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1 At The Birthplace of Yoga Parmarth Niketan, Rishikesh (Himalayas), India International Yoga Festival 2014 Schedule of Events 1

2 February 28, 2014 Time Class or Event Presenter Location 7:00-21:00 Registration Garden Between Ganga/Yamuna Blocks 2 12:30-14:00 Lunch Garden 17:30-18:00 Yagna/Havan (fire ceremony) Ganga Ghat 18:00-19:00 Ganga Aarti (lighting ceremony) Ganga Ghat 19:00-20:00 Special Cultural Dance Performance Smt. Sharmila Bhartari Ganga Ghat for Maha Shivratri 20:00-21:00 Dinner Garden 21:00-22:00 Abhishek Puja and Kirtan for Maha Shivratri March 1, 2014 Time Class Presenter Location 4:00-6:15 am Kundalini Morning Sadhana Gurushabd Singh 6:30-7:30 Kriya Yoga Sadhvi Abha Saraswati Lila Yoga Sun Salutations: to cleanse, invigorate, refine and awaken the physical body while quieting the mind into sublime euphoria Erica Kaufmann Ci Plus Meditation Maa Gyaan Suveera Top Floor Yoga Power Pranayama Yogiraj Vishwapal Jayant Sukshma Yoga Swami Yogananda Satsang 7:30-8:15 Breakfast Garden 8:30-10:30 Hanuman Namaskar: Integrating Asana, Pranayama and Kirtan Laura Plumb Iyengar Yoga: All Asanas Lead to Tadasana Discover INDEA Vinyasa (Flow Vinyasa) Bharat Yog Gatis (yoga movements): the gateway for deeper experiences in yoga The Power of Kundalini Yoga: An Introduction 11:00-11:45 Spiritual Discourse Series: Ayurveda as Support for Your Daily Sadhana (Spiritual Practice) 11:45-12:30 Spiritual Discourse Series: Bhakti Yoga -- the Power of Kirtan H S Arun Bharath Shetty Padmashri Bharat Bhushan Gurmukh Kaur Yogi Cameron Vayasaki Das & Kaisori Top Floor Yoga

Time Class Presenter Location 12:30-13:30 Lunch Garden 13:45-14:45 Discourse on Yoga and Mental Health RS Bhogal Reiki: An Introduction Maa Gyaan Suveera Kundalini Meditation: Intuitive Mind to

the hips and shoulders to increase flexibility Gurushabd Singh Siddhi Tommy Rosen Mohan Bhandari Top Floor Yoga 15:15-16:30 A New World Emerging - Inspiration Shanti Mayi for the Visionary: Satsang

3 Time Class Presenter Location 12:30-13:30 Lunch Garden 13:45-14:45 Discourse on Yoga and Mental Health RS Bhogal Reiki: An Introduction Maa Gyaan Suveera Kundalini Meditation: Intuitive Mind to overcome subconscious memory habits Sacred Mudras for Health and Wholeness 15:00-16:15 The Sacred Space of Santosha: A life beyond craving (Movement Vinyasa & Kundalini Yoga) Hatha Yoga: targeting the hips and shoulders to increase flexibility Gurushabd Singh Siddhi Tommy Rosen Mohan Bhandari Top Floor Yoga 15:15-16:30 A New World Emerging - Inspiration Shanti Mayi for the Visionary: Satsang and Kirtan 16:30-17:00 Yagna/Havan (Fire Ceremony) Ganga Ghat 17:00-18:00 Inaugural Ceremony of International Yoga Festival 3 All Yogacharyas & Participants Ganga Ghat 18:00-19:00 Ganga Aarti (Lighting Ceremony) All Yogacharyas Ganga Ghat & Participants 19:00-20:00 Dinner Garden 20:00-21:30 Special Cultural Dance Performance Padmaja Suresh

