Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Center New York

Wishing you all a blessed week ahead 1st June 1941 Surendrananth,... Serve and Love. Give and relinquish. Tolerate and endure. Restrain and subdue. Forget and forgive. Adjust and Adapt Persevere Aspire and purify. Reflect and enquire Discrimination and concentrate Meditate and realize. May you attain Kaivalya In OM~ Sivananda

Wellness Month Spotlight: Ayurveda Resolutions for Optimal State of Living. Starts January 2nd at 1 pm EST In this two week immersion, you are invited to challenge yourself into a Quest For Vibrant Health, Strong Immunity, and Happiness which Shines from Within.... WHAT IS INCLUDED IN THIS COURSE: You will learn the theory of Tridosa the three basic energies that constitute all life forms. You’ll get to Know and Become an attentive friend with your Agni the fire of your digestion which makes everything you digest into you. You’ll learn about Dhatus the Essential building blocks of your body. You’ll Realize Why the Mind and Senses need to be watched over. And You’ll Be Who You Truly Are. All of this will be made clear into practical step by step activities of your daily life in accordance with the movements of Nature. Registration info: Tuition is included in our Wellness month subscription. Can also be purchased as a stand-alone. https://sivanandayogaranch.org/event/ayurveda-resolutions/ #newyearbeyou,#healthiswealth,#sivananda.#yogaeveryblessedday

HATHA YOGA FOUNDATIONS Starts tomorrow at 10:30 am. 4 Saturdays Are you trying to bring consistency to your asana practice and at the same time str...engthen your understanding of the postures? This course will help answer alignment questions and help you build a safe and strong practice. Bring a friend with you and let's move the body and the breath! To register: https://sivanandayogaranch.secure.retreat.guru//online-c/

Kirtan for the Heart with Narayan Jyoti Tomorrow morning at 6 AM EST Please join Narayan Jyoti as he leads a special Online Satsang on Saturday morning with a Kirtan concert along with a short talk on Bhakti Yoga. Start your day with an open heart! To join:https://sivanandayogaranch.org//kirtan-for-the-heart-wit/

Three of our foundation courses start in January. Register and bring a friend with you! Meditation: Starts January 4th. Twice a week, for two weeks. Sanskrit.: Starts January 7th. Once a week.for four weeks Hatha Yoga Foundations: Starts January 9th, for four weeks... Visit our website for info:https://sivanandayogaranch.org/events/

This Week in the Online Holiday Retreat Tuesday, December 22 9:00 10:30 AM Satsang: Indian Art with Benoy Behl 3:00 4:30 PM Yoga and Vedanta with Swami Jnaneswariananda... 5:00 6:00 PM Holiday Cooking Workshop with MahaLakshmi 8:30 10:00 PM Satsang: Nada yoga and Sitar concert with Ram Vakkalanka Wednesday, December 23 9:00 10:30 AM Satsang: Indian Art with Benoy Behl 3:00 4:30 PM Yoga Nidra; Graceful Transitions with Dr. Andrea Deerheart 5:00 6:30 PM Healing the Mind The Intersection of Yoga and Ayurveda with Marc Hallpern (Dr. Siva) 8:30 10:00 PM Satsang: Essence of Bhakti Yoga with Swami Sitaramananda Thursday, December 24 9:00 10:30 AM Satsang: the Gift of Listening with Swami Narayanananda 3:00 4:30 PM 8 Limbs of Yoga with Krishna Darshan 5:00 6:30 PM Sermon on the Mount with Swami Sankarananda 8:30 11:00 PM Satsang: Christmas Celebration, Vedanta & Life of Jesus with Swamini Swatmavidyananda and Yoga Farm Staff Friday, December 25 9:00 10:30 AM Satsang: Meaning of Christmas with Brother Rolph 3:00 4:30 PM Indian Music Workshop with Hasu Patel 5:00 6:30 PM Sermon on the Mount with Swami Sankarananda 8:30 10:00 PM Satsang: Yoga of Objectivity: Personal Healing and Social Transformation with Swamini Swatmavidya To see the full 15-day schedule and register: https://sivanandayogaranch.secure.retreat.guru//online-1/ A la carte: https://sivanandayogaranch.secure.retreat.guru//single-s/

1st April 1944 Beloved Ram, In Prem the heart is softened more markedly. ... Prem is the abode of all bliss. It is the one thing needed. It is the culmination of Bhakti. The lane of Prem is extremely narrow indeed. It cannot contain two. Where there is "I", the Lord is not. Where there is the Lord, the "I" ceases to be. May you abide in Prem.~Sivananda #bhaktiyoga,#prem,#sivananda

