Seminars

• April 2025

• May 2025

• June 2025

• July 2025

• August 2025

• September 2025

• April 2026

This is a rare opportunity to make a breakthrough with your yoga practice! Work intensively on asanas; learn advanced asanas in a playful and relaxed atmosphere. Swami Saradananda's approach is concentrated and systematic. She makes even the most difficult and asanas seem possible to do. Learn special techniques to improve your flexibility, coordination, endurance and strength. The seminar includes 5 hours of asanas daily, as well as sessions of meditation and Sanskrit chanting.

Everyone loves stories and this seminar offers you an easy way to get into and understand the philosophy of yoga. Swami Saradanananda will tell classic and entertaining stories, explain the background and thus open up a path to the millennia-old wisdom of yoga with smiles, thoughts and learning.

To heal, we need to learn to forgive. Past situations may seem like a big load that affects your present life, but these experiences become a transformative power when you learn to forgive. During this weekend, Swami Tattvarupananda will lead you on a path of transformation using Yoga and Vedanta. You will learn new steps on the path to healing and wholeness.

Did you know that your soul is as individual as you are? What does your soul look like? Where does it come from? What are its gifts? What does it want to realise through you?
Connect with your soul and feel who you really are, connect with the deep desires of your soul, hear your inner wise voice, experience infinite and unconditional love in your soul.

Your soul is always trying to get in touch with you. It motivates you and guides you through your deepest desires. Connecting with your soul puts you on your path in life. This course helps you to experience your soul and develop a beautiful personal connection with it.

Exhausted from everyday life? This seminar will enable you to regenerate in no time: Enjoy your body in motion and in relaxation. After each asana class you will feel like a new person - full of power and energy, joy and ease that will linger for a long time. You will get new ideas for your own exercise practice and, if you are a yoga teacher, for your teaching as well. With true Spanish vibrancy and warmth, Gauri leads you to new experiences and complete relaxation in the asanas.

More mindfulness - less stress. Less stress - a more fulfilling everyday (working) life. Mindfulness and meditation are important components of a happy life.

With his extensive spiritual and psychotherapeutic knowledge E. Shanmug shows you in his lively, brilliant lectures the effect of mindfulness on recognizing, so that you can change obsolete patterns. You get a deep understanding of mindfulness and meditation in theory and practice.

Mindfulness is the focus of consciousness on the present moment. Mindfulness enhances the confrontation with the present and leads to a better understanding of how thoughts and feelings affect our health and quality of life. Mindfulness can be cultivated through the practice of meditation. Mindful meditation is formalized in programs such as Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR), Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT), and Mindfulness Based Relapse Prevention (MBRP) as well as other programs. Mindfulness is an inherent human ability that has been experienced in meditation for millennia. What's new is the scientific interest in mindfulness and meditation in medicine, psychology, social work and economics.

You don’t meditate to “make a killing.” You do it so work doesn’t kill you. When I collapsed in April 2007, I was—by our society’s definition—very successful, but by any sane definition of success, I was not,” also says Arianna Huffington,founder of The Huffington Post . “As long as our culture defines success as money and power, we’re stuck on a treadmill of stress, sleep deprivation, and burnout.”

The statistics show that we do not know how to relax properly. And although meditation helps a lot,  42% of people listen to their mobile phone while on vacation. We take less vacation than we deserve. At the same time, according to a Gallup survey, 70% admit being overwhelmed at the workplace or having taken off the job. It's the hamster wheel of today: never checking out at the job, always just checking in.

Mindfulness can be a tool and meditation can be a way of teaching people to cope with their everyday routine, causing the problems that originally made them seek refuge in meditation. Real mindfulness needs to be connected with others, with the community and the wider environment. Meditation is not there to be successful. Meditation helps you to step out.

Every time we break our habits through mindfulness and meditation - whether we're checking our smartphone during a conversation, defensively responding to a colleague's comment, or something else-we weaken our conditioning. Through mindfulness and meditation we create new furrows, new nerve connections in the brain. In the future, we will less often fall into the old trap of settling for inefficient survival strategies that are not efficient. Mindfulness gradually improves not only our own work habits, but also our work environment.

20 reasons to practice mindfulness and meditation:

1. Mindfulness improves your health.
2. Increases the immune function.
3. Meditation reduces pain, reduces inflammation at the cellular level.
4. Meditation increases your happiness.
5. Increases positive emotions.
6. Mindfulness reduces depression.
7. Mindfulness reduces anxiety.
8. Reduces stress. It improves your social life.
9. Increases social skills and emotional intelligence.
10. Meditation makes you more compassionate.
11. Lets you feel less lonely. It boosts your self-control.
12.Meditation and mindfulness improve your ability to regulate your emotions.
13. Improves your introspection ability and positively changes your brain.
14. Strenghens the brain cells.
15. Enlarges the brain areas associated with emotional regulation, positive emotions and self-control.
16. Increases the thickness of the cerebral cortex related to attentiveness and productivity.
17. Increases focus and mindfulness.
18. Increases the ability to multitask.
19. Improves memory.
20. Improves your creativity and unconventional thinking. It makes you wise.

Daily yoga, meditation and mantra singing.
 

Experience the jiva, the embodied soul that moves on from one life to another to learn, grow and evolve. We will talk about the soul and the passing on of karma and samskaras. We will take guided journeys to discover the cause of present karmas and better understand our own history. We will share our experiences with each other and make karma a grounded and practical part of our understanding. 

