SY has to compete with this...and it should.

[Guest guest]

, " jagbir singh "

<adishakti_org> wrote:

>

> For the past two weeks I have been able to meditate and reflect

> deeply on this issue as my computer went for a major repair. Those

> able to do the same will reach a level of awareness, joy and bliss

> as how the Paramchaitanya is working out the spread of the Divine

> Message. The only thing i can say with absolute conviction is that

> it is the Great News of the Divine Message to humanity, not Sahaja

> Yoga, that will gather strength in future and spread. i know many

> SYs will react against such a statement but please refrain. All

> you need is to climb higher up the mountain and confirm the same

> point of view. And when you are able to see so many management-

> controlled SYs walking around aimlessly on the plateau far below

> you will never look back again. You will be convinced in heart,

> mind and soul that you have truly lived to the highest standard

> and understanding of Shri Mataji's Original Vision, Mission &

> Message.

>

 

Note: i want to thank Sukamoga for her timely post below that

confirms what i am talking about.

 

What reason is there for council members to give its blessings to

its trademark innovation of Corporate Meditation when there is

already Sahaja Yoga? Is it any wonder that WCASY has edited out the

Divine Message on official websites if not to induce visitors into

thinking Sahaja Yoga is one of the 1001 recognized yoga schools in

America?

 

Sukamoga says that " SY has to compete with this...and it should. " i

am telling her that SY is already competing with other types of yoga

and, reaping what the management-controlled rank and file SYs have

sown with dishonesty, deservingly reaping an abysmally poor harvest

despite decades of tilling ............... and it should. As Shri

Mataji has said, only Truth will triumph and overcome all obstacles.

 

regards,

 

 

jagbir

 

" sukamoga " <sukamoga

Sun Aug 14, 2005 12:07 pm

SY has to compete with this...and it should.

 

The following is excerpted from a NY Times story that appeared on

July 24, 2005. Anyone care to speculate on what SY will do to

compete?

 

 

KATIE ANDERSON is not someone you'd call a yoga-head. A 34-year-old

mother of two, she has taken classes off and on for years, most

recently at her gym in Oxford, Miss. But she never considered going

away to an ashram, which she thought of as ''something for earthy

types'' who were willing to put up with bare-bones accommodations.

Then Mrs. Anderson read about a yoga-and-chocolate retreat that was

to take place at the Camino Real in Oaxaca, Mexico, and decided she

had to go. ''I love chocolate, and I wanted to practice my Spanish,''

said Mrs. Anderson, who went on the seven-day trip last October

organized by Katrina Markoff, the Chicago chocolatier and founder of

Vosges Haut-Chocolat, and David Romanelli, co-owner of a chain of

Arizona yoga studios.

 

In the mornings Mr. Romanelli led guests through vinyasa sequences in

a grassy courtyard, after which Ms. Markoff doled out a treat based

on the day's chakra (or spiritual source of energy). ''We went to

markets and ruins during the day and got chocolates on our pillows at

night,'' said Mrs. Anderson. ''It was fantastic.''

 

 

Cancel that crane pose. Today it's the yoga retreats themselves that

are going through contortions. Just as the number of Americans doing

yoga has exploded -- a Yoga Journal survey published in February put

it at 16.5 million, up 43 percent from 2002 -- so, too, have the ways

travelers can take it on the road. With registration up at retreat

centers, and yoga conferences selling out, mainstream properties have

decided they want a piece of the $3 billion yoga industry. Resorts,

spas and cruise ships have added morning sun salutation classes to

their fitness menus, and many are promoting special yoga weekends and

weeks. The Hilton and Kimpton hotel chains provide yoga mats and

straps for use in guest rooms, and Marriott's Renaissance ClubSport

in Walnut Creek, Calif., the first in a new group of health-oriented

hotels, has yoga sessions for kids.

 

The offerings range from the purist (like that at traditional retreat

centers) to the cursory (some resort classes wrap up in 30 minutes)

to the opportunist (getting a marquee teacher to fill a Mexican

resort in the dog days of August).

