The breath is the source of life. One can live weeks without food, days without water, but only minutes without breathing. Proper breathing is the key to good...
http://bit.ly/A2Fkjm The New York Times published an article on January 5, 2012 entitled "How Yoga Can Wreck Your Body". This article has since spread like...
This series of videos is a commentary by Swami Jnaneshvara on the eight steps of Yoga Meditation as described by Swami Rama in his book Path of Fire and Light,...
Consciousness alone is the object of its own awareness. I am that consciousness. It alone is the entire universe. All this is experienced through consciousness...
The mind assumes an image of the beloved according to the concept therein, and a time comes when the image and object become one. When the mind is restless,...
I like to recirculate this around the time of a coming new year as a reminder about the nature of transitions. Transitions: New Years and New Moments in Life...
The pinnacle of the wisdom and practices of the ancient sages of Yoga is contained in the terse twelve verses of the Mandukya Upanishad, which outlines the...
The only real sin in life is to kill your own conscience. If you do not kill your conscience then you'll never commit mistakes, because your conscience will...
To the serious student, there is only one real book to study and learn from--the greatest of all books--and that is the very manuscript that you, yourself,...
For many people, a meditation tradition is like a restaurant; they have a "favorite"; for a while, but from time to time drop this restaurant and replace it...
New Swami Rama Teachings Facebook group https://www.facebook.com/groups/271403196208369/ This group is a place for sharing and discussing the teachings of...
This is very important information for yoga practitioners and teachers. Yoga Body: The Origins of Modern Posture Practice ISBN-10: 0195395344 ISBN-13:...
Activities updates for Abhyasa Ashram are announced through the ashram newsletter at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AbhyasaAshram/ Details are also at...
Is yoga a religion? No. Is yoga merely a fitness program for the material/physical body? No. Patanjali (codifier of yoga) describes yoga as regulation of mind...
A new sign has been put up on Abhyasa Ashram thanks to the loving efforts of Shanti Sheena Cannon, who both designed the logo and acquired the sign. Photo is...
Though unconfirmed in the media, I have been notified that Sathya Sai Baba has left the body. Swami Jnaneshvara Abhyasa Ashram http://abhyasaashram.org...
Guru and the Light Within by Swami Rama An excerpt from: http://swamij.com/swami-rama-guru.htm If you prepare yourself to know the higher knowledge, then you...
Dear Friends in Australia, I will be in the Sydney, Australia area April 30 - May 8, 2011 as a guest of Mark Breadner. For information about the programs,...
(A)Para Vidya within Sri - YouTube video, Time: 4:48 By Tripurashakti Brahmacharini http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8mtItpMwYYY Para Vidya is the Supreme...
(8 1/2 x 11, B&W, 272 pages) For quite a few years people have been asking me about having a printed copy of the Yoga Sutras pages on the SwamiJ.com website....
We have just been formally notified by the US Internal Revenue Service that Abhyasa Ashram has been approved as a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization. Although the...
It may be true that at one stage of "growth" one needs to accept who he or she is, but at another stage that same self has to be left behind as NOT being who...
Our next meditation retreat at Swami Rama's ashram in Rishikesh, India will be March 2011. If you would like to participate, please register soon. Info: ...
Like every day, every minute, and every moment of our lives, today appears to be a time of transition, in this case into a new year, although there is only a...
From Merging with Shiva by Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami WILLPOWER IS THE FUEL You need a tremendous, indomitable will to make a reality of your quest of...
