Activites Of Ashram
2008
SATSANGA DARSHANA - June 2008
All the regular programs of our Ashram such as Mrutyunjaya Homa, Satchintana, Punaschetana were conducted on respective dates with good participation and enthusiasm. This month from 16 to 25, there was Punaschetana course for those who had completed Brahmavidya. Mangalore satsanga was conducted on 15th at Gayatri temple, Mangalore.
On 19th there was a satsanga at the house of Smt. Geeta Bhaskar, Panambur.
21st was the day of satsanga at I.T.I School, Thokur, Tapovana,
On 23rd Guruji with a handful of Yogabandhus embarked on a tour of outstation satsangas.
24th to 27th Atmavidya Vidya course was conducted at Tranquil Resorts, Madikeri.15 seekers took advantage of this.
27th - Satsanga at Hassan was attended by 18 Yogabandhus. SRI SHAKTIDARSHAN 27 AUG- 2008
On 30th Another satsanga was conducted at the house of Smt. Sujatha at Mysore.
On 29th from 9 to 4PM Maha Satsanga of Bangalore at Sreekrishna Dharmasala
Sabhangana was attended by 95 people The same night there was satsanga at the house of Smt. Ashwathamma at Devanahalli.
28th was a day of satsangas- 11 to 1 at the house of Sri Raghavendra Rao,
4 to 7 at the house of Sri Anand and 9 to 11 at the house of Smt. Leela Prabhakar.
SATSANGA DARSHANA for the month of May 2008
2-7 ShaktiPrerana camp for children. It was a comprehensive personality development course. Special stress was given for increasing intelligence and memory power.
2 ITI satsanga at S Kodi
3 Mrutyunjaya Homa was conducted in the evening where in 80 people participated.
4 Satchintana of Ashram was conducted by the children of the camp.
5-15 Kriya Yoga camp in English for the benefit of aspirants from other states.
10th and 25th Kriya Yoga Punaschetana- booster dose in Kriya Yoga.
12-17 Mouna Dhyana - accelerating progress in meditation.
18 Mangalore satsanga. School children were special invitees and the programs were oriented for them.
19-25 Kriya Yoga in Tamil, specially for our yogabandhus from Tamil Nadu and Kerala.
28th and 29th were open for Public consultations.
SATSANGA DARSHANA - April 2008
-4th Mrutyunjaya homa from 3 pm to 7 pm and thereafter sanjeevini pranayama was conducted by sri Guruji. Over 50 persons participated in this.
-5th Satchintana was sponsored by Yogashree satsang of Pakshikere. Soon after the inauguration, children exhibited some yogasana poses. After meditation, Kum Sudha monitored the first Shaktidarshan Kriya. After lunch there was entertainment.
-2nd to 10th a special course was conducted for the children of Tokkur Ramanna Shetty school consisting of Pranayama and techniques for increasing intelligence.
-9th Poojya Guruji inaugurated a new satsang in the Dhyana mandira constructed by Dr. Veena of Sullya. Special Asanas, pranayama and Dhyana will be conducted for pregnant women here.
-9th satsang was conducted in the house of Smt Geeta Bhaskar from 5.00 to 6.00.
-15th to 18th Shaktiprerana Shibira was conducted for children and their parents numbering 48.[See page 14&15]
-20th Mahasatsanga was conducted at Gayatri temple Mangalore beginning with the chanting of108 Mrutyunjaya mantra. As usual Kriya yoga, meditation, discussion and entertainments were there.
4th satsang was conducted for the students of ITI and their parents from 3-30 to 5-30. 35 people derived benefit from this.
-20th to 30th the first 10 day Kriya yoga Shibira was held; where Antarkriyas were also taught. 30 aspirants derived benefit from this.
Satsanga darshana for the month of March 2008.
Ø There was a special Mryunjaya homa on 6th night due to Shivaratri which was attended by 25 people.
March13- NMPT Satsanga was conducted in the house of Smt. Geeta Bhaskaracharya from 5 to 7 PM. Guruji explained to the gathering of 20 the way in which satsanga changes our life style.
Ø 14th - ITI college, S.Kodi satsanga was conducted in the auditorium. Guruji taught yoga and pranayama to the 40 odd members.
17th to 19th Calicut satsanga functioned in the house of Smt. Anita Kishore. Specialty of this satsanga was complete silence. Silent meditation was conducted from 5-30 in the morning till 10 PM. On 19th evening all had a wonderful time in the sunny beach of Calicut.
Ø 27th to April 1st Guruji along with some dhyna bandhus visited various Satsangas at Bangalore and Mysore.
On 28th satsanga was conducted at Dasanapura from 10 am to 4.
