4 YEARS OF
YOGAAUGUSTS 2021 AMONTHLYT NEWSLETTERT OF THEV YOGA INSTITUTE,A INDIA OLDEST ORGANISED YOGA CENTRE IN THE WORLD
TO FAST OR YOGA NOT TO FAST UNDISTORTED SHRI YOGENDRAJI SMT. HANSAJI JAYADEVA YOGENDRA
YOGA AND WISDOM FROM AYURVEDA THE GREY YOGA MD HEAVEN
FROM THE TEACHER’S DIARY SUGGESTIONS ON TEACHING YOGA DR JAYADEVA YOGENDRA 4 YEARS OF YOGASATTVA AUGUST 2021 M O
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To Fast or Not to Fast H E A D L I N E S Events & Happening at The Yoga Institute Hansaji around the world.
F R O M T H E T E A C H E R ’ S D I A R Y Wisdom from the Grey Heaven R E C I P E O F T H E M O N T H 22 Mitchelle Matharu 6 14-19 Healthy Kebabs Y O G A M D Yoga and Ayurveda 7 Y O G A C E L E B R AT E S L I F E 2 3 T E S T I M O N I A L S Dr. Sneha Rathi, MPT Yoga undistorted 2 5 U P C O M I N G A C T I V I T I E S Y O G A T E C H N I Q U E O F T H E M O N T H Shri Yogendraji 20 2 7 V I D E O O F T H E Yastikasana, Bhadrasana M O N T H & Intercostal breathing.
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While Dr. Hansaji doles out simple insights about the healthy way to fast, Dr Jayadeva has penned down some thought provoking suggestions for all the Yoga teachers.
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PraneeHYogendra Pranee Hrishi Yogendra
3 YOGASATTVA PEARLS OF WISDOM To Fast or Not to Fast
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your body would be much healthier and better, so this We should have c o u l d b e food at regular c o n s i d e r e d i n t e r v a l s , t o fasting. h a n d l e a n y d i s e a s e , a n y N o t e a t i n g , problem. First, h o w e v e r , w e this should be four w o u l d n o t times a day and a r e c o m m e n d , person should eat b e c a u s e t h e n at a gap of four bres don't go into hours each. The your body, and if rule is to eat only nutrients don't go as much as you into your body, are hungry the then immunity will next time when become low, and you sit down to then very easily, eat, which selects you are open to catching any infection from the outside. your quantity aspect. Recently, there was a case where a person was down with Covid and was in the hospital; a healthy and young man at the Intermittent fasting has become a fashion age of 28, but he had to stay with very minimum food because of these days; every second person is talking other reactions. Then, he got TB because the infection of TB is readily available in the air and many other infections are there in about doing intermittent fasting. Founder the air, so when your immunity goes down and you are not Shri Yogendraji always used to say that eating well, then the infection is going to take over. fasting is only for that person who overeats the other times; so if you are overeating, That's why it is very very essential to eat; not eating should be avoided; this type of fasting you can do only if you are living in a sometimes you should fast. We should be very healthy atmosphere, where you are sure that there is no able to eat everything and somehow learn to infection around you. And the day you don't eat, then you are manage so that ultimately, we can stop supposed to just sit and meditate and not do the normal routine work. So this discipline has to be followed: normal routines have overeating and have a very organised life. to be avoided and simple activities like walking or a little bit of climbing or doing some asanas taken up. A trick here is to not eat the sweet part of the meal in the end but in between with the meal or in the beginning. Over time, you Asanas like a Sukshma vyayam sort of an asana, so that's the learn what is the minimum you can eat to manage for four hours, whole point of fasting. The purpose of fasting could be to reduce when you sit for your next meal. By then, you should be really the craving for food, you see to it that no food is your weakness, hungry. You should also always have a full glass of liquid with go above that weakness for food, eat food as a beautiful thing, your meals too. and eat only that much as will help satiate your hunger and not more than that. So try and follow these rules of fasting, watching So these rules are very clear, but if a person has to eat outside the type of food you are eating, the type of mind you are having, somewhere, where the food is not that healthy or going for a and the type of activities you are engaging, all this counts when party, maybe a birthday celebration. These things can become you are fasting. very common, every Sunday for example. It does not matter if you go out to a restaurant or if you get the food from outside - after all, it is one and the same, that food is not cooked the way it is cooked in the house. This food has lots of toxins, which will be difcult for your body to handle. So whenever someone has any of such wrong food, which is not so healthy, the person should drink hot water immediately; that is the rst rule. Also, as far as possible, avoid eating outside food.
