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2014
New Year!
Turning om the body into the most inward state, into the root center and abode of Kundalini, those of steady wisdom gain eternal adherence in their own nature.
May Shakti embrace us in her auspiciousness and may our celebrations be filled with deepening light, harmony, love and bliss!
May our dharmic experiences color the deepening hues of Agni, the sacred fire that initiates us into spiritual bliss through Shakti Sadhana. The sacred presence of fire in the cosmic universe is a witness to the unfolding of the sacred events in one's life. May our lives unfold as divine grace through Tapas, the emerging inner flame of aspiration born of inner discipline. The perfection of Tapas arises from sweet surrender, trusting in the cosmic universe and its auspicious ways. Surrender is to concede, a yielding and reconciliation with divinity. Tapas is the sacred offering of oneself into the fires of the cosmic universe where we embrace all life as a sacred ritual. The flame of Tapas burns away the residual samskaras of the mind lying in the subconscious and unconscious. The fire of Tapas sanctifies our inner and outer existence bestowing upon the seeker an inner heat and light that awakens the Shakti within us. Shakti is the fire that ignites our sadhana and directs us on the spiritual path. Tapas manifests the point of stillness, transforming our sadhana into our higher timeless reality. May we raise our hearts in prayer for peace, happiness and well-being to pervade the entire universe. May the rays of Suryadeva shine upon us with the grace of wisdom! May the rays of Chandra harmonize our inner being! May the divine grace of Shakti manifest our Drishti Yoga (Yoga of Seeing) To follow the Pure Light within us! May Agni guide us in lighting each other's inner lamps Drawing the inner guru within us To experience our deeper soul stirrings! Jai Ma Guru!
2013
Summary News
At the end of 2013 we look back on a great year of important new developments. Yoga Shakti Retreat March 2013), Germany (Freiburg) and Italy (Orta). In 2013 Vamadeva started a new alliance with the Kerala Ayurveda Academy (KAA) for advanced training for our students, as well as helping KAA with program development. He released a special Soma and Rejuvenation audio course of twelve hours through Floracopeia and Medicine Crow in September that had over three hundred participants from throughout the world. Vamadeva and Shambhavi taught at several places in the USA including the April 2013 NAMA (National Ayur vedic Medical Association Conference), in which Vamadeva was a keynote speaker. We continued our alliance with Sivananda, along with Swami Sitaramananda and Durga Leela for various programs and courses. Vamadeva joined the Chopra Center University at the beginning of the year to guide their Primordial Sound Mantra Meditation teacher training. Along with Yogini Shambhavi, Vamadeva enhanced and updated the original mantra program, which he helped devise along with David Simon more than twenty years ago. In 2013 Shambhavi helped organize successful Yoga Shakti retreat programs in India (Ma Ganga Relative to publications, Vamadeva nished a new extensive book (more than four hundred pages) called Vedic Yoga: The Path of the Rishi, which is now under production with Lotus Press and should be ready early next year. The book shows in detail, translating Vedic texts, the Vedic origins of Yoga going back to the most ancient Rigveda itself. Mahesh Prabhu of Technoved meanwhile has brought about many wonderful changes in our website and will bring more in the coming year.
2014
Calendar
March 3 10 ~ Pre-Retreat Yoga Tour in India March 10 20 ~ Yoga Shakti Tantra & Jyotisha Retreat in Kumaon Himalayas April 26 - 28 ~ Chopra Center Mantra Meditation Teacher Training Program in San Diego. May 1526 ~ Russia, Moscow and St. Petersburg, Programs in Vedic Astrology, Yoga and Ayurveda with Yoga Flow and Rami Bleckt. May 28 June 8 ~ Bulgaria Programs in Ayurveda. June 19 - 22 ~ Council of Vedic Astrology Conference in Seattle, Washington. July 4 6 ~ AAPNA Yoga Ayurveda Conference in Asheville, North Carolina. August 18-24 ~ Yoga Shakti Tantra, Mantra & Karma Retreat in Santa Fe (NM). Sept 1 ~ Sivananda Ashram Grass Valley CA with Swami Sitaramananda. October 15 20 ~ Chopra Center Mantra Meditation Teacher Training Program in San Diego. October 25 Nov. 15 ~ India Programs. More details and other programs will be noted on our website.
Manifest your Sankalpa Shakti or sacred intent for your highest aspirations Shakti Yoga Asana and Pranayama to develop stillness for Tantric Sadhana Harmonize the sacred Chakras with their cosmic counterparts Ceremonies and rituals in Devi and Shiva temples in the Kumaon Himalaya Meditate in Mahavatar Babaji's cave amidst owering Rhododendron forests
We will continue with our sacred Yantra teachings and creativity as an expression of Shakti through the creation of owers. Pandit Sri Dinesh Chandra Shastri will also grace us with all the powerful pujas and havans. We feel Ranikhet (Deva Bhoomi) should be a wonderful experience ! We have the Shakti of Ma Durga at the wish-fullling temple of Jhoola Devi, Ma Kali's eminent role as a Goddess of transformation at the Kalika temple and Shiva's pranic power at Jageshwar. Our sacred sojourn guides us through the locales of Ranikhet, Kainchi Dham (Neem Karoli Baba ashram), Dunagiri, Almora and Jageshwar. The Kumaon Himalayan region in the ancient texts is referred to as Deva Bhoomi, the land of the Gods and Goddesses, below the most powerful mountain of Nanda Devi. The blessings of the Divine Mother nurtures, sustains and prepares us for the quintessential bliss and peace of Lord Shiva. We will visit the eclectic Goddess temples of Durga, Mahakali, Shailaputri and Parvati. In the famous Shiva temple of Jageshwar (Yogeshwara), we will honor Shiva as Mahamrityunjaya, who takes us beyond all death and suffering, in the largest temple complex in the region, dating from the eighth century and the older Lakulish Shiva Yoga tradition.We will also visit Chitai Golu Devata - a temple where we pray for correcting any injustice which is being done to us. We will spend a day trekking through owering Rhododendron forests to the Maha Avatar Baba's cave where we will meditate and connect to his energies. We are offering an interesting spiritual tour for those who wish to spend more time in India.
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