ASHRAM ONLINE
Weekly Membership
With Swami Shankarananda & Devi Ma
ASHRAM ONLINE
Weekly Membership
With Swami Shankarananda & Devi Ma
Sadhana – spiritual practice
The Ashram is a school of mysticism, meditation, Self-inquiry, transformation and awakening. Together Swami Shankarananda (Swamiji or Guruji) and Devi Ma hold a variety of weekly programs aimed at awakening seekers to their divine inner Self.
Furthermore, the weekly schedule also helps to sustain your connection to the Shakti, or spiritual energy. Most importantly, it helps to grow the Shakti, and bring peace, love and wisdom to your inner and outer world.
The Ashram offers all of it’s weekly programs in-person, streamed live online, and available on-demand as a replay.
Some of the programs will even have a live-chat feature, so you can contribute, share and interact with Swamiji, Devi Ma and fellow participants.
Live Study Group takes a break during the Victorian school holidays.
Sadhana – spiritual practice
The Ashram is a school of mysticism; of Self-inquiry, transformation and awakening. Together Swami Shankarananda (Swamiji or Guruji) and Devi Ma hold a variety of weekly programs aimed at awakening seekers to their divine inner Self.
Furthermore, the weekly schedule also helps to sustain your connection to the Shakti, or spiritual energy. Most importantly, it helps to grow the Shakti, and bring peace, love and wisdom to your inner and outer world.
As a result of the current situation in the world regarding corona-virus, The Ashram is excited to offer all of it’s weekly schedule streamed live online, and available on-demand as a replay.
Some of the programs will even have a live-chat feature, so you can contribute, share and interact with Swamiji, Devi Ma and fellow participants.
Weekly Meditation & Program Schedule
MM Swami Shankarananda has been giving satsang programs for over 40 years. Satsang translates to, ‘sitting in the company of truth’. It is the main weekly program at The Ashram and includes; ritual and chanting stemming from the traditions in Ganeshpuri, India; a talk from Swamiji on the ancient wisdom of yoga for modern times drawing on the teachings from a different Great Being each week; meditation; and darshan, or receiving Swamiji’s personal welcome and blessing.
Satsang, and all of the weekly programs are open to beginner yogis and advanced seekers alike.
Every Saturday night from 7:15pm Melbourne time.
Study Group is one of the other highlights of the week in the ashram’s schedule of programs. While satsang can be a little more formal, Study Group is more casual, and invites participants to interact with Swamiji about the class content to ask questions and share experiences.
During this program Swamiji’s guides an examination of different spiritual texts incudiing those of:
- Baba Muktananda & Bhagavan Nityananda
- G.I. Gurdjieff
- Sri Aurobindo
- The Yoga Vasistha
- The Upanishads
- Shiva Stotravali and other Kashmir Shaivite texts
This program is perfect if you want to dive deeper into Kashmir Shaivism and yoga philosophy, not only intellectually but experientially.
Every Tuesday at 7:30pm Melbourne time.
This program is designed to just sign in, close your eyes, and meditate. The perfect weekly dose of meditation practice to keep you centered and aligned.
Every Thursday at 7:30pm Melbourne time.
The Guru Gita (Song of the Guru) is a 182 verse hymn to the Guru Principle, the mystical grace bestowing power of the divine, found in the ancient scripture the Skanda Purana. Baba Muktananda describes this text as being “one long mantra” and in his introduction to the text, says that this is “the one indispensable text” for seekers on the yogic path. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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The Guru Gita is a long dialogue between Lord Shiva, the primordial guru, and the goddess Parvati, Shiva’s beloved and disciple. In the Guru Gita, Lord Shiva explains the nature and power of the Guru, as well as the practices which elicit the grace from the guru. These include seva, or selfless service, meditation, mantra, and ritual. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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To recite this ancient hymn is a form of svadhyaya, or self-study, as it bathes the mind and heart in a current of divine sound extolling the highest spiritual truths which are present and can be experienced within each person. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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Yoga at the ashram is rooted in Self-inquiry, mindfulness, breath, and meditation.
Classes include aspects of breath work, meditation, Shiva Process Self-inquiry, and classical Hatha yoga postures as a way to relieve stress, unblock tension in the body and mind, and access a more sustainable seat for meditation.
