Sangeeta Laura Biagi

Namaste everyone!  I was blessed to receive this mantra from my Yoga Gurus, Yogacharini Meenakshi Devi Bhavanani and Yogacharya Dr. Ananda Balayogi Bhavanani at the International Center for Yoga Education and Research at Ananda Ashram (www.icyer.com) in India.  Here, I am sharing some of my reflections and a short guided practice.   While this contemplation on the mantra is specific to the culture and philosophy of sanatana dharma, it is also a magical gift we all have, and which can be enjoyed by everyone.   I hope you will find it inspiring (pun intended!).   Thank you for your support and appreciation. 

With over 20 years of experience in yoga and meditation, Yogacharini Anandhi- Korina Kontaxaki is a teacher and trainer at the International Center of Yoga Education and Research in India, under the guidance of Yogamani Kalaimamani Yogacharini Menakshi Devi Bhavanani (Ammaji) , Yogacharya Dr Ananda Balayogi Bhavanani and the Giatananda Yoga tradition. In 2018 she was awarded be her Guru the prestigious title 'Yoga Chemmal' (yoga master) for her service to Yoga.   As a yoga teacher trainer, she is the founder of the Wholistic Spiritual Training program, where she trains yoga teachers, therapists and people interested in deepening their practice in yoga, in a holistic system of personal development that includes yoga postures, pranayama, meditation, yoga nutrition, yoga philosophy, life practices, creative writing and physical expression:  http://www.yogalifecyprus.org/    As an ayurvedic counsellor, she is the founder of Activated Vegan Seminars - a yogic nutrition guide for health, vitality and mental development, based on Ayurveda:  https://yogalifewithanandhi.com/p/act...    Her book "YogaLife" is an introduction to the 3-year Wholistic Spiritual Training and you can find it here: https://www.amazon.com/Yogalife-pract... /dp/B095GNTWF7

Let's welcome the Sun in the constellation of Aquarius, as it meets Saturn and Jupiter, already in this sign. Let's learn to observe the fluctuations of our mind and how they impact the way we perceive life. Withdraw the senses and breathe. Listen and connect. 

Per potersi rilassare è necessario capire come controllare i nostri sensi, incluso il sesto senso della mente. Per iniziare, possiamo sperimentare la nostra esperienza del rapporto che esiste tra respiro lento e ascolto sottile.   Queste pratiche sono utili per tutti, soprattutto per chi si sente costantemente stressato e anche per chi usa l'ascolto inclusivo e attento nella propria professione.    Sessione registrata dal vivo il 10 giugno 2022 a Siena.    Per saperne di più sui miei corsi e lezioni di Nada Yoga (Yoga del Suono e del Silenzio) nella tradizione di Yogamaharishi Dr. Swami Gitananda Giti, cliccate qui: https://soulsound.it/category/eventi/

People how are in the healing arts are equipped with empathic strength and emotional intelligence. However, oftentimes, we are also quite emotional, i.e. prone to over share in order to destress and relax.  It is time we learn to understand and manage our emotional fields. In this contemplation, we become aware of the "net of emotions," learn to withdraw their energy back into ourselves to allow it to flow between the earth's center and the galactic center.  Recorded live during my online Moon Circle on May 29, 2022. 

Unione Induista Italiana Dialoghi sullo Yoga del Suono / Dialogues on the Yoga of Sound  7 febbraio 2022 / February 7, 2022  in occasione della World Interfaith Harmony Week   PROGRAMMA Ananda Balayogi Bhavanani e Sangeeta Laura Biagi, autori del libro “Perle di Sarasvati”, dialogano con Svamini Ma Uma Shakti Giri.  PROGRAM Ananda Balayogi Bhavanani and Sangeeta Laura Biagi, authors of the book “Perle di Sarasvati”, in dialogue with Svamini Ma Uma Shakti Giri.   INTERVENGONO  - Svamini Ma Uma Shakti Giri, Monaca induista, yogacharya, insegnante di musica e canto devozionale (Matha Gitananda Ashram)  - Dr. Ananda Balayogi Bhavanani, Medico, yogacharya (ICYER), cantante e compositore di musica carnatica  - Dr. Sangeeta Laura Biagi, Esperta di comunicazione interculturale e studio della voce (Soul Sound Academy), yogacharya (ICYER)   WITH  - Svamini Ma Uma Shakti Giri, Hindu monk, yogacharya, teacher of music and devotional chanting (Matha Gitananda Ashram)  - Dr. Ananda Balayogi Bhavanani, doctor, yogacharya (ICYER), Carnatic music singer and composer  - Dr. Sangeeta Laura Biagi, expert in intercultural communication and voice studies (Soul Sound Academy), Yogacharya (ICYER)   PERLE DI SARASVATĪ. Dialoghi sullo yoga del suono di Ananda Balayogi Bhavanani e Sangeeta Laura Biagi: https://www.laksmiedizioni.it/libri/p...  Maha Gitananda Ashram: https://www.ashramgita.com Ananda Ashram / ICYER:  http://www.icyer.com Soul Sound Academy: https://soulsound.it

