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 [...]

Sivananda World News: The Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Centres Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Zentrum, Berlin, Germany Om Namah Sivaya! In November many courses started, among them a Yoga 1 with a good group of newcomers. We celebrated Divali with a Pooja. The altar was beautifully decorated with lights. Swami Vishnudevananda’s Mahasamadhi was celebrated with a Pooja as well. The energy of Swami Vishnudevananda was very present those days. The weekend was full of activities, a relaxation day seminar and a well visited relaxation workshop was taking place. We had a Beginners’ Intensive course. Many Karma [...]

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. At the Yoga Camp and Sivananda Headquarters snow arrived in Val Morin mid November. We had a snowfall which left us without power for a few hours that morning. The Camp was completely covered and there was much shoveling that needed to get done. Regardless we continued with the normal schedule and once the weekend came we had a full house. Satya, who comes every week to teach [...]

Vegetarian Cuisine BORSCHT – A soup originating from Eastern Europe, using beets and other vegetables. It is warming and satisfying in winter and can be served cold in summer. The colour of the soup is bright jewel red, nature’s way of emphasizing the nutrient power of beets for the blood. Beets contain a compound called betaine which have good vascular properties, thereby reducing chances of clotting and plaque build up in the arteries. Beet fibre content is also good for heart health. They contain B complex vitamins in the root and potassium and other [...]

FAQ Q 1: Is God conscious or unconscious? If He is conscious, He must have a forms for only a being who has a body can be conscious. A: God is pure consciousness. God is omniscient, all-knowing. God is Nirakara, formless or incorporeal. This physical body we wear has limited our universal consciousness. Consciousness is of various kinds, viz., physical consciousness, mental consciousness and absolute consciousness. You will experience the highest consciousness when you transcend the three bodies through constant and intense meditation. With a physical body and limited senses you experience the physical [...]