Why is Shiva-yoga sometimes called as Piyush Yoga ?
Hi. To be honest, I have been doing online yoga school for a long time, I started with the classic Hatha, but I still haven’t learned about these differences between Shiva yoga and Piyush. We are working more on exercise techniques and relaxation techniques than on the theoretical part.
In Yoga Shastra this pineal gland (‘Piyush Granthi’) is spoken of as the third eye, the function of which takes place through the middle of the forehead. Physiology has recognized the importance of the middle brain and of endocrine glands. It has therefore set a value upon the pituitary and pineal glands. The pineal is the seat of cosmic thought. When the pituitary and pineal glands have become fully developed and stimulated, their vibrations fuse and stir into activity the third eye, the eye of the soul. This activity provides the mind with a sensitive instrument, a transmitter by means of which vibrations of very differing types can be translated, interpreted and rearranged.
