This International Day of Yoga 2025, take a moment to explore what yoga truly means. Beyond fitness trends, yoga is the inner science of consciousness, first expounded by Shiva, the Adiyogi. Read on as revered master Anandmurti Gurumaa delves into its essence, inspiring us to walk the path with fervour and right understanding. This article is drawn from “Path of Yoga,” a discourse given by the Master on the same occasion in 2015. 

The Shiva Purana narrates how Parvati wins Shiva’s love – not by her beauty or wealth, but by her one-pointed devotion and intense yogic practice. It is not a story of an ordinary wedding but about a divine union with symbolic significance.