Tag: ytrad
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Chanting the Mrityunjaya Mantra.
During the time of the Coronavirus crisis, many practitioners of Yoga connected with Mandala Yoga Ashram and elsewhere used the healing mantra Mrityunjaya to add their heartfelt projections of hope and healing to all those people affected by the crisis; those whose health suffers, those whose livelihood has suffered, and also the people serving others such…
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Teacher Training – Q&A
Questions and Answers from student teachers on the 2019-22 Teacher Training Course at Mandala Yoga Ashram, including: How can we promote diversity in our Yoga classes? What is the ‘virtuous path’ in a world of conflicting moral beliefs? What is the difference between relaxation and meditation? The different paths of Yoga. The different traditions of…
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Mandala Yoga Ashram Chakra course – evening questions and answers (3), 24th August.
The final question and answer session from the 2019 Chakra course. topics include: The Chakra paradigm and Kriya Yoga The value of the Ashram ‘Ashram is a refuge, you come here to deepen your understanding’ Swami Nishchalananda’s life in India Behaviour and archetypes, the evolution of behaviour patterns Edit and Sound by Narada
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The Guru Principle
This satsang was given at Mandala Yoga Ashram on the 8th of June 2018, on ‘Guru Purnima’, a day traditional in India for acknowledging the role of the ‘Guru’ or Teacher. “I don’t think an external teacher really teaches you anything…… except to show you, directly or indirectly, where you are stuck in a particular…
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The Essential Nature of ‘I’
What is this ‘I’ with which we so identify and which we spend our entire life-time feeding, pampering, protecting and re-producing? What is this ‘I’ that we fear for after death? Will the ‘I’ be extinguished or will something survive? For thousands of years, yogis, sages and seers, as well as the yogic texts, have…
Swami Nishchalananda 