Archive Items
The Swami Maheshananda Archive is a growing collection of Swamiji’s talks, teachings and writings. Also contained here are recordings of mantras practised and taught by Swamiji and Angelika, along with images contributed by their students and friends.
We welcome new contributions: please see About This Site for information about how you can help grow the archive.
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Lecture 5/6. Spain, Vilanova i la Geltrú, 2014.
Developing on the breathing practices from previous lectures the simple practices here are the first step of a deep exploration of the breathing mechanism, and how this relates to pranayama according to the Yoga Sutras.
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In Conversation: Spain, Vilanova i la Geltrú 2014
At the end of a weekend workshop about the Yama and Niyama, this quiet conversation takes place between Swamiji and one of the participants. Simply listen to this conversation clarifying points about the importance of the practice of the Yamas and Niyamas, the hierarchy of importance within the Yamas themselves, and the meaning of Īśvara […]
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In Conversation: Keeping your Peace.
This brief WhatsApp conversation provides us pointers on how to maintain a sense of peace.
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Lecture 4/6. Spain, Vilanova i la Geltrú, 2014.
The lecture includes discussion about the first four limbs of Aṣṭanga Yoga – the yama, niyama, āsana and prāṇāyāma. As part of this discussion it outlines a fundamental difference between Hatha yoga and Pātañjali’s Yoga Sutras and the outcome if one doesn’t adopt the yama and Niyama before practising āsana.
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Lecture 3/6. Spain, Vilanova i la Geltrú, 2014.
A focus on the Yama and Niyama as stand alone practices. What is the outcome of a life lived contrary to the Yama and Niyama?
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Lecture 2/6. Spain, Vilanova i la Geltrú, 2014.
Take some time to experiment with your breathing under the guidance of of Swamiji: there is much to learn and reflect upon. These experiments can help us learn the purpose of āsanas from the perspective of Pātañjali, and the fundamental difference between pranayama and āsana in the Yoga Sutras and in the Hatha Yoga Pradīprikā. They can also help us become aware of the difference between “doing” and “happening”.
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Lecture 1/6. Spain, Vilanova i la Geltrú, 2014.
A reading of sūtras 28-45 of the second chapter of Pātañjali’s Yoga Sūtras and their link to suffering opens this lecture. It leads to an exploration of the breath with a particular focus on active and passive, or doing and happening.
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In Conversation: Suffering can lead to understanding
Swami Maheshananda adopted technology with ease and flair. The following is an excerpt of a WhatsApp conversation Swamiji had with a student.
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Talk: Kaivalyadhama, 2007. Right Relationship
What is a proper relationship with our partner; our child; our work; our environment; our mind and our Self? This life is our journey of discovery. This conversation provides some guidelines to reflect upon.
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Mantra: Fire Ceremony, Parishamohanam Paryukṣaṇam 7/9
Part 7 in a series of 9 recordings of Angelika chanting the mantrās for fire ceremony.