Sanskar Yogashala : Traditional Yoga Ashram in Rishikesh, India - Blog

What is Yoga? Yoga in Rishikesh India This might be the thousandth time you would be going through a similar article or similar page. Well if you are of course you are trying to find the answer to this question which is so very complex and simple at the same time. Talking in broad terms if I try to explain anything on the same lines it would be attempting to fill a jug full of the ocean that is how complex this question is. But let’s make it simple and proceed what actually we are trying to understand once we ask this question. Since all of us are aware of the physical, mental and spiritual routine (as of course the reason why you are reading this blog page) we would try to maintain the same. But first we must know the very word we use, simple enough Yoga means “ union”, it can also mean “ to add” and even “ to join” all the meanings equally applicable when we talk about yoga as we know all around us. Now coming to the practice straightaway since we have established the ...

Meaning of Prana Now we come to the seat of it all, the seed and source of all human efforts and strength both mental and physical. In scriptures there is mention of the most subtle yet most superior element which makes our life possible, the element has been named PRANA, a name quite well known to Indians from long as it is synonymous to the very life itself. PRANA has been termed as “ lifeforce” within all beings living and non-living both. While the nonliving world comprises of almost anything where there are flow and sustenance be it the radiating sun or the flowing rivers the most important manifestation of PRANA is within living beings as it is essentially at the center of all life processes and makes life as a whole possible. PRANA has also been termed as FLOW, hence movement, motion, push happening anywhere and anytime within the living systems are due to PRANA. The most simple example of PRANA is the breath that we take and also the breath that we exhale, this has al...