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: 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. Put silken tofu into blender and add melted chocolate and orange zest. Blend until [...]

Sivananda World News: The Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Centres Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Zentrum, Berlin, Germany Om Namah Sivaya! Several courses started in October at the Centre, among them a Ramayana course, with a good group of students; a workshop on “How to overcome fear” which was well visited and a headstand workshop with an inspired group of students. Classes were well visited and a good group of Karma yogis helped with different Centre projects. Staff went out for poster runs and the new brochure was sent to the graphic designer for layout. Satsangs and [...]

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. During October Autumn was well under way in the Ashram as the trees transformed in colour. Although the temperatures cooled down a bit, the crisp Autumn air comes as a nice change. The staff continued with projects around the grounds. The steps leading down to the Master's Pond were finished, looking very nice. In addition more brick work continued around the Camp. After the big path project that was carried out [...]

Sivananda Yoga FAQ Q 1:  I have been reading the Upanishads and other scriptures and I find one and the same thing in all of them. They say that everything we come across is unreal, only God is real and that we have to think and understand the Truth by ourselves. How are we to do it, Swamiji? A: Reading will help you only to a certain extent. Too much reading will land you in confusion. You should meditate and concentrate on one particular idea. That particular idea should serve as the eye-opener. Then [...]

Gurugram November 2017 | Preface Blessed Self, Om Namah Sivaya By the grace of Swamiji we opened the latest Sivananda Ashram in Gudur, Andhra Pradesh India with a Yoga Vacation program and more programs to follow in the 2018 New Year. Please check their website http://sivananda.org.in/gudur/. All other Sivananda Centre and Ashrams are doing well, by the grace of Master and Swamiji plus your continued support. Pranams to all. Take the fullest advantage of this human birth. Have an inner divine life. May divine grace illumine your spiritual path. May the divine power actuate [...]