There are many wisdom traditions and spiritual maps to help you journey inwards. Yoga is one of these. Vedic scholars in ancient India spent many years in meditation to intuit this knowledge. Buddha ...

The practice of yoga is about the body and mind. And the oldest book on yoga, the "Yoga Sutra Of Patanjali," talks about finding relief from pain. Pain trickles down from the mind to the heart to the ...

Yoga, as it is beamed through television channels today, is not what was written by Patanjali in the first centuries of the Common Era. Consisting of fewer than two hundred verses, the Yoga Sutra has ...

Yogi Balkrishna's article explores Ishvar within Patanjali's Yog Sutras, portraying it not as mere dogma but as integral to yogic practice, specifically Ishvar Pranidhaan. Ishvar, a unique Cosmic ...

Maharishi Patanjali's exact birth details and personal history remain shrouded in ancient texts and legends. Traditionally believed to have lived around 2,000 years ago, Patanjali is often depicted as ...

It was during a yoga class in Singapore that the irony in the popularity of yoga, struck Alagu Muthu once again. “Yoga is being practised across the world, in so many different forms: dance yoga, heat ...

As the world celebrates International Yoga Day 2025, it’s the perfect time to remember the visionary behind the philosophy that transformed yoga into a holistic practice—Maharishi Patanjali. Known as ...

Ishvar, often translated as God or the Supreme Being, occupies a unique place in Patanjali’s Yog Sutras. Far from being a theological dogma, Ishvar in this context is introduced as an essential ...