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By Swami Satrupananda
Yoga cured my back pain. I want the same for you.
Whether it be back or neck pain, migraines or headaches, Svaroopa® yoga can help. Our slow-paced process also does wonders for allergies, digestive conditions and your immune system.
This healing methodology is powerful because it is multidimensional. Yoga works with your body, mind, heart and more. Not only do you get healing on all these levels, they also all contribute to your healing. This makes the changes deep and lasting.
Taking a weekly yoga class gives you so much. Two classes a week more than doubles your benefit. But if you want to be on the healing superhighway, get private yoga therapy sessions.
In a private session, your yoga therapist customizes the practices to your needs. You receive extra support and adjustments. And we can use yoga’s more powerful healing techniques in this setting. Your healing process is guaranteed.
Yoga can help you with your pain. Contact one of our yoga therapist to discuss your healing needs and to schedule your private sessions.
Contact info: info@downingtownyoga.org or call 484-678-2078
By Amanda (Purna) Schmidt
New picture frames from Ganeshpuri are available! This triple-photo frame holds 2×3-inch prints, perfect for small Guru photos.
Gold lotus details adorn the frame’s back side. Purchase it empty or with Guru photos included.
Perfect for travel, it is also ideal to set up in your yoga space! Bring the presence of the lineage Masters with you, anywhere.
Feel the support of Divine Grace, no matter where you go.
By Ellen (Lajja) Mitchell, President
SVA Board of Directors
Arise! Awake! Learn! is the theme for our spring fundraiser. The fundraiser runs April 25th to June 6th. Please join me in supporting SVA and Gurudevi Nirmalananda by donating. Give to the organization that gives back to you.
Our theme reminds me of my story and how I met Gurudevi. I had some protruding discs in my lower back. My doctor suggested yoga and/or acupuncture, so I decided to try both. The company I worked for offered a yoga class at lunch time. I heard that there were blankets used in the class, and it intrigued me.
I went to my first class. I felt taller and something else. I felt deeper inside like I had more space around me. I continued attending the class when I could. Gurudevi says, “With a regular process, your sense-of-self is found in a deeper inner dimension of reality and is less a function of the circumstances around you.” Yes, that is what I received in my very first class, a sourcing from my inner depths. A place I was not used to being. I feel this was my awakening.
I stopped going to classes when my job was transferred to another town. I tweaked my back. I Googled the teacher’s name and found out she also taught in the town I was transferred to! I started attending classes. Eventually, I signed up for a Shaktipat Retreat.
Gurudevi says, “Peace and joy arise from within when your mind stops blocking them.” Yes, that was my experience of that Shaktipat. Such peace and joy. Joy and peace. I wanted more. Kundalini arose and gave me a peek into what could be.
The poses, teachings and meditation have given me more. This is why I continue to financially support Svaroopa® Vidya Ashram. I want Gurudevi to continue to bring these teachings into the world. To quote Gurudevi, “You already know that giving makes you happy. Create a happy life. Live with a generous spirit!” Please join me in giving to Svaroopa® Vidya Ashram.
Click on the button below to donate online through our website. Thank you.
By Darren Taylor
Interviewed by Lissa (Yogyananda) Fountain, Yogaratna
I used to drive by Downingtown Yoga and Meditation center weekly. I’d see the prayer flags and wonder what it was all about.
Then one day I took a yoga class with Swami Satrupananda. Afterwards she asked me what I wanted from yoga. I said, “Enlightenment, of course.”
“Well,” she replied, “You’ve come to the right place.”
I’ve been on a spiritual search for years. Mindfulness, Christian prayer, power yoga, and spiritual readings have been a part of the journey. But I’d never done mantra meditation before. I had lots of questions, and Satrupananda counseled me on the next steps. This led to my first Shaktipat in May of 2022.
I began to prepare myself for this profound spiritual experience about to happen. It felt akin to a baptism: a transformative spiritual marker on my path. I wanted to do service to it, with respect. I ate a simple and pure diet that week and read Muktananda’s Play of Consciousness. In a dream, I also experienced Gurudevi giving me a shoulder slip! I wondered if this was part of the transmission of energy to come.
At the beginning of the Shaktipat retreat, my mind and body had a little resistance. “Oh,” I thought, “we’re chanting again??!” But I went with it. After Gurudevi’s first touch, I felt pulled up from my base and realigned. I could see a roadmap that Kundalini had implanted inside me. During my meditations, the physical openings were much stronger. I experienced a cleansing, a burning off.
After I got home, I couldn’t do anything but sit in meditation. I was so blissful. I didn’t want to “land the plane.” I wanted to keep flying in Consciousness. Now I’m enrolled in the “Deepen Your Meditation” class and meditating daily. I’m a divine work in progress.
By Marlene (Matrikaa) Gast, Yogaratna
When life gets hectic, and it’s time to go-go-go, Shavasana is my go-to pose.
I take the time to set up my blanket stack with a carefully rolled blanket on top. With my knees supported thus, I feel my lower back lengthen, spread, and settle into the floor. The effect on my mind is so sweet.
Worry melts into random thoughts. They soon dissolve into simple clarity and gratitude for rest. I feel my upper back receive the support of the floor. With the back of my hands resting into the floor, my fingers soften. They release the urge to hold on to anything.
