Ajapa Japa is a meditation technique specific to Satyananda yoga. It combines ujjayi pranayama, awareness of pranic channels and chakras with the mantra Soham. Swami Satyananda’s Ajapa Japa comes in different forms. There are versions suitable to beginners and practices that are better for confirmed practitioners. The origins of Satyananda’s Ajapa Japa Swami Satyananda was…
The first time I read about the yoga teacher training at Haa Course Center, I immediately knew this was the training I wanted to do. That is why I came to live in Haa for almost five years. This article is about what it was like, and what I got out of going through the…
In the early 2000s, I trained to become a yoga and meditation teacher under the guidance of Swami Janakananda. We were a small group of particularly motivated teacher aspirants who lived at Haa Retreat Center. The training was intense, and most who attempted it gave up within a year or two. This is a portrait…
You might have heard that the best way to learn yoga is with a master. But what if you don’t have access to a one and want to start yoga on your own? Is learning yoga alone at home a lesser way of learning as many yoga teachers will have it? What are the obstacles…
Forceful Tranquility online yoga is particularly subtle, powerful and deepgoing. Unlike most contemporary yoga styles, it incorporates the full range of hatha yoga techniques. The practices span from physical exercises to sophisticated meditations. They are varied and rich, yet part of a coherent system in which they complement and reinforce each other. Online yoga that’s…
With Forceful Tranquility you get comprehensive yoga and meditation sessions.