The brown skinned girl

To whoever is reading this, trust me no one is coming for you! There will be days when you will feel like everything is dead inside you. There will be days when you fall into the vicious cycle of committing more mistakes and taking more bad decisions.  The Warrior within You But............................................! Today if you wake up and don't like the person you have become , you can take things in your hands and change them. The thing that has never been taught us is,  "We are our own heroes and only we can save ourselves!" Dealing with depression and other life challenges are just a means to turn you into the phoenix of your life. You will rise from the ashes and people who brought you down, time and again, will be dazzled by you. Take care of yourself and be the warrior that you were supposed to be. In the end, Yoga is just a means to delve deeper into our body, mind and soul. Take it slow, take it easy and take on the world! Here are 4 yoga poses to feel th...

"Flexibility of spine leads to the flexibility of mind."   Did you see anything interesting in the picture on the right? No? You will! By the time you complete reading this piece, you will be amazed to see the cues that the human mind provides us to stay in good health. Let me therefore start with a small story about a word I learnt a couple of years back i.e. “Merudanda”. In Sanskrit/Odia/Hindi our spine is referred to as “Merudanda” which comprises of two words, “Meru” + “Danda”. Indian mythology states that "Meru" is the abode of the gods or the center of the universe just like the spine lies in the center of our body.    The combination of the two terms “Meru” and “Danda” refers to “the scepter of the sacred Mount Meru.” It shares a resemblance with the central support of our skeletal system, the spinal column. Hence, the name. In yoga, mudra means gestures and the Merudanda mudra (gesture) resembles the thumbs-up gesture that expresses that everything is okay....

With our sedentary lifestyles, I have seen and heard so many people complaining of back and neck pain. Anyone can start with their spinal healing journey by performing the 3 yoga asanas mentioned below :   I. "Urdhva Hastasana" or the Raised Hands Pose      Pose breakdown structure: Join feet or keep a small gap between them.  Clasp your hands by intertwining the fingers.  Breathe out straighten the hands in front of you with palms facing outward (or laterally). Synchronize breathing in with pulling the hands over your head. Keep breathing in the position as long as you are comfortable Synchronize breathing out with lowering your hands to come out of the pose.     Benefits of the pose Gives spine a good stretch Strengthens the arms Prepares the spine for greater, deeper stretches Improves posture Better alignment of the body Tones arms and triceps II. "Ardha Uttanasana" or the Standing Half Forward Bend     Pose breakdown struc...

"Life is a blank canvas of possibilities;  you are in control of what the finished picture could look like." There was a time in my life in early 2020 when I had lost myself.   I lost my sanity, my relationship, my goals everything!  I hadn't  felt such aimlessness in my life. My consciousness had shaped my reality by restricting my own value in my eyes. It was as if  I did not hold any value to the world more than my pay package. I blamed  God for all the things that happened to me. I blamed people  for politics during my placements. Every morning I woke up to feeling like a loser and envied other's achievements and paychecks.  My focus had shifted from myself to the impact others had on me, my life and my career.  My Baba (father) says, "Morning shows the day". But I just wouldn't wake up and see the sun anymore, which I used to love so much. Every morning, when I used to look at myself in the mirror I couldn't recognize the person I had be...