The Language of Yoga demystified Introduction In this series, Yogic terminologies of will be taken up and their Etymological analysis, Lexical descriptions and Textual occurrences in Yogic texts and their …
In the first part of overview essence of first six chapters was presented that contained – Introduction to the text & Tradition- Yamas(10), Niyamas (10), āsanas (8), Types of Nāḍīs, …
Introduction Yoga Yājñavalkya saṃhitā is a unique text in many respects. It is a 13th Century yoga text[1] which is in the form of a conversation. The participants of the …
(A write up based on the book – Surya Namaskars – for Health Efficiency and Longevity, Bhavanrav Shrinivasrav Pant Pratinidhi, Aundh State Press, fifth Edition, 1940) In the first part …
Mantras in Suryanamaskar Rajasaheb of Aundh states a variety of mantras that can be used beneficially with the practice of Suryanasmakar in his book. His ideas are summarized in this …
Bhawanrao Shriniwasrao Pant Pratinidhi the Maharaja of Aundh the author of one of the oldest books on Suryanamaskar in modern times. Introduction I had the opportunity to get a copy …
Pradipika means a bright light. Hathayogapradipika means a bright light on Hathayoga. Among the various treatises Hathayoga – Hathayogapradipika by Svatmarama is respected, accepted and studied widely for its compact …
The Yogasutras The Yogasutras are the foundational text on Yoga, Vedic mind science, written by Sage Patanjali. It is placed around 4th century CE. Tradition has it that, Sage Patanjali …
Q: Hi there! A: Namaste. Welcome to a discussion on factors of success and failure in Yoga. Q: Why do you think we need to discuss Success and Failure …
Dr Jayaraman Mahadevan is the Director -Textual Research for Yoga at Indica. Sri Jayaraman holds a PhD in – Sanskrit from the University of Madras (2006-2010). He creditably completed his under graduation (Education, Philosophy, English Literature) and post-graduation (Sanskrit) with gold medal and first rank in both the degrees. He underwent traditional Gurukula education, in Vedas and Shastras (1998-2005), in Veda Vijnana Gurukulam, Bengaluru, under Pracarya Kotemane Ramachandra Bhat. He served the research department of Krishnamacharya Yoga Mandiram, Chennai, in the capacity of Assistant Director (2010-2015) initially and later as Director (2015-2021). Thus far, he has published 14 books and 14 peer reviewed Journal articles and numerous popular articles on Yoga and Sanskrit literature in English, Tamil and Sanskrit languages. He is also involved in developing immersive learning methods of Yoga texts. ‘Yogasya Bhasha’ a four part self-learning material on Sanskrit and Yoga, ‘Yoga-vaisharadi’ – a searchable web-repository on classical texts of Yoga are a few of his noteworthy contributions in recent times. His workshops on “Tantrayukti – Ancient Indian thesis/text construction methodology” are well received. His passion also lies in composing Sanskrit poetry on contemporary themes.