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  • “Feel the silence, listen to the silence, touch the silence, taste the silence. Silence is music for your soul.”

    - Swami Sivananda



  • YOGA SIVANANDA

    Authentic Teaching in the Beautiful French Countryside

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    Classic Tradition in Modern London

  • "Yoga is a perfect practical system of self-culture.
    Yoga is an exact science.
    It aims at the harmonious development of the body, the mind and the soul."

    - Swami Sivananda



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  • Yoga Teachers' Training course ONLINE

    Transform Your Life

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  • SIVANANDA LONDON

    Sivananda Yoga Teacher Training Course

  • Inspiration from the Srimad Bhagavatam

    With live music : harmonium, vocal, flute and tabla

    Discourses based on the Srimad Bhagavatam, an ancient scripture on Bhakti Yoga, the yoga of universal love. The Bhagavatam tells many stories which help us to open our hearts, overcome the fears and confusion of the mind and understand the joy and unity of all life.

    With honoured guest
    Sri Venugopal Goswami,
    Bhakti Yoga Acharya, Vrindavan, India

    Listening to the classical yoga scripture Srimad Bhagavatam connects Jnana (knowledge) with Bhakti (devotion).

    In his incomparable style, Sri Venugopal Goswami presents the message of this scripture, which comprises the teachings of all yoga systems of India. The inspiring words of wisdom are combined with a melodious interpretation of classical mantra chanting (Kirtan). Day by day, the audience is guided on a soulful journey to the meaning and goal of human existence.

    With live music: harmonium, vocals, bamboo flute, shanai oboe and tabla.

    Excellent North Indian professional musicians accompany this programme with classical raga melodies und rhythms.

    Sri Venugopal Goswami has visited the European Sivananda Centres since 1998. His teachings come from a 500-year-old family tradition, which teaches this classical scripture. Sri Venugopal Goswami studied Sanskrit and Indian philosophy at the Hindu University in Benares. He also studied classical singing under the world-renowned Indian vocalist master Pandit Jasraj.

    <div style="margin-top: -10px; "> <p style="color: #ffffff; font-size:1.1rem;"><strong>Inspiration from the Srimad Bhagavatam</strong><br/><br/> With live music : harmonium, vocal, flute and tabla<br/><br/> Discourses based on the Srimad Bhagavatam, an ancient scripture on Bhakti Yoga, the yoga of universal love. The Bhagavatam tells many stories which help us to open our hearts, overcome the fears and confusion of the mind and understand the joy and unity of all life.<br/><br/> With honoured guest<br/> Sri Venugopal Goswami,<br/> Bhakti Yoga Acharya, Vrindavan, India<br/><br/> Listening to the classical yoga scripture Srimad Bhagavatam connects Jnana (knowledge) with Bhakti (devotion).<br/><br/> In his incomparable style, Sri Venugopal Goswami presents the message of this scripture, which comprises the teachings of all yoga systems of India. The inspiring words of wisdom are combined with a melodious interpretation of classical mantra chanting (Kirtan). Day by day, the audience is guided on a soulful journey to the meaning and goal of human existence.<br/><br/> With live music: harmonium, vocals, bamboo flute, shanai oboe and tabla.<br/><br/> Excellent North Indian professional musicians accompany this programme with classical raga melodies und rhythms.<br/><br/> Sri Venugopal Goswami has visited the European Sivananda Centres since 1998. His teachings come from a 500-year-old family tradition, which teaches this classical scripture. Sri Venugopal Goswami studied Sanskrit and Indian philosophy at the Hindu University in Benares. He also studied classical singing under the world-renowned Indian vocalist master Pandit Jasraj. </p> </div>

  • Yoga holiday in Tyrol

  • SIVANANDA LONDON

    Get Rejuvenated

  • SIVANANDA LONDON

    Get Rejuvenated

  • SATURDAY, 18 AUGUST
    12.30PM - 7.45PM

    Summer Yoga Festival

    <div style= "color: #FF9031; padding-top: 15px; font-size: 1.15em; line-height: .95em;">Summer Yoga Festival</div>

  • Get Rejuvenated

    Easter Yoga Retreat

  • Upcoming Course
    30/08 to 28/09

    Yoga Teachers' Training

  • SIVANANDA LONDON

    Tapping the ancient source of wisdom

  • TAP THE SOURCE

    Sivananda Yoga

  • SIMPLIFY & RECONNECT

    The London Centre

  • SIVANANDA LONDON

    Get Rejuvenated

  • SIVANANDA LONDON

    Get Rejuvenated

  • SIVANANDA LONDON

    Get Rejuvenated

  • "Success often comes to those who dare and act. It seldom comes to the timid."

