Episodes
Wednesday Aug 17, 2022
Teachings Article - No More Negativity
Wednesday Aug 17, 2022
Wednesday Aug 17, 2022
Yoga works on dissolving your resistances, melting your negativities, and freeing you from your fears. Once you get past the ways you negate yourself, you discover the vast dimensionality of your own existence. Gurudevi Nirmalananda clears your access to the inner light that is always within, so that it will shine and illumine your mind from the inside outward. Learn how to stop using external things to give you a sense of self-worth. What if you said “yes” to life more often?
Read by Yogaratna Yogyananda.
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Monday Aug 08, 2022
Sound Bite: Inner Plentitude
Monday Aug 08, 2022
Monday Aug 08, 2022
Once you know, you know… This is yoga’s purpose, to give you the knowing of your own Self. It begins with an experience of stillness or depth. An inner plentitude or fullness that is like none other. – Gurudevi Nirmalananda
Listen to Gurudevi’s full discourse here.
Friday Aug 05, 2022
7/17/2022 Who You Are and Who You Think You Are
Friday Aug 05, 2022
Friday Aug 05, 2022
You exist. Your body is an outer shell by which your existence is known in this world. Your experiences allow you to show different aspects of the multi-dimensional reality that you are. But your essence never changes. Yoga gives you tools so that you can become based in the knowing of your own Self. You are Beingness-Itself. It’s about who you think you are compared to who you really are.
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Monday Jul 25, 2022
Sound Bite: A New Way to Live
Monday Jul 25, 2022
Monday Jul 25, 2022
Yoga’s poses and breathing practices gave me a new way to live in my physical body, inside my own skin, in a more enlivened, more relaxed, and more powerful way. The chanting, meditation, and sutra study gave me a new way to live in my mind, which is part of being inside my own skin. Being present in my own presence with my mind contributing to the value of experience rather than tearing me down. Oh mind! – Gurudevi Nirmalananda
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Wednesday Jul 20, 2022
Teachings Article - Freedom
Wednesday Jul 20, 2022
Wednesday Jul 20, 2022
Yoga describes freedom as an inner experience, living in the knowing of your inherent Divinity. In these teachings, Gurudevi Nirmalananda introduces three systematic processes that move you through the stages of inner expansion. Which of the three you use depends on your starting point. Discover the light and bliss of your own Being and allow it to fill your heart and mind. That is the true goal of freedom that yoga promises.
Read by Swami Samvidaananda.
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Monday Jul 11, 2022
Sound Bite: Inner Fullness
Monday Jul 11, 2022
Monday Jul 11, 2022
Overwhelm is one of the most important experiences of life, and if you allow yourself to surrender into it, it becomes a breakthrough. You cannot reinstall the barbed wire and the armor you’ve been used to hiding behind. You are seen. You are known.
You are appreciated in your uniqueness and your fullness. A fullness that is already there and always has been. Yoga doesn’t fill you up, like you fill your car’s gas tank. Yoga gives you access to the inner fullness that is already there. – Gurudevi Nirmalananda
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Monday Jun 27, 2022
Sound Bite: Alive
Monday Jun 27, 2022
Monday Jun 27, 2022
When people are numb, they look for something to make them feel alive. They want exciting or entertaining stuff. Something that will stir up their prana, their life energy, so they feel alive. But a yogi feels alive all the time. How’s that? Think of it this way, do you feel more alive after a yoga class? After a meditation? – Gurudevi Nirmalananda
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Monday Jun 20, 2022
6/5/2022 Eureka! I Found It!
Monday Jun 20, 2022
Monday Jun 20, 2022
Becoming enlightened is about living in the knowing of the light of your own Divinity. It’s a breakthrough that is more than a “Eureka” moment. You can find your own Self by letting your mind become still and going beyond your mind. You can be propelled by Divine wisdom while doing what you do if you keep turning your mind’s eye inward. Find out more in this insightful discourse from Gurudevi Nirmalananda.
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Tuesday Jun 14, 2022
Teachings Article - Breakthrough!
