Kechari - The Hatha Yoga Studio

Shivaniniji wishes all a very happy & prosperous Guru Poornima 2026 through Adityahridayam Foundation Sahasradalayatakshee - Lalitha Mahatripurasundari Shaktipeetham Ardreshwarar Sadashivan Koyil Srilalithadvaitam Public Charitable Trust and alll our initiatives.

May the grace of our Guruparampara of Adishankaracharya Bhagavatpaada, Dattatreya, Sivananda Saraswati, Manikanthan Annan, Prof PA Seshan Amritapadananda, Bhaskaraya Swagurus, Amritanandanatha Saraswshivashivanati of Devipuram & Vedadrimaharshi Paramgurus and Swaprakashananda Tirtha Paramahamsa Digambara Avadhuta Parameshtiguruji ONLY be on one and all who follow us.

Shivaniniji who'll return to her duties at and more after her health has improved.

Dattatreya Samaarambham
Swaprakashananda Tirtha Madhyamam Amritapadananda Paryantam
Vande Guruparamparaam

Adishankaracharya Samaarambham Manikanthan Annan Madhyamam
Amritapadananda Paryantam
Vande Guruparamparaam

Lalitha Samrajyam Shaiva Kutumbam Srilalithadvaitam Eeva Jayate
Shankarah Deshika Me Sharanam
Namonamaha Gurupadukabhyam

Sarvadevah Namaskaraha Lalithaam Pratigachhati

Overcoming Scoliosis Through Yoga and Ayurveda: A Holistic Research Initiative

By Parvathi Haritsa
Founder - Adityahridayam Foundation &
Kechari - The Hatha Yoga Studios

Parvathi Haritsa - Shivaniji, founder of Kechari - The Hatha Yoga Studios, has been navigating and documenting her personal journey with mild scoliosis since 2024. Melding her deep expertise in classical traditions with rigorous experimentation, she is spearheading a groundbreaking research. Her work explores the root origins, underlying triggers, and holistic remedies for spinal curvature by combining Hatha Yoga, Raja Yoga and Transcendental Meditation.

To expand this vital research, Shivaniji is actively seeking research sponsors, ayurvedic doctors & experts and scoliosis patients with a background in yoga practice based out of Bangalore. This initiative aims to determine whether a comprehensive, yogic, and Ayurvedic approach can offer a permanent resolution to this spinal condition.

Understanding Scoliosis: The Medical Framework

Scoliosis is clinically defined as an abnormal, sideways curvature of the spine. While conventional medicine often categorizes the most common forms as idiopathic (unknown origin), it identifies several distinct physical expressions and primary causes.

Clinical Signs and Symptoms

Postural Shifts: The head deviates from the central axis above the pelvis, causing a noticeable lateral body lean.

Asymmetry: Uneven shoulder heights or a singular, prominent shoulder blade.

Pelvic Tilting: One hip sits higher or juts out further than the other, distorting the waistline.

Rib Prominence: A distinct rib hump visible on one side of the chest cage, particularly when bending forward.

Physical Discomfort: Persistent back pain, localized stiffness, and muscular fatigue after prolonged sitting or standing.

Severe Complications: Advanced curvatures restrict chest cavity volume, compromising respiratory and cardiac functions, or triggering nerve compression, numbness, and lower-limb weakness.

Primary Classifications

Idiopathic Scoliosis: The most prevalent form, typically manifesting during adolescent growth spurts. It lacks an identifiable medical cause but demonstrates strong genetic links.

Neuromuscular Scoliosis: Stemming from underlying nerve or muscle disorders (such as cerebral palsy or muscular dystrophy) that impair the core strength required to keep the spine straight.

Congenital Scoliosis: Originating in embryonic development, where spinal segments fail to form or separate correctly in the womb.

Degenerative Scoliosis: Occurring in older adults due to the gradual breakdown of spinal discs and joints from osteoarthritis or osteoporosis.

