Kula Kamala Foundation & Yoga Ashram

Jai Ma! Jai Ma! Happy last night of Navratri Swamini Shraddhananda Saraswati Rachel Brahmani Feenstra

There are lots of people who make such amazing things happen at the Ashram and a lot of that happens behind the scenes. Today we would like to thank our beloved Kevin and Jenn for their time and service Their hearts are big and we are very grateful for their presence in our community. These lights are a beautiful addition to the Ashram’s front porch. We cannot wait to welcome you all home Om Shanti Shanti Shanti #kulakamalafoundation #kulakamalaashram #kulakamalayoga #yogacommunity #yogicliving #seva #beofservice #gratefulheart #attitudeofgratitude #howdoyouserve #communitylove #yogafamily #ashramlife #ashram #saraswati #goddesssaraswati #jaima #showmeyourfrontporch #berkscountyliving #berkscountypa #pennsylvaniayoga

Documentary Screening: Seeds of Vandana Shiva

https://youtu.be/yhqkRGISQr8

Mother Goddess Satsang on Zoom Tonite (4/18)

It might be rainy and cold outside...but inside the Ashram things are looking like Spring #kulakamalafoundation #kulakamalaashram #kulakamalayoga #springhassprung #manifestingabundance #kulakamalagardens #wegrowlove #growwhereyouareplanted #organicgardening #organicfood #sharegoodness #yogalife #yogiclife #ashramlife #ashramlifeexperience

Join me on Apr 18, 2021 at 07:30 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada) for a Divine Feminine Satsang in honor of Navratri as part of Goddess Rising: A Shakti Kirtan C...elebration! Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83593600419... More information on all the speakers taking part in this free program visit: https://fb.me/e/22YviDbq3 Meeting ID: 835 9360 0419 Passcode: 434246 One tap mobile +19292056099,,83593600419#,,,,*434246# US (New York) +13126266799,,83593600419#,,,,*434246# US (Chicago) Dial by your location +1 929 205 6099 US (New York) +1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago) +1 301 715 8592 US (Washington DC) +1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma) +1 346 248 7799 US (Houston) +1 669 900 6833 US (San Jose) Meeting ID: 835 9360 0419 Passcode: 434246 Find your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kb3VYizo0C

Kirtan will be on zoom at 7:30pm this evening. We were hoping to hold Kirtan in person outside but with the rain we will be on zoom

It’s been a long December but there’s reason to believe maybe next year will be better than the last (Counting Crows)... Beloved Community, One of my favorite songs by the Counting Crows, Long December, speaks strongly to 2020. It has been a long year for so many. I pray each and every day that every one of you have found moments of solace and peace, happiness and love. I pray for your health and safety always. The end of the year is here and it’s a great time for expressing gratitude. I thank you all for everything you have done to support each other and to support the Ashram. It hasn’t always been easy, but when we make decisions based in kindness, decency and compassion, then we are making decisions that support us as a whole. I thank you for all the good decisions you have made in 2020 and I pray you continue to make them as we enter into 2021, even as we are unsure of what the future landscape looks like. To our healthcare workers and all our essential workers, my unending gratitude is yours. You have shown us it is possible to show up, to adapt, adjust and accommodate, and to support others even in the most dire and difficult of situations. You have taught us valuable lessons, day after day. Those lessons will not be forgotten. We have been busy at the Ashram during 2020, continuing our service to community. A previous email listed many of our 2020 projects and offerings that we committed to, and completed. Rather than repeat those here I will simply say that each and every program we offer is for you and for your loved ones, for your family and friends, for the health, wellness, balance, and happiness of our community. That is why we offer so much by donation. Because you are our beneficiary. I am excited for all the creative ways we will serve in 2021. Plans are unfolding and we will be making announcements soon. There is a little more than one day left to decide on a final 2020 donation you may be making to a charity you respect and wish to support. There are many places where your support is needed. I humbly hope Kula Kamala Foundation is one of your chosen charities. If you are so called, you can donate via the link or on our website at www.kulakamalafoundation.org/donate It has been an honor to walk alongside you in 2020. I am setting strong intentions and having inspired feelings for the coming year. I look forward to walking through those times with you. Together, we will grieve our losses, celebrate our victories, embrace our resiliency, share our sorrows, hold each other up to the light, and work for a more vibrant future for all. Thank you. With Universal Love, Oceans of Peace, & Commitment to Unity, Peacefully Yours, Swamini Shraddhananda Saraswati

Dear Community, I won't ask you to seek peace today. It is important that we each sit with our grief and anger and sadness and confusion and feel the very human... truth of those emotions. I will suggest though that peace will come naturally in some moments, as you are processing the massive nature of this event. Peace will take the form of a deep breath, a momentary gratitude, an act of kindness, a reassurance. When peace becomes known to you, all I ask is that you welcome her in and allow her to rest in the company of her counterparts. Perhaps this will remind us how very important it is to: witness, acknowledge, accept, feel, and eventually resolve ourselves to a greater awareness. Compassion is important also. But to have compassion for those people who created and instigated this very violent and unprovoked event is beyond difficult in this moment, nearly impossible. Perhaps we can simply have compassion for all people being led down destructive paths, and for the people they are affecting. Perhaps we can have compassion for all people being fooled or manipulated into harmful behaviors, and for the people who worry for them. Perhaps we can have compassion for all who are suffering as a result of ignorance. May the souls of those who lost their lives in the attack on our capital be at peace. Condolences and prayers to their families. May the legislators and their support personnel who have been traumatized by the violence find strength and healing. May we, as a nation, start the process of walking forward into a better future. Many good things can happen in the next four years. President Biden and Vice President Harris can lead us in that direction. My prayers are with you. May you make good choices and remain true and honest, humble and strong in your service. May the Divine Mother wrap Her healing arms around us and may She empower each of us to walk forward in a greater light of Unity and Awareness.

