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Sivananda World News: The Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Ashrams February 2020

Sivananda World News: The Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Ashrams Sivananda Ashram Yoga Camp, Sivananda Headquarters, Val Morin, Quebec, Canada Om Namah Sivaya, Greetings from the Headquarters. In January we had our annual Staff Sadhana Week. The Ashram was close to the public and all current staff had the opportunity to fully focus on their Sadhana. All present had the opportunity to deepen their practice by doing their Asanas and Pranayamas as a group every morning. We had a topic for the week “The Yamas”. All staff got to share their thoughts about it with the [...]

Sivananda World News: The Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Ashrams February 20202020-02-05T00:22:38+00:00

Sivananda World News: The Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Centres February 2020

Sivananda World News: The Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Centres Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Zentrum, Berlin, Germany Om Namah Sivaya! In January courses restarted after the Christmas break and many students came back full of positive resolves for their yoga practice in 2020. The Centre was very active with the preparations for the upcoming Yoga Festival. Everybody was looking forward to the daily asana workshops, lectures and the Bhagavatam Recitation with Sri Venugopal Goswami from India. This festival, at the beginning of the year, was one of the spiritual highlights of the Centre. Many students and teachers [...]

Sivananda World News: The Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Centres February 20202020-02-05T00:22:08+00:00

Sivananda World News: Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Ashrams January 2020

Sivananda World News: The Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Ashrams Sivananda Ashram Yoga Camp, Sivananda Headquarters, Val Morin, Quebec, Canada Om Namah Sivaya, Greetings from the Headquarters. Early December was calm and smooth at the Ashram, with the local weather warming up and creating a misty atmosphere around the Camp. Pierre, a long term devoted Karma Yogi, held a Mala Making Workshop one weekend, having both guests and TTC students joining in to learn about the art of mala making and meditation. Pierre loves to share the knowledge he gained from his own journey in [...]

Sivananda World News: Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Ashrams January 20202019-12-28T11:45:25+00:00

Sivananda World News: The Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Centres January 2020

Sivananda World News: The Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Centres Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Zentrum, Berlin, Germany Om Namah Sivaya! Early December saw many courses starting, among them a Yoga 1 course with a good group of newcomers eager to learn the basics of yoga. A highlight was the Christmas party. Many hands joined together to prepare, decorating the Centre, cooking, putting up the Christmas tree and preparing the presents. It all went very smoothly with everyone in a good mood. About 100 students and 20 children came to celebrate the festivities together. The theater play [...]

Sivananda World News: The Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Centres January 20202019-12-28T11:45:20+00:00

Sivananda Yoga FAQ January 2020

Sivananda Yoga FAQ Q 1: Can you, at a distance half across the earth, intuit the nature of my life-mission? A: Your life-mission is absolute dedication of all your faculties to the Lord, and not to be curious to know how He is to make use of you. It is not for nothing that He has hidden from our view His higher purposes. Our little mind cannot reason out the meanings of events which He brings to pass. So He does not take off the veil nor need we be curious to know. Surrender [...]

Sivananda Yoga FAQ January 20202019-12-28T11:45:17+00:00

Vegetarian Cuisine January 2020

Vegetarian Cuisine BAKED BUTTERNUT SQUASH - Serves 4 A favourite dish for holiday dinners this recipe has much sweetness and creamy texture. Squash is a yellow vegetable and rich Vitamin A. It’s a perfect accompaniment to acidic foods. Squash helps with acidic stomachs. Ingredients: 1 butternut squash or 2 acorn squash 4 tablespoons butter or margarine, melted 2 cups fresh whole wheat bread crumbs ¼ teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg ½ teaspoon grounded cinnamon 2 large eating apples, peeled and cut into chunks Directions: 2. Heat oven to 350 degrees F. 3. Cut the squash [...]

Vegetarian Cuisine January 20202019-12-28T11:45:14+00:00

Hatha Yoga Tip January 2020

Hatha Yoga Tip CHILD’S POSE - BALASANA - Relaxing in a forward bend This pose stretches the back and muscles around the hips. The pose can be performed after back bends such as the cobra and locust where the muscles have been tightly contracted or after the headstand or half spinal twist. Begin from sitting on the heels and leaning forward until the forehead comes to rest on the floor. Extend arms in front palms down on the mat stretching the back forward away from the hips. Drop the hips down and ease them [...]

Hatha Yoga Tip January 20202019-12-28T11:45:11+00:00

Gurugram January 2020/ Preface

Gurugram January 2020 | Preface From Swami Sivadasananda for the EBM: OM Namah Sivaya Blessed Self For the rural population in India there is a great lack of doctors, nurses and modern equipment. Private medical care is unaffordable for most people. A project was launched in 2015 on the initiative of Dr Narayanswami, trustee of the Sivananda Ashram and founder and CEO of Vikram Group of Hospitals in Madurai, Tamil Nadu, South India. After receiving a generous donation from a Canadian devotee, a medical van was purchased and one doctor and two nurses were [...]

Gurugram January 2020/ Preface2020-01-02T01:06:11+00:00

Gurugram December 2019| Preface

Gurugram December 2019| Preface Blessed Self, Om Namah Sivaya Greetings from the Sivananda Ashram Headquarters Val Morin. As this year comes to a close and 2020 is about to begin, we look back on what a wonderful year 2019 was for the Sivananda Organization as it leapt towards building a wider yoga community for the citizens of the world. From reaching out to assist humanity in their quest for yoga and peace, to facilitating additional locations for Sivananda Teacher Training courses, staff and supporters energetically served the teachings of Master and Guru this year. [...]

Gurugram December 2019| Preface2019-12-05T16:59:21+00:00

Hatha Yoga Tip December

Hatha Yoga Tip CHILD’S POSE - BALASANA - Relaxing in a forward bend This pose stretches the back and muscles around the hips. The pose can be performed after back bends such as the cobra and locust where the muscles have been tightly contracted or after the headstand or half spinal twist. Begin from sitting on the heels and leaning forward until the forehead comes to rest on the floor. Extend arms in front palms down on the mat stretching the back forward away from the hips. Drop the hips down and ease them [...]

Hatha Yoga Tip December2019-12-05T16:56:31+00:00