Research Insights: The Root Causes of Scoliosis

Shivaniji’s ongoing research bridges clinical observations with timeless Ayurvedic and esoteric principles. Her findings suggest that structural spinal deviations are heavily influenced by deeper energetic and lifestyle imbalances.

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Shivaniji's yoga Swaguru Sivananda Saraswati says..

The Science of Pranayama: The Art of Magnetising the body

By Parvathi Haritsa
Founder - Kechari - The Hatha Yoga Studios, Srilalithadvaitam
& Adityahridayam Foundation

In the ancient wisdom of the Taittiriya Upanishad, human existence is described not merely as flesh and bone, but as a complex system of five interconnected layers known as the Pancha Koshas (five sheaths). To navigate the modern world with vitality and emotional resilience, understanding these layers—and specifically how to charge them—is essential.

The five sheaths that govern our being include:

Annamaya Kosha: The gross physical body, sustained by food. This can be regulated with the right food, right exercises and right thoughts (choose your thoughts like you choose your wardrobe).

Pranamaya Kosha: The vital energy or bioelectric body, governed by pranayama accompanied by right food & right exercises.

Manomaya Kosha: The mental body comprising thoughts, emotions, and ego. This can be regulated through right food, right exercises, right breath work (pranayama) & right affirmations (mantras) to direct our energised vital force.

Vijnanamaya Kosha: The intellectual body, housing wisdom, intuition, and discernment. This is governed by right food, right exercises, right pranayamas, right mantras and Dharanas to focus our energised vital force for manifestation.

Anandamaya Kosha: The bliss body, representing our true, innermost self of Sat-Chit-Ananda (Truth, Consciousness, and Bliss). The state of being in the bliss.

Defining the Bioelectric Body in the Modern Age

To understand the Pranamaya Kosha today, we must look at it through the lens of modern science. Bioelectricity refers to the endogenous electrical currents, voltage potentials, and magnetic fields generated by living cells and tissues. Every single cell in your body functions like a miniature battery. By utilizing specialized ion channels and pumps, cells carefully arrange positive and negative ions across their outer membranes to maintain a continuous electrical charge.

This biological electricity is the very force that powers your life—it dictates your heartbeat, fires neural impulses across your brain, and manages cellular communication and tissue healing.

In our contemporary scenario, this personal electrical matrix faces an unprecedented challenge. We live immersed in a dense environment of artificial electromagnetic fields (EMFs)—surrounded by Wi-Fi networks, cellular towers, and electronic devices. Simultaneously, we absorb the chaotic emotional currents and psychological stress of a hyper-connected society.

As noted in the original philosophy of this text, your bioelectric body natively carries only a minimum charge. Without intervention, this low baseline charge leaves you highly prone to external electric fields and charges from other people, places, food, thoughts, and others' negative intentions. When your personal bioelectric field is weak, it becomes easily disrupted by modern electrical smog and ambient stress, leading to vitality depletion. Cultivating your internal voltage is a modern necessity to maintain cellular integrity and energetic sovereignty.

The Physics of Pranayama: Magnetising Your Body

The concept of "charging the body" might sound abstract. However, the mechanism of Pranayama can be understood through the exact laws of physical magnetism.

Consider an ordinary piece of iron. In its natural state, its internal atoms and magnetic dipoles are scattered in complete chaos—pointing in random directions, canceling each other out, and leaving the metal un-magnetised. But a strong magnet rubbed against that iron piece in one single direction repeatedly, something remarkable happens. The physical friction forces all those scattered dipoles to turn, line up, and point in the exact same direction. The chaotic iron becomes a powerful magnet itself, developing a clear north pole and south pole.

An un-initiate's body is currently like that un-magnetised piece of iron. Daily life, scattered thoughts, and irregular and wrong breathing leave the vital energy pointing in chaotic, conflicting directions. With consistent daily practice, at the exact same time, in the exact same place, the breath work acts as that external master magnet.

