Author: Arun Ganesan

Diksha Initiation – Workshop for Teachers at Amrita Vidyalayams: Mangalore, Secunderabad and Amdavad

Diksha Initiation – Workshop for Teachers at Amrita Vidyalayams: Mangalore, Secunderabad and Amdavad

May 27, 2020 | , |

Everybody was enthusiastic about the Initiation, an exclusive workshop for school teachers. The slogan for the workshop was Inspire, Ignite, Innovate. The teachers didn’t mind at all staying after school late for this session. They were happily chatting and enjoying their snacks. Amrita Vidyalayam schools are more than just educational institutions. Created with Amma’s blessings and Sankalpa, they have immense value in preserving the culture and developing values in children, based on ancient Indian traditions. In this age, when the world is changing so fast and India is getting so influenced by the West, it is very important to...

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Yoga in Tears

Yoga in Tears

May 20, 2020 | , |

However strong, flexible and enthusiastic one is, everyone has to face challenges through a continued practice. This is a story of what gave me the strength to resume my yoga. I have been practicing since early childhood. In my mid-twenties, I came face to face with injury, and learned that it need not stop me from continuing my practice, especially if done with awareness. I had a severe spinal injury from a fall that hurt a nerve around the sacral region and the hip, bringing me to my knees. It took several months to recover enough to walk even...

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Mothers Should Illumine the World

Mothers Should Illumine the World

May 13, 2020 | , |

Mothers Should Illumine the World Children, once when Amma was giving darshan, a youth came up to her. He lived in a part of India that was ravaged by terrorism. Because of the frequent killings and lootings, the people in thatarea were suffering a great deal. He told Amma that he was the leader of a group of youngsters who were doing a lot of social work in that area. He prayed to Amma, “Please give those terrorists, who are so full of hatred and violence, the right understanding. And for all those who have faced so many atrocities...

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Amma’s Words Manifest: Amazing Journey to Handstand

Amma’s Words Manifest: Amazing Journey to Handstand

May 6, 2020 | , |

I have had a great relationship with a handstand. For months after my spinal injury, it was the one pose I most dreaded. I kept trying this asana every day for three months, as much as possible. I would fail each time I tried to kick up and felt my entire left leg was numb. I tried every day without fail, and I always had the same result. I spent so much time flailing around. I would toss the right leg up in the air, while the left acted as a dead weight pulling my torso back to the...

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Numerous Forms of Love

Numerous Forms of Love

Mar 20, 2020 | , |

What can inspire us? What can help us go deeper into ourselves? The first answer that comes to my mind is Love. In this universe it is love that binds everything together. Love is the very foundation, beauty and fulfillment of life. -Amma Love can be so inspirational. Love surrounds us, pervades us. There are as many kinds of love as stars twinkling in the sky, and we can use them, and get in touch with them for the development of our souls. Reliving our devotion from memories with Amma, we can feel Her enormous love growing in our...

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