Nava-ratra 2014
2014-09-25 09:30 - 2014-10-03 21:00 (Asia/Kolkata) | Swami Rama Sadhaka Grama, Swami Rama Sadhaka Grama Dhyana Gurukulam, Virpur Khurd, Virbhadra Road, P. O Pashulok, Rishikesh, Uttarakhand, 249203, India
Dear Devotees of Divine Mother,
Our Guru Purnima celebrations were inspiring for many and have successfully concluded.
Our next such event is the Nava-ratra from 25th September to 3rd October 2014.
We have akhanda paath, non-stop 24 hour recitation of 1,000 names of Divine Mother for the entire period, conducted by many Pandits.
We will also have the usual nava-kanya worship.
The daily 1 hour silent meditations will continue.
Please come with family and friends.
I look forward to seeing you.
Swami Veda Bharati

हरि: ओम्
नवरात्र २०१४
मां भगवती के प्रिय भक्त, नमो नारायणाय
हमारा गुरु-पूर्णिमा का पर्व-उत्सव सफलता पूर्वक सम्पन्न हुआ तथा अनेक अभ्यागतों ने प्रेरणायें प्राप्त कीं ।
अब हम अगला पर्व उत्सव नवरात्र का मनायेंगे । २५ सितम्बर से ३अक्तूबर तक ।
उन दिनों निरन्तर २४ घंटे ९दिन मां भगवती के हजार नामों का अखण्ड पाठ होगा । उसी बीच नव-कन्या पूजन भी होगा । प्रतिदिन मौन ध्यान भी चलता रहेगा ।
कृपया अपने सब परिवार तथा मित्रों सहित भाग लेने का आनन्द लें ।
आपके दर्शनों की आकांक्षा है ।
श्री गुरुदेव-सेवायां
स्वामी वेद भारती

Editor’s Note:
To book accommodations, please use this link: http://ahymsin.org/main/accommodations-inquiry.html
For the 1,000 names of the Divine Mother, the text used is the Lalita Sahasranama.
Swamiji asked Chandramani who suggested the following book:
Lalita-Sahasranama – A Comprehensive Study of One Thousand Names of Lalita Maha-Tripurasundari
By L.M. Joshi
Publishers: D.K. Printworld (P) Ltd. New Delhi
2nd edition in 2006
ISBN Hardcover : 812460104-6
ISBN Paperback: 81-246-0353-7
Swami Ritavan showed the following book which has been used before and may be more readily available:
Sri Lalita Sahasranama – Text, Transliteration and English Translation.
Edited by Swami Tapasyananda
Sri Ramakrishna Math
Mylapore Madras 600 004
Printed in 2011
ISBN 81-7823-099-2

Vijñāna Bhairava - Bettina Baumer, 17th – 26th October
2014-10-17 09:30 - 2014-10-26 21:00 (Asia/Kolkata) | Swami Rama Sadhaka Grama, Swami Rama Sadhaka Grama Dhyana Gurukulam, Virpur Khurd, Virbhadra Road, P. O Pashulok, Rishikesh, Uttarakhand, 249203, India
Vijñāna Bhairava teaching
at Swami Rama Sadhaka Grama, Rishikesh, India
What do you want to do with fickle unstable forms of wealth?
Why not pursue the stable transcendental treasures?
– Vijñāna Bhairava
The text:
The Vijñāna Bhairava is a fundamental Tantra of Kashmir Śaivism which is the main authority when it comes to spiritual practice and mystical experience in the Tantra tradition.
It contains 112 methods (dhāraṇā) of meditation or spontaneous experiences of the Divine Consciousness. It goes beyond the ritualistic practices of many paths and replaces them with a purely spiritual attitude.
It speaks of many ways that spontaneous transcendence occurs in those who are receptive, purified and ready.
The program:
One or two sessions of text teaching of about 1½ hours daily, combined with meditation sessions, putting the text studied into practice (no guided meditation).
At least 3 hours meditation daily.
Recitation and listening to Stotras and Ślokas of the tradition.
The teacher:
Dr. Bettina Sharada Bäumer is a direct disciple of the last Master of Kashmir Śaivism, Swami Lakshman Joo (1907-1991). She lives in Varanasi since 1967, is an accredited as Professor at the Universities of Vienna and Salzburg, Austria, in Religious Studies. She has taught at these and several other universities in Europe, and for the last 28 years she gives Retreat-Seminars on Indian spirituality, mainly Kashmir Shaivism.
She has authored and edited 25 books in Sanskrit, English and German, and about 60 research articles, mainly in the fields of Āgama/ Tantra and Kashmir Śaivism, Upanishads, Indian aesthetics, temple architecture and religious traditions of Orissa, and interreligious dialogue.
The above description does no justice to Dr. Bettina Bauemer. There is even a Felicitation Volume in her honour by eminent international scholars.
She has her own teaching and research centre in the holy city of Varanasi, and a quiet cottage in the mountains above Rishikesh where she spends many months in solitude.
Regular Practice:
Learning about the 112 methods taught in Vijñāna Bhairava would not in any way mean changing your regular practice in the tradition of our Gurudeva Swami Rama.
Daily practice of usual hatha in our tradition and daily silent meditation of one hour with svb will also continue.
Offerings:
As we are having eminent high level scholar and sadhika as our guest, in addition to covering the costs of SRSG hospitality, to keep an offerings envelope ready to correspond with the level of her eminence.
Requirements:
Experience in meditation and yoga. Some knowledge of Sanskrit will be helpful. but it is not an essential requirement. Only full participation will be allowed because the text needs to be studied in its entirety.
Prerequisites:
(1) Swami Veda’s recordings of Meditations from the Tantras,
(2) Swami Veda’s recordings of Shiva Sutras,
(3) the book Kundalini Stilled or Stirred by svb together with recommended readings of Swami Rama mentioned in the KUNDALINI book.
Order from ahymsinpublishers@gmail.com.
If you start studying now, you may complete the prerequisites in the right time.
Swami Veda’s lectures from the Shiva Sutras study are available for download at CD Baby: http://www.cdbaby.com/Artist/SwamiVedaBharati CD’s of these lectures are also available at http://www.yogaineurope.eu/store/audiocd/
Kundalini Stilled or Stirred by Swami Veda Bharati can be purchased through AHYMSIN Publishers at ahymsinpublishers@gmail.com, through the online bookstore at The Meditation Center (they ship nationally and internationally), through Amazon.com, and through other bookstores. In Europe, inquire at http://www.yogaineurope.eu/contact/

Required Books:
We have received communication from Dr. Bäumer. In preparation of the retreat-seminar on Vijnana Bhairava, please note the following books required:
Please bring at least one of the two editions of the text:
Vijnana Bhairava, by Jaideva Singh, Delhi, Motilal Banarsidass
Vijnana Bhairava, The Practice of Centring Awareness, with commentary by Swami Lakshman Joo, Varanasi, Indica Books
Both editions contain the text with translation.
The German speaking should bring a copy of my book: Bettina Bäumer, Vijnana Bhairava, Das göttliche Bewusstsein, Verlag der Weltreligionen
Also for your copy of the Vijñāna Bhairava please write to ahymsinpublishers@gmail.com
Attendance and Dakshina
Regarding the Vijñāna Bhairava teaching, Swami Veda has requested that people taking this teaching take the whole course from beginning to end including all sessions. Also they should be experienced in meditation practice. Swamiji has also written regarding this Vijñāna Bhairava teaching, “As we are having eminent high level scholar and sadhika as our guest, in addition to covering the costs of SRSG hospitality, to keep an offerings envelope ready to correspond with the level of her eminence.”
Booking or More Information:
For making a booking or for more information, please write to ahymsin@ahymsin.org

