Upcoming Events:

Kashi Atlanta Open House
Tour the ashram and meet the staff and residents. Enjoy snacks, raffles, hourly door prizes, music, and our Silent Auction!

Saturday, September 6, 2008
11 a.m - 2 p.m.

Inversions Workshop
with Jessica Noggle, RYT & Iswari Verre, RYT

Spend an afternoon in the fun, upside-down world of yoga inversions with instructors Jessica Noggle and Iswari Verre.

Sat., Sept. 27, 1 - 5 p.m. - $35 ($30 by Aug. 30)

Ayurvedic Yoga Therapy:
Deepening Your Practice and Your Life
with Mukunda Stiles
Join master yogi Mukunda Stiles and explore concepts from his new book, Ayurvedic Yoga Therapy. This weekend workshop is especially geared for students and teachers seeking to expand their practice, overcome physical challenges, and deepen the spirituality of their practice. Mukunda will teach how to use yoga and ayurveda (the ancient self-healing techniques that have been practiced in India for over 5,000 years) to deepen your practice, and bring your physical, spiritual, and emotional
bodies into natural harmony.

Mukunda and Kashi Atlanta plan to use this workshop to launch a training in Atlanta for Ayurvedic Yoga Therapists this coming spring. Please attend the session on Sunday night September 21, if you are interested in training to become an Ayurvedic Yoga Therapist.

Friday, September 19, 6:30 - 9pm,
Saturday and Sunday, September 20 - 21, 1 - 7pm
Sunday, September 21, 7 - 8pm
(For students interested in training to become Ayurvedic Yoga Therapists)
Pricing $225 ($195 by September 1)
($180 by September 1 for Members and Unlimited Yoga Students)

Ma Jaya’s Birthday and Sanyas Ceremony
May 24, 2008

Over 100 students from Kashi Atlanta attended Ma Jaya’s birthday celebration at Kashi Ashram in Sebastian, Florida this spring weekend. As part of the weekend celebration, each year one or two of Ma Jaya’s longtime students take sanyas or monks vows, dedicating their lives to serving humanity, and taking on the title of swami. This year, Jaya Devi Bhagavati, who runs the Kashi Atlanta Ashram, took her monks vows becoming Swami Jaya Devi. Uma from Kashi’s New York ashram also took her vows, becoming Swami Uma. Ma Jaya also gave Swami Jaya Devi the title of Yogini Acharya, or Teacher of Yoga.

As part of this timeless ceremony of renunciation, Swami Jaya Devi’s and Swami Uma’s heads were shaved, and then Ma Jaya covered them in ash, a symbol of purity. Swami Jaya Devi and Swami Uma then dipped three times in the sacred Ganga of Kashi Ashram. The rain and sun alternated throughout the evening, revealing the beauty of nature. Through the ceremony and the taking of their vows, the new swamis are reborn to live in this world, but not of this world. They also will wear orange as a symbol of their devotion.

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Jaya Devi on CNN!

Our very own Jaya Devi was recently interviewed for CNN's Fortune First program. The show's theme was Using Meditation to Succeed, and focused on how a growing number of business leaders are using meditation to improve performance and get an edge in the boardroom.

Click here to watch the full video.

Ma Jaya Receives Gandhi Foundation USA's
Humanitarian Service Award
Presented by the Gandhi Foundation USA,
the King Center and the SCLC

The first U.N.-sanctioned International Day of Non-Violence was celebrated on October 5th in honor of the 138th anniversary of the birth of Mahatma Gandhi. The interfaith event was sponsored by Gandhi Foundation USA, the SCLC and the King Center, and hosted by the King Center at the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historic Site in Atlanta, GA.

Each year, Gandhi Foundation USA honors one individual and one organization with its Humanitarian Service Award, recognizing those who have created milestones in human rights and social causes. Ma Jaya Sati Bhagavati, internationally acclaimed spiritual teacher, was honored for her life's work fighting for the rights of others. The award was also presented to CARE, the international humanitarian relief organization. Click here to see photos and read more about this event.

Jaya Devi honored at Morehouse College!
The Martin Luther King, Jr. Board of Preachers
On Thursday, April 6, our very own Jaya Devi was present in her capacity as a member of the MLK Board of Preachers as the newest members were inducted into the Martin Luther King Jr. Board of Preachers of Morehouse College at the Gandhi Institute for Reconciliation. There were also unveilings and dedications of portraits to be hung in the Hall of Honor, including a new portrait of the late Mrs Coretta Scott King, and Dr Ikeda, one of the founders of the Gandhi-Ikeda -King Institute for World Peace.

The Hall of Honor carries portraits of many such giants of peace and compassion, including the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., M.K. Gandhi, and Jaya Devi's own guru, the great spiritual master and activist Ma Jaya Sati Bhagavati. The ceremony took place in the Martin Luther King Jr. International Chapel at Morehouse College. This is a prestigious honor for our Jaya Devi, who has taught yoga and meditation worldwide, most recently at the Parliament of World Religions in Barcelona, Spain. The ceremony was conducted by Dean Lawrence Carter of the MLK Chapel at Morehouse, pictured at left with Jaya Devi.

Ma Jaya’s Birthday and Sanyas Ceremony May 24, 2008

Ma Jaya’s Birthday and Sanyas Ceremony
May 24, 2008