Bindu - periodical on Yoga - Tantra - Meditation

Bindu is published by Scandinavian Yoga and Meditation School. We started releasing Bindu again in 1993 with the ambition of publishing four issues per year. But as we also need time to teach, and at the same time do not want to reduce the quality of Bindu, it is more manageable for us with two issues per year. Bindu is available in english, german, swedish and danish.

Bindu is based on voluntary work at all levels, from writing and photography to printing.

Every second month (next time 1. April) we change the number of Bindu that you may read here. If you send us your full name, adress and country, we will send you a free copy of the latest issue of Bindu.

Read Bindu no.6 in PDF-format.(1064K)

Bindu no. 9

Editorial - Instructor or Guide?
In order to give other people a practical and effective tool in their lives through yoga and meditation, a firm foundation, based on both experience and knowledge, is needed.

Yoga for the Back
To rest need not be the best medicine. Simple yoga exercises can strenghten your back and make it supple - as a prevention for back problems or as an aid against pain.

Experience and Knowledge
Part I - Full time training
Part II - A Module
Part III - Education with quality
What demands should a good yoga teacher make on him/herself? What is to be expected of a ælivingÆ education? About the yoga teacher education at the Scandinavian Yoga and Meditation School. A view of more than 25 years of teaching experience.

Kabir
Four poems by India's great poet.

Håå Course Center
- for the art of living

Bindu no. 8

Editorial - Like circles on the water

Intestinal Cleansing - Shankprakshalana
A cleansing proces that sharpens the senses. Four simple exercises are practised and the entire intestinal tract is rinsed with warm salt water.

Harmony between the experiencer and the experienced
An article by Swami Janakananda about the Tantric meditation Antar Maun (Inner Silence) - and its ancestors and cousins.
  A pearl of a meditation - the most basic and advanced at the same time. It opens with methods that make you independent in relation to influences - inner as well as outer.

The Lotus pose - a classical meditation pose
Why is this pose the most important yoga exercise? Read why, and see what medical research has to say. Archaeologists also verify this, through their discovery of various yoga pose sculptures throughout the world.

Håå Course Center in southern Sweden
ômore awake and inspired in daily life...ö Rikke and Dennis recount what a stay in Håå has meant for their daily life.

Bindu no. 7

Editorial
25 years with the Scandinavian Yoga and Meditation School

Yoga for pregnant women
- before, during and after birth. The yoga courses for pregnant women are very popular, and are recommended by doctors and midwives.

Kriya Yoga III - Time for learning... time for insight... time for teaching...
In this silver jubilee article, Swami Janakananda delves into his own background within meditation and yoga.

Savasana
To lie completely still on the back - a simple, but nevertheless deep-reaching method...

Bindu no. 6

Editorial
Meditation or hypnosis, transformation or manipulation - how to distinguish between a real experience and imagination?

You can not pull at the grass to make it grow
Conference in Paris: "Invent Tomorrow's Education". Yoga can increase the quality of children's and young people's schooling.

The Twilight Hour
Did we have a living meditation tradition in the North? Did grandmother meditate? Maybe, without knowing it was meditation - she called it something else.

Shoulderstand - a yoga pose for the whole body
A bit about the beneficial effects of the pose on the blood pressure, the thyroid gland, asthma...

Yoga - for increased body awareness and inner harmony
Experiences from a weekend course at Håå Course Center.

Håå Course Center in Southern Sweden
is for those wishing to do a little extra for themselves - and learn yoga and meditation under the best possible conditions.

Bindu no. 5

Editorial
Thoroughness and spiritual strenght

Psycic energy
Energy is more than a discovery in our technical age. "Prana", "Ki", "Mana" - the psycic energy has been known through all times. Now it is being discovered by us.

The Plough
Can a yoga pose regulate your weight? Read how the Plough influences the body and mind.

The pyramid and Pratyahara
More effective than sleep - the relaxation tank, The Pyramid - helps you rest the senses and become open for a clear, direct way of experiencing. This is equivalent to the yogi's withdrawal of the senses.

Kriya Yoga II - to the depths of your nature
Swami Janakananda continues his description of Kriya Yoga, with these subjects: Meditation and everyday life. The creative spontaneity. Where does Kriya Yoga come from? Ritual and meditation. The inner reality...

Lasting and deepreaching effects
The 3-months courses seen through the eyes of a neuropsychologist - a report from 6 years research.

Swami Satyananda
...for a short while leaves his seclusion and invites you to "Satsang" in India.

Bindu no. 4

Editorial

Yoga and the finer energy
Even though the "small wind and tension releasing exercises" is the first programme you meet on our courses, it is not just for beginners, it has also a deeper effect.
    Pawanmuktasana, as it is also called, is viewed from a knowledge of the vital energy, known as prana in India and Chi in China.

The meditation The Source of Energy
Using meditation over a longer period of time can have an enduring beneficial effect on your brain activity. One who meditates regularly experiences a lasting relaxing effect in daily life.

Kriya Yoga I
Are there any secrets being revealed on this ancient tantric meditation, or does it remain a mystery for the uninitiated?
    Swami Janakananda has taught the complete Tantric Kriya Yoga for more than 20 years...

Håå Course Center in southern Sweden
is for those wishing to give themselves a little extra - and learn yoga and meditation under the best possible conditions. In the middle of southern Sweden's countryside 14-day and longer courses are held year round, for beginners and for those more advanced, as well as courses for the yoga teachers. The center includes organic farms and riding horses. Many don't just come to learn something, but for a chance to find perspective and new inspiration...

Reader's letter
A student's experience of the benefits of nose cleansing and headstand.

Bindu no. 3

Editorial
Welcome to Bindu

On the ability to experience
by Swami Janakananda. "Say the troll's name, and it disappears", goes the old fairy tale. "The teacher's foremost task is to awaken the student into being able to experience - perhaps the most releasing and curative ability we possess."

Yoga
Not a word about sweat and effort; with yoga it is a question of well-being built on other principles.

Headstand
When you stand on your head, you see everything in a new perspective.

Nose cleansing
In Sweden, nose cleansing has been recommended by doctors as part of a project concerning toxic substances.

Håå Course Center in southern Sweden
Scandinavian Yoga and Meditation Schools course center Håå is an internationally recognised power center within modern yoga and meditation teaching. Course participants gather here from all corners of the globe.