Om Namo Bhagavate Vasudevaya Krishna is derived from Krish which means "to scrape". He scrapes all the sins, evils, and the causes of evil from the hearts of His devotees. Therefore He is called Krishna~ commentary by Swami Sivananda on The Bhagavad Gita 6:34 #DidYouKnow.#readthescriptures,#BhagavatGita,#yogaeveryblessedday

Online Teacher's Training Course January 9 February 6, 2021 & March 1 29, 2021 200-hour Yoga Alliance (based in the USA) To learn more: https://sivanandayogaranch.org//yoga_teacher_training-ma/... #yogateachertraining,#yogaalliancecertified

Be a part of the community and join us from home, as we move into the new year! New 4 pm yoga asana classes added to our weekly schedule! Mon, Wed & Fri @ 7 am (60 mins) & @ 4 pm (90 mins) Tues @ 8 am (60 mins gentle) & 4 pm (90 mins)... Thurs, Sat @ 8 am & 4 pm (90 mins) Sun @ 8 am & 3 pm (90 mins) Sun @ 12 pm (75 mins donation based prenatal) To register: https://sivanandayogaranch.org/sivananda-ny-online/ "May all attain good health, long life and a high standard of vigor, vitality, through the practice of Yogic exercises and the blessings of Rishis!"~ Sivananda

Tune into the self with the practice of YOGA NIDRA on this day that greets us with a new moon and a solar eclipse! 20 min Deep Relaxation Session at 12 pm EST TODAY To register: https://sivanandayogaranch.secure.retreat.guru//online-y/

Happy Holidays: free yoga classes from us to you! December 24 - 27, 2020 Thurs- 8 am 1.5 all levels Fri- 7 am 1 hr all levels Sat- 8 am 1.5 all levels | 4 pm 1.5 hr all levels... Sun- 8 am 1.5 all levels | 3 pm 1.5 all levels To sign up: https://sivanandayogaranch.secure.retreat.guru//christma/ #itstheseasontobemerryandbright,#hathayoga,#yogaeveryblessedday,#sivananda

A glimpse at the schedule of our ongoing holiday retreat The program runs thru January 1st. Sunday, December 27 9:00 10:30 AM Satsang: Questions and Answers with Swami Swaroopananda... 3:00 4:30 PM 108 Names Lord Siva and Their Meaning with Pandit Samavedula 5:00 6:30 PM Remembering the Soul: The Divine Names for True Healing with Mangalananda 8:30 10:00 PM Satsang: call and response sound experience with Silvia Nakkach Monday, December 28 9:00 10:30 AM Satsang: Synthesis of Bhakti, Yoga and Vedanta in Stories with Srinivasan 3:00 4:30 PM Yoga of Recovery with Durga Leela 5:00 6:30 PM Kirtan Chanting with Swami Sivasankariananda 8:30 10:00 PM Satsang: Self Healing with Classical Yoga with Swami Sitaramananda Tuesday, December 29 9:00 10:30 AM Satsang: Synthesis of Bhakti, Yoga and Vedanta in Stories with Srinivasan 3:00 4:30 PM Ayurveda for Health and Healing with Durga Leela 5:00 6:30 PM Awakening Compassion: Creating a Path with Heart with Swami Ramananda 8:30 10:00 PM Satsang: Self Healing with Classical Yoga with Swami Sitaramanananda Full program registration: https://sivanandayogaranch.secure.retreat.guru//online-1/ To register for single sessions: https://sivanandayogaranch.secure.retreat.guru//single-s/

15-day Holiday Retreat: Classical Yoga and Self-Healing Starts this Saturday: Dec 18, 2020 This weekend's Schedule Friday, December 18... 9:00 10:30 AM Satsang: Indian Art with Benoy Behl 3:00 4:00 PM Creating a Yoga Retreat at Home with Swami Dharmananda 5:00 6:30 PM Vastu for a Happy House with Olga Mandodari 8:30 10:00 PM Satsang: Health SYHET Holistic Health with Swami Dharmananda Saturday, December 19 9:00 10:30 AM Satsang: Understanding Prana Life Force with Swami Jnaneswariananda 3:00 4:30 PM Ayurveda and Health with Manas Kshirsagar 5:00 6:30 PM Vastu for a Happy House with Olga Mandodari 8:30 10:00 PM Satsang: How to deal with stress the Yogic way with Swami Sivasankariananda Sunday, December 20 9:00 10:30 AM Satsang: Indian Art with Benoy Behl 3:00 4:30 PM The Science of Pranayama with Swami Adi 5:00 6:30 PM Stories of Mahabharata with Swami Vasishtananda 8:30 10:00 PM Satsang: Overcoming fear and anxiety for mental Health with Swami Dharmananda For full schedule: https://sivanandayogaranch.secure.retreat.guru//online-1/ Individual workshops available: https://sivanandayogaranch.secure.retreat.guru//single-s/

