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Q & A with Swami Satchidananda: Mantra Japa
Question: What is the secret of mantra japa (mentally repeating a mantra continuously)? I can keep my attention on if for a short time and then I forget all about it! Swami Satchidananda: First, you have to constantly and consciously repeat the mantra. Later, the...
How to Practice Yoga Despite a Busy Lifestyle
It’s not difficult to practice Yoga, even with a very busy lifestyle. What do you think your Yoga practice is? Doing some postures, sitting in meditation and that’s all? No, there is a yogic way of doing everything; not that this is Yoga and that is not Yoga. Even the...
Q & A with Swami Satchidananda: How to Make Changes?
Question: How should we go about making specific changes in areas where we would like to improve? Swami Satchidananda: The most important change is to make sure you are in good company. One way to put yourself in the right company is by coming to a spiritual...
Overcoming Fear, Anger, and Depression
Fear, anger, and depression are all related. It all starts with fear. You want something and you become afraid of not getting it, or you get it, and you become afraid of losing it. There is a beautiful sequence in the Bhagavad Gita that illustrates this point. First...
Questions & Answers with Swami Satchidananda: Overcoming Disappointments
Question: How can I rid myself of expectations of others and the resulting disappointments? Am I really just disappointed with myself for allowing the attachment or is it lack of self-respect which merely manifests itself in the form of impatience. I’m slow to learn...
Questions & Answers with Swami Satchidananda: How to Deal with Difficult People
Question: You have said that until we forget, we have not completely forgiven. How can I forgive and also forget something bad that someone does to me if they continue doing it and I’m constantly reminded of it? Swami Satchidananda: If you really want to forget...
Questions & Answers with Swami Satchidananda: Creative Visualization
Question: We hear so much these days about creative visualization and manifesting with the mind. Isn’t this the opposite of being present and in the moment? Swami Satchidananda: I don’t think they oppose each other. If you like, you can be in the present moment...
Real Contentment
Santosha, the second niyama in the Raja Yoga system, means contentment. We also have a saying in the West that “Contentment is golden.” Why? Contentment is golden because it doesn’t depend on the things around you, the things that you have. Whenever I think of...
BOOK: Yoga Mind
Yoga Mind: Journey Beyond the Physical, 30 Days to Enhance your Practice and Revolutionize Your Life From the Inside Out by Suzan Saraswati Colón Inspired by Swami Satchidananda and an Integral Yoga teacher, Suzan Saraswati Colón wrote a new book, Yoga Mind which was...
BOOK: Yoga Therapy as a Creative Response to Pain
Yoga Therapy as a Creative Response to Pain by Matthew J. Taylor Supporting yoga therapists to create a programme of care for those living with chronic pain, this guide brings pain science, creativity and yoga together for the first time. It includes the emotional,...