General Articles 
The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali
22 September, 2018 @ 4:28 pm
It was more than 30 years ago. I was searching for a spiritual teacher and heard that a great yoga teacher would be teaching in the San Francisco area. His name was Usharbudh Arya. He was going to be teaching “The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali” at a person’s home.
Not Yet There, Not Yet
22 August, 2018 @ 12:19 pm
I was first introduced to Swami Rama when I was on a yoga teacher training course in Nepal in 2016, with a yoga school from Rishikesh. Some of Swami Rama’s books were on the ‘recommended read’ list. The purpose of taking the course was that practicing yoga at gyms with different teachers with varying degrees of experience, knowledge and approach wasn’t very satisfactory, and I wanted to learn it properly. I had no concept of what the course might entail, and the science and philosophy of yoga opened an unexpected and wonderful new window for me, and I knew I wanted to continue learning.
Guru-Purnima: 9th July 1998
19 August, 2018 @ 7:40 pm
At this sacred time we pay homage in gratitude to the divinity that takes the form of an incarnate being, to us a personal guide, from time to time - in whose grace our being as a spirit can breathe again, to aspire to realise its luminosity. May we continue to meet him daily.
An Invitation to Return Home – AHYMSIN Sangha Gathering 2019
5 August, 2018 @ 10:55 am
Swami Ritavan Bharati extends his personal invitation to all members of the Guru family to gather at Swami Rama Sadhaka Grama between February 25 - March 5, 2019, to immerse ourselves into the triad of ‘Love, Serve, Remember’ which Swami Rama enjoined and the principles given to us by our beloved Swami Veda through his writing on “Perennial in the Millennium”.
A New Cycle of Construction and Restoration at SRSG
2 August, 2018 @ 5:00 pm
Swami Rama Sadhaka Grama has been said to be the heart center of our beloved Swami Veda Bharati-ji, and embodies his vision for a spiritual home to which our Guru brothers and sisters could return for their sadhana, with their families and children. It has been nearly two decades since it was first realized in brick and mortar. The buildings, though old, are imbued with stories of every meditation with Swami Ji, of all the Gurukulam lectures, of every teacher in training, of Ma Tara and Sadhakeshwar Mahadeva, of Mother Mary and the Buddha Himself, of joy and laughter, of stillness and silence, and resonate with Swamiji’s voice and the mantras which continue to be strengthened each day.
Was there a reason why Swami Rama taught us to start the relaxation from crown to toes?
21 July, 2018 @ 9:26 pm
I was once in a class with Swami Rama who was asked why he started relaxation at the head and he said (I'm paraphrasing), first relax the brain, then the rest of the body relaxes more quickly and deeply.
Are the powers described it the book “Living with the Himalayan masters” still exist in the tradition?
23 June, 2018 @ 9:32 pm
Theses powers or siddhis are within all of us. “They” are powers of God Himself. Once one becomes realized (Realization of Self) then powers are experienced or siddhis are available to use.
How come a Swami is practicing external rituals?
22 May, 2018 @ 9:41 pm
A Swami is free. S/he is under no obligation either to perform or not to perform rituals. The point is whether one is attached to their action.
What is the role of the personal mantra in yoga?
23 April, 2018 @ 9:52 pm
When one is doing the mantra all else takes secondary importance and the mental repetition is all that matters - it also helps to remove ideas of 'ego' as it dwells only on sound. Once that concentration is mastered the other subtle reasons reveal themselves and there would not arise the question asked.
The Words of My Master
2 April, 2018 @ 9:30 pm
God’s Providence, like the blue sky, is forever above us all. And so, after searching for two decades, it was Divine Providence that led me to my Guru, Sri Swami Rama. It all started after I read Paramahansa Yogananda’s Autobiography of a Yogi in the late 1960s. That book inspired me to join the Self Realization Fellowship (SRF) program of the Yogoda Satsang Society founded by Yogananda. However, my search for a living Guru continued because SRF’s distance learning material could not fulfill my yearning for direct spiritual guidance.