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April 2016 By Vamadeva Shastri (Dr. David Frawley)

March 2016
There could be no more appropriate day for honoring Yoga throughout the world then on June 21, the day
February 2016 of the summer solstice. Yogas connection with light and with the Sun goes back to Yogas very origin
thousands of years ago in India.
January 2016

December 2015 The system of Yoga philosophy or Yoga Darshana, on which the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali is based, is said to
originate from a teacher called Hiranyagarbha. Hiranyagarbha means the golden embryo or golden
November 2015 seed and is a name of the solar deity of the Vedas.

October 2015
This same solar deity called Hiranyagarbha is known as Savita, which indicates the solar power of
September 2015 transformation. Savita is the deity of the famous Gayatri mantra, the most important of the longer Vedic
and Yoga mantras, chanted by millions of Hindus everyday. Savita is worshipped at sunrise, noon and
August 2015
sunset, the main points of solar transformation throughout the day.
July 2015
Yoga rests upon a recognition of the Divine Self or Purusha as the origin and goal of all life. That Divine Self
June 2015
is frequently lauded in Vedic and Yogic thought as the deity within the Sun, or Aditye Purusha.
May 2015
The Vedic idea of the Sun is not merely of the Sun as a power of nature or as an external reality. Yogic
April 2015
teachings speak of the Divine light and energy within us as the inner Sun, the Sun that dwells within the
March 2015 spiritual heart, the enlightened awareness behind the universe as a whole. Many native and mystical
traditions throughout the world share a similar spiritual aspiration when they worship the Sun on the
February 2015 summer solstice.
January 2015
On International Yoga Day and the summer solstice we should all honor the Sun as the light of Yoga and
December 2014 the light of consciousness reflecting the Divine Self and Divine light within us, within all creatures, and
pervading the entire universe as a manifestation of its rays.
November 2014

October 2014 There are several practices we can do in this regard, not only on Yoga day but whenever we wish to connect
to the Divine light of Yoga.
September 2014

August 2014
Sun Salutation
July 2014
We can perform Sun salutations in honor of the Divine light, meditating upon the Sun as representing the
May 2014
supreme light of awareness.
April 2014

February 2014 Solar Pranayama

January 2014 In Yogic thought the Sun is also identified with Prana, as the light of life, and our Prana is said to be our
October 2013 inner Sun, moving through the body like the Sun in the sky.

June 2013 We can inhale drawing in the solar light with the mantra Om, and exhale with the solar mantra Hreem,
March 2013 expanding the light of the spiritual Sun to the entire universe

February 2013
Mantra
November 2012
The mantra Om is lauded in Vedic thought as the sound of the Sun, which it makes as it crosses the sky. We
October 2012
can chant Om to the Sun, recognizing the power of Om as the light of the Sun and the light of the Divine
August 2012 Self within us.

June 2012
Or we can use a short mantra to the Sun:

Om Hreem Suryaya Yogeshwaraya Namah!

Om Hreem to the Sun, the Lord of Yoga, we give reverence!

Or for those who know it, we can chant the famous Vedic Gayatri mantra to the solar Self:

Tat Savitur Vvrenyam bhargo devasya dhimahi dhiyo yo nah prachodayat!

We meditate upon the supreme effulgence of the Divine solar awareness that he may
enlighten our minds!

The universal light of truth and love shines upon all beings like the Sun. May that Sun of bliss shine upon all
of us on Yoga day and every other day of the year!

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