A Journey into the Heart of Yoga – Rishikesh

Exploring Yoga is a life-long journey of learning and unlearning. Yoga. in team was humbled to take this journey to the world’s Yoga capital – Rishikesh. A journey of exploring, experiencing, and interacting with the authentic world of Yoga. We arrived at our destination after a long 35-hour trip from Mumbai. As soon as we…

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Sivananda Teacher Training Course – A Transformative Experience

Living in an ashram can be a transformative experience, allowing you to slow down, reconnect, and reflect on life. But when you witness true bliss or divinity, it transcends words—it becomes something deeply personal and profound. This is precisely what I found during my time at the Sivananda Ashram, nestled in the lush green valleys…

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Lessons from my Akhanda Yoga Teacher Training

by Evguenia Alechine, PhD Akhanda Yoga is a holistic Yogic approach developed by Himalayan Master Yogrishi Vishvketu (also known as Vishva-ji). He studied and practiced Yoga for over 40 years and holds a PhD in Yoga Philosophy. For the last 25 years, he has been sharing his learnings at workshops and conferences around the world. Vishva-ji…

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Learn from Living Traditions!

BY KRISHNA PRAKASH Today there are innumerable styles of Yoga and an equally impressive array of studios and great teachers. The obvious questions are, where to study, how to know whether the teaching is authentic, and what value to give to certifications etc. To understand the answers to these questions, it is important to understand…

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O.P. Tiwari on Pranayama

O.P. Tiwari (*1933 in North India) is one of the great living Pranayama masters of India. He is a direct disciple of Swami Kuvalayananda, the founder of Kaivalyadhama Lonavla Institute and Ashram. For many years he was the leader of this world-renowned institute, which links Yoga tradition and science. With great integrity, he has been…

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Training Your Mind Through Your Body

BY ELIZABETH CHEEK I started practising Yoga about 3 years ago, and after exploring for a few months, I found Traditional Hatha Yoga at Atmavikasa in Mysore, India. My initial reaction to attending my first course was: “The first few weeks were a complete mental battle. Everything I thought I knew about Yoga or myself…

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Ayur Yoga Eco-Ashram: Preserving Yoga and Ayurveda in India

BY ADITHI MATHEWS According to the holy book, The Bhagavad Gita, Yoga is defined as ‘’the journey of the self, through the self, to the self.” Most Yogis who have been practicing Yoga will realise that the experience lies in the journey of Yoga, although there is the ultimate destination – Samadhi. This journey keeps…

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Top 12 Yoga Ashrams in India as recommended by Yoga.in

Yoga Ashram: A sacred place that is devoted to the development of spiritual activities in the field of yoga, such as studying scriptures and meditation. To truly understand the essence of Yoga, it is recommended that one lives in an ashram in India. And also we at Yoga.in highly advocate an ashram experience as we…

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100 years of The Yoga Institute

It is my satisfaction that instead of passing my life in the jungle, obscure and lonely, by some certain inspiration I have been directed to reveal to the public what I felt is truth about this science.” – Shri Yogendra Ji, Founder, The Yoga Institute With this mission at its core, The Yoga Institute started on…

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Only Ujjayi will Help Me : Memories of a TTC in Rishikesh

BY DEBRA GALVIN India was always my chosen destination for a Yoga Teacher Training course and my super-star husband Mike made it a reality this July – September. The 500-hour course was my birthday present. Based on Internet reviews and feedback, he chose, from the myriad ashrams, Shiva Yoga Peeth.

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The Role of the Guru and Self-Effort in Yoga

THIS ARTICLE WAS SHARED FROM BIHAR SCHOOL OF YOGA The true potential of yoga and its capacity of transformation is discovered in the adoption of yoga as a complete way of life. This allows a balanced, integrated development of all the human faculties, including those of head, heart and hands, so that one is able…

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