• Talks on karma
• Guided journeys into past lives
• Sharing and discussion about past life experiences

English with German translation

Spiritual practices like yoga and meditation open up the inner dimensions. These spaces require a sharp intuition to understand. The tarot teaches you the language of the subtle realms and develops your intuition. It contains archetypes, symbols, astrology, numerology, colors, and patterns. It can become an important tool for you to guide you on your inner journey and to make sense of the confusing perceptions that reveal themselves through your spiritual practice. 
 

You will learn about:

• How to enter the psychic space and open your intuition
• The major and minor Arcana and their connection to the Chakras
• 5 different card spreads
• How to read for yourself and others
   

For this course you will need:

• a 78 card tarot deck; The Lovely Om Tarot, the Thoth deck or a Rider-Waite
• a notebook for taking notes

English with German translation
 

To be understood, to feel accepted, to be loved - that is what we all seek. It is the need to experience ourselves through the eyes of another, the desire for fulfillment and the union of the drop of water with the ocean.

Relationships are the path to opening the heart and clearing the way for spiritual connections and experiences. The desire for love is fundamentally a spiritual desire. It is the desire for unity, for God, for our true nature. Opening the heart is an important milestone on our spiritual path.

This course gives you an understanding of the deeper emotional, mystical and spiritual dimensions of relationships so that you can use this area of your life to open your heart, experience love and grow spiritually. Learn to make your relationships a spiritual path, a path of yoga. 

English with German translation.
 

Swami Gurusharanananda takes you on an inward journey to a new deep spiritual experience. With kirtan, swakriya yoga, guided meditations and contact with the feminine divine aspect, you can revitalize your spiritual practice. The Swami shares his lifelong experience spontaneously and joyfully with you and the group. Come and experience a new dynamic on the path to God! English with German translation.

Ram Vakkalanka is a Sanskrit expert, talented sitar player and experienced meditation leader. Every morning Ram will present a Nada Yoga meditation on his sitar. Even without booking a seminar, you can participate to open workshops on Sanskrit, mantras, chakras and mudras. Ram will also give a kirtan concert in which you can experience the heart-opening and healing power of sound!

In addition, you can participate in daily yoga classes, meditation, guided walks, recitations, drawing of mandalas and much more. You can register for the entire week or only for a few days as an individual guest, booking your room only but having the option of attending talks and classes.

• Monday-Friday (rate per day): Shared room € 62; double room € 81; single room € 102
• Weekend (Fri-Sun, 2 nights): Shared room € 139; double room € 179; single room € 221

Please register as an ‘individual guest’, indicating the number of days you wish to stay and which type of room you prefer.

Email for registration: rezeption(at)yoga-vidya.de

Ram Vakkalanka, an indian Sanskrit expert, talented sitar player and experienced meditation leader will be a guest at Yoga Vidya.

Vedic astrology can help you fulfill your full potential in your life! In this seminar you will learn basic knowledge of Vedic astrology and look at birth charts that will give you insights into Karma and Dharma. With valuable tips for analyzing birth charts that can help you and others recognize and fulfill their own responsibilities in life.

How can you bring your life back into harmony with nature and your true Self? 

In this seminar, we will explore our relationships with outer nature and our own nature. We will spend as much time as possible outdoors, practicing yoga and meditation. Our practice will include various meditations on nature as discovered by forest yogis.

We will explore the newly emerging field of religious and spiritual naturalism and evolutionary cosmology of such modern pioneers as Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, Thomas Berry, Michael Dowd and the Integral Movement. Updating our views to fit into the new comprehensive worldview, we will attempt to gain a greater understanding of our place within the Universe. Only by doing this can we truly find peace, for ourselves and all inhabitants of the earth.

Aradhana Sadhana, based on the teachings of Swami Sivananda and Swami Satyananda Saraswati, aims to bridge the gap between your spiritual practice and daily life. Its objective is to awaken intuition and develop your ability to see your reflection in others.

The practice of Aradhana Sadhana includes:

• Becoming steady and equipoised
• Enhancing the benefit of asanas with the chanting of mantras
• Pranayamas to balance your nadis
• Pratyahara practices
• Meditation practices
• Having a sense of dedication while doing daily tasks
• Developing awareness and experience of the divine in your daily life
• Being aware of the presence of the divine in all beings

Aradhana Sadhana brings peace and strength. It improves your quality of life, behaviour and thinking patterns, and enhances your sattvic and creative abilities. This seminar is for all seekers who wish to become intuitive and connected. Dr. Nalini Sahay is a direct disciple of Swami Satyananda Saraswati; she is guided by the motto “serve, love, give, meditate and realize”.

Dr. Nalini Sahay is a direct disciple of Swami Satyananda Saraswati; she is guided by the motto “serve, love, give, meditate and realize”.

Awakening the power of kundalini is the secret key to higher Yoga, increased energy, greater life fulfilment and spiritual enlightenment. We will learn both the theoretical and practical aspects of kundalini, the Pranic channels (nadis), how to awaken and stabilize higher centers of thought and feeling, the chakras and yantras, and how to visualize and meditate upon them to remove karma & emotional blocks.

