Muni Yoga

10/02/2026

It’s our duty to stay healthy until the last breath.

01/02/2026

Embrace the beauty of Sun day. Take a moment to soak in the morning sunlight, the very essence of prana. When you’re filled with this life force, you blossom, radiating warmth and energy even in moments of stillness. Just like a flower, your presence brings light to those around you.

01/02/2026

Embrace the beauty of Sun day. Take a moment to soak in the morning sunlight, the very essence of prana. When you’re filled with the life force, you blossom, radiating warmth and energy even in moments of stillness. Just like a flower, your presence brings light to those around you.

26/01/2026

Starting the week right in Talim Island. Tuning into panchaprana with sunlight, water, nature (Mother Earth), fresh air, and simple living. Nourishing body and soul

25/01/2026

Practice of Pranayama - The practice of Pranayama has a wonderful effect on the body, mind, intellect and senses. It removes the diseases of the body and thoroughly renovates the cells and nerves. It supplies an abundance of fresh energy and steadies the mind. It removes the impurities of the mind also. The lungs can be developed through the practice of deep breathing exercises. Through the practice of Pranayama the apices of the lungs will get a proper supply of oxygen so that they will not harbor the germs of tuberculosis. The blood will become pure. All the tissues and cells of the body will be nourished with plenty of pure blood and lymph. The process of metabolism will be carried out efficiently. Sri Swami Sivananda.🌹🌹🌹

17/01/2026

Yoga realizes that man is not only the mind, but the body as well. Therefore, one does not experience happiness only through the mind. The body is also real and it is part of one’s personality. Just improving the condition of the body, however, will not necessarily enable the mind to experience happiness either. This is because man is not only the body and mind, but emotion and desire as well. He is something beyond the mind or psyche. Therefore, yoga has been designed in such a way that it can complete the process of evolution of the personality in every possible direction.

Swami Satyananda Saraswati

16/01/2026

Simple Rules for a Healthier Body

Nowadays people are used to eating something all day. Tea is done seven to eight times a day, when going somewhere, we eat a biscuits or two, somewhere we eat a handful of bangle, somewhere we drink a cold drink. That puts a stomach pressure. There is no full use of five liquids in the stomach. They start freezing in the stomach, causing complaints of bile, cough, gas etc.
When new people come to the ashram they have trouble early, because there is fixed meal time here and nothing to throw in the day. Many people bring a lot of food and drink with them. Clothes in half bag, food in half. I remember once in childhood a woman came to the ashram. She brought a big box of biscuits with her. We must have been about eight years old. That box caught our eyes. Emptied her box when she went to women class. Poor girl brought a tin of biscuits with full arrangement for a month and she got empty on the first day! She hollered, "who ate my biscuits! "Swamiji knew who messed up in the ashram, but remained silent. The woman must have understood, but she could not say anything. He also had to stay under the discipline of the ashram. It was terribly thick when it came, it became thin when it left!
Let's make a rule that it's fixed time for our breakfast, it's dinner time, it's dinner time. Why not dinner at ten, but on time. Not that we're taking today at five, then tomorrow at 7, then tomorrow at 9 o'clock. We should not have the habit of eating when there is a desire. Discipline and control over food is essential if wishing for health. If you want to die early, eat a lot, eat untimely. Cholesterol will increase, heart arteries will stop, heart attack, can go anytime. This is something every person should pay attention to. Meal time should be fixed and food should be banned.
One more thing. Ayurveda says that if a man consumes diet according to the season, he will always be healthy. But nowadays the vegetables of cold weather are fed in the heat by keeping in cold-storage. That's not the seasonal diet. Even if it tastes good, it will have the opposite effect on the body. Ayurveda's principle is that the one who diet according to season will get health.
Second thing, focus on sleep. Don't sleep with the world when you go to bed. Tell the world out of bed that I'll get up and think about you in six hours. Lay in bed with the assumption that I'm stress free, stress free, and wake up energetic. Worry free and energetic. If you can't sleep, think about your lying down breath. Count down to a hundred. Maybe fall asleep as soon as we reach eighty.
Diet and sleep, every person should pay attention to their intelligence and strength. If we can regularize these two, we can automatically be free from many diseases and sufferings.

🌻Paramahans Swami Niranjanand Saraswati🌻
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10/01/2026

Swami Niranjanananda Message for 2026

And the message today is that the new year does not ask you to change who you are. It invites you to discover your own true nature. Do not measure the year by results and rewards.

