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Swami Shankarananda, Australia’s leading meditation teacher, is the director of the Shiva School of Meditation, Melbourne. He is the author of the best-selling book Happy for No Good Reason, and Consciousness is Everything. Swami Shankarananda is recognised as one of the world’s most articulate spokesmen of the new spirituality. His Self-inquiry meditation makes it easy for everyone to have an immediate and direct spiritual experience. Read More >>
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Swamiji’s Latest Book: Self-Inquiry
Swamiji's new book Self-Inquiry has just been published and is available for sale from our bookstore. Be one of the first to read his remarkable teachings on Self-Inquiry. Available for only $29.95. Read More >>
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Read sample extracts from Swamiji’s books
Questions and Answers
from Carrot in My Ear Click Here >>
Chapter 5 from
Consciousness is Everything Click Here >>
Chapter 1 from
Happy for No Good Reason Click Here >>
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Upcoming Courses & Programmes
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Learn To Meditate Course
Starts 1st May 7.30
Designed by Swami Shankarananda, this 4-week course is a great introduction to Shiva Yoga Meditation techniques. Methods include: mantra, breath and chakra meditations as well as discussions of the inner world, the nature of the mind, emotions and self-empowerment.
Also includes a copy of Swamiji's best-selling book "Happy For No Good Reason" with a guided meditation CD to help establish and continue your meditation practice. A great course to recommend to family and friends, with various locations around Melbourne. Taught by Swamiji. $185/$150 (conc) at the Shiva School of Meditation & Yoga 27 Tower Road, Mt Eliza, Victoria.
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Special Satsang: Baba's 100th Birthday Celebration
Yagna, Satsang & Feast
Yagna: Friday 16 May 7:30pm
Satsang: Saturday 17th May 7.30pm
6pm feast(please ring to book)
"Honour your Self. Worship your Self. Meditate on your Self. God dwells within you as you."
Swamiji and Ma Devi take great pleasure in inviting you to join them in celebrating Baba's centennial birthday. Swamiji has specially invited a temple priest from Bhagawan Nityananda's samadhi shrine in Ganeshpuri India, Prasad Balkrishna Joshi, to conduct a yagna (Vedic fire ritual) on Friday evening.
There will also be a feast on Saturday evening followed by a Satsang celebration. Devotees are invited to stay over on Friday or Saturday nights so that they can participate in the whole weekend celebration. At the Shiva School of Meditation & Yoga 27 Tower Road, Mt Eliza, Victoria
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Shawl Sale Fundraiser
Saturday May 10, 17 & 24
4-6pm & after Satsang at the Shiva Ashram
Luxury Shawls at Bargain Prices:
Great Mother's Day gifts
Items ranging from scarves at $20 to authentic pashmina shawls
Save up to 75% off the RRP
Fundraiser for Shiva Ashram
At the Shiva School of Meditation & Yoga
27 Tower Road, Mt Eliza, Victoria
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Pujas with Prasad
From the land of Bhagawan Nityananda comes a very special guest. Prasad Balkrishna Joshi is a temple priest from the Bhagwan Nityananda Samadhi Shrine in Ganeshpuri, India. Swamiji has invited him to visit the Shiva Ashram for three weeks where he will be conducting pujas for devotees with a special Shakti that comes from the Shiva Yoga lineage.
This is an extremely special opportunity to have a puja performed to invoke divine consciousness in any area of your life. Choose a Ganesh puja to remove obstacles, a Lakshmi puja for prosperity and abundance, or a Shiva Puja to invoke supreme Consciousness. You can also have a deity statue blessed, or even your new car. Prasad will also be available to do house blessings for people in the local area.
Cost for individual pujas: $101
For group pujas or house blessings please call for cost.
Dates: Available from 10 - 25 May.
Please call (03) 9775 2568 to make a booking
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Swamiji in Adelaide
31st May - 1st June
Join Swamiji as he visits Adelaide for a series of programmes. Let your family and friends in Adelaide know!
Free Satsang - Saturday 31 May
Puja Workshop - Saturday 31 May
Intensive - Sunday 1 June
To read an interview with Swami Dayananda(Director of the Adelaide center) Click Here>>
To view pdf Click Here>>
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Free Meditation program in Mt. Eliza
Saturday Nights, 7:30pm
27 Tower Road, Mount Eliza
This program is a wonderful introduction to meditation. Every Saturday night Swamiji speaks on the philosophy of meditation and the paths of yoga, drawing on a variety of traditions and contemporary spiritual teachers. You’ll find that meditation comes easily in the company of a master. Read More >>
For a regularly updated report on the latest Satsang with Swamiji Click Here >>
Satsang Live on the Internet
Each Saturday night we stream Satsang live on the internet. For more information Click Here >>
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Calendar of Events
To view our entire range of course and programmes over the coming months Click Here >>
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The Sadhana Files: Interviews with Shiva Yogis
A regularly updated series of interviews with members of the Shiva Yoga community about their spiritual life (sadhana). This months interview is with Dr Patrick Mahaffey, the Chair of Mythological Studies at the Pacific Graduate University, Santa Barbara. Isobel Crombie interviewed Patrick during the Great Beings Retreat at the Shiva Ashram in August, 2007. Read More >>
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We welcome you to visit the Shiva Yoga Bookstore in Mt Eliza. As well as all of Swamiji’s books, we also stock a selection of books from authors in the Shiva Yoga lineage and other books we recommend to anyone interested in spirituality and personal development.
We also stock an array of meditation paraphernalia including: meditation shawls, Rudraksha mala beads, japa rings beautiful statues of indian deities, Puja items, chanting CDs and meditation CDs. For more Click Here >>
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Friends of Shiva Yoga
When you give your time and money to an ashram you are taking your worldly outer attainments and turning them towards spiritual inner value. Friends of Shiva Yoga supports the development of the Shiva Ashram and its goals through donations, in-kind contributions and volunteer efforts. To learn more click Here >>
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Shiva Symposia
The Interfaith Program of Shiva Yoga
The Shiva Ashram has been offering its Interfaith programme, The Shiva Symposia: the History and Ideas of Spirituality, for the last eight years. Topics have included historical and spiritual themes from many religious and spiritual paths. Read More >>
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Kashmir Shaivism
Kashmir Shaivism is a yogic philosophy and practice of inner transformation. From the valley of Kashmir in northern India, the principles of Shaivism were first written down in the ninth century. Read More >>
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The New Adventures of Yum Yum
Find out what whacky adventures our Yum Yum gets up to. Click Here >>
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Join our e-Mailing List
Want to be kept informed with what’s happening at the Shiva Yoga Ashram? Join our e-Mailing list and receive monthly emails with upcoming courses and programmes. To join email us here.
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