Understanding and meditating upon Sri Yantra, the highest of all yantras is the secret to awakening Shakti. By raising Kundalini Shakti (Devi) at the base of the spine through the chakras to join Shiva at the crown of the head, Sahasrara Chakra, you will balance the masculine and feminine aspects of being, bring greater energy and balance to your Yoga practice and to your life.

This advanced course is designed for those who wish to deepen their knowledge of yoga and yoga therapy. Students will learn the basic concepts of Panchakosha Tattwa (the five sheaths of life), aadhi (stress), vyadhi (disease), and aadhija vyadhi (psychosomatic ailment).

They will be introduced to the techniques used in Yoga Therapy and Yogic Physiotherapy: breathing movements, asanas, pranayamas, shat kriyas (cleansing exercises), cyclic relaxation, prana channeling, and various meditation techniques. Yoga therapy works on many levels to erase psychosomatic ailments and alleviate such diseases as asthma and allergy, back pain, knee pain, headache and migraine, arthritis, anxiety and depression, and muscular dystrophy. 

After consultation with the patient, the therapist recommends and teaches various techniques. The patient then practices on his/her own until the illness is controlled or cured. Yoga Vasishta, Taitariya Upanishad, Prasna Upanishad, Yoga Sutra, Hatha Yoga Pradipika, Gheranda Samhita, and Bhagavad Gita are among the traditional texts that provide the theory, as well as the practices, used in Yoga Therapy. 

This course places emphasis on experiencing the wisdom of yoga, rather than merely acquiring information. 

The eight-limbed path of Patanjali’s Raja Yoga Sutras aims at controlling all thought-waves or mental modifications. When a raja yogi starts his sādhanā (spiritual practice) with the mind, a certain minimum amount of āsanas and prānāyāma are included as a preparation for meditation and concentration. 

In this seminar, Swami Bodhichitananda takes you through the eight steps of Raja Yoga for gradually withdrawing the mind from worldly entanglements to pure Self-awareness and absorption. You will learn the yoga philosophy and psychology of Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras, as well as many concentration and meditation techniques, and obtains a more clear understanding of Raja Yoga and a daily practice of meditation. Main texts will be Patanjali’s “Yoga Sutras”, the Kashmiri text “Vijnana Bhairava”, and Swami Sivananda’s “Mind: It’s Mysteries and Control.”

“Every thought, feeling, perception, or memory you may have causes a modification, or ripple, in the mind. It distorts and colours the mental mirror. If you can restrain the mind from forming into modifications, there will be no distortion, and you will experience your true Self.” — Swami Satchidananda

A well balanced daily practice of yoga, pranayama, and meditation is essential to emotional healing, mental clarity, success, focus in career and overall good interpersonal relations, as well as a sense of inner self-contentment and meaning in life. Having practiced yoga and meditation for more than 35 years and studied with some of the greatest Yogis and spiritual minds, Swami Bodhichitananda is well qualified to help any level of beginner, intermediate or advanced practitioner.

In this Meditation Retreat, Swamiji will start us with thorough instruction in the basics of meditation and pranayama, how to sit comfortably, with short sitting sessions, 20 minutes, and gradually through the week increase the length of meditation until you can sit comfortably for one hour at a time. You may sit on the floor or in a chair for this Retreat. Personal attention will be given and all your questions answered. Swami Sivananda’s book “Concentration and Meditation” will be the text.

Based on the teachings of Swami Sivananda and Swami Satyananda, Dr. Nalini Sahay has developed a system of prana healing that helps to release blocked energy; it opens the chakras and enables prana to flow smoothly. Like Reiki, these techniques have a profound impact on physical and mental health, both in self-healing and in the healing of others.

Dr. Sahay has been able to show the efficiency of these techniques in healing illnesses; she has used them in her work with AIDS victims and homeless people in the slums of Delhi. The techniques can also support drug addicts, alcoholics and others in overcoming their addictions. 

You will learn to harmonize your energies to heal different levels of your being, as well as transmit prana healing energy to others. Dr. Sahay puts great emphasis on not accepting money for transmission of prana healing energy. The course includes valuable and easily applicable techniques for yoga teachers, health practitioners, social workers, psychotherapists, nurses and everybody who wants to help people who have problems. Dr. Sahay teaches in English with German translation.

"The universe is constantly listening to your thoughts and answers… every moment of every day you are in a dialogue with life... Look at your life and you will know your thoughts… life is your thoughts solidified..." - Chitra Sukhu

You are conditioned to experience the world with your physical senses, but the subtle senses are needed for the inner journey. Using the outer world as our laboratory, we will experiment with awareness. The link between the inner reality and its outer manifestation. There will be practical exercises to affect change. 

We’ll explore the Law of Attraction and how to manipulate energy through meditation and mantras, and how to speak the language of the universe.
Set your intention for this workshop and join us to make your dream the reality.

The healing sounds of the sitar, played by Ram Vakkalanka, will bring your meditation practice to a deeper level. You will learn different meditation techniques together with mantras and mudras. Music is a source of healing, especially for the nervous system; it increases energy and is also a way to progress in spiritual life. Ram will introduce you to the differences of sattva, rajas and tamas in music and the effects of Indian ragas on the body, mind and soul.

This is an introduction to Kriya Yoga, the “meditation practice of a higher era”, revived by the deathless Himalayan Yogi Babaji. Experience for yourself the theory, tradition and practice of Kriya Yoga.

