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?
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Can Zen Meditation Or Yoga Cure High Blood Pressure?
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
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Gita & The Game Theory
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 [...]
Moderation is the Key to Meditation – Dhyana Yoga 16
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 himself. It is neither for [...]
Gita Jayanthi 2008 – A Message
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 Swasth
Relevance of the [...]
Listening and Learning – The Gita Way
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 [...]
Improving your Spiritual Quotient – The Gita way
In today’s world, we are ever looking to achieve happiness through material possessions. Would achieving these provide us with a successful and a happy life ?
One way of finding out answers to this question could be to explore the Spiritual Quotient (SQ), relating to our ability to understand and comprehend the spiritual aspects of life
We [...]
Peer Pressure? – GitaaHelpline A-Z
Peer Pressure is a term describing the pressure exerted by a “Peer Group” in encouraging a person to change their attitude, behaviour and/or morals. A person is pressured by his peer group to conform to the group’s actions, fashion sense, taste in music and television, or outlook on life. A person affected by peer pressure may or may not want [...]
Gita and All round development
It is true that Life always challenges us with problems of varying magnitude. They are as incessant as the waves in a ocean. Not all problems can be solved. Some problems need to be dissolved. Bhagavad Gita helps an individual to face the insurmountable problems in life with ease. Gita advises a person to fight [...]
Yoga for Cancer
Yoga teaches us to cure what need not be endured and endure what cannot be cured.
…B.K.S. Iyengar
A healthy mind leads to a healthy body. This statement takes on a whole new meaning in the context of people suffering the dreaded C. Many times, people battling cancer find themselves in mental disarray as they come [...]
Stress? GitaaHelpline A-Z
What Causes Stress?
Stress arises primarily due to lack of a person’s ability to handle work and life in a balanced way. This in turn results in an increase
wants coupled with peer pressure in “keeping up with the Joneses”!. In the midst of this imbalance, emotions of an individual gets trapped. Though the threshold of each individual differs, yet the ultimate breaking point, [...]
The Essence of Gita
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The Bhagavad Gita is a dialogue between Lord Krishna and Arjuna. It is narrated in the bhiishhma parva of the Maha Bharata and was subsequently recorded by Vyasa for the benefit of humanity. It comprises 701 verses in 18 chapters. The Mahabharata has given us many great values, but the two most [...]
