YOGALife I Summer 2010 - Sivananda Yoga

Sivananda Ashram and Centre News
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Ashram and Centre News
VAL MORIN, CANADA
Sivananda Yoga Ashram HQ
Reconnect with Swami Sivananda and Swami
Vishnudevananda at the Sivananda Yoga HQ in
Canada. Meet up with friends, senior disciples
and staff from the four corners of the world.
Re-energise, revitalise and create peace. Register
at www.sivananda.org/camp
See page 35 for information.
GRASS VALLEY, USA
Sivananda Ashram Vrindavan
Yoga Farm
The Sivananda Ashram Vrindavan Yoga Farm
in Grass Valley will celebrate its 40 years
anniversary in 2011. The celebrations will be
in April 12 – 16, 2011. We would like to make
an album book gathering stories, pictures, and
testimonials about the ashram, specially during
the years when Swami Vishnudevanandaji
came regularly to teach and to seclude at the
Yoga Farm. Please send your stories and photos
to ‘yogafarmpublications@gmail.com’.
Thank you. Yoga Farm Staff.
YOGALife I Summer 2010
WOODBOURNE,
NEW YORK
Sivananda Ashram Yoga Ranch
The Yoga Ranch is upgrading the whole ashram
while maintaining its rustic beauty and simplicity.
Dedicated to Yogic lifestyle and simple, natural
living, besides a predominance of organic vege -
tarian diet, we are growing more and more of our
own food according to organic, sustainable,
permaculture principals. The old Yoga Ranch
buildings have been given new life with a new
Asana and dining Hall, and new kitchen.
We have replaced the roofs and insulation of the
old buildings and given them a needed facelift.
This year we started two new courses: an
Ayurvedic Cooking Certification course with
Dr. Kamlesh; and a Yoga of the Heart Certification
with Nischala Joy Devi and Bhaskara Deva, to
train Yoga teachers to teach heart and cancer
patients to adopt a healthy Yoga lifestyle. We are
also teaching three Teachers, Training Courses
(TTC’s) in 2011 with a new April/May Course in
addition to our traditional June and September
TTC’s. We are also continuing the July Advanced
Teachers’ Training Course (ATTC) with a very
strong group of Teachers.
NEYYAR DAM, INDIA
Sivananda Yoga Vedanta
Dhanwantari Ashram
Work is currently going on to renovate the
stage/altar area of the main satsang hall,
Siva Hall. The beautiful ceiling with 33 hand
carved lotus flowers is already complete.
Additionally there will be wood panels on the
walls around the Nataraja alcove and a carved
front with canopies over Master and Swamiji’s
statues all down in teak wood.
MILAN, ITALY
Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Centre
The new Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Centre in
Milan, Italy, celebrated it's opening with a
Weekend Open House on April 24 and 25, 2010.
The daily program included open and intro -
ductory classes throughout the day, vegetarian
lunch, seminars, and evening satsang – all free
and open to the public. We were honored to
have Swami Mahadevananda in Milan for the
weekend and he gave seminars on “What is
Yoga” and “What is Vedanta” as well as very
inspiring satsangs. The efforts of karma yogis
to distribute flyers the preceding weeks paid off
as nearly 60 people visited the center for the
first time over the weekend. Just as important,
it was an opportunity for new teachers and
students to participate together in sharing the
center with others. With full asana classes and
large satsangs, they were inspired to see how
energetic the center could be with some effort
from us all. With Master's and Swamiji’s grace,
the centre will continue to expand and serve
ever more students in Milan.
REITH, KITZBHÜEL,
AUSTRIA
Sivananda Retreat House
When Swami Vishnudevananda gave the first
Yoga retreats in the quiet and breathtaking
beauty of the Tyrolian Alps, he spontaneously
exclaimed: “This is just like the Himalayas!”
And this is what actually many students feel
after coming for a Yoga vacation or one of the
many courses offered at the Sivananda Yoga
Retreat House. An inspiring summer season is
about to start with new one week intensive
courses on yoga and health: Ayurveda for
Women, Ayurveda Kitchen Pharmacy, Yoga and
Wild Herbs, Yoga and Transpersonal Psychology.