Karma Yoga at The Ashram

At Kundalini Yoga Ashram we offer you the opportunity to practice Karma Yoga by doing selfless service in the ashram. This form of yoga stimulates feelings of love, peace, compassion and brings a joy and happiness that cannot be experienced any other way. When we learn to open our hearts and give selflessly of ourselves we invite positive and rewarding things into our life. By using our time in this manner we learn what it is to give of our time, energy and knowledge for a true and authentic purpose. Karma Yoga is one of the four forms of yoga that brings so much self satisfaction and personal reward and we are happy to be able to offer this type of yoga to our students. You will be welcomed into the home of Guruji Vishnu, living together as family and contribute to the successful running of the ashram.

Receiving your Spiritual Name

In India it is the tradition for parents to take their babies to ashrams and ask the Guru there to name them. The same applies in adult life when we ask and receive a spiritual name from a Guru it is like a rebirth. With our new name we are given the opportunity of a new spiritual life. Our new name is usually something that reflects a part of our nature or something that we would aspire to so when we use our new name it would remind us of this. It will also remind us of the Guru when we use our new name and this is important because it will help us on our spiritual path. All names and forms have a purpose in the world, they have a meaning, they have a dharma. You have a responsibility to live up to your dharma so by receiving a spiritual name it creates an awareness of our dharma. You become identified with it and it reminds you of your True Self. If you are focused on it, the name can really help you to realize your true nature.

Mantra Training in Kundalini Yoga Ashram

Mantra Initiation

A mantra is a word, phrase, or set of sounds that, according to the yogic tradition, was revealed to the sages and transmitted in a precise manner to seekers through the process of initiation. Because these related concepts—mantra and initiation—are complex and subtle, they have frequently been misunderstood and misrepresented as the practice of meditation has spread from traditional spiritual communities into the larger society.

Like a seed planted with the intention of blossoming into a beautiful perennial, a mantra can be thought of as a seed for energizing an intention. Much in the same way you plant a flower seed, you plant mantras in the fertile soil of practice. You nurture them and over time they bear the fruit of your intention Developing a daily meditation practice helps you to cultivate a more present, peaceful, and balanced lifestyle, which ripples out into every other aspect of your life. Mantras can help bring you back to that present state of mind.

This mantra is used in silent repetition during movement to help keep the mind focused. It's been said that in yoga, Asanas are postures of the body and mantras are postures of the mind. Mantras, when used in this fashion, are more like affirmations and help to keep you connected to a particular state of mindMantras, when spoken or chanted, direct the healing power of Prana (life force energy) and, in traditional Vedic practices, can be used to energize and access spiritual states of consciousness. Mantra as a spiritual practice should be done on a regular basis for several months for its desired effects to take place.

At the end of the day, the mantra is meant to bring you back to simplicity. We live in such a complex world that it’s easy to get lost in all the details. Mantras can help you circle back to the simplistic approach to life and focus on those things that inspire you and truly make you happy. Being initiated with a Mantra helps you on your spiritual path to find peace, joy and happiness.

To get a mantra you need to take an appointment from Guruji and in a proper time he will initiate you to the Himalayan Tradition. There are certain disciplines that need to follow during and after initiation that we inform you once you request.

Student Stories

I did my 500hr Kundalini training here and had a wonderful experience! The ashram felt like a second home to me and I'm so thankful to have gained this spiritual family! The teachers are extremely knowledgeable and helpful, the food is delicious and the ashram is in one of the best spots in Rishikesh! Already making plans to come back

Amber Ruff

Kundalini yoga ashram is like home. Everything you need is here and only steps away from the beautiful Ganga river. All of the teachers are very knowledgeable. I recommend to anyone who wants to experience the true yoga in India to come here and study.

Gina B

Positive: Professionalism, Quality I had an amazing month at the Kundalini Yoga Ashram, surrounded by beautiful people and learning from knowledgeable and trustworthy teachers/gurus. You will receive knowledge about practices that you can never get by self-study only. The schedule and kundalini practices (for the kundalini yoga teacher training) were intense and demanding full devotion. But on the other hand we also had a lot of fun, celebrating birthdays, Christmas, going for Sunday trips. Like one big kundalini yoga family I warmly recommend to visit this Ashram.

Nastja Kastelic

Excellent course of Kundalini Yoga 200hrs. TTC, Guru Vishnuji's teaching of Yoga Philosophy was too good it connects you with devine , all teachers are amazing they make it very easy anyone and at any age you can perform Yoga with an ease staff is very humble, food is also good one must experience this

Poonam Soni