Intermittent fasting means you should still follow the discipline of eating four times a day, but now you are eating only fruits and boiled vegetables, like soup and lemon juice and buttermilk. You can live on such food, eat these things every four hours. People Smt. Hansaji J. Yogendra call this fasting, but this is the healthiest food one can have. So Director, The Yoga Institute. someone can decide to eat only this, where you don't put any masalas, no oil or ghee, no salt, no sugar, and automatically,
5 YOGASATTVA FROM THE TEACHER’S DIARY Wisdom from the Grey Heaven
h, the pitter patter of the raindrops and the thunder passions, your sadness and pain. Empty yourself into those strikes of the rain gods! With puddles of fun mixed with pages. And then start a fresh page. Write down the rst word Arainbows of dreams and a fresh splash of verdant green, that comes to mind. Then build on it and see where it takes you. blanketing Mother Earth as she bursts off her seams. The Perhaps just like that paper boat oating away through the tiny monsoon season holds a mixed audience: Some who streams of puddles. Seems like it has nowhere to go, but romanticize her presence and some who turn away with conceivably may end up reaching the ocean to faraway lands. repugnance. But whether we welcome or repel her, she comes bearing gifts to share. It is upto to us what we make of them. If we reect long enough, we begin to see that the rains become a perfect symbol of yoga: the union of the earth and sky joined Cleansing: together by the showers of rain; the union of this material Also known as varsha ritu, monsoon is a perfect time for existence with the eternal space of conscious awareness cleansing and detox. Ayurveda believes it to be the best time for brought about by the showers of virtuous discrimination. The the body to cleanse itself from sluggishness and toxins, paper boat of our lives in some way marches towards the long strengthen the immune system and heal the body from awaited monsoon of Dharma Megha Samadhi. illnesses. But this cleansing should not be limited to just the body. We can use this period as a perfect time to take count of Sutra 4.29 from Maharishi Patanjali’s Yoga sutras says: our thoughts and emotions and allow the rains to cleanse our prasaṁkhyāne-api-akusīdasya sarvathā vivekakhyāteḥ emotional baggage. The sultry weather sets a perfect dharma-meghah-samādhiḥ melancholic stage to pry out what seems to hide deep within our aching hearts. Through the power of discriminative discernment, the yogi relinquishes his desires, even the desire for liberation, which Try this: just sit with your eyes closed and focus on the patter of then becomes a catalyst leading him towards the showers of the rain outside. But feel the ripples resonate in your Dharma Megha Samadhi, the ‘cloud of virtue’. heartspace. Orchestrate this by introducing your breath into the experience and just watch what stirs within. Slowly, you will nd The wisdom from the grey heaven is pouring only if you are the rain owing out through your eyes, releasing you from the willing to pause and soak in it. Choose with awareness, for that grip of your past. is yoga.
Clarity: The rains carry a magical power of holding us captive inside. During this interval, if we are wise enough to bring awareness in our actions, we are ushered into swadhyaya. The beauty of reection is that we begin to see clarity make an appearance shining our truth back to us. It brings purpose and vision to the table. Introspection always paves way for innovation and invention. Watching life ow through the ebb and ow of stillness and storm, we begin to renew ourselves.
Try this: bring out a journal each time it pours outside. And write your heart away. Fill the journal pages with your dreams, Mitchelle Matharu
6 YOGASATTVA YOGA MD Yoga and Ayurveda
oday, on one hand man rejoices the opulence provided steps of Ashtanga Yoga’ are Yama, Niyama, and Asana. Yama by modern instrumentation, while on the other land is prescribes ethical codes of conduct - how to behave with Thurled in the abyss of deadly diseases. Even youngsters others., while Niyama are moral codes of personal conduct. are not exempt. So is there any way out of this turmoil? Yes ! One who has conquered these two steps would naturally attain Ayurvedic advices and yogic practices are the answer to escape to emotional stability which can be regarded as asana. In such disaster. Ayurveda, these issues have been described indirectly as physical verbal and mental sinful activities (Trividh Unfortunately, the short sightedness of today’s society neither paapakarama). Furthermore, while discussing such topics as understands the depth of Yoga nor recognises Ayurveda in its Dina-charya (daily routine activities), Ritu-charya (Seasonal holistic form. Majority of people believe Yoga to be a set of routine), guidance regarding food and dietetic