http://www.dadaveda.com/yogablog This is a yoga blog with articles on yoga, meditation, health, creativity and social service Sun, 03 Aug 2008 10:38:08 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en by Dada Vedaprajinananda Many people try for years to lose weight or to make other positive changes in their lives, but never succeed. There is plenty of information on the subject of weight loss in particular and self-improvement in general, but it is the implementation of the good advice that is ... http://www.dadaveda.com/yogablog/2008/08/03/want-to-lose-weight-it%e2%80%99s-all-in-your-mind/ by Dada Vedaprajinananda Sometime back I read an anecdote concerning Bill and Hillary Clinton. It seems that one time, many years ago, Hillary dragged Bill to a yoga class. Bill remarked that he was the only man in the class. In many countries, that is the way it is, with ... http://www.dadaveda.com/yogablog/2008/07/06/yoga-for-inner-and-outer-beauty/ Here is a review from All Access Magazine: reviewed by Rob Swick Recorded in Tirana, Albania, Brighter than the Sun... Recorded in Tirana, Albania, Brighter than the Sun is a set of 13 acoustic songs that should leave the listener uplifted, refreshed, and hopeful for the future. All tracks were ... http://www.dadaveda.com/yogablog/2008/06/26/like-dylan-dada-veda-gives-voice-to-enduring-issues/ When I was in California a few years ago I met one of my old college friends who is now a well known Zen teacher. Recently I had some email correspondence with him and also saw his page on Wikipedia, and his bio on the website of the foundation which ... http://www.dadaveda.com/yogablog/2008/05/29/im-nobody/ by Dada Vedaprajinananda (this another article in our Yama-Niyama series) Many years back when I was just beginning the practice of yoga, someone came to me and asked how he could begin yoga. As I was not a teacher at that time, I recommended a popular book with yoga postures. My friend ... http://www.dadaveda.com/yogablog/2008/05/22/non-stealing-asteya-a-key-component-of-yoga%e2%80%99s-code-of-morality/ It is easier than you think to find happiness and avoid stress in your daily life. That is the message of a blog post on one wellness site that was brought to my attention. I looked at it and sure enough, the methods are good, so here is ... http://www.dadaveda.com/yogablog/2008/05/22/find-tranquility-with-50-simple-thirty-second-methods/ By Dada Vedaprajinananda A lot of people think that yoga is just a system of stretching exercises. However, yoga is in fact an all-out system of improving the human condition, turning an ordinary human being into an extraordinary human being. The foundation of yoga is good conduct. That is, we should ... http://www.dadaveda.com/yogablog/2008/04/17/satya-speaking-and-thinking-in-the-spirit-of-welfare/ We all begin our lives with a lot of hope for the future. In this game of life some people reach their goals and end up satisfied that they have made the best use of their existence on earth, and others die in frustration. The difference between success and ... http://www.dadaveda.com/yogablog/2008/04/06/good-advice-from-the-sages/ We have been asked whether someone can get liberation using a simple mantra such as Baba Nam Kevalam, and what to do if you are not near one of our meditation centers. Many years ago our Guru, Shrii Shrii Anandamurti answered the first part of the question directly He said that ... http://www.dadaveda.com/yogablog/2008/03/02/make-yourself-ready/ In the West this is a hot topic of debate among philosophers and among common people. Can we influence our destiny or is everything decided before hand by a higher power? I have already written extensively on the matter and you can go and read about it, but now I want ... http://www.dadaveda.com/yogablog/2008/01/19/do-we-have-free-will/