Breath & Prana Intensive Seminar, 2nd - 8th November 2014
2014-11-02 09:30 - 2014-11-08 21:00 (Asia/Kolkata) | Swami Rama Sadhaka Grama, Swami Rama Sadhaka Grama Dhyana Gurukulam, Virpur Khurd, Virbhadra Road, P. O Pashulok, Rishikesh, Uttarakhand, 249203, India
Breath & Prana Intensive Seminar
at Swami Rama Sadhaka Grama, Rishikesh, India
with Marilou Hermens,
Senior Teachers and SRSG Teaching Staff
Subtleties of breath practices
Open to all (Background in pranayama is helpful and encouraged)
Cost: Cost of SRSG hospitality plus goodwill offering for instruction
Marilou Hermens is a faculty member of HYT-TTP (Himalayan Yoga Tradition – Teacher Training Program), teaches at the teacher training retreats at Swami Rama Sadhaka Grama, and serves as a mentor; she also has a center in the Netherlands (http://www.yogameditatie.nl/).
Contact: http://ahymsin.org/main/ahymsin-office.html

Shivaratri 2015
2015-03-17 09:00 - 2015-03-18 09:00 (Asia/Kolkata) | Swami Rama Sadhaka Grama, Swami Rama Sadhaka Grama Dhyana Gurukulam, Virpur Khurd, Virbhadra Road, P. O Pashulok, Rishikesh, Uttarakhand, 249203, India
My dear family member,
My regrets and apologies for having delayed in sending out this invitation but there is still some time for you, family and friends to prepare.
• On 17th February we will have 24 hour worship, meditation and recitation of 1000 names of Shiva. Do come and join but do let your plans be known to Swami Rama Sadhaka Grama; to make room reservations: http://ahymsin.org/main/accommodations-inquiry.html
I look forward to seeing you.
May the Divine Mother always walk with you.
Her Youngest son,
In your Service,
Swami Veda Bharati

प्रिय साधक परिवार
मेरी हार्दिक क्षमा प्रार्थनाएं की मैं यह निमन्त्रण इससे पूर्व नहीं भेज सका।
• १७ फ़रवरी को यहा साधक-ग्राम में हम शिवरात्रि मनाएंगे और यहाँ २४ घण्टे के लिए शान्ति, अर्चना और मौन का अवसर होगा। कृपया अपने परिवार, बच्चों सहित पधारे। किन्तु अपना प्रोग्राम(कार्यक्रम)की सूचना http://ahymsin.org/main/accommodations-inquiry.html को तत्काल भेज दें।
भगवती माँ का छोटा पुत्र आपकी सेवा में
स्वामी वेद भारती

Navaratra 2015
2015-03-20 09:30 - 2015-03-28 21:00 (Asia/Kolkata) | Swami Rama Sadhaka Grama, Swami Rama Sadhaka Grama Dhyana Gurukulam, Virpur Khurd, Virbhadra Road, P. O Pashulok, Rishikesh, Uttarakhand, 249203, India
My dear family member,
My regrets and apologies for having delayed in sending out this invitation but there is still some time for you, family and friends to prepare.
• The 9 sacred days dedicated to Divine Mother this year will be on 20th to 28th March. We will have non-stop recitations of the thousand names of Divine Mother and you may come sit and enjoy silence. Once again let Swami Rama Sadhaka Grama know of your plans to be here: http://ahymsin.org/main/accommodations-inquiry.html
I look forward to seeing you.
May the Divine Mother always walk with you.
Her Youngest son,
In your Service,
Swami Veda Bharati

प्रिय साधक परिवार
मेरी हार्दिक क्षमा प्रार्थनाएं की मैं यह निमन्त्रण इससे पूर्व नहीं भेज सका।
• २० से २८ मार्च तक हमेशा की तरह नवरात्र मनाएंगे और माँ भगवती के हजार नामोंका अखण्ड पाठ चलता रहेगा। यह भी आत्मिक शान्ति, अर्चना और मौन के लिए अत्यन्त विशेष अवसर होता है। इसके लिए भी अपने प्रोग्राम(कार्यक्रम) की सूचना http://ahymsin.org/main/accommodations-inquiry.html कोतत्काल भेज दें।
भगवती माँ का छोटा पुत्र आपकी सेवा में
स्वामी वेद भारती

Silence, Shavasana Practices and Yoga Nidra Retreat in 2015
2015-03-22 09:30 - 2015-04-05 21:00 (Asia/Kolkata) | Swami Rama Sadhaka Grama, Swami Rama Sadhaka Grama Dhyana Gurukulam, Virpur Khurd, Virbhadra Road, P. O Pashulok, Rishikesh, Uttarakhand, 249203, India
“For decades we have guided the shavasana practices and yoga nidra in sessions where the teacher does the ‘recital’ and others listen and follow. But we have not TAUGHT the procedures.”
— Swami Veda Bharati
Guided practices done in shavasana will be taught in proper sequence, leading to different stages of Yoga Nidra.
Guided by advanced teachers, some of whom have been practicing for over 45 years.
There will be a Silence, Shavasana Practices and Yoga Nidra Retreat 22nd March – 5th April 2015 at Swami Rama Sadhaka Grama in Rishikesh, India. The purpose of this retreat is for participants to learn the procedures.
Printouts will be given for each segment taught. Each segment will be guided separately and then students will practice that segment. There will be homework practice between lessons.
Segments will include:
Makarasana
Diaphragmatic breathing
Shavasana, correct position
Exercise without Movement
Relaxation by first tensing each limb then relaxing
Simple relaxation
Subtler relaxations: right side, left side, finer tissues, internal organs
31 points
61 points
61 points with blue star
61 points with blue star with one’s mantra
Whole body breaths: the feeling of movement, vayu, during these exercises is of the pranamaya kosha.
4 different patterns of whole body breaths
Short version of quick conscious rest
OM kriya
Whole body breaths as taught in Path of Fire and Light under “Yoga-Nidra”
Yoga nidra proper
Explanations of Delta brain waves
How to come out of yoga nidra
Cost: Cost of SRSG hospitality plus goodwill offering for instruction
Contact: ahymsin@ahymsin.org