    – Swami Sivananda

    <div style="padding-top: 13px; max-width: 400px; margin: auto; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; text-align: center;"><p style="padding: 24px; color: #ffffff; background-color: #22A4AD ">"Success often comes to those who dare and act. It seldom comes to the timid."</br></br>– Swami Sivananda</p></div>

  • "Kirtan melts the heart,
    fills the mind with purity
    and generates harmony and divine love."

    – Swami Sivananda

    <div style="padding-top: 13px; max-width: 400px; margin: auto; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; text-align: center;"><p style="padding: 24px; color: #ffffff; background-color: #22A4AD ">"Kirtan melts the heart,</br>fills the mind with purity</br>and generates harmony <span style="display: inline-block;">and divine love.</span>"</span></br></br>– Swami Sivananda</p></div>

  • "A fast gives rest to the stomach and eliminates toxins from the body. It cleanses the body and makes it more energetic. Prana (vital energy) is unified through fasting and the life spark is rekindled."

    – Swami Sivananda

    <div style="margin-top: -10px;"><div style="margin: auto; max-width: 400px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; text-align: center;"><p style="padding: 24px; color: #ffffff; background-color: #22A4AD ">"A fast gives rest to the stomach and eliminates toxins from the body. It cleanses the body and makes it more energetic. Prana (vital energy) is unified through fasting and the life spark is rekindled."</span></br></br>– Swami Sivananda</p></div></div>

  • "Find the middle path...
    The goal of life is Self-realization."

    - Swami Vishnudevananda



  • "Live only to be
    a blessing to others."

    - Swami Sivananda




  • "Dwell in the divine. Live and move in it. Get absorbed in the Divine Flame."

    – Swami Sivananda

    <div style="padding-top: 13px; max-width: 400px; margin: auto; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; text-align: center;"><p style="padding: 24px; color: #ffffff; background-color: #22A4AD ">"Dwell in the divine. Live and move in it. Get absorbed in the Divine Flame."</span></br></br>– Swami Sivananda</p></div>

  • "Thought is the greatest force on earth. Thought is the most powerful weapon in the armour of a Yogi. Constructive thought transforms, renews and builds."

    – Swami Sivananda

    <div style="margin: auto; max-width: 400px; padding-top: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; text-align: center;"><p style="padding: 24px; color: #ffffff; background-color: #22A4AD ">"Thought is the greatest force on earth. Thought is the most powerful weapon in the armour of a Yogi. Constructive thought transforms, renews and builds."</span></br></br>– Swami Sivananda</p></div>

  • "The most positive action we can perform to contribute to the momentous task of bringing our planet back into balance is to start changing ourselves."

    - Swami Vishnudevananda



  • That is called 'Yoga'.

    "When the surface of a lake is still you can see the bottom very clearly, but it is impossible to do so when the surface is agitated by waves. In the same way, when the mind is still with no desires and no thought waves you can see your Self."

    – Swami Vishnudevananda

    <div style="max-width: 400px; margin: auto; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; text-align: center;"><p style="margin-top: -50px; padding: 24px; color: #ffffff; background-color: #22A4AD ">That is called 'Yoga'.</br></br>"When the surface of a lake is still you can see the bottom very clearly, but it is impossible to do so when the surface is agitated by waves. In the same way, when the mind is still with no desires and no thought waves you can see your Self."</span></br></br>– Swami Vishnudevananda</p></div>

  • "Change the mind, and you can change the body."

    – Swami Sivananda

    <div style="padding-top: 13px; max-width: 400px; margin: auto; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; text-align: center;"><p style="padding: 24px; color: #ffffff; background-color: #22A4AD ">"Change the mind, and you can change the body."</span></br></br>– Swami Sivananda</p></div>

  • "This marvelous world is a great university of wisdom. Learn your lessons and become wise."

    – Swami Sivananda

  • "An ounce of practice is worth tons of theory."

