Websites

 

Spirited travellers

www.louisehay.com, Louise Hay a cancer survivor is also known as one of the founders of the self-help movement. Her first book, Heal Your Body, was published in 1976, when it was unfashionable to talk about the psychosomatic connection of disease in the body.

www.sharan-india.org, is Dr Nandita Shah endeavour. A trained homeopath, she believes that the best way to keep the body healthy is to work with it rather than against it. Dr. Shah encourages her patients to adopt a healthful plant-based vegan lifestyle.

www.chopra.com, a modern day Guru who weds Vedantic wisdom to science, uses meditations to help people journey to their infinite potential. Based out of US, they are on a mission to heal, to love, to transform and to serve the world.

www.drsvoboda.com, Dr Robert Svoboda is the first westerner ever to graduate from an Indian college of Ayurveda in 1980 and be licensed to practice Ayurveda in India. Lived in India for almost a decade. Since 1985 he has been travelling the world consulting, teaching and writing.

www.ananda.org, Ananda is a global spiritual movement, based on the teachings of Paramhansa Yogananda. You feel harmony, and God’s active presence in your life through effective techniques, including meditation, Kriya Yoga, spiritually-oriented Hatha Yoga and community.

 

Modern Mind Masters

www.osho.com, represents OIMR, Pune. Osho is known as one of the ten most evolved souls to have walked on planet earth. And the first twenty people to have influenced the shape of our world.

www.oshonisarga.com, a healing space created by late Ma. Yog Neelam, previous secretary of Osho. Based in the Himalayas, this meditation centre grants its inmate scenic beauty to blossom while the master does his doing.

www.dalailama.com, The Dalai Lama is held to be the reincarnation of each of the previous thirteen Dalai Lamas of Tibet. This website is dedicated to creating awareness of the life and work of His Holiness Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama of Tibet.

www.auroville.org, Auroville is the mother’s dream that was conceived in the early 30’s and under Sri Aurobindo’s guidelines the first sign of its manifestation were seen by late 60’s. It is a universal township in the making for a population of up to 50,000 people from around the world.

Zen

www.meditation-zen.org, Zen meditation is a traditional Buddhist discipline which is practiced by new and seasoned mediators alike.

www.rzc.org, being the oldest Zen Center in US. Philip Kapleau was one of the founding fathers of American Zen. He made it his life’s work to transplant Zen Buddhism into American soil, bridging the gap between theory and practice and making Zen Buddhism accessible to all.

www.dailyzen.com, Excellent website offering online meditation, writings of Zen Masters, a monthly journal of Zen writings, Zen e-cards and gifts.

Buddhism

www.tushita.info, Tushita is a centre for the study and practice of Buddhism from the Tibetan Mahayana tradition. Located in Northern India, in the forested hills in Dharamkot, Dharamsala – the seat in exile of His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama.

www.plumvillage.org, A global community of mindfulness practices. The centre is located in southwest France offering retreats and teachings on engaged Buddhism and the art of mindful living, founded by Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh.

www.tarab-institute.org, is a study centre devoted to Buddhist doctrines. In 2007 Tarab Institute International was founded by representatives of the National Tarab Institutes and graduates of the Unity of Duality Training (UD)

www.deerpark.in, is a centre for the study of classical Indian wisdom traditions. Established in March 2006 on the campus of a former Buddhist monastic institute, it is a project under Siddhartha’s Intent Society.

Meditation

www.dhamma.org, Vipassana means to see things as they really are. It is one of India’s most ancient techniques of meditation. It was taught in India more than 2500 years ago as a universal remedy for universal ills. An Introduction to Vipassana meditation course is available by Mr. Goenka across the globe.

www.brahmakumaris.org, Brahma Kumaris is a worldwide spiritual movement dedicated to personal transformation and world renewal. Founded in India in 1937 their real commitment is to helping individuals transform their perspective of the world from material to spiritual.

Yoga Retreats

www.sivananda.org.in, The Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Centres & Ashrams have locations throughout India and is dedicated to promoting physical, mental and spiritual health through the teachings of yoga.

www.ritambhara.org.in, Ritambhara offers to take us on an exploration of our being within the world we inhabit, moving from an external sense of perception of an embodied, inner presence. This occurs at three thresholds. LIVE A LIFE REPLETE WITH RASA!!

Ayurveda Treatment Centers

www.shantimakaan.com Shanti Makaan is a peaceful haven of clean hospitality in a traditional village setting where people come to preserve and enhance their well-being through Ayurvedic Panchakarma treatments.

Dance Therapy

www.5rhythms.com, Gabrielle Roth’s 5Rhythms are continually inspired by her life and NY City, where she founded The Moving Center in 1977. The 5Rhythms has grown to a global community born to dance, sweat, change, and support.

www.abhyastrust.org, in the year 2000, Navtej Johar, a Bharatnatyam dancer, choreographer and Yoga exponent, opened Studio Abhyas with the objective of teaching dance, Yoga and Vedic chanting.

www.cmtai.org, was founded as an umbrella organization to grow and professionalize the field of Creative/ Dance Movement Therapy in India. Focusing on training and capacity-building for existing and potential practitioners in the field who may be working with marginalized communities and addressing the social issues in the country.

www.contactimprov.com, is a dance form based on the physical principles of touch, momentum, shared weight, and most quintessentially – following a shared point of contact. The form was founded in 1972 by Steve Paxton. This dance practice explores the skills of falling, rolling, counterbalance, lifting, entering and breathing techniques, and responsiveness to our surroundings.

www.gurdjieff-dances.com, G. I. GURDJIEFF was a spiritual master, growing up in a cultural crossroad of Russia, he was subject to a great variety of influences which opened his vision. It is called Sacred Dance because they represent certain laws that govern the universe and thus, the lives of human being. And it is for the inner development of those who participate in them.

Sufism

www.whirling-dervish.org, The Dervish Retreat Center is located in New York State, US, the Center was founded by Khadija Radin, a Sheikha in the Mevlevi Order of America and the Sufi Ruhaniat International. Sufi studies, meditation and Dervish whirling are taught regularly.

www.greaterrochestersufinetwork.org, We are a regional network of leaders offering activities and events in the greater Rochester and the surrounding area. The Sufi way is to integrate spiritual principles and esoteric practices in everyday life to help us cope with life’s challenges.  This community welcomes all, regardless of labels and distinctions!

Healing Centers

www.opencenter.org, Founded in 1984 in the heart of downtown New York City with a mission to bring the holistic, ecological and spiritual worldview. They offer programs, workshops, conferences and performances that awaken the potential of the human spirit.

www.justbeingcenter.com, Just being provides trainings, programs and initiatives that facilitate a recognition of an inner alive stillness and wholeness that is always present. We encourage and support access to this sense of `wholeness’ through the practice of mindfulness, deep listening, compassion and inquiry.

Alternate Therapies

www.polaritytherapy.org, Polarity Therapy was developed by Dr. Randolph Stone, doctor of Osteopathy, Naturopathy and Chiropractic, it represents a synthesis of the health wisdom from the West and the East. Polarity Therapy is a unique wellness approach facilitating personal transformation.