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Victory over death

On the occasion of Hanuman jayanti today –image

Almost all living beings have an intense fear of the unknown. The greatest fear among the unknown being death, lurks heavily in our subconscious.

For one who is born, death is uncertain. Though one may not be able to conquer death, but its fear can certainly be conquered.

There is a ‘mritunjaya’ (victory over death) verse in the Vedas. It is a prayer to our supreme consciousness that just as ripe pumpkin is so gently severed from its tree, similarly release us from the worldly bondages and lead us to liberation 

Om traymakam yajamahe sugandhim pushti vardhanam, bandhan mrituyurmukshiya mamritaat

Repeating this verse five times every morning protects and liberates its chanters.

Spring cleaning

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Wishing you all an auspicious Nav Samvatsar ( the Indian new year) which is today.

This day is also celebrated being the 1st of the nine day nature festival.

As the season changes, we find ourselves in the midst of spring. The yogis use this nine day period to do spring cleaning as well.

What is yogis’ spring cleaning? The yogis believe that there are 72,000 energy carrying channels in a body. Toxins through food, thoughts and work clog up these channels, preventing the pranic energy to flow freely.

Every six months, in the middle of autumn and and spring, this nine day period known as Navaratri come to help us.
This time is most conducive to detox.
The yogis employ the shad karmas in combination with diet of boiled vegetables, fruits and liquids, to ensure proper cleanse of the energy carrying channels. The shad karmas are trataka ( deep focused concentration on a chosen object), nauli (an ab exercise involving rapid twisting of the ab muscles), kapal bhaati (hyper ventilation with focus on exhaling), neti (the cleaning of the nasal passages with a rubber thread), kunjal (the drinking of a couple of litres of warm saline water and then throwing it out), and basti (colon irrigation )

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