regimen, how to various asanas, pranayama and a few kriyas. So, to keep the behave with senses under control has been indicated clearly. body t they practise Yoga asanas regularly and feel contented. They even clutch the straws to nd remedies for ailments In order to reach the Supreme it is essential the body has to be through these asanas. True, there is a denite benet in the healthy and mind pleasant & pure. In the clutches of Kaliyuga health & illness by the asanas etc., but the true use of Yoga is not today, rarely would a person have the desire to gain the Highest. limited to this. The Sanskrit term ‘Yoga’ means to join, join with But still everyone likes to be happy and stay happy. For this the Supreme entity. Ayurveda also is regarded merely as type of purpose also a healthy mind-body is a pre-requisite attained ancient medical system. Rarely does one pay attention to its through Yoga and Ayurveda. Let us not regard Yoga as a mere foundation. The word Ayurveda is coined from Ayush (life) and physical movements and Ayurveda as a system of herbs only. veda (knowledge). Thus Ayurveda means knowledge of life, Let us understand their great signicance, utilise them fully and science of life. The ultimate purpose of Ayurveda too is fulll the purpose of life becoming pure and disease-free in it’s attainment of the Highest. nest sense. Dr. Amee Parikh, The direction of both Ashtang Yoga and Ayurveda’s MD (Aryurveda) ‘Swasthavritta’ is the same. May be the words differ. The initial
7 YOGASATTVA YOGA TECHNIQUE OF THE MONTH Morning Routine
The way we start our day is of vital importance; after all, it will not only determine how the rest of our day goes, by extension, also the rest of our life. So we should weight carefully what we do after getting up and what thoughts we have. Doing just two asanas and one pranayam each day - as suggested below - is not only benecial for our body but our mind too.
Yashtikasana—The Stick Pose*
METHOD OF PRACTICE Posture Release Starting Position 5. Exhaling, relax your hands and toes, not returning to 1. Lie on your back on a mat with your legs fully the starting position but retaining the hands above extended, feet together and hands at the sides, the head on the oor. palms facing down. 6. Repeat the stretching of your hands upwards and the toes downwards 4 to 5 times, taking a pause of three Steps seconds in between each round if necessary. 2. Inhaling, raise both your hands together above your 7. After you have completed the stretching and relaxing head on the ground, stretching them. as mentioned above for a couple of times, while 3. Simultaneously, point your toes downwards, away exhaling, return to the starting position by bringing from the body as though the upper body is pulled your hands to the sides of the thighs and relaxing upwards and the lower body downwards, with the your toes. stomach stretched between. 4. Maintain the stretched position for six seconds, while retaining the breath.
Bhadrasana
METHOD OF PRACTICE Starting Position 1. Sit erect with your legs outstretched and hands at the sides.
Steps 2. Bending both your knees, bring the soles of your feet together. 3. Use your hands to bring the soles of the feet as close to your body as possible. 4. Once your feet are closest to the body, keep holding Posture Release them, trying to push the knees down to the oor. You 6. Gently opening the eyes, release one leg at a time to can also use both your palms to gently push the return to the starting position. Note: Though this is a knees downwards in case Step 3 is difcult. meditative posture, to provide exibility to the hip and 5. Once your knees are as far down as possible, hold thigh joint, you can make buttery movements, that the feet with your hands, close your eyes and, is, push the knees up and down several times before breathing normally, watch your breath. You can also you practise watching your breath. place your palms on your knees.
8 YOGASATTVA YOGA TECHNIQUE OF THE MONTH
Intercostal breathing
METHOD OF PRACTICE Starting Position 1. Stand (or sit as mentioned above with your hands on your knees) erect with your feet about one-foot distance apart, hands at the sides. Keep your shoulders relaxed. 2. Keep your gaze xed on a point ahead of you or you may choose to keep your eyes closed if you are able to stand steady.
Steps 3. Place your hands gently on the ribs as shown in the picture, ngers in the front, facing each other, and your thumbs behind. 4. As you inhale fully, your chest will expand laterally and during exhalation the chest contracts. The intercostal muscles expand and relax. Keep the count of inhalation and exhalation the same/equal using a comfortable ratio that suits you. There is no retention or suspension of the breath. 5. Be aware of using only the intercostal muscles and avoid using the clavicular or abdominal muscles. 6. Practise about 4-5 rounds of this.
