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Meditation Made Fun – Sitting Tips

Meditation Made Fun – Sitting Tips

Meditation can be intimidating. It's not always fun, and can be hard. Many struggle in trying to meditate or relax. Doron explains here how to simply sit - without trying so much - just observing and enjoying the process. Allow yourself to surrender, do not try to let go, but just watch yourself and see [...]
Meditation Foundations – Great tips to make it happen!

Meditation Foundations – Great tips to make it happen!

Fundamentals of Meditation Meditation is really simple. It is a feel good practice at first that develops into a beautiful state of surrender, where all the mundane drops away, worry disappears, and bliss arises. Here Doron explains meditation foundations to you. Of course at first you may find yourself wandering off into the chattering mind, [...]
Prayer for Enlightenment

Prayer for Enlightenment

Prayer for Enlightenment //doronyoga.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/asotoma.m4a OM ASATOMA SATGAMAYA TAMASOMA JYOTHIRGAMAYA MRITHYORMA AMRITAMGAMAYA OM SHANTI,, SHANTI, SHANTI Lead us from ignorance to truth From darkness to light And from death to eternity Let peace prevail everywhere   Find more information on chants here, and for more reading on yogic techniques check out the Doron Yoga Manual.
Less Pain, More Happiness

Less Pain, More Happiness

Find Happiness Life will always have its moments of pain, but it doesn't mean you have to suffer from it. The attitude of the mind towards the pain will determine whether the pain goes away quickly or becomes a lasting suffering. Learning to control the attitude of the mind will save you from adding more [...]
Ashtanga Closing Chant

Ashtanga Closing Chant

Ashtanga Closing Chant This is the classic way to end the ashtanga practice as taught by Pattabhi Jois of Mysore India. After the practice is done, and before savasana, chants this astanga closing chant quietly to yourself this chant, or even out loud. Practice chanting the ashtanga closing chant over and over here with this [...]
Ashtanga Invocation Chant

Ashtanga Invocation Chant

Ashtanga Invocation Chant Here's an audio recording with Sanskrit and English transcriptions of the Ashtanga Invocation Chant, used to open an Ashtanga class.   //doronyoga.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/AsthangaInvocationCR.m4a OM VANDE GURUNAM CARANARAVINDE SANDARSITA SVATMA SUKHAVA BODHE NIH SREYASE JANGALIKAYAMANE SAMSARA HALAHALA MOHASANTYAI ABAHU PURUSAKARAM SANKHACAKRASI DHARINAM SAHASRA SIRASAM SVETAM PRANAMAMI PATANJALIM OM Roughly translated into English as: I bow [...]
How to Find Balance in Your Life and Yoga Practice

How to Find Balance in Your Life and Yoga Practice

Find Balance Through Yoga In this video Doron tells how you can use your yoga practice to find balance between the feminine and masculine sides - yin and yang. The terms Yin and Yang come from Chinese philosophy, where they symbolize two different energies existing. Yang energy is dry, active, hot, focused and fast. Yin [...]
Ayurveda – East meets West

Ayurveda – East meets West

Eastern Traditions in the Western World Ayurveda, the science of life, is a powerful tool to understand your body and mind. We can learn about our body type (Prakriti), and understand how to balance our elements (Vata, Pitta, Kapha). Through that we are able to find a state of harmony and bliss. At Doron Yoga [...]