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Breathe Your Way To Health & Peace
Pranayama is a unique exercise that does not take away our energy - a unique breathing technique that can also be called a kind of relaxation in which our consciousness is alert.

The 8 Limbs & 4 Types of Yoga
Yoga is much more than Indian aerobics; it is one of the ideals of Hinduism. Devotional meditation upon God is at the very heart of any good yoga practice. The spiritual side of yoga has eight limbs, and theologically there of four types of yoga.

Yoga & Religion
About the four Yogas - the four corner-stones that make up the universal religion of Hinduism.

All About Yoga
From its origin to how to benefit from this physical discipline, it's all there, in 10 short chapters.

About.com Yoga GuideSite
About's Yoga Guide Ann Pizer has a fullfledged site dedicated to the entire breadth and depth of yoga. Dont miss!

The Yoga of Abraham Lincoln
What did Lincoln have in common with many men and women today? Lincoln adopted a yoga lifestyle! He dubbed himself “a mystic,” and behaved in a way that corresponds with the teachings of yoga and meditation. Lincoln shared many attitudes with millions today who embrace a spiritual way of life.

Meditation for Heart Patients
A relaxation technique known as Transcendental Meditation may decrease blood pressure and reduce insulin resistance among patients with coronary heart disease, says a reputed journal of internal medicine.

Meditation in the Classroom
Can 10 minutes twice a day of a widely researched meditation technique cut epidemic levels of stress that are turning schools into a breeding ground for poor academic performance, anxiety and depression, substance abuse, and violence? Yes. Find out more...

The Importance of Relaxation: Physical Relaxation & Laughter
Relaxation is not some kind of discipline like yoga or meditation that needs to be done at a particular time of the day. It is of 3 kinds: physical, mental and transcendental - and none of these demand any system.

"Conscious Flight into the Empyrean" - Santosh Sachdeva
Here is an amazing book on meditation… a first hand life-changing experience retold in every detail in the form of a journal, with supporting illustrations on every page by the author herself.

Free Meditation MP3 Downloads
University Of Metaphysical Sciences has 4 music files for free download: 'Deepening The Silence', 'Following The Breath & Observing The Body', 'Exploring The Auric Layers', and 'Cleansing And Clearing The Chakras.'

Breathe Your Way To Health & Peace
Pranayama is a unique exercise that does not take away your energy, yet helps generate a great deal of mental peace and power.

Yoga for the Heart!
The Vedic science of Yoga is at the core of alternative systems that are widely employed to prevent and treat various diseases of the heart.

Yoga for Epilepsy
Yoga is increasingly becoming a focal point of therapy and research in treating epilepsy. Zoe Langley, who has greatly benefited from this treatment, reports on how yoga is being rediscovered as a useful approach to exercise self-control of seizures.

Sahaja Yoga
Sahaja Yoga is a method of meditation which brings a breakthrough in the evolution of human awareness. It was created by Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi in 1970 and has since spread all around the world.

YogaForAll.org
A yoga training institute that believes "anyone starting at anytime, can achieve mental, physical and spiritual balance thru the proper practice of Yoga."

Introduction to Asanas
This introduction to asanas by by Horia Cristescu highlights the spiritual practice based on Shakti, the fundamental vibrating energy of every human being.

YogaAdvaita.org
A site created by Swami Atma, and dedicated to spread the teachings of yoga and advaita vedanta in the authentic tradition of India according to the lineage of Sri Swami Sivanandaji of Rishikesh and Sri Swami Vishnu-devanandaji.

Hatha Yoga Lessons
A good online yoga source featuring animations of yoga postures, stress exercises, yoga breathing, Chakras...

Asanas or Yoga Postures
This page explains and illustrates 18 traditional asanas with color photos of each.

Transcendental Meditation
The Transcendental Meditation (TM®) program of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi claims to be the "most effective technique available for gaining deep relaxation, eliminating stress, promoting health, increasing creativity and intelligence, and attaining inner happiness and fulfillment."

Vihangam Yoga
The non-physical Yoga (the union of 'Atma' with 'Paramatma') that Lord Krishna taught to Arjuna some five thousand years ago as rediscovered by the Swami Sadafal Deoji Maharaj of Ballia (U.P.)

Dhyana
An Introduction to the techniques of Meditation and the 14 Points of Meditation.

Raja Yoga
The 8 Limbs of Raja Yoga, which purify the body and mind.

Siddha Yoga
Meditation dedicated to the upliftment of humanity and the end of human suffering through the knowledge and experience of the inner Self.

Teachers' Training Course
The Sivananda Yoga Teachers Training Course. The curriculum covers most aspects of the Indian Yoga tradition.

The 5 points of Yoga
In an effort to simplify and clarify the complex philosophies and teachings of Yoga, Swami Vishnu-devananda summarized the wisdom of Yoga in 5 principles.

Yoga Research Centre
An organisation founded by George Feuerstein, dedicated to research and education in all aspects of Hindu, Buddhist, and Jaina Yoga.

Yoga Techniques
A series of exercises developed by Paramahansa Yogananda in 1916 to prepare the body for meditation.

Yoga CD
A CD ROM with a 'Mantra' for better living and positive thinking. You can order online.

Ravi Yoga
Yoga as taught by Ravi Singh, founder of the Kundalini Yoga Centers in NYC. His clients have included such notables as: Liv Ullman, Yehudi Menuhan, Gwyneth Paltrow, Lou Reed, The Red Hot Chili Peppers, Vivienne Tam, Adrienne Vittadini, Rick Rubin, Dixie Carter, among others.

Yoga: FAQ
An expert's guide to the basics of Yoga for beginners. From The Hindu

The Four Yogas
Swami Vivekanda's lectures explaning the yogas and clarifying the methods of spiritual practice.

Psychology of Meditation
Weekly courses on all kinds meditation by Dr Kartikeya Patel.

Bhakti Yoga
Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada tells you about the yoga of meditation and transcendental meditation as mentioned in the Gita.