Hatha Yoga SETHU BANDASANA - BRIDGE - All levels, with variations SINGLE LEG LIFT From the bridge position, perform a single leg lift. Lift one leg with an inhalation and lower the leg with an exhalation and repeat with the alternate leg. Release hands and lower your hips to come out of the pose. LEGS STRAIGHT Bring legs and feet together in bridge position, and walk feet away until legs are straight. Hold for up to 30 seconds. Breathe normally. Come out of the pose by walking your feet closer to your body, release [...]

Vegetarian Cuisine CHOCOLATE AND SILKEN TOFU MOUSSE A creamy dessert low in fat and sugar and high in calcium. Easy to prepare. Serves 4. Ingredients: • 150 gram (5 ½ ounces) bar dark chocolate (organic) • 350 gram (12 ounces) pack silken tofu • Grated zest one orange • Grated chocolate or chopped nuts for garnishing Directions: 2. Break chocolate into squares and place in small bowl with 3 teaspoons filtered water. Place bowl over pan simmering water and gradually stir until chocolate has melted. 3. Put silken tofu into blender and add melted [...]

Sivananda World News: The Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Centres Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Zentrum, Berlin, Germany Om Namah Sivaya. In early March the main focus was to organize everything for the retreat weekend. Thirty students took part in the different activities of the retreat. There were Satsangs on topics of Health, Peace, Life, Mantras, and we had two lectures focused on steps to mind´s control and tips for the spiritual practices at home. Asana classes were split into two groups: for beginners and more advanced students. Meals were prepared by an experienced cook with lots of [...]

Sivananda World News: The Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Ashrams Sivananda Ashram Yoga Camp, Sivananda Headquarters, Val Morin, Quebec, Canada Om Namah Sivaya from the Yoga Camp! March came in like a lamb at the Yoga Camp this week. The Level 2 Thai Yoga Massage students successfully finished their intensive course, and after a warm graduation ceremony, Bhaskara, Chloe, Christian, France, and Martin have left with vast experience and keenness to both take the Level 3 and 4 courses, and to begin practicing in the “outside” world! As the temperatures gradually rose, what looked like what [...]

Sivananda Yoga FAQ Q 1: You say, "Atman is our real Self and we are, in reality, universal and absolute". You also say, "The personal relative self involves the idea of individuality, but the Absolute does not ... The question arises-- are there two selves? One involving individuality, and the other, without individuality but universal? A: There is really one Self which is the Absolute. The relative self is not something different from the Absolute Self, but it is only the Absolute Self experienced through the adjunct or the instrument of the mind. An [...]

Gurugram April 2014 | Preface Blessed Self, Om Namah Sivaya The Winter Season is been very busy throughout the Organization. Yoga Vacationers and TTC/ATTC Courses gather yoga students together in peaceful Ashrams, with attendance reaching almost to the maximum at a time. The Organization's Centres are extremely busy, with lots of extra programs and asana classes packed to capacity, evidence that the Organization is able to continue with Swamiji's vision in propagating Yoga in it's true spirit. This month the GURUGRAM continues a Raja Yoga series, reviewing Swami Vishnudevananda’s Instructions on Meditation Series, with [...]