HATHA YOGA FOUNDATIONS Starting this Saturday at 10:30 am! IN THIS COURSE : -Experience the connection between the mind and body... through practice. -Learn breathing techniques to de-stress and release tension. -Acquire a toolbox of essential yogic teachings for daily life. -Connect with other practitioners to encourage learning and discipline. - Meets every Saturday from 10:30 am to 12:00 pm for 4 weeks. Register and bring a friend with you! https://sivanandayogaranch.secure.retreat.guru//online-c/

SANSKRIT COURSE: LEVEL 1 Starts this Thursday at 6:30 pm IN THIS COURSE: Explore the sounds and symbols of the Sanskrit alphabet.... Learn the writing of the Devanagari (language of the gods) script Learn proper pronunciation Incorporate what you learn in daily chanting of mantras Register and bring a friend with you! https://sivanandayogaranch.secure.retreat.guru//online-c/ #Sanskrit,#chantingmantras,#sivananda

Good Morning Pranayama! : 14 day Nov 9 at 5:30 AM EST Nov 22 at 6 AM EST Did you join our challenge last week? We are extending the morning pranayama challenge for 2 more weeks!... Rise early and feel balanced and energized thru out the day. Great for all levels, although we recommend you already have knowledge of the practices. Please email us if you have questions about the practice- [email protected] To register: https://sivanandayogaranch.secure.retreat.guru//good-mor/

Wishing you a blessed week ahead It is common thinking throughout the world to make a division between the spiritual life and the secular life. But if all is one, if God alone is, then perhaps the purpose of our spiritual life is to recognise that there is no such thing as secular life, that all life is spiritual. It is a question of where our consciousness is. ... The purpose of our spiritual practices is to raise our consciousness to a point where we recognise the fact that all life is divine.~Sri Swami Atmaswarupananda #practicalyoga.#yogaeveryblessedday,#hathayoga,#sivananda

Join us this Friday and Saturday Bhakti in Modern Times with Swami Shantananda In modern times many of us wonder if the lessons taught about Bhakti in the Bhagavad Gita can help us today.... The answer is yes! The true essence of Bhakti is timeless. Join the discussion, as Swamiji takes us deeper into the lessons of devotion and surrender! Nov 6 at 7:30 PM EST Nov 7 at 8:30 PM EST To register: https://sivanandayogaranch.org/eve/bhakti_in_modern_times/

During these difficult times, don't forget to care for the body Knowing that I am different from the body, I need not neglect the body. It is a vehicle that I use to transact with the world. It is the temple which houses the Pure Self within ~ Tattva Bodha, Adi Shankaracharya Join one of our weekly asana and prenatal classes... https://sivanandayogaranch.org/sivananda-ny-online/ #yogaeveryblessedday,#hathayoga,#TattvaBodha,#AdiShankaracharya,#newyearnewyou,#yogapractice

POSITIVE TRANSFORMATION: BRINGING MEDITATION INTO YOUR DAILY LIFE. Starts tomorrow Monday 4th at 6:30 PM EST Bring in the new year by building your meditation practice! ... Topics covered: -The role of breath in steadying the mind -How to create a meditation space at home -Importance of self-analysis in your mediation practice -How to integrate techniques with ease into your daily schedule -8 Limbs of Yoga -Introduction to Mantras Register for the course and bring a friend on us! We love building community! https://sivanandayogaranch.secure.retreat.guru//online-c/ #newyearbeyou,#meditation,#sivananda

Join us for Sunday Evening Satsang! https://fb.watch/1v5eR8isUx/

Introduction to Vedanta- Tattva Bodha: Knowledge of Truth This Saturday, Dec 12 at 9 AM EST Dec 13 at 10:30 AM EST Happiness... we all desire it. Through intensive inquiry, we can reach that happiness or the knowledge of the unity of the Self with the Absolute. Learn about it from The Tattva Bodha, which takes the form of a dialogue between a student and his teacher.... To register:https://sivanandayogaranch.org//introduction-to-vedanta-2/ #Vedanta,#nonduality,#AdiShankaracharya,#tattvabodha #yogaeveryblessedday

Bring in the New Year with a gift to yourself Online Teacher's Training Course Jan 9 Feb 6, 2021 To learn more:https://sivanandayogaranch.org/online-...teacher-training-cou/ #newyearnewyou,#yogaeveryblessedday,#yogaalliancecertified,#hathayoga

