Our day consisted of pranayama, meditation, chanting, tea, asana classes, and a nice interview with Nataraj, the director of the Sivananda Yoga Ashram. Our job here is done and we are on the road again. A whopping 700 km separate us from Bangalore, our next destination for a short break. Goodbye from the south tip of India!
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Karma Yoga at the Sivananda Ashram
Coni got his photo shooting permission today afternoon. So he started catching the colourful life in the Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Dhanwantari Ashram on film, set in a tropical landscape on a nice lakeside. Uschi and Otto joined the strict ashram life for the full day. Uschi joined Karma Yoga, a volunteer service for the ashram, which can consist in…
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Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Dhanwantari Ashram in Kerala
A smooth ride took us to the Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Dhanwantari Ashram at the Neyyar Dam, located in the foothills of Kerala’s Western Ghats. We were overwhelmed when seeing hundreds of people performing asanas everywhere – in halls, buildings, gardens, on the lakeside. We will examine this vibrant yoga place in the next two days…
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Bathing in the Theerthakund
From Tamil Nadu to Kerala. The Isha Yoga Center students woke up at 4:30am to do their asanas and pranayama. We started our day at 6:30am wandering around the large ashram. The highlight of our day was the Theerthakund, a pool of (quite cool) water. The pool is done in an ancient way, with large steps down to the…
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Isha Yoga Center, Coimbatore
We left our hotel in Salem at 7am, stopped on the way in a local restaurant where we had a wonderful breakfast, and reached the Isha Yoga Centre outside Coimbatore in the proximity of the Velliangiri Hills with some delay shortly before noon. Swami Patanga welcomed us and gave us a small introduction to the philosophy of this ashram.…
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Suddhananda Ashram, Thiruvannamalai
The students of the advanced yoga teacher training course in the Suddhananda Ashram in Thiruvannamalai started the day at 5am with a good asana class followed by a pranayama class and a guru talk by Swami Suddhananda. Our day started slightly later, focusing on observing and taking pictures of the life in the ashram. It…
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Republic Day from Auroville to Thiruvannamalai
Today is Republic Day in India – which helped us to travel with little early morning traffic from Auroville to Thiruvannamalai. We were warmly welcomed in the Swami Suddhananda Ashram Adi Annamalai who gave us a long personal audience, and a very good impression. The first asana class starts tomorrow morning at 5am, so time to go to bed now.…
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2nd day at the ICYER, Pondicherry
Our yoga day started at 9AM at the ICYER (International Centre for Yoga Education and Research) in Pondicherry. Coni, our photographer, took some pictures of the teacher training students during their yoga session. We also had the honour of having an interview with Amma , ICYER’s guru, which was just amazing. Afterwards, we’ve visited the Samadhi place of…
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ICYER, Pondicherry
Now in Pondicherry, we’ve had an amazing day in the ICYER (International Centre for Yoga Education and Research). We’ve had a wonderful encounter with Nalini, yoga teacher at ICYER, who’s been so helpful and positive. Dr. Ananda also helped us understand the ICYER in a very nice way. We’ve visited a mantra class (chanting) and…
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2nd day in Chennai
The second day on the search for the best yoga centers in India was a followup photo shoot of a yoga teacher training class at the Krishnamacharya Yoga Mandiram. Afterwards we took the East Coast Road down to Pondicherry. Tomorrow morning we will visit the International Centre for Yoga Education and Research (ICYER). Let’s see how…
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Stop 1: Krishnamacharya Yoga Mandiram, Chennai
First day on the search for the best yoga centers in India. We borrowed our neighbour’s car in Bangalore, and drove all the way to Chennai, where we made our way to Krishnamacharya Yoga Mandiram, thanks to our ipad 🙂 There, we got quite surprised and did not expect such a warm welcome! We can…
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