Who is a "Yogi"

A person who follows yoga philosophy in their daily life and who stays stable in good time and bad time. He is neither too happy or too sad. He knows how to stay stable in happy times and not so happy times.

EGO....................A big problem

Attachment to something you are not. People attach themselves to their position they had at one time or they have it now, or to the money they earn more than others , a million dollar home, BMW, Mercedes etc. All these things are given to enjoy. We know one day they are going to go one day. So we live in fear and we hold onto it so tightly. One day when you loose it you feel very bad.

Best is to make attachment to yourself...i.e make your physical body connect with your soul , then you have no fear of loosing yourself. This is what yoga is...Union with yourself.

Two way communication

Meditation is a two way communication, but prayer is a one way communication. Meditation is when God talks to you. Prayer is when you talk to the God. Be ready to listen to your God or your inner silence.

Re: Protein

It is important to have some protein in every meal because it triggers the production of a fat burning hormone and stabilize blood sugar level . So it does not allow any new fat to be stored on the belly.

Yoga is not a religion

Yoga is a philosophy, science, art and also a therapy. Yoga can give you steps to simplify your life.

Pranayam

Close your ears and cover your eyes and say OM sound with lips closed. Do that three times.
It is like internal jogging of your organs. Sounds go and affects your brain cells and keeps them healthy.

Third Eye

There is a third eye in the middle of your forehead. This invisible eye is where your pituatory gland is. If you focus( meditate) there , you will see a tunnel or an opening to see other dimensions of reality. It is your microscope and telescope to see details and to see long distance . It is a powerful center to focus on. Just place your feelings on the pituatory gland. Try focusing there.

Special people

" Being successful is easy , being respected and appreciated is special" was on Oprah website written by Ed and Deb Shapiro. That comes when your soul makes wise decisions.

Heaven is right here

Discover it by applying yoga philosophy in your daily life. Knowing about it is not enough, willingness is not enough either, but you must apply that knowledge and must act to discover Heaven. Application is hard but it is doable.

You will find that Heaven is right here.

Emotional stress

Soak your feet in warm water and sea salt for 15 minutes to get rid of emotional stress as the stressful energy will leave your body through your feet and you will get destressed. Try it. No harm in that.

White tea

I had been looking at benefits of White TEA. It fights fat and it fights wrinkles. Excellent. It is available at any health food store.

Wisdom

I read somewhere that Wisdom is organized life and Science is organized knowledge.

Cuba Trip

Last year around this time, I went to Cuba. It was my first trip. My friends told me to take used clothes, soaps etc there to give to people. I was very happy to take those along to donate. We decided to visit locals there . As we were going through their residence area, we were asked to come in for coffee, they showed us their houses. I noticed that they were very happy despite owning very little. Ladies were sitting together in one house just chatting and making connection. Kids playing together after they were back from their school. I felt that happiness did not come from owning material stuff.

Yoga philosophy says to manage with less and not to be too attached to material stuff. Give more importance to the fulfilled life .

Garlic

I was watching Dr. Oz and he recommended sticking garlic clove in the ear and put a cellotape on to hold the garlic in place over the ear to get rid of ear infection. Guess what, I suggested to one person and it did work. He slept with the garlic and next day no infection. WOW.....HO HO for this remedy.
While growing up, my mother will let the garlic sit in warm mustard oil for few minutes and then pour few drops of oil in your both ears to get rid of infection.

Real listening

Our youth have learned very good communication skills, expressing their needs and wants. It is a very good thing for our youth. But sometimes we gain some and then we loose some too. We need to focus more on listening skills. Balance between the two is unbalanced. Today show respect by real listening .

Relationship

Develop relationship with your God/Higher power by visiting him every day. The more you visit, better the relationship gets.

Create Good Karmas

Respecting people as they are is a positive karma, positive thought and positive action. Respect the person as a soul. You are a soul and others are souls too. But souls have spots too. If you have not talked to your relative in 10-30 years, you must meet those people face to face to settle your karmic account. Accept their shouting or insulting when you see them. Just ignore
and let them say what they want to say. You did something before and now it is coming back to you. You are settling your karmic account and you want to finish them today.
BRAVO.....

