Celebrating The First International Day of Yoga
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ASHRAM DE YOGA SIVANANDA, FRANCE<br />
How can we improve for the future?<br />
Our plan is to focus on three main projects:<br />
1. <strong>The</strong> construction <strong>of</strong> a new building which will include two large<br />
teaching rooms, eleven en suite single rooms, and dormitory spaces.<br />
2. Building a real home for the Ashram temple. Although the temple is<br />
strong with beautiful Murtis and well taken care <strong>of</strong> year-round by south<br />
Indian priests, it is housed in a tent structure and gets very cold and<br />
drafty during the winter months. In addition to giving it sound walls we<br />
also want to enlarge the temple, adding a temple kitchen, a flower room<br />
and bathroom facilities for priests and visitors<br />
3. Building an all-year-round dining hall. Like the temple it is currently<br />
a tent structure and therefore not very comfortable on rainy or cool days<br />
even in the summer season; and in winter the food has to be carried across<br />
the Ashram to an Asana hall.<br />
An Ashram belongs to the seekers who come to it to experience the yogic<br />
life-style and take refuge from the harshness <strong>of</strong> the world. Our vision is to<br />
turn the Ashram into a haven <strong>of</strong> beauty and peace (which it is in many ways<br />
already) to inspire all who come to return home with fresh energy and<br />
determination to live a yogic, peaceful and contented life.<br />
We invite you to join us in the effort to turn these projects into reality.<br />
If you would like to contribute in any way, by giving your time or by<br />
sending a financial contribution, this would be greatly appreciated.<br />
We thank you very much for your generosity and for taking part in the<br />
peace mission <strong>of</strong> Swami Sivananda and Swami Vishnudevananda.<br />
Swami Bhagavatananda is the co-director <strong>of</strong> the Ashram<br />
de <strong>Yoga</strong> Sivananda in France. email: swb@sivananda.net<br />
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