Swami Bodhichtitananda will teach the basic techniques:

• Meditation based on breathing and the practice of Hamsa 
• Anahata Shabdha: the power of OM and sound in meditation 
• Spinal Breathing meditation for purifying and releasing psychic blockages, gaining control over your life force, and developing deeper concentration. 
• Complementary asana classes
• Kriya Yoga Initiation: this will be offered on the last day for those who have participated fully in the seminar, felt a real connection with the practice and are ready to continue with a daily practice of the techniques.

Swami Bodhichitananda will introduce you to the ancient and original Kriya Yoga tradition of Mahavatar Babaji, the deathless Yogi legend who has wandered the Himalayas for ages, and in modern times reintroduced the lost science Kriya Yoga for a new age of emerging higher consciousness.

Kriya Yoga is considered one of the easiest and fastest ways to gain control of the mind and prana, to develop strong concentration, peace of mind, and a great sense of “coming home” to one’s own self. Swamiji will give all the Yogic and Meditation practices necessary to begin a steady meditation practice, and preparation for initiation into Kriya Yoga as well as the Energization Exercises, a set of 39 Exercises developed by Paramahansa Yogananda for gaining control of the Prana(Life Energy), being able to direct it at will to various body parts for healing and revitalization, and gaining control of the restless mind.

Swami Bodhichitananda Saraswati is authorized as a Kriya Yoga Acharya in the lineage of Paramahamsa Yogananda by H.H. Swami Jnanananda Giri, a great Kriya Yoga Master of the Himalayas, and with blessings of H.H. Swami Chidananda, successor to Swami Sivananda.

Pawanmuktasana is a set of effective practices designed to make your mind and body suppleand relaxed. People of all ages can benefit mentally, emotionally and physically from regular practice.

They work on all aspects of the body to restore our balance and wellbeing. You will enjoy the seminar; its benefit is threefold: your body will become flexible, your prana (energy) will flow and your mind will be more focused.

Stop feeling like a victim of circumstances and take your life into your own hands. You are the creator of your destiny. In this extraordinary seminar you will learn how to access this creative power and how to use it consciously and purposefully. If you know certain natural laws and cosmic rhythms and vibrate in harmony with them, you can unfold your full potential, discover and live your very own destiny. Then your life will be light, playful and full of joy. We deal in particular with:

• the law of attraction
• the law of destiny
• the law of cause and effect (karma)

Your unique gift will become clearer; you can use your energies purposefully and make a quantum leap.

“Nature’s rhythm pulses through every cell of our being. When you are in harmony with this rhythm the universe becomes a symphony..." - Chitra Sukhu

The sounds of the sitar accompany you in you deep relaxation and meditation. In this way you can solve blockages, reduce stress und refill your strength. You will also get information on ragas, the structure of classic indian music, and Mantras and Mudras. Experience an indian master of the sitar and let yourself be touched and inspired by his friendly and loving charisma.

"Most of us are sleeping but we don't know that until we wake up"- Chitra Sukhu

In the Vijnana Bhairava Tantra, Shiva expounds on 112 techniques that will help you go beyond ordinary consciousness. In this course we will explore a few of these techniques that will leave you with a feeling of expansion and presence. These methods are so powerful that, if practised regularly, you can transform your life. You will find yourself more aware and awake.

If you can experience life as it is, without elaboration, you find yourself in the moment, in eternity. These techniques will take you there, refining your personality and transforming your life. This experience is a gift; I would like to share it with everyone; this is my gift to you.

Experience that meditation is your own nature, totally independent of your actions. You will learn practices from the treasure of experiences of Swami Yatidharmananda to stabilize your own praxis and bring it to a deeper level, to extend your intuitive skills, to be here and now, to handle stress, anger and fear in daily life and to find clarity what you expect from your life, a personal transformation.

Deepening and continuation of Swamiji's Kriya Yoga Intensive Seminar, with more practice and reinforcement and consolidation of the first Kriya Yoga initiation.

Here you will learn the advanced practices of level 2.

Prerequisite for participation: Previous attendance of Swami Bodhichitananda's Kriya Yoga Intensive Seminar and at least 1 year of regular practice of the basic Kriya Yoga techniques.

You are of course also welcome if you otherwise come from the tradition of Lahiri Mahasaya's Kriya Yoga and have practised the preparatory practices Om and Hamsa for at least one year. Possibility of initiation into Kriya Yoga 1 at the beginning of the seminar, provided you fulfil the prerequisites, and initiation into Kriya Yoga 2 at the end of the seminar.

Prana, often referred to as life energy or vital force, is the key to gaining control of the mind, bringing health and vitality to the body. Pranayama is the practice of life force control, prana, in the Yoga System. There are two types of Pranayama, Hatha Yoga Pranayama and Raja Yoga Pranayama; Hatha Yoga being the physical manipulation of breath to bring the prana into the central channel of the spine, while Raja Yoga uses our own awareness, directing our Consciousness along the Psychic channels in the body. In other words, we use awareness to direct our prana at will. This brings greater prana into the system, energizing us with greater life force, greatly calms the mind for concentration and meditation, and can also be used for directing self-healing to various parts of the body.

By energizing our pranic body with greater amounts of life energy, we can also direct it to others for their healing of body and mind. This is the key to psychic healing of oneself and others. Swamiji will guide participants in theory and practice of the most subtle and direct forms of Raja Yoga pranayama, as well as the basics of Hatha Yoga pranayama.