Beautiful sunny day

Today was a beautiful sunny day. I decided to soak up the sun by doing the yard work and getting my hands into the dirt which helped me to ground my self and make connections with the mother earth. It is like letting mother earth soak up all your stresses and at the same time you soak up Sun energy which increases your hidden internal energy to recharge you. It was a wonderful way to celebrate Easter.

Good and bad energy

Good energy is that uplift you or makes you happy. Bad energy is that leave you fearful, exhausted and drained. WHAT KIND OF PEOPLE ARE YOU SURROUNDED BY?
The message for today is to conserve your positive energy.

Apologize in your meditation

If you intentionally hurt someone or unintentionally and it is hard for you to apologize, just do that in your meditation. Sit comfortably on a cushion on the floor, keep your spine straight and chant "AUM" or "OM" do some breathing and bring that person into your meditation , apologize or send some loving energy to that person.
Try it one day and see what happens. You will be amazed at the results.

Too tired on Friday

Today I got home from work and I felt that the emotional stress had gone into my feet somehow after the car problems I had this morning. I decided to apply my Yoga technique by soaking my feet in hot bath with sea salt in it. Salt water diffuses the stress out of your body and you start fresh again.
Try it one day and see if it works for you.

Walk away from negativity

We are always making connections, forming new friendships. If after forming these new friendships you find that new friends are causing frictions in your life by insulting you , putting you down by elevating themselves or you have met someone who thinks he or she is MR KNOW IT ALL, using you to get what they want by using you as the middle person. You come home and think about that person for almost two days, you have to let that relationship go. May be that is too harsh a statement as we have so much around us that sometimes it is hard to walk away. Ask yourself " Are these friends/connections worth it". These relationships exhaust deplete and drain us. Friends are suppose to support you, elevate you , respect you the way they would like to be respected. You have to let go of these people. If you cannot let go of these friends or connections, then start working around them. Say you are walking and you see dog poo on the side road. Would you step on it or would you go around it? Obviously, you would go around it. Go head and start working around that relationship. Let us summarize it now. Three things you could do

1. Start to work around it
2. Keep your distance from them.
3. Walk away from negativity if it is possible and as quickly as you can. Sometimes it may take some time or you may have to change your behavior in the process to survive. It is really HARD WORK

Benefits of Meditation

10 minutes of meditation gives you 8 hours of good sleep. Just sit still by keeping spine straight and eyes closed and try not to think. If thoughts come into your mind, you do not interact with them , just observe them and let them go by your mind.

Benefits you will see when you interact with people, you will see that

you do not get angry,
manage stress well......
Your decision power increases.
Body stays healthy as mind is healthy
Intuition increase
Time management gets better
Thought becomes positive
Addiction decrease.
Better skilled to handle situation
Healing starts.
You are happier

Meditation will
Balance your life style
Will help you cope better in life
Will help you to do better

Kal Aaj Kal ( yesterday, today , tomorrow)

Time is a cycle. We have morning, afternoon, evening and night and then morning again. Do not be afraid of darkness(night). Light(daytime) will shine again. Kal Aaj Kal is the name of an another indian movie. It means yesterday today and tomorrow. Everything that has passed will come back. If you are going through a tough time, wait and light will shine. Your future today will be your past tomorrow.

Difference Between Prayer and Meditation

Prayer is a one way communication with God. Usually the person who wants something talks. Meditation is a two way communication. During this time, God talks to you.
Talk to God in your own language. Develop your own relationship with God by visiting him everyday. You have to go nowhere. It is effortless. Develop your relationship with feelings. God is going to give you anyway. Meditation recharges the batteries of your soul...it means yours.
Start practicing stillness and silence for 1 minute everyday.

Making connections

Making connections with people is something very important. More connection you make, happier you get. Experiment with this idea.