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Welcome to the official website of Swami Krishnananda. Here you will find e-books and articles as well as audios and videos on yoga, meditation, philosophy, scriptural texts and related subjects.

The Maharishi Vedic Approach to Health offers comprehensive programs which are prevention-oriented, time-tested, free from harmful side effects, and easily applied.

Kauai's Hindu Monastery, founded in 1970 by Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami (left, 1927-2001), is a traditional Saivite Hindu monastery-temple complex on Hawaii's Garden Island, dedicated to the divine within everyone and all things. It is part of the Saiva Siddhanta Church, founded in Sri Lanka in 1949. Its spiritual heritage derives from the Nandinatha Sampradaya, which goes back to 2,200 bce. <br />
This website, provided by the monks of the Saiva Siddhanta Yoga Order, is a window into the monastery's many facets, including our guru lineage, temples, spiritual teachings, publications and study programs. Our 353-acre sanctuary on this tropical isle is a theological seminary, publishing center, home of Iraivan Siva temple, and a destination for Hindus who come on pilgrimage from around the world.

To rise early and take the name of the Lord for ten minutes is what real dharma is. Swami Chidananda.

The Internet's largest and most comprehensive destination for spiritual resources and the teachings of modern spirituality; discussion boards and communities addressing modern seekers;&nbsp;spiritual news and live events; and wisdom and advice for spirituality in the modern world.<br />
We're here to serve as your spiritual resource on the Internet. Whether you're deeply committed to spiritual life or you're a complete newcomer, this gateway will provide you with a library of essays, sacred texts, and audio and video excerpts. It'll help you understand the history, rituals, and traditions of spirituality today.

Nobody likes to suffer and then we can ask ourselves why is there so much suffering in the world? Pleasure and pain, joy and suffering, happiness and sadness, they are all but the opposite facets of the same coin that is life. We can&rsquo;t have one without automatically meeting the other one.<br />
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But if we don&rsquo;t want to suffer, what should we do? Surely there must be a force that pushes us towards the cause of the suffering and this force is the imperious need to have an identity.<br />
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In yoga it is shown that the Inner Self, the true Self of our being is immortal and infinite, beyond any physical or mental limitation, beyond any suffering, any delusion and disappointment. Still, because of the power of the cosmic illusion, we don&rsquo;t see our essential true nature &ndash; in other words, we are completely ignorant regarding what we really represent. This ignorance allows us to have an identity, which separates us from the rest of the Universe. Because of this, we identify ourselves with the body, which is only the instrument of the manifestation of the Self or of the spark of deification that exists in all of us. Our fundamental mistake is that we identify ourselves with our physical body, with our mind and our personality.

What is Yoga? Yoga is the language of God. If we wish to speak to God, we have to learn His language.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br />
What is Yoga? Yoga is that which discloses God's secret. If we wish to know God's secret, we have to launch into the path of Yoga.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br />
What is Yoga? Yoga is the Breath of God. If we wish to see through God's Eye and feel through His Heart, if we wish to live in God's Dream and know God's Reality, if we wish to possess the Breath of God, and finally if we wish to become God Himself, Yoga will beckon us.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br />
Yoga is union. It is the union of the individual soul with the Supreme Self. Yoga is the spiritual science that teaches us how the Ultimate Reality can be realised in life itself.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;

The goal of yoga takes the form of Moksha, which is liberation from all worldly suffering and the cycle of birth and death, at which point there is a realisation of identity with the Supreme Brahman.

In Ananda Esoterisch Yoga Centrum wordt er gestreefd naar de onthulling van Yoga in haar traditionele vorm. Niet alleen de lichamelijke oefeningen, maar ook de essentiele en fundamentele principes ...

