Why your body needs detoxification?

In December 2017, I attended a 25-day spiritual retreat called Mahasadashivoham in India conducted by His Divine Holiness, Bhagawan Sri Nithyananda Paramashivam, a living incarnation (fondly known as Swamiji). In this program, the hundreds of participants underwent a major detoxification process according to the Vedic scriptures called Agamas given by Sadashiva. Recently in February and March, I had again re-started Nirahara Samyama as a way to detoxify my body after a year.

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A Yogi lives on moderate Sattvic diet

Do you know that a Yogi goes through a major diet change once he or she becomes firmly established on the path of Yoga?

As a living Yogi, I remembered the first shift in my diet happened when I decided to become a vegetarian in January 2007 after taking the initiation as a Nithya Spiritual Healer from my Guru, Paramahamsa Nithyananda (fondly known as Swamiji). My better half was struggling with my decision because he said that many Yoga teachers (referring to my fellow yoga teacher friends) were not vegetarian, why the need to make such a drastic decision. See, the enjoyment of food is one major sense pleasure for him, not able to enjoy food with his wife was too much for him. The purification nature of Yoga just made this decision a natural evolution for me by the grace of Swamiji. Swamiji cautioned us that anything you eat, that becomes you! One part of what you eat becomes your bones, muscles, flesh, blood, words, thinking, feeling and your Being! Food plays a vital role in our life, not just the body-mind, but also in our consciousness.

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Haritakki – The Spiritual Cleanser

Do you know that in Vedic tradition, there is a drink of the Gods?

This drink is called Haritakki power (also known as Kadukaai podi), it is said in ancient Vedic scriptures that the Haritaki came to life when a nectar drop fell from the cup of Indra, the King of heaven. In fact, the power of Haritakki is recorded in ‘Chikitsa Sthana’, the special therapy section of the early Ayurvedic text, the “Charaka Samhita”, or the ‘Compendium of Charaka’ dating as far back as 300 B.C. Ayurveda is the sacred science of longevity, holistic health, well-being in the Vedic tradition.

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