This was Swami Veda’s first invitation to Scotland.

Dr. Jenny Connaughton, Chairperson of Yoga Scotland (incorporating the Scottish Yoga Teachers’ Association), invited Swami Veda and Swami Ritavan to their annual seminar.

The Annual Seminar is held in St Andrews, which is on the east coast of Scotland, about 90 minutes north of Edinburgh.  It is a historic university town with a wonderful beach and it is one of the University Halls of Residence

The other invited tutors were Tom Yeudall, practitioner of Qi Gong, Tai Chi and Yoga; and Simon Heather a healer and author, Principal of the College of Sound Healing in UK.

There were about 120 participants amongst whom were yoga teachers, students, foundation course students and other interested yogis and yoginis.

After the introductions Swamiji led a short meditation on the first evening and in the following days Swami Ritavan led the classes during the morning and Swami Veda during the afternoon. Swamiji’s lectures were based on Philosophy of Hatha Yoga, Importance of Breathing and Breath Awareness, Systematic Methods and Tools for Meditation. 

As this was Swamiji’s first visit to Scotland people were curious and asked questions about Swamiji’s background so in the last session Swamiji read some of his poetry and talked about his experiences with Gurudeva Swami Rama.

There was great interest expressed by the participants and I have no doubt that some of them would wish to visit the ashram.