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AHYMSIN Full Moon Illuminations - Feb 2024

AHYMSIN Full Moon Illuminations - Feb 2024

Dear Visitor,

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Breath Control

~ Swami Rama

Almost everyone has felt the influences of stress at some point during life, perhaps relating to a situation at school, work or in one’s family. Although the stresses in our environment cannot be controlled, our reaction to them can be. Breath can be used as a very powerful tool in the regulation of both the mind and body, and thus also in the reduction of stress. Most people, however, have never observed their own process of breathing; its qualities and patterns have remained unknown, hidden in the unconscious mind. Although the breath is maintained by unconscious mechanisms in the body, it can be brought under our conscious control, and unhealthy breathing habits can be corrected. In doing this, one can decrease the level of stress in one’s life and feel more balanced and relaxed.

Despite the obvious importance of the breath, a majority of us have poor breathing patterns, which disturb us physically, mentally and emotionally. These improper breathing habits thus create stress and can eventually lead to other imbalances and complications. The importance of good breathing is paramount, for it continually provides us with nourishment and cleanses our body; the oxygen inhaled is utilized by every cell of our body. When this gas exchange does not take place efficiently, the entire pulmonary-cardiovascular system must work harder in order to properly oxygenate the blood.

By paying attention to one’s breath, one can become aware of its irregularities and dysfunctions. Observe your own breathing for a moment and you may notice pauses and jerks that interrupt its flow. The breath should be allowed to flow smoothly. Pauses and jerks arise from poor breathing habits and disturb the nervous system. These irregularities in the breath can be corrected with consistent, daily practice of smooth, even breathing, which in turn will give rise to greater control over the respiratory motion and lead to a state of mental and physical calmness and alertness.

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Atma Tattva Avalokanam

~ Swami Veda Bharati

– Swami Veda’s Address to the Gathering of the Sangha, February 2nd 2010

Meditation: “The Breather Observing the Breath”

Free your mind. Free your mind of all the parigrahas, everything that mind has grabbed onto, hold nothing. Let your mind calm. Come back home, to the divine temple that is your body, that is your being, that is your prana, that is your mind, that is your self. You the Atman.

Be aware of your self. No names, no conditions, no limitations, nothing that the mind has identified with. Be your own pure silent Self. Only be aware of your being.

No ripple in your being, only the silent self. Know yourself to be free of all becomings, all motivations, all vrittis, all operations of the mind. Only dwell in Atma Tattva Avalokanam, awareness of Atman the Self.

As the mind wanders, come back to your pure silent being, wherever in you, you experience it.

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Rasa - The Flavor of Essence

~ Swami Ritavan Bharati

Entering the subtle realms of Mind in the Buddhi

There is a word in the Sanskrit language. The word is RASA. The word, rasa means a juice, the flavor, as the essence. Rasa means that essence as the experience. That which you taste, not merely the object of taste but the object of taste, the process of tasting, and the experience of tasting.

The object of taste, the process, the interaction that occurs between the one who is tasting and that which is being tasted, and the experience of taste itself. The sense and the experience of the juice. The sensation of the experience and the juice of what you are tasting all combine together - not as divided ideas but as a singularity that is called RASA. And, when you know the art of tasting, the art of experiencing the juice, the flavor, the subtlest possible essence, then you know the art of life.

We have lost the art of enjoying life. In the ancient texts of the meditative tradition, there are some passages; and in the Bhagavad Gita 4:24, the verse Brahmarpanam… That (Brahman - God) is rasa. Brahman is the flavor, Brahman is the essence of everything. All pleasure that flows from Brahman, and Brahman alone remains. When any pleasure becomes an experience of Unified Consciousness- a Divine presence, then you are experiencing, you are enjoying, RASA. The yogi lives in the mental field of that RASA, that essence, that ecstasy, that flavor, that juice of universal existence -- becomes so blissful. When you are enjoying your food, when you go to its subtle-most essence, you are then enjoying that omnipresent God which being omnipresent is also in the food.

