4.30.2011

Sivananda Yoga Ashram, Neyyar Dam

At the beginning of March, I said goodbye to my parents and went to the Sivananda Yoga Ashram outside Trivandrum for a week. The asana classes were great and I met many nice people. However, the strict rules and the chanting for several hours a day was a bit too much.

the main hall

lunch time

We celebrated the festival of Shivaratri and chanted Om Nama Shivaya all night long.


Pouring ghee into the fire


2 comments:

Rahul said...

Insightful... thanks for posting...

Marco Pino said...

Oh yeah that chanting at the Sivananda Ashram can be a bit too much, I think I even had dreams with Jaya Ganesha... Jaya Ganesha. But I guess the Shivarati must have been a great experience, I experienced that one at the ashram in Madurai. I stayed at the ashram in Neyyar Dam for my TTC and I had a great experience. I also wrote about it on my blog: Sivananda Teachers Training Course