Yogashram

7 mysteries about Shiva :

1~ Why Snake?
Snakes are a symbol of awareness.
You can't be asleep with a snake around your neck!

2 ~Why Ashes?
To remind you of the impermanence of life; knowing that we live life fully.

3 ~Is the Moon an Ornament?
The moon and the mind are connected. To be happy in all phases of life, you have to have a say over the mind.

4~ Why Damru?
It has the same shape as the symbol of infinity. Shiva is the unbound infinite consciousness!

5~ Trishul - A Weapon?
Shiva rules over the three gunas represented in the trishul. Yet he encourages everyone to do their dharma - to act and stand up for truth.

6 ~Blue Bodied
The sky is limitless and so is Shiva.
The sky is blue and Shiva is blue too.

7 ~What about Ganga?
Ganga represents gyan (knowledge). Wisdom dawns naturally when you are established in the Shiva. ✨🕉🍃🌼🌈👁🌷🏔🍂🔱💟💀🍃🌙📿⌛️🌺🍂🐍🐚🔆🍃🌀🔔🌈🍂🌸🌻🏔✨

Hara Hara Mahadev Ji ✨🕉🍃🌼🌈👁🌷🏔🍂🔱💟💀🍃🌙📿⌛️🌺🍂🐍🐚🔆🍃🌀🔔🌈🍂🌸🌻🏔✨

Being depressed can make you feel helpless. But You're not. Along with therapy and sometimes medication, there's a lot you can do on your own to fight back. Changing your behavior -- your physical activity, lifestyle, and even your way of thinking -- are all natural depression treatments.

These tips can help you feel better -- starting right now.

1. If you’re depressed, you need a routine. Depression can strip away the structure from your life. One day melts into the next. Setting a gentle daily schedule can help you get back on track.

2. Set goals. When you're depressed, you may feel like you can't accomplish anything. That makes you feel worse about yourself. To push back, set daily goals for yourself.

"Start very small, As you start to feel better, you can add more challenging daily goals.

3. Exercise. It temporarily boosts feel-good chemicals called endorphins. It may also have long-term benefits for people with depression. Regular exercise seems to encourage the brain to rewire itself in positive ways. How much exercise do you need? You don’t need to run marathons to get a benefit. Just walking a few times a week can help.

4. Eat healthy. There is no magic diet that fixes depression. It's a good idea to watch what you eat, though. Although nothing is definitive, there's evidence that foods with omega-3 fatty acids (such as salmon and tuna) and folic acid (such as spinach and avocado) could help ease depression.

5. Get enough sleep. Depression can make it hard to get enough shut-eye, and too little sleep can make depression worse.

What can you do? Start by making some changes to your lifestyle. Go to bed and get up at the same time every day. Try not to nap. Take all the distractions out of your bedroom -- no computer and no TV. In time, you may find your sleep improves.

6. Take on responsibilities. When you’re depressed, you may want to pull back from life and give up your responsibilities at home and at work. Don't. Staying involved and having daily responsibilities can help you maintain a lifestyle that can help counter depression. They ground you and give you a sense of accomplishment.

7. Challenge negative thoughts. In your fight against depression, a lot of the work is mental -- changing how you think. When you're depressed, you leap to the worst possible conclusions.

The next time you're feeling terrible about yourself, use logic as a natural depression treatment. You might feel like no one likes you, but is there real evidence for that? You might feel like the most worthless person on the planet, but is that really likely? It takes practice, but in time you can beat back those negative thoughts before they get out of control.

9. Do something new. When you’re depressed, you’re in a rut. Push yourself to do something different. Go to a museum. Pick up a used book and read it on a park bench. Take a language class. When we challenge ourselves to do something different, there are chemical changes in the brain, Trying something new alters the levels of the brain chemical, dopamine, which is associated with pleasure, enjoyment, and learning.

10. Try to have fun.If you’re depressed, make time for things you enjoy. What if nothing seems fun anymore? "That's just a symptom of depression, You have to keep trying anyway.

As strange as it might sound, you have to work at having fun. Plan things you used to enjoy, even if they feel like a chore. Keep going to the movies. Keep going out with friends for dinner.

11. Avoid alcohol and other drugs. Substance misuse is common in people who have depression. You may be more likely to turn to alcohol, ma*****na, or other drugs to deal with the symptoms of your depression. It’s unclear if drinking and using drugs causes depression. But long-term drug use could change the way your brain works and worsen or lead to mental health problems.

When you're depressed, you can lose the knack for enjoying life. You have to relearn how to do it. In time, fun things really will feel fun again.