[Swami Ritavan Bharati completed a weeklong seminar on Intensive Meditation that was well received by those attending where he introduced the importance of rasana-buddhi. Through mindfulness and meditation, the experience of any perception can transformed through entry into the subtle body and experiencing the sacred in buddhi. This art of joyful living will be the subject of the upcoming 10-day Entrance to the Subtle Body seminar at Swami Rama Sadhaka Grama (SRSG) ashram in Rishikesh, India from 25th February through 5th March.]

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The Gurukulam Program:
A Year-Long Spiritual Journey

~ Admissions Now Open for 2024-25 Session

We are pleased to announce that the Gurukulam program is now accepting applications for the session of 2024-25. This sacred one-year spiritual journey will commence on July 21, 2024, the auspicious day of Guru Purnima (Ashadha Shukla Purnima, the Full Moon Day dedicated to the Guru Force). Seekers of the ancient Himalayan wisdom from all over the world are welcome to apply for this program.

Gurukulam

Swami Rama Dhyana Gurukulam (SRDG) offers study of traditional ancient teachings of the Himalayan Tradition. In 2003, Mahamandaleshwar Shri Swami Veda Bharati envisioned a long-term program that would impart the purest form of these teachings to the next generation of seekers, and thus, the Gurukulam was born.

The Gurukulam, literally, the Guru’s Family envisages personal spiritual experience to be the foundation of all education in every area of learning. As such the program has been developed to train and mentor aspirants, so that they may imbibe the teachings of the Himalayan Masters in every aspect of their lives.

The one-year residential intensive program in the Himalayan Yoga Meditation Tradition will allow a student to systematically learn the spiritual sciences within a practical framework so that these teachings may be useful for them towards self-transformation. The emphasis is on creating a foundation of spiritual values upon which they may build their future in the world.

The ‘One-Year Residential Program in the Himalayan Yoga Meditation Tradition’ will harmoniously hold an integrated study and practice of all the paths of yoga, including bhakti, jnana, karma, and raja yoga. The students will be taught the philosophy, science, and practices of hatha yoga, breathing awareness and pranayamas, subtle body relaxations, and meditation. There will be an emphasis on learning, understanding, and appreciating meditation as a unifying principle in all the major religions of the world. Ancient scriptures including selected Prakarana Granthas, selected sections of the Shrimad Bhagavad Gita, the Samkhya darshana, and the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali will be taught. All students will also be taught Sanskrit and Vedic Chantings.

To be a part of this journey, seekers must commit to a year-long residential stay at the at Swami Rama Sadhaka Grama (SRSG) ashram in Rishikesh, India. The daily schedule is rigorous, running from 5 am to 10 pm, comprising of classes, practices, and seva, in which all students are expected to participate.

Medium of Instruction: English
Cost/Fees: A loving and committed heart. Donations/Dakshinas towards one’s stay are welcome.
Eligibility: All seekers, irrespective of religion, gender, caste, etc. who can commit to a year-long stay at the SRSG ashram in Rishikesh, India.
Age Limit: 25-40 Years
The last date for applying to the program is 31st May, 2024.

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AHYMSIN Sangha of the Americas

~ July 25 - August 3, 2024

Himalayan Tradition: Transformation & Spiritual Destiny

Dear Guru brothers and sisters in the Tradition of the Himalayan Masters,
We are happy to announce the upcoming 2024 Himalayan Tradition, AHYMSIN Sangha of the Americas, coming in July.

This is a gathering of Himalayan Tradition initiates of the Americas, global center leaders, sadhakas, friends, and their families.

Come and deepen your practices during this unique gathering of like-minded seekers through daily yoga and meditation sessions, teachings and inspirations, which will include a 5 day Silence period. The event will take place at the beautiful St. Olaf College in Northfield, MN, USA.

The 10 day program will be comprised of:
• Arrival and check-in for the 10-day program will be on July 25.
• AHYMSIN gathering with center presentations, inspirations and family connections, as well as daily prayers, yoga, and meditation, from July 26 to 29.
• 5 day period of Silence from July 29 to August 2, with guests departing August 3.
• Daily presentations by senior members of the Tradition will also be available via Zoom.
• A Family Gathering Kirtan Event to be held July 26.

