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know about Iyengar Yoga Kumbhakas

All you need to know about Iyengar Yoga: Kumbhakas

B.K.S Iyengar promoted and propagated Yoga practice which focused on breath, awareness, and intelligence. Individual capacity was given more significance than a race to attain the perfect posture. Guruji’s teaching methods were an amalgamation of ancient and modern. He never tried to force the ancient solutions to modern issues rather found a middle path that

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anahata the fourth chakra

‘Anahata’- The Fourth Chakra: Seat of love and Compassion

Out of the seven chakras in the body, Anahata chakra is the fourth chakra, it is in the middle. Before this, we discussed the chakras. The first chakra Mooladhaar, second Swadishthaan, and Manipur below it and Vishuddhi, Ajnya, and Sahastrar above it. Anahata is a Sanskrit word which means unstruck sound. If you go by

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The third chakra Solar Plexus Manipura

City of Jewels: The third Chakra Solar Plexus or Manipura

Lord Krishna in his divine ancient text SRIMAD BHAGVADGEETA teaches the disillusioned warrior –Arjuna about qualities of a true Yogi. He says one who sacrifices his PRANA in APAAN and APAAN in PRANA, makes a stable and steadfast progression in the spiritual journey. PRANA VAAYU being the life energy controlling the inhalation or intake while

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