Author: yoga shobha

Amrita Yoga Therapeutic Workshop for Senior Women at Amritapuri, India

Amrita Yoga Therapeutic Workshop for Senior Women at Amritapuri, India

Sep 30, 2014 | , |

Last March (2013), when the young and energetic ashram residents were away in Sabarimala for the Amalabharatam (ABC) clean-up drive, another age group carried on the show at Amritapuri ashram. Many international senior women participated in a therapeutic workshop, and I went as an observer. The senior women here, between the ages of 50 to 80 years, are mostly renunciates, long-time residents and visitors to Amritapuri who are already on the spiritual path. The young may need vigorous techniques, but the seniors know better than to indulge their bodies in tricky postures with big technical names. One participant remarked...

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A Whole New Way of Being: Amrita Yoga, Amritapuri, India

A Whole New Way of Being: Amrita Yoga, Amritapuri, India

Sep 21, 2014 | , |

I met Amma in 2010 in Dublin, Ireland, my home town. My whole life changed from that moment onwards. Within a year I was on a plane to India for six months to begin my two-year career break from my job as a Primary School teacher. For these six months, I intended to spend just two weeks with Amma at her ashram in Amritapuri. However, this quickly changed to six months. In December 2011, I arrived at the ashram and began with a 4-Day Intensive Amrita Yoga retreat, which opened me up to a whole new way of practicing...

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Celebrating Amrita Yoga: The First 9-Day ‘Kali Namaskarah’ Intermediate Retreat

Celebrating Amrita Yoga: The First 9-Day ‘Kali Namaskarah’ Intermediate Retreat

Sep 21, 2014 | , |

This summer, I was given the opportunity to participate in the ‘Kali Namaskarah’ 9-Day Intermediate Retreat, taking place in Amritapuri, Amma’s Ashram in Kerala, South India from August 20th to 29th, 2014. The first time I heard of Amrita Yoga was in my visit to the ashram in the summer of 2010, when I came to know that there would be a 4-Day Retreat. As I had done some yoga asana previously, I decided to try it out, and I really enjoyed it. This was truly pure awareness in action and very different from what I had done before. Since then,...

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Amrita Yoga in Nigata and Shinjuku, Japan

Amrita Yoga in Nigata and Shinjuku, Japan

Sep 17, 2014 | , |

On Aug 30th in the Nigata countryside, Japan, students congregated to participate in a four hour Amria Yoga session. The beautiful Nigata Prefecture, located on the north of the main island, is famous for the quality of rice and rice wine (sake) produced there. The venue was a very old traditional house with a beautiful Japanese style of garden nestled into this beautiful countryside, which is protected as part of the cultural heritage of the country. Instruction in the Amrita Yoga “Surya Namaskarah” sequence was given to the small group of students. With awareness of breath and movement, the...

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Amrita Yoga for Sanjeevanites at Amritapuri Campus, India

Amrita Yoga for Sanjeevanites at Amritapuri Campus, India

Sep 11, 2014 | , |

In response to Amma’s guidance to start a yoga program for students, Amrita Sanjeevani, a student seva organization of Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Amritapuri Campus, India http://www.amrita.edu/association/amritasanjeevani, started weekly Amrita Yoga classes for all students. Every Sunday morning, Sanjeevanites jump out of the bed and head to the Sanjeevani Hall in the Engineering building for yoga. The classes are led by Brahmacharini Shobha, an Amrita Yoga instructor who has a vivacity and passion for yoga that makes the classes not only beneficial for mind, body and spirit, but an enjoyable extracurricular activity as well. Shobha Ji emphasized that yoga for young adults...

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