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Giving Self-Realization at “Museum Picnic” in Togliatti, Russia

September 4, 2010 in Participation in Expos, Sahaja Yoga Events by admin | No comments

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I would like to share a nice recent experience of Togliatti (Russia) Sahaj collective in spreading Sahaja Yoga at one of the popular annual city events.

I have to say that the organizers have not wanted us to participate in it for a long time. Probably they were afraid that we would turn to be a kind of a sect. As for us we did not hide ourselves under the mask of any other organization because by that moment we already had a many years experience and knew that if we would represent ourselves as a ‘Club of butterfly fans’ for example then we will attract butterfly fans only but not the seekers of truth. During long time we for instance advertised our public programs through the posters which invited people to the Concerts of Indian Classical Music and Dance. As a result only the people who liked music visited our programs. And when we started talking about Sahaja Yoga at the programs many people felt disappointed and we awkward.

After that we started advertising our public programs and other events through the posters inviting people to Sahaja Yoga programs, meditation and self-realization etc. We put down SAHAJA YOGA with big letters on the posters and since than we met only those on the programs who wanted to know exactly about Sahaja Yoga, self-realization and Shri Mataji. As a result Read the rest of this entry »

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Sahaja Yoga Children’s Summer Camp “Little Light” in Togliatti, Russia 2010

August 25, 2010 in Children's Camp, Sahaja Yoga Events by admin | No comments

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Dear family,

Jai Shri Mataji!

Children’s summer Sahaja Yoga camp “Light” has existed in Togliatti, Russia, for already 5 years. Each year was wonderful but the anniversary term (this year) was one of the brightest. The first thing which has been different this summer – the number of children’s units. There were not 7, as usual, but 5 – according to the elements (fire, earth, air, water and ether). Each unit symbolized one of the elements. The second thing: the camp was situated on the territory of the working children’s health camp, in a separate building. Due to this fact, about 300 children resting in the camp got their self-realization. Third: the duration of the term was 2 weeks instead of 3 weeks. But they were so rich with events!

11 hobby groups worked this summer: modeling from clay, beadwork, bhajan studying, soft-toy sewing, panjabi sewing, sewing from ribbons, sport group, Indian dances, mehendi. There was also a “Play room”: lot’s of developing games had been bought. Not only children but also adults got interested in these games. There also was a library where children could look through the comic books about the Deities’ life. And in the “cinema” there were shown India cartoons (like Bal Ganesh, Krishna, Hanuman) and informative movies (about nature from BBC). This year even the swimming pool was special – big and with clean water. And the adults were united not only by the meditation room but also by the tea room where tea drinking ceremonies were accompanied with stories about children and sharing experience about the work with children.

One of the days there came the musicians from the International Academy of Indian Music and Art and organized a beautiful concert in the camp.

The camp was a strong energy center where we were bathing in Divine Attention and Love of Mother. Two Pujas were offered: Guru Puja (at the same time with the international Guru Puja) and Shri Krishna Puja where there was raksha-bhandan.

We also managed to organize Read the rest of this entry »

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Russian Yuva Shaktis Participate in the World Youth Congress in Turkey

August 23, 2010 in Sahaja Yoga Events, Yuva Shakti by admin | No comments

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From July 31 till August 13, in Istambul, Turkey, there was held the 5th World Youth Congress. 10 Yuva Shaktis from different countries (Russia, USA, Australia, Austria and the UK) were invited to take part in it.

There were about 1800 people from 162 at the Congress. The participation in it was a great opportunity for spreading Sahaja Yoga. The people were open to new information and almost everybody wanted to experience meditation!

Our project was called “Meditate to Regenerate”. We prepared banners, brochures, visit cards, CDs with music for meditation. We managed to agree with the organizers of the event to hold 4 workshops: “Health and Meditation”, “Education and Meditation” and 2 workshops “Music and Meditation”.

During the first week, we participated in an exhibition. Many people got their self-realization at the stalls. There were so many seekers that groups of people got their self-realization and some people were waiting in a queue.

We conducted morning meditations for all who wished and different cleaning techniques were shown at them.

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1000 Seekers Got Their Self-Realization in Tatarstan, Russia

August 15, 2010 in Public Programs, Sahaja Yoga Events, Tours by admin | No comments

At the end of June Russian Sahaja Yogis participated in a Tour about the Republic of Tatarstan (in the south of Central Russia). The Public Programs were visited by about 1000 people. The protocol of self-realization was suggested at each of the programs.

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1500 People Get Their Selfrealization in Altai, Russia

August 4, 2010 in Festivals, Sahaja Yoga Events by admin | 1 comment

Jai Shri Mataji!

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On July 16-18, there was conducted a huge Festival called “Elloun” in Altai Region (Russia). It is a traditional festival of fold games of Altai people conducted in picturesque places of Altai mountains near settlement Ongudai. Elloun is the most significant event in Altai Republic which is yearly visited by about 15000 people.

Sahaja Yogis from Novosibirsk, Biysk and Gorno-Alraisk set a little camp not far from the glade of the Festival. There gathered about 60 Yogis which created the atmosphere of a little Sahaj camp.

During two days Sahaja Yogis were giving selfrealization, performed bhajans and painted mehendi at our stall. Our dance and music collective also performed on the main stage of the festival.

