General Articles 
Service To Our Elders As A Path Of Love and Spiritual Growth
18 June, 2011 @ 10:57 pm
Mother and Father are two eternal principles in this world. They’re two gods to the infant, and are so important to us both physically and emotionally that the effects of our relationship with our mother and father reverberate throughout our whole life. There is a quote from an ancient scripture of India that goes like this: “The root of comfort and happiness is harmonious relationship and sufficient wealth. The root of harmonious relationships and sufficient wealth are wise choices. The root of wise choices is self control. The root of self control is humility and discipline. The root of humility and discipline is service to the elders. Through service to the elders, one obtains experiential knowledge and wisdom.”
Use of Yoga Nidra for Creativity
22 May, 2011 @ 5:39 pm
What is creativity? It seems an obvious question. We know what it is? Do we? The word comes from Latin “Creo” to make. Who makes? Makes from what? The answer has changed over the course of history and is different in different cultures! Peter Meusberg’s research showed 100 definitions of what creativity is.
A Successful Yoga Nidra Retreat
19 May, 2011 @ 6:39 pm
It came about as a response to the fact that programs teaching yoga-nidra are proliferating worldwide using a wide variety of preparatory exercises that are usually mis-characterized as yoga-nidra. These practices often differ from the processes discussed in traditional textual sources and the oral tradition of yoga. Research on yoga-nidra has tended to focus on alpha and theta wave states that, by definition, cannot be yoga-nidra.
AHYMSIN Annual Report – 2010
27 April, 2011 @ 3:59 pm
Due to Guru’s grace, the collective strength, spirituality and mindshare of each pearl of our Sangha, our universal family our mission experienced yet another successful year. We have progressed and we have learnt. Each experience has contributed towards our endeavor to continuously improve and evolve without losing the sight of our goal i.e. dedicated to making available and teaching the Himalayan Yoga Tradition as taught by Swami Rama of the Himalayas.
What Sannyasa Means to Me
27 April, 2011 @ 3:40 pm
In the booklet titled SWAMI - A LIFE BEYOND KNOWLEDGE, A Garland of Memories by Shri Swamiji, the second chapter starts with the words - “Renunciation is the final forgetting of 'I' and 'mine'."
First Results of Three Years in the Practice of Yoga Nidra
26 February, 2011 @ 2:58 pm
When I was born my head got stuck in my mother’s cervix and for a while I could not breathe. I had a high fever after the birth. The doctors called this status Cerebral Palsy. Cerebral refers to the affected area of the brain, the cerebrum (however the centres had not been perfectly localized and the disorder most likely involves connections between the cortex and other parts of the brainsuch as the cerebellum). Palsy refers to disorder of movement.
Now after Years of Yoga Nidra, I Am Moved from Inside
26 February, 2011 @ 2:43 pm
My illness started in Malaysia in 2005 with sight problems including double vision. In November I was accompanying my son to Singapore by bus when I suddenly became paralyzed from head to toe. I could neither walk nor move my arms; I could hardly swallow and barely breathe. At the same time I suffered terrible muscular cramps. We were close to Malacca, and the bus made an urgent detour to take me to Hospital for Emergency treatment.
Holi Washes, Holi Wishes – February 2010
22 February, 2011 @ 11:04 pm
My memories of Holi are sweet. It is not just pranks and irreverence. It is a mending of all rifts. When you come to India for Holi be sure to bring some old clothes you do not mind spoiling or buy something really cheap and ugly in the bazaar beforehand. I bought a water pistol in town at Anshal Store that makes a very fine stream, but if memory serves, some of our young scamps use buckets and really huge water torches to vault the streams of colored water at you.
Planting the Precious Seed – Children and Yoga
21 February, 2011 @ 9:18 pm
Within the last several months a number of members in our global community have made glorious efforts to gather children into their local communities and serve them with the teachings of Gurudev. Swami Veda has communicated that he is very pleased to see these sorts of projects happening all around the globe and would like to encourage all of us to take the initiative to welcome the younger generation into our tradition by offering more children, youth and family based activities in our centers.
The cows are here! The cows are here! – October 2009
21 February, 2011 @ 2:42 am
The reverence with which the Ashramites welcomed the arrival of the cows was as if a reverence for “Mother.” The cow is a symbol of the divine mother, representing life and the sustenance of life. Lord Krishna is associated with cows, as two of his names reflect: “Govinda” (finder of cows) and “Gopala” (protector of cows). In Krishna’s aspect as a child, he is often depicted crawling on his hands and knees or dancing, often with butter in his hands. As a mischievous child he was called Makhan Chor (butter thief).