Gracious Living Yoga Lifestyle Retreat

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Ayurveda, Lifestyle & Nutrition

May 18, 2013

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Check out our recently added course offered by Grace Van Berkum: Gracious Living Yoga Lifestyle Retreat. [http://www.sivanandabahamas.org/course.php?course_id=3779]

Over the course of 5 days, Grace will guide you through the 5 points of Yoga established by Swami Vishnudevananda and teach you how these principles can help you lead a gracious, healthy, vibrant life, with a strong focus on plant-based nutrition to help heal the body and planet.

This retreat will include nutrition lectures, discussions and demos, yoga classes, special workshops on yoga poses, and different types of meditation and relaxation exercises. You will leave this retreat feeling energized, empowered, and inspired. So JOIN GRACE for 5 Days of lifestyle tips for healthy, gracious living!

June 2-6, 2013
Only $350 for 5 Days
BEGINNERS WELCOME & ENCOURAGED!

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Jai Uttal & Daniel Paul – The Maha Mantra (and a few surprises)

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Sacred Art, Sound & Creativity, Videos, Yoga Vacation Program

May 4, 2013

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NEW! Yoga & Ayurveda Wellness Counselor Certification Course

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Ayurveda, Lifestyle & Nutrition, Training Course

May 3, 2013

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Would you like to integrate Ayurveda into your life and practice? We are delighted to let you know of our new ”Yoga and Ayurveda Wellness Counselors Certification Course“, taught by Durga Leela and Sita Chaitanya, which trains and certifies Ayurveda Wellness Consultants. The course will take place at the ashram May 10 – 19, 2013. This is an ideal program for you to learn how to assist yourself and others in implementing Ayurvedic dietary, behavioral, and lifestyle recommendations.

Most of us recognize that our health cannot be separated from what we eat, what we do, and what we think. Ayurveda provides us with a system for understanding the energies and qualities that are set in motion by our daily living practices, so that we can use them to counteract or prevent the imbalances that cause disease. Ayurveda is becoming better known in the West and its influence is growing rapidly. Those who learn Ayurveda today will be pioneers of this movement that will continue to grow significantly in the future.

This program is a thorough, foundational course for students based on the books and distance learning programs of Dr. David Frawley (Vamadeva). The course is designed for students of all kinds. There is no required medical background for those wishing to take the course although knowledge of Ayurveda can enhance the practice of medical doctors, chiropractors, acupuncturists, nurses, psychologists, yoga therapists/teachers, nutritional counselors, physical therapists, massage therapists, and other health practitioners.

This course offers yoga teachers an opportunity to integrate the sister sciences of yoga and Ayurveda into a holistic approach to healing: 100-hour certification awarded jointly from the Sivananda Organization and The American Institute of Vedic Studies upon successful completion.

For more information, please visit the course page on our website. http://sivanandabahamas.org/course.php?course_id=3449

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Is There a Path of Yoga at Which No One Can Fail?

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Q&A with Swami Swaroopananda, Videos

May 3, 2013

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Nathan Katz PhD – Spirituality, Health & Neuroscience

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Self Discovery, Science & Spirituality, Videos, Yoga Vacation Program

May 3, 2013

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Swami Swaroopananda Q&A: Let the Law of Karma Be Your Guide

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Q&A with Swami Swaroopananda

May 3, 2013

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Q: If a person has suffered evil at the hands of another, and they hate that person, what is the best way to get rid of that anger?

Answer: The best way to approach it is to have a practical understanding of the law of karma. If you understand karma, you will never hate another person. The only reason someone would hate you is because you hated someone in the past. There is no other reason. I hated someone in the past, and this became a cause for someone to hate me in the present. If I want to remedy this situation, it’s very simple, and it doesn’t matter what the other person is doing to me. I just have to love this person. I don’t have to love what the person is doing or even refrain from stopping it, which is not the idea, but I have to love the person.

Be aware that if you hate, you’re going to be hated in the future. If you hurt another person, you can be one hundred percent certain that someone will hurt you. The only reason people hurt us is because we hurt other people in the past. This is the cause. The remedy — the smartest way to go about it — is to do only good and nothing but good.

When you say in the past, do you mean in the past of this life, or in past lives?

Karmic results usually do not ripen immediately, although it is possible to experience karmic results from the past of this life in the case of very strong, very intense karmas — either positive or negative — but this is rare. Most karmic consequences come from previous lives.

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Gracious Living Raw Food Retreat

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Ayurveda, Lifestyle & Nutrition, Training Course, Videos

May 3, 2013

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Subscribe to Our Youtube Channel and Win!

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May 2, 2013

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Subscribe to Sivananda Bahamas’ YouTube channel and be in the running to win a copy of the book, “Yoga: Your Home Practice Companion”. It’s easy to enter, just click on THIS link and press the subscribe button to automatically enter yourself into the competition. After we reach 1,008 subscribers, three lucky winners will be drawn at random and announced in our next newsletter, May 1st.

UPDATE >> MAY 1, 2013: We’re a little over halfway to our goal of 1,008 Youtube subscribers, so we’re extending the competition for one more month. Three lucky winners will be drawn at random and announced in our next newsletter, June 1st.

Not only will you be winning this beautifully inspirational book, you’ll be able to stay up-to-date on all of the ashram’s latest video content which includes question and answer sessions from our Director, Swami Swaroopananda, musical performances, presentations from renown experts from a variety of fields and much, much more.

The competition starts on April 3 and will end on April 28. Entrants must be over 18. All existing subscribers will also be entered into the drawing, so what are you waiting for? Help us reach our 1,008 mark — get over to our YouTube channel HERE and subscribe now!

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Immerse Yourself in a Yogic Lifestyle

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Karma Yoga

April 29, 2013

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The Sivananda Ashram Yoga Retreat is currently accepting applications for our Karma Yoga Residential Study Program. As part of a community of like-minded people, Karma Yogis practice ‘selfless service’, a priceless skill for a fulfilling life. Deepen your knowledge and practice of Yoga, open your heart, learn some useful skills and enjoy the beautiful white sand beaches of the Bahamas and a variety of ashram programs in your free time. You don’t have to be a Yoga teacher to join the Karma Yoga program – all that’s needed is a willingness to serve and lead a yogic lifestyle. By joining our karma yoga program you help us to better serve the world.

Karma Yogis serve in various areas and department at the ashram, including:

  • Dining and Food Services
  • Gardening
  • Marketing and Communications
  • Housekeeping
  • Boutique Operations
  • Administrative Duties

For more information on our Karma Yoga Program, please visit our Residential Study page. To apply, please email Nassau@sivananda.org and mention “Karma Yoga Application” in the subject line, or call us toll free at 1-866-446-5934 or at 1-242-363-2902. If you have a special skill in one of the areas mentioned above (or others), please let us know.

We look forward to welcoming you at the ashram!

Om shanti,
The staff of the Sivananda Ashram Yoga Retreat

 

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Swami Swaroopananda Q&A: Finding and Pleasing Our Perfect Teacher

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Q&A with Swami Swaroopananda

April 2, 2013

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Q: It is said that the fastest way to enlightenment is to be with a sat guru and let him take you over, literally following everything he says. What do you think of this, and how can we take advantage of it in this organization?

Answer: This has nothing to do with an organization. You should know that the moment you find your own guru you are within the last leg of your spiritual journey, the happy but difficult end. It is difficult because it is not the purpose of the guru to make life easy or to please us. On the contrary, the purpose of the guru is to help us get rid of the arch enemy of any spiritual practitioner, which is the ego. Not only theoretically, but practically, and this is a very painful process.

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