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Welcome to Yoga in Daily Life in Australia

"The essence of Yoga & Meditation is very simple; it is about your happiness. Yoga is not just physical fitness training. It is an authentic holistic tradition inclusive of contemplation & meditation. Its aim is for you to achieve your fullest potential in life, since you possess a storehouse of immense happiness within you! It's not essential to be young & supple to practice Yoga & Meditation...all that is needed, is a desire to be happy."

Founder of 'Yoga in Daily Life the System' - His Holiness Vishwaguru Mahamandaleshwar Paramhans Swami Maheshwarananda gives talks on Yoga around the globe. View them on Swamiji.TV and see highlights of the 2010 Maha Kumbha Mela.

Watch an introduction to the work of Yoga in Daily Life

H.H. Vishwaguru Mahamandaleshwar Paramhans Swami Maheshwaranda

A fabulous new COOKBOOK has just been launched! Awaken to Vegetarian Cooking is available at all Yoga in Daily Life centres in Australia. It is a compilation of deliciously nutritious and easy to follow vegan and vegetarian recipes, gathered from a range of Yoga in Daily Life's fabulous vegetarian cooks in Australia and around the world.
A diet of plant-based foods provides optimum nourishment from fresh fruit and vegetables, freshly squeezed juices, wholemeal pastas and bread, pulses, grains and sprouts, nuts, seeds, herbs, dairy products. Consumption of these foods, contributes to abundant health and helps to raise our consciousness, providing clarity of mind and boundless energy. This inspires vegetarians to positive action, deeper meditations and unleashes one's hidden potential and creativity!
Be sure to pick up a copy of this great resource to enhance creative, delicious and nutritious cooking in your kitchen!

"Nothing will benefit human health and increase the chances for survival on Earth as much as the evolution to a vegetarian diet." - Albert Einstein

Contemplation on the Meaning of Asana

The word meaning of asana is posture and yet posture is not physical alone, as there is the inextricable psychological and emotional link. Just consider what takes place during the practice of any yoga pose and observe the influence of the mind and emotions.
In Patanjali's Yoga Sutra II.46 the great sage defines posture as sthira and sukham – it must be firm and comfortable. The posture of the body and the mind during the practice of yoga and meditation, should be steady and at ease.

We may take this reflection of asana even further and consider what stance or posture we take in life: the attitude we adopt towards our surrounding environment and the creatures therein, the stance we take in our approach and communication with others, the attitude we hold when building relationships, our mindset towards helping and serving society. If psychologically and emotionally our posture in life is both firm and at ease, then we can traverse life’s journey smoothly.

Recognize that in our society many people describe themselves as having lives that are ‘very full’. In the forest many trees are competing for space and in our lives many activities are competing for space. What can we do to create space for the tree of our health and spirituality, so we may thrive and flourish? Some inspriation may be taken from a recent workshop on the topic of fostering the growth of healthy forests...
One of the key points made by the presenter was that many of our native forests previously logged, are now unhealthy and in a state of imbalance. With the regrowth of the trees being of the same age, they crowd each other out in a process called ‘canopy shyness’. This means that as the trees grow in close proximity, they all compete for space and light but cannot spread their branches wide enough to flourish and broaden in their growth. The result is that all the trees within the forest remain restricted and unable to reach their full potential and the entire ecosystem suffers as a result.