"By control of prana, the mind can be easily controlled, because the mind is fastened to the prana, like the bird to the string. Just as the bird that is tied to a post by a string, after flying here and there, finds its resting place in the post, so also this mind-bird after running hither and thither, in various sensual objects, finds its resting place during deep sleep in prana." -Swami Sivananda-

Introduce your students to the concept of chakras and how they relate to yoga practice, as you deepen your own understanding. This seminar will look at the functions and reciprocal influences of the chakras on each other and on the unconscious and conscious minds. As an advanced training for yoga teachers, it is unique in its practical as well as its theoretical approach to this much talked about topic.

Adapt your yoga practice to move energy upward to higher consciousness. Access the equally important “step-down” work of these swirling vortexes of subtle energy. This seminar looks at ways that you and your students can use the chakras to manifest your ideas and dreams into a more creative embodiment. Swami Saradananda is recognized as an international authority on Chakras.

Her books include:

• “Chakra Meditation”
• “The Essential Guide to Chakras”
• “The Power of Breath”

Participation requirements: completed yoga teacher training (Yoga Vidya or SYVC training; others on request).

If you have been practicing asanas, pranayamas, mudras and bandhas regularly for two years or more, you may be ready to learn Kriya Yoga. These twenty powerful practices constitute a conflict-free, non-confrontational set of exercises for awakening your inner power. Kriya Yoga techniques enable you to open the chakras, purify the nadis, and awaken Kundalini Shakti.

After completing this course, it is suggested that you continue with the practice for thirty minutes daily, in the manner specified. The various practices harmonize the pranic forces within your body. They help you to attain bliss, peace, and stillness. Vipareeta karani, mudra amrit pan, mudras and bandhas regulate your system. The degenerative process is reversed as the sahasrara chakra is stimulated. This improves the functioning of all bodily organs, systems, mind and emotions.

Traditionally, these techniques were never taught publicly, but were communicated verbally from guru to disciple. Paramahamsa Swami Satyanandaji first taught these kriyas in the early 1960s because he felt that Kriya Yoga fulfils the needs of spiritual enlightenment in this millennium. Dr. Sahay is a direct disciple of Swami Satyanandaji, carrying on his teachings.

Swami Yathidharmananda, a direct disciple of Swami Chidananda talks about the life of his master. As a monk he travels around the world to share his knowledge and wisdom with yoga practitioners. His teachings bring together Jnana, Karma, Bhakti, Raja, Kundalini and Hatha Yoga as taught by his master. His Yoga classes are very inspiring. Come and join Swami Yathidharmananda and his teachings.

• Monday-Friday (rate per day): Shared room € 62; double room € 81; single room €102; dormitory/tent/caravan €46
• Weekend (Fri-Sun, 2 nights): Shared room €139; double room €179; single room €221; dormitory/tent/caravan €109

Please register as an ‘individual guest’, indicating the number of days you wish to stay and which type of room you prefer.

Email for registration: rezeption(at)yoga-vidya.de 

This course will give you the tools and techniques to move through life with enhanced ease and grace. I know many of you would love a guidebook to this journey called life. Well, this is the next best thing!

I have learned to tune to the higher intelligence, known as “buddhi”, and am happy to share this knowledge with you. This will help you to see and feel things as they really are and give you access to the ‘big picture’ (macro perspective). In this way, you will come to know that everything is perfect as it is.

In this course you will:

• Learn to purify all levels of being so that “Buddhi” is better expressed through your thoughts, words, and actions. “Buddhi” is your true guide, your inner guru.
• Practice techniques to bring yourself into the present moment so that you can see and feel how “Buddhi” expresses itself in the world.
• Go over practices to use in your everyday life to strengthen your connection to “Buddhi”
• Learn how to communicate with “Buddhi” consciously. Ask questions and receive answers from your inner guru.
• Understand and see that you are never really alone.

Swami Nivedanananda will be our guest this week. Every day he will perform Indian rituals and recite powerful Vedic mantras. You get a deep insight into Indian Bhakti Yoga and in the diversity of Indian rituals. You will have the opportunity to experience these events with an authentic Swami and master. You can personally experience how inspiring the presence of an Indian master can be! All this in conjunction with a variety of yoga classes, lectures and relaxation exercises.

How can we bring our lives back into harmony with nature and our own true Self? In this seminar, we will explore our relationship with outer nature and our own inner nature. We will spend as much time as possible outdoors, practicing yoga and meditation. Our practice will include various meditations on nature, these were discovered by forest yogis.

We will also explore the newly emerging field of religious and spiritual naturalism and evolutionary cosmology of such modern spiritual pioneers as Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, Thomas Berry, Michael Dowd and the Integral Movement. Updating our views to fit into the new comprehensive worldview of Reality, we will attempt to gain a greater understanding of our place within the Universe. Only by doing this can we truly find Peace, not only for ourselves, but also for humanity and all of Earth’s inhabitants.

This is an introduction to Kriya Yoga, the “meditation practice of a higher era”, revived by the deathless Himalayan Yogi Babaji. Experience for yourself the theory, tradition and practice of Kriya Yoga.

