Past Satyananda Yoga Events in North America
2010 Events
Guru Poornima Celebrations and Webcast
Sunday, July 25, 2010 from 8:00-10:00 PM EST Guru Poornima was celebrated here in Cleveland through havan (fire ceremony) and kirtan.
This Guru Poornima havan was broadcast live via our video streaming channel and is recorded in the online archives. 33 people attended.
West Coast NAG event: Guru Poornima 2010, July 25, San Francisco Bay Area.
Morning program 8-11 am, evening program 5-8:30 pm.
RSVP by emailing pathofyoga@gmail.com or phoning (408) 338-6346
Download the pdf flier for more details
Other Guru Poornima events:
Austin, TX area: potluck on Lake Travis. (512) 940-1510, keepfitwithyoga@msn.com
California: 3-day program 7/23-25. ssaripalle@yahoo.com Download pdf flier
NAG's Second Annual "Connect, Discover, Serve" Online Auction: August 27-September 12, 2010
Supporters from across North America bid for good! Thank you for helping us transform our world and share Satyananda Yoga!
From August 27-September 12 at 10:08 PM, North American Gurukul auctioned off over 216 fun and unique items to raise money for our organization. Visit our auction homepage to learn more about the success of the auction and help support our cause. Feel free to contact us with any questions about how you can get involved. To read more about last year's auction success, check out the auction reportback from our Fall 2009 Newsletter.
Sivananda Janmotsav 2010
with NAG San Francisco Bay Area Wednesday, September 8
6:30-8:00 PM with Havan, Kirtan, and Prasad
RSVP by emailing pathofyoga@gmail.com or call (408) 338-6346
Swami Sivananda, Guru of Swami Satyananda, was born on 8th September 1887. We celebrate this day to pay our obeisance, and to continue to draw inspiration from his exceptional teachings. In the words of Swami Satyananda - "Swami Sivananda is like a beacon of light. To hear about him is a joy, to think about him is yoga and to discuss him is to invest the time properly. Even though he lived in the physical body, he was not a physical soul, and his presence is developed the inner awareness without any difficulty."
Download PDF Flier for more details
Ganesha Chaturthi Havan and Celebration
With North American Gurukul in the Greater Cleveland Area
September 11, 2010
Havan, Kirtan, Storytelling, and Prasad, as well as a chance to bid on the auction before it's too late!
Participants gathered in Cleveland for Ganesha Chaturthi, an annual celebration to remove the obstacles in our lives. Celebrated with a havan (fire ceremony), chanting for healing with the Maha Mrityunjaya mantra, and the creating of 
personal Ganesh from modeling clay.
This auspicious occasion was a wonderful opportunity to recommit to our paths and practice while celebrating with the Satyananda Yoga community. There was also storytelling and prasad. This Ganesha Chaturthi was broadcast live and recorded in the online archives via our video streaming channel so that others could participate from home. In attendance were 21 people, with 4 people watching live online.
Contact us to share the details of your local Ganesha Chaturthi events.
Ashwin Navaratri: October 8th-October 16th, 2010
Navaratri, which literally means "nine nights", is considered a most auspicious time for yoga practice. Participants came together to learn mantras to harness our innate ability to overcome 
obstacles, create abundance, and reach higher states of being.
“Navaratri chants and practices are designed to awaken the human psyche. Just as there is a mental level, an emotional level, a pranic level and a physical
level, so there is a vibratory level to our life as well. This vibratory level is the most subtle of the bodies and the only thing it responds to is frequency. Mantras create such frequencies in the body, in the personality, which stimulate and awaken the subtle personality.” – Swami Niranjanananda Saraswati
Programs with NAG in the Greater Cleveland Area were held Friday-Sunday 6:00-6:45 PM
and Monday-Thursday 8:00-8:45 PM
Gatherings throughout the duration of Navaratri at the Atma Center in Cleveland Heights had over 90 participants.
info@northamericangurukul.org or call (216) 371-9760
Programs with NAG in the San Francisco Bay Area consisted of nightly Chanting and Kirtan from 7:00-7:45 PM
Email pathofyoga@gmail.com or call (408) 338-6346 PDF flier
Navaratri Program with Satyananda Yogis in the Austin, TX Area
Saturday, October 16th, 8:00 AM-4:00 PM
Yoga Retreat for Navvaratri (last day
Included Asana, Pranayama, Yoga Nidra, Meditation, Yantras, Kirtan, Satsang with Swami Satyananda, Havan with Devi Stotras. Sattwic breakfast and lunch included. Email info@satyanandayogacenter.com or call (512) 266-9862
India Trip 2010 With Swami Atmarupa
A Life Enriching and Spiritual Journey
Join Swami Atmarupa for this wonderful and enriching journey. This journey is packed with opportunities to explore your spiritual path! You will deepen your connection to Satyananda Yoga® by visiting the two main ashrams in India during scheduled programs that both honor Sri Swami Satyananda and his work, and provide you with a unique experience of yoga beyond what is commonly seen in the West. Travel to Rikhiapeeth for the Yoga Purnima Celebration, take a side trip to Darjeeling, then on to Ganga Darshan for Ashram Life, Yoga & Satsang Week, followed by Varanasi on the way back to Delhi.
