Rāga Yoga is an online exploration of the self through the rāgas in the Indian classical music and some simple yet powerful practices from Antaranga Yoga (Inner Work Through Yoga). Read More
Author: hariprasadvarma
Coach | OD Consultant | Yogapreneur
SaptaSwara of Life
SaptaSwara is a unique framework of self-exploration that my mentors Sri Raghu Ananthanarayanan and Smt. Sashikala Ananth designed few decades ago. I feel lucky enough to be part of the community that is being mentored by them to take forward this precious work. Read More
Finders-Seekers
An year that seemed so still, Yet so deep. Imbued with silence and learning, For the ones willing to listen. As the bell tolls, And the year plods on, I took a pause, A pause I promised myself. I felt a warmth and joy, Fill my being, For all the love and learning, That came… Read More
The Sweet Spot
I’m staying with a sense of mādhuryam (sweetness) after today’s practice with my teacher Smt. Saraswati Vasudevan. The sankalpa (intention) through the practice was to explore receiving fully with each inhale and offering whatever residues I am holding from the past to the agni (fire) with each exhale. Towards the end of the āsana and… Read More
Feel
For all the beauty that this world holds isn’t it surprising how many of us feel it is challenging to just feel? Read More
Zen & The Art of Coffee Making
I’m a true blue South Indian when it comes to starting my day with a strong filter coffee. 😀 And I’ve experimented with many ways to discover the right taste that I really love when I make the coffee. But recently I discovered something that never struck me before about the perfect filter coffee! Read More
Light & Love
This Deepavali (Diwali) I missed my ancestral home at Poonjar. Not that I used to visit there often in the past. At most it was annual visit while growing up. But the 300 years old palace (some modern houses in Hyderabad may be larger than this erstwhile ‘palace’, nevertheless 😀) left an indelible mark within… Read More
Rediscovering Onam
Onam festival is a quintessential part of the identity of Keralites. Onam is truly an all-inclusive festival that is celebrated across caste-religious divides in Kerala. However, the understanding of the origins of Onam festival and the central figures in its legend Vāmana and Mahabali seems to have undergone many distortions to the extent that most Malayalis who celebrate the festival today do not know of many of its significant aspects. It came as a shock to me few years back when I did some reading on this festival, and realised how little I knew of this most important event in Kerala. And so began my attempt to rediscover Onam for myself. Read More
Homecoming
There is a home that I dream of.Filled with love and beauty,From people and nature. Away from the cacophony of crowded cities,Away from the relentless rush to nowhere,Nestled in the silence of nature,In the stillness of the moment. Many a time did I feel,I’ve come home finally,Here, there, somewhere,Yet nowhere. I’ve explored far and wide,In… Read More
Tarot Dojo – Origin Story
Have you ever stumbled upon something in life that is magical and fun? 2016 seems a lifetime ago as I write this. I was slogging away at a reputed company leading a very monotonous corporate job and on the threshold of a major change in life. I was about to complete my two years teacher… Read More
