Community Activities - Sivananda World News: the Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Centres

The lectures opened with thought provoking talks from John Douillard, presenting an interesting mix of spiritual and scientific information that really made us think about the way we view food, our digestion, and how our mind affects our general well being. To maintain a sattvic diet, free from rajasic and tamasic influences, avoid stimulants and What is Sivananda yoga depressants such as caffeine, alcohol, cigarettes, drugs of all kinds, overly spicy food, onions, garlic, overcooked food, old food, frozen food, canned food, sodas and processed foods, as well as all meat. Swami Sitaramananda offered online Satsangs with translation into several languages, which were well attended. A first step motivational talk for fund raising was delivered by Swami Satchidananda to the guests and trainees. We began eating the first vegetables from the garden.