NOT SURE ABOUT TODAY. Swamini Shraddhananda 12/26/2020 i am not sure about today it is both peaceful and imposing... it matters not were i look the same two dance eternally shadows shift as they whirl and whirl and whirl and whirl playfully filling each other up each moment each hour while with each nauseating dread people are praying 'not one more whirl please' what we wouldn't give for just one grateful breath to look at all this and breathe in and out glowing with gratitude light everywhere shining beyond the small measures of an ego centric life surely our gratefulness can be a universe compared to the dungeon of our doubt distain not the wild ride of emotions just know something else is far more true far more satiating not just whirling us around to witness our own hollow cries and meet the monsters that loom in our darkness realize a renaissance is coming a reassurance of something more than purposelessness nothing is as important as we make it out to be nothing is ever truly devalued we whirl about and cry and feel lost in a hell of our own making yet, in the next moment the most radiant one appears sweeping away all shadows of the former self in what seems to us a single breath she whispers 'worry not child, i have come to dance you home' See more

Many blessings for an abundant season and lasting peace. Om Shanti Shanti Shanti.

Happy Christmas Eve & Merry Christmas, Beloved Friends, Om. During these splendid days we celebrate the preparation for and the coming of the one who will be the Christ. The one who will be the Light. We celebrate all we must do to prepare for the arrival of the one carrying the Holy Radiance. But is it really merely the arrival of the radiance or is it more our decision to see what has been there all along, embodied in the innocence of a child? An innocence we ourselves once... possessed and long to return to. On this beautiful day contemplate your innocence. Ask yourself when and why you turned away from it, and tune into your hearts longing to reconnect with it. You already know what you need to do, you only need to invoke the strength to follow through. On this beautiful day contemplate the Holy Light and how it never really left. Recognize that it is only in our ignorance that we feel alone and stuck in the darkness. Make the decision to step into the Light twice as often as you do now, then thrice, and so on. You already know how to step into the light, you only need to cultivate the faith to follow through. On this beautiful day contemplate the season's reminder that there exists within you something worth remembering, a Light so Sacred and Holy, a gift so Divine, that it necessitates a celebration, not just yearly, but every single minute of every single day. Choose to shift a bit of your doubt every day toward engaging in the celebration of light. You already know the truth of your inner light, you only need to encourage your eyes and your heart to open to it. Yes, Christmas is a Christian holy day, but Jesus was not a Christian. He was a Jewish preacher. Jesus, as The Christ, was, and is, a true reflection of Oneness beyond any labels. His goodness is applicable to all of us, no matter our tradition. He taught us that what we need to do to know the power of the Eternal Light is to enter into that Oneness, leaving the darkness to heal in a place of understanding, compassion, and reconciliation. Have a blessed Christmas Eve and Day. Celebrate the child Jesus, and also the Christ. Remember what that child and the Divine Light show you about your very own self. Honor not only the Light that exists within that little baby, but also the Truth that the Light is shared by all. May we all heal. HariOM. Jai Mata Di. Om Tat Sat. With Universal Love, Oceans of Peace, & A Commitment to Unity. Peacefully Yours, Swamini Shraddhananda Saraswati

Thinking of completing your 300YTT in 2021? We have the perfect program for you! 300YTT 2021 SCHEDULE All classes will be online. You will need to register for each module individually and tuition is paid per module as well.... Matriculated students, those receiving certification as 300 hour level 2 yoga instructors/level 1 yoga therapists will be responsible for the scheduled hours and a 6-8 page paper for each module. Done online the program can be completed in as little as one year. We are currently updating the online application (hopefully done today) and the website to reflect the 2021 dates. If you intend to come into the January module please message me and I will send you over an application and Paypal invoice. If you register and pay for all modules at once you can receive a 10% discount on tuition. That is only for paid-in-full at registration accounts. I am, as always, honored to guide and take part in this journey with you. Om Shanti & Jai Mata Di. Swamini Shraddhananda 2021 300YTT SCHEDULE plus a 6-8 page paper for each module TYT101 INTRO TO YOGA THERAPY Saturdays 9am-5pm (1 hr lunch) 1/9/21 1/16/21 1/30/21 2/6/21 2/13/21 2/20/21 and 3/6/21 TYT102 Asana, Pranayama, Yoga, and the Mind Tues & Thurs 6pm-10pm 3/30, 4/1 4/6, 4/8 4/13, 4/15 4/20, 4/22 4/27, 4/29 5/4, 5/6 TYT103 Yoga Traditions Tues & Thurs 6pm-10pm 5/25, 5/27 6/1, 6/3 6/8, 6/10 6/15, 6/17 6/22, 6/24 6/29, 7/1 TYT104 Holistic Anatomy Tues & Thurs 6pm-10pm 7/13, 7/15 7/20, 7/22 7/27, 7/29 8/3, 8/5 8/10, 8/12 8/17, 8/19 TYT105 The History, Science & Practice of Meditation Tues & Thurs 6pm-10pm 9/7, 9/9 9/14, 9/16 9/21, 9/23 9/28, 9/30 10/5, 10/7 and Saturday 10/2 from 9am-5pm TYT201 Ayurveda I (with cleanse option) Saturday 10/16 from 9am-5pm Tues & Thurs 10/19, 10/21 from 6pm-10pm Saturday 10/23 from 9am-5pm Tues & Thurs 10/26, 10/28 from 6pm-10pm Tues & Thurs 11/2, 11/4 from 6pm-10pm Tues & Thurs 11/9, 11/11 from 6pm-10pm