By pulling air in and out in a rhythmic, focused direction, chaotic biological energies are forced to align. Just like a magnet establishes its distinct poles, Pranayama organises the positive and negative currents (Prana and Apana) within the nervous system. This creates a highly structured, hyper-charged electromagnetic field around the body. Once the internal "poles" are aligned, the body transforms from a vulnerable sponge into a powerful bioelectric magnet, generating a field so strong it naturally wards off external disruptions.

The Vulnerability of the Pranamaya Kosha

Because the Pranamaya Kosha acts as the energetic blueprint for the physical body, keeping it charged is vital. Stabilising and strengthening this bioelectric field through Pranayama (yogic breathing techniques) is a critical prerequisite for advanced spiritual practices. Without a strong, energised vital force, higher practices like affirmations, visualizations, or mantra recitations lack the foundational power required to manifest effectively. You must build the battery before you can power the machine.

The Magnetism of Consistent Practice

The mechanism of Pranayama can be compared directly to physical magnetism. Just as a plain piece of iron is magnetised by rubbing a magnet against it in one single direction repeatedly until it becomes a magnet itself, the human energetic system undergoes a profound alignment through regular breathing practice.

Practicing Pranayama daily at the same time, in the same dedicated place, and for a consistent duration aligns the chaotic frequencies of the mind and body. Over years of dedicated practice, this consistency creates a powerful resonance. The reinforced bioelectric field acts as an energetic shield, causing negative influences, ill-willed intentions, or psychic disturbances to lose their grip and bounce right back to the culprit. Beyond protection, lifelong dedication to breathwork continuously recharges your vital reserve, preventing the chronic energetic depletion so common in modern life.

From Foundations to Advanced Mastery

Pranayama practices generally unfold across two distinct developmental levels:

Hatha Yoga Foundations: These are elementary practices taught as part of Hatha Yoga, focusing on cleansing, balancing, and regulating the physical breath (such as Nadi Shodhana or Anulom Vilom).

Raja Yoga and Ta***ic Advancements: Sourced from advanced systems like Raja Yoga and the Vijnana Bhairava Ta**ra, these techniques place a heavy emphasis on Dharana (focused concentration).

In advanced practices, breath work is frequently paired with beej mantras (seed sounds) or specialized diksha mantras received through lineage initiation. In such cases, the work is being done simultaneously on both the Pranamaya Kosha (energy) and the Manomaya Kosha (mind). By weaving breath and sacred sound together, you construct a subtle barrier of protection—a real-world equivalent to the cloak of invisibility in the Harry Potter movies, only this cloak is a cloak of absolute protection.

Optimising Your Daily Practice: The Age-Duration Rule

Without a dedicated Pranayama practice, we risk becoming like a kite caught in a violent storm, entirely at the mercy of shifting environmental and emotional currents.

To maintain an optimum energetic charge, practitioners may follow a traditional guideline for daily practice: adjusting the duration of Pranayama based on their age.

Under this formula, the duration of the practice can scale naturally with one's life journey:

A 25-year-old might focus on a 25-minute daily practice.

A 40-year-old might focus on a 40-minute daily practice.

A 60-year-old might focus on a 60-minute daily practice.

This approach aligns with the principle that as the body matures and navigates more years of environmental exposure, the bioelectric shield requires a correspondingly consistent charge to sustain long-term vitality.

Your breath is the ultimate tool for sovereignty, protection, and vitality. Step onto your mat, claim your energy, and consider integrating Pranayamas into your daily routine.

Serve, Love, Give, Purify, Meditate, Realize - Sivananda Saraswati

Dattatreya Samaarambham Swaprakashananda Madhyamam Amritapadananda Paryantam
Vande Guruparamparaam

Adishankaracharya Samaarambham Manikanthan Annan Madhyamam Amritapadananda Paryantam
Vande Guruparamparaam

Lalitha Samrajyam Shaiva Kutumbam
Srilalithadvaitam Eeva Jayate
Shankarah Deshika Me Sharanam
Namonamaha Gurupadukabhyam

Sarvadevah Namaskaraha Lalithaam Pratigachhati

June is a special month for yogis with the International Day of Yoga taking the lime light.

