Peace is what everyone seeks for, yet we often talk about peace in the external world and forget to see our inner peace. In order to have peace of mind and to still the mind, we need to understand our behaviors and emotions, and to train our own minds. Throughout this workshop, you’ll be equipped […]
Understanding the Pancha Koshas (The Five Coverings on the Self) Pancha Kosha is a Sanskrit term made up of two words - Pancha and Kosha. Pancha means ‘’five’’, and Kosha means ‘’sheath’’ or ‘’layer’’. The concept of Pancha kosha originated from Taittiriya Upanishad. The classical Upanishads were concerned with addressing the nature of the self […]
Yamas & Niyamas: Yoga Sutras of Patanjali The first two limbs of the eight-fold path of yoga sutras—the basic text for classical yoga—are examined in this spiritual guide to the practice of yoga. Foundational to all yogic thought, they are considered to be the guidelines to the yoga way of living that free individuals to […]
Swami Rama has explained that “No one can live without performing actions. When you perform actions, therein you reap the fruits of your actions. “As you sow, so shall you reap.” Nobody can escape from this law. When you reap the fruits of actions, those actions inspire you to perform more actions. Seemingly, there is […]
We are pleased to announce to our worldwide AHYMSIN spiritual family, Yoga Teachers and Practitioners that registration is now open for the Fall 2021, 20-hour HYT-TTP Virtual Workshop. After the very successful spring 2021 virtual workshop, where our presenters skillfully addressed different aspects of the practice taken from all the ten subjects of the HYT-TTP syllabus, […]
A special 2-hour event “There is one rule that is common to all meditation systems… All these systems of meditation, of the Tibetan Masters and the Zen Masters and the Himalayan yogis have one thing in common in teaching meditation and that is breath awareness. In the dhyana yoga, in the tradition of the yoga […]
“Kabir was a great Indian sage, seer and poet.” “The philosophy presented in his works is identical to that of the Upanishads—there exists a nameless, formless, absolute Reality, One without a second.” “In his ability to draw value from diverse sources, Kabir was actually like a bee who tapped the nectar from many different flowers […]
ध्यान योग साधना शिविर (२६ से ३० दिसंबर २०२१) स्वस्थ एवं आनंदमय जीवन का आधार है - "ध्यान योग साधना" स्वामी राम साधक ग्राम की ओर से यह एक प्रेम पूर्ण निमंत्रण है, अपने व्यस्त जीवन से कुछ समय निकाल कर इस साधना शिविर में सम्मिलित हो कर एक नयी ऊर्जा तथा उत्साह से सरोवर […]
Shanti Mantras, or the Peace Mantras, are the mantras used as invocations at the beginning and end of the recitations of the Upanishads and other ancient Indian scriptures. These mantras are also used as special prayers for ‘peace’ during everyday pujas and rituals. Some of these mantras also are recited within the Himalayan Tradition and […]