Restorative Yoga classes are relaxing and slow paced; a whole session may consist of as few as five or six postures that are held for long periods of time. Props (including bolsters, blankets, blocks, and belts) are often used to allow the body to be in the most comfortable, supported position possible. Gentle music and guided meditation enhance the calming effects.

Restorative Yoga is known for its relaxing and healing effects. It has its roots in the yoga of B.K.S. Iyengar, who developed it to help students practice without any strain or pain. This was further expanded into a whole system of yoga which is considered ideal for those recovering from injuries or illnesses.

Restorative yoga stimulates the parasympathetic nervous system, which slows the heart rate, regulates the blood pressure and relaxes the body, and is therefore considered particularly beneficial for those suffering from stress-related conditions (including anxiety, insomnia or headaches). Restorative Yoga is also believed to boost the immune system and accelerate the body s natural healing process.

Sheida is a certified yoga teacher from the SportFor All Federation of Iran. She has been teaching yoga for 7 years, and is also a certified hydrotherapist, aqua yoga and swimming instructor. An avid student of health and healing modalities, Sheida recently completed training in Foot Reflexology.Sheida is a Savi volunteer, visiting Auroville from her home country of Iran.

Dear Friends,

Join us every Friday from 11:30 am to 12:30 pm as we explore Solitude farm and the three steps on our road back to Nature. Experience the farm with Krishna as your guide as he shares his understanding of 25 years having started Solitude Farm and studying with Masanobu Fukuoka.

For more information, please contact Krishna - 984 331 2960 & krishnamckenzie@auroville.org.in

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Solitude was started in 1996 by a group of young Aurovillians. One of them, Krishna Mckenzie, inspired by Masanobu Fukuoka developed the farm with the ideas of Natural farming and permaculture.

Much like the rest of Auroville, the land needed tending and care. Fukuoka advocated that all the bio-resources around us, such as leaves, weeds, branches, etc., should constantly be returned to the soil to increase soil fertility. We have come to understand, over the years, that a healthy soil is Mother Earth, and through a deepening of our relationship with Her, we now use over 130 different plants in the food we serve at the café.  

No pesticides or fertilizers have ever been used on the land. We practice non-tillage and no machines or tractors are used. Every part of this land is honored and respected.

Solitude Farm is a true example of Masanobu Fukuoka’s philosophy in practice – a road back to nature through eating local food.

This is a class for regular practitioners of Pilates that have already develop the undertanding the Pilates basics, to come you should...

...know how to do the pilates breathing

...know the importance of move from the core( center or power house) with the breath

...that Pilates look for quality over quantity, so stop and recover for the next exercise better than keep doing exercise skipping the right teqnics, the proper aligment or without following the breath

If you can do that you are more than welcome to come to deeper your practice and keep on developing the body strenth,flexility and ability to move the body with control and flowdity.

Pranayama for regular practitioners with Francois and Namrita at Pitanga 

Every Friday from 6.45 to 8.00 am

French classes at the French Pavilion...

...for Aurovilians, Newcommers and Volunteers. A 3 to 4 months module from January to April 2019, for all levels. The classes will be organised 3 to 5 times a week tentatively on Monday, Wednesday and Friday or from Monday to Friday, from 14.00 to 16.00h.

They are meant for whoever wishes  to acquire a good communication for social exchanges but also for professional needs. They cover the DELF (Diplome d'Etude de la Langue Francaise) A1 and A2 competences of the Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR) for languages.

Tutoring will also be available fro students preparing for CBSE (grades 10 to 12) or Edexel IGSCE (Certificate, AS and A2) exams.

If you are interested or want to know more, contact gildo@auroville.org.in and inroduce yourself comprehensively.

Looking forward to hearing from you.

Gildo, for the French Pavilion

For any class you want to participate, you have to registered with me previously. By phone/ whats app 9489805493 or mail christine@auroville-holistic.com

www.auroville-holistic.com

Ashtanga Yoga classes -Mysore style

Monday & Saturday Led class start at 7:00 am Sharp. You must reach the place 10 min Before. 

Classes every day from Monday to Saturday. No class for full moon and New moon. No class on 4th and 18 April 2019

Taramangaling- 5 min after Botanical Garden -
LOcation: At Taramangaling (How to get there. Explanation at the bottom of the page " YOGA" in our website ) 
www.auroville-holistic.com 
Taramangaling is located 2 min after Botanical Garden. 2 minutes after Botanical Garden if you come from Auroville
15 minutes from Pondy.

Privates classes can be given on request. Contact: 91-9489805493 Or  by mail contact@auroville-holistic.com 

Ashtanga  Yoga

All students commence their instruction in the same manner in which on the first day of class they are taught Surya Namaskar A, followed by Padmasana and deep breathing, and a few minutes of rest to conclude their first day of practice. The next day after Surya Namaskar A has been performed, Surya Namaskar B is taught, and one then again concludes in the same method as the previous day, with Padmasana, deep breathing, and rest. After both of the Surya Namaskar have been learned correctly, each of the various asanas are added one by one. When one asana is correct, the next one is taught. Depending on the age and ability of the student, it can take anywhere upwards of 3 months to learn the primary series.

