YOGALife I Summer 2010 - Sivananda Yoga
YOGALife I Summer 2010 - Sivananda Yoga
YOGALife I Summer 2010 - Sivananda Yoga
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<strong>Sivananda</strong> Ashram and Centre News<br />
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VILNIUS, LITHUANIA<br />
<strong>Sivananda</strong> <strong>Yoga</strong> Vedanta Centre<br />
Since the opening of the Vilnius centre last<br />
October all activities are developing nicely<br />
including special pujas, Ayurveda workshops<br />
and weekend seminars. A highlight was the<br />
arrival of the marble Krishna for the altar,<br />
which came from India in February and spreads<br />
an uplifting energy in the meditation room.<br />
NEW DELHI, INDIA<br />
<strong>Sivananda</strong> <strong>Yoga</strong> Vedanta<br />
Dwarka Centre<br />
After fours years since opening of the centre,<br />
the monsoons will no longer flood the base -<br />
ment satsang hall. The open back stairwell has<br />
now been closed with new windows. Another<br />
improvement is the completed fence at the<br />
back of the building, giving more security and<br />
refinement to the building area. Dwarka Centre<br />
is a 5 storey building; 1 story for reception and<br />
office, and 3 stories are used for the many diff -<br />
erent classes and workshops offered at the centre.<br />
<strong>YOGALife</strong> I <strong>Summer</strong> <strong>2010</strong><br />
VIENNA, AUSTRIA<br />
<strong>Sivananda</strong> <strong>Yoga</strong> Vedanta Zentrum<br />
The first <strong>Sivananda</strong> <strong>Yoga</strong> Centre in Europe<br />
(established in 1974) is remem bering its origins<br />
with a gallery of historical black and white<br />
pictures featuring Swamijis pioneer work in the<br />
west, including new informative boards on<br />
Master and Swamiji’s mission.<br />
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND<br />
Centre <strong>Sivananda</strong> de <strong>Yoga</strong> Vedanta<br />
The large windows are shining brightly with<br />
new curtains, giving a warm welcome to the<br />
continuous flow of people from United Nations,<br />
World Health Organization, World Intellectual<br />
Property Organization, etc., who come to<br />
Geneva for their professional mission and<br />
to learn <strong>Yoga</strong>!<br />
MADRID, SPAIN<br />
Centro de <strong>Yoga</strong> <strong>Sivananda</strong> Vedanta<br />
<strong>Sivananda</strong> Tour <strong>2010</strong>: Madrid is located in<br />
the geographical centre of the country,<br />
regularly attracting workstudy students from<br />
the provinces to the Centre. This spring saw<br />
lightning visits to many places in Spain: <strong>Yoga</strong><br />
congress in Malaga and Gerona and Satsangs<br />
and <strong>Yoga</strong> days with active <strong>Sivananda</strong> teachers<br />
in Valladolid, Murcia and Elche. News from the<br />
South American/Spanish translators group:<br />
Science of Pranayama by Swami <strong>Sivananda</strong> is<br />
now available in Spanish.<br />
Karma <strong>Yoga</strong> Project<br />
Life and Teachings of Swami<br />
Vishnudevananda in audio files<br />
‘Listen and take notes’ – Karma <strong>Yoga</strong> Project<br />
Preparing the audio archive of Swami Vishnudevananda’s lectures.<br />
PARIS, FRANCE<br />
Centre <strong>Sivananda</strong> de <strong>Yoga</strong> Vedanta<br />
The completion of the renovations of the new,<br />
spacious and sunny first floor in the Paris centre<br />
has created three additional teaching rooms and<br />
three residential quarters. Close to two years<br />
after the move of the Paris centre, the opening<br />
of the new floor marked a further development<br />
of the activities of the centre. The extra teaching<br />
space is used for daily gentle classes, philosophy<br />
courses and special guest lectures. (Below: the<br />
main yoga hall).<br />
It is the wish of the International <strong>Sivananda</strong> <strong>Yoga</strong> Vedanta Centres to make this treasure of knowledge<br />
and inspiration progressively available to students all over the world. For this we need your help:<br />
•Send an email to sita@sivananda.net<br />
•Receive an internet link to download<br />
one demon stration mp3 – lecture file<br />
and submit your details if you would<br />
like to participate.<br />
•You will receive by email a recording<br />
for evaluation.<br />
•Listen to the recording, and define<br />
the content by selecting, for each<br />
Your help is greatly appreciated. OM shanti, The <strong>Sivananda</strong> <strong>Yoga</strong> Vedanta Centres<br />
10-minutes of the recording,<br />
5 – 10 keywords from an online<br />
evaluation form.