New Moon in Aquarius this weekend. It's time to move on! Before we move on, however, do you know where you stand?
Cover Photo: Carolyn Hoerdemann took a screenshot during the monthly online Moon Circles
The two tarot cards that were pulled for this lunation were THE MOON and THE FOOL.
To learn more about the monthly Moon Circles, email Sangeeta <sangeetalaurabiagi@gmail.com>
Do you feel a strong compulsion to fix things that aren't working?
Do you feel uptight and restless?
Do you hear a choir of dissonant inner voices telling you how things could have been different?
Stop. Take a breath.
This Full Moon Lunar Eclipse is not about fixing things. It's about relaxing in the rush of life's flow.
All is well.
Sangeeta
Ci avviciniamo ad una bella Luna Piena in Toro con Eclissi Lunare (8 novembre 2022). Questo momento potrebbe portare alla luce una grande profondità, con la sua bellezza e le sue tensioni. Rilassarsi è fondamentale, cioè un fondamento da capire e praticare durante la giornata.
Buon ascolto.
Sangeeta
Per potersi rilassare è necessario capire come controllare i nostri sensi, incluso il sesto senso della mente. Per iniziare, possiamo sperimentare la nostra esperienza del rapporto che esiste tra respiro lento e ascolto sottile. Queste pratiche sono utili per tutti, soprattutto per chi si sente costantemente stressato e anche per chi usa l'ascolto inclusivo e attento nella propria professione.
Sessione registrata dal vivo il 10 giugno 2022 a Siena.
Per saperne di più sui miei corsi e lezioni di Nada Yoga (Yoga del Suono e del Silenzio) nella tradizione di Yogamaharishi Dr. Swami Gitananda Giti, cliccate qui: https://soulsound.it/category/eventi/
People how are in the healing arts are equipped with empathic strength and emotional intelligence. However, oftentimes, we are also quite emotional, i.e. prone to over share in order to destress and relax.
It is time we learn to understand and manage our emotional fields. In this contemplation, we become aware of the "net of emotions," learn to withdraw their energy back into ourselves to allow it to flow between the earth's center and the galactic center.
Recorded live during my online Moon Circle on May 29, 2022.
Teachings from the parampara of Yogamaharishi Dr. Swami Gitananda Giri Guru Majaraj
ICYER/ Ananda Ashram, India
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Cos'è la felicità per voi? Quale è il segreto per raggiungerla e mantenerla? Lettura del capitolo 6 del libro di Walter Froldi tratto dal libro "Mantra, il suono dell'infinito", edizioni Magnanelli.
With over 20 years of experience in yoga and meditation, Yogacharini Anandhi- Korina Kontaxaki is a teacher and trainer at the International Center of Yoga Education and Research in India, under the guidance of Yogamani Kalaimamani Yogacharini Menakshi Devi Bhavanani (Ammaji) , Yogacharya Dr Ananda Balayogi Bhavanani and the Giatananda Yoga tradition. In 2018 she was awarded be her Guru the prestigious title 'Yoga Chemmal' (yoga master) for her service to Yoga.
As a yoga teacher trainer, she is the founder of the Wholistic Spiritual Training program, where she trains yoga teachers, therapists and people interested in deepening their practice in yoga, in a holistic system of personal development that includes yoga postures, pranayama, meditation, yoga nutrition, yoga philosophy, life practices, creative writing and physical expression: http://www.yogalifecyprus.org/
As an ayurvedic counsellor, she is the founder of Activated Vegan Seminars - a yogic nutrition guide for health, vitality and mental development, based on Ayurveda: https://yogalifewithanandhi.com/p/act...
Her book "YogaLife" is an introduction to the 3-year Wholistic Spiritual Training and you can find it here: https://www.amazon.com/Yogalife-pract... /dp/B095GNTWF7
Unione Induista Italiana Dialoghi sullo Yoga del Suono / Dialogues on the Yoga of Sound
7 febbraio 2022 / February 7, 2022
in occasione della World Interfaith Harmony Week
PROGRAMMA Ananda Balayogi Bhavanani e Sangeeta Laura Biagi, autori del libro “Perle di Sarasvati”, dialogano con Svamini Ma Uma Shakti Giri. PROGRAM Ananda Balayogi Bhavanani and Sangeeta Laura Biagi, authors of the book “Perle di Sarasvati”, in dialogue with Svamini Ma Uma Shakti Giri.
INTERVENGONO
- Svamini Ma Uma Shakti Giri, Monaca induista, yogacharya, insegnante di musica e canto devozionale (Matha Gitananda Ashram)
- Dr. Ananda Balayogi Bhavanani, Medico, yogacharya (ICYER), cantante e compositore di musica carnatica
- Dr. Sangeeta Laura Biagi, Esperta di comunicazione interculturale e studio della voce (Soul Sound Academy), yogacharya (ICYER)
WITH
- Svamini Ma Uma Shakti Giri, Hindu monk, yogacharya, teacher of music and devotional chanting (Matha Gitananda Ashram)
- Dr. Ananda Balayogi Bhavanani, doctor, yogacharya (ICYER), Carnatic music singer and composer
- Dr. Sangeeta Laura Biagi, expert in intercultural communication and voice studies (Soul Sound Academy), Yogacharya (ICYER)
PERLE DI SARASVATĪ. Dialoghi sullo yoga del suono di Ananda Balayogi Bhavanani e Sangeeta Laura Biagi: https://www.laksmiedizioni.it/libri/p...