Three Options for Travel -
The full journey is
December 13 - January 10
Or join us For Part 1 December 13 - 26
-or- Part 2 December 26 - January 10
For more information and to read a complete itinerary, download the PDF brochure.
Swami Satyananda Mahasamadhi Anniversary
Connect with NAG in Northeast Ohio to Honor the Life and work of Swami Satyananda Saraswati
Sunday, December 5 5:30-7:00PM at the Atma Center in Cleveland Heights, OH
It has been one year since Swami Satyananda Saraswati passed on from this life and attained Mahasamdhi. NAG gathered on Sunday, December 5 to honor his memory. Events included a free showing of the film Love and the Art of Giving at the Atma Center. Free-will donations accepted to go towards the Yoga Academy of North America (YANA).
2011 Events
Mahashivaratri Event
March 2, 2011
San Francisco Bay Area
Includes a havan and chanting from 8-10 pm. View this flier for more details. RSVP to pathofyoga@gmail.com
Swami Dharmakeerti Saraswati
North American Tour, Spring 2011
Dr. Usha Sundaram (Swami Dharmakeerti) worked for many years as a Psychiatrist at the National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS) in Bangalore, India. She began searching for additional ways to help people, and decided to apply her many years of training in yoga. Dr. Sundaram found that yoga was a practical and effective approach to reintegrating the body, mind and spirit.
Dr. Sundaram has traveled extensively throughout India and the United States teaching at schools, colleges, temples, churches, corporate groups, and to individuals. She makes yearly visits to the United States. She was a Visiting Professor at Youngstown State University in Ohio from 1988-1989. In 2001, she conducted a six-day course with Joseph Le Page of the IYT, at Kripalu. She has published articles in journals and authored a book on Mantra. 
Dr. Sundaram practices under the name of Swami Dharmakeerti Saraswati as initiated by her Guru Paramahamsa Sri Swami Satyananda Saraswati. Under the instructions of her Yoga Guru and the guidance of her Sri Vaishnava Guru, Dr. Rajagopalachar, she is currently researching the ancient meditation techniques described in the Upanishads.
Swami Dharmakeerti brings the message that yoga is not a religion, but rather a science to reach into your inner self and rediscover your potential for healing, wisdom and compassion.
Contact sponsors in your area for program information:
Atlanta, Georgia
Late February 2011
contact Dheepa: dheepa_sridhar@hotmail.com
Cleveland, Ohio and Youngstown, Ohio
March 3-22, 2011
Contact Karres: yogayoungstown@sbcglobal.net
Peoria, Illinois
March 22-28, 2011
Contact Pam: psg@casaservices.com
Peoria Events:
-Swami Dharmakeerti's Peoria Program Schedule PDF
-Exploration of the GURU-DISCIPLE Relationship Day Retreat PDF
-Courses to Compliment the Exploration of the GURU-DISCIPLE Relationship PDF
Austin, Texas
March 29-April 4, 2011
contact Nawaratri: keepfitwithyoga@yahoo.com
Los Angeles, California
April 5-April 13, 2011
contact Dolly: dollylai@excite.com
San Francisco, California
April 16-April 17, 2011
contact Vishalakshi: pathofyoga@gmail.com
Bay Area Events:
-Yogic Symbolism of the Ramayana: Two-Day Program, April 16th & 17th PDF
-Free program of chanting, meditation and discussion: Saturday, April 16 5:30-7:30
(please RSVP)
-Limited personal appointments available on request, to discuss your specific situation and/or practice
Chaitra Navaratri
April 4-12, 2011 San Francisco Bay Area
Chanting & Kirtan: 8:15 pm to 9:00 pm
Navaratri which literally means 'nine nights' is considered a very favorable time to worship Devi who is nature incarnate because at that time nature is in transition and the body and mind undergo a metamorphosis.
“Navaratri chants and practices are designed to awaken the human psyche. Just as there is a mental level, an emotional level, a pranic level and a physical level, so there is a vibratory level to our life as well. This vibratory level is the most subtle of
the bodies and the only thing it responds to is frequency. Mantras create such frequencies in the body, in the personality, which stimulate and awaken the subtle personality.”
– Swami Niranjanananda Saraswati
View this flier for more details.
