This study sought to gain broader understanding of the psychological characteristics (mindfulness, mysticism, self-actualization, positive affect and negative affect) and practice characteristics (minutes per day and years of practice) that are associated with devotion within a form of Tantric Yoga meditation.
Introducing children to kindness, empathy, and responsibility through helping activities is one of the best ways to nurture character and neohumanist awareness. Here’s a breakdown of fun and age-appropriate helping activities. 🌱 Helping Nature Ages 3–5 (Preschool–Kindergarten): 🐾 Helping Animals Ages 3–5: Ages 6–10: 🤝 Helping Humans Ages 3–5: Ages 6–10: (Some of these can be done by preschoolers & their parents) 🌟 Tips for Parents… Read More »Neohumanist Activities for Children ages 3-10
Humanity is one & indivisible. No mother tongue should ever be suppressed. The suppression of people’s mother tongue is a sin…Intelligent people will never try to suppress any language. ..The more human beings move in unison, hand is hand, shoulder to shoulder, the more the benefit to the whole human race. Let no one try to suppress anyone in any sphere of life, whether in… Read More »Anandamurti Speaks About Neohumanism
By MahaJyoti Glassman What is Kiirtan The practice of kiirtan is simple repetitive chanting for 2-5 minutes or more. This method of rhythmic singing is called kiirtan. Singing kiirtan supports kids in preparing their minds and bodies for meditation by engaging the sensory organs (eyes, ears, touch) and motor organs (arms and legs) towards the Goal. The power of mantra, a collection of sacred sounds,… Read More »How to Spice up Kiirtan with Kids
“Oh tranquil spiritual aspirant! Spiritual practice (sadhana) is your great bow. Set the arrow of your mind, sharpened with meditation, on this bow. Now, inclining your mind toward Him, pluck and twang the string of the bow and pierce your target – that indestructible Supreme Soul.” – Anandamurti (Subhasita Samgrapha II, 34) If you did sadhana for 2 hours and concentrated on your mantra for… Read More »Remember When Meditating
This issue of AMAYE Voices features two of the ideal ásanas Anandamurti recommended for meditation. However, sometimes these can be difficult and often excruciating for the yoga meditation practitioner. Other meditation ásanas include the following: Bhojanásana or Sukhasana This posture is frequently referred to as the tailor’s or eating pose. It is a comfortable position, having the buttocks rest on a cushion or blanket can… Read More »Feature Ásanas
Enhancing Physical, Mental, Emotional, and Spiritual Well-being By Didi Ananda Sainjana Here is the outcome of the survey done with thirty practitioners of yoga and meditation recently. The practitioners consist of both male and female ages from 20 to 55 years. They have each been meditating for a duration of ten months to ten years. In today’s fast-paced world, the importance of mental and physical… Read More »A Study of the Transformative Benefits of Meditation
As someone who loves to dance, I was thrilled when I heard that we were going to learn a yoga dance from the “man in orange” who is always proper and composed.
by Christian Franceschini (An excerpt from The Neohumanist Journal, 3/24 Issue) Shukra was known as the essence of the essence of physico-pscho-spiritual vitality. The holy centre known as the site of extraordinary vitality is conducive to the achievement of all perfection (siddhis). “It subdues sins and destroys ailments.” (Yogasvashista) Neohumanist founder, Shrii Prabhat Rainjan Sarkar gives us a different definition of shukra: “The food taken… Read More »Shukra & Reclaiming the Lymph
An excerpt from The Science of Yoga Asana by Rudramohan The relation between the physical body and the mind is very close. – P. R Sarkar Yoga has always looked upon the body as part of the mind, and called it the Anamaya kosa, meaning ‘the layer of the mind made of food’. The role of thoughts in affecting the body and how the body… Read More »The Biopsychology of the Body-Mind
