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WHAT IS ASHRAM
THE FOUNDER
THE TRADITION

YOGA
MEDITATION
PHILOSOPHY
SANSKRIT LANGUAGE
AYURVEDA
DANCE
SINGING
TEMPLE
FESTIVITIES
SAMSKARA

EVENTS
A DAY IN ASHRAM
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At the Ashram different types of yoga are taught and practised inside a complex tradition: SIDDHA SIDDHANTA YOGAYOGA which is a great system for the spiritual growth. The siddha siddhanta yoga, not to be confused with the siddhanta of Sri Goraksanatha, is a deep and wide system of tantric yoga, its origins are found in the Siddar Saiva revelations, especially belonging to the Sri Kantar Sampradaya. It is impossible to describe the technical an philosophical richness of this system; the knowledge of mantra, yantra and mudra is elevated to the highest levels. Every technique is expressed to its highest potentiality to keep the body and the mind in harmony. In fact inside the system innumerable techniques are considered covering all the possible needs of man, depending on his physical condition, his health, his spiritual level, his thirst for knowledge, his aspirations, his devotion.

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siddha siddhanta yoga

Some examples of the disciplines of the system used at different levels.

Hatha yoga:: for a deep development of the awareness of body-mind through purification (karma), body posture (asana), control of vital breath (pranayama), control of the neuromuscular activity (mudra), etc.

Karma yoga: the path of action. It is the way of the disinterested and aware action. Its practice leads to knowledge and the control of our own tendencies and unconscious power and to the resolution of the karmic bonds; it is the foundation supporting all the other types of yoga.

Laya yoga: laya means “to reabsorb”, therefore, this yoga, through the reabsorption of all the energies and forces which are usually wasted, brings to the reawakening and the realisation of that pure and bright conscience as kundalini sakti and to the control and transformation of its highest expression of strength and power.

Raja yoga:for the development of the mind’s potentiality through the revival of the psychic and spiritual centres of man with appropriate techniques

Jnana yoga: for the achievement of the knowledge of the Innerself through techniques of relaxation, jnana krya, meditation and study of the books.

Yoga cikitsa:holistic system of prevention, treatment and preservation of health, not only physical but also emotional, mental and spiritual.

The sadhana, , or exercise of discipline, is the foundation of the spiritual path and is constantly followed by those who devotee themselves to the research of reality. It is the most efficient way to face ourselves, examine our own life and our own actions through the bright crystal glass of observances and yoga ethics.

The real sadhana, is certainly not the simply methodical repetition of the learned techniques , but it is the constant application of the yoga principles, it is the ability to be able to catch in any contest and situation the precious teachings offered by life. The sadhana can be learned, according to the tradition, only by a Master, and an Ashram is the perfect place where it is possible to receive those teachings and put them into practice. Means to do that are so many that every individual can find those more suitable to his need and his nature.


   
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