But its value is known by the calmness of the mind, the balance of the heart and the awareness with which you act. Yoga is not an ornament of life. It is the simplification of living.

In this year, establish inner order, clarity in thought, equanimity in emotion and awareness in action. Do not chase extraordinary experiences. Remember that where awareness abides, even the ordinary becomes sacred.

Practice a little each day as your sankalpa. But practice with sincerity. True sadhana works silently, transforming the inner being.
When resistance arises in the mind, observe it. When emotions surface, witness them and allow them to pass. Discipline, remember, is not a burden.

It is a daily choice made consciously. Let strength be free of tension. Let efforts be free of struggles.

This is the way of yoga to move forward in balance. Do not confine yoga to yoga mat alone. Live it in speech, in work and in relationships.

If you fall, again rise gently. If you forget, again remember. If doubt appears, return to practice and self-adjustment.

Progress in yoga is not a loud event. It is not loud. It is seen quietly when reactions lessen, when patience deepens, when awareness remains steady.

This year is not meant to take you elsewhere. It is meant to teach you to stand consciously where you are. This is the true beginning.

And this is the true new year. So keep this awareness and keep this understanding in your mind, in your heart, in your life and walk the luminous path. And this is the message of this new year, 2026.

Hari Om Tat Sat. Hari Om Tat Sat.
Jaya Ho! Jaya Ho! Jaya Ho!

Swami Niranjanananda Message for 2026

Today, the world celebrates the New Year's Day. Different cultures and different traditions celebrate the New Year at different times of the year as well. But no matter how many times we celebrate New Year, it is an opportunity for all of us to come together in the spirit of bhakti, in the spirit of joy, in the spirit of love and compassion for the humanity to come together and to chant the Hanuman Chalisa.

Lord Hanuman represents strength, represents devotion, represents intelligence, represents wisdom, represents stamina, service and surrender. And with the invocation of this power in our life, we enable ourselves to face and confront the unknown challenges that come in everybody's life tomorrow. That tomorrow becomes yesterday.

And from that we gain an awareness, an understanding, wisdom, skill to deal with other challenges that will come again tomorrow. So in this way, life is a continuity of past and future. Future is unknown and past gives us the resilience to face that unknown.

And to ease our path, to ease our journey, the grace of Hanuman plays an important role. And it is through that grace that we can complete our yearly journey very comfortably and with ease. People expect some message on this day.

And the message today is that the new year does not ask you to change who you are. It invites you to discover your own true nature. Do not measure the year by results and rewards.

But its value is known by the calmness of the mind, the balance of the heart and the awareness with which you act. Yoga is not an ornament of life. It is the simplification of living.

In this year, establish inner order, clarity in thought, equanimity in emotion and awareness in action. Do not chase extraordinary experiences. Remember that where awareness abides, even the ordinary becomes sacred.

Practice a little each day as your sankalpa. But practice with sincerity. True sadhana works silently, transforming the inner being.
When resistance arises in the mind, observe it. When emotions surface, witness them and allow them to pass. Discipline, remember, is not a burden.

It is a daily choice made consciously. Let strength be free of tension. Let efforts be free of struggles.

This is the way of yoga to move forward in balance. Do not confine yoga to yoga mat alone. Live it in speech, in work and in relationships.

If you fall, again rise gently. If you forget, again remember. If doubt appears, return to practice and self-adjustment.

Progress in yoga is not a loud event. It is not loud. It is seen quietly when reactions lessen, when patience deepens, when awareness remains steady.

This year is not meant to take you elsewhere. It is meant to teach you to stand consciously where you are. This is the true beginning.

And this is the true new year. So keep this awareness and keep this understanding in your mind, in your heart, in your life and walk the luminous path. And this is the message of this new year, 2026.

Hari Om Tat Sat. Hari Om Tat Sat.
Jaya Ho! Jaya Ho! Jaya Ho!

