We are not currently offering
Early Morning Group Sadhana.
However, we encourage everyone to create their own daily practice that best resonates with
your inner guidance.
WHAT IS "SADHANA?"
Sadhana means daily discipline and spiritual practice. Sadhana is a conscious activity to access the unlimited potential of your life through relating to and embracing the most mysterious aspects of our deepest self.
In the past, we have held Group Sadhana (also called Morning Sadhana), where we gather together in the ambrosial hours (pre-dawn and pre-sunset) to lift our hearts and bow our heads. There is chanting, yoga, meditation and prayer. Read "The Power of Group Sadhana"
HOW DO YOU PRONOUNCE "SADHANA"?
Even though it looks like "sad-hana" the H is silent. Say "sod-na" or "sod-a-na".
WHY SO EARLY?
To help us prepare for the changes and challenges of daily life in this age! It is during the Amrit Vela (Nectar Time), 2½ hours before dawn, when the world is transitioning and deeply still. It is this time of each day when the "veil" of the ego (limited self) is thinnest and so we can mindfully observe all the negative habits that lead you away from health, physical stamina, wholeness and higher consciousness and neutralize the desires underlying those habits one by one. Reset your cycles and patterns to the rhythm of your ultimate aims, your Soul and the heartbeat of the Universe!
It is during the Amrit Vela that prana concentrates and cleansing on all levels is more easily accomplished. Simply being aware, vertical and leaning in the right direction at this time has profound effects as the subconscious, which is usually tucked away and suppressed through tensions in the physical body, is right there on the surface and in our conscious awareness.
We encourage you to rise up and connect with your soul in the Amrit Vela!
Even though it looks like "sad-hana" the H is silent. Say "sod-na" or "sod-a-na".
WHY SO EARLY?
To help us prepare for the changes and challenges of daily life in this age! It is during the Amrit Vela (Nectar Time), 2½ hours before dawn, when the world is transitioning and deeply still. It is this time of each day when the "veil" of the ego (limited self) is thinnest and so we can mindfully observe all the negative habits that lead you away from health, physical stamina, wholeness and higher consciousness and neutralize the desires underlying those habits one by one. Reset your cycles and patterns to the rhythm of your ultimate aims, your Soul and the heartbeat of the Universe!
It is during the Amrit Vela that prana concentrates and cleansing on all levels is more easily accomplished. Simply being aware, vertical and leaning in the right direction at this time has profound effects as the subconscious, which is usually tucked away and suppressed through tensions in the physical body, is right there on the surface and in our conscious awareness.
We encourage you to rise up and connect with your soul in the Amrit Vela!
"Sadhana is a test of self-grit. If your sadhana is more important than your neurosis, you are fine. If your neurosis is more important than your sadhana you are not. Doesn't matter how saintly you are, nobody wants to get up in the ambrosial hours. Why you still do it is a mystery. At that time, between 3 and 6 o'clock, the rays of the sun pass at 60 degrees and you want to feel relaxed. You take a cold shower, wake-up and meditate. Why do you repeat the mantra hundreds of times? To create a stamina, an absolute mental stamina. Without that there is no chance for life to be smooth. If somebody refuses to exercise, nobody can force him, but at that one moment in life when that person needs physical stamina, it won't be there. Sadhana is what your mental stamina requires. Love is what your spiritual stamina requires "
~ Yogi Bhajan 1/22/91