4 March 2, 2014 Time Class Presenter Location 4:00-6:15 am Kundalini Morning Sadhana Gurushabd Singh 6:30-7:30 Odaka Warrior Flow Roberto Milletti Deep Yoga Awakening Practice: Includes Asana, Pranayama, Mantra & Morning Chants Opening the Heart Chakra with Tai Chi, Qi Gong, Hatha Yoga and a Guided Meditation Submerged Yoga: Early Wake-Up and Rise into Wholeness Using Asana, Pranayama & Meditation Laura Plumb David Wei Chandanni Miglino Top Floor Yoga Sukshma Yoga Swami Yogananda Satsang 7:30-8:15 Breakfast Garden 8:30-10:30 Bharat Yog: Experiences with the rising sun as mentioned in the Vedas followed by sun meditation Iyengar Yoga: Stretch the Limits in Your Practice Padmashri Bharat Bhushan H.S. Arun Kundalini Yoga: Being Human is being Intuitive The One Plan: Asana, Pranayama and Meditation - Your Daily Spiritual Practice 11:00-12:30 Spiritual Discourse Series: Yoga in the Bhagavad Gita and other Scriptures Gurmukh Kaur Yogi Cameron Pujya Sri Shankaracharyaji 12:30-13:30 Lunch Garden 13:45-15:15 Discovering Patanjali s Yoga Sutras Dr. TS Rukmani Somatics Flow: a Combination of Classical Asana and Somatics, a System of Neuromuscular Education to Rediscover the Body s Innate Potential for Awareness Reiki: Subtle Body and Energy Centres Brian Siddharth & Gayatri Maa Gyaan Suveera Top Floor Yoga Mudra Therapy for Healing Siddhi 15:00-17:00 Mitahar -- The Yama of Eating Rujuta Diwekar 4

Time Class Presenter Location 15:30-17:00 Level One Fundamental Asanas and Learning How to Breathe to Create Internal Body Space Jivamukti Yoga Flow: Experiencing Vinyasa Flow, Bhakti, Meditation and

5 Time Class Presenter Location 15:30-17:00 Level One Fundamental Asanas and Learning How to Breathe to Create Internal Body Space Jivamukti Yoga Flow: Experiencing Vinyasa Flow, Bhakti, Meditation and Music Amazing Vinyasa: Harmonizing Movement with One s Breath Mohan Bhandari Gabriela Bozic Akira Watamoto Top Floor Yoga 17:00-17:30 Tea Garden 17:30-18:00 Yagna/Havan (Fire Ceremony) Ganga Ghat 18:00-19:00 Ganga Aarti (Lighting Ceremony) Ganga Ghat 19:00-20:00 Dinner Garden 20:00-21:30 Spiritual Satsang / Question-Answer Session Pujya Sri Shankaracharyaji, Pujya Swamiji & Sadhvi Bhagawati Saraswati If we want to be torchbearers of peace, we must first become rivers of love, dousing all flames of discord in the water of our own compassion and serenity - Pujya Swamiji 5

6 March 3, 2014 Time Class Presenter Location 4:00-6:15 am Kundalini Morning Sadhana Gurushabd Singh 6:30-7:30 Twisting the Issues out of your Tommy Rosen Tissues: A Twist-Focussed Practice Featuring Vinyasa & Kundalini Yoga Indea Foundation (Asanas beyond Bharath Shetty body): Providing Body, Breath and Mind Co-Ordination 6 Pranayama and Yoga Therapy DPS Bhardwaj Top Floor Yoga Power Pranayama Yogiraj Vishwapal Jayant 7:30-8:15 Breakfast Garden 8:30-10:30 Ashtanga Primary Series (Traditional Guided Class) Deepika Mehta Iyengar Yoga: Untwist the Twist Kundalini Yoga: Peace of Mind -- How to Get it; How to Keep It Experiences with the Rising Sun as Mentioned in the Vedas Followed by Sun Meditation 11:00-12:30 Spiritual Discourse Series: Satsang and Question/Answer Session H.S. Arun Gurmukh Kaur Padmashri Bharat Bhushan Shri Mooji 12:30-13:30 Lunch Garden 13:45-15:00 Indian Spices for Healthy Living Dr. Anjana Bhagat Reiki: Dealing with Physical and Emotional Problems Maa Gyaan Suveera Bhakti Yoga and Kirtan Kishori and Top Floor Yoga Vaiyasaki Das Demystify Enlightenment in the Chandresh Bharadwaj Himalayas -- A Talk & Guided Mantra Meditation Yoga Nidra Sadhvi Abha Saraswati 15:30-17:00 Jivamukti Yoga Gabriela Bozic Iyengar Yoga: Practice for Hips & Uterine System H.S. Arun Shinto Yoga Hikaru Hashimoto Top Floor Yoga Ganga Sadhana -- with Asana, Pranayama, Mantra & closing Soma Circle Laura Plumb

Time Class Presenter Location 15:30-17:00 (Continued from page 6) The Dance of Fire & Bliss: Asana, Pranayama, Kriya and Meditation, Using the principles of Agni (Fire) and Soma (the fuel of

