Author: yoga shobha

Peace of Mind through Amrita Yoga

Peace of Mind through Amrita Yoga

Nov 25, 2014 | , |

Peace of mind- we have all heard this phrase being used in daily conversation. What it means to me does not necessarily have to be the same for a business man, or for a software engineer or any number of those other professionals we come across in our day to day lives. As for me, peace of mind has meant being happy and contented with what God has given and seeing my glass as half full rather than half empty. Right from when I was very young, I remember family members talking about this all-elusive peace of mind. The...

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Amrita Yoga: Overwhelmed with Gratitude

Amrita Yoga: Overwhelmed with Gratitude

Nov 25, 2014 | , |

In 2010, after many years of hoping to return to Amritapuri, I finally had the opportunity to take one of the first Amrita Yoga Immersions. During the first day, each of the 50 students (from over 30 countries) were asked what brought them to Amrita Yoga. I could hardly believe that I was in Southern Kerala, half way around the world from my young son and husband. As each student explained why they came to Amrita Yoga, tears began to flow down my cheeks. My reason for being there came from a deep place in my heart. Overwhelmed with...

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Amrita Yoga Retreats at Amritapuri: A Bridge for Sadhana and Practice

Amrita Yoga Retreats at Amritapuri: A Bridge for Sadhana and Practice

Nov 13, 2014 | , |

It is hard to explain my love for Amrita Yoga as I feel that it runs very deep. Largely, it was the first and greatest bridge that moved me to Amma’s love and teachings. I will try and be practical and not too abstract in explaining the aspects of the Amrita Yoga Retreats that were meaningful to me. Yoga Asana classes As a yoga teacher, it’s never easy to come to a yoga retreat as a new student. Yet somehow, my usual criticism vanished and I was able to just take everything in with a beginner’s mind. I was...

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Amrita Yoga introduced in Helsinki, Finland on 24th and 25th Oct, 2014

Amrita Yoga introduced in Helsinki, Finland on 24th and 25th Oct, 2014

Nov 13, 2014 | , |

Greetings from the first Amrita Yoga retreat in Finland. It was held at the Helsinki Steiner School on the 24th and 25th of October. We were almost forty participants, including women and men, and both the young and more mature people interested in yoga.The teacher was Rebekka ‘Gunavati’ Roininen. Pertti ‘Jagadish’ Jääskä supported and organized the retreat. We started by introducing ourselves and telling about our relationship towards yoga and what expectations we had about the first Amrita Yoga retreat. Some participants had been practicing yoga already for decades, and some were yoga teachers too. For some of us...

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We Are Just Where We Are Supposed To Be

We Are Just Where We Are Supposed To Be

Nov 6, 2014 | , |

All of us experience struggles in our lives, to a lesser or greater degree. Some of these struggles may be physical: the lack of basic necessities, health problems…or mental: depression, anxiety, difficult relationships…among others. No matter what our struggles we may be, behind them there is a message, an emerging spiritual need that is manifesting to make us understand and learn. We may experience certain pain in order to learn the lessons we need to learn as part of our evolution as individual souls coming from the Divine. In my case, although I did not lack physical necessities, my...

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