The Soul of Yoga: Transcending physical practice for spiritual awakening

June 23, 2025 2:21 PM

The Soul of Yoga: Transcending physical practice for spiritual awakening

While yoga is often considered a physical exercise or practice, it is fundamentally a spiritual discipline, as it encompasses meditation, breath control and ethical principles aimed at unifying mind, body and soul with divine power. It endeavours to develop inner peace and self-awareness, which ultimately leads one onto the path of spiritual enlightenment. Originating over 5,000 years ago, yoga is a holistic system for self-realization, inner peace and union with the divine. In recent decades, ...

Yoga: India’s timeless gift of peace and holistic well-being to a badly divided world

June 18, 2025 3:13 PM

Yoga: India’s timeless gift of peace and holistic well-being to a badly divided world

‘Yoga’ is now widely considered as one of India’s most profound gifts to the world. This enlightening practice embodies a timeless Indian tradition of physical, psychological and spiritual well-being. Embedded in ancient Indian philosophy, now majority of the people globally accept that it is much more than just physical postures- termed as ‘asanas’ in great Hindu religious traditions and scriptures. This holistic practice integrates breath control, meditation and a moral principle fo...