On 29th Sri Anand sponsored the satsanga in his house at Banashankari. The next day Bangalore Maha satsanga too was conducted where in 110 Yogabandhus took part.
On 31st morning, our team left for Mysore. We visited the Ashram of Sri Pattabhi Rama who is the disciple of Swamy Rama.
At 3 Pm Guruji explained to the students of B.Ed at Sri Vivekananda High School, Bannur, how to improve our personality and approach by Yoga. From 6 to 9.30 there was satsanga in the house of Smt.Veena Srinivas.
On 1st April, there was a camp for children in the house of Smt. Veena Srinivas where Guruji explained to the children how to improve their intelligence and memory power and taught many games and exercises.
In the evening Mysore Mahasatsanga was conducted at the house of Smt. Veena Balachandra Kalluraya. Over 50 Dhyana bandhus participated in this and they were taught Kriya yoga.
Out team returned to Mangalore by train at 12.15 midnight.
Satsanga darshana for the month of February 2008.
3rd.SATCHINTANA Sponsored by Karkala Satsanga. After meditation and Kriya there was music by deepa shenoy and dance by Deepika Kini and Subrahmanya.
4th to 9th meditation and yoga classes including Trataka, Jala netietc. for over 40 children and teachers of ITI at S.Kodi.
15th Evening -
Satsanga at the ITI auditorium atttended by 40 people
17th Mamgalore satsanga.
Starting with 108 mrutyunjaya Mantra Guruji conducted meditation. Theare after pranayama was explained and practised. After meals there was Bhajans by smt susheelamma and smt Mukta Nayak.
KOLKATTA SATSANGA - 18th to 22nd
Guruji along with 5 dhyana bandhus left to Bangalore on 17th night. On 18th morning a satsanga was conducted at the house of Smt Shobha.
The team flew to Kolkatta in the evening and halted at the house of Smt Archana Jain. The satsanga which started at 9 am on 19th, had meditation, different types of Pranayama along with explanations. In the afternoon there was a long question- answer session.
On 20th also Satsanga continued. In the evening from 6 to 8.30 there was a special session for children on increasing of memory power.
On 21st the team visited Dakshineshwar temple and other places. On 22nd they flew back to Bangalore.
22nd - Satsanga at Bangalore in the house of Smt. Sukanya Aaradhya in the afternoon which was attended by 40 people.
23rd to 25th - There was a capsule Kriya Yoga course for the inmates of Ashram.All the regular inmates of Ashram participated. The routine work of the Ashram was managed by volunteers and teachers.
Satsanga darshana for the month of January 2008.
On 13th Bhatkal satsanga was conducted in the ancestral house of Dr.Ganesh Prabhu. After inauguration by lighting the lamp, and Agnihotra, Guruji conducted classes on Pranayama, Kapala Bhati. In the afternoon Guruji explained the role of elderly persons and youngsters for a happy harmonious family life. After question - answer session, the yogabandhus exhibited their talents in Tabla, dance and music. The satsanga ended at 5.00pm.
Satchinthana programme was held at Ashram on 6th of January which was conducted by Calicut Satsang. About 70 people participated.
On 15th, Guruji conducted classes and practical training in salient features of Yoga for nearly2 hours to a congregation of over 400 students of Canara College, Mangalore. Guruji emphasized that by practicing yoga man can become superman and assured them that our Ashram offers all the necessary training facilities in this direction. It was well received by the students.
For the first time Mangalore satsanga conducted under the leadership of Sri. P.N.Bhandary, a three day yoga camp in the Ashram for 30 persons. Guruji inaugurated this camp by lighting the lamp.
Karkala satsang functioned in Sri Venugopala temple on 26th from 9 am to 3 pm under the leadership of Sri Mahesh Kini and his family and friends. Over 55 people participated in this. In the fore noon, pranayama and Dhyana was conducted. The satsanga concluded after a question - answer session.
Our Ashram was blessed by Sri Sri Raghaveshwara Bharati of Ramachandrapur Mutt, Hosanagar on 28th. He visited Surabhi vana and officially inaugurated our Gowmala. At the ashram he fed the cows and appreciated the manner in which they have been looked after. Our Gowshaala which started 4 years back with 3 cows has now 55 cattle. Pujya swamiji blessed that the number of cattle be increased to 100 next year.
The first PARIVARTAN SHIBIR which started on 1st of this month ended on 31st with a picnic to Kutta waterfalls near Madikeri. On 29th and 30th satsangas were conducted at a resort in nearby Choorikkad. This was attended by many Dhyana bandhus of Bangalore, Madikeri also. On 31st the party returned. On the way in the evening there was a satsanga at the house of Sri Vivek Shenoy at Puttur