Fountainhead of Yoga

The Vedic Yoga and Yoga as a Whole

Yoga in this broader sense as spiritual practice has five basic types. 1)      Jnana Yoga, the Yoga of Knowledge, using meditation for Self-realization 2)      Bhakti Yoga, the Yoga of Devotion, seeking union with God...


The Vedic Basis of Classical Yoga

The traditional founder of Yoga Darshana or the ‘Yoga system of philosophy’ – which the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali represents – is usually said to be Hiranyagarbha. It is nowhere in classical Yoga literature said to be Pa...



History of Asana and Exercise in India

This has led some people to think that the active asana approaches and movements, such as practiced by many modern Yoga groups, were not part of the older Yoga traditions or were not known in India. It has also gotten some to h...