Swami Bodhichtitananda will teach the basic techniques:

• Meditation based on breathing and the practice of Hamsa 
• Anahata Shabdha: the power of OM and sound in meditation 
• Spinal Breathing meditation for purifying and releasing psychic blockages, gaining control over your life force, and developing deeper concentration. 
• Complementary asana classes
• Kriya Yoga Initiation: this will be offered on the last day for those who have participated fully in the seminar, felt a real connection with the practice and are ready to continue with a daily practice of the techniques.

Swami Bodhichitananda will introduce you to the ancient and original Kriya Yoga tradition of Mahavatar Babaji, the deathless Yogi legend who has wandered the Himalayas for ages, and in modern times reintroduced the lost science Kriya Yoga for a new age of emerging higher consciousness.

Kriya Yoga is considered one of the easiest and fastest ways to gain control of the mind and prana, to develop strong concentration, peace of mind, and a great sense of “coming home” to one’s own self. Swamiji will give all the Yogic and Meditation practices necessary to begin a steady meditation practice, and preparation for initiation into Kriya Yoga as well as the Energization Exercises, a set of 39 Exercises developed by Paramahansa Yogananda for gaining control of the Prana(Life Energy), being able to direct it at will to various body parts for healing and revitalization, and gaining control of the restless mind.

Swami Bodhichitananda Saraswati is authorized as a Kriya Yoga Acharya in the lineage of Paramahamsa Yogananda by H.H. Swami Jnanananda Giri, a great Kriya Yoga Master of the Himalayas, and with blessings of H.H. Swami Chidananda, successor to Swami Sivananda.

Learn techniques to develop your sixth sense. Everyone has the ability to be psychic. In this course you will learn techniques to develop your psychic senses. You can use this ability for your own personal development and also to help your students and clients. This will be a fun, practical, experiential workshop. Some topics we will explore and experiment with:
 
Topics:
• Using the platform of the Yamas and Niyamas of Raja Yoga as the foundation for psychic development.
• Learning and practicing exercises to strengthen the aura, essential for all psychic work.
• Clairvoyance: internal visualization exercises and techniques to develop the psychic sight.
• Chakras: what are they, how to see, feel and balance them.
• Automatic Writing: to tap into our higher self, communicate with our spirit guides; ask questions and receive answers.
• Auras: developing clairvoyance to see, interpret and balance them.
• Intuitive Practice: using tools, we’ll practice with others to develop and strengthen our intuitive abilities.
• Pendulum: learn to use the pendulum for easy answers to practical questions about life, health, partnership, jobs and decisions.

What to bring:
• journal
• pendulum
• picture of someone you would like to send love and healing to
• open-mindedness towards yoga and spirituality along with a desire to explore new areas of yourself
 

Swami Nivedanananda will be our guest this week. Every day he will perform Indian rituals and recite powerful Vedic mantras. You will have the opportunity to experience these event and tune to the inspiring presence of an Indian master.

In addition, you can participate in daily yoga classes, meditation, guided walks, recitations, drawing of mandalas and much more. You can register for the entire week or only for a few days as an individual guest, booking your room only but having the option of attending talks and classes.

• Monday-Friday (rate per day): Shared room € 62; double room € 81; single room € 102; dormitory/tent/caravan € 46
• Weekend (Fri-Sun, 2 nights): Shared room € 139; double room € 179; single room € 221; dormitory/tent/caravan € 109

Please register as an individual guest, indicating the number of days you wish to stay and which type of room you prefer. Email for registration: rezeption(at)yoga-vidya.de

This week Swami Yatidharmananda isour guest at the Yoga Vidya Ashram North Sea. As a direct disciple of Swami Chidananda, he tells in a humorous way of experiences and anecdotes that he had with his master. The whole thing is supplemented with mantra singing and yogic deep relaxation (Yoga Nidra). So that you have the opportunity, even without a special seminar to book, to experience an authentic Indian Swami and master. Learn how inspiring the presence of Indian masters can be!

Of course, the other individual guest options are also available to you: daily yoga classes, meditations, guided walks, recitations, Klangyogastunde, Mandala painting u.v.m. If you are registering online, please indicate in the field 'What else would I like to say' below 'Other details' how many days you would like to stay. After that, the price is calculated. Accommodation incl. full board, yoga classes etc .:
 

Monday-Sunday (rate per day): Shared room € 67; double room € 92; single room € 114; dormitory/tent/caravan € 49.
 

Swami Yatidharmananda will be our guest this week. You will have the opportunity to experience an authentic Swami and master. You can personally experience how inspiring the presence of an Indian master can be! All this in conjunction with a variety of yoga classes, lectures and relaxation exercises.

Awakening the power of kundalini is the secret key to higher Yoga, increased energy, greater life fulfilment and spiritual enlightenment. We will learn both the theoretical and practical aspects of kundalini, the Pranic channels (nadis), how to awaken and stabilize higher centers of thought and feeling, the chakras and yantras, and how to visualize and meditate upon them to remove karma & emotional blocks.

Understanding and meditating upon Sri Yantra, the highest of all yantras is the secret to awakening Shakti. By raising Kundalini Shakti (Devi) at the base of the spine through the chakras to join Shiva at the crown of the head, Sahasrara Chakra, you will balance the masculine and feminine aspects of being, bring greater energy and balance to your Yoga practice and to your life.

Learn to use your hands to direct psychic energy for meditation and self-healing. Mudras are hand positions that enable you to seal psychic energies into specific channels within your subtle body. They are powerful spiritual tools that can enhance the purification and good health of your physical, mental and psychic being. With regular practice, mudras can sharpen and expand your spiritual wisdom. They help to restore balance within the microcosm and bring it into harmony with the macrocosm.

