Experience the Thrill of Adventure Sports in the Himalayas The great Himalayas run through the entire northern part of India. Derived from the Sanskrit word “hima alaya”—which means “the home of snow”, it has the largest mountain peaks in the world and stretches across six countries in ...
An eight-fold nature, or prakriti as it is called in Sanskrit, is considered to be the functioning expression of universal consciousness. We are not talking here as if a single human cell connects with universal consciousness, merely that cells appear to have structures and functions that are a...
Chakras are energy centers in the body. Chakra means wheel in Sanskrit, which is a way to visualize the chakras as spinning with energy. The idea of the chakras comes from an ancient Hindu text called the Vedas. They are important in Ayurvedic medicine and some types of yoga and med...
Indeed, Nadis always meets at junction points in a triangular shape but even after that these points are called Chakra, not Trikon (Triangular). The reason behind it is – Prana within Nadis.Pranaintroduces a motion at the junction points and motion (energy) always radiates in the circular fo...
What is Bhakti? Bhakti, as we use it commonly, means faith or devotion. The Sanskrit word, Bhakti, in Hinduism, comes from the word ‘bhaj’, which means “go to oneself to” or “have recourse to”, “to pray”, or “to worship “. It can also mean fondness, attachment, love, ...
In Sanskrit, the root chakra is known asMuladhara. The term Muladhara comes from the prefixmula, meaning “root,” andadhara, meaning “support” or “base.” It’s called Muladhara because the development of this chakra begins at the conception date and it provides a supportive foundation ...
In Sanskrit, the five great elements are called pancha maha bhuta’s. Pancha means five, maha means great and bhuta is the past participle of the verb root bhu, ‘to become’, so these elements ‘have been’, because they are at the end of the process of evolution as it is described...
In Sanskrit, it was calledPanasaand in some Indian languages it's still known asPanasorPns. The Malayalam language name isChakkain Kerala and when the Portuguese landed in Kochi, they called inJaca. From there, many other names were derived. The French call it fruit deJacqueorJacquier. ...
The fifth chakra, commonly called vishuddha in Sanskrit, is believed to be located in the throat and it is one of seven major spiritual energy centers that practitioners ofkundaliniyogabelieve are located vertically along the torso. Thethroat chakrais typically associated with powers of expression, ...
In short, it’s a cleanse you can do for one to three weeks in order to reset and detoxify your body. It’s based on “five actions,” as Panchakarma means in Sanskrit, explains physician Dr. Avanti Kumar-Singh, and the goal is to remove waste and toxins, give your mind and body...