yogajala Staff A 2026 network meta-analysis of 21 RCTs and 1,638 participants finds yoga and other mind-body exercise match cardio and strength training for fibromyalgia pain, fatigue, depression, and anxiety.
Brahmacharya is the fourth Yama of Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras — the conscious, moderate use of life energy. A practical guide for modern practitioners.
Yoga Sutra 1.13 — tatra sthitau yatno abhyasah — defines abhyasa as effort toward steadiness. A word-by-word breakdown, translations, and practical application.
Yoga Sutra 1.12 names the two practices that still the mind: abhyasa (steady practice) and vairagya (non-attachment). A clear guide to both.
In Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras, the mind is described as a stream of fluctuations called vrittis. Sutra 1.11 introduces the fifth and final vritti — smriti, or memory. Unlike the first four vrittis, smriti is the mental act of retaining and recalling past experience. Understanding smriti reveals why we cling to old thoughts and how, through … Read more