There’s a lot of people who are skeptical about how yoga is good for you, and if we’re going to be honest about that majority of them. These are often the same people who think they couldn’t achieve that level of flexibility and control with their bodies if their lives depended on it. Well, that’s …
These days there many things that are indisputably true. One of them is that sensitivity around people’s cultures is at an all-time high. That’s not necessarily a bad thing – we can probably all agree that there are too many who are insensitive towards other people and how parts of their identity are extremely important …
If you’ve read any of the other previous entries here you’ll know that what Namaste means is essentially ‘I bow to you’. That’s why you’ll see people nod their head down slightly when they press their hands together in front of their chest and speak the salutation. We’ve also gone on at length that it …
There’s plenty of gestures used by humans around the globe and in different cultures that don’t involve hand movements, but hand gestures are usually incorporated in some way or another. It makes sense when you think about it, as not only are hands more naturally in someone’s line of sight given the height thing and …
Anjali Mudra Hand Gesture Forms Part of the Namaste Greeting Read More »
It’s fairly standard to know that Namaste is a greeting with its roots in Hindu and Sanskrit culture and that is means to indicate your acknowledging the spiritual soul of the other person. That’s what you’ll find if you do some digging on the meaning of Namaste, but what is not some easy to find …
Even people who are not familiar with the actual meaning of Namaste will at least understand that it’s a greeting. The way it’s done facing a person with your hands pressed together makes it clear that the person is acknowledging them, but for many people that’s all they know about what the Namaste saying and …
Let’s go on further with discussing the idea of Namaste, and including what is the Namaste meaning in English. The word revere is certainly not a common verb in the English language, although it is the name of a city in Suffolk County, Massachusetts and not far from Boston. आदर करना may be more common …
In the West, Spiritualism will never be as profound and prominent as it is in the East, but it is true that a greater number of people here are discovering the benefits of spiritual wellness. Through spiritual wellness we show greater respect and reverence to others in our interactions with them, but at times we …