This weekend seminar will introduce you to the basic energetic concepts of working with mudras. It promises to be unique in its practical as well as theoretical approach. You will learn about the subtle energies in the hands and each finger. You will also be encouraged to put this information into practice, using your own hands.

The morning asana classes will focus on hand health and flexibility. This weekend promises to be especially helpful for everyone who does computer work.

Swami Nivedanananda will be our guest this week. Every day he will perform Indian rituals and recite powerful Vedic mantras. You will have the opportunity to experience these event and tune to the inspiring presence of an Indian master.

In addition, you can participate in daily yoga classes, meditation, guided walks, recitations, drawing of mandalas and much more. You can register for the entire week or only for a few days as an individual guest, booking your room only but having the option of attending talks and classes.

• Monday-Sunday (rate per day): Shared room € 67; double room € 92; single room € 114; dormitory/tent/caravan € 49

Please register as an individual guest, indicating the number of days you wish to stay and which type of room you prefer.

Email for registration: rezeption(at)yoga-vidya.de

Swami Yatidharmananda will be our guest this week. You will have the opportunity to experience an authentic Swami and master. You can personally experience how inspiring the presence of an Indian master can be! All this in conjunction with a variety of yoga classes, lectures and relaxation exercises.

This is a unique opportunity to explore new spiritual depths and enjoy the satsang of an internationally renowned teacher of yoga and meditation. Remove yourself from your everyday life; immerse yourself in the spiritual energy of meditation. Dive deep into your practice; gain new inspiration and insights.

Swami Saradananda is an inspiring teacher who will help you to deepen and refine your practice. Her extended meditations, combined with daily periods of silence, will lead you to an integral experience and a heightened state of awareness.

Swami Nivedanananda will be our guest this week. Every day he will perform Indian rituals and recite powerful Vedic mantras. You will have the opportunity to experience these event and tune to the inspiring presence of an Indian master.

In addition, you can participate in daily yoga classes, meditation, guided walks, recitations, drawing of mandalas and much more. You can register for the entire week or only for a few days as an individual guest, booking your room only but having the option of attending talks and classes.

• Monday-Friday (rate per day): Shared room € 73; double room € 95; single room € 119
• Weekend (Fri-Sun, 2 nights): Shared room € 167; double room € 209; single room € 257

Please register as an individual guest, indicating the number of days you wish to stay and which type of room you prefer. Email for registration: rezeption(at)yoga-vidya.de

Take a step beyond Hatha Yoga, listen to your inner intelligence. Use this opportunity to explore meditation in asanas sequences. Experience and deepen your knowledge of the true power and mystical potential of each pose. Use this knowledge to bring quality to your everyday decisions and experiences.

How can you bring light into the dark winter? With the invocation of Divine Light you will learn a powerful meditation technique for transformation and healing.

It was brought to the West by Swami Sivananda Radha, a close disciple of Swami Sivananda. It leads to a deeper understanding of yourself and the world around you.

Relaxation techniques, mantras and visualisations enhance your light meditation. Use your inner light as a bridge to your inner wisdom.

Kundalini Yoga provides you with a symbolic map of your mind. It shows how the practices of Yoga can help you to connect to your inner wisdom and move forward, whatever the situation might be. Explore that the power of Yoga transforms your life through a process of self-inquiry and meditation practices. Each choice you make, each step you take, can help you to overcome limitations and bring you closer to your potential. Suitable for all levels.

Open to your inner voice in this unique class that combines the practices of Yoga with writing. In a Hidden Language of Hatha Yoga process, you will be guided to reflect on how Hatha poses relate to your mind, body and spirit - and your life.

Using Mantra and meditation you will explore the power of Saraswati to unlock your creative potential. Your reflections will then be the seeds of inspiration that blossom in writing exercises that reveal how the story of your life can evolve. Suitable for anyone, whether beginner or experienced with yoga and/or writing.

Deepen your meditation practice by incorporating the healing sounds of the sitar. You will learn various meditation techniques together with mantras and mudras. You will encounter music as a source of healing, especially for the nervous system and the energetic levels, and as a means of spiritual progress. Introduction to the differences between Sattva, Rajas and Tamas in music and the effect of Indian Rajas on the body, mind and soul.

This week, Ram Vakkalanka, Indian Sanskrit expert, gifted sitar player and experienced meditation leader, is a guest at Yoga Vidya. Ram leads a Nada Yoga meditation with his sitar every morning.

You can take part in open workshops on Sanskrit, mantras, chakras and mudras every day. Ram will also give a Kirtan concert. Experience the heart-opening and healing power of sound.

The theme week offers you several, mostly consecutive, offers on your chosen topic every day. Unlike in a group seminar, you can plan your day freely. 

In addition to the theme week, you are also free to take advantage of the other individual guest offers: daily yoga classes, meditations, guided walks, recitations, sound yoga classes, mandala painting and much more.

If you only want to stay for a few days and not for the whole theme week, you can simply book the desired number of nights as an individual guest. You can register online or by phone. When you register online, please enter how many days you would like to stay in the 'What else would I like to say' field under 'Other information'.