Tuesday Jun 14, 2022
Tuesday Jun 14, 2022
That’s what you really want, a breakthrough: a shift in perception, an insight or realization that makes you “get it”. Suddenly you’re free… It’s true, we want to fly, to shatter the shackles that keep us bound. It’s the norm to live in your agendas, entangled in emotions and chasing wisps of thought. But the desire for freedom is there, inside. So many popular musicians sing, “I want to be free!” Yes! Freedom! Yoga is all about freedom.
Read by Swami Prajñananda.
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Monday Jun 13, 2022
Sound Bite: Light Banishes Dark
Monday Jun 13, 2022
Monday Jun 13, 2022
It’s like you sit in the dark, in your room, counting and keeping track of all the limiting thoughts, memories, and fears. You keep an inventory. But since it’s dark, you can’t write anything down, so you just keep it all in your mind. And you keep reviewing it over and over, so you know what you’ve got. All your pains and sorrows. And the Guru shines light in there. Light banishes dark. – Gurudevi Nirmalananda
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Friday Jun 10, 2022
Sound Bite: All Religions & Traditions
Friday Jun 10, 2022
Friday Jun 10, 2022
He said, “This yoga is not a Guru cult, but in every field, one needs a guide. On the spiritual path, too, a Guru is necessary. At certain times in one’s life, healers, psychologists, psychics and professors may all be necessary. In the same way, in spiritual life, one needs a guide.” If you want what the Guru has to give, then you see that the Guru has it, and offers it. That moves you in deep ways. – Gurudevi Nirmalananda
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Monday May 30, 2022
Sound Bite: Who You Really Are
Monday May 30, 2022
Monday May 30, 2022
Do you really think that you still are who you were as a child? How long ago was that — a few years or maybe even decades ago?… I see you differently. I see the light shining through you. I see the light of Consciousness shining as you. Can’t you see who you really are? – Gurudevi Nirmalananda
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Wednesday May 18, 2022
Sound Bite: The Ache in My Heart
Wednesday May 18, 2022
Wednesday May 18, 2022
Whether I loved others or I allowed myself to feel the love that they had for me, the ache in my heart was untouched... The yearning. It’s so painful, yet it is the only thing that keeps you alive.
This is an audio excerpt from the intro video for Gurudevi's Telecourse "Enlightenment: Stages & Steps" - TL-ESS Intro Video 220512 | Svaroopa Yoga and Meditation.
Monday May 16, 2022
4/24/2022 How Big is Your Heart
Monday May 16, 2022
Monday May 16, 2022
Where will you go to find your Self? Gurudevi says to start with your heart but then go deeper. Your heart is an entry point into the mystical heart of Beingness Itself. To get there: 1) meditate and repeat mantra to work with your mind (right understanding), and 2) receive Shaktipat (Guru’s Grace) to live in the unwavering awareness that is the knowing of the Self. Then you’ll experience a heart that is big enough to hold the whole universe and all that are in it.
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Wednesday May 11, 2022
Teachings Article - Psychology and Spirituality
Wednesday May 11, 2022
Wednesday May 11, 2022
Psychology is the study of the mind, while spirituality is about getting beyond your mind. Psychology analyzes mind and emotions. By contrast, seekers are trying to get past their mind. They seek a spiritual experience, an expansive and blissful moment, something that transports them afar. Yoga says neither is enough. What you really want, and what you really need, is to know...
Read by Yogaratna Yogyananda.
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Thursday May 05, 2022
Sound Bite: Outgrowing Old Stuff
Thursday May 05, 2022
Thursday May 05, 2022
When you were a child, you outgrew your clothes every summer. Growth means you leave some things behind. In adulthood, the process is more internal. You outgrow limited attitudes. You outgrow your fears. They can no longer hold you. You lose the ability to hold a grudge or blame others for your situation. Your heart grows, along with your willingness to participate. – Gurudevi Nirmalananda
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Tuesday Apr 26, 2022
4/3/2022 Why Are You Not Enlightened Yet
Tuesday Apr 26, 2022
Tuesday Apr 26, 2022
You want something more. You want to become enlightened. When you put your mind and heart into Consciousness and truly participate in the process, you will find the Divine Essence you have always been. To become enlightened, you need to spend more time dissolving limitations than installing them. Gurudevi explains how to base yourself deeper within your own Self. Thus, you outgrow old and limiting attitudes.