Other monthly activities at Studio Kechari are 108 Sun Salutations on every Sundays, monthly Sankrantis and on monthly Ashwini & Shravana nakshatra days.

So this month's Mithuna Sankranti is on 15th June, Ashwini nakshatra where Sun is exalted is from 11th June 8 AM to 12th June 6.30 AM. Shravana nakshatra this month is Today.

So at whatever phase of preparing for your 108 Sun Salutations you are in, please stay motivated and consistent in your practice.

Om Hrim Grini Surya Aditya

Serve, Love, Give, Purify, Meditate, Realize - Sivananda Saraswati

Dattatreya Samaarambham Swaprakashananda Madhyamam Amritapadananda Paryantam
Vande Guruparamparaam

Adishankaracharya Samaarambham Manikanthan Annan Madhyamam Amritapadananda Paryantam
Vande Guruparamparaam

Lalitha Samrajyam Shaiva Kutumbam
Srilalithadvaitam Eeva Jayate
Shankarah Deshika Me Sharanam
Namonamaha Gurupadukabhyam

Sarvadevah Namaskaraha Lalithaam Pratigachhati

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This year's Mahavarahii Navaratri celebration details at our Mahavarahii Koyil at Sahasradalayatakshee Lalitha Shaktipeetham.

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This year Mahavarahii Navaratri starts from 14th July to 22nd July 2026.

Mahavarahi also known as Panchami is the 5th of the ashtamatrukas who sit at the 8 directions of the outermost avarna of the sriyantra along with ashtabhairavas guarding HH Lalitha Mahatripurasundari Parabhattarika's abode at the bindu of Sriyantra.

She's also the commander in chief rides the Kiri chakra while Rajashyamala is the primeminister rides Geeya to HH Lalitha Mahatripurasundari at ajna chakra and anahata chakra respectively.

She primarily annihilates the inner and outer obstacles, enemies for the sadhaka to proceed beyond ajna chakra into Sahasrdala aiding liberation. She's known to be extremely powerful warning off effects of black magic and ta**ra.

She also is known to grant her devotees adipatyas of bhumandala with her glaum mantra in her mula mantra and all abundance. She's both a nigraha and anugraha devata.

We at Sahasradalayatakshee Lalitha Shaktipeetham at the Mahavarahii Koyil will perform on her gupta Navaratri Upasana of

Day 1 — Prathama Tithi: Unmatta Varahi
Day 2 — Dwitiya Tithi: Dhoomra Varahi
Day 3 — Tritiya Tithi: Kirata Varahi
Day 4 — Chaturthi Tithi: Varthali Varahi
Day 5 — Panchami Tithi: Bruhat Varahi
Day 6 — Shashti Tithi: Dandini Varahi
Day 7 — Saptami Tithi: Swapna Varahi
Day 8 — Ashtami Tithi: Sweta Varahi
Day 9 — Navami Tithi: Maha Varahi

(Significance: The Supreme Commander. As the ultimate synthesis of all the previous days, she represents final victory, total liberation, and complete material and spiritual fulfillment before her symbolic divine).

along with our nityapujas. This order of Mahavarahii upasana is exclusive to Sahasradalayatakshee Lalitha Shaktipeetham as it's perceived by Shivaniji.

Śrī Vārāhī Dvādaśanāmās (12 names):

Pañcamī, Daṇḍanāthā, Saṅketā, Samayeśvarī, Samayasaṅketā, Vārāhī, Potriṇī, Śivā, Vārtālī, Mahāsenā, Ājñā cakreśvarī, Arighnī.

पञ्चमी, दण्डनाथा, सङ्केता, समयेश्वरी, समयसङ्केता, वाराही, पोत्रिणी, शिवा, वार्ताली, महासेना, आज्ञा चक्रेश्वरी, अरिघ्नी।

పంచమీ, దండనాథా, సంకేతా, సమయేశ్వరీ, సమయసంకేతా, వారాహీ, పోత్రిణీ, శివా, వార్తాళీ, మహాసేనా, ఆజ్ఞా చక్రేశ్వరీ, అరిఘ్నీ.