Suitable for all ages, ability and experience levels and can be a wonderful way to compliment an existing meditation or self inquiry practice.
Our online library of classes taught by our expert teachers is available for unlimited on-demand viewing.
The Weekly Membership gives you access to our Bonus Content page. Here we host a variety of rare and archival on-demand content, including:
- Ganeshpuri, India retreat talks from Swamiji
- Swamiji’s talks from the early 2000s that have never been seen before
- Special programs like yagnas (fire ceremonies)
- Shiva Process workshop
Available for unlimited on-demand viewing, anytime, anywhere.
‘When the unconscious emerges into the light of awareness we become free of unhappy impressions. See everything as the play of Consciousness, the play of light and dark. Do not be afraid; be the witness. Knowledge and understanding will reveal itself. This is sadhana, the process of enlightening yourself.’
– Swami Shankarananda
Weekly Membership
- Weekly direct debit
- No lock in – cancel anytime
- All programs streamed live and available for replay
- Access to bonus content & discounts only available to weekly members
MM Swami Shankarananda has been giving satsang programs for over 40 years. Satsang roughly translates to, ‘sitting in the company of truth’. It is the main weekly program at The Ashram and includes; ritual and chanting stemming from the traditions in Ganeshpuri, India; a talk from Swamiji on the ancient wisdom of yoga for modern times drawing on the teachings from a different Great Being each week; meditation; and darshan, or receiving Swamiji’s personal welcome and blessing.
Satsang, and all of the weekly programs are open to beginner yogis and advanced seekers alike.
Every Saturday night from 7:15pm Melbourne time.
Study Group is one of the other highlights of the week in the ashram’s schedule of programs. While satsang can be a little more formal, Study Group is more casual, and invites participants to interact with Swamiji about the class content to ask questions and share experiences.
During this program Swamiji’s guides an examination of different spiritual texts incudiing those of:
- Baba Muktananda & Bhagavan Nityananda
- G.I. Gurdjieff
- Sri Aurobindo
- The Yoga Vasistha
- The Upanishads
- Shiva Stotravali and other Kashmir Shaivite texts
This program is perfect if you want to dive deeper into Kashmir Shaivism and yoga philosophy, not only intellectually but experientially.
Every Tuesday at 7:30pm Melbourne time.
This program is designed to just sign in, close your eyes, and meditate. The perfect weekly dose of meditation practice to keep you centered and aligned.
Every Thursday at 7:30pm Melbourne time.
The Guru Gita (Song of the Guru) is a 182 verse hymn to the Guru Principle, the mystical grace bestowing power of the divine, found in the ancient scripture the Skanda Purana. Baba Muktananda describes this text as being “one long mantra” and in his introduction to the text, says that this is “the one indispensable text” for seekers on the yogic path. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
The Guru Gita is a long dialogue between Lord Shiva, the primordial guru, and the goddess Parvati, Shiva’s beloved and disciple. In the Guru Gita, Lord Shiva explains the nature and power of the Guru, as well as the practices which elicit the grace from the guru. These include seva, or selfless service, meditation, mantra, and ritual. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
To recite this ancient hymn is a form of svadhyaya, or self-study, as it bathes the mind and heart in a current of divine sound extolling the highest spiritual truths which are present and can be experienced within each person. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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Every Sunday from 8:30am Melbourne time.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
Yoga at the ashram is rooted in Self-inquiry, mindfulness, breath, and meditation.
Classes include aspects of breath work, meditation, Shiva Process Self-inquiry, and classical Hatha yoga postures as a way to relieve stress, unblock tension in the body and mind, and access a more sustainable seat for meditation.
Suitable for all ages, ability and experience levels and can be a wonderful way to compliment an existing meditation or self inquiry practice.
Our online library of classes taught by our expert teachers is available for unlimited on-demand viewing.
The Weekly Membership gives you access to our Bonus Content page. Here we host a variety of rare and archival on-demand content, including:
- Ganeshpuri, India retreat talks from Swamiji
- Swamiji’s talks from the early 2000s that have never been seen before
- Special programs like yagnas (fire ceremonies)
- Shiva Process workshop
Available for unlimited on-demand viewing, anytime, anywhere.
Weekly Membership
- All programs streamed live and available for replay
- No lock in – cancel anytime
- Weekly direct debit