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Journey into the Heart of Peace – week 1 of 4 week

$15 individual session
$45 for all four ($15 savings) | Please register in advance, a Zoom link and passcode will be provided via confirmation email.

4 Sundays from 11:30am – 12:30pm:

Week 1: April 25 click to enroll  This 4 part series now starts May 2nd
Week 1: May 2  click to enroll
Week 2: May 9  click to enroll
Week 3: May 16  click to enroll
Week 4: May 23 click to enroll

Enroll in all 4 sessions

Using Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras as a guidebook, we will continue the exploration of our inner landscape in all its challenges and magnificence.

You’re welcome to attend each session individually.

Swami Divyananda Ma, E-RYT 500, has had a wealth of experience teaching Integral Yoga around the world since 1973. She has taught at corporations, universities, the Commonwealth Cancer Center, and for the Dr. Dean Ornish Reversing Heart Disease programs. She has also served as one of Integral Yoga’s Basic Hatha teacher trainers.
Swami Divyananda Ma took monastic vows in 1975 from the great saint and yogi, Sri Swami Satchidananda. Over the years she has served as the director of the Integral Yoga Institutes in Los Angeles, San Francisco, and as Ashram Manager at Yogaville. She also served for ten years as the director of the Integral Yoga Institute in Coimbatore, India; this immersion into the South Indian culture has given depth to her understanding and practice of Yoga.

Now an itinerant monk, Swami Divyananda is constantly “on the road.” She leads the annual Sacred India Tours to sacred sites in India in addition to international Yoga retreats and trainings. Learn more at sacredindiatours.org.

2021-05-01T11:58:27-07:00March 10th, 2021|Tags: , , , , , , |

Living With Acceptance. Living With Resistance.

by Diana Meltsner

 

“The greatest difficulty is the mental resistance to things that arise, and the underlying assumption that they should not.”

– Eckhart Tolle

 

Acceptance is a doorway to freedom. Often I get caught up in the spin of assumptions that this should not be happening. 

This resistance, this inner scream “NO!!!” has an undeniable gravity to it… if it is happening right now or even if it has already happened. The mental draw to unresolved events is enormous. As long as the assumption that things should be turning out differently is in the mind, the resistance to what is will remain. 

Memories of events like this will recur and shape our destiny unless we find acceptance. 

 I often find myself dwelling on the past in hope of learning to avoid similar situations, in hope of sparing myself of pain. By recollecting things I wish turned out differently, I find myself trapped in the cycle of reliving that pain over and over again. 

Dwelling on aversion, resistance and non-acceptance always results in pain.

 I am not suggesting to idly submit to anything that is happening to us, nor to “go with the flow” of being in a bad or even abusive situation. What I am suggesting is being honest and aware, no matter what, to find the courage to look. 

It takes awareness and admitting the truth to finally step away from that gravitational pull of resistance and from dwelling on “this should not be happening”. Even just accepting that the resistance is there can help. Only by seeing clearly, we can make decisions and respond from a place of choice. Seeing and accepting the truth is the first step to letting go, forgiving, and results in ability to live in the present moment fully and gracefully. Self-acceptance and self-forgiveness have a huge part in this.

 

Truth…

No flinching

No pretending

No glorifying

No denying

No covering up

Truth…

Om Tat Sat

 

The practice of Satya, truthfulness is described in Yoga Sutras of Patanjali Book 2, sutra 36. Swami Satchidananda speaks of great courage that comes from practicing truthfulness. Looking at life with acceptance can bring freedom. 

 

Living with acceptance or living with resistance is our choice.

 

“Therein is nothing to remove

And thereto not the slightest thing to add.

The perfect truth viewed perfectly

And perfectly beheld is liberation.”

~Maitreya

 

This post was originally published on Diana’s blog on her website.

2021-01-10T14:00:40-08:00January 9th, 2021|Tags: |

Inside Patanjali’s Words: Discover the Hidden Heart of Yoga – Part 2 of 2

A two part series:

Part I: Saturday March 20, 2021 ⋅ 10:00am – 12:00pm PT  |  $25

Part II: Sunday March 21, 2021 ⋅ 10:00am – 12:00pm PT |  $25  – Use promo code: Patanjali to get 20% off of Part 2

Enroll – Part I

Enroll – Part II

Please register in advance, a Zoom link and passcode will be provided via confirmation email.

