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AHYMSIN NEWSLETTER, ISSUE - Aug-Sep 2016

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Aug-Sep 2016 Newsletter

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Do any of you have fond memories of geckos at Swami Rama Sadhaka Grama (SRSG)? This picture of a gecko was taken by Michael Kissener when he was at SRSG for the 1st Anniversary of Swami Veda’s Mahasamadhi.

Swami Veda expressed the desire for a gathering of children at the first anniversary of his death. Ahymsin Youth shared the video of Swamiji speaking about this. It is a pleasure to hear that sadhakas in the Netherlands and Belgium responded to this request. We invite you to read “Remembering Swami Veda Bharati” by Shailendra Bisseswar in this newsletter.

A reminder that there will be an International Yoga Youth and Children’s Retreat at Swami Rama Sadhaka Grama (SRSG) 22 – 31 December 2016. Contact: childrensretreat@gmail.com

The AHYMSIN Facebook page now has more than 3,000 members. If you are on Facebook, we invite you to join.

Himalayan Yoga and Meditation Center in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA, wrote “Thanks to all who attended this weekend's workshop [August 6 -7] on The Art of Shavasana. Especially a big thanks to Ma Radha who laid out the subtle practices of our tradition systematically and with so much clarity. From Movement and Stillness to Yoga Nidra, not only do we have more of an intellectual understanding of the practices but we were able, under Ma Radha's gentle guidance, to experience the deep profoundness of many of these practices as well. Our deepest pranams.”

Randall Krause (Mokshadeva) shared this picture (right) : “Swami Ma Radha Bharati speaking at The Rancho Meditation Sanctuary yesterday [August 14] with Kinder [the dog] as understudy.” The Rancho Meditation Sanctuary is home for the Himalayan Yoga Meditation Society of Los Angeles, aka Hym-La.

Dr. Stephen Parker (Stoma) taught at the Sadhana Yoga Conference in Ecuador in August. Click on the title “Doctor en psiquiatría explica la neurobiología del yoga y los beneficios de la meditación” to read an article with Stoma answering questions of an interviewer. The title is in English is “Doctor in psychiatry explains the neurobiology of yoga and the benefits of meditation.”

Stoma writes of the annual silent retreat near Vilnius, Lithuania: “This year Ashu and I followed a seminar by Swami Nityamuktananda and Sabina Cesaroni, so we got to spend some time with them as well. Being back in the long slanting light of the Northern summer was such a cooling influence after the warm close days at SRSG in India.” And shares this picture of “The Lithuanian silence family for 2016.” (Photo left)

In addition to the ongoing opportunity of spiritual retreats in the form of the guest programme, special retreats, seminars, pujas, and workshops are scheduled for 2016 and 2017 at Swami Rama Sadhaka Grama (SRSG) in Rishikesh, India. These include:

Initiate Programs
The Yoga of the Netra Tantra Retreat Seminar
Science of Breath Workshop
HYT-TTP teacher training retreats
Yoga Youth and Children's Retreats
Silence Retreats in association with Mauni Amavasya
The Dance of Transformation Workshop
Art of Shavasana: Subtleties of deep relaxation and meditation Retreat
Navaratri Devi-Pujas
Christian Meditation Retreat
Annual 40 Day Spiritual Festival Retreat
Guru Purnima Retreat
2nd anniversary of Swami Veda Bharati's Mahasamadhi Retreat
Application of Yoga Psychology in Daily Life Retreat

To help you plan your sadhana stay at SRSG, please check out the Upcoming Events.

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August-September Newsletter Articles

Our next edition is planned for sometime near the end of October, 2016. There is no newsletter in September this year. Deadline for submissions to each month's issue is the 10th of the month. Full Moon Meditation reminders generally come out 1-2 days before the full moon day. When full moon meditation reminders and newsletter timings are close, we try and send a single mailing to the combined list.

Full Moon Timings

TIMINGS:	7 AM	in India (IST), surrounding countries adjust the time accordingly, for example Iran is 5 AM.
	8 PM	in East Asia, 8 PM Singapore time. Australia, China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Taiwan, Thailand etc. adjust their times to coincide with Singapore time 8 PM.
	8 PM	in U.K. (London Time).Those in all European, and all African time zones, please adjust your sitting time to coincide with 8 PM United Kingdom.
	10 PM	in New York. Surrounding countries and regions of South, Central and North America and the Caribbean to match their time to 10 PM New York time.

Toronto "Himalayan Yoga and Meditation Society of Ontario" members also meet at 9:00 pm.

Yours in service, — Ahymsin Office

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