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Comment on Satyananda in Australia, 1968 by Yogamanas

Yogamanas — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 00:43:15 +0000

Thanks Jyotimitra.
It’s great that you could shed so much light on the characters here.

Comment on Satyananda in Australia, 1968 by Swami Jyotimitra Saraswati

Swami Jyotimitra Saraswati — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 00:20:00 +0000

Great photo. Thanks for putting it up on your website Yogamanas.

It is Roma Blair (Swami Nirmalananda Saraswati) on Swami Satyanada’s left. The guy on his right is Michael Volin, a yogi and yoga teacher who was one of the key people spreading yoga in Australia from the 1950s. He came to Australia from China in 1949 and is said to have set up the first yoga school in Sydney before moving to Adelaide and setting up the Michael Volin Yoga School there. He eventualy settled and taught yoga in America. He wrote several books on yoga and many of these are in the Saraswati Library at the Rocklyn and Mangrove Satyananda Yoga ashrams.

Not sure who the other women on the couch is but she looks like a yoga teacher luminary also. The women at the back of the couch are probably yoga students – students of Volin and/or Blair.

OM OM OM

Comment on Bathed in something wonderful by Yogamanas

Yogamanas — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 08:45:40 +0000

Hi Jeannine, thanks for your question.
Good times for Yoga Nidra are before lunch, or upon arriving home after and work before dinner. While this practice can be done at any time, if you can manage it so that it is done at the same time each day, even better.
Keep in mind though, that if you eat right before Yoga Nidra, you are increasing the likelihood of falling asleep, rather than increasing your capacity for conscious awareness. Obviously one of the less effective times!

Comment on Bathed in something wonderful by Jeannine

Jeannine — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 06:56:01 +0000

What are the most effective times for practising yoga nidra meditation in the later part of the day/evening?

Comment on Satyananda in Australia, 1968 by swadee

swadee — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 05:02:03 +0000

I think mumford not mumfires

Comment on Satyananda in Australia, 1968 by swadee

swadee — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 05:01:23 +0000

I agree roma blair, the male maybe john mumfries?
rest would’nt know

Comment on Satyananda in Australia, 1968 by Yogamanas

Yogamanas — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 04:11:58 +0000

Hey Yogachakra, yes it is a great photo. I reckon you are spot on with Roma Blair, and bhramari! I’ll post it elsewhere and see if some others who have been around a bit longer can recognise them.

Comment on Satyananda in Australia, 1968 by Yogachakra

Yogachakra — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 12:10:06 +0000

Classic photo! Look at all those beehives! Wondering if He was thinking to teach them bhramari. Does anyone know who it is sitting on Satyananda’s right? I think Roma Blair is on his left. Thanks Yogamanas.

Comment on Mantras we do in class by Elizabeth Masters

Elizabeth Masters — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 22:20:54 +0000

Hi Manas,
Thanks so much for including the words of the mantras here. Having them written down makes it easier (for me anyway) to learn them.
regards
Elizabeth

Comment on Sowing the seed by Yogamanas

Yogamanas — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 22:15:47 +0000

Thanks Prakash. The tree is from time spent with DJ and JG in Colorado, would not have seen it on the forest floor as a seed, amongst all of the other forest floor debris.