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Yoga ashrams, centers and schools Yoga events Yoga travel tips22/02/201221/07/2013

International Yoga Festival

March 1-7, 2012 – Rishikesh, India   What is the International Yoga Festival? Parmarth Niketan is a top yoga center in our book “Yoga in India: a Journey to the Top 24 Yoga Places” and co-hosts the annual International Yoga Festival. This one-week festival located in Rishikesh, otherwise known as the birthplace of yoga, offers…

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Travelling in India Yoga events12/10/201121/07/2013

National Conference on Yoga & Naturopathy for Holistic Health

by April Mietz – editor for yoga.in A welcoming surprise greeted me upon my recent return to India, only one day after arriving in Mysore, I learned that Yogacharya BKS Iyengar himself was visiting his mother city in order to participate in the National Conference on Yoga & Naturopathy for Holistic Health. With a full two-day…

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Yoga ashrams, centers and schools11/08/201121/07/2013

Certified Iyengar Yoga

Some clarifications on Iyengar Yoga. Just a few days ago we got a letter from B.K.S. Iyengar, the founder of the yoga style now called ‘Iyengar Yoga’. In his letter he recommends us to differentiate official Iyengar yoga centres operated by certified Iyengar yoga teacher from other non-official centres on our website http://www.yoga.in. What is…

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Travelling in India Yoga ashrams, centers and schools Yoga travel tips17/05/201121/07/2013

Yoga class at the Sivananda Ashram, Rishikesh

It doesn’t really bother you to get up at 5 in the morning when you know that you will walk along the mother and the holiest of all rivers for half an hour. A cup of chai on the way to the yoga class helped start the day though. Swami Sridarananda welcomed me at 6am…

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Travelling in India Yoga ashrams, centers and schools Yoga interviews16/05/201121/07/2013

2nd meeting with Swami Vimalananda

I arrived a bit early again at the Sivananda Ashram in Rishikesh to take more photographs. At 10am sharp I was in Swami Vimalananda’s office: “Hari Om!”. What a loving and natural being he is! The head of about 160 swamis of the Divine Life Society has spent 60 years in the ashram. He told me about…

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Travelling in India Yoga ashrams, centers and schools14/05/201121/07/2013

Meeting Swami Vimalananda at the Sivananda Ashram, Rishikesh

Back to the Himalayas, Coni has visited the Sivananda Ashram in Rishikesh, home of the Divine Life Society founded by Swami Sivananda. Here’s his account. This morning, I met Swami Vimalananda who invited me at the great Swami Sivananda’s Samadhi in Rishikesh. Since I was a bit early, I had a stroll around and took…

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Travelling in India Yoga interviews13/04/201121/07/2013

In the car with Sadhguru

It is well known that Sadhguru likes to drive. So, logically, he was behind the wheel when he picked us up at 8:30am. His 18 year-old daughter and two swamis were also in the car (one of them for recording our conversation with Sadhguru). He does not only look like a guru from ancient times,…

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Travelling in India Yoga ashrams, centers and schools Yoga interviews12/04/201121/07/2013

Interview with Sadhguru

Our appointment with Sadhguru is due sometime between 9am and 4pm today. We slept the night in Coimbatore, and at 9am we were at the gate of the Isha Yoga Center. Waiting for the call, we had rest for another 2 hours in a nice and clean room, then a small walk around the center, and…

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Travelling in India Yoga ashrams, centers and schools11/04/201121/07/2013

Going back to Isha Yoga Center

In the last 3 months we’ve visited several yoga universities, educational institutes, yoga centers, ashrams, and many more yoga places. Looking back, we can say that we’ve been very lucky that we were allowed not only to cover all places, but also to interview and photograph almost all swamis, gurus, directors and founders of the…

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Travelling in India Yoga ashrams, centers and schools04/04/201121/07/2013

Studies at the SVYASA Yoga University

In the early morning at 5:30 am we went to the Om meditation. From 6 to 7am we saw the kriya cleansing techniques, then a short chanting session, followed by a morning lecture by Dr. Nagendra, who is both the spiritual and scientific head at the SVYASA Yoga University. The challenge for us when visiting universities…

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Travelling in India Yoga ashrams, centers and schools03/04/201121/07/2013

SVYASA Yoga University

Dr. Yoga! Yes, you can do a Ph.D in Yoga at this government recognised yoga university near Bangalore. On Sunday afternoon, we drove to the Swami Vivekananda Yoga Anusandhana Samsthana (SVYASA), located about 30 km outside of Bangalore. Spread over more than 100 acres, it was a bit difficult to get an overview of their full range of activities.…

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