In accordance with the Charity Commission Guidelines for showing what we offer to the public , we have set out our policy for investing in people. To find out more go to the ‘community’ page and click on the link in the paragraph marked ‘investing in people’.
8th May, 2012
Read about our new policy for investing in the community
21st Apr, 2012
Practice weekend on the Isle of Wight with Elizabeth
June 15th – 17th Weekend of Radha Yoga in Yarmouth Isle of Wight.
Hidden Language, Kundalini and Rose Ceremony. All welcome. See www.westwight.radha.org or contact Elizabeth at elizayoga@aol.com
13th Apr, 2012
timeless books
Books by Swami Sivananda Radha and other Timeless book publications are available in the UK from Watkins books in London. They are currently on special offer, including Swami Radhananda’s Carried By a Promise.
Click here to link to their website if you would like more information.
3rd Apr, 2012
British Wheel of Yoga Congress
Check out our book stall at the British Wheel of Yoga Congress this year. It takes place at Warwick University April 13th – 15th. You will be able to meet Elizabeth, look at books magazines, and CDs and DVDs published by Timeless Books.
“Cultivate gratitude and never be too shy to express it” Swami Radha
6th Mar, 2012
2011 Final Accounts
Our 2011 final accounts are now available for you to view online. They are located on our page with information about the RHA board. You can get to their via the about RadHA page or click here to be directed straight there.
5th Jan, 2012
Winter Solstice at Radha Caudet France
Celebrating the return of the Light
We celebrated the Winter Solstice by gathering to chant at dawn on 22nd December (at a gentle 8.30 am here in France) to welcome the first of the lengthening days. It was an opportunity to reflect and envision our wishes for the future. Of course we put these into the Light! Then we had breakfast and before leaving each chose a small wrapped gift from a basket. The gifts were items we no longer needed or used, but could be useful to somebody else.
Om Namah Sivaya!
Danuta, Radha Caudet Dec.2011
Dates for your Diary 2012
Jan 28th Working with the Chakras in Yarmouth Isle of Wight (see link)
Feb 5th Workshop on the Heart Chakra in Canterbury. Contact jacquelinesummer@ymail.com
April 13th-15th Timeless Books at BWY Congress Warwick University
June 15th – 17th Weekend Retreat and Rose Ceremony in Yarmouth Isle of Wight.
Ongoing weekends and courses at Caudet France (see link)
Yoga in Braga Portugal. Contact jovita.oliveira@gmail.com
13th Dec, 2011
Danuta shares her experiences in Rishikesh India where Swami Radha was initiated by her Guru Swami Sivananda
Visiting Sivananda Ashram October 2011
The Divine Life Society was founded by Swami Sivananda and has it’s ‘home’ at Sivananda Ashram on the banks of the Ganges in Rishikesh. It’s where Swami Radha trained with Swami Sivananda more than 50 years ago and where I was intrigued to visit, to be in that place she knew and grew to love. In those days it was surrounded by jungle and its wildlife, water had to be taken directly from the Ganges, and there were no loos. I was awed by what Swami Radha had overcome in order to gain the ancient yogic teachings and then make them accessible to the Western mind. They are presented at Yasodhara Ashram (www.yasodhara.org) and at other centres listed on this site.
Now the Sivananda Ashram at Rishikesh is a huge sprawl of pink and grey concrete buildings. Brightly painted and glittering altars grace the temples and halls where worship and teaching is offered several times a day. Stern-faced swamis patrol the grounds in the evenings armed with sticks to chase off marauding monkeys. Evening satsang while we were there was over 2 hours long, mostly incomprehensible mantras and readings until suddenly with an explosive sounding of conch shells, horns and the clashing of cymbals the assembled crowd broke into a joyous rendering of the Rishikesh Aarti. At last, something I could connect with! I felt like dancing! It would probably have been totally acceptable too, in that chaotic coming and going of young and old.
I am left with a huge feeling of appreciation for Swami Radha for doing what Sivananda had asked of her, which was to bring the teachings of yoga to the West in a form which we could understand and benefit from.