Join renowned Meditation and Raja Yoga Teacher Reverend Jaganath for a 2 part series. You are welcome to sign up just for one or both of the workshops this weekend.
The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali are a holistic, multi-faceted approach to spirituality. Every aspect of who we are as human beings is embraced and included in a symphony of principles and practices. The goal? A life of peace, happiness, meaning, and practical wisdom.
These vital teachings are presented using sutras – phrases – that can be obscure. But we can illuminate the darkest corners of this classic text by taking a closer look at Patanjali’s words.
Words are matchmakers. They introduce us to most knowledge, but they have limitations. The challenge is to find language that keeps the spirit of the teaching but clearly conveys that spirit to today’s yoga students and practitioners.
Expect to be surprised and informed.

Reverend Jaganath has been teaching all facets of Yoga theory and practice at universities, prisons, Yoga centers, and interfaith programs since 1974. He established the Integral Yoga and Yoga Life Ministries, and co-developed the highly regarded Integral Yoga Meditation and Raja Yoga Teacher Training Certification programs.

He is the founder and spiritual head of the Yoga Life Society and has authored the highly regarded books; Awaken: Inside Yoga Meditation and Inside the Yoga Sutras: A Comprehensive Sourcebook for the Study and Practice of Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras which are used in teacher training programs worldwide

His latest book Inside Patanjali’s Words: Explore the Heart of Yoga is a deep dive into the practical wisdom and personality of the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, Yoga’s great sourcebook on spiritual awakening. Fifteen years in the making, Inside Patanjali’s Words,the follow-up to his best-selling book, Inside the Yoga Sutras, features a fresh new translation and commentary and a word-for-word sutra dictionary. It is available online at new.iydistribution.com

2021-01-05T20:24:14-08:00December 23rd, 2020|Tags: , , |

Inside Patanjali’s Words: Discover the Hidden Heart of Yoga – Part 1 of 2

A two part series:

Part 1: Saturday March 20, 2021 ⋅ 10:00am – 12:00pm PT  |  $25

Part 2: Sunday March 21, 2021 ⋅ 10:00am – 12:00pm PT |  $25 – Use promo code “Patanjali” to receive 20% off of Part 2

Enroll – Part I

Enroll – Part II

Please register in advance, a Zoom link and passcode will be provided via confirmation email.

Join renowned Meditation and Raja Yoga Teacher Reverend Jaganath for a 2 part series. You are welcome to sign up just for one or both of the workshops this weekend.

The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali are a holistic, multi-faceted approach to spirituality. Every aspect of who we are as human beings is embraced and included in a symphony of principles and practices. The goal? A life of peace, happiness, meaning, and practical wisdom.

These vital teachings are presented using sutras – phrases – that can be obscure. But we can illuminate the darkest corners of this classic text by taking a closer look at Patanjali’s words.

Words are matchmakers. They introduce us to most knowledge, but they have limitations. The challenge is to find language that keeps the spirit of the teaching but clearly conveys that spirit to today’s yoga students and practitioners.

Expect to be surprised and informed.

Reverend Jaganath has been teaching all facets of Yoga theory and practice at universities, prisons, Yoga centers, and interfaith programs since 1974. He established the Integral Yoga and Yoga Life Ministries, and co-developed the highly regarded Integral Yoga Meditation and Raja Yoga Teacher Training Certification programs.

He is the founder and spiritual head of the Yoga Life Society www.yogalifecenter.org and has authored the highly regarded books; Awaken: Inside Yoga Meditation and Inside the Yoga Sutras: A Comprehensive Sourcebook for the Study and Practice of Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras which are used in teacher training programs worldwide

His latest book Inside Patanjali’s Words: Explore the Heart of Yoga is a deep dive into the practical wisdom and personality of the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, Yoga’s great sourcebook on spiritual awakening. Fifteen years in the making, Inside Patanjali’s Words,the follow-up to his best-selling book, Inside the Yoga Sutras, features a fresh new translation and commentary and a word-for-word sutra dictionary. It is available online at new.iydistribution.com.

2021-03-19T08:42:21-07:00December 23rd, 2020|Tags: , , |
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