Author: yoga shobha

Shiva Shakti Therapeutic Yoga Sadhana Retreat at Amritapuri – September, 2015

Shiva Shakti Therapeutic Yoga Sadhana Retreat at Amritapuri – September, 2015

Nov 4, 2015 | , |

On the final day of the Shiva Shakti Therapeutic Yoga Sadhana Retreat, I joked with my classmates saying, “This isn’t a class at all, it’s really a spaceship!” And—at sublime levels of subtlety—I’d have to say that’s actually quite true. This retreat is 100% Amma’s Grace—brimming with sacred teachings, mantras, mudras, satsanga and gentle asanas. The beauty, power and simplicity of the retreat has renewed me at both cellular and energetic levels.   At a mind/body level, the retreat has helped me to regain inner confidence that my body can, indeed, become truly supremely healthy again after having survived...

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Significance of Vijayadasami and Navarathri Puja

Significance of Vijayadasami and Navarathri Puja

Oct 23, 2015 | , |

Among the many festivals of our country, Navarathri has a very important place. This is the time we offer a special puja to our universal mother, Adi Parashakthi. Even though thereare Goddesses in Greek, Roman, Egyptian and Chinese worship, it is only in Sanatana Dharma that the Goddess is worshipped as the Supreme Being, Adi Parashakthi. There are not many goddesses in Sanatana Dharma – One Supreme Parashakthi appears in many forms. All the forms in this universe manifest from her, through her maya shakti, including Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva, along with their Divine Consorts, Saraswathi, Lakshmi and Parvathi....

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How Did I Get Into Amrita Yoga at Amritapuri

How Did I Get Into Amrita Yoga at Amritapuri

Oct 20, 2015 | , |

Amma says she has only one thing to tell us: “Our lives should be of some benefit to the world. We should sincerely love and console at least one life, for at least a moment, without any expectations.” Amrita Yoga is born out of Amma’s sankalpa. It is full of her grace and infused with her divine energy. Chanting the divine syllables “MA” and “OM” as you practice makes you come alive and become one with your inner self. ‘Surya Namaskarah’ was all the yoga that I ever thought I could do, or that was all yoga for me....

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