9 YOGASATTVA TRANSFORMATION THROUGH YOGA
Connecting the dots and learning to help oneself through yoga A Case Study
ometimes we have all the longer at a loss when it comes to information but somehow, we addressing emotions: Whatever Sare not able to draw the right emotion comes along, she writes it conclusions. Take Alpita Chimane’s down and gets to the bottom of it, why case for example: She came to The she is feeling what she is feeling. “There Yoga Institute as a child, when she was is so much freedom to express,” she 8 or 9, and though the experience and says. Apart from that, calming activities coming back stayed at the back of her like Nishpanda Bhava and going for a mind, it was not when she was well into w a l k h a v e a l s o h e l p e d A l p i t a adulthood and suffering from anxiety, tremendously. diabetes and being on the verge of developing a second autoimmune And the best thing is, now that she is disorder that she went through the more aware and in touch with her own Institute’s gate again. “I live only 20 self, Alpita is able to analyse and help minutes away,” she says, “but it is about herself, something she has learned in being ready to make a change.” the three self-awareness courses: “In the rst two months of this year, I listed Two years ago, she was ready and down all my ailments and found the signed up for the 21-Day-Course, which common denominator. Through that, I she enjoyed tremendously. An obedient changed my diet and have been person who listened all her life to rst working on my digestive system, her parents and teachers, then her pancreas. Now I can eat any kind of professors and boss, because she did food, when earlier; it was a struggle, not want to be a burden on others, food times used to be stress times and I treasured “just going for those one and used to avoid going out,” says Alpita. a half hours and not thinking about anything else”. “I felt that I didn’t t in, something was amiss but I found all that at the Once she caught the yoga bug and the time was nally right, Institute.” Plus, she now has positive memories of herself and is there was no stopping her. Now, she is quite the veteran when it condent, so that even exams do not let her anxiety are up comes to The Yoga Institute’s various course offerings: After the again. “I have never been as calm for any exam,” she remembers 21-Day-Course followed the Happiness Course, then the 2- about her yoga exam. Month Basic TTC and alongside that, she managed to nish all three levels of Yoga Psychology. “I used to hold on to so much stress but I let it go,” she recalls that liberating experience. “Now I am able to disassociate with The change has been tremendous, starting from her belief anxiety. I may still get tense at times but I am able to overcome it system, which changed step-by-step. “I was being put in the and tackle it without losing my balance,” she happily reports. In corner of ‘she is a shy, quiet person’ when actually I did not know terms of advising others where to start, there is no easy way out: how to express myself”, Alpita remembers. This aggravated her “Do the thing that you have avoided the most so far,” she diabetes, which she had been struggling with since childhood. recommends.
Now she has changed her diet and lifestyle and most importantly, her attitude from a doubtful “how will I do it?” to a condent “I can do it!”. This has helped her materialise her own designs in her chosen profession as an architect. She is also no
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Students from the 21 Days Better Living Course practice pranayamas to attain a balanced state of mind.
An unwinding Yoga session of Yoga by the Bay on 25th July 2021 by Times of India in association with The Yoga Institute.
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A specially curated Full Moon Live Session on the occasion of Guru Purnima on 23rd July 2021.
Dr. Neha explains yoga asanas and their benets during an anatomy session.
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Students of the 900 hours TTC share a light moment during their class.
Students from various parts of the world learn different mediation techniques at The Yoga Institute.
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Students of the Intermediary Teacher Training Course (500 hours) take blessings from Dr. Hansaji Yogendra during Parisamvad on the auspicious occasion of Guru Purnima.
Yoga is much more than asanas and pranayamas; aspiring yoga teachers listen attentively to a Yoga theory session.
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It is said Patanjali’s Yoga Sutra is the base of your Yogic knowledge and students from 900 hours TTC learn and try to apply it in their lives.
Students learning each Yogic technique in-depth which help them to teach the students better on completion of their course.
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The Yoga Institute spreads the goodness of Yoga to the Intertek Group.
Annam Brahma, an initiative that ensures no poor person goes hungry, serves healthy sattvik meals to more than 500 people a day.
19 YOGASATTVA YOGA CELEBRATES LIFE YOGA UNDISTORTED By Shri Yogendraji
oga has diagnosed the disease of mankind, it has prescribed the dose, Ybut the patient has been hesitant. Those who have taken the dose have been cured, while the others have to face their needs and problems helplessly.
It is rightly anticipated that knowledge of whatsoever nature should increase with time and experience. This has proved true with regard to material progress where science and technology are riding the crest. It is, however, ironic that this has not been so in the case of non-material aspects which instead seem to be slowly sinking to their depth. How should we explain this phenomenon? The basic fact is that while the former is aggressive, the latter is passive. The more aggressive of the two – science and technology – with unlimited potentials for good and bad thus has an edge in shufing forward with no qualms, while the other is inhibited with so many conscientious considerations.