Initiate Programs
2015-04-05 09:30 - 2015-04-12 21:00 (Asia/Kolkata) | Swami Rama Sadhaka Grama, Swami Rama Sadhaka Grama Dhyana Gurukulam, Virpur Khurd, Virbhadra Road, P. O Pashulok, Rishikesh, Uttarakhand, 249203, India
[Note: This letter is in English and Hindi.]
My very Dear Atman, spiritual seeker, Sadhaka/sadhika,
I send you prayers and blessings of the Guru Lineage.
You have been a guest at the Swami Rama Sadhaka Grama, perhaps once, perhaps many times, and have had basic lessons in sitting and breathing etc.
I hope you have been able to keep up the practice for your physical health, peace of mind and a settled heart.
You have also received mantra-diksha. Now the question remains : WHAT after mantra? How to refine it; where to go further?
There is always need for (a) refreshing, (b) refining to subtler levels and (c) learning the next steps.
During the next two years we have arranged following dates for these follow-ups here. I do very much hope that you can come on one of these dates. Do please let us know. Please write to ahymsin@ahymsin.org to give your preferred dates. Do mention in the letter that you have already received a mantra so that your name does not get mixed up with beginners’ lists.
2015: April 5th to 12th
2015: October 4th to 11th
2016: April 10th to 17th
2016: October 9th to 16th
Of course, our daily silent one-hour meditations continue at 5.45p.m.; even if you do not wish to take a class, please come just to rest your mind and refresh yourself.
With many prayers for you,
Swami Veda Bharati

मेरे अत्यन्त प्रिय आत्मन्, आध्यात्मिक जिज्ञासु, साधक/साधिका,
मैं आपकोगुरुपरंपराकी प्रार्थना और आशीर्वाद भेजता हूं।
आपशायद एक बार, शायद कई बार स्वामी-राम-साधक-ग्राम में एक अतिथि के रूप मे आये हैंऔर बैठने, साँस लेने आदि की मौलिक शिक्षा ली है।
मैं आशा करता हूं किआप अपने शारीरिक स्वास्थ्य, मन की शांति और हृदय की स्थिरता के लिए अपने अभ्यास को बनाए रखने में सफल हैं।
आप को मंत्र-दीक्षा भी प्राप्त हुई हैं। अब प्रश्न है: मंत्र से आगे क्या अभ्यास करने होते हैं? मन्त्र को कैसे और गहराइयों में ले जायें; कैसे शुद्ध/परिष्कृत करे?; आगे कहाँ जायें?
सर्वदा(a) स्फूर्ति की, (b) शुद्ध/परिष्कृत करके सूक्ष्म स्तर को पाने की, और (c) अगलीकदम/क्रम/उपाय सीखने की आवश्यक्ता पड़ती है। इसके लिये आगामी दो वर्षो के लिये प्रति वर्ष में दो कोर्स निर्धारित किये हैं; इनमेंसे कोई सा भी ले सकते हैं। तिथियाँ हैं
(१) ५ से १२ अप्रैल२०१५
(२) ४ से ११ अक्टूबर २०१५
(३) १० से १७ अप्रैल २०१६
(४) ९ से १६ अक्टूबर २०१६
मुझे बहुतआशा हैं किआप इन तिथियों में से किसी पर भी आ सकेंगे। कृपया हमें सूचित कीजियेगा। अपनीमनोनीततिथियाँ देने के लिए ahymsin@ahymsin.org को लिखें। पत्र में यह अवश्य उल्लेख कीजियेगा की आपको पहले से ही मन्त्र प्राप्त हुआ है, ताकि आपका नाम नौसिखियों की सूची में न मिलाया जाए।
हमारे दैनिक कार्यक्रम में सायं ५:४५ से ६:४५ तक मौन ध्यान की बैठक होती है; आप उस में भी भाग लें ।यदि आपकक्षा मे बैठनें के इच्धुक नहीं है,फिर भी मन को आराम और स्वयं को स्फूर्ति देने के लिए कृपया पधारें।
आप के लिए हार्दिक प्रार्थनाओं के साथ ,
स्वामी वेद भारतस्वामी राम साधकग्राम

Raghavendra Adiga will be teaching the courses for initiates. Academically Raghavendra is an engineering graduate from Bangalore University. By profession he was doing business and taught martial art (karate) for some years. He met Gurudeva Swami Rama in June, 1995, and had some basic guidance in meditation. He received initiation by Swami Veda Bharati in December 1996. Then onwards he started teaching in the Tradition. He received training and became an initiator in 2008. He has visited and taught in Denmark and South Korea. Raghavendra lives in Tumkur, South India, and travels to Rishikesh, Swami Rama Sadhaka Grama ashram, regularly to teach and practice further.

Non-Initiate Programs
2015-08-09 09:30 - 2015-08-16 21:00 (Asia/Kolkata) | Swami Rama Sadhaka Grama, Swami Rama Sadhaka Grama Dhyana Gurukulam, Virpur Khurd, Virbhadra Road, P. O Pashulok, Rishikesh, Uttarakhand, 249203, India
[This letter is in English and Hindi.]
My very Dear Atman, spiritual seeker, Sadhaka/sadhika,
I send you prayers and blessings of the Guru Lineage.
You have been a guest at the Swami Rama Sadhaka Grama, perhaps once, perhaps many times, and have had basic lessons in sitting and breathing etc.
I hope you have been able to keep up the practice for your physical health, peace of mind and a settled heart.
But, there is always need for (a) refreshing, (b) refining to subtler levels and (c) learning the next steps (d) even the explanation on mantra-diksha for those who wish to go in that direction.
During the next two years we have arranged following dates for these follow-ups here. I do very much hope that you can come on one of these dates. Do please let us know. Please write to ahymsin@ahymsin.org to give your preferred dates.
2015: August 9th to 16th
2016: January 10th to 17th
2016: August 7th to 14th
Of course, our daily silent one-hour meditations continue at 5.45p.m.; even if you do not wish to take a class, please come just to rest your mind and refresh yourself.
With many prayers for you,
Swami Veda Bharati,

मेरे अत्यन्त प्रिय आत्मन्, आध्यात्मिक जिज्ञासु, साधक/साधिका,
मैं आपको गुरुपरंपराकी प्रार्थना और आशीर्वाद भेजता हूं।
आप शायद एक बार, शायद कई बार स्वामी-राम-साधक-ग्राम में एक अतिथि के रूप मे आये हैं और बैठने, साँस लेने आदि की मौलिक शिक्षा ली है।
मैं आशा करता हूं कि आप अपने शारीरिक स्वास्थ्य, मन की शांति और हृदय की स्थिरता के लिए अपने अभ्यास को बनाए रखने में सफल हैं।
सर्वदा (a) स्फूर्ति की, (b) शुद्ध/परिष्कृत करके सूक्ष्म स्तर को पाने की, और (c) अगली कदम/क्रम/उपाय सीखने कीऔर (d) मंत्र दीक्षा कि दिशा में जाने वालो को इस परस्पष्टीकरण की आवश्यक्ता पड़ती हैं। इसके लिये आगामी दो वर्षो के लिये तीन कोर्स निर्धारित किये हैं; इनमेंसे कोई सा भी ले सकते हैं। तिथियाँ हैं
(१) ९ से १६ अगस्त २०१५
(२) १० से १७ जनवरी २०१६
(३) ७ से १४ अगस्त २०१६
मुझे बहुतआशा हैं कि आप इन तिथियों में से किसी पर भी आ सकेंगे। कृपया हमें सूचित कीजियेगा। अपनी मनोनीत तिथियाँ देने के लिए ahymsin@ahymsin.org को लिखें।
हमारे दैनिक कार्यक्रम में सायं ५:४५ से ६:४५ तक मौन ध्यान की बैठक होती है; आप उस में भी भाग लें ।यदि आपकक्षा मे बैठनें के इच्धुक नहीं है, फिर भी मन को आराम और स्वयं को स्फूर्ति देने के लिए कृपया पधारें।
आप के लिए हार्दिक प्रार्थनाओं के साथ ,
स्वामी वेद भारती
स्वामी राम साधकग्राम

Borim Murali will be teaching the classes for the non-initiates. Academically, Borim is an English literature graduate from Anyang University with a graduate school degree in Social Work from Sungkoghoe. She has also studied Chinese classic literature and taken counseling training. She started learning yoga from the Korean Yoga Association in 1993 and joined the Himalayan tradition in 1996. She was initiated by Swami Veda in 1999 and started teaching in Swami Rama Sadhaka Grama from 2004. Residing in Korea, she comes regularly to practice and teach at SRSG and has taught yoga in Korea, Sri Lanka, Iran, and Malaysia.

