Swagatam 2022 Aradhana – a virtual gathering of yoga enthusiasts who have gathered from different parts of the world with one purpose, ‘to bid adieu to 2021 and welcome 2022. We shall soon know how yoga aspirants bid adieu to 2021 and welcome 2022.
Do yoga aspirants join the majority who would bid adieu saying – ‘2021 was an entirely forgettable year; 2020 was worse but 2021 was almost just as bad. Thank God, it is over. Lets hope 2022 is better.’ ? How does a yoga aspirant bid adieu to the fading year and welcome the new year?
The yoga aspirant and the yoga sadhak have a great responsibility on their shoulders. They have to be like a beacon of hope to others in these trying and difficult times. What should be the outlook of a yoga aspirant? The Yoga aspirant sings –
करो रक्षा विपत्ति से, न ऐसी प्रार्थना मेरी |
विपत से भय नहीं पाऊँ, प्रभु यह प्रार्थना मेरी || १ ||
O Lord, I pray not for protection from hardships and difficulties. Rather, I pray for deliverance from fear of these difficulties and for strength and fortitude so that I may learn to overcome them and grow.
Gurudev Swami Satyananda proclaimed many decades ago – “Yoga will emerge as a powerful world culture and it will change the course of world events”.
The time has come for the yoga aspirants to rise to the occasion for the times are tough and situation bleak. One needs to tap into one’s latent infinite strength to change the course of events. That is the gauntlet which COVID has thrown to the yoga aspirants – How to usher in a new dawn to this gloom? How to bring back the smiles to our lips and hearts?
The first session of Swagatam 2022 helps us analyse, understand and introspect. This will work as the first step towards the acclaimed SWAN meditation, given by Swami Niranjananandaji, the Paramacharya of Bihar School of Yoga.
- What is my Strength
- What is my Weak point
- What is my Ambition?
What is my requirement, my Need
The Swan is known for its grace, poise and beauty. This mediation helps us to transform from cranes or herons to graceful swans.
The year is ending, dying. Let us invoke the transformative energy of Siva so that this ending can bring in a new transformation within us.
The year-end is known for being THE party time of the year. Music is the nourishment of the soul and it is the heart of any party. How can even a yogic party be different? The joy of this party is very intoxicating and the best part is that there is no hangover either!!
Watch here and decide for yourself