I'm going to try to put Chakras in language for Joe and Jane Blow to understand without them  spending a lifetime trying to disappear through the top of their  heads. Simply defined, a chakra is Sanskrit for wheel or circle. As used today, there are 7 primary chakras and 40 secondaries. They are described as circulating disks bisecting the body at 7 locations. Top of the head, Forehead, Throat, Heart, solar plexus (above the naval), Sacral (below the naval), Root (base of the...

Anand Prakash Ashram was founded by Yogi Vishvketu ji and Chetana Panwar, and had its opening ceremonies on Deepavali, Nov. 9, 2007.  The vision for the ashram is to create a comfortable, nurturing sanctuary for spiritual seekers from around the world where they will have safe, clean food and water, and guidance for their yogic journey.  Anand Prakash Ashram also promotes Akhanda Yoga, the holistic, non-sectarian yoga teachings of its founders, in which students are encouraged...

Gold Coast, Australian company, Day Spa for the Mind, believes that you can change your life by literally 'changing your mind'. The company claims that their series of online hypnotherapy and meditation 'treatments' will help those seeking personal development to address their concerns about life, love and money. Could this be a timely remedy to the economic and global woes of today's world?

The phenomenal popularity of Rhonda Byrne's The Secret, and the now almost mainstream...

Meditation recordings are valuable tools for reaching a deeper trance. This augmentation is ideal whether you practice yoga, new age, Buddhist meditations or chakra meditation help. The music and sounds that the hypnotherapist records on the audio label assist you as you reach deep into your spirituality as you meditate.

Meditation Self Help

You have most likely tried to meditate at least once if you are seeking guidance in this exercise. The process requires significant...

"For a bond of love,/a sufficient account of our offering..."

Massey H. Shepherd, Jr. is a beloved man who wrote a number of books and taught many seminary students at the Graduate Theological Seminary in Berkeley, California. I know this as I know some bare bone facts of this man of faith, this Reverend who was influential and I understand a contributor to the modern "Book of Common Prayer" which Episcopalians use in worship on Sundays and daily life. But I...

The basis of almost every form of meditation throughout the world is relaxation. But the practice of relaxation meditation is far more complex than an individual deciding that they will seek to relax and thus meditate. Relaxation meditation takes careful understanding of what relaxation truly means, and then careful practice to truly attain the benefits that are available.

What does it mean to relax? Some people understand relaxation to simply mean the absence of any type of...

Hypnotherapy is a productive way of treatment that has helped lots of individuals work through their conditions. They may find that having to work through their problems with this kind of thinking can get them to open up about what is really going on in their life. In some cases, people are utilizing the information that they are getting from hypnosis to help them in their everyday life.

With the advent of the Internet, it is now easy to learn hypnosis. You can avail on...

Though we are generally used to associating yoga with India, it is nonetheless true that certain yoga branches have evolved not only in the western world but in other parts of Asia too. This is the case of Dahn yoga, a Korean system that starts from traditional yoga practices and crosses the borders of tai chi and martial arts. The main emphasis in the study of Dahn yoga is on the unitary development of the emotional, physical and spiritual dimensions of the being. Just like in the case...

With meditation attaining a lot of popularity these days, many people have expressed their curiosity to learn this unique form of art. However, people are confused on how to go about it.

The reason is that with so much of commotion existing in our lives and the stress we face on a daily basis, it has become extremely difficult for an individual to practice meditation through self help and obtain benefits out of it.

This is the reason that several experienced and...

I know that many of you will be thinking what will meditation do for me, why is it so important and of course 'I don't have time to sit around trying to clear my head, I'm busy'. Well let's be honest here, do you suffer from stress, now think about this a little more, because the answer is yes and if you're not sure about that read on and think a little more...and don't forget to check out my recommendation for easy stress relief.

Why Are We All Stressed?

With modern day...