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Om Namah Sivaya,
Blessed Self -
As we begin the month of May, the Yoga Farm staff is working hard to prepare for the upcoming May Teachers Training Course. Spring is upon us and the ashram is beaming with new life... trees, grass, frogs, ducklings, and flowers all around.
The month of May is a great time to be at the ashram as the energy is vibrating at a higher spiritual frequency. We are blessed to have our beloved Swami Sitaramananda back for a couple of months from her ventures in India, China, Vietnam, Taiwan, Israel, Turkey and Canada in the last five months. Swamiji, as we fondly call her, will be hosting satsangs during TTC and in the months of June and July, which is truly a treat and delight to our intellect and heart.
We also have a lineup of special guests, each talented in their own unique ways performing for us and sharing their talents and wisdom on how we can rise up to become outstanding yogis.
Whether you plan to be here taking the Teachers Training, or just visiting as a guest on a Yoga Vacation, we are sure you will have a great time. Our dedicated staff is eager to serve you. Om Cabins 1 and 2 are currently being renovated with attached bathrooms for your comfort.
If you are interested in signing up for either of the courses, please call reception (1-530-272-9322) to check availability.
We look forward to seeing you at the ashram soon.
Om Shanti
Yoga Farm Community
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Music Concert
Shakti Rising
Saturday, May 7, 2016
8:00 - 9:45 pm
Tickets at the door: $15 |
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Shakti Rising, a devotional kirtan group from Mount Shasta and long time friends of the ashram will be inaugurating the Teacher Training Course . They are led by harmonium player and lead kirtanist, Sahadev, who took the Sivananda Yoga Teachers Training Course in 1992, and has been in love with all aspects of yoga ever since. Members of the group include Mahalakshmi, Radha, Rudrani Devi and Winterhawk.
Sankaracharya Jayanti is the celebration of the birth of Adi Sankaracharya. We will celebrate with a Pada Puja, a special worship ceremony in which we pay homage to the feet of the sage. In the eastern tradition knowledge is seen to flow from the head to the feet of a great sage, as water flows in a river. When we honor the feet we honor the great knowledge which flows.
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Presented by Hasu Patel
May 14, 2016 8:00 -10:00 pm
Tuition: $10.00
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Hasu Patel
, a disciple of Sitar legend Ustad Vilayat Khan Saheb, is one of the few distinguished female artists performing today classical music on Sitar, the most popular string instrument of India. As a performer, composer, and educator, she has dedicated her life to preserving and propagating in its pristine purity the fascinating, highly evolved classical music of Ancient India.
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May 20, 2016 8:00 - 9:30 pm
May 21, 2016 6:00 - 7:30 am
Tuition: $20.00
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Dr. Luskin's work combines lecture with a hands-on approach to the ancient tradition of forgiveness. Participants explore forgiveness with the goal of reducing hurt and helplessness, letting go of anger and increasing confidence and hope as they learn how to release unwanted hurts and grudges.
Buddha Purnima reverentially, the most important day for the followers of Buddhism, commemorates Lord Buddha's enlightenment in 588 B.C and also his attainment of the highest of spiritual goals, 'Nirvana' in Bodh Gaya and 'Parinirvana' (or "final cessation") in Kushinagara. Please join us on this auspicious day for a special Puja, to be performed in honor of the Buddha's life and teaching.
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Peter Russell, Cassandra Vieten
Sunday, May 22 - Wednesday, May 25, 2016
$10 per satsang
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Peter Russell is a fellow of the Institute of Noetic Sciences, of The World Business Academy and of The Findhorn Foundation, and an Honorary Member of The Club of Budapest. In 1982 he coined the term "global brain" with his 1980s bestseller of the same name in which he predicted the Internet and the impact it would have.
Cassandra Vieten, PhD, is President and CEO of the Institute of Noetic Sciences and a scientist at the Mind-Body Medicine Research Group at California Pacific Medical Center Research Institute. Dr. Vieten, a licensed clinical psychologist, has been with IONS since 2001, previously serving as its Executive Director of Research.
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Presented by Anuradha Prabhshankar
May 22, 2016
8:00 - 9:30 pm
Tuition: $15
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Anuradha Prabhashankar is an accomplished Bharatanatyam dancer from the Bay area. She learned her art form in India at a very young age. Now a mother of two, she has been performing at the Sivananda Ashram Yoga Farm for many years.
This Memorial Day we will be celebrating the 45 year anniversary since the birth of the Yoga Farm in 1971. The Yoga Farm's friends and devotees will share their knowledge, inspiration and devotion to celebrate the 45th anniversary of the founding of the Sivananda Ashram Vrindavan Yoga Farm (1971- 2016) by Swami Vishnu-devananda. We welcome all friends, students and benefactors of the Ashram to come and share in these three eventful and memorable days to bless the Yoga Farm.
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Presented by G.S. Sachdev, Ravi Gutala
May 28, 2016 8:00 - 9:30 pm
Tuition: $15.00
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Please join us for an evening of classical Bansuri (traditional Indian Bamboo Flute) music with world renowned Bansuri master musician G.S. Sachdev. This evening promises to be an amazing experience. Sachdev began playing the Bansuri when he was 14, and has created a rare form of instant communication with audiences through his music.
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