General Articles 
Is practicing nadi sodhana really essential?
17 March, 2017 @ 8:39 pm
Be patient, do not look for results, just practice. Expectations disappoint, discourage and create imbalances in the mind. Do what you have to do, carry on and the results will come in their own time. Wishing you perseverance and success.
July Events at Swami Rama Sadhaka Grama
17 March, 2017 @ 5:51 pm
Swami Ritavan Bharati invites all who were associated with Swami Veda to attend the SRSG July events, or contribute by way of sharing an audio or video less than 7 minutes for the second anniversary celebration.
What can I do to stop falling asleep when I try to meditate?
3 February, 2017 @ 8:45 pm
Sri Swami Rama of the Himalayas said once that if one falls asleep during meditation it means the mind is tired.
What can we do with those members of the local sangha who do not practice seva within the sangha?
21 January, 2017 @ 8:48 pm
Yoga students are already doing seva for their family or in their neighborhoods, or at hospitals or as counselors or in other capacities. Seva, as it pertains to sadhana, does not have to be to a local HYT center. However, when one sees the vastness and comprehensiveness of Swami Rama and Swami Veda’s mission, it seems that seva in the HYT would have immense benefits not only locally, but also worldwide.
Naked Before God
4 January, 2017 @ 11:45 pm
“I stood before God, the Source of All That Is naked and vulnerable like a child knowing perhaps for the first time who I really AM.” This thought drifted through my mind as I waited at the international airport in New Delhi for my return flight to San Francisco. I smiled as I reflected on how this event came to be.
Coming Home
4 January, 2017 @ 11:36 pm
Lea: Ever since I first came to SRSG to join my husband, loving efforts have been made by the ashram community to make me feel welcome and at home. And indeed, every time we return to this beautiful place, it feels a little bit more like home. And despite little difficulties like the issue with the banknotes or running out of gas for our daily cooking, I really enjoy being here more and more.
I got into yoga to lose weight, but somehow it never left me. Do you have any advice?
27 December, 2016 @ 8:56 pm
There is a popular misconception that yoga will help people lose weight by raising their basal metabolic rate. This does not happen no matter how vigorous one's asana program may be. What it can do is to gradually help a person to change their relationship with their body starting from accepting oneself wherever you may be.
Is it normal to want to do both yoga as well as finance/business? Is it necessary to give up family life to focus totally on spirituality and self-realization?
18 November, 2016 @ 10:01 pm
Swami Rama has said many times that a householder can attain moksha and cites Rama, Sita, many married saints, sages and highly evolved spiritual persons, such as Gandhi.
Little Light
4 November, 2016 @ 11:55 pm
The Seed for Motherhood Some years ago I was seated in front of the Ganga river when I realized that in my life I had raised many defensive walls to protect myself against what I believed responsible of my suffering, Loving too much. I now smiled at that belief, but anyway that very day I wrote down in my travel note book that I realized I did not know how to give. I also did not know how to receive.
What does this sentence mean from Swami Veda? “When you will have exhaled inwards and inhaled outwards twelve breaths without pause, you will have entered the Great Reservoir.”
29 October, 2016 @ 10:12 pm
Over the years Swami Veda often quoted the classic texts on Yoga in which there were quantitative prerequisites given for attaining samadhi. One text said that if a person could sit ABSOLUTELY still for such-and-such a period samadhi could be attained.