by Gurani Anjali
Sthana Suddhi (purification of place): By performing this purification one obtains virtue and becomes devout. Sacred places are the forest, temple, riverbank (naditata) or a sacred place of pilgrimage (tirtha). At home keep your area of worship clean. Daily cleansing with water is essential, and offering of fresh flowers and incense.
Dik Suddhi (purification of quarters): By performing this purification one obtains sakti (power). In the performance of worship and sadhana, sit or stand facing East during the day and North during the night.
Bahya Suddhi (external purification of body): By performing this purification one obtains kindness and self-rejoicing. In order to practice and embody sadhana, one must begin with bathing which aids in the health and vitality of the body.
Antah Suddhi (internal purification of body): By performing this purification one obtains samadhi (unitive awareness). From a deep desire to obtain Self Knowledge, confidence and respect is applied to the teachings and method.
Tapas – Yajna – Jnana (austerity, sacrifice, knowledge): When ardently performed, all the negative qualities that produce pain to oneself and others are replaced by positive qualities. Then one experiences wealth beyond words.
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)