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The sequence of Sivananda Yoga is excellent for moving Prana and balancing Chakras. Tight joints and…"
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Peter Beacham (Sankar) replied to Swami Saradananda's discussion Getting your body ready for meditationPeter Beacham (Sankar) replied to Swami Saradananda's discussion Getting your body ready for meditation"Spontaneous movements during meditation are not rare. They due to Prana flow being blocked.
Meditation is intended to raise and channel Prana and to release blockages to Prana in the Nadis and Chakras so that spiritual wisdom can be attained. If…"
Peter Beacham (Sankar) replied to Swami Saradananda's discussion Getting your body ready for meditation"Talas are weak chakras below the Muladhara. They are the home of various negative and dangerous universes and their inhabitants. They also are the home of the our worst and usual "sins" - lust, anger, greed, jealousy, amorality, lack of…"
Peter Beacham (Sankar) replied to Swami Saradananda's discussion Getting your body ready for meditation"Om Sakthy
One of the major obstacles in meditation is our expectation. We spend so much time focused on what could be or what seems to be holding us back that we have stop meditating and are focusing on imagined problems rather than just sitting…"
Peter Beacham (Sankar) replied to Swami Saradananda's discussion Getting your body ready for meditation"Om Sakthy
Your description of someone holding inside or blocking energy flow is an excellent one and attests to your good level of awareness. That "someone" is you. There are two solutions: relax deeply so that you are not blocking…"
Peter Beacham (Sankar) left a comment for Eduardo Henry Alfonso Jolmes"Thank you, Eduardo, for remembering my birthday. You are doing a fine thing by sending greetings to so many people. Om and Prem. Peter"
Eduardo Henry Alfonso Jolmes left a comment for Peter Beacham (Sankar)"Happy birthday Peter,
may your wildest dreams come true.
Om shanti
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Peter Beacham (Sankar) replied to Editor Yoga Vidya's discussion Most important aspect of yoga practice"The most important aspect of a Yoga practice is the attitude with which you practice, i.e. non-judgment, non-comparison, non-expectation, no fear, openness, surrender to the process."
Peter Beacham (Sankar) replied to Swami Saradananda's discussion Getting your body ready for meditation"The answer to both is more practice of physical yoga. Plus have a thick cushion and sit on the edge of it so that the pelvis is tilted forward.
In my classes, every question of any kind that is asked by students can be answered by the same three…"
Peter Beacham (Sankar) replied to Swami Saradananda's discussion Is "Modern Yoga Practice" a path to "Yoga"?"What is 'modern yoga practice", in your view?"
Peter Beacham (Sankar) replied to Swami Saradananda's discussion Getting your body ready for meditation"Om Swamiji. As you already know, the main obstacles to meditation are (1) a wandering mind, (2) not keeping the back straight, and (3) a tendency to analyze and judge the so-called 'progress' one is making.
(1) It is relatively easy to…"
Peter Beacham (Sankar) replied to Gopalsamy's discussion Asana techniques that cleanse the Chakras .."It is not so much that chakras are 'dirty' but rather that the prana streams that constitute the chakras are unbalanced. Rebalancing prana flow could be as simple as employing the physicality of Yoga because if joints are not…"
Peter Beacham (Sankar) replied to Swami Saradananda's discussion Why does meditation make me angry?"Om, Swami Saradananda. That is an excellent question and an excellent answer. When abhyasa allows suppressed thoughts/emotions to bubble up from the subconscious, it is a demonstration that the spiritualization process is working. The person should…"
Sita Chaitanya replied to Peter Beacham (Sankar)'s discussion definition of 'religion'"Maybe. I think religion is just rules. Attitude comes with spirituality, and you don't need religion for that. There are tons of religious people who follow all the rules and aren't spiritual at all. Maybe some few have both.
Do atheists…"
Peter Beacham (Sankar) replied to Peter Beacham (Sankar)'s discussion definition of 'religion'"Not all religions acknowledge God or a god - some forms of Buddhism for example. And, of course, atheism. And science. Is there not more to a religion than its rules? How about ritual, prayer? The 'rules' of a religion are useless unless…"
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- ... am a Yoga Teacher
- My Yoga tradition/style/center, Yoga practice, Yoga Master/s, Teacher/s
- Sivananda Yoga
- More about me:
- I have been a Yoga teacher since 1985. I have been privileged to receive Shaktipat and Mantra initiation from Swami Vishnu and have been summer staff at the Sivananda Ashram at Val Morin and staff (Director Pro Tem) of the Sivananda Center in Manhattan in the nineties. Currently and for the last 20 years I have been teaching Sivananda Yoga and Mantra meditation in Ottawa, Canada.
- My Favorite Quote/What inspires me:
- "Where they love they do not desire and where they desire they do not love." -Sigmund Freud
- Birthday:
- June 12, 1943
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- At 10:49am on June 12, 2011, Eduardo Henry Alfonso Jolmes said…
- Happy birthday Peter,
may your wildest dreams come true.
Om shanti
Eduard - Member of Yoga Vidya e. V. Webteam
- At 2:11pm on June 12, 2010, Beatrix Theresa said…
- hello Peter,
visiting your site here I just came to know that it is your birthday today
Congratulations! I wish you all the best for the next years.
"When the power of love overcomes the lovers of power, there will be peace on earth" (Jimi Hendrixs)
- At 7:55am on June 12, 2010,
Kalipriya said… - HAPPY BIRTHDAY
love and compassion,
Kalipriya
- At 8:35am on May 26, 2009,
Gregg Hill Gopal said… - Om Namah Sivaya. You have heard of all the old timers Reunion at Yoga Camp August 27-29. August 30 alot of us are going to see Narayani & Gires's daughter get married in Montreal. Go to www.japanesemassage.net and give me an e-mail. Thanks. Gopal
- At 6:48pm on April 27, 2009,
ॐ sanjuguru said… - om, dear yogi-Our minds are as different as our faces: we are all traveling to one destination; --happiness; but few are going by the same road
om shanti
- At 6:47pm on April 27, 2009, ॐ sanjuguru said…
- om, sivananda never taught mantra meditation?
- At 6:58pm on April 26, 2009, ॐ sanjuguru said…
- om, one thing more, why are westeners in depression and anxiety, because they have money ,but not happiness in life.
my mean for westeners are europians, no family , no relations nothing,only money.
seniours are kicked off in old age homes, why because they all have no good guru to learn, i think they are heartless
many come to me , insearch of joy and happiness.
first i teach them to respect there elders,guru and parents.
a true life is very hard.
om shanti
- At 6:53pm on April 26, 2009, ॐ sanjuguru said…
- OM, dear peter, what can is say for your words. what will a teacher call himself?
a student. ?
like that aim a guru, guru of happiness and joy.
first try to know , who is guru?
a guru is a person who shows you the right path.
so aim the guru of happines and joy, i teach how to be happy.
westeners has little bit knowledge knowledge about gyan(knowledge),its not your fault. its ok
om shanti
- At 9:43am on April 26, 2009, ॐ sanjuguru said…
- OM, dear Yogis and Yoginis ,If you're always chasing happiness, it will never be able to find you. Relax, simply give happiness a place to live in you, and it will be in great abundance.
om shanti om "sanju guru"
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- At 6:01pm on April 2, 2009, ॐ sanjuguru said…
- Om asato maa satgamaya
Tamaso maa jyotir gamaya
Mrityor maa amritam gamaya(sanskrit vedas mantra)
Meaning:
Lead us from the unreal to the Real
From darkness to Light
From death to Immortality.
so lets chant 3 times the a mantra.
om shanti.shanti.......shanti
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