Several studies show that structured music lessons can dramatically enhance brain structure, language skills, social skills, short-term memory and spatial reasoning in children.
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The Five Great Elements were born from Universal Consciousness, to create Life as we know it.
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“Avoid fraternising with people who don’t share your values. Prolonged association with those with false ideas can only tarnish your thinking.” - Epictetus - The great Stoic philosopher
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Stress and anxiety often prevent us from getting good sleep, which makes us moody and lethargic. How can we get better and sounder sleep?
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Pratyahara or withdrawal of the senses is the fifth limb of Patanjali's Raja Yoga and the preceding stage to Concentration and Meditation
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Shivaratri or Maha Shivratri is known as the "Great night of Shiva." It is said on this night Shiva, the primal consciousness united with Shakti, the primal energy.
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The second part of the article on expressive yoga and Swami Sivananda's 18 ITIES explores the cultivation of veracity, equanimity, fixity, non-irritability, adaptability, humility, tenacity, integrity, nobility, magnanimity, charity, generosity and purity.
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Expressing yoga and practicing yoga are two completely different things. We must learn to express yoga whenever we are not practicing it. The 18 ITIES of Swami Sivananda serve as a foundation, which can make us express yoga in thought, speech and action and turn us into true yogis.
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Cultivating willpower and self-control are essential for a joyous and successful life.
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The five great elements are present in all states of matter; in all beings, in every cell of every organism in the entire cosmos.
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Purifying the elements is the very core of all yogic and tantric practices; by purifying the elements we are able to completely transform our body, our mind, and every aspect of our lives.
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The body’s natural urges help the body stay in balance by assimilating and eliminating whatever is necessary in order to stay in a harmonious state. Suppressing these urges results in many ailments.
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The greatest way to express spiritual energy is in the form of creativity. If we are able to use our creative energy with absolute awareness, it can be a stepping stone by which we can pave the way towards spirituality.
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Each one of us has five different koshas or sheaths, which vibrate at different speeds. They interact and envelope one another, and together they form the physical, mental and spiritual dimensions of life.
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In Shavasana we relax our body and mind, developing our awareness from a point of absolute stillness.This gives rise to the suppressed impressions within our subconscious mind, thereby relieving stress, tension, anxiety, fatigue and insomnia.
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Meditation is not about escaping to secluded spaces to become peaceful. It consists in the journey from the chaotic surface of the hurricane, to the peaceful eye of the hurricane.
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We all suffer from stress, anxiety, tension, anger etc. Sometimes we think we’re relaxed, but this is just a notion; the reality is we are only less stressed. We confuse a state of reduced stress with peace.
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Raja Yoga was compiled by Patanjali, a contemporary of Buddha. It is a straightforward path which omits all religious and ritualistic discussions and ideologies. It is concerned only with accessing the higher dimensions of our own consciousness. “Raja” means King and Raja yoga is considered the king of all yogas. It is also known as Ashtanga Yoga, or the yoga of eight limbs.
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The Yamas and Niyamas are the foundations of Yoga. They are not to be seen as some form of religious code of morality. They are practiced to break away from our limitations and gain insight into our reality and true identity.
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Yoga states, the magnetic pull of the moon on a full moon night is higher. There is a natural upward pull of energy that night, and if our spine is straight (sitting or standing) our pranas or energies rise.
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