7 Time Class Presenter Location 15:30-17:00 (Continued from page 6) The Dance of Fire & Bliss: Asana, Pranayama, Kriya and Meditation, Using the principles of Agni (Fire) and Soma (the fuel of devotion, inspiration and love) Kia Miller 17:00-17:30 Tea Garden 17:30-18:00 Yagna/Havan (Fire Ceremony) Ganga Ghat 18:00-19:00 Ganga Aarti Ganga Ghat 19:00-20:00 Dinner Garden 20:00-21:30 Yoga of Love Discourse followed by Devotional Chanting/Kirtan Radhanath Swamiji, Anandra George, Vaiyasaki Das and Kishori 7

8 March 4, 2014 Time Class Presenter Location 4:00-6:15 am Kundalini Morning Sadhana Gurushabd Singh 6:30-7:30 Lila Yoga Sun salutations: to cleanse, Erica Kaufmann invigorate, refine and awaken the physical body while quieting the mind into sublime euphoria Ci Plus Meditation Maa Gyan Suveera Movement, Flow & Transformation Roberto Milletti Top Floor Yoga Sukshma Yoga Swami Yogananda Satsang 7:30-8:15 Breakfast Garden 8:30-10:30 Devi Sadhana: With Asana, Pranayama, Mudra, Mantra & Meditation Laura Plumb Iyengar Yoga: Stretch the limits of your Practice Kundalini Yoga: Retrieving the lost art of Blessings & Kindness Gurmukh Kaur Power of Yoga : a gently flowing asana practice held in accurate aligment providing a stress release for the body, mind and soul 11:00-11:45 Spiritual Discourse Series: Rewire your Consciousness with Mantra & meditation: A Talk & Guided Mantra Meditation Spiritual Discourse Series: A Divine Balance - From Stress Management to Self Management H.S. Arun Gurmukh Kaur Sherri Baptiste Chandresh Bhardwaj Sadhvi Bhagawati Saraswati 12:30-13:30 Lunch Garden 13:45-15:00 Kundalini Meditation: Pranic Meditation for the Heart Chakra Gurushabd Singh Reiki: Correcting Energy Imbalances Submerged Yoga & Meditation: Straight into the Heart of Suchness. Delving into the Heart of One s Personality and Removing the Masks we Wear Maa Gyaan Suveera Chandanni Miglino Top Floor Yoga 8

Time Class Presenter Location 13:45-15:00 (Continued) The Body of Mantra: Chant the Sanskrit Alphabet Shinto Yoga: Exploring the ancient philosophy of Kototama Yoga the science of sounds and letters

9 Time Class Presenter Location 13:45-15:00 (Continued) The Body of Mantra: Chant the Sanskrit Alphabet Shinto Yoga: Exploring the ancient philosophy of Kototama Yoga the science of sounds and letters 15:30-17:00 Bhakti -- The Power of Love. A vigorous Jivamukti class with a focus on hip openers and chants from the Bhagvad Gita Yuvaa Yoga: Painless spine - Twisting to backbends with anatomy and biomechanics of Hatha Yoga Special joint class for yoga Posture & Movement Power of Yoga for Balance & Strength to develop balance and co-ordination Discourse on: My experiences with the Himalayan yogis 9 Anandra George Hikaru Hashimoto Gabriela Bozic Yuva Dayalan & TS Krishnan Akira Watamoto & Roberto Milletti Sherri Baptiste Radhanath Swamiji Top Floor Yoga 17:00-17:30 Tea Garden 17:30-18:00 Yagna/Havan (Fire Ceremony) Ganga Ghat 18:00-19:00 Ganga Aarti (lighting ceremony) Ganga Ghat 19:00-20:00 Dinner Garden 20:00-21:30 Ecstatic Drumming and Dancing and Special Ganga Dance Performance Sivamani and Arushi Nishank