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Friday Apr 01, 2022
Teachings Article - Yoga & Worldly Life
Friday Apr 01, 2022
Friday Apr 01, 2022
Everyone matters. But no one person matters any more than any other person. Each and every one matters fully. This is the mystical perspective. You have this perspective when you are experiencing your own Self. The One Divine Essence shines through as every single being and every single thing. They are all lovable. They are all to be...
Read by Anandi Ross.
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Tuesday Mar 15, 2022
Teachings Article - The Bliss of Consciousness
Tuesday Mar 15, 2022
Tuesday Mar 15, 2022
Bliss is not the goal. Consciousness is. This can be confusing because most seekers are looking for bliss. But Consciousness is what matters. Still, bliss is incredibly important. Why? The need for bliss is built into you. Your body is hard-wired for bliss; it’s called your parasympathetic nervous system. Your body has bliss software; it’s called your...
Read by Swami Samvidaananda.
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Sunday Mar 06, 2022
3/6/2022 Shining With Light
Sunday Mar 06, 2022
Sunday Mar 06, 2022
You are made of light, and you were meant to be shining all the time. A qualified Guru in the Shaktipat tradition can light your inner fire, the fire of Consciousness. Find out more about the yogic art of inner awakening by listening to this satsang.
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Tuesday Feb 01, 2022
Teachings Article - Two in One
Tuesday Feb 01, 2022
Tuesday Feb 01, 2022
Yoga shows you how to look inward to take you beyond who you think you are. You are the one who is having the experience, you are not the experience. Gurudevi Nirmalananda gives you the key to understanding the ever-existent Reality that is being the universe while being you.
Read by Swami Prajñananda.
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Sunday Jan 09, 2022
01/09/22 Meditation is Your Most Important Practice
Sunday Jan 09, 2022
Sunday Jan 09, 2022
Why is meditation yoga’ most important practice? Gurudevi explains the benefits in a way that helps you discover what meditation can do for your life, your mind, and your awareness of the deepest dimension of your own being.
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Sunday Jan 02, 2022
Teachings Article - One
Sunday Jan 02, 2022
Sunday Jan 02, 2022
Every being consists of the same essence, the One Reality which has become all. Gurudevi explains the multi-dimensionality you find within and the importance of understanding this human capacity. Learn how to live in the knowing of the One within.
Read by Yogyananda.
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Saturday Jan 01, 2022
Saturday Jan 01, 2022
Guru Mantras from Spiritual Hunger & Fulfillment
Saturday Jan 01, 2022
Saturday Jan 01, 2022
Chanting Guru Mantras
By Joan Bragar
I want to chant along during the opening of Ashram offerings both online and in person. I feel more part of it when I join in the chant of “Guru Mantras.” Consequently, more shakti moves through me.
I’ve been working on memorizing them on my morning walk. On Track 5 of Spiritual Hunger & Fulfillment, I get to hear Gurudevi’s beautiful voice repeating them for a full 25 minutes.
This is a sample of that audio.
Read Blog: https://svaroopablog.org/2024/03/21/chanting-guru-mantras/
Download Audio: https://music.apple.com/us/album/spiritual-hunger-fulfillment/1482038110
Wednesday Dec 01, 2021
Teachings Article - Who or What is God?
Wednesday Dec 01, 2021
Wednesday Dec 01, 2021
“Numinous — expansive, holy, sacred, all-knowing, filled with God.” But who or what is God? Listen to Gurudevi answer this important question. Learn about your own God-ness. Discover how to live in the inner knowing that yoga describes, the knowing of your own Divine Essence.
Read by Aanandi Ross.
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Monday Nov 15, 2021
Teachings Article - Where from and Why?
Monday Nov 15, 2021
Monday Nov 15, 2021
Where have you come from and why are you here? Gurudevi explains the origins of the universe as described by yoga’s ancient sages. She delves into the mystical practices of yoga and discusses how these answer the most powerful and basic questions of your existence.
Read by Swami Samvidaananda.
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Sunday Nov 14, 2021
11/14/21 The Value of a Human Life
Sunday Nov 14, 2021
Sunday Nov 14, 2021
A human life is so precious and so short! Gurudevi gave this inspiring discourse on the occasion of her birthday. Filled with Grace and gratitude, it will motivate you to use your own lifetime wisely.
