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The Ultimate State

November 14, 2018 //

The Ultimate State

by Swami Nirmalananda & Vidyadevi Stillman

November 2018 Teachings Article

Spiritual Upliftment #11

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In meditation, you are either “in” or “out”. In deep meditation, you’re immersed within which is called samadhi. You may even think you’d fallen asleep. You see and hear nothing, absorbed in deep peace, growing more and more blissful. Then you bob “out”. Your mind gets busy, revving the engine, read to go. In the beginning, either you are meditating or you are enslaved by your mind.

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This is an article in a year-long series on “Spiritual Upliftment”, our theme for 2018, co-authored by Swami Nirmalananda Saraswati, Vidyadevi Stillman and Rukmini Abbruzzi.

For more info please visit www.svaroopa.org

Breath & Beyond

June 6, 2018 //

Breath & Beyond

June 2018 Teachings Article

Spiritual Upliftment #6

by Swami Nirmalananda & Rukmini Abbruzzi

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“Breath is life. Expanding your breathing capacity increases your vitality, health and happiness. Ujjayi Pranayama, the breathing practice taught at the beginning of every Svaroopa® yoga class, gives you all these benefits and more…”

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Tags bliss, breathing ujjayi pranayama vitality happiness svaroopa yoga, consciousness, contemplation, Grace, healthy-living, relaxation, swami, understanding

Categories contemplations, light heart news

Just Don’t

February 2, 2018 //

“Just Don’t”

Feb 2018 Teachings Article

Spiritual Upliftment #2

by Swami Nirmalananda & Rukmini Abbruzzi

“Svaroopa yoga propels you gloriously and easily into deep and profound inner experiences, even more tangibly when you receive Shaktipat. Instead of athleticism, Svaroopa yoga specialises in the inner experiences of your own Self, which is the deepest level of your own existence…”

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This is an article in a year-long series on “Spiritual Upliftment” our theme for 2018, co-authored by Swami Nirmalanada Saraswati, Vidyadevi Stillman and Rukmini Abruzzi.

Tags ahimsa, aparigraha, asteya, brahmacharya, contemplation, Patanjali, satya, Shaktipat, Svaroopa yoga, yamas

Categories contemplations

Self-Effort & Grace

January 29, 2018 //

January 2018 Teachings Article:

Spiritual Upliftment #1

by Swami Nirmalananda & Vidyadevi Stillman

There are so many wonderful strategies for managing money, successful relationships, improving your health, etc. You do these things to attain happiness by improving your life. Yoga also improves your life and makes you happy, though yoga’s true goal is spiritual upliftment. The ancient teachings speed you toward attaining the ultimate – the knowing of your own inherent Divinity. Yoga calls this your “Self”.

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THIS IS AN ARTICLE IN A YEAR-LONG SERIES ON “SPIRITUAL UPLIFTMENT”,

OUR THEME FOR 2018,

CO-AUTHORED BY SWAMI NIRMALANANDA SARASWATI, VIDYADEVI STILLMAN & RUKMINI ABBRUZZI.

Tags bliss, consciousness, contemplation, Grace, Guru, healthy-living, Self, swami

Categories contemplations

Maintenance & Destruction

September 16, 2015 //

“The things that you nurture, protect and sustain will continue to be in your life and the things you don’t, wont.”

Swami Nirmalananda

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THIS IS AN ARTICLE IN A YEAR-LONG SERIES ON “UNDERSTANDING YOGA – UNDERSTANDING LIFE,” OUR CONTEMPLATION THEME FOR 2015, CO-AUTHORED BY SWAMI NIRMALANANDA SARASWATI, VIDYADEVI STILLMAN AND RUKMINI ABBRUZZI. For more info please visit www.svaroopa.org

Tags contemplation, creativity, destruction, maintenance, Shiva, Swami Nirmalananda, understanding

Categories contemplations, light heart news