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The lectures opened with thought provoking talks from John Douillard, presenting an interesting mix of spiritual and scientific information that really made us think about the way we view food, our digestion, and how our mind affects our general well being. To maintain a sattvic diet, free from rajasic and tamasic influences, avoid stimulants and depressants such as caffeine, alcohol, cigarettes, drugs of all kinds, overly spicy food, onions, garlic, overcooked food, old food, frozen food, canned food, sodas and processed foods, as well as all meat. Swami Sitaramananda offered online Satsangs with translation into several languages, which were well attended. A first step motivational talk for fund raising was delivered by Swami Satchidananda to the guests and trainees. We began eating the first vegetables from the garden. Ganga Chaitanya began a new Pranayama and Kriyas course with 4 people. This weekend you can join us online for Stress Relief workshops from 1-3pm. Or next week M-F @ 7-8:30pm for a Meditation Course. We hope to soon offer interactive workshops and classes via Zoom.

We hope that you will continue on this journey with us. We are happy to announce that Sivananda Kutir reopened in 2021. Our Ashram will following the MHA guidelines closely to ensure the safety and comfort of all. We are entering a new world, trying our best to continue our practice and service while respecting the new rules. We feel inspired and blessed that the Yoga Stress Relief Service continues to expand as many swamis and staff around the organization begin to participate. Om Namah Sivaya. In April we offered a beautiful Hanuman Jayante Puja performed by Swami Vasishtananda ji, including a lovely discourse about Hanuman’s life and stories of his devotion and service to Sri Ram. May Master and Swamiji bless us with true devotion and blessings be with us all! With the grace of God and blessings of Gurus, everybody was well. May Master and Swamiji’s blessings bring all good health and peace. It is good to remember this, so that yoga is not used exclusively on the material level, for example, to look slimmer, to be more successful or to be more relaxed.

We do not consider this group practice as public gatherings any more than a family coming together who live in the same house. During mid-February the shift to more spring-like weather was refreshing for everyone. In addition, Dr. Chandrika (Cordula Interthal) gave two lectures from Munich on how Ayurveda can improve our immune system and alleviate stress. There is nobody who can do this for you, you are the driver of your own system. There are great yogis and saints like Dattatreya and Ramana Maharshi who did not have a Guru in a physical form. There was a positive thinking course online with 37 cheerful students. Swami Dharmananda taught the Meditation 2 course with an eager group of students learning mantra, Japa Yoga, and going deeper into Raja Yoga psychology. Swami Vishnudevananda used to teach the highest philosophy mixing it with simple words such as pizza, banana, ice cream. Close Karma yogi and teacher gave the practical part of this class explaining simple menu, spicing and positive attitude during the cooking itself. There was a positive thinking course in French with over fifty motivated students. With the help of karma yogis all over Europe, the whole program was translated into seven languages (German, French, Spanish, Italian, Russian, Polish and Lithuanian).

Our guests, TTC’s and Karma Yogis have made arrangements to return to their home countries. Santanu taught the online Beginner Yoga course introducing the 5 Points of Yoga and how to establish a strong stay at home Yoga practice. Dr. Kamlesh gave an authentic cooking workshop from his home in Lucknow, India. By popular demand, Dr. Kamlesh gave another cooking workshop with a question and answer session at the end. The students were very grateful for the beautiful Satsangs, the chanting, the asana workshops, the asana classes, the lively cooking class with Doctor Kamlesh and the interesting lectures on Ayurveda and stress management with Chandrika. We took part in a joint European Easter Retreat with parallel asana classes in several languages. The retreat gave a momentum to the rest of the activities. Many students gave positive feedback. We expanded the online events including the priest Yagneshwara Dixit, who gave a 2-day workshop on the Shanti mantras. 5. We have a registered nurse on staff who is advising us on all matters connected to the virus. The staff continued to get familiar with webcams, microphones and Zoom meetings… We hope to get started soon with Zoom, and if we can all generate subscriptions of over 1000, YouTube (Please help us by subscribing to our channel).

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