 From Monday to Friday: the format of the practice always remains the same; one always begins practice on his own with Surya Namaskar, concludes with Padmasana and rest, and the various asanas gradually fill the space between these two poles It is through the daily practice of Ashtanga Yoga that we draw it into ourselves, understand it.
On Saturdays, group guided classes are taught, in which all the vinyasas are counted out loud and all students follow along together accordingly

Christine was born in France in 1967. After completing her studies as Nurse in 1988, she started working as a nurse and soon started

 travelling in India seeking “for the truth” through pilgrims around Rishikesh

A few years later with the financial support of sponsors she  crossed  The Himalays with horses from Kathmandu to Srinagar for 8 month, later on, she followed the Mekong river from his stream in Tibet ( Xining- Kham) though South east of Tibet, Yunnan, Laos, Vietnam and Cambodge.

In 1995 She created Orient explorers a tourism and travelling association and worked within until 2002. She came across Vipassana meditation  and decided to settle in Auroville in 2002,  an intentional spiritual community located in South India.

In 2004, after two years studying  Hatha Yoga and Yengar, she discovered  Ashtanga Yoga  and started to  study with Monica Marinoni until 2016 and  since 2007  under the guidance of Sri Sharath Jois  (Sri K. Pattabhi Jois’grandson)  at the Krishna Pattabhi Jois Ashtanga Yoga Institute in Mysore, India. 
In 2010 she opened “ Yoga et Bien-etre”, where she was teaching for 4 years, running Hatha Yoga class evenings  and daily Mysore style program in the mornings. And the last year, she started to offer workshops on Yoga and meditation including Satsang about Yoga sutra, relaxation and pranayama.
For 13 years she studied the yoga through her own daily practise and teaching, the mind through regular and repetitive meditation retreats, she gave importance to the sadhana, she learned more about the body through her training and experience in Thai yoga massage and about the mind through her training and practise in NLP (sessions, workshop) .   

With deep gratitude and respect she shares the primary series teachings as she has been taught by Monica Marinoni and Sri Sharath Jois.

Iyengar Yoga with Angela

Yoga practiced in the style of BKS Iyengar is a very methodical approach, done with a lot of presision, using alignment principles, props and therapeutic applications. Classes are offered for four different levels of practice and those new to Iyengar should come to the drop-in classes.

Based on Taichi and Xing yi, understanding from the perspective of modern martial arts.

Every Thursday at 7.15 to 8.45 pm

Advance registration required

Pitanga Cultural Centre, Samasti, (0413) 262 2403 - pitanga@auroville.org.in.

L’Agenda de Mère

listening to recordings with Gangalakshmi

Fridays 4-5pm

at

Savitri Bhavan

Everyone is welcome

Exploring the Bhagavad Gita - Chapter 18

Moksha Sanyasa Yoga - The Yoga of Liberation by Reunciation

Led by Dr. Jai Singh

In the Reading Room on Fridays from 3-4pm

The Bhagavad Gita is one of the most revered spiritual texts of India,

and played an important role in the spiritual development of both Sri Aurobindo and the Mother.

Dr. Jai will present the Sanskrit verses one by one, with word by word explanations,

as well as the explanation of each verse in relation to the chapter it appears in and the text as a whole.

at

Savitri Bhavan

Everyone is welcome

Badrinath and Mana

Photos by Franz Fassbender

Aurelec

Cafeteria & Art gallery

12th March to 30th April

Open from 8 am to 5 pm

Exhibition

Sri Aurobindo - A Life-Sketch in Photographs

in the upstairs corridor

Everyone is welcome

Exhibition

Meditations on Savitri

The entire series of 47s paintings created by the Mother with Huta

from 1961-67 is on display in the newly extended picture gallery

Everyday except Sunday from 9am to 12noon and 2-5pm

at

Savitri Bhavan 

Everyone is welcome

Exhibition

Glimpses of the Mother : Photographs and texts

in the Square Hall

at

Savitri Bhavan

Everyday 9-5 except Sunday

Everyone is welcome

Sri Aurobindo Centre for Advanced Research (SACAR)

&

Namah: A Journal of Integral Health

Jointly organize

“Living Within” Study Camp number 56

Steps to Self-Mastery

April 2019 (19th to 21st)

Time: 9.00 am to 5.30 pm everyday

For Registration and further details please contact:

James (0413) 2226263, 7094898789 Email: james@namahjournal.com

Deepshikha (0413) 2348067, 7639920796; Email: sacarstudycamps@gmail.com

Camp fees:

For Residents at SACAR Guest House: Rs. 3800 (stay and food included)

For Non-Residents: Rs. 2550 (Lunch and tea included)

Venue: SACAR, 39 Vanniar Street, Vaithikuppam, Puducherry, 12

Landmarks: Masimagham Road, Mother’s Guest House

All are welcome...

Every Friday from 9.30 till 11 am!

This is only for babies between 1 and 12 months old and their parents, who are with their baby in the warm water.