    – Swami Sivananda

  • "You can have calmness of mind at all times by the practice of yoga. You can have restful sleep. You can have increased energy, vigour, vitality, longevity, and a high standard of health. "

    – Swami Sivananda

    <div style="padding-top: 13px; max-width: 400px; margin: auto; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; text-align: center;"><p style="padding: 24px; color: #ffffff; background-color: #22A4AD ">"You can have calmness of mind at all times by the practice of yoga. You can have restful sleep. You can have increased energy, vigour, vitality, longevity, and a high standard of health. "</span></br></br>– Swami Sivananda</p></div>

  • "Put your heart, mind, and soul into even your smallest acts. This is the secret of success."

    – Swami Sivananda

    <div style="padding-top: 13px; max-width: 380px; margin: auto; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; text-align: center;"><p style="padding: 24px; color: #ffffff; background-color: #22A4AD ">"Put your heart, mind, and soul into even your smallest acts. This is the secret of success."</span></br></br>– Swami Sivananda</p></div>

  • Children's
    Yoga Class

  • "Asanas give strength. Pranayama gives lightness of body. Meditation gives perception of the Self and leads to freedom or final beatitude."

    – Swami Sivananda

    <div style="padding-top: 13px; max-width: 400px; margin: auto; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; text-align: center;"><p style="padding: 24px; color: #ffffff; background-color: #22A4AD ">"Asanas give strength. Pranayama gives lightness of body. Meditation gives perception of the Self and leads to freedom or final beatitude."</span></br></br>– Swami Sivananda</p></div>

  • "Never behold life physically. Understand it psychically and realise it spiritually."

    – Swami Sivananda

    <div style="padding-top: 13px; max-width: 400px; margin: auto; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; text-align: center;"><p style="padding: 24px; color: #ffffff; background-color: #22A4AD ">"Never behold life physically. Understand it psychically and realise it spiritually."</span></br></br>– Swami Sivananda</p></div>

  • "Health is wealth.
    Peace of mind is happiness.
    Yoga shows the way."

    – Swami Vishnudevananda

    <div style="padding-top: 13px; max-width: 400px; margin: auto; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; text-align: center;"><p style="padding: 24px; color: #ffffff; background-color: #22A4AD ">"Health is wealth.</br>Peace of mind is happiness.</br>Yoga shows the way."</span></br></br>– Swami Vishnudevananda</p></div>

  • "To transform the world, you must transform yourself first."

    - Swami Sivananda



  • "Inspiration is spiritual inexhaustible wealth.
    It gives joy, peace, and bliss eternal."

    - Swami Sivananda



  • "A cheerful thought in you produces cheerful thoughts in others!"

    – Swami Sivananda

    <div style="padding-top: 13px; max-width: 450px; margin: auto; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; text-align: center;"><p style="padding: 24px; color: #ffffff; background-color: #ed612a ">"A cheerful thought in you produces cheerful thoughts in others!"</span></br></br>– Swami Sivananda</p></div>

  • "During spiritual relaxation, the yogi identifies himself with the all-pervading, all-powerful, all-peaceful and joyful self within himself, the real source of knowledge and strength."

    – Swami Vishnudevananda

    <div style="padding-top: 13px; max-width: 400px; margin: auto; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; text-align: center;"><p style="padding: 24px; color: #ffffff; background-color: #22A4AD ">"During spiritual relaxation, the yogi identifies himself with the all-pervading, all-powerful, all-peaceful and joyful self within himself, the real source of knowledge and strength."</span></br></br>– Swami Vishnudevananda</p></div>

  • "Put your heart, mind, and soul into even your smallest acts. This is the secret of success."

    – Swami Sivananda

    <div style="padding-top: 13px; max-width: 400px; margin: auto; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; text-align: center;"><p style="padding: 24px; color: #ffffff; background-color: #22A4AD ">"Put your heart, mind, and soul into even your smallest acts. <span style="display: inline-block;">This is the secret of success."</span></br></br>– Swami Sivananda</p></div>

  • "Feel the silence, hear the silence, touch and taste the silence. Silence is the music of your soul."

    – Swami Vishnudevananda

    <div style="padding-top: 13px; max-width: 400px; margin: auto; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; text-align: center;"><p style="padding: 24px; color: #ffffff; background-color: #22A4AD">"Feel the silence, hear the silence, touch and taste the silence. Silence is the music of your soul."</br></br>– Swami Vishnudevananda</p></div>

  • Advanced Yoga Teachers' Training In Rudraprayag

    3 March - 1 April 2018

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    During this month-long intensive the student experiences the purifying and transformative power of a Yoga practice. Further deepen your spiritual practice and study of vedanta, raja yoga, anatomy and sanskrit. The course is taught by senior disciples of Swami Vishnudevananda and is considered to be the next step after the 300-hour Sivananda TTC.

