The Yoga Institute Goa

  A panic attack is a situation when people get repeated attacks of fear short-lasting or long-running. Sometimes panic attacks might seem like a serious condition like a heart attack or anything else. In case if you experience a similar situation for a long time, consult a physician for treatment. A panic attack is followed by symptoms like sweating, chest pain, nausea, fear of dying or losing your mind, feeling numb, feeling hot or cold, dizziness, a choking sensation, etc. It is not mandatory to get panic attacks only in a stressful situation, it can occur anytime.  Panic attacks can be heredity in nature i.e. it can be pass-on to you from the family. Women and young adulthood are more likely to have panic attacks. Panic attacks depict losing your mind even when there is no real danger. Panic attacks are quite common in people between 15-25 years of age. If the attacks keep coming back or you have a never-ending fear of more attacks then we consider it a panic disorder. Bei...

  Our mind is so occupied every time that something is always going on in our minds. This is the reason why we get stressed about a simple thing. Anything can be responsible to cause you anxiety. Being a little anxious is absolutely normal but if it starts affecting your work-life balance, then it is a topic to consult. It can cause fear, uneasiness and too much worry. Yoga helps in maintaining a person’s mental well-being and makes you relaxed. Yoga is the secret mantra for let go all your worries and feel the peace in your mind. Concisely, Yoga allows you to deal with the problems in a calm and composed way without disturbing your work-life balance and peace of mind. Follow these yoga practices to beat anxiety and restore your confidence. Dhanurasana This asana is believed to be the most effective way of losing weight. This pose provides flexibility and makes your back muscles strong. It promotes and improves the blood circulation to the spinal nerves, digestive system and pancre...

We are all well aware of the benefits of sleeping in time. But very few of us practice that. We all go to bed by 11 but we don’t sleep. We keep watching series on netflix, play games on phone or keep scrolling through social media. Some of us can’t sleep because of the stress we undergo. Ultimately our sleep cycle is disrtubed which is not good for a healthy body.  Yoga has a lot of asanas and pranayamas which can help with insomnia, improving sleep cycle. Practicing Yoga regularly thus leads to a better quality of life.  Studies have suggested these 3 simple Yoga practices for sound sleep:  Chandra Bhedena Pranayama This Pranayama helps in relaxing the mind from undue stress. This pranayama also activates the parasympathetic nervous system. To practice this pranayama close your eyes and sit in a meditative pose. Now slowly, close your right nostril and take a deep breath from the left nostril. Then exhale from the right nostril. Proportion of inhalation and exhalation sh...

Here are the tips to achieve Vairagya: Practice humility in daily life Humility takes us towards Vairagya. There are various ways to develop humility in our attitude: We can try by offering a place to sit to elderly people, or children, or pregnant women.  We must help physically impaired people in various walks of life, maybe as small as a thing like helping a blind person cross the road.  We often dislike some people but we should never find happiness in their misery or suffering.  Never hesitate in apologizing.  Share food with people around us. Give your time and energy to people in need.    Control senses In Yoga, we believe to moderate all our activities and senses. All our actions should also be controlled.  When we have our favourite food in front of us we can’t control and continuously eat. We eat more than our appetite. We forget the sole purpose of food. We should only eat how much we should, we shouldn’t get drifted away with desire. Stop m...

Vairagya, in a nutshell, is distancing ourselves from all the material things in life. It is to give up everything and live a peaceful life. In Vairagya one doesn’t expect anything from the world. In this state we don’t cause stress to others. We live happily with what we have.   We are attached with these 5 things in our lives: Relations Drinks Food  Power Materialistic desires When we are fulfilled with these 5 attachments we are happy but if any of these is missing we are not in a happy state. Missing any can cause misery. So attachments don't let us concentrate on important things in life.  We have to let go off of all the material things in Vairagya. We should show our disinterest in anything that might attract us usually. We should be able to control our mind and our desires and master it. We have to put in conscious effort for achieving this state. After coming to this state we can focus more on the important things in life. We also gain more knowledge.  ...