Maha Gitananda Ashram: https://www.ashramgita.com
Ananda Ashram / ICYER: http://www.icyer.com
Soul Sound Academy: https://soulsound.it
Songs of the Heart: Heart to Heart Conversation with the Teachers and Mentors of the Rishiculture Ashtanga Yoga Global Family, hosted by Yogacharini Sangeeta Laura Biagi
Today's episode is with Yogacharini Kalavathi Devi. Yogacharini Kalavathi Devi is a dedicated student of Yogamani Kalaimamani Yogacharini Meenakshi Devi Bhavanani and Yogacharya Dr Ananda Bhavanani from the Gitananda Yoga Paramparai of which Dr Ananda is currently the Acharya.In 1999 Kalavathi took the 6 months intensive residential Yoga Teacher Training course at Swami Gitandanda’s ashram, Ananda Ashram, ICYER, in Pondicherry, South India. On completion of her training she was given the name Kalavathi Devi (because of her love of the arts) and the title Yogacharini, one who is qualified to teach yoga. Kalavathi has taught yoga classes without a break since her return from her initial training.
Kalavathi lives in Cardiff where she runs her own Yoga Studio: Om Studio. With her artwork on the wall in the form of a mandala and the use of the amazing acoustics of the room for chanting, she has brought together some of her life’s loves with her yoga. All of these can be experienced at Om Studio: https://omstudio.co.uk
The original recording of this track was recorded live during my online Moon Circle workshop on January 30, 2022. The focus of the workshop was on the New Moon in Aquarius and Chinese New Year of the Tiger (January 31 / February 1, 2022). At the end of the circles, I share a contemplative practice whose content and overall flavour is inspired by the circle's teachings and the interaction with my beloved yoga and astrology students.
Sangeeta Laura Biagi - voice and Kashi chimes
Editing: Sangeeta Laura Biagi
To learn more about my Moon Circles and to participate, email <sangeetalaurabiagi@gmail.com> and visit Soul Sound Academy.
Thank you!
Songs of the Heart: Heart to Heart Conversation with the Teachers and Mentors of the Rishiculture Ashtanga Yoga Global Family
Today's episode is with Yogacharini Yogashakti Yogachemmal Jnânasundarî. Yogacharini Yogashakti Yogachemmal Jnânasundarî took her correspondence course Yoga Step by Step with Yogamaharishi Dr. Swami Gitananda Giri in 1990. Since then, she has been traveling to Ananda Ashram as a student and, later, as a teacher, supporting students from India and around the world in the study and practice of Rishiculture Gitananda Yoga.
She is a proficient and elegant writer, as well as an artist and illustrator, and her work has been featured on several issues of Yoga Life. Yogashakti Jnânasundarî currently resides in France where she teaches Gitananda Yoga and offers classes and teacher trainings.
Also on Youtube.
Thank you for listening and sharing!
Songs of the Heart: Heart to Heart Conversation with the Teachers and Mentors of the Rishiculture Ashtanga Yoga Global Family, hosted by Yogacharini Dr. Sangeeta Laura Biagi.
