WHAT IS SHIVA YOGA

‌‌‌ज्ञानं शिवमयं भक्ति: शैवी ध्यानं शिवात्मकम् । शैवव्रतं शिवार्चेति शिवयोगो हि पञ्चधा ।।

Shiva Yoga is considered to be the most sacred and powerful yoga. Shiva yoga is a living path of inner transformation to enlightenment. It addresses perpetual questions of our origin, destiny, purpose, the purpose of the cosmos, love and faith. This yoga is derived from ancient techniques but simplified now and amalgamated with modern wisdom.

According to Shiv Yoga, all universe is Shiva. We are attached with Shiva where we are free from suffering and pain. We have taken birth to attain eternal bliss and are beyond worldly happiness and grief. This yoga is based on Advaita Philosophy. The philosophy says that there is a bond of jeevatma with shiva. And the jeevatma should know the ultimate reality that is Mukti and Kaivalya.

Shiva Yoga can connect devotees in a contemporary and accessible manner to the advantages of ancient Indian philosophy & lifestyle.  

Advaita Philosophy is derived from ancient scriptures and tantras. Shiva yoga path had converted it according to the modern situations and living patterns basically.

THE GURUS

Shiva Yoga techniques and methdology are based on the the teachings of these supreme Gurus.

Lord Shiva

He is the Supreme Being within Shaivism, one of the major traditions within contemporary Hinduism. Shiva is the "destroyer of evil and the transformer" within the Hindu trinity that includes Brahma and Vishnu. In Shaivism tradition, Shiva is the Supreme Being who creates, protects and transforms the universe. The highest form of Shiva is formless, limitless, transcendent and unchanging absolute Brahman and the primal (soul, self) of the universe. Shiva has many benevolent and fearsome depictions. In benevolent aspects, he is depicted as an omniscient Yogi who lives an ascetic life on Mount Kailash as well as a householder with his wife and two children. Shiva is also known as Adiyogi Shiva, regarded as the patron god of yoga, meditation and arts.

Adi Shankar

Adi Shankara or Shankara, was an Indian philosopher who consolidated the doctrine of Advaita Vedanta. He is credited with unifying and establishing the main currents of thought in Hinduism. He established the importance of monastic life as sanctioned in the Upanishads and Brahma Sutra. He travelled across the Indian subcontinent to propagate his philosophy through discourses and debates with other thinkers.

Guru Gorakhnath

He is an ancient saint and savitees. Gorakhnath is considered a maha-yogi in the Hindu tradition. He did not emphasize a specific metaphysical theory or a particular truth but emphasized that the search for truth and spiritual life is valuable and a normal goal of man. Gorakhnath championed Yoga, spiritual discipline and an ethical life of self-determination as a means to reaching samadhi and one's own spiritual truths.