‘Satyam Bol Kirtan Songbook’ Author: Swami Tantramurti Saraswati Produced & Published by: Swami Tantramurti Saraswati (1973-2013) This book has been an ever-expanding a labour of love for many years. Since starting yoga classes with Swami Pragyamurti at the Satyananda Yoga Centre, 70 Thurleigh Road, London in 1971, kirtan has always been one of my favourite […]
No Comments. Continue Reading...THE SHAPE OF THINGS TO COME “Inspired by Team GB’s success in Rio, we have decided to warm-up, work-out, wind-down, rest and rejoice for Tokyo 2020. Watch this space. Only a year to go. The classes this Autumn are re-establishing the easy-to-follow, step-by-step foundations of Shibumi yoga and meditation. Slow warm-ups, with simple yet dynamically-held […]
No Comments. Continue Reading...Shibumi Yoga Centre’s ‘Blessing of Light’ Ritual Every day at the Shibumi Yoga Centre, after meditaton practise, we perform a little ritual or ceremony – a Blessing of Light. We take one of the lighted candles that have illuminated our Ganesha statue (who’s removing obstacles energy we have been addressing) and offer it to participants […]
No Comments. Continue Reading...New Meditation Classes on Thursday evenings (6pm & 7.30 pm – one hour – refreshments and chat afterwards!) £45 for an introductory six week term (start anytime) or £10 per class (if spaces are available). No previous experience required, ideal for beginners and experienced meditators alike. For enquiries or to book, call Tantro on: 07804 […]
1 Comment. Continue Reading...Spring Term is in full swing at the Gainsborough House Hotel. Classes on Tuesday evenings (6pm, 7pm & 8pm) and Friday 10am. £45 for an introductory six week term (start anytime) or £10 per class (if spaces are available). All ages, all abilities, mixed classes. For enquiries or to book call Tantro on: 07804 235816. […]
1 Comment. Continue Reading...Guru Sattvananda (Keith ap Owen), President of the Sunbury Yoga Society, tackles the thorny question of golf prowess and leg lifts. The following was an e-mail received from a recently-joined member of the Sunbury Yoga Society. Q U E S T I O N : What sort of yoga sessions have you done with golfers? […]
No Comments. Continue Reading...“It may be possible to produce a physical training instructor within a very short time, but the dawning development of individual self-realisation of a yogi takes a little longer.” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . […]
No Comments. Continue Reading...‘Mindfulness Revoluion’ or Mindlessness? Guru Sattvananda, President of the Sunbury Yoga Society, rather thinks he’ll continue with his fifty-five years of ‘mindlessness practise, thank you’. He challenges the punditry of the so-called ‘mindful revolutionaries’ and chides them for their masterpieces of cosy thought they seek to pedal to the unwary by means of intellectual ‘flim-flam’. […]
2 Comments. Continue Reading...Ganesha Siddhi Mantra Japa Meditation Practise As you might have picked up from our posting: Shibumi Yoga Centre – Yoga Explorers Day (241113), Ros and I (yogini rosalind widdowson & swami tantramurti saraswati) are concentrating on the meditational practise of mantra japa (repetition) of a Ganesha siddhi (power) mantra (mind-liberator) to the point of mantra […]
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