"You can recite the above 12 names or the ślokas below:

pañcamī daṇḍanāthā ca saṅketā samayeśvarī |
tathā samayasaṅketā vārāhī potriṇī śivā ||
vārtālī ca mahāsenāpyā'jñācakreśvarī tathā |
arighnī ceti samproktaṃ nāma dvādaśakaṃ mune ||

पञ्चमी दण्डनाथा च सङ्केता समयेश्वरी ।
तथा समयसङ्केता वाराही पोत्रिणी शिवा ॥
वार्ताली च महासेनाप्याऽज्ञाचक्रेश्वरी तथा ।
अरिघ्नी चेति सम्प्रोक्तं नाम द्वादशकं मुने ॥

పంచమీ దండనాథా చ సంకేతా సమయేశ్వరీ
తథా సమయసంకేతా వారాహీ పోత్రిణీ శివా
వార్తాళీ చ మహాసేనాప్యాఽజ్ఞాచక్రేశ్వరీ తథా
అరిఘ్నీ చేతి సంప్రోక్తం నామ ద్వాదశకం మునే

Reciting these 12 names of Śrī Vārāhī Devī will give one a diamond armour protection, make one fearless and remove difficulties from one's life." - from Paramguru Amritanandanatha Saraswati's temple Devipuram.

This is our make shift temple operated from our residence in Bangalore till the actual temple is built in Tamilnadu.

We also undertake parayanam, japam n homam of Ganesha Atharvashersha, Haridraganapathi, Balatripurasundari, Rajashyamala, Mahavarahi, samputikruta srisuktam by Devipuram paramguruji blessed by our Guru late Prof P A Seshan, Saubhagya panchadashi, Soundarya Lahari, Kalabhairavar, Bhutanathar, Patyangira, Sharabeshwarar, Panchadashi, Dattatreya, Khadgamala Mantram, Swayamvara Parvathi at Sahasradalayatakshee Lalitha Shaktipeetham on prior booking.

Please call on 8310947899 or email us on [email protected] for booking.

We belong to Amritapaadanada parampara, who's a direct samayachari disciple of Amritanandanatha Saraswathi of Devipuram. Shivaniji is given Gurupaduka by her Deekshaguru Amritapadaananda as per samayachara. Sahasradalayatakshee is a blessing to Shivaniji by her deeksha Guru Seshan who's given her purnadeeksha in Srividya upasana n her paramguru Amritanandanatha Saraswathi n Parameshti Guruji Swaprakashananda Tirtha Avadhota.

My gurumandala is Jagadguru Adishankaracharya Bhagawatpada, Annan, Seshan, Sivananda Saraswati, Bhaskararaya gurujis, Amritanandanatha Saraswati n Vedadri Maharshi paramgurujis n SwaprakashanandaTirthaAvadhuta parameshti guruji ONLY.

Lalitha Samrajyam Shaiva kutumbam.
Sarvadeva Namaskaraha Lalithaam Pratigacchati.
Srilalithadvaita meeva Jayate.

Dattatreya samarambham
Swaprakashananda madhyamam
Amritapadaananda paryantam
Vande Guruparamparaam

Adishankaracharya Samaarambham
Manikanthan Annan Madhyamam
Amritapadananda Paryantam
Vande Guruparamparaam

Lalitha Samrajyam Shaiva Kutumbam Srilalithadvaitam Eeva Jayate
Shankarah Deshika Me Sharanam
Namonamaha Gurupadukabhyam

Sarvadevah Namaskarah Lalithaam Prathigachhati




















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Sarvadevah Namaskaraha Lalithaam Pratigachhati

For The International Day of Yoga 2026 Kechari - The Hatha Yoga Studios are performing 108 Sun Salutations at our Studio and our students from outside Bangalore and Karnataka will participate from their homes to celebrate the end of an Ayana, a change in season and our internal body changes.

