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About Us |
Yoga An integrated means (physical-emotional-Cognitive) devoted to achieving Samatvam- un-disturbable-Equanimity of heart is Sama-Yoga. For this purpose a healthy balanced spiritual lifestyle aimed at Parama-Purushartha the ultimate purpose of human birth -Moksa absolute freedom from all forms of suffering which is gained through immediate self knowledge ( I am absolutely full and complete here-now) born of listening to the Upanishad words unlocked by a live traditional teacher.
Sama Yoga is a mutual honoring collaboration between Swami Vagishananda Saraswati and Akasha Chaitanya , A.k.a. Sky. These two accomplished teachers, in one heart, Bring the Ancient traditions of Yoga and Vedanta together in tried and true ways that profoundly bless anyone who chooses to know, and whose heart is open to receive.
“Knowledge belongs to no one and is given, simply for the asking; the greatest gift you can give a teacher in return for his sharing of knowledge is clearly understanding and assimilating what he/she teaches.” Swami Vagishananda Saraswati
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What I teach is :
You are acceptable
as you are!
Yoga is a means
to convey this.
I honor students
very deeply.
Sharing all that I have
the grace to know.
My life is dedicated to this. |
Originally trained in the Sivananda and Kundalini Yoga traditions, Sky draws from a broad range of traditional yogic wisdom. He has been a devoted student of Yoga, Ayurveda, healing and meditation for over 15 years and has been blessed with the opportunity to live and study with many great teachers in different traditions. He currently teaches in Canada, Sweden, Bali and Thailand where he invites students of all backgrounds to develop a deeper sensitivity to their bodies and minds while opening up to their greater potential. As a teacher and world traveler, he has introduced thousands to the practice and philosophy of yoga as a way of life.
As well as the mainstream postures Chanting, hand mudras, Pranayama and verses from the yoga sutras and Vedas to provide a more complete class.
"Sky delivers his classes with humour and humility, intuitively serving his students hearts. Expect to see many common and uncommon postures, as well as chanting, hand mudras, pranayama and verses from the yoga sutras and vedas, making for a very rare and complete class."
( Swami Vagishananda Saraswati )
An idealistic American youth with a passion for nondual mystical poetry arrives in India
in 1975. There he comes to the feet of his revered guru, Swami Dayananda Saraswati. Something in him knows: His life will never be the same.
Swami Vagishananda Saraswati spent the next more than 20 years studying Advaita Vedanta in the traditional manner, under the tutelage of Swami Dayananda. His studies of the most exalted Vedic prayer Sri Rudra Prasnam, the main Suktas Mantras, and the Upanishads cultivated in him a profound understanding of nonduality-one that he endeavors to pass on.
Using the traditional methodology called Sampradaya, Swami Vagishananda unlocks the teachings of Vedanta, removing the veil of ignorance that causes human suffering. He is a traditional Sanyasi (a renunciate who is committed to a life of knowledge and has taken a vow of non-injury). A master of the South Indian “Krsna Yajur Veda” style of chanting, Sri Swamiji travels all over the world teaching both Vedic chanting and Vedanta.
Among Sri Swamiji’s varied teaching positions are those he has held at Arsha Vidya Gurukulam, Coimbatore, India, and the prestigious Arsha Vidya Gurukulam, Saylorsburg, Pennsylvania (where he also taught the Vedic Heritage program for children). Sri Swamiji founded the Arsha Vidya Kendra Center for Vedantic study in Bangalore, India, and has been a teacher-in-residence at Paschima Kashi Viswanatha, Flint, Michigan, and Sandeepani West Ashram, Piercy, California.
Today, Swami Vagishananda holds classes and workshops throughout the United States, Canada, Sweden, Norway, Australia, Thailand, Indonesia, and Brazil. He is the author of the CD Shivaradhanam: The 108 Sacred Sanskrit Names of Shiva (available at www.cdbaby.com). His countless other audio and print materials are available on the Web at www.samayoga.org and www.arshakulam.org. Currently Sri Swamiji is launching www.om-atha.org, a Website that offers downloadable Vedanta classes and published works. |
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