    <h2 style="margin-top: -36px; color: #ffffff; text-align: left; line-height: 1.3;"><span style="font-size: 1.15em; font-family: poiret one;">Advanced Yoga Teachers' Training <span style="display: inline-block;">In Rudraprayag</span></span></h2>

  • Advanced Yoga Teachers' Training In Uttarkashi

    3 March - 1 April 2018

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    During this month-long intensive the student experiences the purifying and transformative power of a Yoga practice. Further deepen your spiritual practice and study of vedanta, raja yoga, anatomy and sanskrit. The course is taught by senior disciples of Swami Vishnudevananda and is considered to be the next step after the 300-hour Sivananda TTC.

    <h2 style=" margin-top: -36px; color: #ffffff; text-align: left; line-height: 1.3;"><span style="font-size: 1.15em; font-family: poiret one;">Advanced Yoga Teachers' Training <span style="display: inline-block;">In Uttarkashi</span></span></h2>

  • Free Yoga and Meditation
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  • Positive Thinking, Living with joy, with Swami Kailasananda and Swami Jyotirmayananda

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  • "Sadhana is the purpose for which we have come to this place."

    - Swami Sivananda

  • "Become a living example of the integration of body, mind and spirit."

    - Swami Vishnudevananda



  • Sivananda Yoga

    Advanced Teachers' Training Course

  • “An ounce of practice is better than tons of theory.”

    – Swami Sivananda




  • Sivananda Yoga

    Teachers' Training Course

  • "Wish good to all beings. This will enrich your life and make you happy and peaceful."

    - Swami Sivananda

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  • "Contentment is derived from the approach and attitude toward the external world, not from the objects themselves."

    - Swami Vishnudevananda




  • Sivananda Yoga

    Further Training for Yoga Teachers

  • "The salt of life is selfless service.
    The bread of life is universal love."

    - Swami Sivananda

  • Karma Yoga Programme

  • "Wish good to all beings. This will enrich your life and make you happy and peaceful."

    - Swami Sivananda


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  • "To transform the world, you must transform yourself first."

    - Swami Sivananda





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    Teachers' Training Courses

  • "The most positive action we can perform to contribute to the momentous task of bringing our planet back into balance is to start changing ourselves."

    - Swami Vishnudevananda

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    The London Centre

  • “You can have calmness of mind at all times by the practice of yoga. You can have restful sleep. You can have increased energy, vigour, vitality, longevity, and a high standard of health. You can turn out efficient work within a short space of time. You can have success in every walk of life.”

    – Swami Sivananda

  • "The experience: "I am universal Space; I was never bound by this body and mind..."

    This is Yoga."


    – Swami Vishnudevananda

  • "Thought is both force and motion. Thought is dynamic. Thought moves. Thought decides the future. As you think, so you become."

    – Swami Sivananda

    <div style="padding-top: 13px; max-width: 450px; margin: auto;"><p style="padding: 24px; color: #ffffff; background-color: #22A4AD">"Thought is both force and motion. Thought is dynamic. Thought moves. Thought decides the future. <span style="display: inline-block;">As you think, so you become."</span></br></br> – Swami Sivananda</p></div>

  • About Us

  • “Health is wealth, peace of mind is happiness,
    Yoga shows the way.”

    – Swami Vishnudevananda

  • SIMPLIFY & RECONNECT

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  • SIVANANDA YOGA

    Sadhana Intensive
    In Rudraprayag

    30 Oct. – 14 Nov. 2017
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    Sadhana Intensive</br>In Rudraprayag



  • SIVANANDA YOGA

    Advanced Yoga Teachers' Training
    In Uttarkashi

    3 March - 1 April 2018
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  • SIVANANDA YOGA

    Yoga Teachers' Training
    In Rudraprayag

    21 Oct. – 19 Nov. 2017
    24 Feb. – 25 March 2018
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    Yoga at the Source

  • "Beauty is essentially spiritual.
    Real beauty lies in one's heart. It is in one's character.
    Beauty dwells in purity. Beauty shines in virtues."

