Does Yoga hurt?
A few weeks ago, TIME Magazine had published an article titled “When Yoga Hurts” which had some alarming statistics about how yoga-related injuries were on the rise in the US. It�mentioned how people were...
Category: Indian Medicine & Ayurveda
High-Tech Pranayama
Came across an ad for this device in a recent edition of Newsweek. Excerpts from the ad (emphasis mine): “…Now you can enjoy the pleasures of stress-free living and feel younger in just 15...
After Christian Yoga, Islamic Yoga*…
…just kidding. On a more serious note, in Hindu Voice UK, Anish Shah recently wrote about the trend to ignore (or de-link) Hindu traditions from their origins and pretend that these were really secular...
“Copper Cure-all?”
Came across this amazing story in a recent issue of the technology magazine Red Herring: “Copper Cure-all?”. It lists some amazing medicinal properties of Copper (“Taamba” in Hindi or “Tamra” in Sanskrit) which should not...
Haldi’s medicinal properties
A couple of recent news items on Haldi’s medicinal properties and how moderate quantities may help prevent Alzheimer and various forms of cancer. Last week British newspaper Daily Mail reported that, The occasional curry ‘could...
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