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Friday Oct 15, 2021
Teachings Article - What is Life?
Friday Oct 15, 2021
Friday Oct 15, 2021
What is this thing we call life? It is the energy of aliveness (prana) that makes you and everything and everyone alive. Yoga says this entire universe is created out of Shiva’s bliss. Your own life is your personal version of Shiva’s cosmic dance. Find your own Self, your deepest essence, and take it with you everywhere you go. Then you don’t merely survive, you thrive!
Read by Swami Sahajananda.
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Sunday Sep 05, 2021
Teachings Article - What is Death?
Sunday Sep 05, 2021
Sunday Sep 05, 2021
“The Self does not die,” Gurudevi explains. The one thing that continues without end is the One Reality from which all has come. You are not something that was created. God did not create you, but became you, and is being you now. You are that which never dies. Your own essence, your own Self, is immortal. The purpose of human life is to know your own Self.
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Sunday Aug 29, 2021
8/29/21 Spinecentric Yoga
Sunday Aug 29, 2021
Sunday Aug 29, 2021
Your spine is the conduit of Consciousness. Swami Nirmalananda explains how this works. It empowers you to look inward, so to experience who you really are!
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Tuesday Aug 17, 2021
Teachings Article - What is Consciousness?
Tuesday Aug 17, 2021
Tuesday Aug 17, 2021
The universe is not merely conscious, as the physicist have discovered, but Consciousness. Listen to Swami Nirmalananda answer the question, what is consciousness.
Read by Aanandi Ross.
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Monday Jul 19, 2021
7/4/21 Questioning Happiness
Monday Jul 19, 2021
Monday Jul 19, 2021
Learn from Gurudevi Nirmalananda, in this talk, how your own Essence and happiness are one and the same!
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Monday Jul 19, 2021
Teachings Article - Is All This Real?
Monday Jul 19, 2021
Monday Jul 19, 2021
Let Gurudevi Nirmalananda expand your understanding of what Real, really means, and help you experience your true Reality, Consciousness!
Read by Read by Swami Samvidaananda.
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Tuesday Jun 22, 2021
Teachings Article - Why is My Mind So Crazy
Tuesday Jun 22, 2021
Tuesday Jun 22, 2021
Listen to this talk and learn, not only why your mind is so crazy, but how to change it by using yoga’s many tools!
Read by Swami Samvidaananda.
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Wednesday May 05, 2021
Teachings Article - Do I Have Free Will?
Wednesday May 05, 2021
Wednesday May 05, 2021
In this talk, Swami Nirmalananda states, “Your ability to choose is your freedom of will.” Listen, and learn how to apply both mind and free will to create your own destiny!
Read by Swami Samvidaananda.
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Friday Apr 16, 2021
4/11/21 Love and Mysticism
Friday Apr 16, 2021
Friday Apr 16, 2021
What is love? What is mysticism? Gurudevi describes both in her discourse as well as the difference between them. Ultimately, it comes down to the direction you are looking — out or in. When your focus is on your own inner source you get love and even more.
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Tuesday Apr 06, 2021
Teachings Article - What is Love?
Tuesday Apr 06, 2021
Tuesday Apr 06, 2021
In this talk, Swami Nirmalananda states, “Yoga and life are all about love.” Therefore, it is important to find out the answer to that big question, what exactly is love?
Read by Aanandi Ross.
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Thursday Mar 25, 2021
3/21/21 Perfect, Whole, Full and Complete
Thursday Mar 25, 2021
Thursday Mar 25, 2021
In this discourse, Gurudevi describes the inner knowing “I am” or “aham” in Sanskrit. “I am” is a complete sentence. It is the knowing of your own perfection. While you may try and become perfect on the outside, Gurudevi explains how perfection is found within. She gives you the explanation and the inner experience.
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Wednesday Feb 10, 2021
Teachings Article - Why Am I Here?
Wednesday Feb 10, 2021
Wednesday Feb 10, 2021
You were born to know your Self. Without this inner knowing, you feel incomplete. Gurudevi names the 12 darshanas (ways of seeing) that are the different approaches to the meaning and goals of life. She describes non-dualistic Kashmiri Shaivism and her own Guru as revealing the mystery that has been hidden for lifetimes — the Truth of who you are, Consciousness incarnate.
