Tag: yoga
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Ida, Pingala and Sushumna
A talk given to student Yoga teachers at Mandala Yoga Ashram, Wales. The main Spinal Nadis (channels) are Ida and Pingala originating on the left and the right of the spine, and Sushumna in the midline. Ida is considered to represent the lunar current, more internalised aspects of a person, and Pingala represents the solar…
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The Bhagavad Gita, in depth.
Some twenty-plus years ago…… …….. Swami Nishchalananda conducted a Masterclass on the Bhagavad Gita. The ten days of translation and analysis of the deeper meaning of the text were recorded, then forgotten; the recordings consigned to a cupboard along with hundreds of other recorded minidiscs. Finally those hundreds of discs have been converted to ‘digital’…
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A Garland of Gratitude
A post from guest author Spandan (Michael McCann), taken from his Facebook community page ‘The Yoga Well’ A GARLAND OF GRATITUDE Thank you for your innumerable sages and saints. Thank you for Paramahamsa Ramakrishna, Bhagavan Ramana Maharshi and Sri Anandamayi Ma. Thank you for teaching us that Truth is One, but the sages call it…
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The Middle Path.
The ninth and last recording in the archive series of 2003 from the Satyananda Tapovanam Ashram in Bangalore, India. Conversation and discourse from Swami Nishchalananda. In this last session more of the informal exchanges have been left in the edit, so we get a feel for the closeness between Swamiji and the people asking questions.…
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Realism in practice, Archetypes, and other matters.
This time, a collection of short discourses; for anyone present in India with Swamiji at those times in the ashram near Bangalore you will know that a random question from someone will elicit a response from Swamiji that may take the discussion in a different direction. Often this leads to a short discourse from Swamiji…
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Surya Namaskar, Salutation to the Sun
A post by guest author Michael McCann. ‘Among seasons, I am the flower-bearing Spring’ (Bhagavad Gita 10:35) As the Vernal Equinox brings increased daylight and the joy of approaching summer to the Northern Hemisphere, my thoughts turn to the ancient ritual of Surya Namaskar, ‘Salutation to the Sun’. I often think it is sad…
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Personal growth and inner conflict.
The seventh in the archive series of 2003 from the Satyananda Tapovanam Ashram in Bangalore, India. Conversation and discourse from Swami Nishchalananda. These sessions are edited to get the essence of Swamiji’s replies to questions, or impromptu discourses. . ‘A human being can transcend their own finiteness’ In the modern era do we deify ego?…
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