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Is Awakening the Evolutionary Destiny of Humanity?

November 13, 2013 by Kara-Leah Grant 2 Comments

WIN a copy of Kara-Leah’s new book ‘Sex, Drugs & (mostly) Yoga - Field Notes from Kundalini Awakening’, publishing in November 2018. Guaranteed to take you on an intimate journey into the depths of the Kundalini experience. Click here to sign up for the book launch list and go into the draw to win one of THREE print copies. by Kara-Leah Grant I once knew a yoga teacher who would joke how awakening would never happen to her - she wasn’t far enough along the path, or didn’t know enough, or … [Read more...]

Filed Under: The Process of Kundalini, What's Real Yoga & a Real Yogi? Tagged With: adhyashanti, awakening, drugs, evolution, kundalini awakening, psychosis, swami muktidharma, swami shantimurti, video

August 23 – 25: Taupo, Awakening the Heart with Yoga with Swamis Karma Karuna and Sannyasin Atmabhava

March 13, 2013 by Devangi Leave a Comment

Man is a composition of head, heart and hands, so he must have a synthesis of all three yogas initially - Swami Niranjan Experience a heart awakening weekend with yogic practices to direct the emotions, harmonize the body and balance the mind. Leave the intellect at home and experience practices to direct the emotions, harmonize the body and balance the mind. Take this great opportunity to deepen your experience of yoga and open the heart space. Includes: Hatha Yoga classes Anahata … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Events Archive Tagged With: anahata chakra, fire ceremony, hatha yoga, havan, heart, kirtan, meditation, relaxation, swami karma karuna, swami muktidharma, Tauhara, taupo

April 27 – 30: Anahata Retreat, Family Yoga Retreat with Swamis Muktidharma & Karma Karuna

March 12, 2013 by Devangi Leave a Comment

Come together in a light hearted environment for individual, partner and family yoga fun! Yoga is like planting seeds of positivity that will sprout in future generations. Join Swamis Muktidharma and Karma Karuna for this much loved retreat for all ages, which provides the perfect setting to come together and experience heart warming fun. The picturesque natural environment of Anahata allows a return to simple pleasures and encourages the spontaneous and natural childlike qualities in … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Events Archive Tagged With: anahata yoga retreat, children, family, fun, golden bay, kids, retreat, swami karma karuna, swami muktidharma, takaka, yoga, yoga classes

April 5th – 7th: Christchurch, the Unshakeable Heart with Swami Muktidharma

March 12, 2013 by Devangi Leave a Comment

Inner Peace through Sound and Positive Expression with Swami Muktidharma When we leave the periphery and come closer to the centre, we experience calmness and gain access to an inner source of joy and deep peace. Sometimes life shakes and challenges us and ripples are created in our lives. When we learn to look within, we can connect to a place of strength, balance and unwavering peace. Leave the intellect at home and connect to this innate depth and wisdom. Explore the ancient sciences … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Events Archive Tagged With: anahata retreat, anahata yoga retreat, bhakti, christchurch, heart, kirtan, nada, satyananda yoga, swami muktidharma, workshop, yoga of heart

Hope for the world – Swami Muktidharma speaks

September 13, 2012 by Kara-Leah Grant Leave a Comment

by Kara-Leah Grant The last time we had Swami Muktidharma on YLB, he shared the story of dreaming about his guru before meeting him. To our western minds, it sounds magical and mystical. But in the world of yoga, and yogis, it's commonplace. Yoga deals with many different layers of reality, and indeed, is a way of seeing clearly what reality actually is, beyond our limited sense of the material world. It's that ability to see deeper, and wider, that makes sitting in the presence of Swamis … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Teacher Interviews, Video Interviews Tagged With: anahata retreat, despair, environment, hope, satyananda, swami muktidharma

September 13: Turangi, Relaxation and Health with Yoga Nidra

July 10, 2012 by Devangi Leave a Comment

Deep Relaxation with Yoga Nidra

Deep Relaxation through Yoga Nidra with Swami Muktidharma & Swami Karma Karuna Allow your Self to experience fundamental relaxation and its reconstructing effects on the whole body with a powerful and ancient practice that is highly applicable to the challenges of modern life! The mind is the most perfect super computer and it has an inbox where it stores all the information received through the senses. It is constantly overloaded with all kinds of impressions from over stimulation of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Events Archive Tagged With: health benefits, mind, relaxation, sankalpa, satyananda, swami karma karuna, swami muktidharma, therapeutic, yoga, yoga nidra

August 19: Kawai Purapura, Auckland, Yoga of Sound and Stillness

July 6, 2012 by Devangi Leave a Comment

Yoga of Sound & Stillness

Yoga of Sound & Stillness, a Yoga Workshop with Swami Muktidharma Enjoy a depth of practice for the body and mind to bring the unsettled river to a point of stillness. Join Swami Muktidharma, Yoga Acharaya (authority), inspiring international speaker and teacher with over 40 years of experience dedicated to uplifting humanity "In the turbulent river, you cannot see... but in the still lake, the reflection of the full moon shines bright" Nada Yoga (yoga of sound) Yoga postures … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Events Archive Tagged With: Anahata, hatha, havan, mantra, meditation, music, nada yoga, pranayama, sacred chanting, sound, stillness, swami muktidharma, yoga

August 18: Whangarei, Witness the Stillness Within, A Yoga Workshop

June 27, 2012 by Devangi Leave a Comment

Stillness - The Gate to Inner Experience, a Yoga Workshop with Swami Muktidharma In a restless river, the reflection is blurred, then with the right techniques the lake settles into stillness, everything becomes crystal clear. This transformational workshop explores powerful yoga tools to gradually bring the Self into inner stillness. Developing the Witness (Antar Mouna-Inner Silence) Become an observer of the mind and its “antics” rather than getting all tangled up in its web. Learn the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Events Archive Tagged With: breathing, inner stillness, meditation, mind, pranayama, swami muktidharma, witness, yoga

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

July 13 – 22: North Island Yoga Tour with Swami Muktidharma and Swami Karma Karuna

June 26, 2012 by Lucinda Staniland Leave a Comment

Join Swami Muktidharma, Swami Karma Karuna and Sundari on their Winter Tour of the North Island covering topics such as Science of Mantra & Yantra, Power of the Breath, Embracing the Inner Shakti and much more! They will be touring round Wellington, Hawkes Bay, Hamilton, Raglan, Opotiki & Auckland from Friday the 13th til Sunday the 22nd of July. Friday 13th July Mantra & Yantra - Satsang & Kirtan Wellington Saturday 14th July The Science of Mantra & Yantra … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Events Archive Tagged With: anahata yoga retreat, havan, kirtan, mantra, North Island, private session, satsang, swami karma karuna, swami muktidharma, tour, yoga

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