April 15th, 2010 
Sowmya 
There is something nice about celebrating New years and new beginnings and today as well as yesterday represent the new year for many Indian communities! The Malayalam New year day is Vishu. The very thought of Vishu conjures up for me beautiful images of the “Vishu Kani” – the first images we see as soon [...]
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Tags: Gita, Kani, Mirror, New Year, significance, vibhuti, Vishu 
3 Comments » May 25th, 2009 Sowmya I’m a teenager and I find it hard to concentrate and clear my mind for yoga and meditation, whenever it is quiet my favorite music starts playing in my head. Any pointers? (Source: Yahoo Answers)
Posted in Gitaaonline Answers, Lifestyle Management Tags: Ease, mind, What, Yoga/meditation 3 Comments » May 25th, 2009 Sowmya I read in several websites that Zen Meditation & Yoga can reduce high blood pressure and allow you to stop or reduce BP medications. Anybody has experiment that? Thanks (Source: Yahoo Answers)
Posted in Gitaaonline Answers, Lifestyle Management Tags: Blood, Cure, High, Meditation, pressure, Yoga 4 Comments » December 27th, 2008 Sowmya While on vacation, I had a chance to read an interesting article from a book that my niece Akshaya picked up. The book is called “Games Indians Play: Why we are the way we are” and is authored by Prof. V. Raghunathan, former professor of IIM Ahmedabad, who also holds several positions in the senior [...]
December 19th, 2008 Sowmya नात्यश्नतस्तु योगोऽस्ति न चैकान्तमनश्नतः । न चाति स्वप्नशीलस्य जाग्रतो नैव चार्जुन ॥६- १६॥ The Lord now describes the regulations that a yogi must follow in the next two verses. naatyashnatastu yogo.asti na chaikaantamanashnataH . na chaatisvapnashiilasya jaagrato naiva chaarjuna .. 6.16.. Arjuna, this yoga is neither for one who overeats, nor for one who starves [...]
Posted in Chapter 6, Lifestyle Management, Management Mantras Tags: addiction, diet, exercise, Meditation, moderation, substance abuse, yogi 1 Comment » December 8th, 2008 shree The following is a message from Swami Chidanand Saraswati, on the occasion of Gita Jayanthi. Although slightly long, the message has summarized various teachings of the Gita in amazingly simple and succinct language. Here is a quick list of the topics discussed.. The Gita as Map of Life Thou Art That Ast, Vyast, Mast and [...]
Posted in Gita Anecdotes, Lifestyle Management Tags: Despair to Devotion, Follow Rules, Map of Life, Mast, Relevance, Swasth, Thou Art That, Vyast 2 Comments » November 29th, 2008 Ramkumar We all know that listening is one of the important aspect of communication. But are we giving due importance to Learning from listening ? Listening and Listening helps sow the seed for expanding ideas, thoughts and action. Think of a situation where everyone talks and no one listens. Is it not a complete waste of [...]