Yoga and Martial Arts, 15th - 27th October 2015
2015-10-15 09:30 - 2015-10-27 21:00 (Asia/Kolkata) | Swami Rama Sadhaka Grama, Swami Rama Sadhaka Grama Dhyana Gurukulam, Virpur Khurd, Virbhadra Road, P. O Pashulok, Rishikesh, Uttarakhand, 249203, India
Swami Tat Sat Bharati will be teaching
a “Yoga and Martial Arts” workshop
at Swami Rama Sadhaka Grama (SRSG) in Rishikesh, India,
“What is the principle of karate and kung fu? Attention, just attention. You don’t divert your mind elsewhere, just one-pointed mind.”
– Swami Rama
“The yogis invented all the martial arts of India, and still continue them. There was no greater martial arts expert than Swami Rama of the Himalayas.”
– Swami Veda Bharati
Swami Tat Sat has practiced yoga since 1980 and is a student of HH Swami Rama of the Himalayas and Swami Veda Bharati. He is 7th Dan Aikido and has practiced aikido since 1973. A disciple of Master Tada Hiroshi, 9th Dan Aikido and other high-ranking Japanese Aikido masters. This event will be taught in English. For more information about Swami Tat Sat Bharati, please see http://www.beardi.com/ . He is also an initiator and a member of the AHYMSIN Adhyatma Samiti, or Spiritual Committee. He lives in the Berlin, Germany, area and is the founder and director of Institut für Yoga & Aikido where yoga is taught in the tradition of Swami Rama. Swami Tat Sat’s pre-sanyas name was Ingo Beardi.
The workshop will be in English.
Cost: Cost of SRSG hospitality plus goodwill offering for instruction
To read “Yoga and Martial Arts,” an interview with Ingo Beardi (now Swami Tat Sat Bharati), please use this link: https://www.ahymsin.org/docs2/News/1412Dec/07.html
Contact: http://ahymsin.org/main/ahymsin-office.html

Teacher Training Retreat, 8th - 21st November 2015
2015-11-08 09:30 - 2015-11-21 21:00 (Asia/Kolkata) | Swami Rama Sadhaka Grama, Swami Rama Sadhaka Grama Dhyana Gurukulam, Virpur Khurd, Virbhadra Road, P. O Pashulok, Rishikesh, Uttarakhand, 249203, India
“We teach out of compassion. We teach because the world suffers and our teaching will reduce that suffering. We teach because we have received that compassion and want to share it with others who suffer. The cause of suffering, in the Yoga-sutras, is ignorance. Our teaching reduces the level of that ignorance. The student arrives because s/he is seeking help – our desire to teach arises directly out of our compassion for the student.”
– Swami Veda Bharati
A two week Himalayan Yoga Tradition – Teacher Training Program (HYT-TTP) training session. A comprehensive education in the Himalayan Yoga Tradition will be presented to the students.
at
Swami Rama Sadhaka Grama
Rishikesh, India
For more information: http://hyt-ttp.com/india.html
Contact: hyt.ttp@gmail.com
Teacher Training students have the option of our comprehensive 600 hour program which can be completed in a minimum of 3 years or our 200 hour program which can be completed in a minimum of one year.

Guru Purnima Retreat at Swami Rama Sadhaka Grama
2017-06-30 09:30 - 2017-07-09 21:00 (Asia/Kolkata) | Swami Rama Sadhaka Grama, Swami Rama Sadhaka Grama Dhyana Gurukulam, Virpur Khurd, Virbhadra Road, P. O Pashulok, Rishikesh, Uttarakhand, 249203, India
In July 9th 2017, there will be Guru Purnima Retreat from 30th June – 9th July at Swami Rama Sadhaka Grama (SRSG) in Rishikesh, India.
Swami Ritavan Bharati invites all who were associated with Swami Veda to attend the Guru Purnima Retreat, or contribute by way of sharing an audio or video less than 7 minutes for the second anniversary celebration.
Guru Purnima Retreat
9th July 2017 will be Guru Purnima, as well as a date for Full Moon Meditation.
“This day, the day of Guru Purnima is considered to be the holiest day for the students of life; for those that have been treading the path of light; for those aspiring to attain enlightenment in this lifetime. They remember this day and celebrate it by becoming aware the purpose of life is to attain enlightenment; the state of mind, internal state, that makes one free from all pains and miseries.” – Swami Rama
There will be a Guru Purnima Retreat at Swami Rama Sadhaka Grama (SRSG) 30th June – 9th July 2017, with akhanda-patha (24 hour non-stop recitation) of the Guru-Gita, the Song to the Guru.
Contact: ahymsin@ahymsin.org

Swami Veda’s Mahasamadhi Anniversary
2017-07-10 09:30 - 2017-07-14 21:00 (Asia/Kolkata) | Swami Rama Sadhaka Grama, Swami Rama Sadhaka Grama Dhyana Gurukulam, Virpur Khurd, Virbhadra Road, P. O Pashulok, Rishikesh, Uttarakhand, 249203, India
In July 14th 2017, there will be the 2nd Anniversary of Swami Veda’s Mahasamadhi Anniversary Retreat 10th – 14th July at Swami Rama Sadhaka Grama (SRSG) in Rishikesh, India.
Swami Ritavan Bharati invites all who were associated with Swami Veda to attend Swami Veda’s Mahasamadhi Anniversary Retreat, or contribute by way of sharing an audio or video less than 7 minutes for the second anniversary celebration.
Maha Samadhi Anniversary Retreat
The 14th of July will be the 2nd Anniversary of Swami Veda Bharati’s Mahasamadhi.
“We gather as a celebration on this first anniversary of our beloved Swami Veda’s samadhi. Here, we are not adoring the physical body which was placed in this space one year ago; we are present to embrace the subtlety of his example, the beauty of his teaching, and faith in his mandate – ‘share with the world the pure form of meditation and only initiate into the same.’” – Swami Ritavan Bharati at the 1st anniversary of Swami Veda’s mahasamadhi
There will be a Maha Samadhi Anniversary Retreat at SRSG 10th – 14th July 2017.
Contact: ahymsin@ahymsin.org

