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Team Members
Nikolai Manek
Ambassador & Authorised Partner
Yogamu LLC
Stephanie Ball-Mitchell
International Ambassador
Yoga and Ayurveda Center/Online Yoga School
Melissa Zegley
International Ambassador
Zen with Zegley
founder
SWAMI VIDYANAND
Born in a family of Bhakti Yogi's of an unbroken tradition of over 500 years, Swamiji received his initiation into the Spiritual and Yogic practices at an early age and was trained by Swami Satyananda Saraswati (Founder of the Bihar School of Yoga) among other great Masters. He has been privileged to receive formal and informal teachings from many Himalayan Masters as well, including a ling lasting friendship and comradery with the great Swami Rama. Transformational Yoga®️ was created by Swami Vidyanand in 2004. Since, then there have been over one thousand teachers trained in this system and several thousand practitioners worldwide.
Having been approached by several masters to create a body that recognizes Tradtional Yoga and Meditation from India, Asia and other parts of the world, he created Meditation Alliance International® as way for all Traditions to unite under one banner and march forward in the 21st century, bringing to light the spiritual riches of India and Asia to world, that can offer a way to peace and harmony.
Inspiration
SRI AUROBINDO
Rishi, Mystic, Sage, Visionary, Poet, Revolitonary. These are just some words put modestly to describe Sri Aurobindo. In truth, it cannot be put to words what it is that Sri Aurobindo is and what he represents. A national leader, who withdrew from his political mission - the freedom of India from the then British empire, when he was guided by his spiritual experiences and guidance to go to Pondicherry, where he worked towards a greater mission, the Liberation of all of Mankind and the Earth itself.
Sri Aurobindo created "Integral Yoga". Unlike other Yogas, Sri Aurobindo's Yoga did not aim at the Liberation of the Individual Consciousness. This was instead, what he refered to as a necessary pre condition for His Yoga, the aim of which was to bring down instead, what he coined as "The Supramental Consciousness" into Matter on Earth. Unlike traditional Yogas where the body is often referred to as an obstacle towards realization, Sri Aurobindo's Yoga emphasises on Realization in the Body. Sri Aurobindo also revealed to the world the true meaning, light, secrets and essence of several sacred Hindu texts. Source
Sri Aurobindo taught that with the development of Mind, individual human beings can, if they choose, use their will and intelligence to begin to participate consciously in this process of self-discovery and self-exploration. This knowledge founds an optimistic and dynamic world-view, which gives each individual a meaningful place in a progressive cosmic unfolding, and casts our understanding of human endeavour, whether individual or collective, in a new and purposeful perspective. Many facets of this world-view are elaborated in the 35 volumes of Sri Aurobindo's Collected Works. Source
