Showing posts with label madurai. Show all posts
Showing posts with label madurai. Show all posts

Saturday, March 21, 2009

Some fun - a poem about the ashram by Jane:

Like us, hope you also will love the poem given below, written by a Chech-Yogini living in Toronto who spent a wonderful two weeks with us at the ashram:

Sivananda Ashram is a nice place

where you can relax and follow the pace.

The people here are great

they never let you have an empty plate.

You can eat and eat and eat

because the food's healthy and without any meat.

We don't have any spicy curry

which is good, because to the toilet we don't have to hurry.

We wake up very early, although we like to sleep in

the satsang's calling with some hard-core breathing.

Our backs are very sore from Pranayama

so we all wish we could lay down in Savasana.

But after singing a lot of jaya ganesha

believe it or not, our backs feels much fresher.

So it's ok i you're living with a monkey or a bat

as long as you have your yoga mat.

You know, simple sweet 'OM'

can make you feel just like home.

So if you need some love and energy

just go and see our lovely Swamiji.

Wednesday, March 11, 2009

ATTC Feb 2009 The first ever ATTC with all the 92 students passing the course concluded successfully. The graduation ceremony was preceded by a Gurupuja performed by the priests and the students. Running every two years, the next ATTC will be jan/feb 2011. During the week there was a Devi puja which was liked by all. Ananda lead a group of 25 students and staff to a 2 day trip to Rameswaram and Dhanushkoti after the ATTC. A yoga vacation programme with 10 people started immediately on Mar 8th. The registration for the next TTC starting on Mar 22 is going on well. The main teachers and many staff especially came for the ATTC assisting left the ashram immediately. Swami Tatwarupananda went back to his ashram in Trivandrum . Swami Govindananda and Prahlada left for Neyyar Dam for the India director's meeting. Swami Gayatriananda went back to Neyyar Dam. Dr Padma ( now Swami Padmapadananda ) was initiated into sannyasa deeksha by Swami Mahadevanandaji on Sivaratri day. Satyadev left for Uttar Kashi to continue as staff there. Sita, Ambika , Panchavarnam , Durairaj, Surendran , Indiradevi , Br. Sajith, Annapurna and Zdenik Hanus left as staff. Satya went to Srilanka to to renew her Indian visa to come back to ashram for another year as staff. Jyoti came back to the ashram after getting a new Indian visa from Srilanka. Sridevi ( Wei-Chi - Taiwan ) joined as staff after her ATTC. Mani Chaitanya and Vijay from the Delhi centres graced the graduation ceremony in the ashram on their way to Neyyar Dam for the Indiadirector's meeting. We are very grateful to all the staff who left after helping the ashram wholeheartedly during this busy season. May Gurudev's Blessings guide them always. Staff : Swami Govindananda, Swami Padmapadananda, Ananda , Chiman Chang, Satya ( Srilanka ), Nirmala, Narayani, Mahendra Kumar, Yogiswar , Sara O Connel, Jyoti , Brahmaswaroop, Karuna Kumar, Mahalakshmi, Sridevi, Tara, Lakshmi, Deepakdas, Iswara , Anjani , Veena, Sridevi.

Tuesday, January 27, 2009

Monday, November 3, 2008

Gurugram November 2008

OM Namah Shivya
Sivananda news can be read here in November's Gurugram - http://www.sivananda.org/publications/mailinglists/guru-gram/gg-Nov01-2008.html
Today is your own. Tomorrow perchance may never come. -- Sri Swami Sivananda
October saw work continuing on the new dormitory building (soon to be completed!) whilst the Madurai ashram celebrated Navaratri with Devi Pujas, Rudra Homa and Abhishekam Puja every day and a Chandika Homa on the 8th and 9th day of Navaratri.

Monday, October 27, 2008

Meenakshi Ashram Dates for 2008/2009

Yoga Vacation 01/11/08 - 14/11/08 Yoga Vaction 16/11/08 - 29/11/08 TTC 30/11/08 - 28/12/08 Sadhana Intensive 04/01/09 - 19/01/09 Yoga Vacation 20/01/09 - 02/02/09 ATTC 08/02/09 - 08/03/09 Yoga Vacation 16/03/09 - 29/03/09 Yoga Vacation from april onwards 1st to 14th & 16th to 29th

Wednesday, June 18, 2008

Swami Govindananda update June 08: Swamiji is in Toronto, Canada

After overseeing the TTC and Sadhana Intensive courses in Uttar Kashi, Swamiji returned to Madurai to check up on the new building before flying to Canada to partake in the Sadhana Intensive course. He'll be back in Madurai from Toronto on July 6th and is looking forward to hearing from TTC graduates wanting to staff Winter 2008's Teacher's Training Courses.

Saturday, May 3, 2008

Sivananda Gurugram: May

THOUGHT OF THE MONTH ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Ahimsa is cosmic love. Ahimsa is true sacrifice. Ahimsa is forgiveness. Ahimsa is true strength. - Swami Sivananda
To find out: - What's happening in Sivananda locations around the globe - How are life and meditation intermingled? - How to make Uppama with mixed vegetables with coconut chutney - About the intense weather experienced at the Madurai ashram
Visit the HTML version and sign up to receive straight to your inbox http://www.sivananda.org/gurugram
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