Songs of the Heart: Heart to Heart Conversation with the Teachers and Mentors of the Rishiculture Ashtanga Yoga Global Family, hosted by Yogacharini Sangeeta Laura Biagi Today's episode is with Yogacharini Kalavathi Devi. Yogacharini Kalavathi Devi is a dedicated student of Yogamani Kalaimamani Yogacharini Meenakshi Devi Bhavanani and Yogacharya Dr Ananda Bhavanani from the Gitananda Yoga Paramparai of which Dr Ananda is currently the Acharya.In 1999 Kalavathi took the 6 months intensive residential Yoga Teacher Training course at Swami Gitandanda’s ashram, Ananda Ashram, ICYER, in Pondicherry, South India. On completion of her training she was given the name Kalavathi Devi (because of her love of the arts) and the title Yogacharini, one who is qualified to teach yoga. Kalavathi has taught yoga classes without a break since her return from her initial training.   Kalavathi lives in Cardiff where she runs her own Yoga Studio: Om Studio. With her artwork on the wall in the form of a mandala and the use of the amazing acoustics of the room for chanting, she has brought together some of her life’s loves with her yoga. All of these can be experienced at Om Studio: https://omstudio.co.uk

Songs of the Heart: Heart to Heart Conversation with the Teachers and Mentors of the Rishiculture Ashtanga Yoga Global Family   Today's episode is with Yogacharini Yogashakti Yogachemmal Jnânasundarî. Yogacharini Yogashakti Yogachemmal Jnânasundarî took her correspondence course Yoga Step by Step with Yogamaharishi Dr. Swami Gitananda Giri in 1990. Since then, she has been traveling to Ananda Ashram as a student and, later, as a teacher, supporting students from India and around the world in the study and practice of Rishiculture Gitananda Yoga.  She is a proficient and elegant writer, as well as an artist and illustrator, and her work has been featured on several issues of Yoga Life. Yogashakti Jnânasundarî currently resides in France where she teaches Gitananda Yoga and offers classes and teacher trainings. Also on Youtube.  Thank you for listening and sharing! 

This sequence of practices was created and shared live during a zoom session of the 2021/2022 Gitananda Nada Yoga online immersion.   Taught by Yogacharya Dr. Ananda Balayogi Bhavanani and co-facilitated by Yogacharini Dr. Sangeeta Laura Biagi, these teachings come from the prampara of Yogamaharishi Dr. Swami Gitananda Giri (http://www.icyer.com, all rights reserved).

"Shabda Pratyahara", codified and taught by Yogamaharishi Dr. Swami Gitananda Giri Guru Maharaj in his "Yoga Step by Step", Lesson 45.  (All Rights Reserved, https://www.icyer.com)    Illustration copyright of Getty Images, sourced online.   Recorded with copyright permissions as supplemental material for the Yoga Step by Step online course taught by Yogacharya Dr. Ananda Balayogi Bhavanani (2020-2021)   Read by Yogacharini Dr. Sangeeta Laura Biagi  (https://en.soulsound.it)

This month is filled with amazing astrological aspects! The New Moon in Virgo on September 7th, the Full Moon in Pisces on September 20th and the Fall Equinox on September 22nd all invite us to assess, harvest and digest. Are you ready? Let's go! 

