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Respected Sir, Sri Aurobindo had once wrote in a letter to Barin in 1920 about the “ten limbs of the body of this Yoga”. K. R. Srinivasa Iyengar, in his famous book, “Sri Aurobindo: A Biography and a History,” has also dedicated a chapter on the subject in Chapter 23. I want to know precisely actually what does it mean. 🧘📖

The ten limbs have intrigued many as he didn’t expliitly mention the details of the ten limbs. What he did write in detail was the

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When working in a collective space on Integral Education, what should be one’s attitude towards work? If a few people are aligned to work with an attitude to be more open and receptive to the Mother’s force while others are not ready to do so or to follow any daily practice to be connected internally to the Mother – how can harmony get established? 🙄🙏🏻🪷🍂[…]

The thumb rule of working in any collective space is to stay focused upon one’s own inner connection with The Mother, deepening it more and

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Sir, in the Sri Aurobindo Ashram, you practice Integral Yoga. What is Integral Yoga? Where to learn about it and how to practice as a complete beginner? In the Ashram, deities are not being worshipped like Bhagwan Shiv, Maa Durga and Rituals are not performed. So what are your opinions on Rituals and Festivals like Mahashivratri or Navratri? 🏡🪷🌳🙏🌸[…]

The Integral Yoga is a way to complete God realisation, not in one or other but all aspects. Its eventual goal is a complete transformation

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Could you please guide me on how I can shift this concentration to the Heart Centre? This is more on the personal front. In the readings of Sri Aurobindo thus far – and in your talks – there is a gentle nudge to gradually shift the Concentration to the Heart Centre in order to open the Psychic. 💓🧘🎯[…]

It comes with practice. I myself encountered this difficulty initially since I used to practice, like most persons, concentration in the forehead. While shifting it

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