“The Jarawa will be decimated, just like us”- expressed by Lichu, the last speaker of Great Andamese Tribes into despair Every tribe had its separate language in earlier times and several languages among them become extinct over the years. Now Great Andamese speaks a mixed language which is increasing tension to lose indigenous languages. The…
“Yoga is not about touching your toes, it’s about what you learn on the way down.” — Jigar Gor. Padahastana is one of the 12 basic yoga postures. It is practiced during Surya Namaskar. The word is derived from the Sanskrit words Pada means foot, hasta means hand and asana means posture. Another name of…
“The success of Yoga does not lie in the ability to perform postures but in how it positively changes the way we live our life and our relationships.” ― T.K.V. Desikachar The name derives from the Sanskrit word ‘Trikona’, which means triangle, and ‘asana’, which means yogic posture. Yoga is named such, for the triangle shape…
“Indigenous languages are a treasure trove of knowledge about a regions’ flora, fauna, and medicinal plants.”- opined Ayesha Kidwai associated with the center of Linguistics, New Delhi. Origination of the term: The term Birhor was originated from the Mundari language where it has been regarded as a compound of two important words- ‘Bir’ means forest…
“Nurturing indigenous language is important to protect the cultural identity and dignity of tribal communities and safeguard their traditional heritage”-Professor Megan Davis The notorious Bangani Enigma was a home of bafflement and a piece of contention in Indo- European linguistics. Bangani, well known as the modern western Pahari language was reported in the western Himalayas…
“Becoming flexible is not the goal. Standing on your hands is not the goal. The goal is serenity. Balance. Truly finding peace in your own skin.” – Rachel Brathen. It is a Sanskrit name of Hatha yoga. The yoga begins with squatting and at the final stage, the practitioners place the palms on the ground…
“When you listen to yourself, everything comes naturally. It comes from inside, like a kind of will to do something. Try to be sensitive. That is Yoga.”, explained Petri Raisanen. This yogic posture is named with its founder, Matsyendranath, who was the yoga guru of the 9th century. Ardha-matsyendrasana is a remedial twist that involves…
“Pranayama. Stopping the right nostril with the thumb, through the left nostril fill in air, according to capacity; then, without any interval, throw the air out through the right nostril, closing the left one. Again inhaling through the right nostril eject through the left, according to capacity; practicing this three or five times at four…
This Sanskrit word derives from two words, Salabha and asana. Salabha means locust or grasshopper and the asana means yogic posture (Gyan unlimited, 2021). It means, this yoga posture takes the shape of a grasshopper. Hence the English name of this asana is Locust pose. This yogic posture involves bending the back portion of the…
“The next step is Asana, posture. A series of exercises, physical and mental, is to be gone through every day until certain higher states are reached. Therefore, we must find a posture in which we can remain long. That posture which is the easiest for one should be the one chosen.”, explained Swami Vivekananda. …