Celebrate Makar Sankranti

This festival is celebrated in different parts of Bharath, India. In south India, it is popularly called ‘Pongal’, in Punjab and Haryana it is called ‘Lohri’, in Assam it is called ‘Bihu’ and ‘Khichdi festival’ in Bihar.

• It also marks a harsh winter that will starts to come to an end. Makar Sankranti is the name of the day the great Sun in the sky begins to travel his  journey towards the North. The days starts to become longer and warmer. The same exact day the Royal Sun moves into the constellations (Jyotish- Vedic astrology) into the sign  Makar/Capricorn. The Sun moved from Cancer to Sagittarius-6 signs. And now it traveled  from half of the 12 signs into and other beginning of a half: Makar.

It is believed that, Sun the father of Saturn visits the house of Saturn: Capricorn/Makar. We know that Saturn and Sun don't get along. However, on this day the moment the Sun enters this house (Lord Capricorn's house) and stays there for a month with his son, it's very significant in Vedic astrology to be aware of forgiveness, love, compassion and humbleness. During this time the Sun who represents ego, (ego comes with much more attitudes), the sun actually becomes humble. This is so important. So this visit makes them friendly, harmonious and humble. So, in other words, it simply means that the sun Lord comes down to his son’s place to stay with him in peace. Thus, it signifies forgetting old bitterness and quarrels in the past, leaving behind our well framed egos and stepping into a beautiful world of kindness, love, compassion and harmony.

Establishing warm and loving relationships with the people we love, ending any kind of bitterness or grudges we hold and also creating a happy frame for us and for the people around us truly signifies why we should enjoy this festival of when even the stars come together in union.

• Harvest time for farmers
• Rituals/Prayers

People clean the house completely, especially the praying area. Families wake up early and take completely bath, in river. In India if they can visit the Ganga they will. One add tilak on the for head. People pray to the Sun & to Shani, offer flowers and receive blessings. Decorations are placed. People specially Worship  ‘Surya Dev’ by lighting the lamp and chanting ‘Surya mantra’. The Surya Mantra: “Om Hram Hreem Hroum Sah Suryaya Namah”. Some after all the rituals are completed, they do distribute ‘Baayna’ to all the married ladies in the family and friends along with the priests.

• Many women will pray for longevity of loved ones. Husband included and every other family member.
• The onset of the auspicious Uttarayan period. This is the period between Makar Sankranti and Karka Sankranti. It's believed who leaves the body in this period they enter heaven. In MahaBharathta Bhishma actually waited for this auspicious moment to open up so he could leave his body and free him self from the cycle of birth and death.

Kumb Mela. On this day the Kumb Mela will start. Never been there, but from stories one can say that this is a must do once in life time! A together at the union of: Ganga, Yamuna & Sarasvati. This togetherness in the Holy water must be energizing.

This Hindu Faith is not a faith, a lifestyle to be lived. Every celebration reminds one of: Bliss, joy, happiness, kindness, compassion, harmony, sweetness, love, light and all these and more we do for our self and specially for our soul.  For moksha.

Happy Makar Sanskranti 

On this beautiful day

On this  beautiful Thursday

June 21st is an awareness day for Yoga. It happened to be also Summer Solstice day- when our Earth's tilt more towards the Sun.

What a Lovely time to devote to the Self with in the self- at least a start intuit direction-

Perhaps one day, we all may practice Yoga and direct our selfs towards light, just like the Earths’ tilt towards the Sun. Light is what we need. Life is possible when there is Light.

Yoga is a tool to become light; 

to be caring; to be kinder; to be completely compassionate; to live in harmony; to encourage humanity; to be grateful; to safe animals- they are also  beings, to rise up from ignorance, to be royal- when talking to insane behaviors/samsaras; to remain calm even you see garbage; to love- not as male & female- but as in prema (Hindi word as in harmony with one & other); 

to walk on the path of just & knowing your place in this universe: knowing & living ones duty(Dharma) -only when one knows his/her duty in life- only then he/ she will be able to live well- there is no need to fight for rights then.