OM NAMAH SHIVAYA!

asango'ham asango'ham asango'ham punah punah
saccidAnandarUpo'ham ahamevAham avyayah

Unattached am I, unattached am I, ever free from attachment of any kind; I am of the nature of Existence-Consciousness-Bliss. I am the very Self, indestructible and ever unchanging.

A verse from...
Adi Sankaracharya's
Brahma Jnanavali Mala

Wishing everyone a very Happy, healthy and blessed International Yoga Day.

Mayurasana is one of the ancient yoga forms in Hatha yoga. The word Mayurasana is derived from two Sanskrit words “Mayur” (मयूर) meaning peacock and “Asana” (आसन) which refers to posture.

This is a traditional and a non-seated asana. This asana is called Mayurasana because when you do this pose, you looks like a peacock walking steadily with its feathers downwards.

In this asana, the practitioner's body is in a similar like holding a horizontal rod on the floor with your palms and at the same time the body is supported on the ground with help of your elbows.

The Peacock Pose looks complicated but in reality its not very difficult.

Mayurasana Benefits

This posture builds up the abdominal’s body organs amazingly. This elbow force on the abdominals aorta helps to make blood circulation proper in the abdominal organs.
It is also claimed that this posture also improves digestion, prevents toxins from congregating, cures spleen, and stomach illness. It also benefits a disease like diabetes.
The Gherenda Samhita describes that Mayurasana pose helps to detoxify the toxins from the body.
It also helps to boost the muscle strength of the elbow, spine, wrist, and shoulders.
This pose improves your body postures.
It enhances your concentrations and establishes coordination between body and mind.
This asanas also helps in releasing stress and anxiety.

Don’t do this asana, if you are having the following conditions-
Menstruation
Problems in intestines
High blood pressure
Brain tumor
Pregnancy
Hernia
Piles or fisher
Eye, nose and ear infections
If you are going through wrist, elbow, or shoulders injuries, then this is better for you to avoid this practice.
Any discomfort while performing this asana like restlessness, severe pain, etc. therefore stop continuing this asana immediately.

Shirshasan: Shirsa is Sanskrit word and its meaning “Head” and asana meaning is “Posture”. Shirsasana is known as “Headstand” also known as king of asanas the yoga poses.
Benefits:
1. Headstand provide all the benefits to a practitioner as a King.
2- Shirsasana give the good supply of the blood into head and neck region.
3- King of yogasana strengthens the neck, shoulders, arms and back muscles.
4- Shirsasana removes the large amount of the carbon dioxide from the lungs.
5- This asana very powerful for awakening the the “Sahasrara Chakra” and to activate pineal and pituitary gland.
6- Headstand rejuvenate and revitalize the entire brain and brain cells.
7- King of yoga asana help to relive mental tension and provide calmness.
8- Sirsasana increases blood flow into the brain and revitalizes all the nervous system and the controller of the endocrine system.
9- Treat sexual disorders: Sirsasana helps in combating sexual disorders such as prostrate problems hydrocele, leukorrhea, spermatorrhea, and all general menopausal and menstrual ailments.
10- Sirsasana alone or with meditative techniques of Yoga helps to calm the mind. The headstand yoga is an excellent method of bringing about calmness and concentration.
11- Headstand acts directly on the thyroid gland by balancing the metabolic functions. Malfunctioning of the thyroid can result in many ailments either directly or indirectly.
12- It improves the overall functions of eyesight, sense of smell and taste. Various types of ailments such as myopia, astigmatism and catarrh and general bad hearing have been found to improve by regular practice of sirsasana.
13- The condition of the facial skin can also be improved through regular practice of sirsasana. Pimples and wrinkles are often caused by inadequate removal of waste materials and insufficient nourishment from the blood.
14- Hair loss, greying of hair and baldness are often caused due to bad blood circulation in the scalp. and good growth of hair is possible through the practice of this headstand pose.
15- The problems of varicose vein and piles caused by accumulation of blood in the legs and a**s respectively.
16- Memory power, intelligence and all mental functions are improved. Regular practice of sirsasana makes healthy pure blood flow through the brain cells which rejuvenates them so that thinking power increases and thoughts become easier.

Shirsasana should not practice those people have below problems:
1.Those who suffering with neck problems, headache or migraine.
2.Those who have “High blood pressure “.
3.Herat problem avoid this asana.
4.This asana is not practised by those have weak “Blood vessels” in the eyes.
Contraindications for Woman’s:
5.This asana is not practised during in the “Pregnancy “.
6.This asana is not practised during the “Menstruation “.

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