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about our teachers
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Yoga
Yoga literally means ‘union’ or reaching fruition; it is
the coming together of all aspects of ourselves with the highest
consciousness. The teachings cover every part of life, from ethics and
morality, (yama and niyama), physical health, fitness and vitality (hatha
yoga), mental alertness and insight (gyana yoga), clarity, concentration
and meditation (raja yoga), devotion and unconditional love (bhakti yoga).
Sri Swami Satchidananda
Swami Satchidananda was a student of both Ramana Maharshi
and Swami Sivananda in India. He came to the USA in 1966 and became known
as ‘The Woodstock Guru’ after launching the Woodstock Festival. He founded
the Integral Yoga Institutes worldwide and the Satchidananda Ashram in
Virginia. He is the author of many books and is the recipient of the
Martin Buber Award for Outstanding Service to Humanity. He is regarded by
many as the one of the most important spiritual teachers of this age.
Paramahamsa Swami Satyananda
In 1943 Swami Satyananda became a devotee to Swami
Sivananda. In 1963 he founded the International Yoga Fellowship and his
own school, the Bihar School of Yoga. He is known as being a master of the
Tantra and is one of India’s greatest mystics. Since then he has written
over 80 books and taught thousands of yoga students and teachers. In 1987
he founded Sivananda Math, a charitable institution for rural development,
and the Yoga Research Foundation. His work is continued by Paramahamsa
Niranjanananda.
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Buddhism
The word Buddha means one who has awoken to the awareness
of one’s true nature or intrinsic self. Buddhism teaches the path to such
awakening: how to transform greed, selfishness, ignorance and suffering
into generosity, loving kindness, insight and freedom, through meditation,
service and personal reflection.
The Dalai Lama
The fourteenth Dalai Lama of Tibet is both spiritual and
temporal leader of the Tibetan people. In 1959 he escaped from Tibet to
India following the Chinese invasion and successfully established a
government in exile. His constant advocacy of nonviolence led to his being
awarded the Nobel Prize for Peace in 1989. He is the author of many best
selling books and has become one of the world’s most prominent and beloved
leaders for peace.
HE Tai Situ Rinpoche
The twelfth Tai Situpa, abbot of Sherab Ling Monastery,
home to over 300 monks in northern India, was born in Tibet in 1954. He is
widely known for his peace work, including his 1989 Pilgrimage for Active
Peace, which drew religious leaders from around the world. The author of
many books, he is also known as the principle teacher to HH The Karmapa,
leader of the Kagyu school of Tibetan Buddhism.
Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche
Born in Tibet, Trungpa Rinpoche fled to the West in 1967
and founded Samye Ling Monastery in Scotland, before moving to the US
where he founded the Naropa Institute in Boulder, Colorado, and
established a worldwide following through his Shambhala teachings and
centres. Former abbot of the Surmang monasteries, he is the author of
numerous best selling books, notably, “Shambala The sacred Path Of the
Warrior”.
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