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About Us | Ashram Yoga
Posted: July 2, 2015 at 3:51 am
The beginnings of Ashram Yoga may be traced back to1980 when Swami Shantimurti Saraswaticame toNew Zealandto teachyoga. Since these early days, we have worked ceaselessly for the development of yoga both within New Zealand and overseas.
Ashram Yogas unique teaching style is based on traditional yogabut also includes the senior instructors many years of experience of teaching yoga. We have developed a comprehensive, thorough and effective set of teachings. The range of practices we present are vast and taught from absolute beginners through to becoming an advance yoga instructor.
We are a Registered Yoga School with Yoga Allianceand qualified to teach 500-hour yogateacher training courses. Ashram Yoga has been conducting teacher training in New Zealand and abroad for over fifteen years.
We also run yoga courses, meditation retreats, advanced teacher trainings and a wide variety of workshops. Yoga is our passion and we love sharing it. Ashram Yoga is a registered charity..
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Swami Shantimurti Saraswati
There are few people around who have lived the life of a traditional yogi living in Himalayan caves with advanced yogis and traveling with sadhus. Many of us have read stories about Himalayan masters or seen glimpses during visits to India, but most have never experienced it. It is a hard life and only serious yogis are accepted into this inner circle. Shantimurti has lived that life. He has spent extended periods with highly accomplished yogis and seen many wonders.
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Visit Your First Ashram – Yoga Journal
Posted: May 31, 2015 at 9:53 pm
Westerners have been fascinated with Indian culture since the time of Alexander the Great, who tried to convince a yogi to become his spiritual counselor. In the 1960s, the Beatles contact with meditation guru Maharishi Mahesh Yogi and sitar virtuoso Ravi Shankar sparked an early wave of modern popular interest that has yet to crest. These days, its not unusual to find people who want to spend their precious vacation time deepening their spiritual practiceand what better place to do so than at an ashram?
Visiting an ashram is more doable than it was in years past, and the ashram s themselves have worked to make the experience more attractive, offering workshops, seminars, and special events. Indeed, many of these temples of devotion and asceticism have taken on a whole new aura as travel destinations.
If youre considering an ashram stay, its worth noting that ashrams tend to have a distinctive rhythm and protocol. For one thing, while some have stricter rules than others, most still have mandatory daily schedules, often requiring you to rise before dawn. If you are fairly new to yoga, a day consisting of four compulsory yoga and meditation sessions could be overwhelming. Also, visitors are often asked to practice karma yoga (selfless service) by contributing to the upkeep of the facilityin the form of kitchen duties, gardening, cleaning, and other chores. In short, you should be comfortable with communal living to fully enjoy and benefit from the ashram experience.
A few tips: Most ashrams serve only vegetarian or vegan food; alcohol, caffeine, and tobacco are not permitted. Dont try sneaking in a bottle of Chiantiyoull be asked to leave if the contraband is discovered. Guests typically stay in dormitories with shared bathrooms. Modest dress is usually required at all times; shorts, short skirts, leggings, and sleeveless or sheer tops are not appropriate ashram attire. Instead, pack loose pants and a short-sleeved shirt for your practice.
The ashrams listed below are all in North America, and each has its own merits. To find the right one for you, be sure to visit each centers Web site and study its daily schedule before you go.
Mount Madonna Center Watsonville, California
The Mount Madonna Center is located on 355 acres of meadows and redwood forests in the Santa Cruz Mountains, with views of Monterey Bay. It is inspired by the teachings of Baba Hari Dass and sponsored by the Hanuman Fellowship, a community designed to nurture the creative arts and the health sciences within a context of personal and spiritual growth. The primary goal here is to attain peace. Community life is guided by the spiritual discipline of Ashtanga Yoga and karma yoga. The center hosts both personal and group retreats; weekend programs with visiting teachers are offered throughout the year. When not in yoga class, guests can hike, swim, relax in a hot tub, and play tennis, volleyball, and basketball. The on-site Kaya Kalpa Wellness Center provides massage, Ayurvedic treatments, facials, and acupuncture.
Lowdown: The center hosts nearly a hundred workshops, seminars, and intensives each year, attracting top teachers such as Jack Kornfield, Reb Anderson, Judith Lasater, and James Baraz.
More Information: mountmadonna.org
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Santhigiri Ashram : Official Site
Posted: May 25, 2015 at 12:47 pm
"...Have you ever thought about yourself? How long, do you think, would you be here? Sixty, seventy or at the most a hundred years! Like a government servant, you will have to retire sometime. Then, don't you think that your life in this world has some meaning? From whom shall you get the true knowledge about that meaning? Would your learning help? Can you get it from a scholar? Can you get it from politicians? Or are you of the view that there is nothing beyond this life? If that is the case, any wicked person can do anything and go from this world".
Athmabodhanam is the need of the hour for a world suffering from distress related to belief systems. In Guru's words, "The very truth, the method and medium of Santhigiri Ashram is to enable people (to) reach the goal of oneness of humanity, forgetting caste and religion." This is the true track to secularisation. Guru is continuing the efforts of great spiritual masters like Sri Krishna, Prophet Mohammed, Jesus Christ, Sri Buddha and many others who took birth for establishing a new world without borders.
Guru gave prime importance to Annadaanam. Whenever someone visited the Ashram, Guru used to ask them to first have food and then talk to him. The hunger and well being of the body have to be addressed first as the body is the instrument for the functioning of the soul. Thus, thousands of visitors to the Ashram and to any of its 16 branch are served food three times a day. In fact, one of the most oft-asked questions in any branch of the Ashram will be, "Had your food?" 'Annadaanam' is considered to be a 'Mahadaanam' or the best offering that one can make to earn merit for oneself.
Healing the Sick is one of the most charitable services to humanity. In Santhigiri, Guru has redefined the concept of healthcare through a 'Nava Arogya Dharma Siddhantham' or a 'New Doctrine of Healthcare'. Through this, the goodness of all medical systems is integrated with a focus on Ayurveda, Siddha, Modern Medicine, Homoeopathy and the spiritual aspect which is the most unique feature of healthcare in Santhigiri. The Ashram has started a health service mission called 'Karunyam', which aims at using the traditional Indian systems of medicine to provide healthcare to the needy, in a systematic manner, throughout India.
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Puducherry Ashram News in Dinamalar Video Dated May 3rd 2015 – Video
Posted: May 5, 2015 at 10:53 am
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Trailer for the documentary ‘Ashram’ – Video
Posted: May 4, 2015 at 3:45 pm
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This is the trailer for the documentary #39;Ashram #39;. The film shows a slice of life at the Yoga Society of San Francisco(Shri Bhramananda Ashram), and will help you answer the question, why yoga?
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Anand Utsava ( ) | Sankirtan – Sant Shri Asaram ji Bapu – Video
Posted: May 2, 2015 at 12:46 pm
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Shiv Sena leader Mr Sanjay Raut raises in Parliament as to why no bail for Sant Shri Asaram Bapu – Video
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Shiv Sena leader Mr Sanjay Raut raises in Parliament as to why no bail for Sant Shri Asaram Bapu
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Posted: April 29, 2015 at 8:45 am
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Nepal Aapada (Shree Kutchi Lalrameshavar Ashram Dwara Nepal Rahat Samgri Ravana) – Video
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Chandan yatra fest at ashram Sri Sri Radha Raseswa – Video
Posted: April 28, 2015 at 8:45 am
Chandan yatra fest at ashram Sri Sri Radha Raseswa
Chandan Yatra festifal menceritakan lila Sri Krishna saat musim panas menaiki boat di Radha Kunda dan memakai tapal candana.
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