Hatha Yoga Tip NATARAJASANA - DANCING LORD SIVA -A balance posture Begin by standing firmly on both feet. Balance on your left foot keeping the weight firmly on this foot throughout the balance and lift the right ankle to grasp with the right hand. Breathing slowly and rhythmically helps establish the balance. Concentrating on a spot in front of you and spreading the toes of the standing foot helps stabilize balance. Keeping the back straight and the head level, inhale and raise the left arm straight up stretching the fingers up with the hand. [...]

Vegetarian Cuisine BAKED BUTTERNUT SQUASH - Serves 4 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: 1. Heat oven to 350 degrees F. 2. Cut the squash in half and remove the seeds [...]

Sivananda Yoga FAQ Q 1: What are the methods to develop unruffled serenity and mental composure under all conditions of life? Is absolute serenity possible? A: Yes. By all means. Consider yourself as dead to the world or the world as dead to you. Develop Atma Vichar Sakti. Identify not with the mind, senses and intellect or with any of the other modifications of the mind. Always be engaging yourself in the thought of the Divine. Have no thought of yourself or the surrounding world. Be absolutely indifferent to yourself, as you ought to [...]

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 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 [...]