Retreat-Seminar on The Heart of Recognition
2017-10-23 09:30 - 2017-10-25 21:00 UTC | Swami Rama Sadhaka Grama, Swami Rama Sadhaka Grama Dhyana Gurukulam, Virpur Khurd, Virbhadra Road, P. O Pashulok, Rishikesh, Uttarakhand, 249203, India
The Pratyabhijñā Hṛdayam, “The Heart of Recognition”, of Kṣemarāja (early 11th century), is a profound and concise summary text of the spirituality of non-dualist Kashmir Śaivism. Pratyabhijñā or divine recognition is the core philosophy, as expounded by Utpaladeva (9th century) in his Īśvarapratyabhijñā Kārikās (“Verses on the Recognition of the Lord”), and Kṣemarāja, genial disciple of Abhinavagupta, gives an experiential key to this non-dualism. He places the mystical experience of pure Awareness at the centre, giving both, the background and the practical ways to reach the permanent state of samādhi.
This seminar, which combines text study and practice, will be especially useful for those who have already studied other texts of Kashmir Śaivism like Vijñāna Bhairava, Śiva Sūtras, Netra Tantra, etc. For newcomers to this tradition, it can prepare the ground for further study and practice.
The program includes two sessions of text teaching, about 3 hours of meditation, yoga and recitation of stotras of the tradition.
The teacher:
Dr. Bettina Sharada Bäumer is a direct disciple of the last Master of Kashmir Śaivism, Swami Lakshman Joo (1907-1991). She lives in Varanasi since 1967 where she has her own teaching and research centre. She is an accredited Professor at the Universities of Vienna and Salzburg, Austria, in Religious Studies. She has taught at these and several other universities in Europe.
She has authored and edited 25 books in Sanskrit, English and German, and about 60 research articles, mainly in the fields of Āgama/ Tantra and Kashmir Śaivism, Upanishads, Indian aesthetics, temple architecture and religious traditions of Orissa, and interreligious dialogue.
Regular Practice:
Attending this teaching would not in any way mean changing your regular practice in the tradition of our Gurudeva Swami Rama.
Daily practice of usual hatha in our tradition and daily silent meditation of one hour will also continue.
Offerings:
As we are having eminent high level scholar and sadhika as our guest, in addition to covering the costs of SRSG hospitality, to keep an offerings envelope ready to correspond with the level of her eminence.
Requirements:
Experience in meditation and yoga. Some knowledge of Sanskrit will be helpful. but it is not an essential requirement.
Only full participation will be allowed because the text needs to be studied in its entirety.
A preparation course on Shaivite Tantra with Swami Ma Radha Bharati and Swami Prayag Giri. This course will include lectures by Swami Veda Bharati on Shaivism that were prerequisites for the earlier Shiva Sutra Seminar and provide background for seminars by Dr. Bettina Sharada Bäumer. This course is scheduled for 23rd-25th October, 2017, at Swami Rama Sadhaka Grama (SRSG).
Contact:
Contact: ahymsin@ahymsin.org

Breath Seminar 2017
2017-10-31 09:30 - 2017-11-04 21:00 UTC | Swami Rama Sadhaka Grama, Swami Rama Sadhaka Grama Dhyana Gurukulam, Virpur Khurd, Virbhadra Road, P. O Pashulok, Rishikesh, Uttarakhand, 249203, India
Marilou Hermens will be teaching the 2017 Breath Seminar 31st October – 4th November 2017 at Swami Rama Sadhaka Grama (SRSG), Rishikesh, India. She will be assisted by senior teachers and the SRSG teaching staff.
This retreat will include subtleties of breath practices.
“An intensive practice of Pranayama’s 3 times a day! It is a true gift to yourself. Complete breath, kapalabhati (different levels for beginners and advanced), bhastrika (different levels for beginners and advanced), bhramari, ujjayi, nadi shodhanam (different types). All will be built up from the basics as has been taught by Swami Veda Bharati and on different levels for beginners and advanced practitioners. This seminar can be done while remaining in silence to deepen your personal inner journey. Beginners and advanced practitioners are all welcome and will be guided according to their level.”
– Marilou Hermens
Marilou: “It is my greatest desire to help as many people to learn to breathe healthy. The effects of a healthy diaphragmatic breathing are unprecedented. The breath is influenced by physical effort, thoughts and emotions. The special feature is that the breath always keeps going. The trick is to learn to guide the breathing itself: the right place with the diaphragm, slower, quieter, without fits and starts, silently, through the nose. The Himalayan Tradition teaches how with just small adjustments your practice and experience of stillness will deepen so much more. As the breathing is always central in all my classes of yoga and meditation and in every second of my daily life, my senses have been trained to observe and to help others ”
Open to all
Cost: Cost of SRSG hospitality plus goodwill offering for instruction.
Marilou Hermens is a faculty member of HYT-TTP (Himalayan Yoga Tradition – Teacher Training Program), teaches at the teacher training retreats at Swami Rama Sadhaka Grama, and serves as a mentor; she also has a center in the Netherlands. Website: www.yogameditatie.nl
Contact: ahymsin@ahymsin.org

Christian Meditation Retreat in November 2017
2017-11-20 09:30 - 2017-11-25 21:00 (Asia/Kolkata) | Swami Rama Sadhaka Grama, Swami Rama Sadhaka Grama Dhyana Gurukulam, Virpur Khurd, Virbhadra Road, P. O Pashulok, Rishikesh, Uttarakhand, 249203, India
A Christian Meditation Retreat is scheduled for November 20 – 25, 2017, at Swami Rama Sadhaka Grama (SRSG), Rishikesh, India. This retreat will be guided by Ma Tureeya Bharati and others. Ma Tureeya, a practicing Christian nun and the spiritual guide of Jeevan Dhara Sadhana Kutir in Rishikesh, has also taken sanyasa vows in the Himalayan Tradition with Swami Veda.
In the morning of 29th November 2007, Swami Veda Bharati gave sanyasa-diksha to Sister Tureeya, who became Ma Tureeya Bharati, in a ceremony at Sadhana Mandir. At that time, Donna Marie Anderson (who became Ma Radha Bharati) and Swami Nityamuktananda Saraswati also took vows.
Dr. Prakash Dixit reported that Ma Turiya Bharati explained that as she grew up and began to make her own reflections on life, she realized that the Indian tradition was open to Jesus, and that Jesus held the Indian tradition close to His own Heart.
Ma Tureeya said, “So, I always had a deep but may be unconscious desire to integrate the two traditions for myself and in my own person. Swami Veda Bharati aptly summed up my desire for an integration of identity in the Divine with the metaphor of the ‘mixing of the waters of the Holy Ganga and the waters of the Jordan’ in which Jesus was initiated into His earthly mission. My embracing of sannyasa, therefore, is a witness to this –‘blending’- this communion in the Spirit, the Divine Source. I now feel that I carry in my person the great and eternal truth experienced by our sages and to which Jesus witnessed by his passing through death into Life.-‘Tat tvam asi’ ‘Aham bramashmi’ or as Jesus put it for the people of his tradition ‘I and the Father are One’ or ‘The Father is in me and I am in the Father.’ ”
Contact: ahymsin@ahymsin.org

