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’. Contact the ashram (see later in this article or bottom of webpage) to find the date for the next one. 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
Swami Nishchalananada made this movie down on the seashore. Please enjoy, and hopefully allow it to inspire you wherever you are, in nature, or in the middle of a busy town or city. It’s the same joy because it comes…
Swami Nishchalananda gives a short, emphatic, discourse on Time and the Timeless, Thought and Meditation. Where do we find the Timeless? Our mind is in Time. The whole Universe in in Time. Time is a projection out of the Timeless.
A post by guest author, Narada. I’ve been invited to put this post on here by Swami Nishchalananda. It’s an honour to me, as I mostly consider he is the one who has something to say! I’m the student, he’s…
Swami Nishchalananda gave this meditation as part of the Advaita online course given in October 2020, hosted by Mandala Yoga Ashram. If one could truly connect with the simple truth within the meditation, it would have the potential to transform…
Excerpts from the latest in the series of seminars given by Swami Nishchalananda to Sheffield School of Yoga, with some more ‘Dharanas’, practices, from his translation of this Kashmir Shaivism text. You can find out more on this translation and…
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…
