Satsang
Coming together in Community.
The human mind is a very receptive instrument. If you place it in negative company, it will acquire negative tendencies. If you place it in holy company, it will acquire divine traits. When thinking of saints, the mind becomes molded into the shape of the qualities of which it thinks, and thereby it becomes pure… Real satsang gives the aspirant inner spiritual strength to face the struggles of life, overcome temptations, manage inner cravings and fill the mind with positive divine thoughts.
Swami Sivananda Saraswati
“Satsang” is a combination of two sanskrit words: sat meaning “Truth” and sanga meaning “in company of”. So when we gather for satsang we are coming together in the company or community of Truth.
The Yoga Academy of North America (YANA),are delighted to be host these monthly informal gatherings of spiritual reflection, discussion, meditation and other practices to support each other on the journey of living yoga from moment to moment.
Each month we invite master teachers (acharyas), aspiring yogis/yoginis, sevaks and devotees of the Satyananda Yoga community to offer support & inspiration on the path of yogic living.
YANA would love to hear how you’re supporting your own local community through classes, devotional practices, service work or any other project being offered in the effort to live yoga of the head, heart and hands.
If you have something you would like to offer or a discussion topic suggestion please email us at info@yogaacademyna.org
“If you understand that thinking consumes energy and mantra conserves energy, then you will realize the secret of mantra.” ~Swami Satyananda
Mantra in Everyday Life
with Sannyasi Amritamurti
Sunday, August 16, 2026 | 6.00pm - 7.15pm EST
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This is a free event.
The Yoga Academy of North America is excited to have Sannyasi Amritamurti offer a short informal overview of mantra and its importance as an aspect of living a yogic lifestyle.
Amrita will talk about her personal experience with mantra, particularly as it relates to singing. She will offer practice of chanting and bhajans (singing together). She will also introduce the SadGuru Gayatri which has been offered as an important chant in the Bihar tradition.
Verify 6pm ET in your time zone here.
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“Mantra is a force which frees the mind from its normal states of identification and patterns of behaviour and which, when perfected, allows for greater creativity and receptivity.”
Swami Niranjanananda Saraswati
About Amritamurti Saraswati
Sannyasi Amritamurti received initiation into mantra from her Guru, Swami Niranjanananda, in 2008, a moment that forever changed the course of her life. She eventually went on to spend 10 years living in both Ganga Darshan and Rikhiapeeth ashrams, where mantra chanting is an integral aspect of the daily yogic lifestyle. She believes in the power of mantra chanting and singing as tools for overall good health and well-being and enjoys finding ways to bring mantra chanting into daily life.
“When awakened, the mantra has the power of bestowing on the aspirant joy, illumination, freedom, supreme peace and eternal bliss and immortality.”
~Swami Sivananda