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.
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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) | Uttarakhand
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, 2019-08-25 09:30 - 2019-08-30 21:00, 2019-09-22 09:30 - 2019-09-27 21:00, 2019-10-27 09:30 - 2019-11-01 21:00, 2019-11-24 09:30 - 2019-11-29 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, 2019-09-01 09:30 - 2019-09-06 21:00, 2019-10-06 09:30 - 2019-10-11 21:00, 2019-11-03 09:30 - 2019-11-08 21:00, 2019-12-01 09:30 - 2019-12-06 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.

Special Retreat: Mantra after Initiation / Your Next Steps After Mantra Diksha (retreat for initiates)
2019-09-29 09:30 - 2019-10-05 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 special retreat is offered especially for those who have previously visited Swami Rama Sadhaka Grama (SRSG), perhaps once or on several occasions, and who have had the basic lessons and have also received initiation into a personal mantra.
Now, the fundamental questions remain:
how to refine our meditation practice after initiation,
how to deepen and refine the use of one’s personal diksha mantra and,
how does one progress towards the next steps.
All those will be skilfully and systematically approached by the qualified retreat guide. Come attend this week long retreat and give yourself the opportunity to advance your practice to the next levels of depth in your journey towards the center of consciousness.
“The mantra in meditation is that thought which replaces the knife cutting edge of all rational and emotional associations so that the mind may come to a center.” – Swami Veda Bharati
Faculty:
Raghavendra Adiga: Raghavendra is an engineering graduate from Bangalore University. He was in business by profession and taught martial art (karate) for many 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 yoga and meditation according to the Tradition. He received training and became a mantra initiator in 2008. He visited and taught yoga meditation 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.
Pre-requisites:
Mantra initiation in the Himalayan Tradition
Contact:
ahymsin@ahymsin.org
