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Why Yogis Need The Deep Lessons of Karma Yoga

April 27, 2017 by Guest Author 2 Comments

by Ram Davies, Sivananda Yoga Centre I was lying in bed in an apartment in South Beach, Florida, reading Meditations and Mantras by Swami Vishnudevananda, when it dawned on me: I don’t enjoy where I am and what I’m doing. Straight away I put the book down and emailed a yoga teacher that I had trained with the previous year. I asked him if I could stay at the ashram for a four month period as part of the karma yoga program. I heard back from him the following day, quit my job, and booked a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Deepening • The Yoga of Life, How Yoga Helped Me, What's Real Yoga & a Real Yogi? Tagged With: ashram, karma yoga, Ram Davies, Sivananda Yoga Centre, yoga

The Unexpected Discoveries I Made on Yoga Teacher Training

March 16, 2017 by Guest Author 1 Comment

by Bhavani Davies, Sivananda Yoga Centre and one of our Best Up-and-Coming Yoga Teachers for 2016 I enrolled to take my first yoga teacher training in 2008, in an ashram situated in the lush greenery of Val Morin, Canada. The ashram was founded in 1962 and is located on 350 acres in the beautiful Laurentian Mountains. In the first couple of days I struggled not only with the early starts and lack of communication with the outside world, but also with myself. On more than one occasion I … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Teaching Insights Tagged With: ashram, Brenda Bhavani Davies, Sivananda Yoga Centre, Yoga ashram, yoga teacher training

Nov or Dec: India Travel with Sannyasi Yogamani, two options

August 3, 2012 by Kara-Leah Grant Leave a Comment

Option A: The Ashram Experience: 4 – 19 Nov 2012. Option A. NZ$2300 Excluding Air Fares. This year Yogamani will be leading a group to Bihar School of Yoga in Munger for the November Yoga Drishti Satsang Series conducted by Swami Niranjanananda Saraswati at Ganga Darshan, Munger. Please bear in mind that the program is not a yoga training program, but an opportunity to spend time with Swami Niranjanananda Saraswati. There is the possibility to receive Diksha during your stay, with Swami … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Events Archive Tagged With: ashram, India, satyananda, trip, yogamani

October 14 – November 13: Inspiring India Retreats at the source of Satyananda Yoga, India

June 26, 2012 by Lucinda Staniland Leave a Comment

You are invited with us on a unique and fully guided journey to the home of Satyananda Yoga®, India. Join Swami Muktidharmaand Swami Karma Karuna for this very authentic experience of traditional yoga and ashram life that will touch your heart. Join us in Munger for Ajapa Dharana (a meditative system utilising breath, mantra and visualisation). Then travel to Rikhia for Chakra Sadhana - Mantra and Yantra (using chakra, mantra and yantra focus during asana, pranayama, meditation, mantra and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Events Archive Tagged With: Ajapa Dharana, Anahata, ashram, Chakra Sadhana, India, Kolkata, mantra, Prana Vidya, retreat, Rikhia, satsang, satyananda, swami karma karuna, swami muktidharma, yantra

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