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50 years teaching yoga
I started teaching yoga in 1970, and discovered Swami Radha and the Ashram that same year. I took the Yoga Teachers Course at the Ashram in 1980. I enjoyed an excellent long career as a yoga teacher, and began specializing … Read more » Read more »
Divine Mother Prayer & Divine Light Invocation
Both the Divine Mother Prayer and Divine Light Invocation are practices of remembrance that call to be taken up again this year. Although I have not practiced them consistently, every now and then they have emerged from the heart, and … Read more » Read more »
My life has improved on all levels
I wish everyone could have a chance to pause from regular life to step back and ask “How am I using my energy? What is the purpose of my life?” I took the YDC is 2015. I am so grateful … Read more » Read more »
My YDC Story – Swami Lalitananda
It’s been 40 years since I took the Yoga Development Course (YDC). I was 30 years old and had no idea that I would one day be a swami. I had lived an experimental decade in my twenties—seeking freedom through … Read more » Read more »
The YDC provides such a unique arc of experience
A rare mix of time and space and depth, with just the right dose of positive pressure to keep me exploring, letting go, breaking boundaries, reaching out… Being part of the YDC in the midst of a world-wide pandemic made … Read more » Read more »
The gift that keeps on giving
When I came to Yasodhara Ashram in August 2018, I didn’t know it yet, but I had already begun a journey out of a deep valley that I had, ever so slowly, descended into over the years. I thought: I … Read more » Read more »
A Life Changing Process
After a community class with one of the long-time resident swamis who had become a wise and trusted friend, we walked together to Siva parking lot. I had spoken of a deep yearning, a desire to change. “If you really … Read more » Read more »
One of the most valuable experiences I have had in my life. I have never taken so much time to invest in myself and it has paid off. Physically, emotionally, mentally and spiritually, I feel that I have grown. Read more »
Participating in the YDC I feel I was given the opportunity to learn the true meaning of self-acceptance in an environment where I felt completely safe and supported. This encouraged me to be open and work with the most vulnerable … Read more » Read more »
My YDC LifeChanger
Through my 2003 YDC I gained crucial tools and a “get out of victimhood free” card that I needed to work through a lot of early trauma and continue to grow. I felt like I had come home. I was … Read more » Read more »