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Μήνυμα του Σουάμι Νιραντζανανάντα για το 2026

Σήμερα ο κόσμος γιορτάζει την Πρωτοχρονιά. Διαφορετικοί πολιτισμοί και διαφορετικές παραδόσεις γιορτάζουν το Νέο Έτος σε διαφορετικές χρονικές στιγμές μέσα στο έτος. Όμως, ανεξάρτητα από το πόσες φορές γιορτάζουμε το Νέο Έτος, αποτελεί μια ευκαιρία για όλους μας να συναντηθούμε στο πνεύμα της μπάκτι, στο πνεύμα της χαράς, στο πνεύμα της αγάπης και της συμπόνιας προς την ανθρωπότητα, να ενωθούμε και να απαγγείλουμε το Χάνουμαν Τσαλίσα.
Ο Κύριος Χάνουμαν αντιπροσωπεύει τη δύναμη, αντιπροσωπεύει την αφοσίωση, αντιπροσωπεύει τη νοημοσύνη, τη σοφία, την αντοχή, την υπηρεσία και την παράδοση του εαυτού. Και με την επίκληση αυτής της δύναμης στη ζωή μας, καθιστούμε τον εαυτό μας ικανό να αντιμετωπίσει και να αναμετρηθεί με τις άγνωστες προκλήσεις που έρχονται στη ζωή του καθενός αύριο. Και εκείνο το αύριο γίνεται χθες.
Και από αυτό αποκτούμε επίγνωση, κατανόηση, σοφία και δεξιότητα για να διαχειριστούμε και άλλες προκλήσεις που θα έρθουν ξανά αύριο. Έτσι, η ζωή είναι μια συνέχεια του παρελθόντος και του μέλλοντος. Το μέλλον είναι άγνωστο και το παρελθόν μάς προσφέρει την ανθεκτικότητα για να αντιμετωπίσουμε αυτό το άγνωστο.
Και για να γίνει πιο ομαλός ο δρόμος μας, για να διευκολυνθεί το ταξίδι μας, η χάρη του Χάνουμαν παίζει σημαντικό ρόλο. Και είναι μέσα από αυτή τη χάρη που μπορούμε να ολοκληρώσουμε το ετήσιο ταξίδι μας με άνεση και ευκολία. Οι άνθρωποι περιμένουν κάποιο μήνυμα αυτή την ημέρα.
Και το μήνυμα σήμερα είναι ότι το νέο έτος δεν σας ζητά να αλλάξετε αυτό που είστε. Σας προσκαλεί να ανακαλύψετε την αληθινή σας φύση. Μην μετράτε το έτος με βάση τα αποτελέσματα και τις ανταμοιβές.
Η αξία του γίνεται γνωστή μέσα από τη γαλήνη του νου, την ισορροπία της καρδιάς και την επίγνωση με την οποία ενεργείτε. Η γιόγκα δεν είναι ένα στολίδι της ζωής. Είναι η απλοποίηση του τρόπου ζωής.
Αυτό το έτος, εδραιώστε εσωτερική τάξη, διαύγεια στη σκέψη, ισορροπία στα συναισθήματα και επίγνωση στη δράση. Μην κυνηγάτε εξαιρετικές εμπειρίες. Να θυμάστε ότι εκεί όπου κατοικεί η επίγνωση, ακόμη και το συνηθισμένο γίνεται ιερό.
Ασκηθείτε λίγο κάθε ημέρα ως την σανκάλπα σας. Αλλά να ασκείστε με ειλικρίνεια. Η αληθινή σάντανα εργάζεται σιωπηλά, μεταμορφώνοντας το εσωτερικό είναι.
Όταν εμφανίζεται αντίσταση στον νου, παρατηρήστε την. Όταν αναδύονται συναισθήματα, γίνετε μάρτυρες και αφήστε τα να περάσουν. Η πειθαρχία, να θυμάστε, δεν είναι βάρος.
Είναι μια καθημερινή επιλογή που γίνεται συνειδητά. Αφήστε τη δύναμη να είναι ελεύθερη από ένταση. Αφήστε την προσπάθεια να είναι ελεύθερη από προσπάθεια και αγώνα.
Αυτός είναι ο τρόπος της γιόγκα για να προχωρά κανείς με ισορροπία. Μην περιορίζετε τη γιόγκα μόνο στο στρώμα της άσκησης. Ζήστε τη στον λόγο, στην εργασία και στις σχέσεις.
Αν πέσετε, σηκωθείτε ξανά με πραότητα. Αν ξεχάσετε, θυμηθείτε ξανά. Αν εμφανιστεί αμφιβολία, επιστρέψτε στην άσκηση και στην αυτο-διόρθωση.
Η πρόοδος στη γιόγκα δεν είναι ένα θορυβώδες γεγονός. Δεν είναι θορυβώδης. Φαίνεται σιωπηλά, όταν οι αντιδράσεις μειώνονται, όταν η υπομονή βαθαίνει, όταν η επίγνωση παραμένει σταθερή.
Αυτό το έτος δεν έχει σκοπό να σας οδηγήσει αλλού. Έχει σκοπό να σας διδάξει να στέκεστε συνειδητά εκεί όπου βρίσκεστε. Αυτή είναι η αληθινή αρχή.
Και αυτό είναι το αληθινό νέο έτος. Κρατήστε λοιπόν αυτή την επίγνωση και αυτή την κατανόηση στον νου σας, στην καρδιά σας, στη ζωή σας και βαδίστε στο φωτεινό μονοπάτι. Αυτό είναι το μήνυμα αυτού του νέου έτους, 2026.

