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According to Yoga, each of us has a Higher Self, which is absolutely free, Almighty and All-knowing. It manifests itself in cosmosphere as Prana. The word Prana translated from Sanskrit means “breath” or “life”. It is also called “vitality”. In

Everything that happens to us is the result of our previous actions (including thoughts and words). By acting in a definite way we attract people to our life. We invite people who are similar to us to be a part

Yoga cannot replace medicine. It is true that a lot of people, who regularly practice yoga notice improvement of health, positive changes in their shape, better sleep, resistance to stress, etc. But all these things are considered only bonuses from

When we bring up children, we should try to respect their freedom. Our freedom together should be more than individually. So, we should demonstrate kindness and patience, be selective in using words, do not tolerate any violence, maintain a dialogue

Our parents gave us the most precious gift – our life, the possibility to develop spiritually and to realize ourselves. The fact that they gave us our body to manifest ourselves in this world deserves the endless respect and gratitude,

Yantra yoga, as a particular all-sufficient practice, helps us to supersede the negative replacing it with the positive. By visualizing yantras, meditating on them, we relax and improve our mental state. Thus we associate the image of a yantra with

Yoga is recommending us to follow harmony in eating. Unnecessary exhaustion by diets, as well as constant overeating is not beneficial for our health. A good indicator of how harmoniously we eat is our feelings after the meal. If we

In the process of self-exploration it is possible to achieve any targets, including acquisition of a beautiful slim body. But this is more like a “free application” to everything else, what Yoga is able to reveal in a person. The

What does it mean “to work honestly”? In yoga it means following two main principles. The first principle is doing no harm to any living being unless it is absolutely necessary. If you can’t avoid harm, you should follow your

If we analyze our fears, we will see that they originate in the past. When we remember some negative situation in the past, we can transfer this fear to the similar, but not identical situations and be scared of their

In our life we got used to taking ourselves as a personality with certain characteristics that distinguish us from other people. The fact of self-awareness as an individual produces a complex of associative connections, called ‘Ego’.

Всю жизнь мы воспринимаем

Everyone has a different level of freedom. Someone is healthy, rich, powerful and can manifest in the world strongly. Someone is less free, he can own almost nothing, the rate of his manifestation is much lower. In this way, everyone

Yoga teaches us that the road to freedom begins from the moment when our happiness ceases to depend on anyone’s good or bad deeds in relation to us. It is possible to gain the highest degree of freedom only if

There is a vast variety of meditation techniques. For those who decide to start personal practice it offers to observe two simple conditions available to everybody. The first condition is a quiet place, where nobody could distract you from your

In the Open Yoga school yoga is defined as the system of self-exploration, which strictly follows two main principles (see above) and which is bringing a person to discovery and proper usage of the freedom, which is built inside of

According to yoga, society is divided into three categories by the degree of awareness:
the first category of people who are not far from animals by their degree of awareness – they behave like animals,
the second category overcame most

Yantra yoga helps to compensate the impact of inharmonious forms of the urban world surrounding us. One of the meanings of the word «yantra» is «instrument». Also there are other translations: «carrier», «diagram», «schema». Sometimes the word «yantra» is translated

A child is like a separate Universe, and we communicate as equal, but according to some rules  a child is delegating part of his/her freedom to us. We should not impose our will or our unrealized dreams upon our children.

Everything that happens to us is the result of our previous actions (including thoughts and words). By acting in a definite way we attract people to our life. We invite people who are similar to us to be a part

“As a man sows, so shall he reap!”
This proverb is the best way to describe the main principle of Karma Yoga. Karma is a law of cause and consequence. According to karma yoga each one of us is the

Keeping the principles of logics and sequence, we can structure our life and accumulate vitality, which will inspire us to break new ground On the contrary, wasting our time on the tasks which do not lead us to our aims,

By “ignorance”, yoga means our incorrect impression of ourselves. Each of us has a Higher Self, which is free, almighty and all-knowing. However, we become accustomed to believe that we are the body, the thoughts, and the emotions, by which

Each of us is wondering what is our destiny. Some find the answer to this question in early childhood, while for others the decision comes not at once, but after years and years of searching. What does yoga say about

Mantra practitioners are less prone to stress. Usually in the head we have a huge amount of thoughts that capture us, cause concern. A person who repeats mantras, as if wrapping his mind in a soft blanket from unpleasant thoughts.

People who are fluent in their language possess high mental abilities. They influence other people and, as a rule, succeed in life. A beautiful, clean, harmonious, mellow voice, competent, clear speech fascinate us with its expressiveness.

Люди, в совершенстве

In the course of a lifetime we could accumulate a bundle of fears, offences, and subjective opinions towards people or events. Is it so necessary to pass all our experience to children? Possibly, their life will be more favorable, and

Our parents gave us the most precious gift – our life, the possibility to develop spiritually and to realize ourselves. The fact that they gave us our body to manifest ourselves in this world deserves the endless respect and gratitude,

Yoga tells us that as soon as we attain a human body, we can and we should expand our freedom, and get rid of dated programs.
For this purpose, yoga recommends to be:
kind – do not harm others;
logic

In Mantra Yoga, there are special words of power — mantras transmitted to us by ancient yoga teachers. The recitation of mantras produces a tremendous impulse, affecting the entire universe. The power of the mantra is so powerful that it

At some point of evolutionary development, when we receive a human body and develop our mind, it is time to forget animal instincts: “hide your teeth and claws, depress the roar, horrifying other animals”. At this stage we get more

Child’s birth is changing our life: it helps us to manage our selfishness, we become more effective, start spending our time more rationally. Children teach us love, patience, forgiveness, kindness, generosity and self-control. We form the abilities to keep calm,

In the philosophical sense, the freedom is the ability of a person to demonstrate his/her willpower based on awareness of the derivative laws. Meaning that the person is the defining cause of his/her actions, and they are not directly attributable

Ethically responsibility is reliability, honesty in respect to oneself and others; it is awareness and willingness to accept that the result, which you get by your actions, is a consequence of these actions. Responsibility includes self-control and ability to act

The main instrument, which helps us to define when our personal freedom comes to an end and the freedom of others begins, is our duty. When some people in the past restricted their freedom in order to expand our freedom,

From ancient times to the present day evidence of the magical power of the word has reached. In myths and tales of different nations, the enormous power of spells and the power that they give to people are narrated. Great

Everyone sooner or later asks whether there is something permanent in this world: something that will never go away? Yoga introduces some sort of a foothold: the reasonable, the good, the eternal we are all looking for. There is an

Fear is an unpleasant emotion or thought that you have when you are frightened or worried by something dangerous, painful, or bad that is happening or might happen. Remembering our negative experience may cause us to be scared! If we

Karma is a law of cause and consequence. According to karma yoga each one of us is the source and cause of all events in his/her life, no matter positive or negative.

Под кармой понимается закон Причины и Следствия. Каждый

Time is an extremely valuable resource in our life. However, do we always realize its pricelessness? What does it take to spend time effectively, making it the most beneficial for ourselves and for the rest of the world? There are