Sahaja Yoga article in The MoscowTimes
With Meditation Yoga, Stress Is All in the Mind
By Alastair Gee at TheMoscowTimes
If Moscow is stressing you out, the Sahaja Yoga meditation group has a solution.“We teach how to breathe, how to meditate, how to calm yourself, how to reduce stress and rid yourself of worries,” said group organizer Sweta Kotwani.
The organization offers “meditation yoga,” Kotwani said, a special form of the technique that is “not physical, but mental. It has to do with the mind and spirit.”
The group also provides alternative curing therapies for health problems. These have “nothing to do with tablets. We use natural elements, such as fire and water,” Kotwani said.
Sahaja Yoga was created by Shri Mataji Nirmala Deva in 1970 in India, and the organization has now spread all over the world. Kotwani, an Indian who has been in Moscow for nine years, explained that new attendees pass through several stages. “First there is a process called self-realization. Then we teach how to meditate, and a week later see if people feel any benefits. If there are problems, we then teach people how to deal with them,” Kotwani said.
The group recommends wearing loose-fitting clothing. There is no entrance fee, as Kotwani said that the organizers want to share the technique with as many people as possible. “We want to tell people the benefits we got,” Kotwani said.
The Sahaja Yoga group meets 11 a.m. on Saturdays at 45 Leninsky Prospekt. To attend, call Sweta Kotwani on 135 1176, or e-mail: swetajim@
By Alastair Gee at TheMoscowTimes
If Moscow is stressing you out, the Sahaja Yoga meditation group has a solution.“We teach how to breathe, how to meditate, how to calm yourself, how to reduce stress and rid yourself of worries,” said group organizer Sweta Kotwani.
The organization offers “meditation yoga,” Kotwani said, a special form of the technique that is “not physical, but mental. It has to do with the mind and spirit.”
The group also provides alternative curing therapies for health problems. These have “nothing to do with tablets. We use natural elements, such as fire and water,” Kotwani said.
Sahaja Yoga was created by Shri Mataji Nirmala Deva in 1970 in India, and the organization has now spread all over the world. Kotwani, an Indian who has been in Moscow for nine years, explained that new attendees pass through several stages. “First there is a process called self-realization. Then we teach how to meditate, and a week later see if people feel any benefits. If there are problems, we then teach people how to deal with them,” Kotwani said.
The group recommends wearing loose-fitting clothing. There is no entrance fee, as Kotwani said that the organizers want to share the technique with as many people as possible. “We want to tell people the benefits we got,” Kotwani said.
The Sahaja Yoga group meets 11 a.m. on Saturdays at 45 Leninsky Prospekt. To attend, call Sweta Kotwani on 135 1176, or e-mail: swetajim@
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