Yoga, the mind-body-soul practice, took root in India about 5,000 years ago and remains its chief cultural export. Over ...

Niyama (self-discipline and spiritual observances ... Then, What Is Its True Practice? The true essence of yoga and a yogic lifestyle extends beyond the mat. Yoga is a spiritual discipline ...

Rishi Patanjali defines yoga as the mastery of the mind in the very second sutra. This is very often overlooked in the practice of yoga. Yoga has eight parts. It starts with Yama and Niyama ...

Yoga asks us to drop the mask and find our true, authentic self — and to act from this self. When we’re able to show this true self to the world, we live more closely with reality and not ...