Mandala Yoga Ashram is an internationally renowned centre of yogic knowledge. It is dedicated to presenting yogic science, including meditation, to those who are seriously looking to awaken joy and develop harmony and depth in their life. Mandala Yoga Ashram is an independent institution which is not affiliated to any religious beliefs or sects; it is only concerned with awakening the intelligence and potential which exists innate in each human being. It is one of the few authentic ashrams outside of India.

The ashram was founded bySwami Nishchalananda in 1986 to teach and propagate traditional yoga to the modern world whilst maintaining its high quality and original purpose. He is not just an inspiring and a much sought-after teacher, but also the author of a number of modern classical yogic books.

The ashram offers courses and retreats on a wide range of yoga-related subjects. Our 2017 residential course calendar is now available. It includes a new 16-day course, spread over four months – bringing yoga and meditation into our daily life, based on the teachings of the Vigyana Bhairava Tantra. There is another new course in 2017 – Meditation: the Essentials – which combines two residential retreats with 6 months of online teaching and feedback. We regularly run a high quality 2-year yoga teacher training course and other longer courses looking at particular aspects of yoga in-depth, for example on the chakras. People are also welcome to come and stay here, to experience the transformative effects of ashram life. Visitors can benefit from the ashram’s well-stocked library with books on all aspects of yoga, as well as philosophy, psychology, religions and mythology.

Swami Nishchalananda is the founder and spiritual head of Mandala Yoga Ashram. He spent 14 years in India, from 1971 - 1985, where he studied and practised different paths of yoga. During this period he also conducted many seminars on yoga and meditation throughout the subcontinent in villages, towns, cities and in industrial companies.

In 1985 he returned to Europe to establish Mandala Yoga Ashram and propagate the profound teachings he had received. From then to the present day he has been teaching yoga and yoga-related subjects in the ashram and all over Europe. Many people have been touched by his inspiring yet practical, down-to-earth teachings and have realised a new meaningful dimension in their lives. He has also conducted and inspired yoga teacher training courses in the ashram and elsewhere so that highly trained teachers can pass on the life-transforming message and teachings of yoga. He feels that yoga is an invaluable practical system and way of life to bring meaning, wisdom and joy into our lives, thereby helping to harmonise society and bring peace into our troubled world.

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