Hari Om Tat Sat. Hari Om Tat Sat.
Jaya Ho! Jaya Ho! Jaya Ho!

09/01/2026

Alam mo yung feeling na pagod ka na…
pero hindi mo pa rin ma-shut yung utak mo sa gabi?

O yung nakakatulog ka naman,
pero paggising parang kulang pa rin… parang hindi nakapagpahinga?

Ako din.

Minsan, punô lang.
Punô ang isip.
Punô ang araw.
Punô yung energy mo.

At bigla mong marerealize…
hindi pala kailangan ng solusyon.
Hindi kailangan ng advice.
Pahinga lang.

Tahimik lang.
Walang kailangang patunayan.

Ikaw din ba?

Come rest with us.
Muni Yoga.
Calm inside.

25/12/2025

🎄Christmas🎄
The influence of Jesus' teachings left a mark in history, and we remember this day as his birthday. The inspiration of his life continues to lead and inspire millions of people around the world today. The love, kindness and compassion he embodied is what inspires millions of people today to walk the righteous path.

It is a day of joy and reflection: we, too, can become recipients of God's grace. It is always possible to cross the river of life.
Some people have strength, some don’t.

🌻Swami Niranjananada Saraswati 🌻

13/12/2025

We are thankful that Muni has become a space to share Satyananda Yoga / Bihar School of Yoga. It’s not commercialized, not marketed, but it’s a complete system that quietly does its work. More than anything, this is about the students who chose to stay, to do their sadhana, and to walk this path with us. We sincerely hope, in small and real ways, your life has become a little better.

As Swami Niranjanananda shared, yoga is like entering a big dark room and slowly turning the lights on, one by one. It’s not about instant change—it’s for people who are patient and willing to work through their limitations.

And by the way, today also marks 5 years since Muni officially opened its doors during the pandemic. Grateful for everyone who has been part of this journey. Hari Om Tat Sat

11/12/2025

Luzon provinces are now identified as hotspots for severe depression, anxiety, and stress among emerging adults.

For almost five years, we’ve been offering traditional, holistic classes rooted in the Satyananda/Bihar School of Yoga lineage.

If you’re looking for a lifestyle program that offers tools, practices, and attitudes to support total wellbeing — especially for managing stress, anxiety, and emotional load — feel free to message us.

We’re located in Richmond Subdivision, Angono Rizal, right here in Luzon where mental health concerns continue to rise.

Your mental and emotional wellbeing matters. We offer systematic approach that can help you manage and navigate these challenges.
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RESEARCH | Despite the enactment of the Philippine Mental Health Act, mental illness remains a significant public health concern, particularly among young adults. Our research explores the geographic distribution of severe depression, anxiety, and stress among Filipino emerging adults (18 to 29 years old). We collected data from 2,729 Filipino emerging adults through an online self-administered survey. The study identified significant hotspots in Luzon, particularly in Pangasinan, Nueva Ecija, Tarlac, Pampanga, Bulacan, Rizal, Laguna, Cavite, and the National Capital Region. Our findings highlight the need for localized mental health interventions.

Authors: Zypher Jude G. Regencia (Department of Clinical Epidemiology, College of Medicine, University of the Philippines Manila | Department of Sociology and Behavioral Sciences, College of Liberal Arts, De La Salle University), Vergel T. Marteja Jr. (Institute of Clinical Epidemiology, National Institutes of Health, University of the Philippines Manila) and Emmanuel S. Baja (Department of Clinical Epidemiology, College of Medicine, University of the Philippines Manila | Institute of Clinical Epidemiology, National Institutes of Health, University of the Philippines Manila)

Published in the Journal of Public Health

Read more: https://ovpaa.up.edu.ph/research/luzon-provinces-are-hotspots-for-severe-depression-anxiety-and-stress-among-emerging-adults/