Bhāratī Yogadhāma, October 2019 ~ post by Jonathan & Stacey Somehow, it has been our good fortune that the annual teachings in India for the JY participants coincides with Ācārya’s birthday. We were graciously hosted on the BYD land with a tour, feeding of the cows, a teaching from Ācārya about the significance of a…
J.P. Nagar Classroom, October 2019 Ganapathiārya has been teaching Sanskṛit classes each morning after the talk from Ācārya. At first, due to the heterogeneous group, there was a feeling of not being able to follow. But the classes quickly softened our tongues, both through chanting the Bhagavad Gītā and the singular beauty of the vowels:…
Saras means lake in saṃskṛta, a pure lake such as Lake Mānasarovar. Lake Mānasarovar is the origin for the Ganges, the Ganges represents knowledge, knowledge flows from the tongue. “Who is possessing a lake, she is Sarasvatī, not an external lake, not a muddy lake”. Sarasvatī possesses huge knowledge and allows it to flow to…
We planted trees in two rows, from South to North. And in circles in a clockwise direction. Everything uses vegetation for food, for life. Today we were invited to BYD to participate in honoring and acknowledging vegetation. We planted trees in two rows, from South to North. And in circles in a clockwise direction. Everything…
I am grateful for the opportunity to dive deeper into all practices; to cultivate calmness in all activities. And I am reminded that practice can be, and is, simple. Even when the the external world doesn’t present as simple. Today I focus on the simple practice of cooking. Aware that the energy going into the…
The annual retreat is such a valuable time for recharging my inner determination, joyfulness and boldness on this journey of life. I have lost track of the times I’ve visited India, they started well before I met Ācārya. Little did I know back then, that I would still be traveling to India all these years…
Why did I join the Jivana Program? Have been looking for Peace! Without knowing what Peace really was and I still don’t experience it, in its true meaning, as it says in stanza 71 from chapter 2 of the Gītā, because i didn’t abandon my desires and attachments as well as the sense of “I”…
From BG #14 Our mind is like a cloth that is spread out over a bush with many thorns (imagine the thorns to be materials, relationships, our activities), these are having many hooks and through these hooks our mind is caught here and there. If you want to withdraw the mind the bush will not…
Three day Jivana Yoga Workshop in Ashland, Oregon A very satisfying gathering of likeminded! Practice was deep. The food was luscious! During the three day Jivana Yoga Program offering, there were many uplifting moments, and much appreciation was shared. To support the groups deepening connection and our mutual inner purpose, we did an…
From Celeste in Ashland I feel held. Safely. In a cocoon. Recognizing that healing and de-evolving are occurring. I keep coming back because it is what I am meant to do. I am meant to hear this information, I am meant to learn it, integrate it and live it. I stumble, and yet know…