Gitananda Yoga chennai

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Gitananda Yoga Family  gathers in Chennai

 

The Chennai wing of the Gitananda Yoga Family gathered in Chennai on Saturday

December 6th for a day of Satsangha was organised by Yogacharini Maitreyi, who

is in charge of Gitananda Yoga activities in Chennai. She chose as the locale

the beautiful heritage building Amethyst located in central Chennai, which with

its palatial ancestral mansive ambience and vast, well kept gardens, a real

oasis in the modern cement-desert of present day Chennai. A bus load of happy

Yoga Sadhaks from the Six Month Residential International Yoga Teachers Training

Course and Senior Yoga Asana demonstration from Yoganjali Natyalayam arrived by

9;30 am at the site. The twelve-member party was greeted with Nadasuram, Thavil

and baskets of flowers (literally) poured on their head. After this joyous

welcome, all proceeded to the breakfast table to enjoy Pongal, Idly and Halva,

prepared lovingly by Padma, Maitreyi’s administrative assistant. Satsangha

student at 11 am and more than 100 people gathered

to her Amma Meenakshi speech on the meaning of “Sat” and “Satsangha” in modern

life: A lovely question and answer session followed her hour long discourse.

Yogacharini Nalini Devi of Spain, Senior Teacher Assistant of ICYER, spoke on

“Yoga in the West”, Balaji, Chandrasekar, Tamil Sengolan and Dayanidhi gave an

excellent Yoga Tableaus demonstration. Students of the Six Month Yoga Course

gave their impression of Yoga, which was spiritual and cheerful.

 

Maitreyi honoured parents of two of the students in the Six Month Course,

Pradeep Muthiah and Maithili Sharan, quoting Amma who of few says, “when I met a

good person, I always give full card it few them goodness to their parents”. The

mother of Maitreyi was also honoured by Meenakshi Devi. A wonderful feast of

Kerala-Style food followed the discourse, and demonstration at 2:20 pm. The

Pondicherry group then visited Maitreyi office in Chennai as well as her home

situated near by. The day was a grand success and a true “Satsangha” a gathering

of diverse souls of all ages, all religion, all castes, all not ???, united only

by a common desire to “Seek that which is Truth” those who would like to avail

themselves of excellent Yoga guidance in the Rishiculture Ashtanga (Gitananda)

Yoga tradition may contact Yogacharini Maitreyi.

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