The Ashram
An ashram is a home with a Guru present for direct personal tuition and spiritual counseling,while offering either a meeting space or accommodation for its visitors that are suitable for individual yoga practices and meditation practices any time of day or night. Without having to worry about food, logistics, room service and facility maintenance, an ashram is where Guru is ! True Guru can be anywhere and every where wherever God is - also in your heart right now !!
a) Its Aim
The Ashram is dedicated to propagate the ancient Indian Science and Art of Yoga, in a modern scientific way. This system of teaching is a combination of modern scientific inquiry and information with ancient wisdom.
b) The Structure
We teach Yoga by using step-by-step method giving our students a structure for a new yogic life-style.
We have implemented the concept of the Guru Kula to instruct our students. Guru Kula literally means the “womb of the Guru”. The student is nourished spiritually within the protective ambience of the Guru's presence, until he is strong enough to stand on his own two feet in the world.
Yoga is knowledge, but it is more in the doing, in the action. We encourage the students to let Yoga become a way of life, through a new attitude using Yoga philosophy and psychology and a change in personal hygiene and diet patterns. In this way, knowledge could set them free from the bad habits and the conditioning of their earlier lives.
Yoga, which means union, has been practiced in India as a way of life for centuries. In the ancient times, all sacred teachings were first passed orally from generation to generation. Only later in history, was it written down. The Yogic tradition is basically an oral tradition. This is best described in these words: “From the mouth of the Guru to the ear of the Chela (Student)”.
Life in the "Guru Kula" in India has always been disciplined, simple and natural with an austere dignity. The student, called a "Chela", was expected to possess many qualities, including discipline, sensual control, purity of body, mind and emotions, willingness to learn, humility, intelligence and respect for the teachings and the teacher. The Guru Kula was also the home of the Guru and the teachings were taught in an intimate, family relationship. In such a setting, the Guru could closely observe the student and understand his weaknesses and his strengths.
