I would like to present some ideas regarding the attainment of robust health and inner harmony by personal practice in Yoga and Ayurveda. Yoga has a goal of optimum health without needing to depend on any external help. It was devised to support the Yogi on the path to spiritual fulfilment. So Yoga is a [...]

In Yoga, mitahara means moderation in food. It is a tapas of Kriya Yoga and Krishnmacharya includes it as a yama in Ashtanga yoga. In the Hathayogapradipika it says that ‘The Siddhas know that among yamas a moderate diet is the most important.’ HYP 1:38. HYP lists overeating as one of the six causes by [...]