Yoga- What is Yoga?
- The Teacher
- More about Satyananda Yoga
Yoga is an ancient art which has survived through the ages because of its basic qualities. Yoga provides the tools for a healthy life. It will help you to develop your immense potential and will show how to generate and construct the energy within you regardless of your age, circumstances, and health. Yoga takes into account the wellbeing of the whole human organism, bringing health and harmony into the body, mind and spirit. As Paramahamsa Satyananda said:
“The primary purpose of the practice of yoga should be to integrate the different planes of one's personality and at the same time to evolve the consciousness to gain greater knowledge of one's self.”
Guidelines for yoga classes
- Wear loose clothing which enables you to move freely.
- Do not have a meal for at least two hours prior to yoga.
- If suffering from chronic ailments, get your doctor’s permission first.
- Bring something to cover you whilst doing relaxation, i.e. a small blanket or a large shawl.
- Yoga mats might be available, but please bring your own if you have one.
Over 20 years of training and experience as a yoga teacher have given Swami Anasakti Saraswati a depth of knowledge on the subject which is expressed in her willingness and compassion in passing on her knowledge to others.
Anasakti was introduced to Satyananda Yoga in 1975 and was initiated into the order of Sannayasa in 1984. Anasakti also spent time in India studying under the guidance of Paramahamsa Satyananda.
Anasakti obtained her qualifications from the Bihar School of Yoga and Satyananda Ashram (UK) in 1990, and the British Wheel of Yoga (the National Governing Body for yoga in the UK) in 1998. She has been teaching yoga at all levels in Adult Education Centres, Community Centres, Mental Health, the Satyananda Centre and various organisations since 1986.
She teaches all aspects of yoga such as asana, pranayama, mudras, bandhas, yoga nidra, chakras, prana and various meditations.
As well as teaching one-to-one, day-time and evening classes, Anasakti runs seminars, weekend workshops, retreats and yoga holidays. She also teaches In Service Training (IST) days for different yoga associations affiliated to the British Wheel of Yoga. IST days are aimed at yoga teachers who want to develop their skills further into the deeper and various other aspects of yoga.
Anasakti was introduced to Satyananda Yoga in 1975 and was initiated into the order of Sannayasa in 1984. Anasakti also spent time in India studying under the guidance of Paramahamsa Satyananda.
Anasakti obtained her qualifications from the Bihar School of Yoga and Satyananda Ashram (UK) in 1990, and the British Wheel of Yoga (the National Governing Body for yoga in the UK) in 1998. She has been teaching yoga at all levels in Adult Education Centres, Community Centres, Mental Health, the Satyananda Centre and various organisations since 1986.
She teaches all aspects of yoga such as asana, pranayama, mudras, bandhas, yoga nidra, chakras, prana and various meditations.
As well as teaching one-to-one, day-time and evening classes, Anasakti runs seminars, weekend workshops, retreats and yoga holidays. She also teaches In Service Training (IST) days for different yoga associations affiliated to the British Wheel of Yoga. IST days are aimed at yoga teachers who want to develop their skills further into the deeper and various other aspects of yoga.
Satyananda Yoga is an integrated system of yoga developed by Swami Satyananda Saraswati and his lineage. This system uses a meditative and spiritual approach incorporating practices derived from ancient and traditional sources.
Usually the word yoga is defined as the union or integration of individuals with universal consciousness. Through the practices of asana (physical postures), pranayama (breathing practices), mudra and bandha (psycho-physiological energy release techniques), shatkarma (internal cleansing practices), and a wide variety of meditation techniques, balance and harmony of the body, mind and spirit can be achieved.
Satyananda yoga uses practices in a traditional way:
Usually the word yoga is defined as the union or integration of individuals with universal consciousness. Through the practices of asana (physical postures), pranayama (breathing practices), mudra and bandha (psycho-physiological energy release techniques), shatkarma (internal cleansing practices), and a wide variety of meditation techniques, balance and harmony of the body, mind and spirit can be achieved.
Satyananda yoga uses practices in a traditional way:
- asanas to balance the body and mind through the physical body;
- pranayama breathing practices to work on the energy body; and
- meditation to calm and focus the mind.
