Spring time cleansing practices !!

Spring has arrived every thing around us is blossoming,  is now time to release all  winter toxins from  your body/energy/mind, so you can feel more light hearted , with high energy and a clear calm focused frame of mind  !
Throughout all March and April weekends I will be conducting Yogic Cleansing practices with  small groups of 3  !! So see you all beloved students in our spring time yogic parties !!
Oms
Lilian/ Yogamitra

December 21st 2012 , an evening of Union and Love

A big thanks to all of you beautiful souls , for the  wonderful moments we shared together on December 21st 2012. We culminated the end of  2012 with a video my Paramahamsa Satyananda given in Rikhia on December 2008 , just one year before he left for maha samadhi and was about what will happen in 2012 , mind management and lots of uplifting information about handling and living our life to the maxinum using our precious yogic tools. We closed the evening with a prasad a yogic gift, that was including a quote randomly chosen for each one that as u shared was of great significance to you.
Wishing you all a Joyful 2013 allowing the dormant Inner potential to wake up so you can live joyfully with Presence  .
 Sending you all my Love and Light
Lilian / Sannyasi Yogamitra

Christmas Celebration !! Reflections in 2012 :)

As we are coming to the first term's closure, i would love to thank you all, for your  sincere commitment to carry on with your spiritual practices and helping each other to grow through our interaction .
Since we started in September my focus was mainly to get us in touch with our hearts and how we feel these definitely challenging times, especially here in Greece that  we have been firtsly targeted for change.
I used as a new tool in my advanced classes Antar Darshan , a meditation that i was taught during my stay in Satyananda Ashram this summer , that deals a lot with how we feel with our selves our life situation our famiies etc , still a lot of work on that as i am also practicing it .
But of course challenges are just our stepping stones to grow and find this inner strength that carries us through .
It is through faith and understanding  that we can start our journey and then use all the variety of tools from  our classical Satyananda yoga that assists us to grow stronger physicaly mentaly emotionally and keep our energy level up with a clear mind and an open heart.
Having as my main foundation  Satyananda Yoga, the tradition that i trained  since 2001 and got qualified to teach , the last three years i have also broadened my horizons on Yoga, by practicing Ashtanga yoga, a rather dynamic extroverted style, which lifts up the energy through ujjayi breath and a particuar sequence of practices, have done  a 3 day private workshop with Christine Karitinou an expert on Ashtanga , working to get a qualification to share it with you.
The 2012 gift for my spiritual evolution is coming in contact with Chogyal Namkai Norbu , a Tibetan Spiritual Master and after  attending a 3 day presentation of this tradition in late September , i attended a weekend retreat by Namkai Norbu, 5th -7th of October . Part of this tradition is Yantra Yoga , the Tibetan Yoga of movement, also a very ancient system that was taught in Tibet since 8th century by Vairocana and has come to our days uninterupred.
Being thirsty for spiritual truth and loving Yoga , with the precious help and support of you all, I soon found myself in Tenerife  in November 2012 and did a week Yantra Yoga Teacher's  training and am also preparing with a small group of my students  for supervision , by Laura Evangelisti.
Looking back to 2012, I feel we did well as a group,  we handled all challenges and huge changes happening to us all  and helped on  various occasions people in need.
 We  are constantly praying and sending love & light and positive thoughts & energy  to  ouselves, our families, friends the community we live in, Mother Earth, Gaia that supports and nourishes us.

See u all on January 7th 2013.
Lots of Love
Lilian/Sannyasi Yogamitra
Om Shanti Shanti Shantihi

NEW TERM HAS BEGUN SINCE SEPTEMBER !

New term has begun since September 9th and classes run regularly .Our current class schedule is Tuesday and Thursday morning 8.30-10.00 for advanced students, Wednesday 19.30-21.00 for beginners , Thursday at 19.30-21.00 for advanced and a New class on Monday evening 20.00-21.00 Stretch and meditation specializing on meditation !Today starts the Navaratri a nine night auspicious period to focus on our spiritual practices , so for those that have not joined us yet this is a wonderful week to do so ! LOve and light Lilian

LAST TERM IS ENDING SEE YOU IN SEPTEMBER

ΚΑΛΗ ΑΝΑΣΤΑΣΗ ΜΕ ΑΓΑΠΗ ΚΑΙ ΦΩΣ !!! HAPPY EASTER !

ΕΥΧΟΜΑΙ ΣΕ ΟΛΟΥΣ ΚΑΛΗ ΑΝΑΣΤΑΣΗ ΜΕ ΤΟ ΜΗΝΥΜΑ ΤΟΥ ΧΡΙΣΤΟΥ ΤΟ ΜΗΝΥΜΑ ΤΗΣ ΑΓΑΠΗΣ ΝΑ ΕΙΝΑΙ ΖΩΝΤΑΝΟ ΣΤΗΝ ΚΑΡΔΙΑ ΜΑΣ !!

WISHING YOU ALL A HAPPY EASTER WITH LOVE THE MESSAGE OF JESUS ALIVE IN OUR HEARTS !!!

Spring Hatha Yoga Cleansing practices !!

Time for spring Hatha Yoga cleansing techniques !!! The time has come to say good bye to toxins...increase your vital energy , open up your heart by letting go of pent up emotions and have a focused , clear mind !! Just go for it...!:)))

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“The ancient texts on hatha yoga begin with ‘Shatkarma’. They say that one must first purify the whole body - the stomach, intestines, nervous system and other systems before practicing asana and pranayama and more advanced practices leading to deep meditation.”

Swami Satyananda Saraswati, “The True Spirit of Hatha Yoga”, Yoga Magazine, India, September 1982 – http://www.yogamag.net/archives/1982/isep82/sphatha.shtml

The following are explanations how these five asanas (see pic) work in the Laghoo Shankhaprakshalana practice. This sequence can also be practiced as a ‘dry run’. Each asana is repeated eight times –gently and without any strain. The sequence is performed three times.

1. Tadasana stretches the whole digestive tract and stimulates the cardiac sphincter. It stretches stomach and colon.

2. Tiryaka Tadasana - squeezes and stretches the stomach and small intestine activating peristalsis and the pyloric sphincter.

3. Kati Chakrasana - creates a centrifugal force allowing water to move through the ileocaecal valve into the large intestine and ascending colon.

4. Tiryaka Bhujangasana – here the pressure of the abdomen on floor and the twisting movement assists the water through the entire large colon and beyond to activate the sigmoid flexure.

5. Udarakarshanasana - Alternately compresses and massages lower colon and prompts desire to defecate by stimulating the anal sphincter.

For more information on these practices - Asana Pranayama Mudra Bandha by Swami Satyananda Saraswati - http://www.satyananda.net/shop/view/asana-pranayama-mudra-bandha.