Yog Daily

A short guide to reading…

1) Read 10 pages to start the day. 2) A good way is to wake up, drink a glass of water, write down 3 things that you are grateful for, and read 10 pages of a book. 3) 10 pages is small enough that it’s not intimidating. Most people can finish reading 10 pages within …

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The knowledge illusion…

Knowledge is an illusion. No, this isn’t some catchline – it really is an illusion. We all think of ourselves as rational beings, able to view situations and make informed judgements, but studies have shown that we always thought in groups. From the time we hunted, till the time we went to the Moon, and …

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Kaṇāda’s laws…

संयोगाभावे गुरुत्वात् पतनम् ॥५।१।७॥ Saṃyogābhāve gurutvāt patanam (5.1.7)In the absence of action, the object falls by gravity. कार्य्यविरोधि कर्म ॥१।१।१४॥ Kāryyavirodhi karma (1.1.14).Action is opposed by reaction. These are extracts from the Vaiśeṣika Sūtra and are attributed to Kaṇāda. Sound familiar? Also, have you ever heard of कणाद (Kaṇāda)? He was an ancient Indian Rishi and philosopher who founded …

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Day 10 of the 30*30

Started the day with Yoga, ended with a walk. That I will exercise everyday, was not all talk. Rhymes aside, some of you asked me for more exercises that can be done at home. So here is my favourite – literally takes 10 sq.ft and 10 minutes. A lot of tens there. Tāḍāsana Difficulty level …

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Day 9 of the 30*30

So Gen-Z vs me today:) Aditi put up a good total, and I just had to beat it. Not in the spirit of competing with her, or anyone else for that matter, just that there was a benchmark that I wanted to test myself against. Tomorrow is another day:) It’s nice, this 30*30. People are …

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Day 8 of the 30*30

So here I walked in to office today and guess what? There was a little something, actually big something waiting for me. A gift for my birthday they said. A coat, a lovely coat, a lovely corduroy coat, a lovely corduroy coat whose color is so close to the 10 Leaves color…. Thank you thank …

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Day 7 of the 30*30

One week into the challenge, and I am averaging 78 minutes per day. Not bad, but still not as structured as I want it to be. You know, we always have an ideal self – the person we want to be. And then there is the actual self – the person we are. In some …

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