Silence Retreats in 2018
2018-01-29 09:30 - 2018-03-10 21:00 UTC, 2018-02-14 09:30 - 2018-03-10 21:00 UTC, 2018-03-04 09:30 - 2018-03-10 21:00 (Asia/Kolkata) | Swami Rama Sadhaka Grama, Swami Rama Sadhaka Grama Dhyana Gurukulam, Virpur Khurd, Virbhadra Road, P. O Pashulok, Rishikesh, Uttarakhand, 249203, India
We have scheduled three silence retreats in 2018 in celebration of the finale of Swami Veda’s 5-year Mauna Vrata (silence vow), which was taken March 10, 2013. The continuity has been maintained here at Swami Rama Sadhaka Grama (SRSG) and through various individuals who Swamiji blessed with the same/or similar vow at the 2013 Sangha Gathering. We are planning now for the silence as 40-day, 21-day or 7-day retreats. More will be said on the silence vow and what it means.
The purnahuti for Swami Veda’s 5-year Mauna Vrata will be March 10, 2018.
The silence retreat dates would be:
7 day retreat – March 4-10, 2018
25 day retreat – February 14 – March 10, 2018
40 day retreat – January 29 – March 10, 2018
with silence ending at the close of the Purnahuti Yajna on the 10th
Please plan to arrive a couple of days before the starting date and plan to stay at least one day after the silence retreat. This is with approval of the silence guide. Approval may be contingent upon prior systematic silence practice and/or experience in the silence practices of the Himalayan Tradition.
Contact: ahymsin@ahymsin.org

Yoga Nidra Retreat in 2018
2018-03-26 09:30 - 2018-03-31 21:00 (Asia/Kolkata) | Swami Rama Sadhaka Grama, Swami Rama Sadhaka Grama Dhyana Gurukulam, Virpur Khurd, Virbhadra Road, P. O Pashulok, Rishikesh, Uttarakhand, 249203, India
There will be a Yoga Nidra Retreat 26th – 31st March 2018 at Swami Rama Sadhaka Grama (SRSG) in Rishikesh, India. The purpose of this retreat is for participants to learn the procedures.

Prerequisite for attendees:
Mantra initiation in our tradition.
Previous attendance at a relaxation workshop or two years of practices with advancing relaxation methods within our tradition.
Registrations will be accepted upon the discretion of the presenter.

Printouts will be given for each segment taught. Each segment will be guided separately and then students will practice that segment. There will be homework practice between lessons.
Segments will include:
• Makarasana
• Diaphragmatic breathing
• Shavasana, correct position
• Exercise without Movement
• Relaxation by first tensing each limb then relaxing
• Simple relaxation
• Subtler relaxations: right side, left side, finer tissues, internal organs
• 31 points
• 61 points
• 61 points with blue star
• 61 points with blue star with one’s mantra
• Whole body breaths: the feeling of movement, vayu, during these exercises is of the pranamaya kosha.
• 4 different patterns of whole body breaths
• Short version of quick conscious rest
• OM kriya
• Whole body breaths as taught in Path of Fire and Light under “Yoga-Nidra”
• Yoga nidra proper
• Explanations of Delta brain waves
• How to come out of yoga nidra

Contact: ahymsin@ahymsin.org

For more about the topic of yoga nidra, please see (click on title):
• Four States of Yoga Nidra by Swami Veda Bharati
• Defining Yoga-Nidra: Traditional Accounts, Physiological Research, and Future Directions by Swami Veda Bharati, Dr. Stephen Parker (Stoma) and Dr. Manuel Fernandez.
• Yoga Nidra Refined Silence by Swami Veda Bharati
•Mastering Yoga Nidra by Swami Veda Bharati
• Yoga Nidra, Part 1 (video) with Swami Veda Bharati
• Yoga Nidra, Part 2 (video) with Swami Veda Bharati
• Yoga Nidra (video) with Swami Veda Bharati
• My Experiments with Yoga Nidra: Inward Perceptions by Swami Veda Bharati
• A Brief Form of Yoga Nidra by Swami Veda Bharati
• Dear Yoga Mentor, My Question Is…“difference between yoga nidra and meditation” by Swami Ritavan Bharati
• A Successful Yoga Nidra Retreat by Dr. Stephen Parker (Stoma)
• Use of Yoga Nidra for Creativity and for Enhancing Intuitive Faculty by Swami Nityamuktananda Saraswati
• After 3 Years of Yoga Nidra by Riccardo Valdettaro
• After Years of Yoga Nidra I Am Moved from the Inside
• Conquering Sleep: The Practice of Yoga Nidra by Randall Krause (Mokshadeva)

Recommended study materials:
• Path of Fire and Light, Volume 2 by Swami Rama
• Enlightenment without God by Swami Rama
• Om the Eternal Witness: Secrets of the Mandukya Upanishad by Swami Rama
• Exercise without Movement as taught by Swami Rama, Vol. 1, by Swami Rama
• Mandukya Upanishad (Video Series) by Swami Rama: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hqWXsj2xZg4&list=PLEF1719C37C7BA62E
• Proving the Power of Meditation, Swami Rama in Probe magazine, 1973:http://www.swamiramasociety.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/swamiramaprobe1973.pdf
• 1973 Britannica Yearbook of Science and the Future, Excerpted from “The Psychic Boom” by Samuel Moffat http://www.swamij.com/pdf/swami-rama-britannica-1973.pdf
• Exercise without Movement audio with Swami Ritavan Bharati
• My Experiments With Yoga Nidra, Kindle Edition, by Swami Veda Bharati
There are also three audios below. However, Swami Veda has listed prerequisites for these; please see http://ahymsin.org/main/himalayan-tradition/standard-reading-list.html
• Advanced Relaxation audio by Swami Veda Bharati
• Yoga Nidra Series audios by Swami Veda Bharati
• OM Kriya audio (as taught by Swami Rama, recorded by Ma Radha Bharati).
The books are available through a number of bookstores; those that are out of print can be found at used bookstores and will come up at sites like Amazon.com. For the audios, please contact Himalayan Yoga Publications Trust at info@yogapublication.org

2018 Program for Initiates
2018-04-09 09:30 - 2018-04-15 21:00 UTC | Swami Rama Sadhaka Grama, Swami Rama Sadhaka Grama Dhyana Gurukulam, Virpur Khurd, Virbhadra Road, P. O Pashulok, Rishikesh, Uttarakhand, 249203, India
During 9th -15th April 2018, there will be a Program for Initiates with Swami Ma Radha Bharati at Swami Rama Sadhaka Grama (SRSG) in Rishikesh, India.
“You have been a guest at the Swami Rama Sadhaka Grama, perhaps once, perhaps many times, and have had basic lessons in sitting and breathing etc… You have also received mantra-diksha. Now the question remains: WHAT after mantra? How to refine it; where to go further? There is always need for (a) refreshing, (b) refining to subtler levels and (c) learning the next steps.” – Swami Veda Bharati
Contact: ahymsin@ahymsin.org. When you write to the AHYMSIN Office about attending this retreat, please include the name of your mantra initiator and the date of initiation.

