Yoga Wisdom – Your Mind Is More Than Your Brain
We can cut open our brain, we can examine all its parts and chambers, we can touch it, we can analyze its molecules. But we still cannot touch or see the mind. Because the mind is an interior level of our being. And interiors cannot be cut open with a knife. Interiors must be interpreted. If you want to know what my mind is like, you must communicate with me. Poking my brain won’t do much. Hook my brain up to an EEG machine can tell you many things about my brain activity, but nothing about how I feel. You, a human being, not a machine, must ask me how I feel.
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Drinking Water and Fasting for Optimum Health
We drink water everyday, but why is it that some people enjoy good health from drinking water whereas others do not? The answer is: there is technique to drinking water! Most people drink too little water; this is why their health is not good. How much should we drink then? The answer is that most people need to drink at least four litres of water a day. The amount should be increased if you have skin problem.
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Significance of Raja Dhi Raja Yoga (Part 2)
By doing Prán’áyáma the respiration is extended because we know that after every inhalation and exhalation there is pause and this very pause is the cause of some higher intellectual or spiritual thoughts or experience. In the first lesson also there is some kind of Prán’áyáma which naturally happens but in the fourth lesson the Prán’áyáma is separately given to control the breath system. Thus by the increase of this pause period Prán’áyáma is able to help in quietening the wanderings of the mind. Hence it is a very very important lesson.
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Significance of Raja Dhi Raja Yoga (Part 1)
The lessons of Raja Dhi Raja Yoga , if done perfectly, can lead a person to Savikalpa Samadhi. This Savikalpa Samadhi is Brahma-jinana. Each of the lessons of Sahaja Marga of Raja Dhi Raja Yoga as devised by Shrii Shrii Anandamurtiiji contributes towards the same spiritual goal. … continue reading
Our Profile
The Ananda Marga Yoga Academy (AMYA) was initiated in 2007 as a collaboration between Ananda Marga Yoga Society of Singapore (AMYS) and the Ananda Marga Gurukula (AMGK). In early 2010, AMYA got Academy status and is today registered under the Council for Private Education.
Our courses offered: Diploma & Certificate in Yoga Science, Practice and Lifestyle, covers everything expected from a yoga teachers training course, and much more. All the aspects of the student’s personality are developed. Utilizing an integrated curriculum the courses empower the student to be physically fit, mentally evolved and spiritually elevated. The students learn to utilize this capacity for serving the society.
The style of yoga we teach, in our Yoga Teacher Training Courses in Singapore, is known as Raja Dhi Raja (RDR) yoga. RDR is an expansion of the ancient Raja yoga system, also known as Ashtanga yoga. Compare to Hatha yoga, RDR yoga differs in the way the asanas (“yoga postures”) are done. RDR yoga is practiced in a relatively slower pace and each asana is repeated several times in a more structured way. This balance the hormone secretion which is important for a peaceful mind; it also greatly stimulates the function of the internal organs and the nervous system. Though significant time is spent on asana practice, meditation has a central role in these yoga teacher training courses.
The trainers in our yoga school are internationally recognized teachers and are highly skilled and experienced in the field of yoga education. Most of our trainers are senior teachers with decades of experience. The Gurukula system of education is the oldest on our planet, tracing its roots back 10,000 years to the time of ancient civilization and dedicated to the highest ideals of all-round human development with a futuristic and ecological perspective and a universal outlook. More about our yoga teacher training courses in Singapore …
Our Registration with Council for Private Education (CPE)
With the recent private education regulations & requirements, the Ananda Marga Yoga Academy is successfully registered with the Council for Private Education.
“Established under the Private Education Act, the CPE is a statutory board empowered with the legislative power to regulate the private education sector. In addition to its role as the sectoral regulator of private education institutions, the Council facilitates capability development efforts to uplift standards in the local private education industry.” More about CPE…
