As our beloved Swami Veda Bharati has said, “The most profound teachings of the Tradition are in silence. The greatest growth of the human mind takes place in silence.” Come experience deeper levels of your inner self through the practice of silence. This six-day retreat, away from the business of daily life, will help you […]
Invitation to join yoga retreat “Yoga of Wisdom” from 9-12 December 2022 at Baan Phu Waan Sampran, Thailand. Feel the Origin of Yoga from Himalayas with Himalayan Yoga Meditation (Thailand). You are invited to meet Wong Yoong Khiang, Pierre Lefebvre (Pandit Priyadarshana) and Ram Prakash Das who have been trained in […]
A little known and rarely understood but essential part of yoga is self-cultivation. For our yoga sadhana to reach the highest goal, we must transform our personality into one that is primarily sattvic because this highest states of samadhi are only accessible to a sattvic mind. Swami Veda Bharati was a master of self-cultivation, and, […]
Today, we have access to every conceivable kind of knowledge about the world around us, yet few of us have even the dimmest knowledge of our innermost selves. The ancient teachings of the Himalayan Tradition call on us all to return to the fundamental values of mankind, especially as they are articulated by the sages. In […]
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 […]