What I like about most of these yoga mat bags is that they are not your typical mat-shaped tube (though you can find that here too, if that’s your style), nor do they look like sporty gym bags (ditto). My favorites are stylish, functional, everyday bags that are enhanced with handy straps for carrying your mat on the days you need it. Any one of these would make a great gift for the yogini fashionista in your life.

For those of you who read my blog via RSS Feeds, Blog Emails or direct Blog Bookmarks, I wanted to make you all aware that I am now offering a comprehensive Meditation Teacher’s Training Program.  Just 2 days ago I opened the program up to the newsletter subscribers, and I am very happy to say that I received a great response from the readers.  Welcome to all of you who have signed up for the program and I am looking forward to working with you during the training course .

If spiritual sciences can be thought of as a necessary meal for the Soul, in my view Yoga and Pranayama are the appetizers, while Meditation is the main course .  This is why I have worked very hard on putting together this program, and waiting 3 years, to ensure all the necessary material was created, before offering it to you all.  I am very keen on sharing the wisdom of meditation and helping all of you become great teachers, so that you too may then help spread the light.

Below are the all the details for the Certification Program, which you can also find on the following page Meditation Teacher’ Training Program.  I have created a special sliding scale for the program fee, where you get to choose how much you pay for the training.  It starts as low as $21 and goes up to the full price of $101.  This is because I don’t want anyone who is serious about becoming a meditation teacher to not have an opportunity to complete this program.  

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Revered Indian Swami Satyananda Saraswati died at midnight on Decmeber 5th.  Swami Satyananda Saraswati was the founder of the Bihar School of Yoga and a respected teacher of Tantra Yoga.  

As a child, he would have spontaneous spiritual experiences, and by the age of 15 began practicing Kundalini Yoga (which traditionally is different than the Kundalini asana taught today.) In 1943, he met Swami Sivananda Saraswati, with whom he studied for many years.  After leaving the Sivananda ashram, he settled in Bihar where he founded the International Yoga Fellowship and the Bihar School of Yoga in 1964. Continue reading…