Programs for Non-Initiates
2018-08-06 09:30 - 2018-08-12 21:00 (Asia/Kolkata) | Swami Rama Sadhaka Grama, Swami Rama Sadhaka Grama Dhyana Gurukulam, Virpur Khurd, Virbhadra Road, P. O Pashulok, Rishikesh, Uttarakhand, 249203, India
Programs for Non-Initiates
with Borim Murali
at Swami Rama Sadhaka Grama (SRSG)
in Rishikesh, India

“You have been a guest at the Swami Rama Sadhaka Grama, perhaps once, perhaps many times, and have had basic lessons in sitting and breathing etc…But, there is always need for (a) refreshing, (b) refining to subtler levels and (c) learning the next steps (d) even the explanation on mantra-diksha for those who wish to go in that direction.”
– Swami Veda Bharati

Contact: ahymsin@ahymsin.org

Borim Murali will be teaching the classes for the non-initiates. Academically, Borim is an English literature graduate from Anyang University with a graduate school degree in Social Work from Sungkoghoe. She has also studied Chinese classic literature and taken counseling training. She started learning yoga from the Korean Yoga Association in 1993 and joined the Himalayan tradition in 1996. She was initiated by Swami Veda in 1999 and started teaching in Swami Rama Sadhaka Grama from 2004. Residing in Korea, she comes regularly to practice and teach at SRSG and has taught yoga in Korea, Sri Lanka, Iran, and Malaysia.

Initiates Retreat October 2018
2018-10-10 09:30 - 2018-10-18 21:00 (Asia/Kolkata) | Ōizumichō Nishiide
Special Initiates Retreat – Bhakti and Loving Meditations – October 10-18, 2018, at Swami Rama Sadhaka Grama (SRSG) in Rishikesh, India.
Those of us who have experienced the infinite love and grace of the Himalayan Masters, of the Guru Lineage through the sacred mantra diksha (Initiation) were blessed with the mantra seed having been sown deep within. When nurtured lovingly, this mantra seed develops into a tree of spirituality within. The Initiates Retreat has been especially designed to show us exactly how to thus nurture the mantra seed.
As Swami Veda has said with regards to the initiate retreat, “You have been a guest at the Swami Rama Sadhaka Grama, perhaps once, perhaps many times, and have had basic lessons in sitting and breathing etc… You have also received mantra-diksha. Now the question remains: WHAT after mantra? How to refine it; where to go further? There is always need for (a) refreshing, (b) refining to subtler levels and (c) learning the next steps.”
This year’s Initiate Retreat will be during the 9 sacred days dedicated to the Mother Divine, during Navaratri, during October 10-18, 2018, at Swami Rama Sadhaka Grama (SRSG). We will have non-stop recitation of the 1000 names of the Mother Divine (akhanda japa of the Lalita-sahasra-nama). Navratri is indeed a special time to renew one’s commitment to their sadhana and spiritual life.
Swami Ritavan Bharati has given the theme of “Bhakti and Loving Meditations” for this special initiates retreat.
Gurudeva Swami Rama has written in his book – Choosing a Path:
“Bhakti yoga is known as the path of love and devotion. It is the path of self-surrender and dedication of all one’s resources to attain the ultimate Reality. In this path love becomes the Lord of life and motivates the whole being toward Divinity alone. The path of bhakti yoga is the path of love.” (p. 55)
“In the path of bhakti one of the easiest practices is to remember God’s name—a mantra or a word—constantly. Ajapa Japa, remembering God’s name constantly, becomes a part of life and makes one aware of the Lord all the time. Constant remembrance makes a deep groove in the unconscious mind, for the unconscious mind is actually the seat of habit formation. Once the habit is formed, then it becomes part of individual life. Ajapa japa is that state of remembering God’s name in which a devotee does all his duties, yet remembers God all the time, even during sleep. It is an effortless way of remembering God, but a constant and long practice of japa is necessary.” (p. 67)
“In bhakti yoga, many students use an idol, an image, or a statue of a spiritual guide because their minds cannot fathom the attributeless aspect of the Lord. This way of ritual, or puja, that they perform helps to make the mind one-pointed and inward. The scriptures explain that there are two level of devotion—devotion for the attributeless, and devotion with attributes (nirguna and saguna). It is not easy for a student to attain nirguna bhava¸or mood, and it takes a long time for the student to attain nirguna bhakti. The human mind is accustomed to leaning on certain forms or names. It cannot conceive of and is not able to fathom the unfathomable—the attributeless. Therefore, very few attain nirguna bhakti, but saguna bhakti seems to be very easy and pleasing to the students of this path.” (p. 68)
Swami Veda talking about Loving Meditations said, “Now there is obviously two translations of this phrase. Loving your meditation, to love your meditation. That’s one thing and the other is loving meditations. Meditations in which love is important. Both are two sides of the same coin.”
Swami Veda here adds, “Meditate silently and meditate lovingly and here love and silence are one and the same because when you pacify the tumultuous noises of the mind that is silence. When you quite the tumultuous noises of the mind that is silence. When you pacify tumultuously destructive emotions that is love. The two are one in the same and if you go from here with a renewed commitment. Commitment to your own spirituality, commitment to loving the community of disciples, commitment to helping others through what you receive here.”
Our beloved Swami Veda has also blessed us with the reminder that “…I wish to assure you that those who are initiated in our Tradition do remain thus enwombed. May these foetuses grow to full maturity of liberation.”
If you would like to take part in this special retreat to deepen your own sadhana or are inspired to learn more about the same, kindly write to us at ahymsin@ahymsin.org.

Editor’s Note:

Raghavendra Adiga will be guiding this retreat. Raghavendra is a mantra initiator and a member of the AHYMSIN Adhyatma Samiti, or Spiritual Committee. He is also the centre leader of Himalayan Centre for Yoga Meditation, Tumkur, Karnataka, India.

2018 Yoga and Martial Arts Workshop
2018-10-22 09:30 - 2018-10-27 21:00 UTC | Swami Rama Sadhaka Grama, Swami Rama Sadhaka Grama Dhyana Gurukulam, Virpur Khurd, Virbhadra Road, P. O Pashulok, Rishikesh, Uttarakhand, 249203, India
Programme description:
Swami Veda Bharati has been one of the highest level world class exponents of the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali in the late 20th and early 21st centuries This seminar will continue Swamiji’s tradition and legacy of interpreting from the point of view of a practitioner this most unique text which codified and systematized yoga philosophy. With several segments of this seminar held in the next few years in the month of February, the emphasis of this first seminar will be the overview of the text, including its different chapters, sections and topics, as well as the foundational principles of Sankhya philosophy, which are mandatory to master to get entry into the deeper meanings of the sutras. The first chapter, Samadhi Pada, will also be covered in detail along with the most important points from Sage Vyasa’s commentary.
A special emphasis will be put on the language and the deeper layers of meanings from the Sanskrit verb roots, prefixes and suffixes hidden in the terminology, as Swami Veda often emphasised, sharing the keys from the language with which we can help unlocking the real meaning of the text.
Faculty:
Swami Ritavan Bharati, Dr. Stephen Parker (Stoma), Michael Kissener, and others.
Pre-requisites:
Previous study of Swami Veda’s audio lectures on the Yoga Sutras and Sankhya Philosophy is recommended. Please contact Himalayan Yoga Publications Trust (HYPT) at info@yogappublications.org about purchasing these materials. Also this may interest you: Yoga Sutra Study Material.
Contact:
ahymsin@ahymsin.org