RSVP to pathofyoga@gmail.com -OR- call (408) 744-2027
Swami Karma Karuna North America Yoga Tour
June 15 - July 1, 2011
Swami Karma Karuna directs Anahata Yoga Retreat in New Zealand and is a dedicated yoga teacher with 20 years of experience. She travels world-wide sharing practical yoga techniques for transformation. By blending yogic lifestyle and Sannyas tradition with family life, Swami Karma Karuna inspires the integration of yogic principles into everyday activities. She will be accompanied by her daughter Atma Sundari, who has grown up at the yoga retreat and travels on yoga teaching tours around the world. Sunnie, as she like to be called, produced a Yoga CD for children in 2009.
Find details about this tour online or download this chart
Guru Poornima Sadhana and Events
Guru Poornima Message
from Ganga Darshan
Ganga Darshan
Fort, Munger
Bihar
Blessed Self
Hari Om,
Many individual sannyasins, yoga teachers, disciples and centres have been asking how they can celebrate Guru Poornima in their locality.
For all spiritual aspirants, Guru Poornima is the occasion during which the presence and inspiration of the Guru in life is to be strengthened with respect and gratitude, faith and belief, celebrated in joy and experienced through love, humility and surrender.
Guru Poornima is an opportunity to intensify awareness of the Guru Tattwa and reconnect with ones sankalpa, with renewed commitment, dedication and focus.
Guru Poornima should be celebrated in a simple way, according to available people and resources. All devotees, students, friends and well wishers can be invited to attend their local Guru Poornima function. The program can consist of the following:
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Chanting of stotram Om chanting 3 times and Vaidic Shanti Path
Guru Stotram
Guru Paduka Stotram
Guru Vandana -
Hawan
Guru Gayatri or Satyananda Gayatri chanting 108 times -
Guru Kirtan
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Meditation
On light or Guru. Reconnect with and strengthen your sankalpa. -
Showing of DVD of Sri Swamiji (for those who have the resources to do so)
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Vishnu Sahasranama (for those who know and can chant the mantras)
Many people from overseas have also been inquiring about diksha and whether initiations can be received from various acharyas in the absence of Swami Niranjanananda or Swami Satyasangananda. This point is also being clarified.
In order to retain the sanctity of the spiritual and sannyasa traditions, initiations are given according to the lineage and system of the guru parampara. In the Satyananda tradition, two Paramahamsa sannyasins have been authorized to give initiations, namely Swami Niranjanananda and Swami Satyasangananda. Initiations are conducted by them at Munger, Rikhia in India, or during official programs in India and abroad.
Ashram acharyas, devotees, well wishers, students, sannyasins and all affiliated with Satyananda Yoga tradition should refer any person requesting diksha to contact the Ganga Darshan ashram in Munger, Rikhiapeeth in Rikhia or the organizers of Swami Satsangi or Swami Niranjan's programs in India and abroad.
With best wishes,
Om Tat Sat
Swami Suryaprakash
NAG Guru Poornima Events
Bay Area NAG Event
Friday, July 15 6:00 PM-9:30 PM
with NAG in the San Francisco Bay Area
Download the PDF flyer for event details here.
RSVP by emailing bayarea@northamericangurukul.org
(408) 564-3198 OR (408) 744-2027
Northeastern Ohio NAG Event
Friday, July 15 8:30 PM-10:00 PM
Guru Poornima will be celebrated through havan (fire ceremony) and kirtan. Havan is the celebration of the first awakening of consciousness. When man learned how to use fire to help, protect, nurture and sustain him, and when he learned that grains could be cooked and cultivated, this understanding put him on the first rung of evolution. The aim of havan is to use that potential to further launch our consciousness into the unknown dimensions for further discoveries. And Guru Poornima is the special day to pay our deep gratitude to all the enlightened teachers or Masters who dispel the darkness of ignorance and infuse the light of awareness into our lives and guide us into the unknown dimensions.
Email us or call (216) 371-9760 to register for the event.
Other Guru Poornima Events
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Swami Satyadharma's North American Tour
Swami Satyadharma is an inspiring, world renowned yoga teacher who spent the majority of her adult life living under the direct tutelage of Paramahamsa Satyananda Saraswati and his successor Paramahamsa Niranjanananda at her guru's ashram in India.
Swami Satyadharma spends part of each year traveling and facilitating meditation workshops and illuminating advanced yogic practices with warmth and eloquence. Her teachings are accessible to people of all levels of experience.
Her book, Yoga Chudamani Upanishad: Crown Jewel of Yoga, is a manual of higher sadhana delineating the ancient path of kundalini awakening.
In August and September of 2011, North American Gurukul brought Swami Satyadharma to North America for a series of events, culminating with a retreat held in Estes Park, Colorado. To read more about Swami Satyadharma's tour, click here. To read more about the Evolution through the Chakras Retreat in Colorado, click here.
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