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Himalayan Yoga at LMU—Los Angeles

~ Randall Krause (Mokshadeva)

Over the years, I’ve come to have the greatest respect for Dr. Chapple, not only is he a distinguished academic (he is the Doshi Professor of Indic and Comparative Theology at LMU, the Founder of LMU’s respected Yoga Studies Program, and the Director of LMU’s Master of Arts in Yoga Studies program), but also a true disciple of Yoga who strives to embody his Gurudevi’s teachings. I’ve have found him to be brilliant, humble, kind and extremely approachable and generous.

In the years since completing the Certificate Program, I’ve worked with Dr. Chapple to bring programs to LMU to familiarize their students with the Himalayan Tradition. We’ve now held several such programs, with teachers including Stoma, Swami Radha, Sanjay Shastri, and myself.

Swami Veda, Randall, and Dr. Chapple

This year, Professor Chapple contacted me with a request for another program, and Swami Ritavan asked me to put it together. So I had the joyous opportunity to work with Dr. Chapple and his delightful staff and teachers to design it.

The two-day meditation retreat occurred over the weekend of January 27th and 28, 2024, at the LMU Center for Prayer and Peace. There is a small plaza just outside where one can view the Pacific Ocean in the distance. It was an exquisite environment for a meditation retreat. Some folks sat on the floor and others on chairs. Dr. Chapple and Zoe Slatoff, who teaches Sanskrit at LMU, offered prayers and mantras to get us started in the mornings.

The retreat provided basic practices that would enable attendees to build their own personal daily yoga-meditation practices, and covered joints and glands practices, sitting, breathing, relaxation, mantra and meditation, and contemplative walking (with a view of the Pacific ocean), spiced with philosophy and stories from my experience in the Tradition. About two dozen people attended over the two days, sometimes more and sometimes less. The participants were very attentive and interested.

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Global Meditation Reminder

Full Moon Meditation
is on 24 February 2024

New Moon Meditation
is on 10 March 2024

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You are invited to sit in meditation for an hour wherever you are, in your home or with friends. Total beginners and longtime practitioners, non-initiates and initiates are welcome. If you cannot sit for the entire hour, sit as long as you are able; as Swami Veda has said, “Let the quietness of the mind continue even after you rise...”

Global Meditations Schedule

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Upcoming Events

~ Specialty Retreats with Senior Teachers

Entrance to the Subtle Body Retreat with Swami Ritavan Bharati

HYT-TTP Level 1 & 3 Retreats with Senior TTP Faculty

Entrance to the Subtle Body HYT-TTP Level 1 & 3 Retreats

HYT-TTP Level 1 & 2 Retreats with Senior TTP Faculty

HYT-TTP Level 1 & 3 Retreats with Senior TTP Faculty

HYT-TTP HYT-TTP Level 1 & 3 Retreats

~ Dive Deeper into Philosophy with these Retreats

Sadhana Panchakam with Rabindra Sahu

Narada Bhakti Sutras - Treatise on Love and Surrender with Rabindra Sahu

Sadhana-Panchakam narada-bhakti-sutras

Navaratri Retreat – Cultivating the Divine Feminine with Rabindra Sahu

Art of Joyful Living with Rabindra Sahu

Navaratri Retreat – Cultivating the Divine Feminine Art-of-Joyful-Living

You and Your emotions with Dr Divya Gupta and Dr Swati Saharan

Guru Disciple Relationship with Rabindra Sahu

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Developing a Personal Philosophy in life with Dr Divya Gupta and Dr Swati Saharan

Path to Successful Relationships with Dr Divya Gupta and Dr Swati Saharan

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~ Retreats for Beginning, Refining, and Advancing in your Practices

Meditation and Its Practice

Preparatory Practices of Yoga Nidra

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Yours in service, AHYMSIN Office

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