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What Five Thousand Years Actually Buys You

What Krishnamacharya's three very different students teach about how this coach actually works.

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The Filter I Actually Use

What decides whether a traditional practice makes it onto Junoon, and what gets left out.

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Why Junoon Exists

Why every practice on Junoon has to survive one question before it makes the app.

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Junoon News · 11 min read

Asana 101 Yoga For Body Alignment

An introductory alignment-focused asana class for learning how to organize the body with more awareness and control.

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Junoon News · 5 min read

Morning Energizing Flow

A short energizing morning flow to wake up the body, build heat, and start the day with momentum.

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Svātmārāma on Breath and Mind

Svātmārāma's central claim: the mind follows the breath. Ten minutes of breath-synchronised movement increases HRV acutely; thirty days shifts the baseline.

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Krishnamacharya's Method

Krishnamacharya turned the sickly Iyengar into the most influential yoga teacher of the 20th century through a modified daily practice. Flexibility is an output, not an entrance requirement.

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Learn · 7 min read

Prajnaparadha: The Crime Against Wisdom

Prajnaparadha: knowingly acting against what you already know your body needs. Overriding the natural sleep window is not insomnia, it is a choice.

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Jatharagni: Charaka's Map of Digestion

Charaka's 13 types of Agni map gut behaviour to systemic health. The enteric nervous system, comprised of 500 million neurons, and 90% of the body's serotonin confirms his core claim.

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Ojas: Charaka's Theory of Vital Depletion

Ojas is built during rest and spent during activity. The clinical picture of Ojas depletion is what we now call burnout.

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How Charaka Prescribed Sleep Position

Charaka and Sushruta specified sleep position as a clinical variable. Modern sleep medicine has confirmed each recommendation.

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How Charaka Prescribed Turmeric

Charaka prescribed turmeric in 39 formulations with a fat source and black pepper 2,000 years before those mechanisms were characterized.

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Dhyana: What Patanjali Actually Meant

Patanjali defined meditation as unbroken attention and assumed the flow would break. Returning is the practice.

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Sushruta on Galaganda

Sushruta described thyroid disease in 600 BCE, identified its geographic and dietary causes, and prescribed iodine-rich interventions 2,500 years before Western medicine named the thyroid gland.

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Agni and Nidra: Charaka on Eating Times and Sleep

Charaka identified sleep's main destroyers: heavy food after dark, sweet food that disrupts deep cycles, irregular timing. Modern sleep research has confirmed all three.

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Bala, Madhya, Vriddha: Ayurveda's Three Life Phases

Three physiological phases; kapha youth, pitta middle years, and vata elder years,each requiring different inputs. The body at forty isn't declining; it's a different system.

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Charaka's Morning Sequence

Charaka prescribed a five-minute morning sequence as the minimum daily maintenance for the body to function. Each practice anchors to something you're already doing, which is why it holds.

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Chitta Vritti Nirodha

Patanjali's second sutra defines yoga as the stilling of mental fluctuations, clinical, not spiritual. His eight-limb system trains the mind to generate less of the suffering it creates through its own unexamined activity.

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Dinacharya: Vagbhata's Daily Protocol

Vagbhata identified daily routine as the primary health intervention. The Nobel Prize for the molecular mechanism behind circadian biology came thirteen centuries later.

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Sthira Sukham Asanam

Krishnamacharya's principle was that the practice adapts to the student, not the other way around. Patanjali's definition of a posture was stable and comfortable. Nothing more.

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Learn · 6 min read

Svātmārāma's Map of Stress

Svātmārāma identified that the left and right sides of the body run on opposing energies and built alternate nostril breathing to balance them. The research confirms it shifts the nervous system out of overdrive in a single session.

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How Charaka Read the Body

The Charaka Samhita -the text that compiled his teaching, isn't a list of remedies. It's a diagnostic framework. The premise underneath all of it is simple: the same substance can heal one person and harm another. The same food that settles a cold, dry body in winter might aggravate a hot, inflamed body in July. Context is the medicine.

