Vedic Arts

Why is Dipavali (Festival of lights) celebrated on a new moon? Origin of calender, almanac, Christian calender vs ancient roman calenders, solar dates vs Lunar dates (Tithis). Importance of tithis and the mathematics of calculating these tithis. And, why are they so important for health and wellbeing, for Ayurveda practitioners, for Jyotishis or anyone following a spiritual life.

What is the Vedic Zodiac is part of our educational series about learning Vedic Astrology (Jyotish). We talk about ecliptic, zodiac, and definitions and break the concepts down into a simple format.

Chants for universal Godesses (devis) and Shakti, and mantra-based meditation guide to support emotional grief or trauma through prayers, intentions, chants, mantras and daily meditation practice.

Disclaimer- This is a spiritual vedic chants meditation system of praying to Devi- Godess (shakti) for helping out with emotional grief or trauma. It is not a substitute for therapy or counseling.

Gentrification of yoga? Has yoga lost its way? What really is yoga? Not the Americanized, bastardized, commercialized, and capitalized version--but the yoga that is part of the six philosophical practices/darshanas that come out of India. The 'yoga' that is part of the Vedic arts-just like qigong is part of Dao spiritualism. Has yoga lost its way in the USA? Let us dive in.

Disclaimer: The information discussed in this podcast is the personal opinion of the presenter(s) and does not reflect the view of Narayana Ayurveda.

Eclipses, and calculus in Jyotish. Part 2 of the Learn Jyotish series by pandit Atul krishna das.

You wanted it. We have listened. We bring you "educational" podcast class series where you learn about the fundamentals of Jyotish. in this podcast Pandit Atul talks about invocation, why learn Jyotish, solar eclipses being inauspicious, the ancient astronomy book called Surya Siddhanta, and a lot more...part 1.

The timekeepers of timeline is a popular theme in television series meant to keep us entertained. You must have heard the phrase WHEEL OF TIME. It is a popular TV series and an excellent series of books as well. Today we talk about the Vedic wheel of time. In science, we perceive time to move in a linear direction, however, according to Vedic literature-time moves in a circular direction. This means it returns to the beginning. Time is a chakra (wheel). We call it the kāla (long A as in tart, smart) or kāla cakra. In this interesting podcast, we talk with Pandit Atul our resident Vedic philosopher about the qualities of time, the four yugas, time being a destroyer and creator, and instances from the Bhagavad Gita and pop culture.

Pandit Atul is a well-known vedic astrologer and Vedic philosopher and teacher of Sanskrit and vedic arts. Monica Groover is an author, writer, herbalist, and teacher of Ayurveda and Vedic arts.

Quick guided meditation for chakras using principles and breathing of Qigong and yoga.

Educational Podcast by Dr Aparna Dandekar talking about mind, doshas and its connexion to Bhagavad Gita- the Hindu Scripture, our holy book. She talks about metaphors relating to our physical and mind body from Bhagavad Gita. Dr Dandekar also discusses Vata and mind, pitta and mind as well as Kapha and mind.