Satchidananda Ashram-Yogaville is a vibrant spiritual center founded by Sri Swami Satchidananda. A unique Yoga community, it serves as an oasis for spiritual unfoldment, benefiting residents and guests alike. Situated on the banks of the James River in Buckingham, Virginia with the Blue Ridge Mountains as a backdrop, it encompasses over 600 acres of serene, wooded landscape. Five sacred sites, including LOTUS, provide a variety of options for meditation, prayer and spiritual gatherings.

Vipassana, which means to see things as they really are, is one of India's most ancient techniques of meditation. It was rediscovered by Gotama Buddha more than 2500 years ago and was taught by him as a universal remedy for universal ills, i.e., an Art Of Living.

This technique aims for the total eradication of mental impurities and the resultant highest happiness of full liberation. Healing, not merely the curing of diseases, but the essential healing of human suffering, is its purpose.

Vipassana is a way of self-transformation through self-observation. It focuses on the deep interconnection between mind and body, which can be experienced directly by disciplined attention to the physical sensations that form the life of the body, and that continuously interconnect and condition the life of the mind. It is this observation-based, self-exploratory journey to the common root of mind and body that dissolves mental impurity, resulting in a balanced mind full of love and compassion.

The scientific laws that operate one's thoughts, feelings, judgements and sensations become clear. Through direct experience, the nature of how one grows or regresses, how one produces suffering or frees oneself from suffering is understood. Life becomes characterized by increased awareness, non-delusion, self-control and peace.

Alternative western practices, nutrition, teacher directory and homeopathic remedies. Our goal is to educate people of western faith on proper nutrition, exercise, combined with meditation/prayer. Sport Yoga and Elohim Yoga practices.

Vi erbjuder kurser i integralyoga, ett system som kombinerar traditionella yogabranscher sa som: Hatha- Laya- Tantra- Kundalini- Jnana- Mantra- Bhakti- Karma- Yantra Yoga och Yoga Nidra.

ISKCON COM is your guide and best source of information on the Hare Krishna Movement, The International Society for Krishna Consciousness, a Vaisnava society founded by AC Bhaktivedanta Swami (Srila Prabhupada)

Sivananda hatha yoga tradition. On-going, drop-in yoga classes based on the practice of basic yoga postures as well as sun-salutations, breathing exercises, and meditation. Please wear whatever you feel comfortable stretching in; yoga mats, cushions and towels are provided but you can bring your own if you’d like to. Also inquire about beginners courses, mama and baby yoga, satsangs, workshops, and retreats!

Born in 1887 in Pattamadai, Tamil Nadu, South India, Swami Sivananda whose name was then Kuppuswami, was a brilliant boy at studying as well as gymnastics and naturally inclined toward spiritual and religious practices.<br />
His natural selfless spirit lead him to a career in the medical field. His amazing eagerness and ability to learn and assimilate his studies earned him the respect of his professors who invited him to attend surgeries while still in his first year of medical school. After finishing the medical school, in a short time, he was given the responsibility of running a malaysian hospital. One day Dr. Kuppuswami had the opportunity to cure a wandering Sannyasin (renunciate or Monk) who then gave the doctor instruction on Yoga and Vedanta. From that day on his life changed, and gradually Dr. Kuppuswami became more introspective and could not stop pondering the great questions of life. Now he felt the need to help people on a more profound level, not just healing their physical body, but helping them to find a cure for all suffering.<br />
Filled with a tremendous desire for spiritual growth and enlightenment Kuppuswami went to North India in search of his Guru. After spending time in Varanasi (Banaras) he travelled north to the Himalayas. There in the holy town of Rishikesh Kuppuswami discovered his Guru who gave him Sannyas. After taking these vows, Swami Sivananda Saraswati, as he would be known henceforth, started an extremely intense daily Sadhana and Tapas for the next 10 years or so. <br />
From that time Swami Sivananda became one of the most prolific Yoga teachers who has ever existed. Although he rarely left the little town of Rishikesh Swami Sivananda's teachings spread quickly throughout our entire planet.