Intuitively adjusting your yoga sequence

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Junoon News · 7 min read

Intuitively adjusting your yoga sequence

One of the most important skills in any yoga practice is learning to listen — to know when to push and when to soften, when to follow the plan and when the body is asking for something different. This session teaches you how to read your own energy, adapt your practice in real time, and develop the kind of internal attunement that turns yoga from a workout into a genuine self-care system. The goal is to need the guide a little less each time.

Yamas and niyamas the foundation of yoga

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Junoon News · 8 min read

Yamas and niyamas the foundation of yoga

Before the postures, before the breathwork, before any technique — there are the Yamas and Niyamas. These ten ethical and personal observances from Patanjali's Yoga Sutras form the true foundation of the yogic path, offering a framework for how to live, not just how to practice. This session introduces each one and explores how they show up — and how to apply them — in the context of modern life.

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The role of a guide in your practice

A great teacher doesn't create dependence — they create conditions for your own discovery. This session reflects on what it means to have a guide in your yoga and wellness journey, how to get the most from that relationship, and how to use external instruction as a bridge toward your own inner knowing. An invitation to carry the practice forward on your own terms.

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Junoon News · 6 min read

Uncovering Neti Neti

Neti Neti — "not this, not this" — is one of the most profound inquiry practices in the Advaita Vedanta tradition, used to move beyond surface-level identity and point toward the unchanging awareness beneath it all. This session introduces the concept and guides you through how to apply it as a living contemplative practice, not just a philosophical idea. If you've ever asked "who am I really," this is where that question gets taken seriously.

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Setting up your yoga space

Your environment shapes your practice more than most people realize. This session covers the essentials of creating a dedicated yoga space — whether you have a full room or just a corner — that supports consistency, focus, and a genuine sense of ritual. Small changes to your physical environment can make the difference between a practice you keep and one you keep putting off.

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Junoon News · 12 min read

Glute Activation Sequence

The glutes are the most powerful muscle group in the body — and also one of the most chronically underactive, thanks to long hours of sitting. This sequence uses targeted yoga-based movements to wake up and strengthen the glutes, improving hip stability, reducing lower back strain, and supporting better movement patterns across the board. Your posture, your lifts, and your lower back will all thank you.

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Junoon News · 4 min read

Core Strengthening Sequence

A strong core is the foundation of every yoga posture — and of a body that moves well and stays pain-free. This sequence targets the deep stabilizing muscles of the abdomen, lower back, and hips through intentional, yoga-based movements that build functional strength without a single crunch. Expect better posture, more stability in your poses, and a core that actually supports you.

Detoxifying the Organs and Building Heat

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Junoon News · 8 min read

Detoxifying the Organs and Building Heat

This dynamic sequence combines active asanas, deep twists, and intentional breathwork to stimulate the digestive organs, support lymphatic flow, and generate the kind of internal heat that classical yoga texts associate with purification and vitality. More than a physical practice, this is a full-system reset — leaving you clearer, lighter, and more energized from the inside out.

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Junoon News · 11 min read

Beginner Back Bend Progressions

Backbends can feel intimidating — but with the right progressions, they're entirely accessible and deeply rewarding. This session builds from the most foundational back bending shapes and gradually works toward more open, expansive postures, prioritizing safety and spinal health at every step. A methodical, confidence-building approach to one of yoga's most transformative pose families.

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Junoon News · 6 min read

Twisting Sequence

Spinal twists are some of the most therapeutic movements in yoga, working to decompress the vertebrae, release deep muscular tension, and restore range of motion in the back. This sequence is specifically designed to address common back pain through guided, accessible twists that are safe for all levels. Done regularly, it can significantly reduce discomfort and help you move through life with less restriction.

Guided Meditation — Uncovering Self and Other

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Junoon News · 11 min read

Guided Meditation — Uncovering Self and Other

This meditation explores one of the deepest questions in contemplative practice — where does "I" end and "other" begin? Drawing from yogic and Vedantic inquiry traditions, this guided session invites you to examine the boundary between self and world with curiosity rather than assumption. A practice that has the potential to quietly shift how you move through every relationship in your life.

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Junoon News · 10 min read

Guided Meditation — Awareness

Natural Awareness is the recognition that consciousness itself — open, effortless, already present — is the ground of all experience. This meditation guides you into that recognition without forcing or manufacturing a state, drawing from the non-dual traditions woven throughout South Asian contemplative wisdom. Less doing, more being — and a taste of what's always already here.