The price is then calculated. Overnight stay including full board, yoga lessons, etc.:

Monday to Friday per day MZ €63; DZ €83; EZ €104; S/Z/Womo €47; Weekend (Fri-Sun) MZ € 142; DZ € 182; EZ € 226; S/Z/Womo € 111.

You can find the complete offer for individual guests at: yoga-vidya.de/individualgast

In this seminar you will learn to find a comfortable position in the asanas and take care of the parts of your body that sometimes send a warning.
Keeping in mind that not all bodies are the same, we can learn to use the yoga practice as a way to take care of ourselves and treat the body with respect and joy. Yoga practice is accessible to everyone. In this seminar, we will teach different variations that allow us to adapt the postures to the specific needs and abilities of each individual. Different tools will be used such as chairs, cushions, blocks, belts, blankets, etc. to help you improve your position and bring more joy to the practice.

Compact, versatile continuing education for yoga teachers focusing on Jnana Yoga and Vedanta.

Immerse yourself in Jnana Yoga and Vedanta, studying the Indian scriptures and philosophical systems.

In this yoga teacher training, you can expect new, exciting teaching techniques for your Hatha Yoga classes, Hatha Yoga lessons, and lectures on sports medicine, relaxation, and stress management.

During the ten days of this Jnana Yoga and Vedanta yoga teacher training, you will study Jnana Yoga and Vedanta:

Vedanta, the philosophy of the "end of knowledge"
Freedom and immortality
Vedanta asks: Who am I? What is real? What is happiness?

A systematic analysis of these questions from Vedanta will lead you to the realization of the truth in this yoga teacher training: Your true nature is pure consciousness, pure being, knowledge, and bliss.

In addition, in this Jnana Yoga and Vedanta Yoga teacher training, you will acquire extensive knowledge of Hatha Yoga teaching techniques:

• Lesson planning
• Hatha Yoga didactics and
• Individual correction are just as much a part of the yoga teacher training as
• Yoga therapy
• Hatha Yoga for specific problems
• Yoga for the heart (Ornish program)
• Yoga for the back
• Hatha Yoga for joint problems
• Yoga for breathing problems (asthma, etc.)
• Yoga for psychosomatic complaints
• Yoga also in a wheelchair
• Gentle variations of the Yoga Vidya series for people with physical disabilities
• Relaxation workshops

Your own yoga practice and the Hatha Yoga component are also covered in this yoga teacher-training course in Jnana Yoga and Vedanta.

 
In Hatha Yoga, you will learn:

• Advanced techniques
• Shank Prakshalama, the complete colon cleansing

In Hatha Yoga and Sports:

• Sports medicine
• Muscle and skeletal system
• Muscle development
• How are muscles affected by yoga practice?
• Yoga as conditioning, flexibility, strength, and coordination training

 
In Hatha Yoga and Relaxation:

• Relaxation and stress management
• General adaptation principles
• Relaxation techniques
• Mental training
• Yoga in daily life
• Health insurance and yoga

 
Required literature for this yoga teacher-training course: Yoga Vidya Teacher Manual, Yoga Vidya Asana Book.
At the end of the yoga teacher-training course, you will receive a certificate of participation (upon full participation in all parts of the yoga teacher-training course). Prerequisites for participation: Yoga teacher training/training at least 120 or started yoga teacher training at least 200 teaching units or Yoga Vidya exercise/course instructor at least 108 teaching units.

The ancient yogis prescribed some simple yet very effective exercises to maintain high positive energy levels throughout the day. These exercises begin the moment you wake up and continue until the moment you go back to sleep. They improve your daytime awareness, promote conscious living and make every moment a joyful experience.

In this seminar you will learn how to heal yourself with mantra, tantra and kriya in Kerala Tantra style. Kerala Tantra is a powerful healing tradition that invokes cosmic energies through a mixture of mantras, mudras, kriyas (actions) and meditation. Tips on the correct pronunciation of Sanskrit mantras will be given if needed.

The seminar includes mudras and kriyas unique to the Kerala Tantra tradition. You will learn how to dispel negative energies, energise, rejuvenate and experience a sense of harmony in life. Recordings of the mantras will be provided to practice after the workshop.

A beautiful work written by Shankaracharya. It reveals the realities of life. Each verse gets us into a contemplative state of mind. Realise the truth of worldly life and surrender to God and let your life be an offering at the feet of the Lord. What else we can do in this mortal life. We need to connect to an immortal source from where we can draw an immense amount of strength. Let us begin this new year with a new energy where we can understand ourselves more and more, looking into the grace of the Lord in each step. It is a rare opportunity to get to know these beautiful verses of Shankaracharya.

This is a rare opportunity to make a breakthrough with your yoga practice! Work intensively on asanas; learn advanced asanas in a playful and relaxed atmosphere. Swami Saradananda's approach is concentrated and systematic. She makes even the most difficult and asanas seem possible to do. Learn special techniques to improve your flexibility, coordination, endurance and strength. The seminar includes 5 hours of asanas daily, as well as sessions of meditation and Sanskrit chanting.

This is a rare opportunity to make a breakthrough with your yoga practice. Work intensively on asanas; learn advanced asanas in a playful and relaxed atmosphere. Swami Saradananda's approach is concentrated and systematic. She makes even the most difficult and asanas seem possible to do. Learn special techniques to improve your flexibility, coordination, endurance and strength. The seminar includes 5 hours of asanas daily, as well as sessions of meditation and Sanskrit chanting.