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Yoga | Meditation| Vedanta
At Rudra, we combine Yoga, meditation, and Vedanta to bring a complete balance and harmony to self.
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Derived from the Sanskrit word ‘Yuj’ which means ‘to unite or integrate’, Yoga is a 5,000-year-old Indian body of knowledge. Yoga is all about harmonizing the body with the mind and breath through the means of various breathing exercises, yoga poses (asanas), and meditation.
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Yoga poses are great to strengthen and relax the body, however, there's a lot more to Yoga than that.
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To convey its spiritual message and guide sessions, yoga often uses the imagery of a tree with roots, a trunk, branches, blossoms, and fruits. Each “branch” of yoga represents a different focus and set of characteristics.
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The six branches are:
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Hatha yoga: This is the physical and mental branch designed to prime the body and mind.
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Raja yoga: This branch involves meditation and strict adherence to a series of disciplinary steps known as the “eight limbs” of yoga.
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Karma yoga: This is a path of service that aims to create a future free from negativity and selfishness.
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Bhakti yoga: This aims to establish the path of devotion, a positive way to channel emotions and cultivate acceptance and tolerance.
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Jnana yoga: This branch of yoga is about wisdom, the path of the scholar, and developing the intellect through study.
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Tantra yoga: This is the pathway of ritual, ceremony, or consummation of a relationship.
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Yoga maintains that chakras are center points of energy, thoughts, feelings, and the physical body.
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The word “chakra” literally means the spinning wheel. According to yogic teachers, chakras determine the way people experience reality through emotional reactions, desires or aversions, levels of confidence or fear, and even physical symptoms and effects.
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When energy becomes blocked in a chakra, it is said to trigger physical, mental, or emotional imbalances that manifest in symptoms, such as anxiety, lethargy, or poor digestion.
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Asanas are the many physical positions in Hatha yoga. People who practice yoga use asanas to free energy and stimulate an imbalanced chakra.
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There are seven major chakras, each with their own focus:
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Sahasrara: The “thousand-petaled” or “crown” chakra represents the state of pure consciousness. This chakra is located at the crown of the head, and the color white or violet represents it. Sahasrara involves matters of inner wisdom and physical death.
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Ajna: The “command” or “third-eye chakra” is a meeting point between two important energetic streams in the body. Ajna corresponds to the colors violet, indigo, or deep blue, though traditional yoga practitioners describe it as white. The Ajna chakra relates to the pituitary gland, which drives growth and development.
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Vishuddha: The color red or blue represents the “especially pure” or “throat” chakra. Practitioners consider this chakra to be the home of speech, hearing, and metabolism.
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Anahata: The “unstruck” or “heart” chakra relates to the colors green and pink. Key issues involving Anahata include complex emotions, compassion, tenderness, unconditional love, equilibrium, rejection, and wellbeing.
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Manipura: Yellow represents the “jewel city” or “navel” chakra. Practitioners connect this chakra with the digestive system, as well as personal power, fear, anxiety, developing opinions, and tendencies towards an introverted personality.
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Svadhishthana: Practitioners claim that the “one’s own base” or “pelvic” chakra is the home of the reproductive organs, the genitourinary system, and the adrenal gland.
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Muladhara: The “root support” or “root chakra” is at the base of the spine in the coccygeal region. It is said to contain our natural urges relating to food, sleep, and survival, as well as the source of avoidance and fear.
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Vedanta” is a combination of two words: “Veda” which means “knowledge” and “anta” which means “the end of” or “the goal of.”
In this context the goal of knowledge isn’t intellectual—the limited knowledge we acquire by reading books. “Knowledge” here means the knowledge of God as well as the knowledge of our own divine nature. Vedanta, then, is the search for Self-knowledge as well as the search for God.
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Vedanta asserts that the goal of life is to realize and to manifest our own divinity. It is inevitable that we will eventually, either in this or in future lives, discover that the greatest truth of our existence is our own divine nature.
