• What is Yoga? International Yoga Day Retreat

    Swami Rama Sadhaka Grama Swami Rama Sadhaka Grama Dhyana Gurukulam, Virpur Khurd, Virbhadra Road, P. O Pashulok, Rishikesh, Uttarakhand, India

    The Himalayan Tradition is a meditative (dhyana) tradition. All the practices, including asanas are practiced to prepare oneself for meditation. Hatha yoga is taught as an integrated practice, which includes centering, correct breathing, breath-awareness, stretching sequences, joints & glands movements, asanas, subtle-body relaxations, pranayamas, and meditation. There is a focus on not only positioning the […]

  • Meditation and Its Practice

    Meditation and Its Practice
    Swami Rama Sadhaka Grama Swami Rama Sadhaka Grama Dhyana Gurukulam, Virpur Khurd, Virbhadra Road, P. O Pashulok, Rishikesh, Uttarakhand, India

    This six-day programme is as much appropriate for beginners as for more advanced seekers treading the path of spirituality. The foundation stones of meditation will be approached in a scientific and systematic manner. Preparations and progressions of meditation practice will be shared step by step. This course will give you the tools to establish and […]

  • Meditation and Its Practice

    Meditation and Its Practice
    Swami Rama Sadhaka Grama Swami Rama Sadhaka Grama Dhyana Gurukulam, Virpur Khurd, Virbhadra Road, P. O Pashulok, Rishikesh, Uttarakhand, India

    This six-day programme is as much appropriate for beginners as for more advanced seekers treading the path of spirituality. The foundation stones of meditation will be approached in a scientific and systematic manner. Preparations and progressions of meditation practice will be shared step by step. This course will give you the tools to establish and […]

  • Navaratri Retreat – Cultivating the Divine Feminine

    Swami Rama Sadhaka Grama Swami Rama Sadhaka Grama Dhyana Gurukulam, Virpur Khurd, Virbhadra Road, P. O Pashulok, Rishikesh, Uttarakhand, India

    During the sacred days of Navaratri (the nine nights), we will have Devi-Puja with akhanda (24 hours non-stop) recitation of the Lalita-sahasra-nama (Thousand Names of Divine Mother). One may come and join the daily morning and evening pujas, join the recitation of the Lalita-sahasra-nama. Twelve priests preside over the pujas and the recitations, which are […]

  • Martial Art and Yoga Retreat

    Swami Rama Sadhaka Grama Swami Rama Sadhaka Grama Dhyana Gurukulam, Virpur Khurd, Virbhadra Road, P. O Pashulok, Rishikesh, Uttarakhand, India

    The seminar will contain practical exercises of martial art movements, yoga asanas and relaxation in a unique synthesis of Aikido and Yoga. Wearing comfortable clothing is recommended. Contact: info@beardi.com www.beardi.com

  • Guru Disciple Relationship

    Swami Rama Sadhaka Grama Swami Rama Sadhaka Grama Dhyana Gurukulam, Virpur Khurd, Virbhadra Road, P. O Pashulok, Rishikesh, Uttarakhand, India

    ॐ गुरुर्ब्रह्मा गुरुर्विष्णुर्गुरुर्देवो महेश्वरः। गुरुः साक्षात्परं ब्रह्म तस्मै श्रीगुरवे नमः।। Om gurur brahmā gurur viṣṇur gurur devo maheśvaraḥ, guruḥ sākṣāt paraṁ brahma tasmai śrī-gurave namaḥ. Om. To that beautiful and benevolent Guru who is Brahmā, the Creator, Viṣṇu, the Maintainer, and Śiva, the Great Lord through whom all things return to their origin. To that Guru who is the direct experience of Brahman, […]

  • Breath Retreat

    Swami Rama Sadhaka Grama Swami Rama Sadhaka Grama Dhyana Gurukulam, Virpur Khurd, Virbhadra Road, P. O Pashulok, Rishikesh, Uttarakhand, India

    “One who has mastered the breath has discovered Superconsciousness.” — Swami Veda Bharati Within the teachings of the Himalayan Tradition of Yoga Meditation, the practice of breath and pranayama exercises is one of the most important preparations for experiencing the depths of the practice of meditation. Swamiji writes, “Often we see a rush to learn […]

  • Ha-tha Yoga as Meditation

    Swami Rama Sadhaka Grama Swami Rama Sadhaka Grama Dhyana Gurukulam, Virpur Khurd, Virbhadra Road, P. O Pashulok, Rishikesh, Uttarakhand, India

    Throughout the classical yoga literature, Hatha Yoga is consistently described as the science of utilizing all aspects of one’s personality: body, breath and mind, for the purpose of ascending to the heights of Raja Yoga in the experience of one-pointed awareness, meditation and samadhi. Until the prana enters the middle path , Until the point […]