    - Swami Sivananda



  • "Yoga is a life of self-discipline built upon the tenets of simple living and high thinking."

    – Swami Vishnudevananda

    <div style="padding-top: 13px; max-width: 400px; margin: auto; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; text-align: center;"><p style="padding: 24px; color: #ffffff; background-color: #22A4AD">"Yoga is a life of self-discipline built upon the tenets of simple living and high thinking."</br></br>– Swami Vishnudevananda</p></div>

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  • "We are part of a big family held together by love."

    - Swami Vishnudevananda



  • "Life is rich if you are simple and humble."

    - Swami Sivananda

  • "The most positive action we can perform to contribute to the momentous task of bringing our planet back into balance is to start changing ourselves."

    - Swami Vishnudevananda

  • "Inspiration is spiritual inexhaustible wealth. It gives joy, peace, and bliss eternal."

    - Swami Sivananda

  • "Om is your best companion in life, because it gives you immortality and eternal bliss."

    - Swami Sivananda

  • "Beauty is essentially spiritual. Real beauty lies in one's heart. It is in one's character. Beauty dwells in purity. Beauty shines in virtues."

    - Swami Sivananda

  • "Only in ashrams can students really start on the spiritual path, do intense sadhana and get into the vibration."

    - Swami Vishnudevananda

  • "Wish good to all beings. This will enrich your life and make you happy and peaceful."

    - Swami Sivananda

  • "Dwell in the divine.
    Live and move in it.
    Get absorbed in the Divine Flame."

    - Swami Sivananda

  • "The salt of life is selfless service.
    The bread of life is universal love."

    - Swami Sivananda

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  • “The meaning of life is found by diving deep, deep within.”

    – Swami Vishnudevananda

Yoga Festival

Tapping the ancient source of wisdom

We warmly welcome you for a vibrant five day yoga festival at the London Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Centre.

We will be hosting themed yoga workshops and a series of in-depth lectures on spirituality and meditation taught by senior teachers from all over Europe. The evenings will be enriched by beautiful discourses on the meaning of life accompanied by live music. Inspiring words of wisdom leave a deep impression on the minds of the listeners as they are taken on a soulful spiritual journey.

With honoured guest Sri Venugopal Goswami, Bhakti Yoga Acharya, Vrindavan, North India

With Swami Durgananda, Swami Sivadasananda and Swami Kailasananda, Yoga Acharyas

For the detailed programme, please click here.

Daily Programme

Please call us on +44 (0)208 780 0160 to register.

Monday 14 January

4pm  Asana class with Swami Kailasananda: Dissolving stress through stretching

6pm  Lecture with Swami Sivadasananda: Relax and channel mental energy through sound vibration

7pm  Bhagavata Saptaha with Sri Venugopal Goswami: Bhakti, the language of the soul

9pm Free vegetarian snack

Tuesday 15 January

4pm  Lecture with Swami Kailasananda: Breath, the essence of life

5.30pm  Asana class with Swami Sivadasananda: Mobility, strength and flexibility

7pm  Bhagavata Saptaha with Sri Venugopal Goswami: The unity of existence

9pm Free vegetarian snack

Wednesday 16 January

4pm  Asana class with Swami Kailasananda: Deepening the pranayama experience

6pm  Lecture with Swami Sivadasananda: Inspiration from the life of Swami Sivananda

7pm  Bhagavata Saptaha with Sri Venugopal Goswami: The philosophy of love

9pm Free vegetarian snack

Thursday 17 January

4pm  Lecture with Swami Kailasananda: Meditation – deepening the awareness of the Self

6pm  Lecture with Swami Sivadasananda: Inspiration from the life of Swami Sivananda

7pm  Bhagavata Saptaha with Sri Venugopal Goswami: The philosophy of love

9pm Free vegetarian snack

 

Friday 18 January

4pm  Asana class with Swami Sivadasananda: Relaxing your back

6pm  Lecture with Swami Kailasananda: Inspiration from the “Bhagavad Gita”: Staying positive in the midst of life challenges

7.30pm  Bhagavata Saptaha with Sri Venugopal Goswami: Living in simplicity and harmony

9pm Free vegetarian snack

Saturday 19 January

10.30am  Asana class with Swami Jyotirmayananda: Dynamic variations of the classical asanas

12pm  Vegetarian lunch

1pm  Walk along the Thames

2.30pm  Lecture with Swami Durgananda: Where is true freedom?