 

By 2007, Hyatt expects to increase its earnings from yoga classes to

more than $1 million from around $200,000, thanks to a new revenue-

sharing deal with Yoga Away, a Denver company that will offer its

branded program to Hyatt guests. Introduced at the Hyatt Regency

Scottsdale Resort and Spa this month and scheduled to roll out at 22

other properties over the next nine months, the Yoga Away program

includes in-room TV instruction in addition to regularly scheduled

classes, private sessions and occasional three-day getaways. The

program is said to be specifically designed to address the ails of

travelers. (Tied in a knot from a three-hour flight? Click on the on-

command ''Feeling Great Again -- Flexibility'' workout, which

emphasizes stretching.) ''It's value-added for guests,'' said Gordon

Tareta, global director of spas for Hyatt Hotels and Resorts.

 

Companies that organize yoga retreats have also upped the ante,

pairing a Hindu discipline that originated in India anywhere from

2,000 to 5,000 years ago (depending on what authority is consulted)

with everything from surfing to snowboarding. Some insiders are

appalled at what's being offered in the name of this ancient

spiritual and physical practice (''Yoga and chocolate? God forbid!''

exclaimed Nancy Lunney-Wheeler, executive director of programming at

the Esalen Institute, in Big Sur, Calif., which has taught yoga for

more than four decades).

 

*******Article sidebar

 

SALUTE THE SUN. CATCH A WAVE. OR SPOT A MOTMOT.

 

 

The latest hybrid retreats let you have your yoga and your vacation,

too. Here is a sampling of combo deals.

 

Yoga and Surfing, Aug. 12 to 14, Montauk, N.Y., offered by Sonic

Yoga; (212) 397-6344; www.sonicyoga.com. The New York-based company,

which has been doing surfing-and-yoga retreats in Montauk for four

years, now also offers them in Mexico and Costa Rica. Lauren Hanna,

vinyasa flow teacher and co-director of Sonic Yoga, who leads the

retreat with Twee Merrigan, says the activities are

similar: ''There's the fluid style of movement and breath and the

fluid power of the wave.'' Rates: $300 for the yoga and surfing

program in Montauk and $75 for yoga only (neither includes food and

lodging); Mexico and Costa Rica range from $1,200 to $2,000, based on

double occupancy, with food and lodging.

 

Yoga and Cooking, Oct. 20 to 23, Ojai Retreat Center, Ojai, Calif.,

offered by Yoga Works; (310) 664-6470, ext. 117; www.yogaworks.com.

Jennifer Stevens, a chef certified by the Natural Gourmet Cookery

School in New York, gives lessons in vegetarian cooking, and Sarah

Bell, a Yoga Works instructor, provides yoga classes in the morning

and late afternoon. At midday, participants can hike in the Angeles

National Forest, stroll around artsy Ojai, relax by the pool or get a

massage. ''The body can only take so much yoga,'' said Sky Meltzer,

director of programming at Yoga Works. Rates start at $665 a person,

single occupancy, and include food and accommodations.

 

Yoga and Surfing, Nov. 20 to 26, Villa Amor, Sayulita, Mexico,

offered by Via Yoga; (800) 603-9642; www.viayoga.com. Yoga is taught

by Scott Blossom, a Santa Barbara instructor who is also a

surfer. ''We get couples where the husband or wife just does the

surfing,'' said Kelly Kemp, co-founder of Via Yoga. Rates: $1,995 a

person, double occupancy; $1,795 if prepaid 90 days in advance.

 

Yoga and Snowboarding, Jan. 2 to 5, 2006, Vail, Colo., offered by

ReTreat Yourself, (800) 475-4543; www.ridewithbarrett.com. Led by

Barrett Christy, a leading snowboarder, and yoga instructors from

Yoga for Athletes, the retreat provides twice-daily yoga classes, one

before and one after hitting the slopes. Day 3 of the retreat is

devoted to a snowshoe expedition at Beaver Creek. Rate: $799 (does

not include hotel).

 

Yoga and Birding, Jan. 7 to 14, 2006, Hotel Lagunita, Yelapa, Mexico;

www.hotel-lagunita.com, offered by Yelapa Yoga; (509) 667-1339 after

Oct. 1; yogabirds2004. Participants sleep in thatched-roof

huts, do vinyasa yoga under the direction of Judith Roth, and go on

walks with Cody Wahto Sontag, a birder, where they might see russet-

crowned motmots and military macaws. Hilary Swank joined the group

for yoga and birding last year. Rates: $1,195 a person, double

occupancy; $1,050 if paid by Sept.15.

 

Yoga and Chocolate. Vosges Haut-Chocolat is planning weekend yoga and

chocolate workshops in various studios around the country this year.

For information on locations and prices, call (888) 301-9866 or see

www.vosgeschocolate.com.