by Gurani Anjali
Mantra (prayer/invocation) used during dharana (concentration) exercise through breath. Repeat once while inhaling, once while holding and once while exhaling.
Om Bhuh (O giver of life, I concentrate on you.)
Om Bhuvah (O remover of pains, I concentrate on you.)
Om Swah (O bestower of happiness, I concentrate on you.)
Om Mahah (O great One, I concentrate on you.)
Om Tapah (O generator of action, I concentrate on you.)
Om Satyam (O embodiment of Truth, I concentrate on you.)
Om shanti, shanti, shanti
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)