Sivananda Yoga FAQ Q 1: Kindly please give me some detailed practical hints to get non-attachment in mind in our every action? A: Think that you are an instrument (Nimitta) in the hands of God when you work. Egoism and respectability will vanish. Don't expect fruits for your actions (Nishkamya). How can you expect fruits when another, viz., God, is working through you? Further, when you are aware that the world is full of miseries, what is the use of coming back again into the world ? You are a toy in the hands [...]

Vegetarian Cuisine MEDITERRANEAN SALAD - Serves 4 as light main course or up to 10 as a side salad. Mixed salad variety with added Mediterranean ingredients olives and feta cheese and vegetables for textural crunch. The dressing gives herbal freshness and fennel adds anise flavour. Ingredients for Dressing: 1 to 2 tablespoons lemon juice 1 to tablespoons olive oil 1/2 teaspoon dried oregano 1/2 tablespoon fennel seeds, crushed A few sprigs of fresh cilantro, finely chopped 1/4 teaspoon salt Pepper to taste Ingredients for Salad: 4 ounces romaine lettuce and/or spinach, torn into small [...]

Hatha Yoga Tip CROW - KAKASANA - A balance pose to strengthen arms and shoulder girdle. Start from a squatting position with legs and feet apart. Place palms on mat in front of you inside the knees with the elbows bent. Place hands apart, so they are facing inwards which takes strain off the wrists. Hands are apart as much as the feet. Spread the fingers to help with distribution of weight. Keep breathing rhythmically and looking straight ahead, lean weight forward into the arms and hands. Test your strength in arms and wrists. [...]

Sivananda World News: The Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Ashrams Sivananda Ashram Yoga Camp, Sivananda Headquarters, Val Morin, Quebec, Canada Om Namah Sivaya, from Sivananda Yoga Camp. Continue your practice from the comfort of your own home with our online classes/courses to assist in keeping you connected, inspired, and energized. Let us take this time to reconnect with ourselves through the practice. https://sivanandacanada.org/camp/Online-courses/ Meanwhile in December, the staff at the Ashram experienced the typical winter weather with temperatures at less than -20 deg C. The Christmas weather arrived. We concluded our winter TTC with 23 [...]

Sivananda World News: The Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Centres Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Zentrum, Berlin, Germany Om Namah Sivaya! TEMPORARY CLOSING OF THE BERLIN YOGA Centre FROM 2.11.2020 There will be no classes in the Berlin Yoga Centre until further notice. The yoga shop is open and we are still there for you by phone and email. Call us if you have any questions: 030 85 99 97 98 Let yourself be inspired by what online yoga has to offer. We wish everyone health and inner strength. Meanwhile the December online courses and classes ran [...]

Gurugram January 2021 | Preface Om Namah Sivaya Blessed Self New Year's 2021 Greetings from all staff in the Sivananda Centres and Ashrams! What a year 2020 was… the challenges took many forms, fully testing our ability, both as an organization and as individuals, to adapt, to adjust and to accommodate and reinvent ourselves. This, in this time of hardship, is when the teachings of Yoga are needed more than ever. Their power and relevance become even more extraordinary. This past year also taught us the importance of surrendering and trusting in the benevolence [...]