The Pyramid Power

Everything About Raja Yoga

Author: Ambrosio Thompson


Indian scriptures state that every soul is divine and the ultimate purpose of human life is to experience the state of divinity. They all advocate four separate paths which are not mutually exclusive for attaining this goal. The path of devotion (Bhakthi Yoga) and the path of selfless service (karma yoga), the path of intellectual inquiry (Jnana yoga) as well as the path of meditation (Raja Yoga) are ...

Jnana Yoga - Yoga For The Intelligent

Author: Sharon Hopkins


Jnana means the knowledge. This yoga is the yoga for the intelligent and selected people. This yoga is the ultimate goal of all the other varieties of yoga. This yoga teaches you to look at the world as it is without any ignorance and bias. You can achieve this state by practicing rigorous mental discipline and virtue. This yoga is also called Raja Yoga or ...

Practice Jnana Yoga for Optimum Mental Health

Author: anonymous


Anyone who cares about their health often focuses on keeping his or her body in peak condition. Who considers the health of the mind? A psychiatrist or a psychologist is concerned with behavior, and mental health, but how can Yoga help you?

We have all heard Yoga is a good "mind and body exercise," but how does a Yoga student exercise his or her mind through ...

Karma Yoga - The Art Of Living

Author: Sharon Hopkins


The ancient book of Gita, which is the treatise on the living has led a great stress on the karma. Karma is defined as the action and its fruits. Ancient Hindu saints have believed that a man's life is the direct result of his karma. Good thoughts, words and deeds lead to good and happy life while bad thoughts, words and deeds lead a person ...

Karma Yoga For Complete Happiness

Author: Paul M. Jerard Jr.


Karma Yoga is often overlooked by all of us. In most Hatha Yoga teacher training programs, we tend to highlight it, but move on toward the concepts of physical mastery. Yet, physical mastery alone does not deliver complete happiness. In fact, happiness occurs when our Yoga practice becomes part of our life off the mat.

We know that Karma Yoga is mentioned within the Bhagavad-Gita ...

Knowing More About Bhakti Yoga

Author: Kevin Pederson


Bhakti means devotion or faith. It can be devotion towards your fellow men as well as for the need we are living in this world. The devotion towards your god no matter which faith you are. It is the faith towards the Supreme Being which some may believe and some may not.


The thought is about how devoted you are towards the path you have taken. It ...

Yoga in Practice: Bhakti Yoga

Author: Paul M. Jerard Jr.


If Yoga were like fine wine, Hatha Yoga would surely be the wine for export. It could be said that Raja Yoga and Kundalini Yoga got a fairly strong foothold outside India, as well. All of these forms of Yoga have many aspects, but the physical aspect is what lures most Yoga students - outside of India.


Bhakti Yoga, on the other hand, is a ...

Bhakti Yoga - The Science of Devotion

Author: Kevin Pederson


Bhakti means devotion to the Almighty. Bhakti yoga deals with devotion to God and achieving the union with him. This is the easiest of all yoga types. This branch of yoga teaches the relation between the devotee and the divine. It does not involve any technical or complicated procedures. There is no need of any intellectual capacity to master this yoga. It has appealed to ...