TV Venkataraman (Source: KYM Darśanam, November 1994, Vol. 3, No. 3) In ancient India, while the tree of Saṁskṛtam flourished and sent out many branches, Tamil language and culture flourished independent of it and existed as a tree in itself. Among the many great works of Tamil literature, the...
Śrī S Sridharan, Senior Mentor & Yoga Therapist, Krishnamacharya Yoga Mandiram Introduction Yogācārya T Krishnamacharya, quite often, emphasizes on the discipline on the food habits and emphatically states that without food discipline the results of Yoga practice can never be achieved fully, particularly ‘mind control.’ There are two Saṁskṛta...
Geetha Shankar, Senior Yoga Therapist & Senior Faculty, KYM We know that the body and mind are closely interlinked and affect each other. Understanding how they are linked will help us to learn more about our present day symptoms and also how to manage them more efficiently. We will...
Geetha Shankar, Senior Yoga Therapist and Faculty, KYM When it comes to Yoga practice, some of the commonly asked questions by the practitioners and students at the Krishnamacharya Yoga Mandiram (KYM) are: Why is it important to do Āsana practice with breathing? Why is it important to synchronise our...
Instances from Rāmāyaṇa and inputs from Yogasūtra-s Dr M Jayaraman, Director, Textual Research, Krishnamacharya Yoga Mandiram Consider the following instances from Rāmāyaṇa Lakṣmaṇa’s Words of Wisdom – 1 “You shall not destroy the entire world around. You should not fall prey to your anger. If you are not able...