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 The Ashram Courtyard The Memorial GardenThe Purpose and Aims of the Ashram are to:
- promote Yoga as a means of improving mental and physical health;
- help us find meaning and fulfilment by awakening wisdom and joy;
- present courses on different paths of Yoga and related subjects;
- train Yoga teachers to carry the light of Yoga into our ever-changing and stress-filled world, thereby helping to bring about a better tomorrow;
- be a mandala, place of focused energy and creativity, where we can learn to live harmoniously and wisely with ourselves and others;
- encourage practitioners to deepen their Yoga practice, and thereby gain insight into their emotions, mind and essential nature.
Additional aims of the Ashram are:
- To act as a place where people can learn and practise selfless service (Karma Yoga) as a means to increase perception and awareness.
- To be a quiet and harmonious place where people can practise more advanced Yogic techniques, especially meditation, to gain insight into their own mind and emotions, and to move closer to realising their spiritual potential and essence. Also, to be a place where people can live simply and in closer touch with nature.
- To organise quality seminars or courses on the main paths of Yoga.
- To train professional and inspiring Yoga teachers.
- To carry the Light of Yoga into the troubled modern world and thereby usher in a better tomorrow; to be a mandala - place of focussed vibrant energy, where people can learn to live harmoniously both with themselves and others, and thereby with the community at large.
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