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- What motivated you to become involved in peace and conflict resolution?
- "United we live - divided we perish" was one of the favorite quotes of my Yoga Master Swami Vishnu-devananda. He was not only teaching Yoga, but also flying an airplane over major conflict spots like the Berlin wall (1983) Suez Canal (ca. 1970), mediating between Hindus and Sikhs in the 80s
- Please feel free to provide a short bio about yourself (no more than 3 paragraphs)
- Born and risen in Germany, 12 years disciple of Swami Vishnu-devananda, an Indian Yoga Master.
In 1992 I founded Yoga Vidya, a network of Yoga and meditation teachers, of Yoga Ashrams and Yoga Centers. We try to live a tolerant form of spirituality and try to promote oneness among religions.
- What is your current country of residence?
- Germany
- What is your current job (and organization) and/or where and what field are you studying?
- Founder-director of Yoga Vidya
- What is your personal or organizational website?
- http://www.yoga-vidya.de
- What is one of your favorite websites in the field? (please provide one answer per box)
- http://utopia.de
- Which are your primary sectoral areas of expertise?
- Democratization, Youth, Education, Health, Psychosocial, Environment
- Which are your primary skills areas?
- Training
- If appropriate feel free to list several of your publications
- "Die Yoga-Weisheit des Patanjali für Menschen von Heute"
"Die Yoga-Weisheit der Bhagavad Gita für Menschen von Heute"
"Die Kundalini-Energie erwecken - von der göttlichen Urkraft in uns"
"Das Yoga Vidya Asana Buch"
"Yoga Geschichten"
Yoga Vidya - Centers and Ashrams in Germany
I am a Yoga and Meditation Teacher in Germany. I am teaching at Yoga Vidya, a non-profit network of Yoga Ashrams, Yoga Centers and Yoga Teachers. I have been teaching Yoga since 1981.
- I am „Founder of Yoga Vidya International" http://my.yoga-vidya.org an online community for Yoga, Meditation, Ayurveda ...Yoga Vidya Ashram Germany is most likely the biggest Yoga Ashram outside India. Seminars, Yoga Teacher's Training Courses and Intensives are taught in German, Spanish and English.
Next English Yoga Teachers Training Course will take place July 12 - August 9, 2009. Click here for more Infos on Yoga Teachers Training Course in English
Mantra Chanting during the Yoga Vidya Satsang in Bad Meinberg:
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Beginners Yoga Class 10 Minutes:
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English Yoga Videos:
Mantra Videos:
Yoga Demonstrations:
Here are some audio files for listening and free download - just click on »menu« and change to introductions and explanations for relaxing methods and meditation or kirtan and bhajan chantings:
Radiant paitings of Chakras for your inspiration and refreshing which you find in Yoga Vidya Ashram Bad Meinberg painted by Sharada Steffens, yoga teacher and seminar at Yoga Vidya. Chakra paintings are used in kundalini yoga seminars. More infos www.yoga-vidya.de Yoga Ashrams in Germany: Bad Meinberg and in Westerwald. Yoga Classes and Yoga Center in 50 different cities like Cologne (Köln), Frankfurt, Munich (München) and Hamburg yoga seminars, Yogalehrer Ausbildung, Yogalehrer Weiterbildung. Ayurveda Ausbildung, Meditation Ausbildung. Umfangreiche Internet Seiten mit kostenlosen Hörsendungen (Mantras, Vorträge, Yogastunden, Meditationsanleitungen, Entspannung ...), Yoga Videos, Yoga Unterrichtsmaterialien. Großes Yoga Therapie Portal.Was ist Yoga?
Was ist Ayurveda?
Was ist Meditation?
English Yoga Vidya Pages:
- What is Yoga?
- What is Ayurveda?
- Yoga Teachers Training Course
- Yoga Seminars
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Indian Dance Performance
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On Easter 2009 we had a wonderful Bharata Natya performance with Lalitha Devi and the participants of an Indi… Continue
Posted on April 29, 2009 at 4:30am —
Yantras for Meditation
Yantras painted by Vesna Veberic from Yoga Vidya Center Koblenz. Yantras are geometric works of art, ideal to prepare yourself for Meditation . You can see these Paintings in my.yoga-vidya.org , and in higher resolution on Flickr - Amazing!
… ContinuePosted on April 8, 2009 at 8:24am — 1 Comment
Yoga Teachers Training Course July 12 - August 9, 2009 near Hannover/Germany
4-Week intensive Training in all aspects of Yoga. In Yoga Vidya Ashram Bad Meinberg near Hannover, Europe's biggest Yoga Ashram and Europe's leading Yoga Teachers Training Institution.
About Yoga
Yoga is a practical system for developing the entire personality, yoga's benefits include good health, happiness, professional succes
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Painting of Swami Sivananda in Yoga Vidya Center Frankfurt
Wonderful Painting of Swami Sivananda in Yoga Vidya Center Frankfurt. Swami Sivananda lived from 1887-1963 and was one of the great Yoga
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EMU Summer Peacebuilding Institute (SPI) 2010 accepting applications
November 5, 2009 to January 8, 2010 – Eastern Mennonite University
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Canadian School of Peacebuilding 2010 - Accepting Applications
November 10, 2009 to April 1, 2010 – Canadian Mennonite University, Winnipeg, Canada
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Yes We Can: Middle East Peace (YesMEP), Music, Theater, Pleas for Peace Event in Washington DC, Decebmer 6, 2009
December 6, 2009 from 2pm to 6:30pm – "Sixth and I Historic Synagouge"
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10TH JAN TINBERGEN EUROPEAN PEACE SCIENCE CONFERENCE
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