{"id":270,"date":"2011-05-16T23:57:05","date_gmt":"2011-05-16T18:27:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yoga.in\/blogs\/?p=270"},"modified":"2013-07-21T21:16:32","modified_gmt":"2013-07-21T15:46:32","slug":"2nd-meeting-with-swami-vimalananda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yoga.in\/blogs\/2011\/05\/16\/2nd-meeting-with-swami-vimalananda\/","title":{"rendered":"2nd meeting with Swami Vimalananda"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I arrived a bit early again at the <a title=\"Sivananda Ashram, Rishikesh\" href=\"http:\/\/www.yoga.in\/centers\/sivananda-ashram-185.html\" target=\"_blank\">Sivananda Ashram in Rishikesh<\/a>\u00a0to take more photographs.\u00a0At 10am sharp I was in Swami Vimalananda&#8217;s office: &#8220;Hari Om!&#8221;. What a loving and natural being he is!<\/p>\n<p>The head of about 160 swamis of the Divine Life Society has spent 60 years in the ashram. He told me about Swami Sivananda&#8217;s life and why the Divine Life Society doesn&#8217;t go international &#8211; to not compete with Swami Sivananda&#8217;s disciples who have already set up ashrams around the world.<\/p>\n<p>After a cup of chai, I was asked to come back and meet him again at the samadhi at 11.50am for a photo session. This gave me enough time to find a good spot and get the permission to shoot the asana\/pranayama class tomorrow morning.<\/p>\n<p>The shooting with Swamiji was very relaxed &#8211; it&#8217;s been such a great pleasure again!<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_272\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-272\" style=\"width: 540px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/yoga.in\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/sivanandashram0242011a.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"272\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/yoga.in\/blogs\/2011\/05\/16\/2nd-meeting-with-swami-vimalananda\/sivanandashram0242011a\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/yoga.in\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/sivanandashram0242011a.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"640,420\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Nikon SUPER COOLSCAN 9000 ED&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Swami Vimalananda, Sivananda Ashram, Rishikesh\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Swami Vimalananda, Sivananda Ashram, Rishikesh&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/yoga.in\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/sivanandashram0242011a.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/yoga.in\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/sivanandashram0242011a.jpg\" class=\"size-full wp-image-272\" title=\"Swami Vimalananda, Sivananda Ashram, Rishikesh\" alt=\"Swami Vimalananda, Sivananda Ashram, Rishikesh\" src=\"https:\/\/yoga.in\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/sivanandashram0242011a.jpg\" width=\"540\" height=\"354\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-272\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Swami Vimalananda, Sivananda Ashram, Rishikesh<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>For more details and photos of the Sivananda Ashram in Rishikesh, please visit Yoga.in at\u00a0http:\/\/www.yoga.in\/centers\/sivananda-ashram-185.html<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I arrived a bit early again at the Sivananda Ashram in Rishikesh\u00a0to take more photographs.\u00a0At 10am sharp I was in Swami Vimalananda&#8217;s office: &#8220;Hari Om!&#8221;. What a loving and natural being he is! The head of about 160 swamis of the Divine Life Society has spent 60 years in the ashram. 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