The principle of least resistance therefore acts as catalysis at the stage of application. This impassivity acts also as a gravity Board of Yoga - now International Board of Yoga - conceived by where higher efforts are involved and modern man succumbs to the Institute in 1973 has come into being, although belatedly, the line of least resistance. What he sacrices in doing so is of and is functioning. It however, faces tremendous odds against less concern to him so long as he passes his day as he wants. self-styled Yogis nanced by the rich or propped up by the Sorokin has statistically shown how progressively, decade after powers-that-be. decade, the two opposing trends are neutralizing each other. The worst scapegoat is the non-material progress - the eld of Despite inadequate funds, the All India Board of Yoga has, ethics and spirituality - where the modern man suffers most from however, seriously undertaken to tackle the present problems of frustration and inadequacy. delusive Yoga by unanimously trying to project classic Yoga undistorted. This is an activity worthy of their attention and Since Yoga proposes to deal vitally with the extra mundane united action. The Institute on its plan has offered its whole- progress of man, it happens to come in direct confrontation with hearted support on the conditions that it avoids groupism, his grossly materialistic objectives. Many have therefore tried to vested interests and politicking. Only when free from such distort Yoga to suit modern thinking and needs with the result inhibiting factors can the Board of Yoga think in terms of Yoga as that Yoga is passing through such metamorphosis as to make it Yoga. Yoga should remain the same ancient or modern, so far difcult for the average man to discriminate between true and as its fundamentals are concerned. false Yoga. If allowed to continue, this process is sure to lead to a catastrophic end, which will impair not only the progress but The Board is also responsible for laying down guidelines for all even the spirit and future of Yoga. Yoga practitioners in India and abroad. In this sense, the members of the Board of Yoga bear the heavy responsibility of How to save this situation has been of necessity, the problem keeping Yoga pure. It is earnestly hoped that the Board shall before The Yoga Institute for the past many decades. make itself felt, through its activities, in the pattern of Yoga that is Individually what was possible has been achieved by the emerging at public, private and governmental levels. Its modest Institute through its multifarious activities, but to handle such a beginning in recommending an approved syllabus of Yoga vast problem on all fronts and on an all-India basis - not to speak education is a rst promising step for guidance of all primary, of a worldwide basis - has made it imperative for us to join hands secondary and higher educational institutions not only in India with like-minded Yoga practitioners. As a rst step, the All India but throughout the world for the introduction of Yoga education.
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SUGGESTIONS ON TEACHING YOGA Dr. Jayadeva Yogendra
Yoga teacher, with clarity of mind, can set up proper sense and supercial relaxation. They do not achieve much goals for his or her teaching Yoga. because they do not aim high. They do not aim high because they A have very limited material to work with. This limited material is The teacher of Yoga and even the student must be conscious of nothing else but the gymnastic performance of difcult Āsanas. the aim and objective of their involvement in the study of Yoga. On This is their stock-in-trade. On this weak foundation, they build up one side is the aim and objective of the system of Yoga itself, their giant edice of Patañjali Yoga school. which is a total transformation of the individual on the basis of development of his or her spiritual awareness that later on The gymnastic practices that they recommend are complicated permeates into various facets of one’s life. On the other side is the body positions and muscular controls picked up from some old ever-evolving social philosophy and practice. So that what the and much modern literature. Some of the postures are ctitious. Yoga teacher would set as his aim in teaching Yoga would be The only rationale for selection of exercises is hearsay evidence. partly affected by his total acceptance of the Yoga philosophy or Besides body postures, there are also certain spectacular Kriyās modication of it and by his adjustment to his society and culture. and some modern-style breathing exercises under the name of For example, a modem Yoga teacher may rarely put the objective Prāņāyāma. No doubt such material can bring about some of his teaching as either self-realization or as isolation. In the supercial results. same way, a Yoga teacher does not propound in a modern materialistic world the ideal of a total annihilation of ego or the The area in which the genuine Yoga teacher should work the highest form of renunciation. In fact, in actual practice, there is hardest is in collecting the curricular material. He must see that considerable dilution of yoga ideals. this material is traditional and that it leads to certain Yogic objectives. Work done at this level in selection of the practices Unfortunately nowadays, the objectives of Yoga education are and theoretical material and the objective that is attained by this sometimes materialistic, which just seeks freedom from will considerably help the teaching work. For example, it would be inconvenient symptoms or acquisition of utilitarian goals such as meaningless to burden a day's timetable of Yoga with just one physical strength, efciency and smartness. Occasionally, the type of Yogic practice. Imagine a student learning half a dozen Yoga teacher is not clearly aware of the aims and objectives rstly meditative postures only in one day and performing them just for of his student and secondly of his teaching work. Teaching three or four minutes each. A better timetable would have been if somehow becomes a profession with the sole idea of making the student learnt only one meditative posture and did the same money and promoting oneself in most cases. for about 20 minutes.
