The Fifth Chakra
The fifth chakra is Vishuddha and it means to “purify.” Vishuddha is symbolized by a sixteen-petal smoky-violet blue lotus. This chakra is located in the throat and is associated …
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The Body’s Chakras
Chakras are psychic centers of activity, or of the vital force of prana, that cannot be defined in terms of psychology, physiology, or any other science. Chakras are interrelated …
Yoga’s Contemporary Contribution
In 1928 Paramahansa Yogananda, a spiritual master, left. India and came to California. He was not the first yogi to come to America and practice yoga, but he was …
The Yoga Props
When thumbing through yoga magazines or blogs, you’ll notice people doing yoga with some interesting-looking contraptions cotton straps, blocks, crescent-shaped pillows, or round, hard pillows. These are called props. …
The Belief in Chakras and Yoga
Yoga does not have to involve working with the chakra. In fact, some yoga texts just skim over the chakras and a few don’t even mention them at all. …