by swatiyoga | Oct 8, 2015 | Teaching Yoga, Yoga Lesson Plans
A free downloadable yoga lesson plan in the Sivananda-style, but with some Satyananda elements. Sivananda_satyananda lesson...
by swatiyoga | Oct 8, 2015 | Teaching Yoga, Uncategorized, Yoga Lesson Plans
A free downloadable pdf of a Sivananda-style yoga lesson plan focussing on backbends. backbend lesson...
by swatiyoga | Sep 6, 2015 | NLP
Myths around the world often have the same basic plot, mythologist Joseph Campbell noticed: separation-initiation-return. Or in other words “a hero ventures forth from the world of common day into a region of supernatural wonder: fabulous forces are there encountered...
by swatiyoga | Sep 6, 2015 | Ashram, Yoga
I embarked on a 10-day course in Prana Vidya at the Mandala Ashram Wales (an independent ashram that follows the Satyananda school of yoga teachings) without really being sure what it was about. Google searches weren’t particularly illuminating, and the Bihar...
by swatiyoga | Apr 22, 2015 | Ashram, Sivananda, Yoga
I arrive at the Sivananda ashram in Madurai at just past midnight on New Year’s Eve, after driving through pot-holed country roads popping with firecrackers and bright-eyed skinny boys shouting “Happy New Year” at the rickshaw. I’m here to do...
