Author: Arun Ganesan

The Real Shivaratri!

The Real Shivaratri!

Feb 19, 2020 | |

Shivaratri is meditation on the real nature of God, which is Pure Consciousness. We go from the Roopam (form of God) to Swaroopam (His real nature). We start with meditating on Amma’s form, and gradually we realize that Amma is Antaryami (omniscient). When I see Amma before me, I know that by Her power alone my eyes can see; when I hear Her Satsang and Bhajans, by Her power alone my ears can hear; by Her power alone my mind understands what She is saying and my hand writes it. Amma is within Me in the form of Pure...

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Enchanted

Enchanted

Feb 14, 2020 | |

The morning dew dare not compete with You for freshness or a sparkling shine. You hold the mind with radiant hue and inner thought sublime. Like moonshine glancing over silver streams, or sunbeams dancing, dappling leaf and bough, Your eye, all-seeing, gleams, the Knower of the now. The past is lost to memory; no future hopes distract my mind, absorbed in just this moment’s dream. Enraptured by your gaze – to all else blind – all thoughts consumed in this one flame, my heart ignites, and perfume fills my...

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Awareness and Listening are the Keys to a Therapeutic Yoga Session

Awareness and Listening are the Keys to a Therapeutic Yoga Session

Feb 8, 2020 | |

As yoga teachers, we have the opportunity to work one-on-one with students in a therapeutic capacity. A holistic approach to yoga has transformed my relationships with students in a profound way. Here is an example of just how powerfully therapeutic yoga can work. A student I will call Prema had previously practiced yoga, but in recent years had surgery on both knees, an injection for hip and low back pain, and was suffering from arthritis. While she came to me to address these physical issues, it was quickly apparent that they were connected to some life stresses. Suggesting asanas to...

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Flower of Amrita Yoga Blooms in Australia and New Zealand

Flower of Amrita Yoga Blooms in Australia and New Zealand

Jan 31, 2020 | , |

With Amma’s blessings, Australia and New Zealand were privileged to have Brahmacharini Shobana (Brni Shobha) visit from October 15th through to December 2nd 2019. The full tour schedule included six cities across Australia and three cities in New Zealand. Brni Shobha led back to back programs guided by the Amrita Yoga theme of Awareness with Heart Centered Intention. This was the point of focus not only of Brni Shobha’s yoga classes but of all her interactions and communications with local community members, practitioners, political leaders and university students alike. The programs contained group and private yoga classes, public talks,...

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Amrita Yoga for Women at Amritapuri, India

Amrita Yoga for Women at Amritapuri, India

Jan 27, 2020 | |

When Amma, ‘the Mother of all’, gives something, it is for all. Like a good mother, She gives it in different forms to each of Her children. In 2003, Amma gave the full-length, 3-phase Integrated Amrita Meditation (IAM) technique to the world at large. About 2007, Amma gave the condensed version of the same IAM to the corporate world and to the modern world in general. Amma also devised a short version of the IAM technique for young adults and children. Amma has devised yet another integrated yoga for the uplift of many, called Amrita Yoga. As far back...

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