YL march website 2021

Om Ganapathaye ! FIFTY TWO YEARS IN THE PROPAGATION OF CLASSICAL RISHICULTURE ASHTANGA YOGA This month's Yoga Life highlights the wonderful All Night INTERNATIONAL AUM Chanting that for the first time ever went completely MONTHLY online. Every year for the past five decades, students and teachers at Ananda Ashram have come together to chant Vol.52 No. 03, MARCH 2021 the Pranava Mahamantra for the whole night in honor of the birth anniversary of our Paramguru Yogamaharishi CONTENTS Swami Kanakananda Brighu Guru Maharaj. As a result of the Pandemic, this shifted online and it was such an GRATITUDE IS THE HIGHEST ATTITUDE! - 02 amazing 12 hours of Universal Oneness. A detailed report is given inside by the International team of coordinators. TO JUST BE ME ! - 03 The other major event was the Traditional South Indian NEUROPLASTICITY, EPIGENETICS AND YOGA - 04 wedding of Sowbhagyavathi S. Devasena @ Sowmya with Siranjeevi R. Akash @ Narayanan. The whole AMMAJI THE SPIRITUAL DETECTIVE - 10 YOGNAT and Gitananda Yoga family was in attendance for this very special wedding of the elder daughter of FRANKLY SPEAKING BY SWAMIJI - 12 Yogathilakam C Shanmugam and Smt Lalitha Shanmugam held on 25th January at Pondicherry. Sowmya THE MONKEY MIND - 15 was born into the Gitananda Yoga family and right from her early childhood has been one of the shining stars of the SPARSHA MUDRA: THE YOGA OF TOUCH - 17 YOGNAT Team. On behalf of the Worldwide Yoga Family, we wish the young couple a happy, healthy and MANTRA AS SONG OF CREATION - 23 prosperous life together. - 27 UNITING THE WORLD YOGA FAMILY In other Ashram news, Selvi Dhivya Priya Bhavanani was TOGETHER IN AUM recognized as one of the youngest Yoga Professional Members by the Indian Yoga Association after REFLECTIONS ON GURU DAKSHINA - 31 successfully completing her certification from Kaivalyadhama while bagging the highest position in her CCY batch. This multitalented youngster was appointed as Deputy Director of YOGNAT during the Golden Jubilee Celebrations of Ananda Ashram in 2018 and has become a darling of so many worldwide through her online offerings. She has also taken up much of the day-to-day running of ICYER and Ammaji continues to bless her and guide her as they both share a special relationship that goes beyond time and space. The official publication of Yoga Jivana Satsangha (International); Vishwa Yoga Samaj (Worldwide Yoga Congress); Sri Kambaliswamy Madam (Samadhi Site); SPARC (The Society for the Preservation of Ancient Rishi Culture); ICYER (International Centre for Yoga Education and Research) at Ananda Ashram, Tamil Nadu. Published from Ananda Ashram City Centre at Yoganjali Natyalayam, 25, II Cross, lyyanar Nagar, Pondicherry-605 013, India. Note: All subscribers will be sent e-copies of Yoga Life every month from January 2021 onwards and hence are requested to register their preferred e-mail at [email protected] to ensure uninterrupted receipt of the journal. Editor and Publisher : Ammaji Yogacharini Meenakshi Devi Bhavanani, Editor: (I/C) Yogacharya Dr. Ananda Balayogi Bhavanani. Phone: +91-0413-2241561. E-mail: [email protected]; Website: www.rishiculture.in Printers : Sarguru Printographs, Villupuram, Tamil Nadu, India. Subscription Rate: Indian Rs. 500/year; International 50 Euros/ year.

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