Yoga means uniting
Yoga in daily life is unity with the divine principle present in all existence.
Life originates from and is sustained by water, which constitutes our bodies and the world. All creatures, including those unseen beneath the earth or in the air, are interconnected through life. The natural world operates on consumption, where creatures eat one another. A human is defined by moving beyond this, by not killing, by showing love and care to all. God is not a separate entity to be seen externally; God is within every creature and within your own heart. We are all fundamentally one, a unity temporarily experiencing separation, like a single drop of water merging back into the ocean. Our individual lives and bodies will eventually dissolve and return to the one source. Therefore, the practice of yoga is this conscious unification. It requires purifying the heart, relinquishing anger and jealousy, and acting with devotion. It involves caring for the body through exercise and pure food, but more importantly, it is an inner alignment. True yoga is living in harmony, causing no harm, and recognizing the divine in all.
"One in all and all in one. One in all and one in all."
"If you want to know God, He is in every creature, in every creature."
Filming location: Jadan, Rajasthan, India
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Practicing from Villach
A guided sequence for physical relaxation and awareness through movement and breath.
Begin by lying down, consciously relaxing the entire body from toes to head. Focus on the breath. Perform gentle spinal twists while lying down, moving the head and legs to opposite sides. Follow with rolling side to side while holding the knees. Stretch the body side to side and then fully. Move to a kneeling position for cat-cow stretches, coordinating movement with breath. Practice standing movements involving arm raises and knee bends to shift weight. Conclude by lying down again for deep relaxation, focusing on the natural breath. The session integrates mindful movement with sustained awareness of bodily sensations and breathing patterns.
"Feel and relax the whole body, from your toes to the top of your head."
"Be aware of your breathing, normal breathing."
Healing of humanity
Healing arises from sound, respect, and living naturally. Mental illness creates imbalance in all aspects of life. Mass media reaches many, but true influence requires positive thinking and respect, not ego. Self-respect is social education reflected in clean appearance and considerate behavior to honor others; this is not ego. True healing returns to natural origins through mantra, yajña, and the resonance of sound described in the Vedas. Harmonious sound, or nāda, connects all hearts and heals nature, animals, and humans. Discordant modern noise causes suffering and disharmony. Sustainability requires ancient, natural systems. Positive thinking and truth dispel inner darkness. Each person must awaken their human qualities through good society and education. Begin each day affirming your humanity and the wish for all to be happy.
"Self-respect is that social education. You give others good behavior so that you are respecting."
"Nāda is that resonance... when it is a resonance which is uniting, connecting heart to heart... that sound is called Brahman."
Filming location: London, UK
Nadis and Chakras - energy channels and centers in the body
The subject is Kuṇḍalinī and the three primary nāḍīs, symbolically represented as sacred rivers. The 72,000 nāḍīs channel energy, with Iḍā, Piṅgalā, and Suṣumnā being paramount. These correspond to the Gaṅgā, Yamunā, and Sarasvatī rivers. Their confluence symbolizes union and higher consciousness. Harmonizing these energies through practices like nāḍī śodhana prāṇāyāma is essential. This convergence occurs at the ājñā cakra, the point between the eyebrows, also called the third eye. When balanced, it can lead to trikāladarśī, perception of past, present, and future. The ultimate aim is for energy to ascend to the sahasrāra cakra, yielding supreme bliss and knowledge of Brahman. Four principles support this path: alpāhāra (moderate eating), vihāra (moving in harmonious environments), ācāra (good conduct), and vicāra (positive thinking). Kuṇḍalinī science allows one to become an inner engineer. True awakening is a gradual process of knowledge and purification, not dramatic physical phenomena. The diversity of spiritual paths reflects the beautiful variety of creation.
"The less food you eat, the more energy there is."
"When all comes together, then we get higher consciousness, samādhi."
Filming location: Vancouver, Canada
The Lamp of Knowledge and the Duty of the Household
The householder's duty is to cultivate a pure home through discipline, education, and rejecting vice to secure the family's spiritual future.
A long struggle shaped a mindset of distrusting our own voice while overvaluing foreign words. True spiritual attainment comes not from lineage but from personal foundation in knowledge, inquiry, and practice, blessed by the Guru. You must resolve to keep the home free from intoxicants and impure foods like meat, tobacco, and eggs, for these corrupt the environment and damage your children's destiny. Do not give children tea, as it weakens digestion; provide nourishing food like sesame and ghee to energize the mind for study. Parents are sacred; their duty is to nurture the child's intellect with education and culture from within the home. Perform daily disciplines: offer salutations, recite mantras, and maintain customs. Honest work and diligent effort are the basis for livelihood. Embrace your culture fully; do not neglect its practices.
"Provide good food to the children, give them a good education."
"Parents are not just ordinary; they are revered."