Sometimes I silently repeat our Guided Awareness, which I know by heart. In sequence, I find every part of my body, from my toes through my head, front and back. This deepens my access to inner peace.
In my current process of relocating, I’m finding Gurudevi’s “Experience Shavasana” recording to be essential. While uprooting myself, what I hear in her voice and words is transporting in a different way. This takes me inward to the discovery of new dimensions within myself.
Being in Shavasana, I am thoroughly grounded in the expanding awareness of Ultimate Reality and Eternality. Bit-by-bit, my body rests ever more deeply into my blankets and the floor. Guided in being aware of my body, I feel each area in turn filling with aliveness.
Afterwards, I rest in silence and stillness, my back evenly spread, securely supported by the floor. The Shavasana blanket stack and roll cradle my knees. Any previous pressure in my low back is gone. With calm and energy at the same time, I feel whole — ready to effectively address whatever arises.
By Amanda (Purna) Schmidt
Do you have a meditation practice? If you need a boost inward, try our new Rudraksha head garland.
Designed by Gurudevi, it was handcrafted in Ganeshpuri. The garland features semiprecious stones with the colors of the chakras. A silver OM adornment completes the garland.
Wear it on your head, enhancing your meditation. You will find new depths inside, while feeling uplifted. Ease deeper into meditation, encircled by Grace.
Measuring beads are sent by request at Amaya@svaroopavidya.org.
Enjoy Gurudevi’s new availability! She is more reachable than ever before.
NOW ONLINE
Wednesdays from 7:30-9 pm
FREE for Swami Sunday Subscribers
Wednesday evening satsangs are always free for in-person participants. For a limited time, current Swami Sunday subscribers may attend online for FREE. This is a time-limited offer, so give it a try right away.
These mid-week satsangs are more informal. Gurudevi speaks off-the-cuff, explaining the intricacies of yoga’s teachings in a very personal way.
Like a jazz musician, I love to riff on Consciousness. I pick a quote from my Baba, something relevant to the monthly theme in my Teachings Article. Then I explain the technical terminology as well as the practical application of his inspired and inspirational teachings. — Gurudevi
The clarity and brilliance of her spontaneous teachings inspires you! A longer chant leads up to meditation. Gurudevi always customizes the meditation instructions to synch up with the teachings she has given.
As a Swami Sunday subscriber, you automatically receive your connection code by email every week.
To attend a single satsang online, enroll by the night before. Registrations close on Tuesdays at 6:00 pm (Eastern Time).
For you who are near Downingtown, this program is always free. Open to the public, so come!
By Joan (Jayadevi) Bragar
I want to chant along during the opening of Ashram offerings both online and in person.
I feel more part of Ashram programs when I join in the chant of Gurudevi Nirmalananda’s “Guru Mantras.” Consequently, more shakti moves through me.
This month, I’ve been working on memorizing them on my morning walk. I discovered a great resource to learn both the melody and words of these “Guru Mantras.”
On Track 5 of Spiritual Hunger & Fulfillment, I get to hear Gurudevi’s beautiful voice repeating them for a full 25 minutes. I love her chanting because it honors the source of our potential enlightenment — the lineage of Gurus. It is they from whom we learn, and they continually shower us with Grace.
If you want to learn them, listen to Track 5 on Gurudevi’s Spiritual Hunger & Fulfillment album and chant along:
Gurubrahmaa guruvishnur
gurudevo maheshwara
Gurusakshat parabrahma
tasmai shree gurave nama.h
Here is the translation:
Guru is the creative force (Brahma) & the sustaining force (Vishnu)
Guru brings an end to all things (Shiva)
Guru is the Supreme Reality (Parabrahman)
I bow with heartfelt gratitude to my honored Guru.
Let this inspire you to join in!
By Ashley (Tarini) Molson
Interviewed by Lori (Priya) Kenney
I was alone in my own home for the September Shaktipat Retreat. Even online, I had profound experiences. Gurudevi has no limitations.
Remarkable things happened and are continuing. Chanting had been something I felt uneasy doing. With no one listening, I sang out freely. By the end of the weekend, I had no inhibitions and was chanting loudly from my depths.
While receiving Shaktipat from Gurudevi, I found myself falling at her feet. It wasn’t me making a heartfelt or mental choice to fall. It truly felt as if I fell at her feet in full surrender. My spine was straight up, but my heart was bowing. It wasn’t something I thought myself into, it happened inside. In this moment, I fully embraced Gurudevi as my Guru.
The devotion has continued blossoming. I immediately signed up for Meditation Club so I can meditate with Gurudevi and the other Svaroopis. It wasn’t a priority before ¾ I always hit snooze. I now wake up most mornings between 3:45 and 4 am.
After Shaktipat, meditating more and spending more time with Gurudevi isn’t even a question. It’s like breathing. I want more time with Gurudevi to continue deepening my experience.
Shaktipat lit a fire that is filling me with the strength of my Sanskrit name. Tarini is one of the names of Durga. I’m feeling her strength, and it’s moving me to do things that seemed impossible before.
I own my own business and work full time. It’s intense and there’s no “off button.” I’ve been remembering what a gift it is to learn this yoga. I feel incredibly grateful to Gurudevi. She poured into me and now I’m saying, “Where am I needed? Where can I pour it out to others?”
I’m inspired to teach yoga again. It’s amazing — time and space are opening up for me.
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