Hatha Yoga EKA PADA SIRSASANA - One Foot to Head Pose - An Advanced Posture One Foot to Head Pose is an advanced pose, providing a full stretch for both the lumbar and thoracic regions. Be sure to warm the body up properly before attempting this posture, being careful never to force or strain in any position. 1 - From Sukhasana, lift right leg and place the right foot into the left elbow crease. Bring the right arm around outside the right leg and clasp the hands into the Rocking Baby Pose. Rock side [...]

Vegetarian Cuisine GOMASIO – A typical Japanese macrobiotic condiment both appetizing and highly nutritious. Gomasio is a tasty way to reduce salt consumption. It is worth making a large amount of this mixture at a time as it stores well. Ingredients: ¼ cup sesame seeds, rinsed and drained ½ tsp unrefined sea or rock salt Preparation: Roast the seeds in a hot oven for 10 minutes, stirring once. Add the sea salt and roast for another minute. Cool slightly, then grind with a pestle and mortar. Store in a sealed container for up to [...]

Sivananda World News: The Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Centres Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Zentrum, Berlin, Germany Om Namah Sivaya. Early June saw a good start with classes and courses running well. Due to good weather, more and more classes took place outside on the garden platform. Students loved it. A Yoga 1 course and several higher courses started. Other courses ran well. One Saturday afternoon a very focused group of students joined in for a headstand workshop. The next day we had a small Open House. People were very interested and positive, with several registering [...]

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. For early June the Ashram gardens were shaping up and new colors emerged everyday. With that emerging life, tents are popping up like mushrooms, and a new rush flows to the Camp: Sadhana Intensive, Releasing Trauma, and the Juice Fast courses filled up the recently opened dorms. A new garden transformed between the dorms. The guests enjoyed the weather and went for walks, discovering the trails recounting the story of the Ashram, and admiring Swami Vishnu's work. [...]

Sivananda Yoga FAQ Q 1:  Life or death - which is more dreadful? A: Life and death are both processes of gaining more and more fresh experiences in the progress of evolution tending towards the fruition of the wishes of the experiencer. Life is a scene where the individual puts on the dress or the form of a certain amount of desires special environment which can be fulfilled in the special environment afforded by it; and death is the time when the individual goes behind the screen and puts on a new dress to [...]

Gurugram July 2016 | Preface Blessed Self, Om Namah Sivaya Greetings to all. The International Day of Yoga celebrations on the 21st of June was very successful throughout the entire Sivananda Organization. Sivananda Centres and Ashrams worldwide did their very best to create full day programs and events to participate in this significant day, in collaboration with each country’s Indian High Commission, Embassy or Consulate. The Sivananda Swamis, staff, karma yogis and students all participated and, in some cases, led portions of the public events in city parks, churches and corporate buildings. A creative [...]