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Discover the Soul of Yoga from Chidambaram
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The yogic tradition and teachings throughout the ages has been for the purpose of an individual experiencing a spiritual, peaceful, creative and harmonious life for one’s self and to overcome suffering and imbalance in life due to one’s karmic journey and set things right – clean the slate!
Today, yoga global, but what is understood of the purpose, aim, principles and focus of yoga in the classical and traditional system has been lost!
At the Tyoga Kurukulam we teach yoga from its roots.
Yoga can be divided into three distinct periods: an early period, Civa’s time, followed by Tirumular's time and then on to a period of Patanjali and others; and the present period of yoga since the past 100 years.
Ancient Citters are immortals. Civa as the first Citter – the ‘Adiguru’ gave mankind yoga. This is Civa's period. These teachings continued through Muruga and thereafter propagated by others down the line of which Citter Tirumular was one.
The middle period is the period of Sage Patanjali, who is the reference point for today’s yoga practices. The original yogas from the early period were reclassified and renamed as raja yoga, karma yoga, bhakti yoga, jnana yoga, hatha yoga, kriya yoga, by this second group of masters. These rishis and sages also wrote the classical texts and books which are referred to today. Patanjali wrote his Yoga Sutras, a thesis on raja yoga and mind management at Chidambaram; Swatmarama developed and propagated the practices of hatha yoga for balancing the lunar and solar forces to promote health and well-being in the text Hatha Yoga Pradipika; Narada and Shandiliya developed the practice and principles of bhakti yoga for emotional management. A total of twenty-two Yoga Upanishads were written in this period by twenty-two different authors, thinkers and seers. They blended the Vedic and Upanishadic philosophy and the structures of tantra with the yogic system and philosophy of today.
The late period is the present age, beginning from the nineteenth century, when yoga was brought to the west. One of the first to integrate and talk about the tradition in a language that society could understand was Swami Vivekananda. Another tradition that emerged was associated with a remote Himalayan yogi called Babaji, whose followers included Sri Yukteshwar, Lahiri Mahashaya and Paramahamsa Yogananda. Their contemporaries included Ramana Maharshi who followed the paths of jnana yoga and bhakti yoga respectively. Finally, yoga of Swami Sivananda Saraswathy who explored other forms of classical yogas and to develop a system of yoga to integrate the faculties of head, heart and hands and awaken the self, and a hatha yoga tradition base improvised, that evolved from Mysore revived by Krishnamacharya.
Citter Civa Yogam
Citter Civa Yogam is an ancient Citter profound spiritual path for self-realization and union with the ultimate consciousness, which is Civa.
Civa Yogam is rooted in the ancient Citter tradition and Caivism, from the Tamil heart lands that practices 'Civa' as the Supreme Being and the Adi Yogi (first yogi). The core philosophy is that the individual soul is inherently one with the divine, and the purpose of the practice is to realize this truth and achieve liberation and the cycle of rebirth – to attain immortality.
Key aspects and practices of Civa Yogam include:
Goal: To experience oneness with Civa, the pure, formless consciousness, which leads to a state of supreme bliss.
Techniques: The path involves specific, highly vibrational techniques that purify the body, mind, and energy system to remove karmic impurities.
Breathing: A practice that involves control of breath. This practice leads to Kundalini awakening the pathway to consciousness.
Mantiram Meditation: A central practice that involves the repetition of ‘Om’ synchronized with the breath, to focus the mind and awaken dormant spiritual energy - Kundalini.
Guidance: The path emphasizes the need for guidance from a realized master to help the practitioner navigate the stages of spiritual progress.
The Eternal Path: Civa Yogam Through Time
All paths of yoga that exist today — from classical to contemporary — are branches of the eternal tree of Civa Yogam.
Great enlightened beings as Tirumular, Bogar, Aavyar and countless other Citters manifested this truth in diverse ways. In response to the needs of their time and people, they offered unique expressions of the same eternal wisdom — all rooted in the one purpose:
To dissolve the limited ‘self’ and merge into the Supreme Consciousness is Civa Yogam!
Join the Path of Civa Yogam — Awaken the Civa Within you.
In today’s world, the essence of true spirituality has been overshadowed. Today’s lifestyle has reduced the sacred science of inner awakening into something which is not! What was once a living path of transformation has become disconnected from its true source.
The timeless wisdom given to us by the Citters as the sacred path of Civa Yogam transcends the limitations of body and mind, guiding seekers inward, leading them to realize their true nature.
Yoga Must Become a Part of Your Life
Yoga must become part of life. Only then can the process of transformation take place in deeper and more profound ways. The individual nature is gradually refined and purified, allowing a more natural, harmonious and creative expression in life.
From a base of growing self-awareness and understanding, one becomes more attuned to the flow of life. Through the living of Civa Yogam, moment to moment, a new cycle of positive transformation begins for one’s self.