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Junoon News · 5 min read

Anulom Vilom Pranayama

Anulom Vilom is an alternate-nostril breathing technique rooted in the Hatha Yoga tradition of the Indian subcontinent, documented in classical texts like the Hatha Yoga Pradipika as part of the broader pranayama system. It works by alternately closing one nostril while inhaling and exhaling through the other, believed in yogic philosophy to balance the ida and pingala nadis (energy channels) and harmonize the body's two hemispheres. Today it's used mainly to calm the nervous system, reduce stress and anxiety, sharpen focus, and support respiratory and cardiovascular health.

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Junoon News · 8 min read

Hamstring Opening Sequences

Tight hamstrings are one of the most common physical complaints — and one of the most misunderstood. This sequence targets the back of the legs through progressive, breath-driven stretches that safely lengthen the hamstrings, relieve lower back tension, and improve overall mobility. Consistent practice here pays dividends in every other area of your movement.

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Junoon News · 7 min read

Knee Pain Relief Sequence

Knee pain is often a symptom of imbalances elsewhere in the body — tight hips, weak glutes, or poor alignment — and yoga is one of the most effective tools for addressing it at the root. This sequence focuses on strengthening the muscles that support the knee joint while gently releasing surrounding tension to reduce pain and improve stability. Move smarter, not harder.

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Junoon News · 8 min read

Introduction to Seated Stretches

Seated stretches are one of the most accessible and underrated tools in yoga — no prior experience needed, just a mat and a few minutes. This session introduces key seated postures that lengthen the hamstrings, release the lower back, and decompress the spine after long periods of sitting or physical activity. A great starting point for beginners and an essential recovery tool for anyone.

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Junoon News · 5 min read

Chair Yoga

Yoga doesn't require a mat, flexibility, or a single minute on the floor. This chair-based session makes the practice fully accessible — ideal for those recovering from injury, dealing with limited mobility, or simply needing a mid-day reset at their desk. You'll move through gentle stretches and breathwork that release tension, improve circulation, and leave you feeling noticeably better in just a few minutes.

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Junoon News · 7 min read

Chandra Namaskar — Moon Salutations

Where the Sun Salutation energizes, the Moon Salutation restores. Chandra Namaskar is a cooling, lateral sequence drawn from classical yoga that moves the body in ways most practices miss — opening the inner thighs, hips, and side body while settling the nervous system. Perfect for evening practice, rest days, or any moment you need to come back down to earth.

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Bhastrika Pranayama

Bhastrika, or "bellows breath," is an energizing pranayama technique that rapidly oxygenates the blood, clears the respiratory tract, and generates a powerful surge of internal heat and mental clarity. Rooted in classical yogic science, this practice is known to boost energy levels, strengthen lung capacity, and sharpen focus within just a few minutes. Think of it as a natural, stimulant-free reset for both body and mind.

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Junoon News · 10 min read

Mental Reset Pranayama

When the mind is scattered, overwhelmed, or stuck in a loop, breath is the most direct tool for interruption and reset. This pranayama session guides you through a targeted breathwork sequence designed to clear mental fog, re-center attention, and restore a sense of calm clarity — in under fifteen minutes. Keep this one bookmarked for the hard days.

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Junoon News · 11 min read

Guided Meditation

Meditation is not about emptying the mind — it's about learning to observe it without being pulled away. This guided session walks you through a structured meditation practice that builds present-moment awareness, reduces mental chatter, and cultivates the kind of inner stillness that makes everything else in life feel more manageable. Return to this one as often as you need.

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Ashtanga Surya Namaskar

The Ashtanga Sun Salutation is the dynamic, breath-synchronized foundation of one of yoga's most rigorous classical traditions. This sequence builds full-body strength, increases flexibility, and sharpens mental focus while generating internal heat that detoxifies the body from the inside out. Whether you're new to Ashtanga or deepening an existing practice, this is where the work begins.