A heart-full moon, this is. Connecting our hearts to the collective consciousness, the magnetic field of love that radiates from our center… Breathe and expand.

Volete cambiare qualche aspetto della vostra vita ma vi sentite bloccati? Perché è così difficile cambiare?  In questo episodio parlo del cambiamento come elemento fondamentale dell’evoluzione. 

New Moon in Leo invites us to connect with our heart, our leadership skills and goals.

This year's summer solstice is followed by a full moon in Capricorn. Solar and Lunar forces meet and "enlighten" areas in our lives where we are ready to reap the fruits of the seeds we planted with the winter solstice in December 2020.  This podcast is a contemplative reading for this powerful astrological moment.  Thank you for listening and sharing. 

New Moon + Solar Eclipse in Gemini, conjunct Mercury retrograde and the North Node of the Moon happening on June 10, 2021.  Teachings:  - what mental formations support your joy and happiness? - what memories are you selecting to share with others? - stop complaining - learn to slow down, be quiet and receive intuitive guidance on your next manifestation 

Such a powerful Full Moon in Sagittarius with Total Lunar Eclipse! We are invited to review our value system and communicate it in a wholistic way, integrating past and present experiences to manifest a life that is loving and humane.  Thank you for listening and sharing.

Teachings on this New Moon: - Deep listening, - Slow breathing,  - Enhanced sensual receptivity to the teachings of nature (inner and outer) - Honouring one's voice

Anāhata cakra è il “Centro del Cuore” anche se il nome sanscrito significa “il Loto del Suono non percosso”, cioè il centro dove possiamo iniziare a percepire il nāda o il suono cosmico che inizia con l’inizio della creazione ed è così sottile da poter essere solo percepito in stati di meditazione profondi di grandissima pace.  Il dhara bīja è il suono “seme” dei cakra. Il dhara bīja yaṃ è il suono “seme” del cakra anāhata. Sul prāṇa del respiro facciamo volare la voce che esce dal centro del corpo con il suono YA e si espande a 360 gradi attorno al corpo. Con il suono nasale e cerebrale NG riportiamo il suono al centro del corpo e oltre la sommità della testa dove terminiamo l’espirazione con una breve sospensione prima di riprendere il respiro dalla parte bassa, media e alta dei polmoni. Ripetere per 9 nove o per multipli di 9 japa (ripetizioni) con concentrazione, rispetto e amore. Iniziamo sempre con tre auṃ  e finiamo con un auṃ. Si può lavorare con questo dhara bīja per: Calmarsi e gestire i propri sentimenti Perdonare e perdonarsi Riscoprire il potere della propria voce Lasciar fluire le emozioni Imparare a lasciar andare l’attaccamento a persone, cose e situazioni Raffinare il proprio udito interiore Il mantra yaṃ stimola l’elemento dell’aria e il senso del tatto quindi, in un momento come quello di adesso, di isolamento, può portare beneficio a chi si sente solo o a chi manca il contatto umano Questi insegnamenti mi sono stati tramandati direttamente dal mio Yoga Guru, Yogacharya Dr. Ananda Balayogi Bhavanani al centro di studio e di ricerca sullo Yoga ICYER in India, che ringrazio con devozione. L’illustrazione è di A. Ramesh B.F.A. (©www.icyer.com) tratto dal libro Chakras: Psychic Centers of Yoga and Tantra di Yogacharya Dr. Ananda Balayogi Bhavanani. Per leggere il mio blog su Anahata Chakra, cliccare qui. 

The New Moon in Pisces will be exact when the Sun and Moon conjunct at 23*03’ in the early hours of March 13, 2021. Pisces is the twelfth and final sign of the Zodiac, before the beginning of a new Zodiac year commencing with the Spring Equinox, and the sign of Aries, on March 20, 2021. And what a year this has been! Be mindful of the pull of Aries and spring (in the Northern Hemisphere) and make sure you take time before then to complete, conclude, and digest.  Pisces is fully reliant on connectivity, community; it’s the dual-fish connected within the Ocean’s unending medium. The quality of water does not permit bifurcation or separation. Water also carries an immense pressure the deeper we go within. Read more about this lunation on my blog. [Recorded live during my series of online Moon Circles on March 7, 2021)