I am very grateful to beloved Gurumayi for the blessing of these
Svadhyaya Study Sessions. Throughout this year I have longed for my
svadhyaya practice to be stronger and more easeful. Since our study in the last many weeks, I’ve noticed how during my recitations I hear and understand in new ways the meanings of verses I have chanted thousands of times. Each time the knowledge
I am That eternal Brahman is absolutely real. How marvelous!
This morning when my recitation with the recording on the Siddha Yoga Path website was complete, I listened more deeply to the tamboura. It literally resonated up and down my spine. Starting at my heart, it went up to the top of my head, and then, like silk, it slid down my
sushumna to the tip of my sacrum and then back up again. It was so very soothing, and I could clearly feel that my chakras were receiving a profoundly healing sound bath. What a treasure the study of
svadhyaya has been!
New York, United States
These
satsangs have imparted profound and practical teachings to me, and I’ve felt that the experiential elements not only refreshed, but transformed, my practice and experience of reciting
Shri Guru Gita. After 35 years of reciting the text and studying the pronunciation and meaning of the verses, I’ve been able to sit steadily for the whole recitation, despite old back and knee injuries that had limited me until now. I’m experiencing the deliciousness of the syllables and the beauty of the music anew.
For me, the most wonderful part of these sessions was the explanation and practice of allowing the mind to merge into the sacred sounds of the syllables. Now I feel that I’m keeping the river of sound flowing as instructed. I find myself feeling that I am merging with the inner Self, with my beloved Guru, as I chant. And I have been feeling light, calm, and purified—a great experience of divine love!
Oregon, United States
I am very grateful for these
Svadhyaya Study Sessions. Earlier this year, during the initial pandemic lockdown, I began transcribing
Shri Guru Gita syllable by syllable, verse by verse, so I could recite it while playing my harmonium. It has been a wonderful study to do this and the
Svadhyaya Study Sessions happened to culminate at the exact same time I finished my transcription. My son and husband are also thrilled because this transcription will help them practice their pronunciation.
So these Study Sessions have been the sweetest of gifts. I look forward to chanting with my harmonium in the mornings.
Pennsylvania, United States
My heart has been deeply inspired by Swami Akhandananda’s warm, clear, luminous presence and the teachings he shared. These teachings have resonated within me and powered me through the weeks.
The excitement of entering into this sacred realm of insight and understanding in each session, along with the inspiration I received from the symbolic depictions of the chakras, have created within me trust in the power of the Self.
California, United States
I want to offer the warmest, happiest, grandest "Thank you!” to Swami Akhandananda for his joyful, loving, and incredibly precise teaching in these most beneficial and uplifting
Svadhyaya Study Sessions. What a gift to us! As a teacher, I am constantly impressed by and delighted with the quality and precision of the learning opportunities in these sessions—crystal-clear with deep compassion in supporting each person’s individual learning needs.
I feel so very blessed to be part of this most beautiful global community, and to be able to continue to receive Gurumayi’s abundant guidance throughout the months of the pandemic. I am so grateful to Gurumayi for sustaining my heart and my
sadhana.
New Mexico, United States
My family and I are very grateful to Gurumayi for her continued blessings. It has been so great to receive her gift of the
Svadhyaya Study Sessions, beautifully presented with so much clarity and innate wisdom. The recitation of
Shri Guru Gita is now different for us; we have more enthusiasm and it feels more powerful. In turn it gives us more calmness and peace within. The teacher’s patience and serenity help us absorb the teachings in each session with ease.
In the current times when so much is happening in the world, it’s great to be able to practice the knowledge we learn in the sessions and revive in our day-to-day living the recitation of
Shri Guru Gita with so much depth and understanding. We look forward to the next session with great zeal.
Gurgaon, India
I am so grateful for the gift of all the
Svadhyaya Study Sessions. To me, they just get better and better each week!
My
sadhana has been completely reinvigorated by resuming a daily practice of reciting
Shri Guru Gita. Thanks to these sessions, I am more motivated, focused, and immersed in the practice.
California, United States
Since the year I met my Guru, I have always recited or listened to
Shri Guru Gita, or read it in translation. This experience has been full of nectar for me.
And now, these profound teachings about
svadhyaya that we receive every week, and can then read on the Siddha Yoga Path website for our further study, make me feel very loved and protected by my beloved Guru, especially during these particular times.
Colima, Mexico
