by Gurani Anjali
Your purpose is to give of yourself, so that you will see the essence of life—by which you will reach kaivalyam (isolation [from suffering]). The flower—when it gives of its fragrance—you enjoy it. Its fragrance is also bottled and put in perfumes and aromas and spread all over the world. Like that your purpose, your life, must be known for what you are. The flower—so many of them and each has a special fragrance. All flowers don’t smell the same. All people don’t smell the same, either. Each one of you has your intelligence, your desires, your intentions. Each of you is particular in yourself, yet you must present yourself. Give so that you will be known, and in knowing—kaivalyam.
Without cause, there is no effect. Without effect, there is no cause. You must constantly move. Physically, mentally and spiritually you must move. You must never be stagnant in any one of these areas. Stagnation in any of these areas proves that there are problems in other areas. So all these three places, like the three junctions in life, noon, sunset and sunrise—three important junctions each day—like that in your life, the body, the mind and the you, the you that is beyond, time, beyond place, the true you. All that must be known to you and it must be active. Then you will feel alive. Okay.
Om shanti,
Gurani Anjali
Yoga Sadhana Practice
- A Message from Guruma
- Sadhana: The Means of Attainment
- A Brief Introduction to Yoga Practice
- Sadhana
- The Yoga Dharma
- The Significant Setting
- The Importance of Rituals to the Seeker of Truth
- Cultivating a Spiritual Foundation
- What is Meditation?
- Heyam Duhkham Anagatam
- Morning Sadhana Practice
- The Power of Speech
- The Doctrine of Karma
- On Namaste
- On Prasad
- On Suddhi
- On Kaivalyam
- Puja (Worship)
- Temperament and the Yoga Aspirant
- Balancing the Body
- Five Basic Vayus: How They Function in the Body
- Karma Offerings – Bhaga Varta
- Corporeal Consciousness: To Know the Body
Yama & Niyama Practice (Restraints & Observances)
Mantras, Mudras & Pranayama
- Mantras, Mudras & Pranayama
- Om and the Power of Words
- Experience Holy Space
- Pranayama Mantra
- Gayatri Mantra with Pranayama
- Pranayama Shanti Mudra
- Pranayama Nadi Shodana
- Mangala Prayer for the Full Moon
- The Sacredness of the Gayatri Mantra
- On the Devi Mantra
- On the Brahma Mantra
- On the Gayatri Mantra
- On the Asato Ma Mantra
- Om the Symbol of the Ultimate Reality
- Pranayama: The Bandhas
- Surya Namaskar for Women
Yoga Asana Practice
- A Brief Meditation on Doing Asanas
- Anantasana (Side-Reclining Leg Lift Pose)
- Cakrasana or Urdhva-Dhanurasana (Full Wheel Pose)
- Dhanur-Asana (Bow Pose)
- Ekapadasana (Standing Split Pose)
- Gomukhasana (Cow Face Pose)
- Halasana (Plow Pose)
- Nagasana (Cobra Pose)
- Padmasana (Lotus Pose)
- Salabhasana (Locust Pose)
- Sarvangasana (Shoulder Stand Pose)
- Savasana (Corpse Pose)
- Siddhasana (Accomplished Pose)
- Simhasana (Lion Pose)
- Supta-Pada-Angustha-Asana (Reclining Hand-to-Big-Toe Pose)
- Tadasana (Mountain Pose)
- Trikonasana (Triangle Pose)
- Ugrasana or Pascima-Uttana-Asana (Seated Forward Bend)
- Uttanapadasana (Extended Leg Pose)
- Virasana (Hero Pose)
- Vrksasana (Tree Pose)
- Yogamudrasana (Yoga Seal Pose)