Tripti Yoga School

24/04/2020

Om Namah Shivaya

11/04/2020

We can create our sacred space consciously through cultivation.
Blessing the space by representing the elements.
Earth, fire, air, water and ether.
Place pictures of your Guru, deity or anything that reminds you, here, now, in the manifest world, of that which is higher than yourself. The cultivation of habits that serve self study, reflection and compassion begins with a clean space of reverence.
Say “I am safe, I am loved”.
“May all beings everywhere be happy and free.” Om Shanti Shanti Om.

10/04/2020

10/04/2020

29/08/2019

Onam Festival Kerala - September 11th

A long long time ago, an Asura (demon) king called Mahabali ruled Kerala. He was a wise, benevolent and judicious ruler and beloved of his subjects. Everyone was equal, and lived in prosperity and justice. It is said that there was perfect equality, peace and happiness in his kingdom. No one dared to lie or cheat. Soon Mahabali's fame as an able king began to spread far and wide, but the gods grew envious at his acts of benevolence and growing popularity. When he extended his rule to the heavens and the netherworld, the gods felt challenged and began to fear his growing powers. Presuming that he might become over-powerful, Aditi, the mother of the Devas, pleaded with Lord Vishnu to curtail Mahabali's powers. Vishnu transformed himself into a dwarf called Vamana and approached Mahabali while he was performing a yajna and asked for alms. Pleased with the dwarf brahmin's wisdom, Mahabali granted him a wish. The Emperor's preceptor, Shukracharya, warned him against making the gift, for he realized that the seeker was no ordinary person. But the Emperor's kingly ego was boosted to think that God had asked him for a favour. So he firmly declared that there is no greater sin than going back on one's promise. He kept his word.

Vamana asked for a simple gift — the amount of land he could measure in three paces — and the king agreed to it. Vishnu in the guise of Vamana then increased his stature and with the first step covered the sky, blotting out the stars, and with the second, straddled the netherworld. Realising that Vamana's third step will destroy the earth, Mahabali offered his head as the last step.

Vishnu's fatal third step pushed him to the netherworld, but before banishing him to the underworld Vishnu, moved by his integrity and humility, granted him a boon. Since he was attached to his kingdom and his people, he was allowed to return once a year from exile. Onam is the celebration that marks the homecoming of King Mahabali. It is the day when a grateful Kerala pays a glorious tribute to the memory of this benign king who gave his all for his subjects.

Some say that this fatal step proved a blessing in disguise for the good king — the foot salvaged and released Mahabali from the recurrent cycle of birth and death. That is why Onam is celebrated by wearing new clothes and resolving to lead a new life of truth, piety, love, and humility.

Historians give a different twist to the legend. According to them, Mahabali, a Buddhist, was defeated by Hindu kings from Narmada (currently Maharashtra) in the North. Subsequently, they conquered the land and sent him into exile in Eezham which is currently known as Sri Lanka. It was believed that permission was granted to Mahabali to come and visit his subjects during the period when they traditionally celebrated Sravanolsavam. Therefore, for Keralites, it may be a symbolic description of the A***n invasion and the imposition of its culture on the native Dravidian populace of Kerala.

Onam is the only major Indian festival that is celebrated equally by people of all faiths and castes. Unlike Diwali, Id or Christmas, it has no explicitly religious connotation. It is an occasion for joy, compassion, gift-giving and solidarity, and embodies Kerala's cultural unity and pluralism.

- source unknown but corroborated by locals.

22/08/2019

Our next phase has begun.
Thank you to everyone who has supported us and helped manifest our school registration.
Founded in Hindu philosophies and the entanglement of Vedanta, Samkhya and Yoga darshan.

07/07/2019

Neem 🍃
Used in Ayurveda and dating back over 5,000 years as a healing plant.
Every part of the tree has medicinal value.
Used for imbalances such as: fatigue, fever, skin diseases, wounds, high blood pressure, arthritis, malaria and many more.
Personally for us, it has cleared up our Son’s skin as he slept on the soft leaves.

04/07/2019

" Life is a journey. We are travellers. We have to reach that original place-root, from where we have come. This materialistic world is not about destination, not our original residence. As the traveller never forgets his home though he visits around the whole world, just the same way, we should be careful not to forget our root in this journey of life. " Swami Manishanandaji
Remember your lineage of teachers
Remember the great saints, sages and seers
Return home
Why?
But the senses are fickle and temporary.
And they will harden your attachment to identity.
And keep you bound to suffering.
Jai Guru Dev!

03/07/2019

“Concentration - dharana, to the yogi is like carrying boiling oil in a hot pan up stairs and whilst not spilling a drop, even if taken by surprise.” Vyasa

02/07/2019

Grounding in Hinduism and the 3 dharshans of yoga, Vedanta and Sankhya.
Learn their entanglement and with Yoga.
your knowledge within the multiplicity of ideas that inform and effect each other.
Bring clarity to your teaching and personal discoverability for your self and your students
Knowing the origins and the cultural back drop if yoga improves your understanding from their ageless sources

01/07/2019

S U M M E R C L A S S ☀️

Raja Yoga - 90 mins
2-3:30pm
Sunday 4th August
pranayama | focused concentration | asana | meditation

01/07/2019

Move to Meditate | workshop
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Through presence and awareness we no longer say this is a physical practice for a physical end.
This is a physical practice as a root to the subtle.
We become acutely aware of when stillness is arising and in that moment sit and begin the exploration and contemplation of the internal landscape, as a means to concentration and absorption.
Asana and breath now have a purpose beyond the gross and a doorway to the subtle and the courage to sit.
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