Swami Nishchalananda is the Founder and Director of Mandala Yoga Ashram in Wales, UK. He lived for 14 years in India, from 1971 to 1985, where he studied and practised the different paths of Yoga under the guidance of his guru, Swami Satyananda Saraswati, founder of the Bihar School of Yoga and Satyananda Yoga. During this period he conducted many seminars on Yoga and meditation throughout the subcontinent, in villages, towns and companies.
The blog: Herein, short inspirations that may help resolve issues on the path of Yoga, or even just the path of life. Also longer discourses on many aspects of Yoga, Tantra and Advaita. Why not join me, Swami Nishchalananda, for online Satsang which I give every second Friday evening between 19.00-20.00 UK time via Zoom. The Sanskrit word ‘satsang’ means ‘collective sharing in investigating mystical and existential questions’. The next Satsang will be on Friday 9th October. Read more to find out how to sign in….
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In the hills above the valley of the River Towy (Afon Tywi), a short hop south of Llandovery, you’ll find Mandala Yoga Ashram. Stunning scenery surrounds the ashram; its story can be told elsewhere, suffice to say it’s been a labour of love over the last 3 decades.
Swami Nishchalananda says, ‘Rajesh is my favourite Indian Classical singer who sings not only in Sanskrit and Hindi, but also English and Welsh. His singing is profound in meaning, also inspiring. I would like to share his music with you.’ Here a favourite song with words taken from Mandukya Upanishad
Another extract from a longer satsang, Questions and Answers from India, 2004 Part of the Dynamic of modern life is that we have to set priorities. Machines should be doing all the work for us…. that was how it looked…
If I identify one hundred percent with this body and mind, then I’m a puppet in the storm. Swami Nishchalananda From the point of view of Individuality, we feel that we have free will. We feel this because we have…
An informal gathering at a friend’s flat in early 2004 leads to some great questions. This is the full session, from which shorter extracts (‘Will and Free Will’, ‘Concentration and Focus’) have been taken – you’ll find them here on…
Another from the series recorded at this Ashram near Bangalore. A series of topics are discussed between Swamiji and the people who were there with him, and again, the recording is as good as we can get it given the…
Swami Nishchalananda gave this discourse, via the web, to a Europe -wide audience on Friday 14th August 2020. It also serves as a preliminary introduction to the text; he is running a 4 day seminar on the Bhagavad Gita, spread…
The second archive recording from Satyananda Tapovanam, near Bangalore, India. Swami Nishchalananda gives an exposition on the Lokas, which are regarded in Hindu Symbolism as ‘celestial realms’, but also have a more practical application to understanding the ‘realms of consciousness’…
Given online to course participants in a seminar organised by the Sheffield Satyananda Centre, these extracts are not from the actual course content, but from the preamble, and then Questions and Answers at the end.
‘Actually… the day before. On a Friday evening the day before Swami Nishchalananda’s birthday we again got together with people from around Europe and the UK courtesy of online videoconferencing platform Zoom. We started with a rousing, and raucous, rendition…
This is an extract from a longer satsang given at Satyananda Tapovanam, in January 2004. (The new years eve satsang appears earlier in this blog). At the end is a simple rendition of a Shanti Path, Invocation of Peace. Since…