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Tuesday Jan 19, 2021
1/10/21 Ask One Who Knows
Tuesday Jan 19, 2021
Tuesday Jan 19, 2021
In this discourse Gurudevi describes three different paths to follow to become enlightened. She weaves in metaphors and personal experiences that help to describe them in a clear and precise way.
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Thursday Jan 14, 2021
Teachings Article- Who Am I?
Thursday Jan 14, 2021
Thursday Jan 14, 2021
Gurudevi tells her story —she was propelled by an inner yearning that led her to her Guru. He revealed the mystical dimensions within her in an instant, through an energy blast called Shaktipat. Then, he explained it all so her mind could understand. He laid out the answers as clearly as a breadcrumb trail leading to her own Self. Listen to learn more.
Read by Swami Sahajananda.
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Tuesday Jan 05, 2021
12/20/2020 The God Feeling
Tuesday Jan 05, 2021
Tuesday Jan 05, 2021
Guudevi says that yoga gives you the ability to perceive your own inner vastness and bliss. God is in the bliss feeling. God is not found in a statue. Your experience of Self is a feeling. You feel yourself to be more you — more whole, more centered, more full, more expanded, more free, more God. It's the God feeling.
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Tuesday Dec 29, 2020
Teachings Article - Love is An Answer
Tuesday Dec 29, 2020
Tuesday Dec 29, 2020
Gurudevi tells us, “As glorious as love can be, it’s never enough. It’s not a substitute for your own Self.” At its root, the feeling of emptiness comes from feeling separate from God. Yoga is a science of spiritual development that takes you inward, reconnecting you to your inherent Divinity. But how do you get there by yourself? You need help from an enlightened being. Only one who knows the One Reality can give you the inner experience of your own Self. That experience truly is an inner homecoming.
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Sunday Nov 01, 2020
Teachings Article - Breakthrough
Sunday Nov 01, 2020
Sunday Nov 01, 2020
Do you want to break free from your limitations and fears? In this teachings article Gurudevi will help you find an easy path to getting past yourself and tapping into the power of the deeper dimensions within. Yoga gives you the ability to listen and learn from your own inner knowing.
Read by Swami Samvidaananda.
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Sunday Oct 04, 2020
10/4/2020 The Myth of DIY
Sunday Oct 04, 2020
Sunday Oct 04, 2020
Learn how the path to enlightenment can be made so much easier than DYI.
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Thursday Oct 01, 2020
Teachings Article - The Easy Path
Thursday Oct 01, 2020
Thursday Oct 01, 2020
There is an easier path to spiritual enlightenment. Gurudevi has dedicated her life to serving those who yearn to become Self-Realized. In this article she describes a way to awaken your inner power of upliftment. You can weave regular yogic practices into your daily routine. Learn the easy path from one who knows.
Read by Swami Sahajananda.
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Tuesday Sep 01, 2020
Teachings Article - Seeing and Being
Tuesday Sep 01, 2020
Tuesday Sep 01, 2020
Yoga develops your power of perception so that you can see life as more than the day-to-day practicalities while truly being a part of all that exists. Gurudevi teaches a pathway beyond the familiar limited way of living to the mystical realms within yourself. She explains how through yoga you can find the deep interconnectedness between yourself, the world and more.
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Sunday Aug 16, 2020
8/16/2020 Upliftment
Sunday Aug 16, 2020
Sunday Aug 16, 2020
Upliftment is fullness arising within. It makes the weight of the world melt away and allows peace and joy to take its place. Yoga has practices and techniques that can help lift you up and keep you up all the time. In this satsang, Gurudevi guides you on the yogic path to spiritual upliftment. Become the you that you really are, and have always been.
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Saturday Aug 01, 2020
Teachings Article - Desire, Pain & Freedom
Saturday Aug 01, 2020
Saturday Aug 01, 2020
Swami Nirmalananda shares ancient teachings on desire and its painful effect on you. What is the remedy for this pain? Come listen, the answer is here.
Read by Swami Sahajananda.
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