Sivananda Yoga Farm Audio Recordings
Permaculture Updates from the Yoga Farm
The Yoga Farm has been making efforts to implement permaculture in our community, little by little. Through our various courses and Permaculture Service Days, our wonderful volunteers and guests have been helping us reach our goals.
Overcoming Chronic Pain
Pain is the main reason people go to the doctor. Unfortunately, 20% of American adults suffer from moderate to severe chronic pain , as do 13% of North American teens and 10 to 30% of the adult population of Europe.
Its effects are physical, psychological and spiritual. Acute pain is typically a pain with a specific, identifiable cause, and a pain like twisting your ankle that resolves relatively quickly. Additionally, pain becomes chronic when it lasts three to six months.
Ayurveda and Jyotish for Holistic Health
Holistic healing through ayurveda and jyotish implies healing the root cause of a problem, rather than simply treating or masking a symptom.
Yoga and Permaculture Ethics
Living in positive relationship with everything and everyone around us is the foundation of yoga life and permaculture practice. In this article, we will examine the links between the ethics of both permaculture and yoga.
Give the Gift of Yoga this Holiday Season
Give the Gift of Yoga this Holiday Season This Holiday Season, offer the perfect gift of peace to you loved ones. A Yoga Retreat is a wonderful gift and is a great way to rejuvinate, relax, and reconnect. The Sivananda Yoga Farm is offering 15% off for all program...
Recipe for Medu Vada
Recipe for Medu Vada Medu vada is an Indian fritter made in a doughnut shape, with a crispy exterior and soft interior. A popular food item in South Indian and Sri Lankan Tamil cuisines, it is generally eaten as a breakfast or a snack. 1: one pound Urad Dal ...
Vegetarian Thanksgiving and Kirtan Concert at the Yoga Farm
We will have our Thanksgiving Feast on Thursday at 5:00 pm. Here is the Thanksgiving Menu - Roasted Butternut Squash Soup Shredded Kale Salad with Toasted Sesame Seeds and Orange Green Salad with Cherry Tomatoes and Shredded Carrot, Sunflower Seed Dressing Lasagne...
Announcement for Fire Victims
If you are victim of the recent California fires in Paradise and in Malibu, and have lost your property and home. If you are distraught and upset in this crisis situation. The Yoga Farm community and Ashram is established in the Sierra Foothills of Northern California...
Coconut Banana Bread (vegan)
Vegan Coconut Banana Bread Recipe Rudra Manohara is a Yoga Farm chef, course instructor, staff member and teacher of Classical Hatha Yoga. He is professionally trained and has over 15 years experience in both the culinary arts and massage bodywork therapy, as well as...
Gaining Self Awareness
Learn practical skills and tools for gaining self awareness which helps you become more peaceful and connect with the Divine.
10 Reasons to Take a Permaculture Design Course
Radically redesign your life. Be a leader in healing our planet and communities. These are just some of the benefits of taking a Permaculture Design Course.
The Ayurvedic Effects of Asana Practice
According to the philosophy of Yoga, the physical body is a manifestation of consciousness. It is a crystallization of karmic (behavioral) patterns created by the mind. The key to working with the body, therefore, is to understand the consciousness behind it, much of which lies outside our ordinary awareness.
An Interview with Permaculture Teacher Spencer Nielsen
Spencer Nielsen explains the importance of permaculture and what makes studying permaculture at the Yoga Farm a unique experience.
What is Yoga Meditation?
This page describes in a detailed protocol what Yoga meditation is and also shares a short video of Swami Sitaramananda explaining further.
Ananda Mayi’s Teriyaki Tofu Cakes
Ananda Mayi's Teriyaki Tofu Cakes (Serves 4) 1lbs. block extra-firm Tofu, coarsely crumbled 1 cup of cooked Quinoa 1/2 cup cooked Oats 1/2 cup Carrot, finely chopped 2 Tbsp ground Flax and/or Chia seeds 2 Tbsp Sunflower Oil Salt and Black Pepper, to taste Preheat...
Spiritual Guidance
Spiritual guidance that comes from living in a spiritual community that follows a guru lineage is essentially the teaching of life lessons.
How to Meditate for Beginners
Learning how to meditate for beginners starts in day-to-day life by detaching from activities so you can close your eyes and go into meditation.
Swami Vishnudevananda Asana Gallery
Enjoy these Swami Vishnudevananda asana photos of Swamiji as a young man in India performing yoga posesbasic, intermediate, and advanced.
Ultimate Guide to Positive Thinking
This Ultimate Guide to Positive Thinking teaches practical classical yoga techniques to gain awareness and insights into our daily thoughts and feelings.
Why sign up for the Sivananda Yoga Teacher Training Course?
Swami Sita answers the question of why sign up for the Sivananda Yoga Teacher Training Course which has trained 45,000 yoga teachers.
Why take the Food as Medicine Certification Course
Food is essential to life. In the form of food only, we are able to absorb the 5 basic elements - ether, air, fire, water and earth - that will sustain the physical body. Food is also one of the three external sources of Prana or life force available to us; the other...
Learn to Focus with Yoga Psychology
Yoga psychology analyzes different mental states to find ways to overcome the distracted mind and learn to focus. If we can do this it will lead to peace, bliss, and true freedom.
Benefits of the Sivananda Yoga Teacher Training Course
The benefits of the Sivananda yoga teacher training course are not just physical, but a training for a Healthy Mind, World, Environment, and Spirit.
The Deeper Path of Yoga Healing
In the deeper path of Yoga Healing we find out that healthy relationships and emotional balance are in integral part of our well-being.
The Science of Relaxation
In Sivananda yoga we learn the science of relaxation which relieve stress in body, mind and spirit and helps us be calm and peaceful.
Transforming Fear into Faith and Courage
Transforming Fear into Faith and Courage by Swami Sitaramananda 3 AUGUST, 2018 In Yoga philosophy, the teachers or wise people (the rishis) discuss about the relationship between the individual Self and the Absolute Reality. They help us to understand the mysteries...
Suffering Can Be Our Greatest Teacher
Yoga is a scientific method to alleviate suffering and help people find the Truth and Essence in the teachings of all religions.
Video – Yoga for Health and Healing
This video on Yoga for Health and Healing looks at the new Sivananda Yoga Health Educator program which is an 800-hour 2 year program.
Old Age, Desire and Anger
Why is it that as people age it seems they become more negative, not all of them, just a lot of them? In life either you follow your desires or you try to live a desireless life. Know that you can never reach satisfaction by fulfilling your desires. Your desire will...
Videos – Yoga of Relationships
In the Yoga of Relationships we learn to see the Self in all beings so that we can respect our differences and live harmonious with others.
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