Hari Om Hari Om
Find out more about Danuta’s Radha Yoga Centre in France by clicking here.
12th Nov, 2011
greetings from elizabeth
The AGM weekend in October was a heartening experience for me. I had put myself forward to take on the role of President of the RHA, and was backed by everyone present at the AGM. I also felt tremendous support from those at the Ashram who had helped me when I took over the duties of President at short notice. As Swami Radha says in her book on Sanyas ‘commitment makes you a magnet’
I was first given a taste of Swami Radha’s Teachings when I visited Jayne’s London Centre in the 1990s, though it was many years before the time was right for me to visit the Ashram in BC, Canada. When I did visit, and stayed for three months, I can truly say that my time there was life changing. As the years pass, I learn more and more the profound value of this teaching, and the tools it offers me. The weekend at Pakefield was inspiring, not only to enjoy the bleak majesty of Suffolk skies in Autumn as we walked to class in the morning past the magnificent church at Pakefield, but to experience and learn from others who have been working with these teachings for far longer than I have. Thank you everyone!
Dates for your diary:
Sat Jan 28th Working with the Chakras 2-4pm in the Isle of Wight
Sunday Feb 5th The Heart Chakra 10-4pm in Canterbury contact jacquelinesummer@ymail.com
Teachers’ Retreat Weekend and Rose Ceremony June 15th – 17th 2012 in the Isle of Wight
See links for more information
Do join us!
1st Nov, 2011
bringing forward the teachings of Swami Sivananda Radha
We are a group of yoga teachers dedicated to offering this profound and challenging teaching to all who seek it.
We function as a charity, and held our AGM at Pakefield Suffolk on Oct 22nd
Members of the Board are now as follows
President: Elizabeth Taylor
Vice President: Jacqueline Summer
Treasurer: Jacqueline Summer
Secretary: Carol Cattell
Membership Secretary Europe: Danuta Karpinska
Lisa Hickingbotham
Membership Secretary UK: Lesley Cosgrove
Reflections on the weekend will follow…
Go to the links to find classes and workshops in your area
14th Sep, 2011
AGM reflection session: next steps
One of the main focuses for the board this year has been the updating of our investment policy. It is a requirement of the Charity Commission to have an investment
policy and for it to be regularly reviewed. The board were keen to bring this together into one simple document to support them in decision making and to provide transparency.
Jacqueline and Danuta met via skype on several occasions to brainstorm and gather information. Then, during the summer Rose Ceremony retreat, board members took time out to create a coherent policy. It was really amazing to see how this came together into a short document that will help guide us in future.
Here it is:
Overriding principle
With a view to furthering the objects of the charity our overriding goal is to invest in people deepening their connection with the teachings of Swami Sivananda Radha.
Financial policy
1, To preserve and protect our capital until it is required to invest in people.
2, To invest ethically.
In particular, our priorities are:
a)To work with and invest in bodies that have a positive approach within their operations;
b)To work with and invest in bodies that interact positively with their local community; and
c)To work with and invest in bodies who have a positive environmental impact.
Where we use a third party to choose our investments, the third party must have a positive approach to choosing their ethical investments.
3, Our monetary capital needs to be accessible within 3 months.
4, Day to day funds (held in current and savings accounts) are not to exceed £5000. This amount can be altered where necessary and is to be reviewed annually.
5, Board members are responsible to the members for good housekeeping at all times and in particular on leaving office.
What became quickly apparent from the process of creating our investment policy was that while investing our capital wisely to support our goals is important, the key investment we are involved in is in people. Exploring this part of our investment policy is therefore going to be the focus of this autumn’s AGM.
Plans are coming together for the meeting in October. It will be taking place at the Pakefield retreat centre on 22 October. We hope to bring together local students with the wider Radha community.
As well as a morning workshop, shared lunch and the AGM itself, there will be a discussion session asking: what are our goals? What do we want to offer, to whom and how? How can we support each other and grow our community?
Everyone is welcome to be a part of the day. Please contact Elizabeth if you would like to join us. If you can’t make it to the AGM weekend in person please send in your ideas of how we should be moving forward.