Inauguration of Stanton Street Yoga
International Yoga Conference at Rishikesh
Radhanath Swami Speaks at Kripalu Center for Yoga & Health
Return to Yogamaya
Yoga Summit 2011 – Bangalore, India
In Giving We Receive – Thoughts on What Makes a Good Teacher
Radhanath Swami at Core Power Yoga Studio
Spiritual Talks and Kirtan In The Bahamas
Boston Yoga and Chant Festival
Prema Yoga – Brooklyn, New York
May 2, 2012
On Sunday, April 22, Radhanath Swami was asked to speak at the inauguration of Stanton Street Yoga, a new yoga studio and Ayurvedic health retreat on New York’s Lower East Side. Stanton Street Yoga is a cooperative effort, owned and run by followers of Srila Prabhupada, headed by Badaryana and Rukmini Wienberg. Around one hundred guests squeezed into the beautiful new studio to attend the opening yajna ceremony, kirtan, talk and vegetarian meal. Below are some excepts from Swami’s talk. “In the sixth chapter of the Bhagavada-Gita, which is one...
April 15, 2012
“Be with nature, learn from nature, and change your nature.” said H. H. Swami Chidanand Saraswati Ji while welcoming guests to the International Yoga Conference at Parmarth Niketan Ashram, Rishikesh, India. From March 1st thru 7th Radhanath Swami, along with forty yoga gurus, shared the teachings of yoga with hundreds of yogis from around the globe. Prominent teachers at the conference included H.H. Sri Shankaracharya Swami Divyanand Teerthji, H.H. Swami Ramdevji, H.H. Swami Chidanand Saraswatiji and H.H. Swami Veda Bharatiji. The International Yoga Festival, which started in 1999 with a just...
December 19, 2011
The Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health in Stockbridge, Massachusetts, is today one of the most respected centers for training and retreat in the United States. Since its inception in 1983, countless people have come for short retreats, courses in yoga and ayurveda, and periods of seva and ashram living. At the end of August, 2011, Radhanath Swami was invited to speak at the center for the first time. His two day lecture series was entitled ‘Bhakti Immersion: Ramayana’, and explored the ancient epic through storytelling and kirtan. There could...
December 17, 2011
After only a year of being open, Yogamaya yoga studio in New York’s hip Chelsea district has gained a huge following of both serious yoga students and kirtan lovers. Owners Bryn Chrisman, Stacey Brass and Glen Riis have created a unique space that fuses serious Hatha-yoga with an equally generous dose of Bhakti-yoga, combined within a fresh context. Though the space is set up as a yoga studio, with skylights and open spaces, the feeling is that of an old temple. Antique carved doors and screens decorate the space, and framed...
December 11, 2011
With the aim of persuading UNESCO to proclaim the 21st of June as World Yoga Day, a conference was held on December 4th and 5th in Bangalore, India. Organized by The Art of Living Foundation, the conference brought together many of the worlds leading voices in yoga including B.K.S. Iyengar, Sri Sri Ravi Shankar and Baba Ramdev. Radhanath Swami was requested to speak on how to maintain the authenticity and purity of knowledge. “Due to so much greed, the economy is suffering miserably. Due to exploitation of natural resources, there...
September 27, 2011
On Wednesday, September 7th, Radhanath Swami spoke at Jaya Yoga Center in Park Slope, Brooklyn, New York. He was joined by special guests Sacinandana Swami, a dear friend and Vaishnava sanyasi from Germany, and Acharya Sri Pundrik Goswami, a highly esteemed teacher of bhakti yoga who comes in the lineage of servants at the historic Sri Radha Raman Temple in Vrindavan, India. Among the audience of over one hundred were many students from the yoga center’s teacher training program. Radhanath Swami spoke on the character of a great yogi drawing...
July 30, 2011
On July 13, 2011, Radhanath Swami gave a talk on his book The Journey Home at the Core Power Yoga Studio in Los Angeles run by yoga instructor, Kumudini. Core Power leads lifestyle and teacher training programs, yoga retreats and conferences, and has students numbering in the thousands. The mellisonant devotional chanting led by Radhanath Swami and the famous kirtan singer C.C. White captivated the 120 people in attendance. Radhanath Swami began his talk by discussing his motivation for writing his memoir, proceeded to share some stories that transformed him,...
July 10, 2011
Radhanath Swami paired up with the ebullient Gaura Vani to lead a rejuvenating seven-day retreat on Paradise Island in the Bahamas. The retreat was conducted at Sivananda Ashram. The Swami gave powerful discourses from the ancient Vedic scripture called ‘Srimad Bhagavatam’ in the morning and evening, followed by soul-stirring kirtans by Gaura Vani’s band ‘As Kindred Spirits’. In between were walks on the beach, swimming in the mostly calm blue waters of the Caribbean, and delicious, vegetarian food prepared by the friendly volunteers and residents of the Ashram. ‘As Kindred...
June 24, 2011
On June 19, 2011, Radhanath Swami spoke at the annual Boston Yoga and Chant Festival. For this weekend-long event, the Royal Plaza Trade Center—a large yet unglamorous convention center adjacent to a Best Western hotel in the MetroWest suburbs of Massachusetts—was at once transformed into a Mecca of spiritual seekers, spiritual teachers, yogis & yoginis, vegans & vegetarians, devotional musicians from the mantra scene, artists, dancers, new age healers, and everyday people in search of something higher. In front of a big, beautiful backdrop of blazing orange and yellow colors...
November 28, 2010
On Wednesday night, Radhanath Swami spoke at Prema Yoga in Brooklyn. He first elaborated on the Sanskrit word prema or pure love – what it is, where to find it, and how to re-awaken it. He mentioned how yoga is about connecting to an inner reality that harmonizes the body, mind, and soul. He gave an example of how he was helplessly drowning in the Ganges. As he was going underwater, the mantra that the Ganges had revealed to him earlier during meditation, resurfaced in his mind bringing fearlessness, peace,...