Please bring a closing swimming pant for your baby and towels!

Every Friday from 9.30 till 11 am!

This is only for babies between 1 and 12 months old and their parents, who are with their baby in the warm water.

Please bring a closing swimming pant for your baby and towels!

No registration required.

Quiet Healing Center, Auroville 605 104, Tamil Nadu, India
www.quiethealingcenter.info / quiet@auroville.org.in
+91 413 2622329 / +91 9488084966 (mobile)

Dear Friends,

You are warmly invited to visit Deepanam School on 19th April between 10:30 am and 12:30 pm for the end of year Open House. 

This is an opportunity to come and see and appreciate the children's work.

We look forward to seeing you there. 

Deepanam Team

Dear theatre addicted and lovers, I am glad to inform you about a workshop on acting and theatre on the 17th, 19th and 22nd of April from 6pm to 8pm in New Creation.

The drawings and paintings by various mediums such as oil, charcoal, acrylics, soft pastel and watercolour from the Roof Studio are available for donation. The event is created to raise funds for an artist home with a studio in Auroville.
Unfortunately, there is not a website to see the work. Please do not hesitate to come to Vikas/basement area if you want just to expierience it. The event is regural, every Saturday from 4pm to 6pm.
The special account 256190 is open at Auroville Financial Service. Please do not hesitate to contact Ivana if you have any inquiries. Mob. 709 4344154, email: ivana@auroville.org.in

Partner flow: asana and stretching with a partner

Inversions: basic flying with partners.

Damien 90 47 72 27 40.

The practice of yoga Nidra or yogic sleep is one where the practitioner is completely relaxed, the mind is selectively attentive to the verbal instructions. In this session the focus is on tuning inward.

Hailing from South India, and currently residing in Auroville, Aishwarya has trained in the traditional methods of teaching yoga, receiving certifications from 1000Yoga (Bangalore) and Yogadarshanam (Mysore). She has been teaching for 1 year. “My yoga practice has taught me that there lies a potential within each one of us waiting to be discovered. I am keen to contribute to our community the meaning of yoga practice, as taught to me by my esteemed teachers.

Everyone is invited to join us in the garden any Saturday morning.

Come at 7.00am and experience some of our activities as we grow food for Auroville. 

Have breakfast at 9.00am and then look around the farm with or without our audio guide.

For further information go to our video channel (please subscribe):

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCw3yfytiXNvJTpu4KRlYAcg?guided_help_flow=3

or contact Priya; priya@auroville.org.in

Iyengar Yoga for Spine - drop in with Angela

Every Saturdays from 4.30 pm till 6.00 pm

Yoga practiced in the style of  BKS Iyengar is a very methodical approach, done with a lot of presision, using alignment principles, props and therapeutic applications. Classes are offered for four different levels of practice and those new to Iyengar should come to the drop-in classes.

Tai Chi Quan with Lhamo at JOY Guest House Saturday (All levels) from 7 to 8 am 

Lhamo (Zhao Zhengrong), from China, started her Martial Arts journey at age 11, when she went to a Kung fu school in Shaolin and stayed there for 3 years, practicing 9 hours a day; She learned from different masters such as Chen Style Tai Chi Quan and Tai Chi Sword, she also learned Wu Style Tai Chi Quan from other Master. Lhamo will be teaching 24 forms of Tai Chi Quan (which is simple style) for beginners; but according to the students level she will start advance level of Taichi Quan as 42 style and Wu Style 37.

L’Agenda de Mère

listening to recordings with Gangalakshmi

Saturdays 4-5pm

at

Savitri Bhavan

Everyone is welcome

Satsang

A sharing for spiritual upliftment

led by Ashesh Joshi

Savitri Bhavan Amphitheatre

Saturdays 5.00 to 6.30 pm

Everyone is welcome

Badrinath and Mana

Photos by Franz Fassbender

Aurelec

Cafeteria & Art gallery

12th March to 30th April

Open from 8 am to 5 pm

Exhibition

Sri Aurobindo - A Life-Sketch in Photographs

in the upstairs corridor

Everyone is welcome

Exhibition

Meditations on Savitri

The entire series of 47s paintings created by the Mother with Huta

from 1961-67 is on display in the newly extended picture gallery

Everyday except Sunday from 9am to 12noon and 2-5pm

at

Savitri Bhavan 

Everyone is welcome

Exhibition

Glimpses of the Mother : Photographs and texts

in the Square Hall

at

Savitri Bhavan

Everyday 9-5 except Sunday

Everyone is welcome

All are invited to the book release of Jyoti Khare's new children's book:

Gentle Jalaja

A book release along with coloring and... a puppet show!

At Nandanam Kindergarten on Saturday, 20th April at 4:00pm

Presentation of our final work of this season

Excerpts from

“Les Choristes” by Bruno Coulais

and

“A Ceremony of Carols” by Benjamin Britten

Everyone is welcome
 

Dear theatre addicted and lovers, I am glad to inform you about a workshop on acting and theatre on the 17th, 19th and 22nd of April from 6pm to 8pm in New Creation.