| by Stella
| | Friday, 17 February 2012 |  On Thursday, 48 Aurovilians and visitors came together to Sve-Dame, wanting to experience the benefits of laughter yoga. Fif, a certified laughter yoga teacher from Canada has come to Auroville to spread the art of laughter yoga. Together with Hamish, her husband, and Dariya, an Aurovillian, she wants to make people explore this unusual type of yoga. Shes giving us an interview about the philosophy behind laughter yoga, its history and benefits. What is laughter yoga good for? How do the participants feel about the session?
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| by Savitri Bhavan
| | Thursday, 25 August 2011 |  On Saturday, 14th August, a memorial gathering was held in Savitri Bhavan dedicated to Syam Sundar who recently passed away. Shyam Sundar was appointed by the Mother as the secretary of Auroville affairs and was involved in the township project from the very beginning. About thirty Aurovilians and fifteen Ashramites gathered in Savitri Bhavan to pay tribute to Shyam Sundar. After a short meditation, several friends spontaneously shared their reminiscences of Shyamsunder, who had taken significant roles in his lifetime.
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| by Andrea and Marlenka
| | Monday, 25 April 2011 |  In a new building at Bharat Nivas Dr. Aster Patel introduced Dr. Karan Singh at the presentation of a newly released publication entitled 'The Integral Human Existence'. This book basically speaks of the teachings of Sri Aurobindo in the light of his words regarding the problems faced in the ordinary life of humanity. And the solutions. Members of the Governing Board and as well as Auroville's Working Committee and the Auroville Foundation were present. The book is published by Bhrat Nivas: www.auroville.org/thecity/bharat_nivas/bharat_nivas_main.htm.
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| by Savitri Bhavan
| | Thursday, 31 March 2011 |  ‘The Everlasting Yes : Savitri, the Epic of Affirmation' - a talk by Richard Hartz at Savitri Bhavan on March 19, 2011. References in Sri Aurobindo's diary ‘The Record of Yoga', show how certain ‘affirmations' - or ‘stoma', to use a Vedic term - were central to Sri Aurobindo's own sadhana. He used the term to characterise formulations that have the power to bring higher truths into our consciousness, fix them there and allow them to work in us. In this sense we can speak of Savitrias the epic of affirmation, a Vedic stoma on a grand scale.
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| by Savitri Bhavan
| | Monday, 14 March 2011 |  Vibha is an Associate Professor in the Electronics Department at the Sardar Patel University in Vallabh Vidyanagar, Gujarat, one of the increasing number of Universities where Sri Aurobindo's writings and vision can be studied. For her Doctoral Thesis, Vibha has been on sabbatical leave in Pondicherry as a Research Scholar with Sri Aurobindo's Action, under guidance of Kireet Joshi. She has spent a few days at Savitri Bhavan also. Before returning to Gujarat she shared her findings with Aurovilians.
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| by Loretta
| | Wednesday, 01 December 2010 |  The first major goal to attain in Sri Aurobindo's Yoga is to realize your own soul, called by Sri Aurobindo the “Psychic Being”, from the Greek (and French) word, “Psyche”. In July, 2010, at the Matagiri AUM Conference in New York, Loretta gave a lecture called “Finding the Psychic Being”, which presented recordings of Mother teaching the Ashram school children how to find their soul.
That tiny portion of the One Supreme which decided to forget its universal totality in order to become an individual and to grow back into itself by successive realizations through many lifetimes is our individual soul. This lecture radiates the atmosphere of the Psychic Being and explains how to find it through Mother and Sri Aurobindo's teachings.
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| by Sandrine
| | Tuesday, 20 July 2010 |  Sraddhalu Ranade, invited by the Newcomer Program Team, offered a lecture at Savitri Bhavan the 19th of June 2010. Sraddhalu is a scientist, educationist and scholar residing at the Sri Aurobindo Ashram; Pondicherry. This talk covers a broad spectrum of themes relating to life in Auroville, from the essential spiritual truths that it seeks to realize, to the practical forms and means that need to be worked on. Among other things, it covers issues such as Auroville's relationship to other communities, attitude in dealing with daily trials and struggles in the community, critical difference between daily work and karma-yoga, practical hints and secrets to Auroville's success that are embedded in the Charter of Auroville. Introduction by Julia for the Newcomer Program team.
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| by Sandrine
| | Friday, 16 July 2010 |  Joël et Muriel, venus de Belgique, ont choisi de s'embarquer pour l'aventure aurovilienne. Pour ces deux nouveaux arrivants, vivre à Auroville c'est d'abord une expérience radicale et quotidienne sur le chemin de la transformation. Ils ont été conviés par le groupe «Newcomers for newcomers» à une conférence sur Auroville présentée par Sraddhalu Ranade, scientifique et pédagogue de l'ashram Sri Aurobindo ( voir «Presentation on Auroville by Sraddhalu Ranade» sur AurovilleRadio, pour l'écouter en entier). Ils s'expriment ici au fil de la Charte, commentant la conférence et dévoilant leurs expériences intérieures à cœur ouvert. Programme légèrement bilingue, où la voix de Sraddhalu en anglais et celles de Muriel et Joël en français, s'entremêlent et tissent le rêve selon eux.
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