Yogacharya Dr.Ananda Balayogi Bhavanani

Beyond Relaxation: How Yoga Recalibrates the Heart and Nervous System For decades, yoga has been celebrated as one of the most effective natural methods for reducing stress. Ask almost anyone how yoga influences the body, and the answer is remarkably consistent: it calms the mind, slows the heart, lowers blood pressure, and shifts the body from the "fight-or-flight" state of the sympathetic nervous system into the restorative "rest-and-digest" mode governed by the parasympathetic nervous...

"Superimposition of word, object and meaning creates confusion. Through Samyama on the distinction between name, object and existence, one gains the knowledge of the language of all beings."— Patañjali Yoga Sutra III.17 Language is one of humanity's greatest gifts, yet it is also one of our greatest sources of misunderstanding. Every day we speak thousands of words, assigning names to people, objects, ideas and experiences. We assume that these labels accurately represent reality. Maharishi...

Yoga Sutra III.21 – Kāyarūpa-samyamāt tadgrāhya-śakti-stambhe cakṣuḥ-prakāśāsamprayoge 'ntardhānam By performing Samyama on the form of the body and suspending its perceptibility, the connection between the eye and light is interrupted, resulting in invisibility Among the many extraordinary teachings found in the Vibhuti Pada of Maharishi Patanjali's Yoga Sutras, Sutra III.21 is perhaps one of the most intriguing. It appears to describe the ability of a yogi to become invisible—a concept...