Tag Archive | "Health/Spirituality"
Vipassana – mass meditation for clear sight
Are formerly hard-headed Western businessmen falling for yet another handful of magic dust flung from the hands of the gurus of ancient India? Does Vipassana really lead to clearer thinking? A lengthening list of US, European and Asian corporate executives agree. Senior staff of companies including Microsoft, Citibank, IBM, Merrill Lynch and Zee TV experience Vipassana [...]
Continue reading...No Shades please – and No Food
Wednesday, October 8, 2008
“For centuries, people and researchers believed that it was impossible for human beings to live their lives without sustenance, and that their vision would be destroyed by looking straight at the sun.” Normally, how long can an average human being survive without food or water? Or without sleep? The answer would probably be: a few [...]
Continue reading...Selling Yoga to India
Sunday, September 21, 2008
Whatever might be said of the yoga master Swami Ramdev, one cannot accuse him of being dull. Clad from head to foot in orange robes, his early morning television show pulls in 20 million viewers in India alone, and there are the usual video and summer camp spin-offs, as well as the more unusual ones, [...]
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Tuesday, January 6, 2009
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