10 March 5, 2014 Time Class Presenter Location 4:00-6:15 am Kundalini Morning Sadhana Gurushabd Singh 6:30-7:30 Zen Yoga Meditation Akira Watamoto Developing Navel Intelligence: A practice to awaken navel intelligence by using Uddiyana bandha a kundalini kriya focusing on abdominal strength, ending with a meditation Yuvaa Yoga Kia Miller T.A. Krishnan & Yuva Dayalan Top Floor Yoga Power Pranayama Yogiraj Vishwapal Jayant Sukshma Yoga Swami Yogananda Satsang 7:30-8:15 Breakfast Garden 8:30-10:30 Jivamukti Yoga: With backbends to Gabriela Bozic new beginnings Discover Indea Vinyasa (Flow Vinyasa) Bharath Shetty Kundalini Yoga: The 12 laws of Karma Guided Ashtanga class with focus on alignment techniques and techniques to safely open up the spine for advanced back bends 11:00-12:00 Spiritual Discourse Series: In giving we receive 12:00-12:30 Spiritual Discourse Series: Living Yoga in Daily Life Gurmukh Kaur Deepika Mehta Radhanath Swamiji Swami Madhavpriyadasji 12:30-13:30 Lunch Garden 13:45-15:00 Somatics Flow: a combination of classical asana and somatics (a system of neuromuscular education to rediscover the body s innate potential and awareness Brian Siddharth and Gayatri Reiki: Electromagnetic Field Maa Gyaan Suveera Vedic and Devotional Chanting Workshop Anandra George Top Floor Yoga 10

Time Class Presenter Location 13:45-15:00 (Continued) Yoga for Ailments Lecture: Mouth is the Mirror of our Body Indian spices for Healthy Living: Practicum Padmashri Bharat Bhushan Dr.

11 Time Class Presenter Location 13:45-15:00 (Continued) Yoga for Ailments Lecture: Mouth is the Mirror of our Body Indian spices for Healthy Living: Practicum Padmashri Bharat Bhushan Dr. Himanshu Aeron Dr. Anjana Bhagat Dining Area 15:30-17:00 Pranayama R.S. Bhogal YogiYoga Core: Strengthening the connection between the upper and lower body Glandular Shine & Metabolism Boost Kriya. A practice set focusing on the endocrine system and balancing the glandular system Mohan Bhandari Bhavini Kalan Top Floor Yoga Svadhyaya: The Psychology of Yoga Jeffrey Armstrong Getting High: Yoga Meditation and the infinite pharmacy within Tommy Rosen 17:00-17:30 Tea Garden 17:30-18:00 Yagna/Havan (Fire Ceremony) Ganga Ghat 18:00-19:00 Ganga Aarti (Lighting Ganga Ghat Ceremony) 19:00-20:00 Dinner Garden 20:00-21:30 Yoga of the Awakenend Heart: Meditation & Mindfulness Jack Kornfield & Trudy Goodman 11

12 March 6, 2014 Time Class Presenter Location 4:00-6:15 am Kundalini Morning Sadhana Gurushabd Singh Ci Plus Meditation Maa Gyan Suveera Ground Floor Submerged Yoga - Early Wake up and Rise into Wholeness Using Asana, Pranayama & Meditation Chandanni Kriya Yoga Sadhvi Abha Saraswati Top Floor Yoga Power Pranayama Yogiraj Vishwapal Jayant 7:30-8:15 Breakfast Garden 8:30-10:30 Dance of Prana Deepika Mehta Yuvaa Yoga: Centrifugal Force: Techniques for Inversions and Arm Balances Somatics Flow: a combination of classical asana and somatics (a system of neuromuscular education to rediscover the body s innate potential and awareness) Kundalini Yoga: The Power of your Words 11:00-11:45 Spiritual Discourse Series: Ishvara Pranidan: The Lost Secrets of the Devas 11:45-12:30 Spiritual Discourse Series: Psychological Perspectives of Yoga Yuva Dayalan & TS Krishnan Brian Sidddharth & Gayatri Gurmukh Kaur Jeffrey Armstrong R.S. Bhogal Top Floor Yoga 12:30-13:30 Lunch Garden 13:45-15:00 Hand guided Meditation: Using the Principles of Taoist Yin Yang, David Wei TaiChi, Qi Gong, Buddhist Yoga, and Chinese Massage to Inner Meditation Reiki: Everyday Life and Intention Healing Maa Gyaan Suveera Top Floor Yoga Yog Nidra: a Rare Experience to Go Beyond the Body Padmashri Bharat Bhushan 12

Time Class Presenter Location 14:30-16:30 Chandra Krama: The Moon Sequence - a gentle flowing vinyasa form requiring some Ashtanga Vinyasa experience 15:15-16:30 Indea Foundation (Asanas beyond

