In this online satsang, given in February 2023, Swamiji talks about Shivaratri, the "Great night of Shiva".

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A simple pranayama involving some small movement of the arms, hand gestures and breath control. Moola bandha is also applied, but the practice can be done without this element if you are a beginner.

Perfect for getting your energy gently moving in the morning, or any time of day. It's also known as shanti (peace) mudra, invoking a sense of calm in the mind and body. Try practicing it facing the morning sunrise, inviting the energy of the sun into your being.

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This session is part of a number of sessions discussing Chapter 8 of the Bhagavad Gita. It begins with a beautiful meditation using Bija mantras, also known as 'seed' mantras, which have the potential to take us beyond our thinking mind and connect us with our essential nature.

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Trataka is a concentration practice. The word translates as 'steady gazing' i.e. placing your gaze on an object of focus. In the early stages, the object is external, such as a candle flame or an image. In the later stages the object becomes an inner representation, visualised in the mind.

The entire practice of trataka has three main stages, leading from the outer to the inner:

1. Outer trataka

2. Outer and inner trataka combined

3. Inner trataka

The practice shared here is a 15-minute guided inner trataka meditation, using the image of a candle flame.

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This online satsang was given by Swamiji on 11th February 2023, in which he continues on from his December 2022 satsang (also available here on our Spotify channel), discussing Chapter 8 of the Bhagavad Gita and talking about life after death.

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In this 30 minute meditation practice you are guided in a gentle process of chakra location and sensitisation, through each of the main chakras from Muladhara through to Sahasrara and including the Bindu point at the back of the head.

Practised regularly, this process will increase awareness of these subtle energy centres while gently harmonising and stimulating the entire energy system.

This is excellent preparation for higher yogic practices.

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This was a jam-packed satsang, given in December 2022, in which Swamiji offers a guided meditation on sacrifice (or surrender) to the greater Reality underlying everyone and everything, emphasising Advaita (non-duality), and talks about the symbolic meaning of Christmas.

He also explores the teachings of the Bhagavad Gita (Chapter 8), explaining and revising the yogic definitions of Brahman, adhyatma, karma, adhibhuta, adhidaiva and adhiyagya; discussing preparing for death through meditation and dying before one dies, rebirth, the psychic realms and the importance of bhakti yoga (devotion).

In the question and answer session, Swamiji answers questions on death, the scientific acceptance of the unreality of time, bringing yoga into daily affairs, the importance of simplifying our lives, inspiring others through our yogic practice without preaching, and being committed to one’s practice.

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Mandala Yoga Ashram is an internationally renowned centre of yogic knowledge, based in Wales, UK. We offer residential retreats, online courses and yoga teacher training based on the authentic teachings of yoga, advaita and tantra. Our approach emphasises meditation, transformation, and the cultivation of direct insight through practice and personal experience.

This is an introduction to Nadi Shodhana, a basic pranayama practice also known as Alternate Nostril Breathing, which has the effect of creating a sense of balance. Balance between left and right brain, balance in a more comprehensive 'feeling' sense. Also (and maybe because of the balance effect) it has the potential to uncover the natural calm spaciousness of a mind at ease.

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Mandala Yoga Ashram is an internationally renowned centre of yogic knowledge, based in Wales, UK. We offer residential retreats, online courses and yoga teacher training based on the authentic teachings of yoga, advaita and tantra. Our approach emphasises meditation, transformation, and the cultivation of direct insight through practice and personal experience.