Author: Lavanya Waechter

My Divine Mother

My Divine Mother

Feb 2, 2019 | |

My Divine Mother I stand inside your garden I realize you’re the tree I see the fruit, an apple Will it enlighten me? Too soon, a surge, desire Slowly snakes its way Another act transpires Is pleasure just in vain? See the serpent in the dusk The shape could be a rope To trade the venom that I carried For that forlorn hope And you can turn the vine to ash With your benign glance Be my eternal friend Given half a chance Is the seed within us Of the eternal tree? And the sun to grow it Nurtured...

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Welcoming 2019!

Welcoming 2019!

Jan 20, 2019 | |

Welcoming the New Year 2019! We are, with our Amma, stepping into the New Year. We are following Her into a new year. There is a practice in our scriptures that spiritual seekers do on their way to Eternal Life. It is called simha avalokana nyaya—the way a lion behaves while walking. The lion has the habit of walking some distance, stopping, looking back, then continuing to walk. So too, we, Amma’s children as spiritual seekers, should stop, or rather pause, look back and see what we have done so far while walking on the road to liberation. We...

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Amrita Yoga’s Approach to Making a Daily Yoga Practice

Amrita Yoga’s Approach to Making a Daily Yoga Practice

Jan 14, 2019 | |

The essence of Amrita Yoga is bringing awareness to every single action. The asanas are a tool for connection with the inner self. By bringing awareness into each movement, we connect to the deeper essence within each movement. The posture is actually manifesting from an inner knowledge. A divine intelligence manifests through the posture, instead of finding or forcing or fixing the alignment of the posture from the outside. Focusing on the breath and MA OM mantras (unique tools registered with our practices), along with Amma’s sankalpa (intention) are the foundation. These help the body and mind with the...

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Transcending the Physical Asana Practice

Transcending the Physical Asana Practice

Dec 19, 2018 | , |

What is the meaning of yoga for you? When many of us from the west think about the meaning of yoga, we think of the physical body postures called asanas adopted to increase fitness, flexibility and well- being. However, this is only one aspect of what yoga really is. Let’s go back to the origins of Yoga. Yoga is a Sanskrit word derived from the Sanskrit root ‘yuj’ which means to connect, join or balance. The goal of yoga is union, meaning union between the concept of our limited individual self and our true nature which is divine. The...

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2018 International Day of Yoga in Switzerland

2018 International Day of Yoga in Switzerland

Dec 9, 2018 | |

On June 21 2018, around ten thousand people worldwide celebrated the fourth International Day of Yoga. In Switzerland the M.A. Center Foundation in Flaach and the Indian Embassy in Berne organized a festive yoga night in the Ziegelhütte Seminar Center. This event helped to expand authentic yoga in Switzerland. “Yoga is the path in order to live a calm, creative and content life. It can lead the way by dispelling tensions and pointless fears,” said India’s Prime Minister Modi on Twitter. At his suggestion, the United Nations proposed the resolution and 193 countries unanimously passed the resolution. Thus June...

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