Summer Newsletter 2007
	The Light of the Guru By Manorama The Guru as a metaphor represents the eternal guiding light. Guru is the luminous force which when ignited awakens one. July is the month of Guru Purnima, a celebration honoring the divine teacher. The day of Guru Purnima falls each year on the day of the full moon in July. This year the auspicious day is Sunday, July 29th. If we listen we can hear the great Rshis seers shouting their mantras from ages past & present  "Wake up! and feel what you ARE. Awareness, existence itself, which is peace and bliss." Hafiz writes the way to that eternal Love is through existence itself... [read more]

UPCOMING SUMMER RETREATS EXPLORING THE GODS & THE GODDESSES One-Day Retreat at Ananda Ashram (Monroe, NY) Saturday, June 30th, 10:30am-5:30pm Join Manorama for this transformative one day retreat at Ananda Ashram, where you will: ~Discover the deeper meaning embedded in the the Hindu Gods and Goddesses. ~Participate in Q&A on how the Gods & Goddesses relate with Yoga. ~Chant Mantras in reverence to the energy suggested by their auspicious aspect ... [learn more] SOUND VIBRATION & ANUSARA YOGA with Manorama & Amy Ippoliti Weekend Retreat at OM Time Yoga (Denver, CO) Friday-Sunday, July 27th-29th In this radical weekend, discover the ultimate secret to living a life of happiness, fulfillment and love. Join Manorama and Amy Ippoliti as they reveal the ancient technologies of movement and sound as powerful tools to shift your vantage point to the universal and therefore experience transformation and greater joy in the world and in your life ... [learn more] UPCOMING WORKSHOPS July 6th - 8th | Holy Cow Yoga Center (Charleston, SC) FIRE CEREMONY, CHANTING & MEDITATION (Fri) INTRODUCTION TO SANSKRIT (Sat) INTRODUCTION TO YOGA SUTRA (Sun)   July 13th - 15th | Dallas Yoga Center (Dallas, TX) CHANTING & MEDITATION (Fri)  WARRIOR WITHIN THROUGH THE BHAGAVAD GITA (Sat & Sun) July 21st |Your Community Yoga Center (Hamden, CT) INTRO TO THE WARRIOR WITHIN THROUGH THE BHAGAVAD GITA (Sat)   August 3rd - 5th | Yoga Shanti (Sag Harbor, NY) FIRE CEREMONY, CHANTING & MEDITATION (Fri) WARRIOR WITHIN THROUGH THE BHAGAVAD GITA (Sat) CHAKRA TUNING (Sun)   August 11th & 12th | Mandala Yoga (Bridgehamton, NY)  TWO PART WORKSHOP SERIES titles tba MANORAMA TEACHING AT THE FIT YOGA CONFERENCE Join Manorama this August for two workshops in NYC: ~August 7th, 10:30am-12:30pm Introduction to Sanskrit & Mantra Yoga ~August 9th, 10:00am- 2:00pm Shiva Shakti & Their Union [learn more & register]

MEDITATION & CHANTING PROGRAMS EXHALE SPA July 9th: Fire & the Guru August 13th: Stories of Babaji   JIVAMUKTI YOGA SCHOOL July 18th: Guru's Grace August 15th: Avatara & Light   To obtain downloadable audio segments of Manorama and/or Sanskrit Studies, visit ALIVE YOGA  or download our July ShaktiPod: CONTRADICTORY URGES FEATURED BOOK PULSATION OF GOODHOOD By Shri Brahmananda Saraswati [click to order] As a young physician, surgeon and professor of medicine in Bombay, India, Dr. R.S. Mishra met the mighty master, Baba Bhagavandas Bodhisattva. Cultivate Alignment Sanskrit Lesson | Reading