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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.

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