Today's episode is with Yogacharini Smt Devasena Bhavanani. Yogacharini Smt Devasena Bhavanani is General Secretary of Yoganjali Natyalayam and Member of the Jury Board of Pondicherry Yogasana Association. She is also Yoga, music, Sanskrit and dance teacher at the ICYER (Ananda Ashram) in Chinnamudaliarchavady, TN. She is a qualified Yoga Exponent, Bharata Natyam Artist, Nattuvanar, and Carnatic vocalist. She has a Bachelor of Performing Arts (B.P.A) from Bharathiyar Palkalai Koodam (1995) Pondicherry as well as a Diploma in Yoga, Bharata Natyam and Carnatic Music from Yoganjali Natyalayam (1999). She performed her Bharata Natyam Arangetram in 1994. She obtained a Masters Degree in Sanskrit (M.A) from Pondicherry Central University (1997) and Advanced Diploma in Yoga (ADY) from ICYER (March 2000). She has completed PG Diploma in Yoga from Annamalai University in 2005. In her career of nearly 35 years, she has performed more than 500 Bharata Natyam recitals in many places including UK, Italy, Switzerland, Australia and Germany as well as all over India (Shimla, Bangalore, Kodaikanal, Chennai, Yanam, Karaikal and Chidambaram). She has also performed the leading roles in several Dance Dramas of Yoganjali Natyalayam including: Kannappa Nayanar, Karaikal Ammaiyar, Nandanar Charitram, Kamba Ramayanam, Meenakshi Thiru Kalyanam, Nala-Damayanthi, Andal Charitram, Silappadikaaram, Karna Charitram and Trishakti. She is an expert in the traditional Natya Karanas, the acrobatic Yoga Asana-based stances of Bharata Natyam, which she performs with ease, having achieved a high degree of mastery in Yoga Asanas. She has given hundreds of Yoga Asana demonstrations and classes all over India and in UK, Italy, Germany, Switzerland and Australia. She has won many prizes in Yoga Asana Competitions at State, National and International levels. She has more than 25 years of teaching experience in Yoga, having worked as a Yoga instructor at Yoganjali Natyalayam since 1993 and in that same capacity at ICYER since 1997. She has taught Yoga, Music, and Indian Classical Dance to thousands of students from all over the world. She is happily married to Yogacharya Dr Ananda Balayogi Bhavanani who is a Yogacharya and Medical Doctor and they have a beautiful and talented daughter, Dhivya Priya Bhavanani and wonderful son, Anandraj Bhavanani. She and Dr Ananda are a dynamic Yoga and Bharatanatyam team who have composed and choreographed more than 75 Bharatanatyam compositions as five “Ananda Nartana Margams” and assisted in direction of more than a dozen dance dramas of Yoganjali Natyalayam in the past decade under guidance of their beloved Guru Ammaji, Yogacharini Smt Meenakshi Devi Bhavanani. They have traveled together on FIVE international tours to the UK, Italy, Germany, Switzerland and Australia in the past years. She starred in many roles in dance dramas produced by Yoganjali Natyalayam and assisted in choreography and direction of magnificent successful productions under guidance of her Guru Yogacharini Smt Meenakshi Devi Bhavanani and with the support of her husband Dr Ananda Balayogi Bhavanani. She was honored with “Best Yoga Teacher” award by the TN Yoga Sport Assocication and has received “Yoga Chemmal” and “Yoga Thilakam” award by Pondicherry Yogasana Association, “YOGNAT Shakti” during Golden Jubilee of Ananda Ashram as well as “Isai Yoga Natya Nattuvanga Kalaichudar” Award from Kalaimamani Pulavar I Pattabhiraman, Director Valluvar Villisai Kuzhu. She is listed in the ABHAI directory and on numerous dance and Yoga websites internationally.
For more information and to contact Yogacharini Smt Devasena, please contact ICYER/Ananda Ashram at http://www.icyer.com
This sequence of practices was created and shared live during a zoom session of the 2021/2022 Gitananda Nada Yoga online immersion. Taught by Yogacharya Dr. Ananda Balayogi Bhavanani and co-facilitated by Yogacharini Dr. Sangeeta Laura Biagi, these teachings come from the prampara of Yogamaharishi Dr. Swami Gitananda Giri (http://www.icyer.com, all rights reserved).
Namaste everyone! I was blessed to receive this mantra from my Yoga Gurus, Yogacharini Meenakshi Devi Bhavanani and Yogacharya Dr. Ananda Balayogi Bhavanani at the International Center for Yoga Education and Research at Ananda Ashram (www.icyer.com) in India.
Here, I am sharing some of my reflections and a short guided practice. While this contemplation on the mantra is specific to the culture and philosophy of sanatana dharma, it is also a magical gift we all have, and which can be enjoyed by everyone. I hope you will find it inspiring (pun intended!).
Thank you for your support and appreciation.
Contemplative astrological forecast for the New Moon + Total Solar Eclipse in Sagittarius (12/04) + Full Moon in Gemini (12/19)
Recorded live during my online Moon Circle on November 27, 2021.
Il corto THE GIRL INSIDE, che documenta il mio lavoro nel carcere di Cook County Jail a Chicago, è stato nominato per un Emmy Award. Questa è una bellissima notizia che condivido con grande piacere.
Ma di cosa parla questo documentario? Perché insegnavo in carcere a Chicago? Come è stato fatto? Ho creato un audio per rispondere ad alcune di queste domande e per condividere la mia esperienze di questo lavoro.
Un ringraziamento a Kate Bryan di 1 Girl Revolution e al team di Behold per aver creato e prodotto questo bellissimo corto. Tutti i link sono nella descrizione del video.
"Shabda Pratyahara", codified and taught by Yogamaharishi Dr. Swami Gitananda Giri Guru Maharaj in his "Yoga Step by Step", Lesson 45. (All Rights Reserved, https://www.icyer.com)
Illustration copyright of Getty Images, sourced online.
Recorded with copyright permissions as supplemental material for the Yoga Step by Step online course taught by Yogacharya Dr. Ananda Balayogi Bhavanani (2020-2021)
Read by Yogacharini Dr. Sangeeta Laura Biagi (https://en.soulsound.it)
This month is filled with amazing astrological aspects! The New Moon in Virgo on September 7th, the Full Moon in Pisces on September 20th and the Fall Equinox on September 22nd all invite us to assess, harvest and digest. Are you ready? Let's go!