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Tripura-Yoga Yoga, Meditation & Ayurveda blog by Ani Naqvi and Andrea Barra
29 March 2019
Abhyanga – What is it?

Abhyanga – What is it?

Abhyanga is a traditional Ayurvedic therapy, that involves massage of the body with large amounts of warm, medicated oils to the body, to soothe and nourish the body at the deepest cellular level through the skin, the largest organ. Abhyanga uses the skin as a conduit to transport medicine and herbs into the body to …

3 August 2018
Ten Days that changed my life

Ten Days that changed my life

How a silent 10-day Vipassana can help you I’d been toying with the idea of a ten-day vipassana silent retreat for a while now. Having battled a serious illness for a number of years I had changed my life to be more focused on health and well being, taken up yoga, trained as a Yoga …

1 January 2018
Ruseri Dat Ton

Ruseri Dat Ton

Ruseri Dat Ton is a traditional Thai practice that has been dubbed as Thai yoga, in part due to its similarities to Hatha yoga. Ruseri Dat Ton literally translated means “Hermit’s self stretching exercise”. It was named this as hermits and ascetics have used it for many hundreds of years. It’s an ancient practice that …

21 September 2014
Yoga Nidra

Yoga Nidra

Yoga Nidra is a technique that is becoming very popular nowadays. Sometimes it’s confused with common relaxation techniques and sometimes with visualization.

It’s vital for Yoga practitioners and teachers to understand what Yoga Nidra is, where it comes from and most importantly, the way it works.

It’s essential to differentiate Yoga Nidra techniques from other techniques of visualization, or progressive relaxation.

Yoga Nidra refers to the “State of consciousness” and techniques used to achieve that state. The term “Yoga” refers to the aim (Samadhi) and the path (Hatha yoga, Raja Yoga, Laya Yoga etc.).

21 September 2014
Origins of Indian Music and Nada Yoga

Origins of Indian Music and Nada Yoga

“With total attention , listen to the sound of a stringed instrument, or any other musical instrument. Be absorbed in the all pervading stillness.” Vijnana Bhairava Tantra 41     Origin of Indian music      The origins of Indian music can be traced back to the Vedas. The Vedas are a collection of hymns …

17 June 2014
4 Tips to make sure that your practice fits in with yogic principles

4 Tips to make sure that your practice fits in with yogic principles

The asana (yoga pose) is the most well known aspect of the vast spectrum of Yoga. At the point that when we do an asana we imply that we are doing yoga (and often it is not necessarily true). “Asana” is a Sanskrit word that means “to sit”, “to be established in a particular position”. …

7 May 2014
Basic Concept of Yoga Philosophy

Basic Concept of Yoga Philosophy

  Often today, when people hear about “yoga philosophy“, they react by saying that yoga is a practice and not a philosophy; and of course they are completely right.   Yoga is a Practice, a practice that is not just limited in the way you shape and arrange your body on the mat, but a …

1 May 2014
Asana classification according to the function

Asana classification according to the function

It’s possible to classify the yoga posture according to different criteria.
If we classify them according to their function, we can divide them in this way:
Samastithi
Pashimatana
Purvatana
Pashva
Parivritti
Viparita
Vishesa
Samasthiti

Sama means “equal” and sthiti means “to be, to stay”.

29 April 2014
Correlation between Sun Salutation and Vedic Astrology

Correlation between Sun Salutation and Vedic Astrology

  Often yoga postures and the sequence of yoga postures have a deep symbolic meaning.  Sometimes they tell you a story and the aim is to communicate to the deepest part of your being, toward the grossest part, the body. One, maybe the most well known sequence is the Sun Salutation (Surya Namaskar). Surya means …

30 March 2014
Tok Sen

Tok Sen

Tok Sen Therapy   Tok Sen is an ancient 5000 years old Northern Thai practice.  In Thai, Tok Sen means take off energy lines.  Tok Sen is a form of energetic healing using a wooden hammer and thick stick to tap gently into acupressure points and energy lines.  This clears blocked energies and releases knots, …

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