One of the most powerful factors accelerating our progress in yoga is the presence of an appropriate social circle. The absence of like-minded people is critical for some practices and threatens the possibility of their realization. «An oak grows among

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

The wise man told to his student: “Look around the room and remember all things of brown color.” The student did as he was told. Then the teacher asked him to close his eyes and name all the things of

In Yoga there is a principle of satisfaction — Santoshi. It calls us to be pleased with what we have, to see positive signs in every moment of life. Despair, discontent, complaints about misfortune is not the best way of

As soon as we restore the order in our inner universe, we let go our power of life – Prana. We can use this power for our family, rest, and other goals, that were previously lacking it.
The surplus of

We reveal our inner potential, doing Kriya yoga, because we get rid of physical and mental stress. With every practice the body becomes more vivid, and we feel harmony and peace. The control over the body, thoughts and emotions helps

Logically, the existence of Higher Self cannot be proved. There are as many arguments in favor of existence of the Higher Self as there are arguments denying it. But if a person chooses yoga as a spiritual path, he or

If we wish to change ourselves, yoga gives us all the necessary tools. Thanks to yoga, we can change our habits, views and our lifestyle. Changing our inner way of life, we change the outer world. Our surroundings might change,

We all face obstacles in our life. Most of the time they are determined by the Law of reason and consequence. The obstacles appear because we break the rules and regulations, which we set ourselves. By trusting the Universe, a

Practicing yoga regularly, we improve our memory, increase the strength of our attention and productivity of thinking, learn not to be exposed by stress, which can slow down our mental process. The main thing – not to waste effort on

One of the yoga principles says: You should spend your energy and focus your consciousness only on the things which lead you to the goals that you have set for your work, school, leisure or yoga. Before you get involved

It is important to give room for error. “Everybody can make mistakes”. “Only those who do nothing make no mistakes”. A mistake is just a sign that we need to change direction, nothing more. If we remember this and fill

Every our thought has consequences in the real life. Forgetting about the importance of thoughts in our head, we admit uncontrollable emotions, reactions and events in our life. With time we can notice, that we don’t like what is happening

Pain – is a physical or mental suffering, agony, distress, opposite to pleasure, an unpleasant feeling. It is also a reaction to this feeling, which is defined by certain changes, as well as by the act of willing to eliminate

If we analyze our life, we conclude that every living being partially or completely devotes his/her life to other people. Any person’s activity, aimed at enhancing the freedom of another person can be qualified as devotion: friends are devoted to

Yoga teaches that every living being has got the Higher Self – immortal, all-knowing, absolutely free, and being in a state of eternal bliss. The Higher Self can neither be harmed nor killed nor influenced by material objects nor measured.

Yoga affirms that on early stages of evolution egoism helps to survive. The fear of death of the body forces a living being to become stronger, hardier, and smarter. But with the development of the mind, egoism transforms and must

The purpose of Yoga is very high – it is a complete, unconditional freedom from all limitations, even those, we are not aware of yet.
 
Therefore, we can use the term Yoga only for the system of self-knowledge, which leads

Ancient treatise “The Narrative of Hatha yoga” states that the habit to practice yoga every day is the main criteria of success on the way to understanding yoga.
 
But what they mean with the word “habit”?

A habit is a

When we are born, we have to trust this world, represented by our mother and father, our relatives, the society in which we grow, and the country where we live.
Growing up, we become strong and independent, renouncing everything that,

A person can live to an old age without vision, sense of smell or hearing, but even if all these sensory organs do not function, we shall still have one very important sense – sense of touch.
Many people do

As a result of our own ignorance we turn our natural pleasure into pain and suffer. However, there are some positive consequences of pain as well. Working as a “whip” it makes us develop, move, train our brains, reconcile the

The feeling of happiness is so inidual, that it is nearly impossible to define it. However, it is possible to get closer to understanding of where it comes from by researching the inner world, and slowly moving from rough feelings

By choosing one group or another we choose the surroundings for our own development, and as a consequence, our destiny. Living among people with a low degree of awareness we will not develop, but degrade. On the contrary, being among

Отправляясь в путешествие, обязательно нужно заручиться поддержкой и напутствием близких и родных людей, иначе путешествие может не состояться вообще или будет неудачным. Затем, вооружившись Принципами Йоги, можно смело и весело шагать по дороге. Неважно, где будет пролегать наша тропа:

There is no freedom if you have unfulfilled desires. Being spiritual does not mean that we should be poor. It means consciously trying to achieve welfare without attaching to anything.

Не бывать свободе, если у нас всё ещё остались невыполненные

Bhakti yoga gives the following answer: supreme logic never contradicts logic. To learn to trust the Universe, we need to constantly sharpen our minds. Otherwise, uncritical perception can be tricky. An untrained mind can easily fall for the substitution of

The main thing is to set your goals and to make an action plan for achieving them. However, it is not enough to make a plan, it is important to follow it. Only in this case we can change something

Главное — честность с собой!

Важно быть честным с собой. Мы можем заблуждаться: нам может казаться, что мы хотим преподавать йогу. Но на самом деле наша цель — быстрые деньги, слава или статус. Мы не можем получить это другим путём,

By identifying short-, medium- and long-term objectives, we can clearly see the image of our desirable future. We can record our goals on paper and place it in such a way that it always remains in front of our eyes. 

Each of us at some point will be ready to reconsider their dietary pattern. This should happen gradually and naturally, due to the changing needs of our body. Shifting to vegetable food can take a long time, up to several

To achieve the unlimited freedom Yoga recommends to use the present freedom for expanding it in future.To relocate resources from the spheres, where we are free, to the spheres, where there is a lack of freedom.

Для того, чтобы

By using Yoga instruments, we are capable to increase the amount of Prana, which will help us to keep our body healthy, resolve any problems, easily and quickly achieve our goals, be accomplished in all areas of life, create, keeping

If we falter once, we tend to choose the path of weakness rather than strength. Eventually we develop a habit to demonstrate weaknesses of our personality. On the contrary, by demonstrating our strong points, we take the path of power

The prime cause of fear is ignorance! By ignorance, we view ourselves not as the Higher Self, but as our aspects. It is as if we considered ourselves to be our shadow.

Первопричина возникновения страха — неведение! По неведению мы

If we look at the concept of “duty” over outdated perceptions of its negative sides, it turns out that it is not the anchor that pulls us down but the elegant silk sail, which allows us to “swim between two