficult to do. In fact this is true. The human mind – what we call the चंचल मन – is apt to wander in all directions when we are trying to keep in still and centered. However, I found the ‘tratak kriya’ or the traatak method of meditation to be very effective and helpful for my students. I will explain more abou...
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Kriya

Tratak Kriya
Kriya means cleansing. Kriyas entail special yoga techniques to cleanse the internal organs. It is series of posture, breathing and sound to purify the body’s energy channels. It also brings harmony between our major breathing flows, and helps attain physical and mental purification and balance. Shat Kriyas Among the several kriyas available in the yogic lore, the six major k...
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