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"This girl is unbelievable," I once overheard my mom telling her friends. - "Once she gets something into her head, she doesn't rest until she achieves it." I must have been around 13 at the time, having just been admitted to the secondary school of my choice. It was heavily oversubscribed, and I had spent many evenings and weekends preparing for the entrance exam. Back then, I had no idea that what I was practicing was the yogic principle of tapas. The Yogic Approach to Self

During my first trip to India 15 years ago, I made an observation as a traveller from Europe: Beneath all the apparent chaos on the surface, there seemed to be an underlying calm and a general sense of contentment. In contrast, Europe appeared smooth and organised on the outside, yet there was often frustration and dissatisfaction simmering underneath. When I shared this observation with a friend in India, he acknowledged there might be truth in it, but he also felt that this

The winter holidays are over, so are our days of eating, drinking, resting, and generally being merry and carefree. Let's face it: many of us start the new year with a strong sense that we need a general reset. A January detox. A dry January. A Veganuary. It is no coincidence that Google Trends for the search term “cleanse” show noticeable spikes just after Christmas and New Year’s Eve. The yogic principle of saucha , usually translated as 'purity', teaches us that cleanline