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Sahaj Publications for Children in Russia (2010)

July 29, 2010 in Sahaja Yoga books by admin | 3 comments

At the International Sahaja Yoga Festival which will take place in Togliatti on August 6-8, 2010, Sahaja pedagogical collective of the Sahaja Yoga kindergarten “Cool Breeze”, with the support of the publishing company “Nirmal System”, will be happy to introduce Sahaja publications for children.

Children are the future of Sahaja Yoga. And the Divine work they will be able to do depends on the level of how deep they were to comprehend Sahaja Yoga in their childhood.

In many cities of Russia, there are Sahaja Yoga meetings for kids. And it is very important because children’s meditations, in contrast to adults’ meetings, have their peculiarities:

1. The duration of a children’s meeting should not exceed 10-15 minutes.

2. The conduction of the meditation should be dynamic to keep the child’s attention on the main point.

3. Music helps maintain meditative state during the meditation.

4. Parents are the people who Shri Mataji has trusted the upbringing of realized Souls. That is why they play an active role when conducting meditations at home and are responsible for their child’s visiting collective children’s meetings.

5. That’s children’s nature that they copy everything that adults do. That is why they copy our attitude to meditation and Sahaja Yoga.

CDs and booklets that have been published this year in Russia helping parents and everyone who works with children in Sahaja Yoga in different cities of Russia:

1) “A Travel to the Country of Shining Lotuses”

Audio CD

A music guide for holding children’s meetings. There are six kinds of meditations on the CD:

1. “Song-cleaning”

Bhajans-mantras, the names of the Deities and the names of the chakras are used in the song. When the song is playing the child can be suggested to clean his chakras with bhandans (wind-cleaning) or lemons.

2. “Mother’s Breathing”

The duration of the tape is shortened taking children’s perception into consideration.

It can be used as follows: Read the rest of this entry »

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Friendship Parade of Nations in Yaroslav, Russia, or how Sahaja Yogis Work as Mother’s Channels

July 15, 2010 in Sahaja Yoga Events by admin | 1 comment

Yaroslav city was preparing for its 1000th anniversary. Buildings, squares, streets, roads were being repaired, reconstructed, and decorated.

In the network of the preparation for the anniversary of the city, new initiatives, sugestions were appearing. One of them was the initiative of JSC Russian Railways to conduct an event under the name of “Volga Embankment is an Area for Creation” under the support of the city administration each Saturday from May 1 to July 31.

There were five pavilions along the Volga Embankment where groups from different cities demonstrated their works.

As for us, Sahaja Yogis, we were invited to take part in the action “Give up Alcohol and Cigarettes” on May 22. Moreover, Sahaja Yogis were allowed to arrange their posters and to give realization.

Kolomensky SY music-group “Sangeet Ananda” performed very successfully during an hour. The audience wished to meet with this group again.

Our activity was appreciated by the organizers of this event and we were invited for the participation in the Friendship Parade of Nations on June 12. Moreover they offered us much space for the whole day where we could present Indian culture, conduct a workshop on Sahaja Yoga, perform Indian music, paint the visitors’ hands in mehendi style and dress them in Indian national clothes.

Before this event, our collective offered a havan at the collective meeting, we asked Shri Agni Deva to take away all the problems and obstacles interfering with our Sahaja work. All the arrangements were made. We were ready!!!

June 12 came. In the morning the lowering sky and drizzly rain plunged us into some gloomy state referring the upcoming parade. But we were going and a phone call from the organizers took away our uncertainty.

By this time Sahaja Yogis from Kostroma, then from Moscow arrived. Joy was flowing. The family was gathering. It was Heaven!!!

The group being responsible for the decoration and preparation of our area went to prepare it; the rest of us began to change their clothes for the parade as we were to present India.

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Hot Summer in Moscow: 2 Exhibitions in the All-Russian Exhibition Center

July 9, 2010 in Exhibitions, Sahaja Yoga Events by admin | No comments

3-6 of June, 2010

June 3-6, 2010, Sahaja Yogis of Moscow and Moscow region took part in the exhibition “World of Health” in the 69th pavilion of the Center. First day: already early in the morning the participants of the exhibition started to come and get their Self-realisation. Having felt the vibrations on their heads and hands, they were sincerely glad and they thanked us. Among them, there was the director of the exhibition center who had refused to get his realization but then relaxed and got it.

For 4 days the visitors from various areas of Russia were getting to know about the subtle body and feeling vibrations. Even one seeker from China got her Self-realisation, she spoke Russian very well.

The majority of the seekers were Read the rest of this entry »

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“All the Colours of the World” – a culture festival in Novosibirsk

June 24, 2010 in Uncategorized by admin | No comments

On May 16 Novosibirsk Sahaja Yogis were invited to take part in the Culture Festival “All the Colours of the World” organized in the Siberian Mall.

We came a bit earlier and started preparing our stand entitled “India”. We’d got: Read the rest of this entry »

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A Night in Novosibirsk Museum: 200 people get their self-realization

June 24, 2010 in Public Programs, Sahaja Yoga Events by admin | No comments

A Night in Novosibirsk Museum: 200 people get their self-realization

On Saturday, May 15, there was organized a project in Novosibirsk Museum of Local Lore called “A Night in the Museum”. Our Sahaja collective took an active part in that event.

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