Yoga Life (September 2024)
Namaste
I am pleased to share the September 2024 issue of Yoga Life with you.
Yoga Life this month celebrates Param Pujya Ammaji and her 81st birthday with a lovely collage of recent moments of the Bhavanani Family against the background of an archival image of her with baby Ananda fifty years ago. We are truly blessed to live on this planet at the same time as this great Maharishikaa and seek her divine blessings towards manifesting our inherent humanity and divinity.
The front inner cover shares Master Anandraj’s recent achievements in the field of Taekwondo where he is now a recognised National Referee and in Yogasana Sport where he leads the youth brigade into the future. We wish him the very best on his 19th birthday and pray the Guru Parampara bless him as he grows into his role of the Junior Mathadhipathi of Sri Kambaliswamy Matham and Junior Chairman of ICYER Ananda Ashram.
On the back covers we highlight many special events and achievements of the Gitananda Yoga Parivaar including Dr Rama Reddy Karri receiving the first ever PhD in Yoga Therapy at Sri Balaji Vidyapeeth and Dr Sangeeta being appointed as International Visiting Faculty of ISCM. Special moments from the Yoga Day event at Pondicherry Central University and the Pondicherry District Yogasana Championship find pride of place. We congratulate all the Yoga Thilakam and Yoga Chemmal awardees who were felicitated by Thiru Embalam Selvam, Hon’ble Speaker of Puducherry Legislature.
The past month has seen many of our Gitananda Sadhakas visit the ICYER Ashram for intensive residential Sadhana and we were privileged to host Yogathilakam Dr Sangeeta and her team of Nada Yoga Sadhakas in July and then the Yogic Diet and Pranayama team led by Yogathilakam Anandhi and Yogathilakam Deepika in August. Our dearest Ammaji enjoyed having all her eaglets at home and the whole ashram reverberated with great Yoga Shakti. Shaktimaa Devasena and Chinna Ammaji Dhivya need to be commended for their constant efforts in making sure everything runs smoothly.
May we all continue to grow and glow in Yoga with the Grace of the Guru Parampara.
