We just completed the fourth and final year of a 4-year program on the yoga sutra, team-taught with Swami Swaroopananda Saraswati, one of the world's leading experts on the Samkhya Hindu interpretation of the Yoga Sutra. Over the years, the course has grown larger and larger, as people all over the world have heard about it. We had participants for example from Colombia, Israel, Serbia, Iran, Italy, England, Mexico, etc.The Sivananda lineage actually derives from the same lineage as our own Naropa lineages — we were all one lineage at one time, and were then separated for a thousand years. Everyone at the teachings felt the deep magic of the two mature and evolved lineages rejoining to make a powerful new tradition, and there was a lovely moment on the dock as we left the island: everyone spontaneously gathered and sang holy mantras together. It was really beautiful.
The Sivananda Bahamas yoga ashram is one of the oldest yoga schools outside of India, operating for the past 35 years, and catering to many hundreds of guests every year. It is a deep and beautiful place, with the entire staff celibate yogis. We are so impressed with their operation that we have sent several Diamond Mountain students this month there to study their very successful ways of running their programs and operations.
We look forward to seeing everyone there at the Bhagavad Gita teachings given by Swami Ji May 7-17; an extraordinary opportunity to learn the most famous holy book of India, the class will be a real window into the Indian soul; can still register at the Sivananda website, by clicking *here*.