13 Time Class Presenter Location 14:30-16:30 Chandra Krama: The Moon Sequence - a gentle flowing vinyasa form requiring some Ashtanga Vinyasa experience 15:15-16:30 Indea Foundation (Asanas beyond body): Providing body, breath and mind co-ordination Fluid Body, Warrior Mind, Joyful Heart: Flowing dynamic motion with traditional asana to balance poses and co-ordination Mantra Yoga: Change your mind, Change your Life Matthew Sweeney Bharath Shetty Roberto Milleti Anandra George Top Floor Yoga Path of the Heart Prem Babaji 16:30-17:00 Yagna/Havan (Fire Ceremony) Ganga Ghat 17:00-18:00 Special Valedictory / Concluding Ceremony 18:00-19:00 Ganga Aarti (Lighting Ceremony) All Yogacharyas, Presenters & Participants Ganga Ghat Ganga Ghat 19:00-20:00 Dinner Garden 20:00-21:30 Spiritual Satsang and Question- Answer Session Shri Mooji 13

March 7, 2014 Time Class Presenter Location 6:30-7:30 am Breaking the Addiction Frequency and attuning to the Infinite: a lecture and Kundalini meditation Tommy Rosen Ci Plus Meditation Maa Gyan

14 March 7, 2014 Time Class Presenter Location 6:30-7:30 am Breaking the Addiction Frequency and attuning to the Infinite: a lecture and Kundalini meditation Tommy Rosen Ci Plus Meditation Maa Gyan Suveera Middle Yoga Swan Grave Kriya & Body Opening Series. A morning practice to open the body focusing on joints and spinal movement Yuvaa Yoga: Breathe & Hold -- Bandhas and Mudras in postures Bhavini Kalan Yuva Dayalan & TS Krishnan 7:30-8:15 Breakfast Garden Top Floor Yoga 8:30-12:30 Yogis For Ganga Event: Ganga Yoga, Clean-Up at the Banks of the Ganga, Sacred Bath in the Ganga Parmarth and Ganga Action Parivar Team 12:30-13:30 Lunch Garden Meet at 13:45-15:00 Reiki: the Integral Practice Maa Gyaan Suveera Yoga Sutras Lecture Dr. T.S. Rukmini The Brain Cleanse Siddhi 14

Time Class Presenter Location 13:45-15:00 (Continued) Tapasya: The Universal Principle Behind all Success in Life Jeffrey Armstrong 13:45-14:15 Smile Meditation Sarjana Sharma, Mrs. Varsh & Mrs.

15 Time Class Presenter Location 13:45-15:00 (Continued) Tapasya: The Universal Principle Behind all Success in Life Jeffrey Armstrong 13:45-14:15 Smile Meditation Sarjana Sharma, Mrs. Varsh & Mrs. Gitanjali 14:30-15:00 Therapeutic use of Yoga in Hypertension 15:00-17:00 Simha Krama: The Lion Sequence -- flows from the Moon Sequence introducing postures that expand on the concepts built in the Chandra Krama series 15:30-17:00 Divine Alignment: A journey into the subtle dimensions of You using asana, pranayama and meditation Yogi Heart Chakra Opening for Intermediate and Advanced Practitioners Lila Yoga: a powerful practice of Asana & Pranayama to awaken pranic energy and build focused, engaged postures Dr. Radhika Nagrath Matthew Sweeney Kia Miller Mohan Bhandari Erica Kaufman Top Floor Yoga Top Floor Yoga 17:00-17:30 Tea Garden 18:00-19:00 Ganga Aarti Ganga Ghat (Lighting Ceremony) 19:00-20:00 Dinner Garden 20:00-21:30 Cultural Song and Dance Performances, Followed by a Campfire Smt. Sharmila Bhartari and Parmarth Rishikumars 15

Yoga is not a union of our hands to our feet or our heads to our knees.

Swargashram Rishikesh (Himalayas) Uttarakhand, 249304 Phone: +91 (135)

internationalyogafestival.com www.parmarth.com www.facebook.

16 Yoga is not a union of our hands to our feet or our heads to our knees. It is a union of the self to the Divine. - Pujya Swamiji Parmarth niketan P.O. Swargashram Rishikesh (Himalayas) Uttarakhand, Phone: +91 (135) , +91 (135) , +91 (135) Websites: info@internationalyogafestival.com info@parmarth.com 16

International Yoga Festival 2017 Schedule of Events

International Yoga Festival 2017 Schedule of Events At the Birthplace of Yoga Parmarth Niketan, Rishikesh (Himalayas), India 1 March 1st We must not only light the oil lamp in our temples, but also light