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Check out photos of these Kashi Atlanta events:
April
11-13, 2008: Expansion,
Awareness and Ecstasy: The Journey into the Silence
An amazing Intensive weekend with Ma Jaya Sati
Bhagavati. Click
here for images.
January
4, 2008: Classical
Yoga Teacher Training 2008 Begins
Over 40 aspiring yoga teacher began Kashi Atlanta’s
Classical Yoga Teacher’s Training on January 4th.
Click
here for images.
December
14, 2007: Kashi
Provides Blankets, Clothes and Food for 500 Homeless in Downtown
Atlanta
Bhagavan Das led over 150 people in bringing
in the Divine through Kirtan (ecstatic yogic chant) November
30 – December 1. Click
here for images.
November
30, 2007: Bhagavan
Das at Kashi Atlanta
Bhagavan Das led over 150 people in bringing
in the Divine through Kirtan (ecstatic yogic chant) November
30 – December 1. Click
here for images.
November 2-3 , 2007: Kashi Kirtan Weekend a Success!
Over 150 attended Kashi's Kirtan (ecstatic Yogic Chant) weekend November 2-3, 2007, featuring nationally reknowned artists David (Durga Das) Newman and Dave Stringer. Click here for images.
October 6-7 , 2007: Transform Your Life to Transform the World
After receiving the Gandhi Humanitarian Award, Ma Jaya gave a special intensive Saturday and Sunday, October 6-7 on how to create transformation in one's life. Click here for images.
September 17 , 2007: Ten Day Yoga Detox Ends!
Ten Day Yoga Detox participants came together for their final yoga class and Detox wrap up class. Click here for images.
September 13 , 2007: Ten Day Yoga Detox Participants Break Their Fast at Kashi
Joyful detox participants gathered together September 13th to break their fast in a Lungar (a traditional Sikh meal). Click here for images.
September 8 , 2007: Kashi Open House a Success!
Kashi Atlanta's 4th annual Open House celebration was a tremendous success, bringing the neighborhood and families together and raising money to support our service programs. Click here for images.
September 7 , 2007: Fall Ten Day Yoga Detox Begins!
Over 50 yogis of all levels came together Friday, September 7th, to begin their Ten Day Yoga Detox. Click here for images.
August 29 , 2007: Bhakti: the Interfaith Path of Devotion and Love
Over 40 people joined Swami Anjani, one of Ma Jaya's sannyas, for an evening meditation and lecture on understanding Bhakti (devotion and love for the Divine). Click here for images.
August 24-25 , 2007: Embracing the Silence of the Soul
Over 70 yogis and yoginis from Atlanta to Ft Walton, Florida gathered at Dragonfly Yoga Studies for Jaya Devi Bhagavati's teachings on Embracing the Silence of the Soul. Click here for images.
July
15, 2007:
CYTT Graduation
The
final weekend of this year’s Classical Yoga Teacher’s
Training class was held July 13-15. Students participated
in a posture clinic Friday Night, lead by Candika Buck, and
were adjusted during the clinic by 4 of Kashi’s senior
instructors. Afterwards, the students participated sat with
the instructors, asking any questions they had regarding teaching
and practicing classical yoga. Click
here for images.
July
11 , 2007:
Swami Dhumavati
- Igniting Spiritual Passion and Yearning
Over
70 people joined special guest Swami Dhumavati, one of Ma
Jaya’s Sanyassin, for a special darshan on Wednesday,
July 11, 2007. Click
here for images.
June 30 , 2007:
Kashi Welcomes Kirtan Artist Girish
Kirtan
artist Girish performed his modern interpretation of classical
devotional Kirtan for over 50 yogis on Saturday. Girish played
chants off of his original groundbreaking CD Reveal
and more recent release Shiva Machine. Half the crowd
got up and danced as everyone was taken into the blissful
vibration of these ancient love songs to the Divine. Click
here for images.
June 27 , 2007: Laxsmi Puja for Prosperity
Over 120 people gathered to celebrate, chant and ask for abundance in the coming year at Kashi Atlanta's annual Laxsmi Puja celebration. Click here for images.
May 25-27 , 2007: Students Begin Teaching $5 Yoga Classes
This year’s class has officially taken over our $5 Yoga classes! Pairs of students began teaching our $5 Yoga classes earlier this month. At least two other students have committed to taking each class and evaluating the teaching of their fellow classmates honestly, and with awareness. This weekend, students learned about the bhandas, yogic locks, and how to use them in asanas. Throughout the weekend, students practiced teaching asanas and pranayama (breathwork) to a partner, and then to three other students. Click here for images.
May 19 , 2007: Kashi Yogathon a Success!
Over 50 yogis and yoginis gathered in Piedmont Park to raise money for Kashi Atlanta's community service programs. Yogis, accompanied by Kashi Atlanta kirtan (yogic chant) artists, completed 131 sun salutations and raised over $10,000 for homeless men women and children living on the streets in downtown Atlanta and children at Egleston and Scottish Rite children's hospitals. Click here for images.
May 11-21 , 2007: Glowing from Kashi's Spring Ten Day Detox
On Friday May 11, 67 yogis of all levels gathered to begin Kashi's Ten Day Yoga Detox. During the opening session, Jaya Devi guided students through each of the upcoming ten days in detail, teaching them how to do each cleanse and discussing the benefits of each one. Six days later, participants broke their three day juice fast with a traditional Sikh Lungar. On Day 10, Jaya Devi and the Yoga Detox participants met for a closing session to discuss how to keep their bodies, minds and spirits clean and healthy. Everyone left light, healthy, and rejuvenated and looking fabulous. Click here for images.