Join us tomorrow! Nov 2 6 (5 days total) Everyday @ 5:30 am 6:00 am EST Start you day right!... This is for all levels, although we recommend you already have knowledge of the practices. Please email us if you have questions about the practice- [email protected] To register: https://sivanandayogaranch.org//morning-pranayama-challe/

A message for your week ahead 1st, April 1944 Beloved Ram, In Prem, the heart is softened more markedly.... Prem is the abode of all bliss. It is the one thing needed. It is the culmination of Bhakti. The lane of Prem is extremely narrow indeed. It cannot contain two. Where there is "I", the Lord is not Where there is the Lord, this "I" ceases to be. May you abide in Prem, Sivananda See more

1st May 1951 Sri Seeth Bai Bombay... Be calm, be patient, be steadfast in your faith and duty. Nothing will happen that is not to lead you to your own ultimate goal. The Divine has a plan and a method with each individual. His wisdom is supreme and don't you dare to question it. May Lord bless you, Sivananda

ASHRAM RESIDENTIAL PROGRAM It's beautiful here at the Ashram as fall rolls in! #workinnature,#yogavacation... Available now until the spring of 2021, the Ashram welcomes all Yoga practitioners for a spiritual retreat with ample time to work online with the available Ashram Wi-Fi or to do a personal retreat to study or write, meditate, or deepen their spiritual practice. To learn more:https://sivanandayogaranch.org/residential-program/

Wishing you all a blessed week ahead Jai Ma!

5 Day Pranayama Challenge- 5:30 am Nov 2 6 (5 days total) @ 5:30 am 6:00 am EST Start your day with a session of pranayama to relax nerves, cleanse the respiratory system, and feel the healing benefits of breathing exercises physically, mentally and spiritually. ... Notice the difference throughout your day after these reinvigorating breathing exercises! To register: https://sivanandayogaranch.org//morning-pranayama-challe/

Creation: The Music Of Mother’s Veena SALUTATIONS and adorations to the Blessed Divine Mother, the source, sustenance and the ultimate goal of all creation. Salutations again and again to the Blessed Mother in Her knowledge-giving aspect, the originator of the entire phenomenon as well as the culmination and conclusion of all knowledge and of all creative processes. May Her grace be upon us all. ~ God as Mother. Sri Swami Chidananda... Om Aim Saraswati Namaha.

Goddess Of Auspiciousness At Home And At Heart Today we come to the third sacred day of worship of the Divine Mother in Her aspect of Sri Lakshmi or Vishnu Shakti or Narayani. On this sixth day of the Navaratra Worship ours is the rare blessing and good fortune to dwell upon the Goddess Lakshmi as She manifests to the individual in the intimate sphere of the home, the domestic sphere, at heart in Her very important and significant inner aspect as the Daivi Sampat which are... developed in the personality of the seeker and Sadhaka and the Mumukshu. ~ God as Mother. Sri Swami Chidananda See more

Lakshmi: The Supreme Sustainer SALUTATIONS to the blessed Source, destination of all! Salutations to the Supreme power of the Almighty Being manifest as Saraswati! Salutations to the Power manifest as Mahalakshmi and that Primal Power manifest as Durga!... Today is the fourth day of the worship of the Godhead conceived as the Mother of all creation. From today we enter into the next phase of this deeply significant adoration of the Mother, in Her aspect of the nourishing and sustaining function of the Supreme Shakti. ~ God as Mother: Sri Swami Chidananda Yaa Devi Sarva-Bhutessu Nidra-Ruupenna Samsthitaa | Namas-Tasyai Namas-Tasyai Namas-Tasyai Namo Namah ||

yà devã sarvabhåteùu aktiråpeõa saüsthità | namastasyai namastasyai namastasyai namo namaþ || SALUTATIONS again and again to the blessed divine mother, the Supreme Inscrutable Power, the mysterious Achintya Shakti of para Brahman. Salutations to the great Devi who is the source of all manifestation and embodiment. ... Salutations to the great Divine Power, Divya Shakti, from whom have flowed forth all the countless, innumerable universes, in whom all manifestations have their being and into whom all names and forms dissolve and vanish, and through whom all beings attain their eternal union with the great reality, the Supreme Transcendental Being, Para Brahman.~Sri Swami Chidananda See more

Reading of the Devi Mahatmya Join us live on Facebook starting tomorrow morning at 6:30 am for the reading of this sacred text. The Devi Mahatmya or the D...urga Saptasati is a unique book in this world. It is the base and the root of the religion of the Saktas. It is a Kamadhenu for one and all; it gives whatever man wants. It gives Bhakti in this world and Mukti afterwards. It is a powerful reservoir of Mantras from the beginning to the end. Every verse of this text is a dynamic force which acts powerfully in overhauling the nature of man. ~ Sivananda Jai Ma!