Happy Solstice <3 A Winter Solstice Blessing (author unknown)

This weeks webinar... very timely indeed <3

Our apologies but there’s no kirtan tonight. We’re taking a snow evening. Enjoy the snow

Beloved Community, We set the goal of raising $1,008 during our Giving Tuesday fundraiser. Donors just like you supported our healing mission by giving a total of $2,821. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT!... At Kula Kamala Foundation, we are committed to investing our work and our service, our wisdom and our time, and our lives, to make this world a better place for us all. Your donations will be directly applied to our mission of creating and maintaining a spiritually based educational institution and sanctuary, offering wisdom and wellness based programs that focus on unity, compassion, social responsibility, healthy lifestyle, and environmental stewardship. Thank you for the trust you have placed in us. Thank you for the shared vision we hold of building a better and more equitable world through greater understanding, and of a greater humanity through the practice of a more profound compassion. If you haven't already made a donation you still can. Please contribute to our end of year fundraising campaign. It will mean the world to us, and to those we serve. You can donate on Facebook at https://www.paypal.com/donate or you can donate via Paypal at www.kulakamalafoundation.org/donate With a Humble Heart, I Thank you. With Universal Love, Oceans of Peace, & a Commitment to Unity, Peacefully Yours, Swamini Shraddhananda Saraswati

This session starts in about 35 minutes. I hope you can join us. Register here; https://zoom.us//regi/tJMtcOmrrz0oHNHRNzaK-skxb79tqGFAf4su

Wishing my friends a beautiful Guru Nanak Gurpurab. Burn worldly love, rub the ashes and make ink of it, make the heart the pen, the intellect the writer, write that which has no end or limit.

HOW RADIANT WOULD YOU LIKE LIFE TO BE? Radiant does not mean perfect. It means alive with wonder, and strong with intention, deep with compassion, and vast with... meaning. It is more important than ever to investigate just how radiant and aware we can become. Join me in a discussion that focuses on identifying and understanding the negative, the positive, and the neutral thoughts, actions and energies that we send and receive each day. Together we will explore how to understand these energies and what to do with them once they have arrived (and even before they arrive, when they are merely being anticipated...) Appropriate for all levels of inquiry. WHEN: TUESDAY, DEC 8th at 7PM WHERE: ZOOM Register at the link. This event is by donation. Suggested donation is $20

As you know, improving the quality of life and the state of health of the individuals in our shared community is of the utmost importance to our mission. At Kula Kamala Foundation, we understand that when we are spiritually aligned: body, mind and soul, then we are also physically, socially, environmentally, and relationally aligned as well. If a happier, healthier world is the goal, then alignment is the key. Donations like yours support the ashram, our outreach and our service-based programs, all of which focus on aligning ourselves with the greater intentions of peace and unity, health and wellness. Please support the ashram Thank you.

Jai Ma Thank you to everyone who has contributed to our Facebook Giving Tuesday fundraiser. Please continue making donations. Facebook just informed us that if we raise $200 more dollars we will be in the top 5% of non-profits receiving FB based donations. The amazing and great news is that between mail in and Paypal donations this fundraiser has actually overall raised more than twice our stated FB goal. I could not be more grateful. 'Thank you' are two words that can not... begin to capture the gratitude my heart holds. To continue our mission, we have many wonderful educational and spiritual experiences planned for the coming year, both online, and when possible and safe, in-person. I am so excited to share our upcoming offerings with you very soon! So keep an eye out for several upcoming announcements. As always, May the Holy Mother protect you, nourish you & light your way. Om Shanti Shanti Shanti.

Beloved Community, No matter whether you donate $1, $10, or $100, I am so deeply grateful for your support. The ashram is here because of the faith you place in peace, in unity and in the programs, education and services we provide that support those intentions. The ashram is here 'for you' and 'because of you'. What a beautiful circle that is... Please ensure that the ashram continues on in fulfilling her mission. Please donate today. Thank you & Many blessings to you and ...your loved ones and to all beings everywhere. Peacefully, Swamini Shraddhananda