4pm  Asana class with Swami Sivadasananda: Recharging your solar plexus

7.30pm  Bhagavata Saptaha with Sri Venugopal Goswami: Rasa Lila, the Divine dance

9pm Free vegetarian snack

Sunday 20 January

10.30am  Asana class with Swami Kailasananda: Inspire creativity through asanas 

10.30am  Trial class: The art of conscious relaxation for beginners 

10.30am  Children’s class: Let’s play yoga for 7 – 12 year olds 

12pm  Vegetarian lunch

12.45pm  Introductory talk: Creative visualisation, using the power of imagination

1pm  Creative workshop: Awaken the inner artist using colourful thread and fabric

2.45pm  Saree draping tutorial: A step-by-step guide on how to drape a saree

3.15pm  Garba dance steps for beginners: Garba is a traditional dance from Gujarat associated with Holi, the festival of colours

Sunday 20 January (cont’d)

4pm Tea and vegetarian snack: You are welcome to bring a vegetarian dish to share

4pm Asana class with Swami Sivadasananda: From tension to joy

4.30pm Rangoli Crafts: Traditional Indian floor art using colourful designs and patterns

5pm The world in colour: How to create mood with colours and light

6pm Nada Yoga concert: Music for inner harmony with Sri Venugopal Goswami

8pm Free vegetarian snack

  • Inspiration from the Srimad Bhagavatam

    With live music : harmonium, vocal, flute and tabla

    Discourses based on the Srimad Bhagavatam, an ancient scripture on Bhakti Yoga, the yoga of universal love. The Bhagavatam tells many stories which help us to open our hearts, overcome the fears and confusion of the mind and understand the joy and unity of all life.

    With honoured guest
    Sri Venugopal Goswami,
    Bhakti Yoga Acharya, Vrindavan, India

    Listening to the classical yoga scripture Srimad Bhagavatam connects Jnana (knowledge) with Bhakti (devotion).

    In his incomparable style, Sri Venugopal Goswami presents the message of this scripture, which comprises the teachings of all yoga systems of India. The inspiring words of wisdom are combined with a melodious interpretation of classical mantra chanting (Kirtan). Day by day, the audience is guided on a soulful journey to the meaning and goal of human existence.

    With live music: harmonium, vocals, bamboo flute, shanai oboe and tabla.

    Excellent North Indian professional musicians accompany this programme with classical raga melodies und rhythms.

    Sri Venugopal Goswami has visited the European Sivananda Centres since 1998. His teachings come from a 500-year-old family tradition, which teaches this classical scripture. Sri Venugopal Goswami studied Sanskrit and Indian philosophy at the Hindu University in Benares. He also studied classical singing under the world-renowned Indian vocalist master Pandit Jasraj.

    <div style="margin-top: -10px; "> <p style="color: #ffffff; font-size:1.1rem;"><strong>Inspiration from the Srimad Bhagavatam</strong><br/><br/> With live music : harmonium, vocal, flute and tabla<br/><br/> Discourses based on the Srimad Bhagavatam, an ancient scripture on Bhakti Yoga, the yoga of universal love. The Bhagavatam tells many stories which help us to open our hearts, overcome the fears and confusion of the mind and understand the joy and unity of all life.<br/><br/> With honoured guest<br/> Sri Venugopal Goswami,<br/> Bhakti Yoga Acharya, Vrindavan, India<br/><br/> Listening to the classical yoga scripture Srimad Bhagavatam connects Jnana (knowledge) with Bhakti (devotion).<br/><br/> In his incomparable style, Sri Venugopal Goswami presents the message of this scripture, which comprises the teachings of all yoga systems of India. The inspiring words of wisdom are combined with a melodious interpretation of classical mantra chanting (Kirtan). Day by day, the audience is guided on a soulful journey to the meaning and goal of human existence.<br/><br/> With live music: harmonium, vocals, bamboo flute, shanai oboe and tabla.<br/><br/> Excellent North Indian professional musicians accompany this programme with classical raga melodies und rhythms.<br/><br/> Sri Venugopal Goswami has visited the European Sivananda Centres since 1998. His teachings come from a 500-year-old family tradition, which teaches this classical scripture. Sri Venugopal Goswami studied Sanskrit and Indian philosophy at the Hindu University in Benares. He also studied classical singing under the world-renowned Indian vocalist master Pandit Jasraj. </p> </div>