The Yoga Sutras – Ashtanga or the Eight Elements of Practice

Ashtanga - 8 limbs of Yoga
These days, Patanjali is a household name because of the consumer goods and food products made by the company of the same name. However Sage Patanjali is actually an important figure of Indian history. He was a sage, philosopher and writer of several treatises that remain relevant today. The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali is an ancient text that forms the basis for the yoga that we ...
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The Importance of Yoga in Bhagavad Gita

Yoga in Bhagavad Gita
We know the Bhagavad Gita principally for the life lessons that Lord Krishna imparts to a personally agitated and ethically troubled Arjun on the battlefield of Kurukshetra as two armies of brothers and friends face off against each other. It is more than just the lesson of dharma that Krishna imparts to Arjun. In a sense the Geetopadesh is the complete blueprint of life as it ...
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