May 4-6 , 2007: Teacher's Training Students are Teaching!
This year’s Teacher Training students are now halfway done with their course! Friday and Saturday, the Karma Yoga project came to life – students, staff, and a few regular Street Meals participants brought over 400 backpacks filled with toiletries, homemade cookies, and drinks to Peachtree and Pine shelters and neighboring parks. Later that day, students worked on their asanas back at Kashi. Sunday, students learned how to structure a class, and started practicing their teaching with partners. Click here for images.
May
4-5 , 2007:
Spring Karma Yoga Project: Kashi Students Deliver Backpacks
to the Homeless
This
year's Classical Yoga Teachers Training students gathered
together in the spirit of karma yoga to fill 300 backpacks
with useful items for men, women and children living on the
streets in Atlanta and delivered them to the Peachtree &
Pine emergency shelter and in nearby parks. Click
here for images.
April
25, 2007:
The Soul Has No Gender
Kashi
Atlanta hosted Swami Dhumavati from Kashi Ashram. She is one
of Ma Jaya's sanyassin and a longtime resident of Kashi, Florida.
In darshan (lecture and meditation) she helped us explore
how the deep nature of one’s true self transcends gender.
Click
here for images.
April
13-15, 2007:
Ma Jaya Sati Bhagavati Comes to Atlanta
We
spent a beautiful weekend intensive with Ma Jaya Sati Bhagavati
on Manifesting Consciousness and Walking the
Fearless Path. Ma opened our hearts and took us to a
space of emptiness and bliss. Click
here for images.
April
11, 2007:
Understanding the Guru Path
Jaya
Devi Bhagavati and Acharya Swami Krishnapriya gave an illuminating
discussion and meditation on what a guru is and how the guru-chela
relationship works in preparation for the weekend intensive
with Ma Jaya Sati Bhagavati. Click
here for images.
February
21 - 22, 2007: Swami
Bhagavati Das hosted
by Kashi Atlanta Satsang
Author
and Yoga Therapist Mukunda Stiles once again shares his vast
knowledge of yoga with Kashi Atlanta students. Click
here for images.
February
16 - 18, 2007: Structural
Yoga Therapy
Author
and Yoga Therapist Mukunda Stiles once again shares his vast
knowledge of yoga with Kashi Atlanta students. Click
here for images.
January
26 - 27, 2007: Bhagavan
Das comes to Atlanta
Kashi
Atlanta residents were blessed to host internationally renowned
Kirtan Artist Bhagavan Das during his recent trip and performance
at Kashi Atlanta on January 26-27, 2007. This was his last
performance before returning to India for the first time in
almost 40 years!
Click here for images.
January
12 - 22, 2007: Kashi
Atlanta Ten Day Yoga Detox
Over 80 people joined Kashi members and residents in the January
2007 (much needed) Ten Day Yoga Detox. Kashi community members
created soups, broths, ghee (clarified butter) and tea, as
well as Detox packages, to help cleanse us physically, emotionally
and spiritually for the new year. As part of the Detox, community
members prepared, served, and helped enjoy a light, vegetarian
Lungar (traditional Sikh meal) to break the three day juice
fast.
Click here for images.
December
9, 2006: Kashi
Atlanta welcomes kirtan artist Snatam Kaur
Accomplished
music soloist, songstress and poet Snatam Kaur brought her
current "Celebrate Peace" World Tour to Kashi Atlanta,
enthralling the audience with sacred yoga chant from the Bhakti
Yoga tradition. Click
here for images.
December
8 - 9, 2006: Kashi
Atlanta Holiday Street Meals
On
Friday evening over one hundred folks came to Kashi Atlanta
and helped assemble 400 packages for our friends on the streets!
The next day, the packages were distributed at a shelter and
at a park we go to every week. Click
here for images.
October
27 - 29, 2006: Structural
Yoga Therapy with Mukunda
Stiles
World-renowned master yogi Mukunda Stiles led a weekend workshop
on yoga, ayurveda and the yoga sutras. Click
here for images.
October
20 - 21, 2006: Kashi
Atlanta welcomes kirtan artists Dave Stringer and David Newman
Nationally-acclaimed
kirtan artist Dave Stringer rocked the house on Friday evening
with his concert of classic yogic ecstatic chants.
Click
here for images.
The
next evening, kirtan artist David Newman performed his rendition
of classical devotional kirtan. Click
here for images.
October
14, 2006: Jaya
Devi Bhagavati teaches at the Atlanta Yoga Conference
Jaya
Devi Bhagavati, Kashi Atlanta’s executive and spiritual
director, initiated over 40 yogis from various studios all
over Atlanta into the ancient yogic practice of Kali Natha
Yoga. Click
here for images.
August
3 , 2006: Fire
Puja with Swami Anjani
from Kashi Ashram
Swami Anjani performed an ancient fire puja ceremony at dawn
with Kashi Atlanta members. Click
here for images.
August
2 , 2006: The
Bhakti Path of Service & Devotion
with Swami Anjani from Kashi Ashram
Swami Anjani taught how surrender, love & devotion awaken
the heart on the path of yoga. Click
here for images
July
28 - 29, 2006: Igniting
the Bliss of the Chakras with Jaya Devi
Bhagavati, RYT 500
A weekend intensive at Dragonfly Yoga in Ft.
Walton Beach Florida. Click
here for images.
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