www.kym.org
The Krishnamacharya Yoga Mandaram in Chennai, India. Founded by TKV Desikachar to carry on the work of his father, the late Sri Krishnamacharya, a renound teacher who is often considered the "father" of yoga as it is now brought to the West. He was the teacher of B.K.S. Iyengar, K. Pattabhi Jois, Indra Devi and Desikachar.
www.yoga-centers-directory.net
Global guide to yoga instructors, studios, ashrams and retreats!
www.bodyprayers.com
Web page for Bodyprayers Yoga for Women. Developed by Patricia Brown. Offering yoga and meditation retreats for women in the US and Caribbean for 20 years.
www.neelam.org
Advaita teacher originaly from Poland living in Colorado who travels throughout the world giving satsang, meaning to be in the presence of truth. She realized her true Self with Papaji in India. Non-conceptual approach, focusing on abiding in Presence. Dialogues and talks.
www.eckharttolle.com
Advaita teacher and popular author giving talks on non-duality throughout the world.
www.gangaji.org
Advaita teacher living in California. Realized her true self with Papaji in India. Holds satsang through the United States. A dynamic presence. Dialogues and talks.
www.adyashanti.org
Teacher of Advaita. Lives in California. A vibrant and compelling teacher who gives satsang throughout the United States. Very clear with a great sense of humor. A student of Zen for 15 years who had a sudden realization of his true self and "woke up out of Zen." Dialogues and talks. Daylong and 5 silent retreats with sitting meditation. His approach to meditation minimizes any technique.
www.ramana-maharshi.org
Extensive site dedicated to Ramana Maharishi, the spiritual giant of the 20th century who died in the 1950’s at the ashram that formed around him in India. Advocated "self-inquiry" as the only way to know the true Self. He asked people who came to him to inquire into "who is it that is asking these questions."
www.nisargadatta.net
Devoted to the work of the late Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj, the proprietor of a small cigarette shop in Bombay who gave daily talks in a small room above his shop. Next to Ramana, one of the most influential teachers of non-duality. A compilation of many of his dialogues and talks, I Am That, is a classic.
www.rameshbalsekar.com
Ramesh is in his 90's and still gives daily talks in his apartment in Bombay. After retiring as President of The Bank of India, Ramesh started visiting Nisargadatta. He soon began translating the talk and before Nisargadatta died, asked Ramesh to give talks. The author of many books on Advaita, he is considered one of the foremost contemporary sages in the Advaita tradition.
www.dhamma.org
Vippassana Meditation, as taught by S N Goenka. Focus on sensations of the body based on Burmese based Vipassana. Centers throughout the world. Goenka teaches 10 day silent retreats by video with assistant teachers at the retreats.
www.dharma.org
Insight Meditation Center in Barre, Mass. Meditation retreats with variety of teachers through the year with instructions in Vipassana meditation, often in the Thai Forest Tradition.
Also the site for the Forest Refuge, a center for more self-directed meditation retreats, located adjacent to IMS. |