This path of yoga is all about patience, tolerance, humility, humanity, to be able to sit next to any human being(no matter what status/prestige, rich/ poor, tall/ short, fat/ thin, black/ white, with or with out a degree Friend/ Enemy), right Karma & Dharma... this path makes you a better human being.

This tool called yoga is to nourish the soul so one becomes a living light of The Creator.

There are many yogas:

Bhakti yoga

Kriya yoga

Jñana yoga

Hatha yoga

Ashtanga yoga

Hatha Yoga 

Raja Yoga

Dhyana yoga etc.

But when all yoga meet at once it transcends all  of our own demons into Angels- all our inner enemies in to Friends...that’s how our self transformers into a beautiful reflection of the Creator/ with differences/in harmony.

Once we have learned to bend we have arrived Home.

That’s the moment in time we stop: judging, lecturing, looking down on anyone, we stop killing, hoarding,hating, yelling, pointing fingers, playing the victim me, interrogating an other, defending our ego, attacking others, being discussed, holding grudges, etc etc.

Because the tool Yoga is a powerful blessing to do the inner work. All true enemies are inside us.

When we realize this, we become free & we live together in harmony with all our differences.

We realize we were all that time: ONE ️

Bending takes time to practice... 

you become what you practice.

Yoga is a wonderful tool to engineer our soul/Mind & Body- to discover the light within.

The product of yoga is lived through many lovely acts:

Here are some:

•The Yamas

Ahimsa — Sanskrit for non-harming

Satya — Sanskrit for honesty

Asteya — Sanskrit for non-stealing

Brahmacharya — Sanskrit for wise use of sexual energy- Celibacy- When the Creative energy flows up to the top of the body. 

Aparigraha — Sanskrit for "non-possessiveness

•The Niyama 

 Saucha— Sanskrit for purity

Santosha" — Sanskrit for contentment

Tapas — Sanskrit for self-discipline

Svadhyaya" — Sanskrit for self-study

shvara pranidhana — Sanskrit for surrender to a higher source, Divine.

There are so much more info on this, I'm just a passionate practitioner. 

This Posture: Sirsha-asana - The Head-stand.

It took me almost 1.5 years to practice this posture- 

Btw yoga is not about the perfect posture- it’s about the practice.

While practicing this particular Asana I have broken a wall, learned to fix it, the how to balance the body, the core, etc. while doing the technical aspect of this posture, there was much clearing happening from the inside... it’s a long process but the out come is humbling....

The Sun and The Moon

The Sun and The Moon

The Sun and the Moon, both are truly adorable in the sky. They both represents science, beauty, and duty on this planet and in ones life.

When ever one get confused in their own life, I always explain my family and friends to look at the Sun & the Moon.

Both are perfectly shining, both are bodies in the sky for a purpose:

- to sustain live on this planet for:

- keeping balance of life, order on this wonderful planet,

- growth,

- the body of waters, the ocean,

- all the  plant,

- all the animals,

- all the humans,

- this plant,

-  you & me.

The Sun is powerful, has his distance from Earth. It's perfect.

So does the Moon-a perfect distance from the planet.

Both has a perfect place in the universe.

To close to the Sun, one can become ash!

In fact all can become to ashes.

Now- image the Sun & the Moon switch places, what kind of effect would that have?

A complete disaster.

Both the Sun & the Moon's distances, this-i - call - perfection- current-place of the Sun & the Moon Dharma.

The Sun knows his dharma- his duty.

The Moon knows hers. 

Because both are different, we have completely different quality, yet we are unique. Both the Sun & the  Moon are in their own place, both are working together for a huge cause. Knowing what to do, they are in perfect balans, they know what to do and what not. Because of this there is harmony, balance and everything is simply perfect.

We humans can learn form the Sun & the Moon. We all are different, with our own unique qualities, and together we can move mountains. Just stay in our Dharma with our  unique qualities we can achieve harmony, love, move mountains and a complete Peaceful space.

Let's learn from the Universe, from the Moon, the Sun.

Let's know what we have to do from within to make this world an awesome Greater place.

Dive within.

Know your duty in life,

know your Dharma,

be awesome!

Be Love in action.

Peace.