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! Early May saw great prana, naturalistic energy, and a lot of change. The weather was almost unbelievably beautiful, with most days seeming like the beginning of summer. Flowers were blooming beautifully and hurriedly, and almost all of the grass is a rich, vibrant green (with a couple of rogue chunks of snow here and there). Several guests were with us, most participating in Kumari’s Yoga for the Soul programme, [...]

Sivananda World News: The Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Centres Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Centre, Bangkok, Thailand Om Namah Sivaya, Blessed Selves. During early May the political situation in Bangkok has aggravated again, resulting in lower student numbers in the open classes. The rainy season started, and there is heavy rain on a daily basis now. Uma Krishna’s Yoga 1 Beginner Course continued, as per the schedule. Many new students came for the trial class on Sundays. During mid-May the Centre saw many students in the courses and open classes, as well as the trial class. Prajna [...]

Hatha Yoga AKARNA DHANURASANA - SHOOTING BOW - All levels, with variations One leg is drawn back like an archer drawing a bow. One side of the body maintains a forward bend, and the hips and shoulder joints on the other side are opened up. Start from forward bend Paschimotanasana, holding the big toes in the classical foothold wrap, which is wrapping the index finger around the big toes and the thumb on top of the toe. The other three fingers are curled into the palm). Inhale and bend the right knee, pulling the [...]

Vegetarian Cuisine OLIVE SPREAD A tasty picnic or lunch snack, or party nibble. Makes attractive sandwich stuffing (serves 4 ) or use as topping for crackers or wholewheat bread and garnish with salad cress or parsley. Ingredients: 20 green olives stuffed with pimento ½ red bell pepper, cored, seeded and chopped 3 tablespoons walnut pieces 2 tablespoons vegetable oil of choice, eg. Olive, canola, avocado oil. Directions: Blend the ingredients together. Blending to a coarse puree or chop the ingredients very finely. Leave to set for about 1 hour before serving. COTTAGE CHEESE TOPPING [...]

Sivananda Yoga FAQ Q 1: How are life and meditation intermingled? A: There is no man in the world who is not divine by nature. The divinity in man differs only in degree, but not in kind. Even the so-called atheist has got a ray of divinity in him. No man is devoid of the three Gunas--Sattva, Rajas and Tamas--in varying proportions. Whether one is a skeptic or an atheist or a nihilist or some other, that portion of Sattva that abides in man helps him do some virtuous actions, which result in further [...]

Gurugram June 2014 | Preface Blessed Self, Om Namah Sivaya With the upcoming high season approaching the Ashrams and Centres of the Northern Hemisphere, Centres and Ashrams are busy preparing for students and guests to the many educational programs and teacher trainings. The Southern Hemisphere enjoys a pause and time to prepare for their high season in Fall. The number of trained teachers around the world that have been taught in Master and Swamijji’s methods, exponentially increases each year, given the skills of spreading Peace to all. It is the abundance of these inspired [...]