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Junoon News · 8 min read

Introduction to Balancing Asanas

Balance poses are about far more than just standing on one leg — they build the deep stabilizer muscles, sharpen concentration, and cultivate a mind-body connection that carries into everyday life. This introduction walks you through foundational balancing asanas with clear alignment cues so you can build confidence on and off the mat. Expect improved posture, stronger ankles and hips, and a newfound sense of steadiness.

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Hip Opening Sequence

A deeper dive into hip mobility, this session builds on foundational hip opening work with a more comprehensive sequence targeting all angles of the hip joint — flexors, rotators, adductors, and more. Tight hips contribute to back pain, poor posture, and restricted movement across the whole body, making this one of the most impactful practices you can build a habit around.

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Junoon News · 6 min read

Introduction to Warrior Poses

The Warrior postures are among the most iconic in all of yoga — and for good reason. This introduction breaks down Warrior I, II, and III with clear alignment cues, helping you build lower body strength, improve stability, and develop the kind of grounded confidence these poses are named for. A foundational session that will show up in almost every flow you do going forward.

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Junoon News · 8 min read

Neck and Shoulder Relief Sequence

Whether it's screen time, stress, or poor posture, most of us are carrying more tension in the neck and shoulders than we realize. This sequence moves through targeted stretches and gentle mobilization exercises that release chronic tightness, improve range of motion, and bring immediate relief to one of the body's most overworked areas. A must-have in your weekly routine.

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Junoon News · 7 min read

Releasing Stored Emotions

The body keeps the score — and yoga is one of the most powerful tools we have for accessing and releasing what the mind alone can't process. This sequence moves through postures known to hold emotional tension — the hips, the chest, the jaw — with intentional breathwork and guided awareness to support a genuine release. Approach this one with openness and give yourself space afterward.

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Hip Opening Sequences

The hips are where the body stores some of its deepest tension — from long hours of sitting to unprocessed stress and emotional buildup. This sequence moves through a series of targeted hip openers designed to release tightness, improve mobility, and restore a sense of ease in the lower body. Regular practice can ease lower back pain, improve posture, and leave you feeling lighter than when you started.

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Junoon News · 9 min read

Back Bending Asanas

Backbends are among the most invigorating postures in yoga — opening the front body, strengthening the spine, and counteracting the forward collapse that comes from modern sedentary life. This introduction walks you through foundational back bending asanas with careful attention to alignment, helping you build flexibility and spinal strength safely. Expect more energy, better posture, and a wide-open chest.

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Short Yoga Session

Not every practice needs to be an hour. This compact session delivers the core benefits of yoga — improved mobility, reduced tension, and mental clarity — in a condensed format built for busy days. No excuses, no skipping — just an efficient, effective practice that fits into any schedule and leaves you better than it found you.

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Junoon News · 10 min read

Body Scan Relaxation Sequence

The body scan is one of the most evidence-backed relaxation techniques available, systematically releasing tension from head to toe by bringing deliberate, non-judgmental awareness to each part of the body. This guided session draws from both modern mindfulness research and the yogic tradition of pratyahara — the withdrawal of the senses — to bring you into a state of deep rest and renewal. Ideal before sleep, after intense training, or any time you need a full reset.

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Uncovering Neti Neti

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De-Stressing Yoga Sequence

Stress doesn't just live in the mind — it accumulates in the body as held tension, shallow breath, and disrupted energy. This sequence addresses all three, moving through gentle, intentional postures paired with breathwork to physically discharge stress and restore a sense of ease. A practical, repeatable tool for the moments when life feels like too much.

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Junoon News · 6 min read

Pre-Bed Yoga Sequence

The hour before sleep is one of the most powerful windows for recovery — and this sequence helps you use it well. Moving through gentle stretches and calming postures, this practice signals to the nervous system that it's time to wind down, releasing the physical and mental tension of the day. Better sleep, deeper rest, and a body that wakes up ready to go.

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Junoon News · 8 min read

Posture Correction Sequence

Poor posture is one of the most widespread and underaddressed health issues of modern life — contributing to chronic pain, reduced energy, and a diminished sense of physical confidence. This sequence targets the specific muscular imbalances behind common postural patterns, combining strengthening and lengthening work to help you stand, sit, and move in a way that actually supports your body. Results are visible faster than most people expect.