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Arun's Corner

Essays on yoga, health and practice, written by Arun Pandala over three decades of teaching.

Ancient Yoga, Modern Crisis: The Path from Stress to Stillness
Karmayogi Talks — Arun Pandala in conversation with Adil Zainulbhai, 22 October 2025.
My Yoga Journey | Dr Anjali Kumar | Arun Pandala | Maitri
Surya Namaskar With My Teacher- Step by Step Instructions | Dr Anjali Kumar | Arun Pandala | Maitri

The Benefits of Kapalabhati – for us, for our family, for our community, for the planet3 June 20205 min readIt would be great to meet and share experience and notes about yoga.
21 ways to keep your date with destiny28 March 202010 min readYoga, personal protocols, and making a difference (The impatient reader can skip the lengthy philosophical introduction and go directly to the first 7 of the 21 point agenda!) PREAMBLE Every now and then, in a 50 or 100 or 500 or 1000 year span, we are given a chance to make a difference.
The homecoming20 March 20209 min readEverything is not an epic. On the other hand, everything can be an epic, can be epic, and often, is.
Develop the warrior in you - Yoga shows the way!18 March 20204 min readIt seems like a World War out there, but it is not people of some countries fighting people of other countries, and there are no bombs or guns, no fighter aircraft, no trenches.
Yoga and cancer15 August 201911 min readA monograph on the much debated topic of yoga and cancer, on health, and how, awareness and education can bring health back into our lives.
The World Cup of Health27 July 20196 min readWe rarely think about health. If we were to play a game called health, we would most probably lose.
EVERY DAY IS A NEW YEAR’S DAY31 December 20186 min readHealth is wealth. Peace of mind is happiness. Yoga shows the way. Greetings at the onset of a brand new year! New Year? Hmmm.. When does a new year begin?
It is cold, and I am miserable.21 December 20184 min readIt is cold, I am somehow feeling really cold, as the evening sets in and the winter darkness quickly envelopes everything.
Pranayama - the PHD of Yoga2 December 20187 min readPranayama is beneficial for everyone, in various different ways. Who doesn’t want high levels of energy, and high immunity? Who doesn’t want a glowing skin, and radiant health?
In the presence of the Guru22 November 20183 min readEverything cannot be explained. Or expressed. It can only be experienced.
90 minutes a day, yoga shows the way14 November 20183 min readThinner, glowing, relaxed, pain free, light, younger, happier Dear yoga friend and well wisher, It is not for nothing that people have practiced yoga for thousands of years.
Yoga - ancient science, modern magic11 November 20183 min readYoga is an ancient Indian science which is thousands of years old.
The magic and science of Asana practice7 November 20185 min readAn exciting world waiting to be explored Much has been written, discussed, debated and analyzed about yoga, and more specifically about Asana.
Can I wake you up, please?5 November 20189 min readA monograph of musings on health, and how, awareness and education can bring health into our lives forever.
The Sivananda Class5 November 201814 min readThe magic, the simplicity, the addiction, the system, the method, the people, the knowledge, the behind-the-scenes look at a 70 year old yoga tradition In 1992, beaten and bruised by a perfectly harmless, and ordinary city life, I arrived at the Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Nataraja Centre, in East of Kailash in New Delhi.

The words and meaning of the prayers chanted in class are on the Sivananda Prayers page.

Arun Pandala with Padmashri Dr H R Nagendra in Bangalore — A chance meeting with Padmashri Dr H R Nagendra, Founder Chancellor of SVYASA university in Bangalore 11 July 2026