Breath Retreat
2018-11-05 09:30 - 2018-11-09 21:00 (Asia/Kolkata) | Swami Rama Sadhaka Grama, Swami Rama Sadhaka Grama Dhyana Gurukulam, Virpur Khurd, Virbhadra Road, P. O Pashulok, Rishikesh, Uttarakhand, 249203, India
This is a chance to come and immerse yourself in an intensive practice of Pranayama. This retreat will include the foundations and deepening of the subtleties of breathing and pranayama practices, as they are taught in the Himalayan Tradition. You will learn and practice different techniques; diaphragmatic breathing, complete breath, kapalabati, bhastrika, brahmari, ujjayi and nadi shodhanam in a systematic manner, at beginning and more advanced levels. This seminar can be attended while remaining in silence to deepen your own personal inner journey.
Carol Crenshaw
Carol is the co-founder and co-director of Inner Peace Yoga Center in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA, and co-director emeritus of the Himalayan Institute of Yoga Science and Philosophy of New York City. She has been practicing yoga and meditation for over 40 years and holds a Master’s degree in Eastern Studies/Comparative Psychology/Holistic Health from the University of Scranton. She is certified to teach from the Himalayan Institute Teacher’s Association and is an E-RYT Yoga Alliance instructor, and an IAYT Certified Yoga Therapist. She has taught yoga practices for 35 years in the U.S., India, and Italy. She served as a yoga therapist, biofeedback trainer, and wellness counselor both at the Center for Holistic Medicine in New York City and at the Himalayan Institute in Honesdale, Pennsylvania, where she also served as a senior teacher. Carol was an adjunct faculty member at the University of Phoenix serving in the Humanities Department. She is a Certified EFT INT practitioner who specializes in weight loss, a consulting hypnotist and certified NLP practitioner. Carol wrote several articles for Yoga International magazine, is a contributing author for The Clinical EFT Handbook, and co-author of EFT for Meditation.
Charles Crenshaw
Charles is the co-founder and co-director of Inner Peace Yoga Center in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA, and co-director emeritus of the Himalayan Institute of Yoga Science and Philosophy of New York City. He has been practicing yoga since 1974. He holds a Master’s degree in Eastern Studies/Comparative Psychology/Holistic Health from the University of Scranton. During his tenure in New York, Charles worked on the staff of the Center for Holistic Medicine as a teacher, counselor, yoga therapist, and biofeedback trainer. He is also an ordained Interfaith Minister from the New Seminary, New York City, where he specialized in spiritual counseling and served on the lecture faculty for two years. Charles holds a certificate of training for alcohol & substance abuse counseling from the New School for Social Research in New York City. He also served on the staff of the Himalayan Institute Hospital Trust (Jolly Grant, Dehra Dun, India) as a yoga therapist and researcher investigating the benefits of yoga on health. Charles has served as a senior teacher and seminar coordinator at the Himalayan Institute in Honesdale, Pennsylvania. He is an E-RYT Yoga Alliance instructor.He is a Certified Yoga Therapist through the International Association of Yoga Therapists. Charles is an adjunct faculty member at the University of Phoenix, where he teaches courses in philosophy and religion. He is a Certified EFT INT practitioner (contributing author for The Clinical EFT Handbook), a certified consulting hypnotist, and Master NLP practitioner. He is author of The Pathless Path: God, Grace, Guru. Co-author of EFT for Meditation.
Contact: ahymsin@ahymsin.org

Six-day Retreat: Superconscious Meditation – Level One
2019-06-23 09:30 - 2019-06-28 21:00, 2019-07-28 09:30 - 2019-08-02 21:00 (Asia/Kolkata) | Swami Rama Sadhaka Grama, Swami Rama Sadhaka Grama Dhyana Gurukulam, Virpur Khurd, Virbhadra Road, P. O Pashulok, Rishikesh, Uttarakhand, 249203, India
Programme description:
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 pursue a regular personal meditation practice.
In his book Meditation and Its Practice, Swami Rama of the Himalayas wrote: “For thousands of years, the science of meditation has been studied and practiced by aspirants who sought to make their lives more serene, creative and fulfilling. Meditation will give you the capacity to improve your health, your relationships and the skilfulness with which you perform your activities. This is because meditation can do something no other technique can accomplish – it introduces you to yourself on all levels and finally leads you to the center of consciousness within, the higher self, which is called Atman.”
Faculty:
SRSG ashram resident faculty
Contact:
ahymsin@ahymsin.org

Six-day Retreat: Maunam - Guided Silence Practice
2019-07-28 09:30 - 2019-08-02 21:00, 2019-08-04 09:30 - 2019-08-09 21:00 (Asia/Kolkata) | Swami Rama Sadhaka Grama, Swami Rama Sadhaka Grama Dhyana Gurukulam, Virpur Khurd, Virbhadra Road, P. O Pashulok, Rishikesh, Uttarakhand, 249203, India
Programme description:
“Silence is such a profound and deep experience of human existence that only when we have understood silence would we understand all the inspiration that has ever flowed to humanity from the minds and mouths of its great saints and sages.” – Swami Veda Bharati
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 calm down the constant flow of random thoughts and emotions and rejuvenate yourself on all levels. This retreat includes two days of foundations and preparations to silence, three days of silence practice and introspection, as well as one day of sharing and assimilation.
Faculty:
SRSG ashram resident faculty
Contact:
ahymsin@ahymsin.org

Special Workshop: Mantra and Meditation (retreat for non-initiates)
2019-08-04 09:30 - 2019-08-10 21:00 UTC | Swami Rama Sadhaka Grama, Swami Rama Sadhaka Grama Dhyana Gurukulam, Virpur Khurd, Virbhadra Road, P. O Pashulok, Rishikesh, Uttarakhand, 249203, India
Programme description:
This retreat is addressed to those who have previously visited Swami Rama Sadhaka Grama (SRSG) and have completed the basic lessons of sitting, breathing, joints & glands movements, relaxation and meditation. Swami Veda Bharati repeatedly emphasized the importance of refreshing and refining the foundations to subtler and subtler levels. Swamiji highlighted that a strong and solid foundation is the key to progress in our personal practice. Come join this six-day retreat to deepen your knowledge and practices, and to prepare yourself for mantra initiation, your next step on the journey of yoga in the Himalayan Tradition.
Faculty:
Borim Whang (Murali): Borim is an English literature graduate from Anyang University with a graduate school degree in Social Work from Sungkoghoe. She has also studied Chinese classic literature and taken counselling training. She started learning yoga from the Korean Yoga Association in 1993 and joined the Himalayan tradition in 1996. She was initiated by Swami Veda in 1999 and started teaching in Swami Rama Sadhaka Grama (SRSG) from 2004. Residing in Korea, she comes regularly to practice and teach at SRSG. Borim has taught yoga in Korea, India, Sri Lanka, Iran, and Malaysia.
