Yoga Vidya – Europe’s leading Yoga Retreat Centre

Yoga Vidya is a nonprofit organization whose aim is to spread the knowledge (vidya) of holistic Yoga. Founded by Sukadev Bretz in 1992, Yoga Vidya now runs 4 ashrams, 100 Yoga centres in various cities and has trained more than 17.000 top-quality yoga teachers. This makes us Europe’s leading and largest yoga educational organization. We teach in the tradition of Swami Sivananda, welcoming people of all spiritual paths and traditions of yoga.

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How to continue your Yoga Practice for many years

Narayani and Nalini answer the question: How did you continue with your Yoga Practice for so many years? Narayani lives in London, Nalini in Delhi. These two female Yoga Masters are teaching regularly in Yoga Vidya Ashram Germany http://my.yoga-vidya.org

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How to Practice Yoga when you have small Children?

Dr. Nalini Sahay and Narayani speak about their experience about practicing and teaching Yoga while raising a child. They also speak about how you can educate your children in a spiritual way. Narayani and Nalini are two female Yoga Masters teaching in different countries and continents. They answer to a question by Sukadev in Yoga Vidya Ashram Germany http://my.yoga-vidya.org

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What was Special about Swami Chidananda – Swami Bodhichitananda explains

Swami Bodhichitananda talks about his experiences with Swami Chidananda. He talks about what was special about this great Master, how he was trained by him. It is always inspiring to hear and watch aspirants talk about their experiences with their Guru. Swami Chidananda was one of the greatest Masters of the 20th Century. When Swami Bodhichitananda talks about him, his presence can be felt. Seminars with Swami Bodhichitananda on https://www.yoga-vidya.de/nc/seminar-uebersicht/nach-seminarleiter/seminar-nach-seminarleiter/Swami-Bodhichitananda.html

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What made you start with Yoga? Two Women Yoga Masters answer

Narayani and Nalini are two Yoga Masters who teach in different countries and continents. During a Satsang at Yoga Vidya Ashram Germany Sukadev asked them: What made you start wih Yoga? The answers of the two wise women reveal much about the effects of Yoga. http://my.yoga-vidya.org

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How did you meet your Guru Swami Chidananda

Swami Bodhichitananda tells how he met his Guru, Swami Chidananda. It is always inspiring to hear how sincere aspirants met their Master – inspiring, heart-opening, often with miraculous happenings. This story is no exception – listen to it, get inspired. Seminars with Swami Bodhichitananda at Yoga Vidya Germany.

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What was Special about Swami Chidananda – Swami Bodhichitananda explains

Swami Bodhichitananda talks about his experiences with Swami Chidananda. He talks about what was special about this great Master, how he was trained by him. It is always inspiring to hear and watch aspirants talk about their experiences with their Guru. Swami Chidananda was one of the greatest Masters of the 20th Century. When Swami Bodhichitananda talks about him, his presence can be felt. Swami Bodhichitananda teaches Seminars at Yoga Vidya Germany.

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How a Yoga Master Teaches – About Swami Vishnu-devananda

A true Yoga Master teaches in many unexpected ways. Swami Vishnu-devananda, 1927-1993, was one such Master: Swami Vishnu was very unconventional, supremely understandy, demanding and loving. Shanmuga, one of his closest disciples tells a few stories about Swami Vishnu-devananda. You can find this and many other talks from Yoga Vidya Ashram Germany on http://my.yoga-vidya.org/video

Experiences with Yoga Master Swami Vishnu-devananda

Nalini and Narayani tell anecdotes about Swami Vishnu-devananda and Swami Satyananda. Nalini and Narayani are Yoga Masters teaching in different countries and continents. They speak during a Satsang after Meditation in Yoga Vidya Ashram Germany

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Paramahamsa Swami Satyananda – in the Words of a Disciple

Paramahamsa Satyananda (1923-2009) is the founder of the Bihar School of Yoga. Nalini Sahay, one of his disciples, talks about this great Master, and how his guidance helped her in her spiritual awakening and development. Nalini is living in Delhi. She is teaching Yoga Nidra, Tantra Meditations, Pavana Muktasana, Prana Vidya and other techniques that she learnt from Swami Satyananda. Recording from Yoga Vidya Ashram Germany where Nalini gives professional training courses regularly.

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How did you become a Swami? Swami Atma answers

Swami Atmaswaruparamananda explains the meaning of his long name. He talks about how he became a Swami, a Yoga monk. He speaks about his experiences as a monk. As he is a monk in the Sankaracharya order, he also talks about the Vedanta Philosophy. Swami Atma also talks about the challenges and joys of being a Swami living without the protection and restraints of an organisation.

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How did you get deeper into Yoga? Swami Atma speaks

Swami Atma speaks about how he got deeper into Yoga. What made him take a Yoga Teachers Training Course? How did he meet his Guru, Swami Vishnu-devananda? What made him dedicate his life to Yoga? Swami Atma is one of the most popular Yoga Teachers at Yoga Vidya Germany. He is born in France, took his Yoga Teachers Training Course at the Sivananda Yoga Ashram Kerala/India. He became a disciple of Swami Vishnu-devananda in the middle of the 1980s.

 

 

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