Happy New Year

New Year is on the doorstep, so are New beginnings, and we look forward to the fresh start offered to us, as the year opens so do our opportunities!!
Registrations for the new term have started , new classes are about to begin such as Monday and Wednesday at 17.00-18.30 , a Dynamic Yoga , offered for those with a good physical condition , also a Thursday Lunch time class at 15.00-16.30, for those working mornings and afternoons. Registrations are still on, for classes on Mondays and Wednesdays at 19.30-21.00, for beginners, Tuesdays and Thursdays at 19.30-21.00 for those who have a previous experience on yoga and finally on Tuesday and Thursday 09.00-10.30 for people that have at least a three year experience on Yogic practices.
Best of wishes for 2010 and lets all work together to make it a happy, healthy and peaceful year .

First seminar on HEALTHY NUTRITION

The magic of nutrition is that by combining proper sattwic & rajasic ingredients such as vegetables, pulses , grains , fruits and nuts together with specific ayurvedic spices like cumin seeds and powder, mustard seeds and tumeric, coriander seeds or fresh coriander, ginger , chili, cinammon and gloves we can gain maximum energy , have a ballanced state of body and mind , increase our mental & physical vitality and experience peace, emotional stability , lightness & clarity of mind. Adding on to it a positive frame of mind while cooking and more tips like eat moderately, when hungry , at fixed times, avoiding too many combinations and late dinner , eat under peaceful circumstances, rest after eating for half an hour....and much more. Yogic nutrition and lifestyle adds on to the yogic practices and all together bring this beautiful transformation of living a happy healthy life.

For this ,the first of the seminars, we cooked a full range of indian dishes. We started with an appetizer of onion bargee,then had a dal soup, potatoes in ginger and tomatoes,vegetable curry,basmati rice, chapatis and finished with a lemon sorbet and to drink we made a cooling mango lassi . The whole meal demonstrated the balance of nutrition,taste and health

Paramahamsa Satyananda took Mahasamadhi !!

Hari Om,
Paramahamsa Satyananda Saraswati,the founder of Bihar School of Yoga, attained Mahasamadhi at midnight December 5th, in Rikhia.
He called Swami Satsangi at 11.30 and said it was time for him to go, he was sitting in padmasana practicing japa and left his body at midnight with a smile on his face.
Remember that the relationship between disciple and Guru is eternal and inspite some loss on the physical level,be comforted that the mystical relationship of guidance, grace and blessings sustains the disciple through all births and all the eternity.

Celebration !!!

Heading for Christmas and New Year ' s Celebration , a few more tips to maintain , balance and harmony within and without. Remembering that we are what we breath, think and eat and that we are the architects of our life, here are a few more tips on maintaining health in both body, mind and spirit through some Yogic cooking seminars. A three hour workshop will be held regularly throughout December on Saturdays, to reinforce our ability to stay calm, focused and energized , by using some simple yogic and ayurvedic combinations of spices in our cooking, we can benefit to the maximum the health of our digestive system and become nurtured on all levels.

Up and Running!!

Hello and welcome to all of you that have just joined us and to the ones that are returning for further studies. All level groups have now been formed and we are about to start working on our transformation giving us the ability to live and enjoy life to its fullest without loosing a second from conditioning and habitual patterns of thought ,word and act and awaken all our dormant potentiality, by just accepting who we are at the present moment and realising the inherent right we all have to live happily in the here and now. Very happy for your response we are ready now to move on al together, for our betterment and for those around us, family , friends , community and the planet we live on, !!

New Beginnings

Hello again!! Summer is over and we look forward to autumn and starting our new season of learning and growing . This year we have a slightly different timetable, which you will see below, which has been designed to help people to concentrate on the core issues we will be studying. Now is the time to begin to prepare yourselves for the challenges of learning ahead.
Timetables are
Mondays and Wednesdays 19.30-21.00 for beginners, those that have a first contact with yoga
Tuesdays and Thursdays 9.00am-10.30 for Progressive beginners, for those having a year or two previous experience
Tuesdays and Thursdays 19.30 -21.00 for progressive beginners, for those that have a year or two previous experience
Wednesday 9.00am - 10.30 as a general level class

More groups such as prenatal yoga can be added according to needs.

Looking forward to catch up with those that we already know and those we are about to meet.
Registrations for the first term are from 9th until 14th of September as , the term starts on the 14th of September and ends on December 17th. I look forward to seeing you soon .Lilian

summer greetings from Yogamitra

Hari Om ,

The heatwave is on and practices that could assist should be very light asanas very early in the morning , remember the best hours to practice is during brahmamuhurta, which is 2 hours before including sunrise and 2 before including sunset. Pranayama should also be done lightly emphasizing on cooling you which is Sheetali pranayama as you have been taught. So take it easy , have light meals plenty of water fruits and vegies avoid tamassic food like alcohol and fried food that increase the heat in the body, keep the body away from sun as much as possible, and try to remain aware of your body-mind ' s needs.

Hari Om Tat sat
Yogamitra- Lilian