The Inherent Healing Force

In medical history in Western civilization several different philosophical views about the nature and origin of health and illness can be detected. One philosophy is symbolized by the goddess Hygeia. The Hygeian school, dominated by Hippocrates, advocates that health...

Roga

Part 1 The word Roga or disease in Ayurveda comes from the Sanskirt word Ruk. Ruk means pain or suffering. Roga is present both in the mind and body. In Ayurveda whenever a Roga occurs it affects the Doshas. These Doshas are  Vata, Pitta and Kapha. They are found all...

The Power that Makes a Human Being, by Swami Rama

Part 2 Prana makes up the pranic sheath that connects the body to the mind. Thus, the body mind relationship comes from prana, not from the kundalini. Likewise, the power to move does not come from the kundalini. Prana is described as flowing like a current through a...

New Release: Samyama the Power of Self-Transformation, by Swami Rama

Samyama the Power of Self-Transformation is the third and final volume of Yoga the Sacred Science, a series based on Swami Rama’s comments on Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras and other aspects of yoga science and philosophy. Samyama represents the culmination of the sacred...