What we nd is that there is no clear connection between aim and The teacher must also analyze the Yogic practices that are objective and the actual teaching activities provided at a Yoga available to him and make a system out of these on the basis of centre. Sometimes, we have lofty claims of training students to go the set targets. Much of this knowledge is realized from one's own into Samādhi in a few weeks, supposed by a meagre activity of a experience as well as that gained from teaching others. Āsanas couple of physical exercises and a lot of verbiage. What the Yoga that help in neuromuscular coordination also aid concentration teacher loses by way of incorrect methodology, he tries to make and respiratory rhythm during performance of postures. up by profusion of words, technical jargon and unveriable Yogendra Rhythm leads to introversion. Many of the cultural claims. It would be right to say that the aim and objective of many Āsanas either affect the spine or cause compression of the a Yoga centre is to teach a couple of Āsanas, Kriyās and abdomen, etc. breathing exercises together with a few statements about Aṣṭāṅga Yoga. Due to various reasons, the students achieve As is evident, the Yoga teacher must not merely depend upon a some improvement in their health and physical and mental set of practices for his teaching work. He should rather give tension. himself to thinking What would be the effect of a particular practice? What would be the short-term effect and what would be On the grounds of relief of tension and regression of tension- the long-term effect? How close would be the long-term effect to caused diseases, the Yoga teacher claims his capacity to treat all the highest Yogic ideal? Cannot the Yoga teacher, with a clarity of types of diseases. What is more, with relaxation, he provides a mind, set up proper goals for his teaching Yoga? Does the Yoga certain amount of tranquility, and he makes a further claim to teacher recognize the effect of the environment on the study of spiritual powers. Modern Yoga centres have their curricular Yoga? In short, is the Yoga teacher intensely aware of what he is material set-up for low targets of physical tness in a limited doing? It is this awareness that is the key to the real teaching of Yoga.
21 YOGASATTVA RECIPE OF THE MONTH
Healthy Kebabs
Monsoon is the time when everyone enjoys watching the rains lashing against the window, preferably while munching on some snacks, maybe accompanied by a steaming hot beverage. These 'health kebabs' prove that monsoon snacks don’t need to be deep-fried and unhealthy. In fact, full of protein and only lightly fried, they pack a healthy punch. Add your favorite dip or sauce and keep those monsoon clouds coming.
Preparation time: 30 minutes Cooking time: 15 minutes Serves 2
INGREDIENTS
• 4 Raw Bananas • 1 cup Moong Dal (Dhuli) • 1 inch cinnamon stick • 2 cloves • 4 pepper • 1 inch ginger • 1 green chilli • 1 tsp raw mango powder • 1/2 tsp cumin powder Coriander leaves Salt to taste
METHOD OF PREPARATION
1. Boil raw bananas in a cooker. After cooled 5. Form small balls with the mixture to make the kababs. down, peel them. Mash the bananas properly. 6. Then in a pan on medium ame, add oil and shallow fry the kababs till golden brown. 2. Add cinnamon, cloves, pepper to moong dal and boil it in a pressure cooker. After it 7. Enjoy your kababs with green chutney or your desired cools, grind it in the mixer/grinder with little sauces! water to form a ne paste.
3. Fold the mashed bananas into the moong dal paste to form a thick mixture.
4. Add green chilli, nely chopped ginger, cumin powder, raw mango powder, coriander leaves and salt to the mixture. Tripti Tandon
22 YOGASATTVA TESTIMONIALS
Neha Muliyil, Recruitment Coordinator Zoom Video Communications
The yoga session by The Yoga Institute at our company was well planned. All our employees loved how interactive it was. We had a very good turnout for the event and even family members joined. All employees were engaged and participated well. The best part was the practical yogasana session on the mat, which helped many employees. The pranayama session was also very relevant for the given situation. I can only recommend corporate training by The Yoga Institute.
Dimple Sharma, Sadhaka
I have completed my 3 Months ATTC in 2018. Initially, I came only for the 7 Days Health Camp, but by the end of the seven days, neither my mind nor my body was ready to leave the place. The Yoga Institute has some magical energy that I felt as soon as I entered the premises - I felt peaceful and my mind became calm after each day that I went there. So I decided to enroll for the 3 Months ATTC and that changed my life. I am currently teaching yoga full-time yoga and am trying to share it further.
