The Artistic Yoga Podcast

When we say science in relation to our health, fundamentally we mean to say, “it's not about blind belief or faith”. To this day this is considered a very important statement to make all the time, to remind people. When we approach our well being rationally, we think in terms of certain principles, fundamentals, a deep and vast understanding. The dos and don'ts all emerge from it. This a...

The path is challenging, daunting yet there is healing and that desire to heal could be the peg to hang one’s desires on SEGMENTS THE YOGA OF HEALING  THE EYE OF THE FLAME I HAVE NOTHING OF MY OWN  THE PULSE

If there is innate wisdom in Nature, then it must be there in us. Can this wisdom wage its own war against my ignorance? How does that work?  SEGMENTS DWELL ON ONE’S OWN SELF WISDOM’S OWN WAR  (11*) BORN OF LUSTRE 

The disturbance, the chaos that we feel is that because we are not able to fathom the order that exists in creation? What are its effects on our minds?  SEGMENTS THE EVER CHANGING GETTING CLEAR  DHARMA …  THE COSMIC ORDER  THE EFFECTS OF PRAJNAPARADHA PITCH DARK IN THE MOONLIT SKY

When you doggedly and enthusiastically pursue the path of enquiry, a time comes when all the signposts point towards yourself, the enquirer. This is probably what modern life has lost sight of. Maybe because we are afraid to disturb the peace. In this final blog of the “Message of the Rishi” series, we look at what this inner journeying means.  In Segment 1, we begin this understanding, if there i...

A human being ascends to his consciousness in the middle of a battle field. SEGMENTS A Dark Phase Of The War Calm Is The Heart Of The Warrior

In times of war, the mother of all wars, the Mahabharata and in it the warrior amongst warriors, his trials and tribulations. SEGMENTS A moment of truth  The Moment of fall

To Date, as one humanity, we haven’t fully acknowledged the subtle. Science still refuses to accept consciousness as part of reality, part of truth. There is no place for that is beyond thoughts. In rightfully rejecting theologies and beliefs, in rightfully seeking evidence for all propositions, modern approach to the science of life has disasterously refused to accept anything other than material...

To live long, Ayurveda recognizes this as a deeply felt need. One, that occurs so that we might fulfill our desires. Ayu, life span is therefore the seed from which the science of longevity has sprouted. In this blog we dive into the origins of the very basis of modern medicine, namely etiology or cause of disease, symptomology and therapeutics.

Ancient cultures have always thought deeply about longevity. The ancients wanted to live long because that automatically meant one is happy and  healthy. In an age where we have mapped out the human genome and believe we are on the verge of cracking the code of immortality, all through science, it is interesting to know that the ancients had done their own research in a different way = they learnt...

A Wise teacher can see the arrogance of knowledge in his brilliant son. He understands, his response is at once compassionate and creative. Crushing to pride and elevating to intelligence. In the end, the crimes of science are crimes against wisdom. The Rishi shows the way, it should be done.   EPISODE 3 SEGMENTS ·       YOU ARE THAT ·       THE LINES OF CONQUEST ·       CRIMES AGAINST WISDOM

The mid eighteenth century saw a man made famine, one of the many wrought upon the food secure Indian subcontinent by its rapacious colonizers. This was also a time when the British observed inoculations against cholera and rhinoplasty, a good hundred years before they ‘invented’ the vaccine and the Germans did the first facial surgery.    EPISODE 2 SEGMENTS   HOW TO CREATE A FAMINE THE INNOCULATO...

The modern mind thinks in terms of before and after Christ. Men of insight have felt the last two millennia have been extremely violent. Yet it is known as the time when humanity advanced the most. The times of the pandemic hasn’t ended as of 2023, world war looms, a flu has broken in China. It’s not so much about infection and its consequence anymore. We live in a state of shock, unable to make s...

Wisdom is not in books. It is lived, it is subtle, it is a life level quest. The one who teaches wisdom is someone who is beyond all books. The student who goes in search of this is special.  EPISODE 4 SEGMENTS The subtle pulse of wisdom An error of judgement

Images of beloved teacher and student sitting in a state of rapture … that rapture came after a lot of undoing, sculpting and emptying.  EPISODE 3 SEGMENTS Untying the knots The making of the student

The Rishi as teacher, considered to be an embodiment of the source is no ordinary person. Having attained to the truth, he not only draws the worthiest of students, he knows and has the power to even break down a highly accomplished king, if that is what it takes to spark off that revolution in him.   EPISODE 2 SEGMENTS The taming of a king The assimilation of Raktabija Romancing the imperishable

The pandemic has changed the way we meet life, the way we perceive reality. Yet, life has in a way returned to its normal fast paced, disaster and conflict prone ways. Even as humanity is busy with normalizing this altered situation, it seems to be a good idea to absorb the life teachings of the last three few years.    Culture as Indians have known it is often referred to as being perennial. This...

It’s true that just drinking water is not enough to hydrate a dehydrated body. It takes a touch of attentiveness to how we live. Find out how in this last of the three episodes.  EPISODE 3 SEGMENTS Drinking enough may not be enough Youthfulness is the crackle of electrical energy The chemistry of rehydration More than just cosmetic The goodness of a bath Let it begin

Geologists say, the emergence of water was a crucial event in the Earth’s life that made it possible for life to emerge. Our planet in particular is 70% water at the surface and inside our body, we are as much water. No wonder, studies show that dehydration = ageing. EPISODE 2 SEGMENTS The chronological and the biological The most precious Water our home Ageing = Dryness The medium Carrier of lust...

After air, it is water that we cannot live without. Research shows that when the cells get dehydrated to a point, the organism dies, and thought we my not realise it, this can happen quiet rapidly. This blog is an introduction to water, not just as a life sustainer, but as a substance of beauty and wellbeing that needs to be cherished, a simple substance that holds great age reversal secrets.  EPI...

Can we do things that can impact our very DNA in such a way that it slows down ageing? And can that be some day to day stuff? Let’s find out.

While we see the net sum of ageing on our skins, sagging muscles, weaker metabolism and so on, at the core of the ageing process is what goes on in a particular chemical structure in our DNA called the telomerase.

Youth is everyone’s secret and not so secret desire. It’s both  passion and desperation, the stuff of dream and dread. The anti aging hack is a timeless obsession and the stuff of the most enduring mythologies. Alchemy an art and a science that belongs to the space of legends in popular discourse is a fond hope of many. Yet oral traditions talk of great alchemists. The siddha are the legendary anc...

The eight limbs can be seen as comprised of two divisions. The external and the internal. While the external engaged the senses, the internal is about what happens beyond the sensory experience. This is extraordinary - that a map can be presented for the journey from the concrete to the abstract. From action to happiness.  EPISODE 3 SEGMENTS PRANAYAMA AWAKENING THE WITNESS PRATYAHARA DHARANA DHYAN...

Ashtanga, the eight limbs, is a frame work that is attributed to the Siddha, Sage Patanjali. It seems that many millennia ago, this paradigm was evolved just for today. It is just what the doctor, the therapist and the healer ordered. It’s important to spend time understanding the eight limbs as it shows is the path. A path that is unique to each one of us.  EPISODE 2 SEGMENTS ASHTANGA YAMA, THE R...