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  • Guru Disciple Relationship by Swami Veda Bharati
  • Niyamas by Swami Rama
  • December Workshop in Thailand by little student
  • Yoga Sutras in Malaysia by Tang
  • AHYMSIN Board Meeting December 2019
  • Dear Yoga Mentor, My Question Is
  • 2020 Events and Beyond
  • Full Moon Meditation Dates
  • Location of our SRSG ashram
• AHYMSIN Newsletter Archive

January 2020 Newsletter

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Note: Currently it is planned to skip the February 2020 newsletter.

News

"Master the fundamentals! The basics: correct sitting, correct breathing. Correct breathing, correct breathing! Relaxation of all muscles and nerves and mind. Emotional purification. That is, calming down, not going to extremes of depression and exhilaration and depression and exhilaration. Breath awareness. Unbroken breath awareness." - Swami Veda Bharati in "Marks of Spiritual Progress"

Mauni Amavasya, silence day, was observed on January 24th by sadhakas globally. Swami Veda had written, “…On that day, no driving (except for emergencies), no TV, no conversation, just self-observation, contemplation, japa and learning (1) to give love in silence while (2) learning to love silence.” At Swami Rama Sadhaka Grama (SRSG), the schedule for Mauni Amavasya included meditation sessions, contemplative walking, stretching, diaphragmatic breathing, meals and tea, digestive breathing, guided relaxation, hatha, journaling, and prayers. These pictures from SRSG were taken by Medha.

“We are born from silence and at the end we re-enter that silence.” – Swami Veda Bharati in “Art of Silence”

Swami Ritavan is scheduled to be back to SRSG February 7, 2020, and all of March and April 2020.

At SRSG in February and March, there will be

• Prashna Upanishad Classes with Siddhartha Krishna,
• Maha Shivaratri Special Weekend Retreat,
• The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali Seminar with Swami Ritavan, Stoma, Pandit Priyadarshan and others,
• Advancing Asana Practice with Pandit Ashutosh Sharma,
• an HYT-TTP teacher training retreat,
• Navaratri Puja,
• recurring Six-day Retreats of
• Maunam - Guided Silence Practice and
• Superconscious Meditation - Level 1.

Upcoming Events

Our Upcoming Events web page has been updated with many new events and retreats. For more information, please check the link or contact ahymsin@ahymsin.org for more information about these and other programs. Links to listings to other websites are also provided there.

There will be no AHYMSIN Newsletter at the end of February 2020.

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We invite you to share what is happening in their centers and your experiences, insights, and questions. With such sharing, we can learn more about one another and strengthen one another in our sadhana, becoming a true “sangha”. We welcome your articles. You can write to ahymsin@ahymsin.org

Other Links

• Upcoming Events 2019 & Beyond
• Full Moon Meditation Dates
• Location of our SRSG ashram

Full Moon Timings

• 10 PM in New York. Surrounding countries and regions of South, Central and North America and the Caribbean to match their time to 10 PM New York time.
• 8 PM in U.K. (London Time).Those in all European, and all African time zones, please adjust your sitting time to coincide with 8 PM United Kingdom.
• 8 PM in East Asia, 8 PM Singapore time. Australia, China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Taiwan, Thailand etc. adjust their times to coincide with Singapore time 8 PM.
• 7 AM in India (IST), surrounding countries adjust the time accordingly, for example Iran is 5 AM.

Also, Toronto "Himalayan Yoga and Meditation Society of Ontario" members meet at 9:00 pm (local).