Beacon Yoga Centre

weekly programs

OUR FOLLOWING 2020 ASHRAM PROGRAMME 

will recommence  from Sunday 26th January with Kirtan hosted by Swami Uditramananda Saraswati

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Thank you

Shobha 

Ashram programme coordinator

Patron of our Association

Please refer to event information for specific recommencement dates. 

MORNING MEDITATION

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Weekday mornings - Commences Monday 3rd February

At the heart of the Sivananda Ashram
is Guided Morning Meditation,

held every week-day morning from 6.30am - 7.30am.

* Leave shoes at the Satsang door.

* Cushions & seating provided.

* You are welcome to make yourself a cup of tea after           meditation.

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Front Ashram Door opens at 6.20am 

Please be seated by 6.25am

Free admission.   Donations welcome

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All Welcome !

Weekday Schedule

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Monday:          Commences Monday 3rd February

Morning raga sound and mindfulness meditation: Connecting with peace and presence through Classical Indian yogic music :

Branan Silivus

Tuesday: Silent Meditation

Wednesday:

Yogic Meditation

1. Establishing a comfortable steady sitting position and physical stillness.

2. Working with the breath to gain control over the prana.

3. Exploring different stages of pratyahara (training the senses to follow the mind within) and dharama (concentration).

4. Developing stillness in the mind

5. Practising "Drashta" state of Being (uninvolved observer)

Chinmaya (Ashram house manager)

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Thursday: Swami Venkatesananda's Guided Meditation : Justin Bell (Ashram resident)

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Friday:

Going into Oneself - Mindfulness - Chanting :

Swami Parvathiananda 

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PARLIAMENT 2020

Wednesday Evenings 

Commences Wednesday 5th February

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Our Parliament Resumes 

in the Library

7.00pm - 8.00pm.

Ashram front door opens at 6.50pm 

Please be seated by 6.55pm

Free admission.   Donations welcome

To sit in good company and generate receptivity and concentration together, makes this experience so much more than the sum of its parts, inviting deep transmission.


All Welcome !

VEDANTA CLASS 

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Monday Evenings - Commences Monday 17th February

In the Library

6.30pm - 7.30pm.

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Front Ashram Door opens at 6.20pm 

Please be seated by 6.25pm

Free admission.   Donations welcome

All Welcome !

CHHANDOGYA UPANISHAD 

CommencesThursday 3rd February

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Swami Parvathiananda will be presenting a course of 5 sessions investigating the following topics: 

Why do we die?
What happens to us during the process of dying?
What is death?
Where do we go after death?
Understanding the causes and the process of reincarnation.
Developing improved self awareness.

The evening will include reflective time and an opportunity for questions.

Please bring note books and pens with you for each session.

Swami Parvathiananda has studied the Upanishads extensively with Sri Swami Krishnanandaji Maharaj the great spiritual Master whose unparalleled understanding of Indian scriptures as well as Eastern and Western philosophy make his teachings incomparable and unique in their insight and profundity. He was a foremost disciple of Sri Swami Sivananda Maharaj.

Front Ashram Door opens at 7.20pm 

Please be seated by 7.25pm

Free admission.   Donations welcome

All Welcome !

SUNDAY JNANA YOGA
DISCUSSION GROUP

Sunday Mornings ongoing 

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Our morning begins st 7.45am

in the Ashram Library

Please be seated by 7.40am

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All are welcome to join our informal discussion group to explore the transcripts of conversations by Swami Venkatesananda, then share our insights and responses to the text.

Current book "The Yoga Vasistha's".

Copies of the text are available at the meeting.

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​* Leave shoes at the Front door.

* Cushions & seating provided

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After our discussion, you may join us for tea and toast.

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Free Event  /  Donations Welcome

All Welcome!

SUNDAY EVENING KIRTAN

Commences Sunday 2nd February

Sunday Evenings

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Come along to this warm and friendly evening of group chanting led by one of our esteemed Ashram Kirtanists.

1st Sunday        Branan      Sunday 2nd February

2nd Sunday       Joanna

3rd Sunday       Chinmaya

4th Sunday        Bindu

5th Sunday        HariShakti

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This is a great way to experience our Ashram community.

Chanting begins at 6.30pm and ends at 8.00pm, followed by a bowl of soup with participants in the upstairs kitchen at the Ashram.

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Please be seated by 6.20pm

​* Leave shoes at the Front door.

* Cushions & seating provided.

All Welcome!