Every time when I feel low or not so good about myself, I take time to visit The Yoga Institute to feel better and happy again. Talking to Hansa ji and listening to her speak in Parisamvad is a Real eye opener; she always gives all the answers to my questions. Thank you Hansa ji and The Yoga Institute for changing people’s life through your teachings!
Dr. Neha Pradeep Jethwani Student from Yoga Therapy Course
I would like to thank The Yoga Institute and Taruna Ma’am for arranging this course. I gained tremendous clarity regarding yoga therapy from it. Just as the four walls of a home protect us from the world outside, so do the four pillars of yoga, i.e, ahar, vihaar, achar and vichar, protect us from the inside. We can apply these four pillars and balance our lives well.
The imbalance of these four aspects only invites unwanted diseases into our body. Taruna Ma’am has explained these things very well to us. Because of this course, I cannot only improve my own lifestyle but also guide other people to improve theirs. By completing this course, my condence has increased and so has my responsibility towards using yoga more effectively in life.
23 YOGASATTVA TESTIMONIALS
Asha Choudhary, Sadhaka
The Yoga Institute is a fantastic place to learn yoga and teaching techniques from. The teachers are amazing and knowledgeable and the support of Hansa Maa is commendable. She is always there with you any time of the day you need her. I highly recommend The Yoga Institute Mumbai.
Sheetal Rajeev Joshi, Sadhaka My very rst spark of my love for yoga started with my teacher where I was just a regular student in her class. The real transformation and growth is happening now with my continuous connection with The Yoga Institute. Little did I know that my basic 200hour TTC journey would completely change my mindset. This course and the institute teachers not only taught me how to teach, but how to deepen my own practice and live yoga. The instructors go deep into traditional and meditative aspects of yoga and till date they are willing to answer my questions to help me make my practice better. I can say without a doubt that I have been given a wonderful foundation to go out and grow. Hansa Maa you truly are an inspiring teacher, my guru and Maa. Grateful
Ruby Kanchghar, Sadhaka
I was always drawn to tness and I am also an U-19 Women's mumbai team trainer. My quest brought me to the gates of the Yoga Institute, Santacruz, India. I started learning this ancient technique and began to experience the benets of it through a now calm body and mind. The body became supple, the mind calm and the soul felt free. The asanas are not as complex and difcult as it seems. From The Yoga institute I learned that there is a step by step process to achieve the maximum exibility. I went on to do the Teachers Training Course so that I could pass on the benets to my students. The Yoga Institute teaches you more than just tness, it teaches you life.
24 YOGASATTVA TYI MONTHLY PLANNER > UPCOMING ACTIVITIES
*All camps/ courses are subject to the extension of the lockdown period.
CAMP DESCRIPTION DATE/ DAY TIME
1 Month TTC (Instructor’s Offered in English, this course is best suited for Starting on Monday to Saturday- Course - QCI- LEVEL I) individuals who wish to teach Yoga to school 01/08/2021 10:00 am - 6:00 pm (English) students and young adults who have no health problems. An intensive Yoga teachers’ training that introduces both, the theoretical and the practical aspects of Yoga.
7 Months TTC Offered in English, this course covers Asanas, Starting on Monday to Saturday - (Advanced Teachers Pranayama, Kriyas, Bhavas, attitude training, 01/08/2021 5:00 pm - 8:00 pm Training Course - QCI - counseling, public speaking, methodology of LEVEL II) teaching, practice teaching, essentials of (English) anatomy & physiology, Yoga Sutras and Samkhya Philosophy
1 Year TTC (Advanced Offered in Hindi, this course covers Asanas, Starting on Monday to Friday Teachers Training Course Pranayama, Kriyas, Bhavas, attitude training, 01/08/2021 1:30 pm - 4:00 pm - QCI - LEVEL II) counseling, public speaking, methodology of (Hindi) teaching, practice teaching, essentials of anatomy & physiology, Yoga Sutras and Samkhya Philosophy.
21 Days Better Living Oideal for individuals who have no major health 01/08/2021 – 7:00 am - 8:30 am Course problems and who wish to experience the yogic 21/08/2021 lifestyle to feel rejuvenated and fresh.
Yog Prayas “Yog Prayas” - an effort towards Traditional Starting on 5:30 am to 6:30 am SIMPLIFIED, SCIENTIFIC, and SPIRITUAL 01/08/2021 yoga with least dependency on others.
Meditation Class All the techniques of classical Yoga of Patanjali 2/08/2021- 7:00 am - 8:00 am aim to create more awareness in individuals 27/08/2021 which helps them discover the self shining forth in one's own true nature. Recent research has proven that meditating regularly changes the brainwaves for the better.
