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Explore book reviews and other helpful resources. The story collection includes spiritual stories for adults that can be used in classes and workshops, as well as stories about the life of P. R. Sarkar (Anandamurti).

Infiniti Yoga Teacher Training Instruction Manual

Ananda Marga Yoga Society Singapore The Infiniti Yoga Teacher Training Instruction Manual, published by the Ananda Marga Yoga Society Singapore, presents a groundbreaking and accessible approach to holistic well-being. Centered around a unique system of walking in an infinity or 8 shape pattern, this practice integrates rhythmic movement with modified yoga postures, breathing, and mindfulness techniques. Rooted in both modern physiological understanding and yogic wisdom, Infiniti… Read More »Infiniti Yoga Teacher Training Instruction Manual

Feature Ásanas

This issue of AMAYE Voices features two of the ideal ásanas Anandamurti recommended for meditation.  However, sometimes these can be difficult and often excruciating for the yoga meditation practitioner.  Other meditation ásanas include the following: Bhojanásana or Sukhasana This posture is frequently referred to as the tailor’s or eating pose.  It is a comfortable position, having the buttocks rest on a cushion or blanket can… Read More »Feature Ásanas

A Study of the Transformative Benefits of Meditation

Enhancing Physical, Mental, Emotional, and Spiritual Well-being By Didi Ananda Sainjana Here is the outcome of the survey done with thirty practitioners of yoga and meditation recently. The practitioners consist of both male and female ages from 20 to 55 years. They have each been meditating for a duration of ten months to ten years. In today’s fast-paced world, the importance of mental and physical… Read More »A Study of the Transformative Benefits of Meditation

Close Your Eyes and Open Your Mind 

This is an easy to read, easy to understand, illuminating and entertaining book on meditation. Dada Nabhaniilananda, aka The Monk Dude is a meditation instructor, an author, a keynote speaker and a musician. Born in New Zealand, he was ordained as a yoga monk in India in 1979 and has been teaching meditation for 44 years. Close Your Eyes and Open Your Mind  is strongly… Read More »Close Your Eyes and Open Your Mind 

Stories from the Life of of P. R. Sarkar/Anandamurti

The Whistling Bird Stories of Prabhat’s unusual ways spread through his school. Many of children were very curious about him.  Odd stories about young Prabhat were whispered. Whispered tales circulated—some said Prabhat could understand the songs of birds. Others swore they had seen him talking with animals. One afternoon, Prabhat was sitting under a large tree with his friends when a heated argument broke out… Read More »Stories from the Life of of P. R. Sarkar/Anandamurti

The Ananda Marga Asana Guide  

Sponsored by AMAYE This guide contains all of Shrii Shrii Anandamurti’s 44 therapeutic asanas as well as additional information about the Ananda Marga Style Asana Practice. Each asana contains information about: This document utilizes the Wiki platform and is, for now, available for no charge. The on-line book is currently distributed only to Ananda Marga teachers or experienced margiis within a referral based process. Please… Read More »The Ananda Marga Asana Guide  

The Guest House

By Jalaluddin Rumi This being human is a guest house.Every morning a new arrival.A joy, a depression, a meanness,  Some momentary awareness comesAs an unexpected visitor. Welcome and entertain them all!Even if they are a crowd of sorrows,Who violently sweep your houseEmpty of its furniture.Still treat each guest honorablyThey may be clearing you outFor some new delight. The dark thought, the shame, the malice,Meet them… Read More »The Guest House

The Golden Buddha

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Once upon a time in the 1950’s a group of monks from a monastery had to relocate a Buddha statue made of clay from their temple to a new location.

Becoming One with the World

Becoming One with the World advances the spiritual wisdom of ecological cooperation and deeper understandings, building a more harmonious world society.

Kaoshiiki Yoga Dance

An 8-week course through the Neohumanist College of Asheville. Instructors: Didi Ananda Sainjana, Kaoverii  Zimmerman, and MahaJyoti Glassman. This intensive study of Kaoshiiki methodology will include the physical, mental, and spiritual benefits of this yoga dance as well as the physiology and anatomy of each step. Yoga asanas and movement that support the performance of Kaoshiiki will be introduced. The latest scientific discoveries that reiterate… Read More »Kaoshiiki Yoga Dance

Come Alive with Yoga

This new arrival explores the 8 limbs of yoga as outlined by the Yoga Sage, Patanjali, 2000 years ago and upgraded more recently by Shrii Shrii Anandamurti.

The Mystical Dance: Kaoshikii

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As someone who loves to dance, I was thrilled when I heard that we were going to learn a yoga dance from the “man in orange” who is always proper and composed.

AMAYE Conference October 2024

The ‘Shine Brighter with Yoga Practices’ international AMAYE Global Online Conference took place on October 26, 2024. This 5-hour conference had approximately 175 participants from around the world. Read More

A Story from the Life of P. R. Sarkar: A Garden Story

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In Anandamurti’s home in Calcutta, before going for his morning walk, every day he would look at all the plants. The woman who was taking care of the plants told me that one day he went on to the roof and was looking at one plant which had a small flower. 

Shukra & Reclaiming the Lymph

by Christian Franceschini (An excerpt from The Neohumanist Journal, 3/24 Issue) Shukra was known as the essence of the essence of physico-pscho-spiritual vitality.  The holy centre known as the site of extraordinary vitality is conducive to the achievement of all perfection (siddhis). “It subdues sins and destroys ailments.” (Yogasvashista) Neohumanist founder, Shrii Prabhat Rainjan Sarkar gives us a different definition of shukra: “The food taken… Read More »Shukra & Reclaiming the Lymph

The Biopsychology of the Body-Mind

An excerpt from The Science of Yoga Asana by Rudramohan The relation between the physical body and the mind is very close. – P. R Sarkar Yoga has always looked upon the body as part of the mind, and called it the Anamaya kosa, meaning ‘the layer of the mind made of food’. The role of thoughts in affecting the body and how the body… Read More »The Biopsychology of the Body-Mind

The Tale of the Two Wolves

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A grandfather was talking with his grandson, and he told him of the two wolves that live inside each one of us. They are always at war with each other. One is a good wolf who is kind brave, and loving. The other is a bad wolf who is greedy, mean, and fearful. The grandson thinks of what his grandfather has spoken and then he… Read More »The Tale of the Two Wolves

Ya Never Know

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Long ago there lived a farmer and his son. The boy worked hard on his father’s farm and one day he happened to capture a strong, beautiful wild horse. All the neighbors told the farmer how fortunate he was. The farmer replied, “Ya never know.” He looked at the distant mountain and he smiled. The boy spent his days tending to the farm and the… Read More »Ya Never Know

The Starfish

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One day a woman was walking along a beach.  The entire beach was littered with hundreds of starfish who had been washed up by the tides because of a fearsome storm that had happened the night before.  Every time she came to a starfish, she picked it up, and threw it back into the ocean. After a while, her friend who had been watching and… Read More »The Starfish