Uttarayana: The Period of Accumulation and Expression. During the Sun's northward journey, cosmic energy is external, intense, and rising.

The Upper Chakras: Energy moves upward naturally toward the Vishuddhi (throat) and Agna (third eye) chakras.

Spiritual Harvest: This is the best time to realize goals, master advanced asanas, and manifest spiritual practices.

Sadhana Shift: Practices focus on dynamism, strength, and outward expression of energy.

Dakshinayana: The Period of Purification and Receptivity. During the Sun's southward journey, cosmic energy turns inward, yielding, and grounded.

The Lower Chakras: Energy naturally settles below the Anahata (heart) chakra, focusing heavily on the Manipura (solar plexus).

Deep Cleansing: The body becomes more receptive to purification. This is the ideal time to practice Shatkarmas (yogic detoxes).

Sadhana Shift: Practices shift toward Pranayama (breath control), Pratyahara (withdrawal of senses), and meditative stillness.

The Ultimate Goal: Balancing Sun and Moon.

The very word Hatha Yoga comes from "Ha" (Sun/Pingala) and "Tha" (Moon/Ida). A yogi strives to balance these inner solar and lunar channels so they are no longer dependent on the changing seasons outside. By mastering this internal climate, a yogi achieves Samadhi (liberation), independent of whether the Sun is in Uttarayana or Dakshinayana.

Let's prepare for the 108 Sun Salutations from now;

Start with 2 sets of 12 Sun Salutations a day, 12 in the morning and 12 in the evening for a week.

Increase another set every week so the 2nd week will be 4 sets,
3rd week will be 6 sets,
4th week will be 9 sets (4.5 sets in the morning and repeat in the evening )
to complete 108 Sun Salutations. It takes about 10 to 12 minutes to complete 12 Sun Salutations if one is a regular sadhaka, so depending on where one stands in terms of experience and sadhana please pace yourself.

Om Hrim Grini Surya Aditya

Serve, Love, Give, Purify, Meditate, Realize - Sivananda Saraswati

Dattatreya Samarambham
Swaprakashananda Madhyamam
Amritapadananda Paryantam
Vande Guruparamparaam

Adishankaracharya Samarambham
Manikanthan Annan Madhyamam
Amritapadananda Paryantam
Vande Guruparamparaam

Lalitha Samrajyam Shaiva Kutumbam
Srilalithadvaitam Eeva Jayate
Shankarah Deshika Me Sharanam
Namonamaha Gurupadukabhyam

Sarvadevah Namaskaraha Lalitha am Pratigachhati

Dowager’s Hump or commonly called neck hump is when there is a protrusion of the spinal none at the junction of shoulders and the spine from C7 to T1.

This generally happens if the spine is pulled up due to an unhealthy sedentary lifestyle and also due to health conditions.

This asana series is designed specifically for correction of neck hump misalignment by Studio Kechari.

If the doctors approve of yogasanas as therapy try this series of asanas to correct the misalignment.

1. Pavanavimuktasana
2. Sarvangaasana
3. Halaasana
4. Karnapeedasana (extremely beneficial for this health issue)
5. Gomukhasana
6. Paschimottanasana
7. Purvottanasana (extremely beneficial)
8. Dhanurasana
9. Ushtrasana
10. Malasana
11. Kapotanasa
12. Veerabhadraasana 3
13. Baalasana

Always end a yoga practice with atleast 5 to 10 minutes of Shavasana and Yoganidra.

Serve, Love, Give, Purify, Meditate, Realize - Sivananda Saraswati

Dattatreya Samaarambham Swaprakashananda Madhyamam Amritapadananda Paryantam
Vande Guruparamparaam

Adishankaracharya Samaarambham Manikanthan Annan Madhyamam Amritapadananda Paryantam
Vande Guruparamparaam

Lalitha Samrajyam Shaiva Kutumbam Srilalithadvaitam Eeva Jayate Shankarah Deshika Me Sharanam Namonamaha Gurupadukabhyam

Sarvadevah Namaskarah Lalithaam Prathigachhati