Cardiac Camp The right approach to cure heart disease is from 07/08/2021 5:00 pm - 8:00 pm a holistic point of view, where the mind body and soul are given a llip to overcome the bodily disability by lifestyle changes.
Stress Management Learn how to not let stress negatively impact 08/08/2021 5:00 pm - 8:00 pm Camp your work and health.
21 Days Better Living Ideal for individuals who have no major health 08/08/2021 – 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm Course problems and who wish to experience the yogic 28/08/2021 lifestyle to feel rejuvenated and fresh.
Pregnancy Camp for This 2-day camp enables the would-be-mother 14/08/2021 - 5:00 pm - 8:00 pm Ante & Post Natal to accept the coming event of motherhood 15/08/2021 cheerfully and prepares her without fear or misgivings.
Diabetes Camp Diabetes is best controlled by knowledge and 15/08/2021 5:00 pm - 8:00 pm self-assurance, by a positive attitude. Through a well-planned Yoga regimen, learn to practice this attitude and manage your condition.
500 Hours Intermediate The 500 Hours Advanced Teacher Training 19/08/2021 - 7:00 am - 8:30 am Teachers’ Training Course trains students to teach Yoga to teach 9/10/2021 and Course yoga to school children, healthy adults 4:30 pm - 8:30 pm (IST) incorporates (individual and groups) institutions and social groups and people with minor ailments and disorders. Highly trained teachers conduct this course. You can avail of the triple certication benet.
25 YOGASATTVA TYI MONTHLY PLANNER > UPCOMING ACTIVITIES
*All camps/ courses are subject to the extension of the lockdown period.
CAMP DESCRIPTION DATE/ DAY TIME
Manage back, joint disorders like cervical 21/08/2021 5:00 pm - 8:00 pm Back and Joint Disorder spondylitis, low back pain, slipped disc, frozen Camp shoulder, knee conditions, arthritis and such other problems through simple and effective yogic techniques.
Pranayama Camp A steady breath leads to a steady mind. 22/08/2021 8:00 am - 11:00 am Specially designed to revitalize and recharge both body and mind, the Pranayama Camp empowers one with the practice of breathing techniques that can be integrated into daily routines.
Weight Management Learn how to manage your weight permanently 28/08/2021 5:00 pm - 8:00 pm Camp through a holistic approach.
21 Days Better Living Ideal for individuals who have no major health 28/08/2021 – 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm Course problems and who wish to experience the yogic 18/08/2021 (Hindi) lifestyle to feel rejuvenated and fresh.
Womens Camp Stress, hormonal changes, and self- 29/08/2021 5:00 pm - 8:00 pm development are among the reasons why women should stay healthy. A woman’s capability to handle stress, whether emotional or physical, highly depends on her health
Regular Classes The hourly classes are scheduled for men who Monday, 6:30 am - 7.30 am ONLINE wish to incorporate Yoga as a part of their daily Tuesday, 7:30 am - 8.30 am routine. They consist of Asanas, Pranayamas, Thursday and 8:30 am - 9.30 am Kriyas and guidelines on yogic lifestyle. Students Friday 4 pm - 5 pm can enrol on any day of the month. 5 pm - 6 pm 6 pm- 7 pm 7 pm - 8 pm
Weekend Classes The duration of the class is one and half hour. Saturday and 7:30 am - 9:00 am Each class is planned for those who wish to Sunday practice Yoga but can't spare time on weekdays due to their busy schedule.
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27 YOGASATTVA Shri Yogendraji - Father of modern Yoga renaissance
To become a yogi, one has to be self-reliant by educating oneself so that one’s principles are not given up. A man who depends on others for his living cannot be a yogi. Self-reliance comes by reducing his needs to the minimum. Even animals live for themselves and are not dependent on the government. Human beings increase their needs and worry a lot.
One has to be perfectly healthy. This is part of yoga technology. An irresponsible man cannot be a yogi. Today, an average man is heavily dependent. He is dependent even for his health on specialists.
The Yogi is always in harmony with the outside world. He has no capacity to change it. He rather tries to create an environment within his mind by training or technique. The same harmony that he possesses within himself he tries to maintain outside.
It takes a balanced and stable mind to break the vicious cycle of action and reaction.
FOUNDER, SHRI YOGENDRAJI YOGASATTVA AUGUST 2021 ISSUE MONTHLY NEWSLETTER OF THE YOGA INSTITUTE, INDIA OLDEST ORGANISED YOGA CENTRE IN THE WORLD