Just like his life and his death the origin of Swami Dhirendra Brahmachari is shrouded in mystery. There are no records of the day of his birth, and during his lifetime the public was speculating about his real age. He never talked much about his past, but when he remebered his early childhood he used to say that he was a wild and naughty boy with a great sense for adventure, which often put him in difficult and dangerous situations. When he was twelve years old he started to read the Bhagavad Gita and he was deeply impressed when Krishna says to Arjuna: &ldquo;The Yogin is verily superior to the Tapasvins (those observing austerities), Jnanins (the knowledge-ables) and Karmakandins (those who perform the ceremonial rites). Therefore you should try to become a Yogin!&rdquo; So he decided to become a Yogi. From this moment he pursued this arduous path with great devotion and deep interest, and he left his family to search for a true Guru. During these years of wandering he met many masters and holy men, but in spite of his ardent efforts it seemed impossible to find the one personal Guru. Many so-called masters turned out to be charlatans or they were demanding a certain hairstyle or dress from him, changes which the stubborn young man wouldn`t accept. While this struggle between light and darkness was in full swing, he finally met his Guru Maharshi Kartikeya, whose Ashram stood at Gopal-Khera, about twelve miles from Lucknow. There his Guru initiated him into the untold secrets of Yoga. He practiced Pranayama in an underground cave and reached a state of perfect mental equilibrum, which made him enter the realms of higher Yoga. Now he was a Swami, a Siddha and Yoga-Master, and he was directed by Maharshiji to propagate the Yogic Kriyas. <br />
In the year 1981 he was asked by some journalists if he would leave his body as old as his own Guru Maharshi Kartikeya, who entered Maha-Samadhi 1953 in the age of 336 years, while he was meditating with his favourite Chelas. He answered: &ldquo;I would gladly do that, if I shouldn`t die in a plane-crash.&rdquo;<br />
It was in the Vishwayatan Ashram in New Delhi in the beginning of june 1994 that he announced his final departure from this world to the unbelieving staff and students. A few days later, it was the 9 th june 1994, he crashed with a small airplane in the mountains near Mantalai (J &amp; K).

The centre is entirely devoted to promoting and spreading the teachings of the Great Yoga Master Shri BKS Iyengar throughout Sardinia, Italy. Iyengar Yoga, is the most widely practiced method of yoga and renowned for its therapeutic efficacy. It focuses on alignment, sequencing and timings in the performance of asanas (postures) and introduces the use of props to ensure asanas are executed correctly.
SYA carries out the following activities:
Yoga for Adults - asana and introduction to pranayama
Yoga for Children (from 6 to 12 years)
Yoga for Women (specific for women's needs)
Talks about Yoga Philosophy
Chanting of Sacred Texts (Yoga Sutras, Bhagavad Gita, Upanishads etc)

Kundalini yoga is a physical and meditative discipline, comprising a set of techniques that use the mind, senses and body to create a communication between &quot;mind&quot; and &quot;body&quot;. Kundalini yoga focuses on psycho-spiritual growth and the body's potential for maturation, giving special consideration to the role of the spine and the endocrine system in the understanding of yogic awakening.&nbsp;<br />
Kundalini is a concentrated form of prana or life force, lying dormant in chakras in the body. It is conceptualized as a coiled up serpent (literally, 'kundalini' in Sanskrit is 'That which is coiled.' Sanskrit kund, &quot;to burn&quot;; kunda, &quot;to coil or to spiral&quot;). The serpent is considered to be female, coiled up three and a half times, with its mouth engulfing the base of the Sushumna nadi.<br />
In the classical literature of Kashmir Shaivism kundalini is described in three different manifestations. The first of these is as the universal energy or para-kundalini. The second of these is as the energizing function of the body-mind complex or prana-kundalini. The third of these is as consciousness or shakti-kundalini which simultaneously subsumes and intermediates between these two. Ultimately these three forms are the same but understanding these three different forms will help to understand the different manifestations of kundalini.