<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><feed><author name="Ashwini Guruji of Dhyan Ashram"><item><title>Navratri: Time to Realign Ourselves</title><link>https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/spirituality/navratri-time-to-realign-ourselves/</link><pubDate>October 7, 2024, 8:40 pm</pubDate><image>https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/2-Navratri-Time-to-Realign-Ourselves.jpeg</image><category>Spiritually Speaking</category><excerpt>One of the 5 niyams in ashthang yog is ‘tapa’, that is, to heat the body by giving it pain. It is a basic purification, a means to cancel out your negative karmas and aid evolution. Fasting is one way of putting yourself through pain. During navra...</excerpt></item><item><title>Propitiating the Ancestors: Pitri Yagya</title><link>https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/spirituality/propitiating-the-ancestors-pitri-yagya/</link><pubDate>September 17, 2024, 4:02 am</pubDate><image>https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/1-Propitiating-the-ancestors-Pitri-yagya-300x243.jpg</image><category>Spiritually Speaking</category><excerpt>Pitri yagya is one of the panch-mahayagyas prescribed for a human being. The other four yagyas include –brahm yagya (study of scriptures), dev-yagya (making offerings to devas by medium of fire), manushya-yagya (feeding fellow human beings) and bh...</excerpt></item><item><title>Discover inner peace and ancient wisdom at Himalayan yoga retreat</title><link>https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/spirituality/navratri-time-to-realign-ourselves/</link><pubDate>October 7, 2024, 8:40 pm</pubDate><image>https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/2-Navratri-Time-to-Realign-Ourselves-300x169.jpeg</image><category>Spiritually Speaking</category><excerpt>In the heart of the Himalayas, experience peace, tranquillity, and enlightenment. Escape the chaos of city life, reconnect with yourself, and find inner peace amidst the breathtaking beauty of the Himalayas at the yoga retreat. It will be an unfor...</excerpt></item><item><title>Significance of Hanuman jayanti</title><link>https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/spirituality/navratri-time-to-realign-ourselves/</link><pubDate>October 7, 2024, 8:40 pm</pubDate><image>https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/2-Navratri-Time-to-Realign-Ourselves-300x169.jpeg</image><category>Spiritually Speaking</category><excerpt>Creation exists in layers, some perceivable by our five senses, for some higher senses are required. Yet all the layers exist and the subtler or higher layers control the layers below, the creation as it appears to an ordinary person being the gro...</excerpt></item><item><title>Holi: A night of mantra sadhna</title><link>https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/spirituality/navratri-time-to-realign-ourselves/</link><pubDate>October 7, 2024, 8:40 pm</pubDate><image>https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/2-Navratri-Time-to-Realign-Ourselves-300x169.jpeg</image><category>Spiritually Speaking</category><excerpt>Holi is the day when Holika, who had the boon to remain unscathed in fire, took Prahlad in her lap and sat in fire. Lord Vishnu came to Prahlad’s aid and as a result, Holika burnt while Prahlad remained unharmed. The stories from Puranas appear to...</excerpt></item></author></feed>