15 June, 2006
Dear yogis near and far, Namaste!

We are still here on Koh Phangan in Thailand, although the season is winding down. Normally we teach the full season until August, but this year due to Swami’s autumn teaching schedule (see below), he will leave early to holiday in Europe. Still, it is beautiful here, the weather cooler and much more comfortable now, and the sunsets still stunning.

INVOKING ANGELS, PARAPSYCHOLOGY 1

We just wrapped up our month of workshops. Following the events reported in the last newsletter, we then studied together the exquisite realms of angels and archangels, the hierarchies of these worlds, and methods for contacting them. We did meditations / exemplifications with all the angels and archangels, and learned about their protective mandalas and signatures. The culmination of the workshop was a ritual from Middle Ages-era esoteric traditions for invoking the guardian angels. The workshop energy was elevated, beautiful, and truly sublime.

In the last week of May, we exercised our collective ajna cakras with the Parapsychology 1 workshop exploring in-depth a wide variety of techniques and methods for astral travel, lucid dreaming, and clairvoyance. We did many partner exercises, meditations, experiments, guided relaxation techniques, work with special trataka, and intuitive development. It’s sure that everyone experienced some kind of awakening of these perceptions, and some brave participants gave even the most difficult techniques a try at home, and reported to the group! All in all, it was a superb cap to the month.

Swami then, after loading us up with Tantra, refining us with individualized men’s and women’s training (along with Mihaiela), blessing us with the interactive methods of contacting the angel realms, and tweaking our third eyes with parapsychology, went on his own two-week retreat.

FIRST MONTH INTENSIVE COURSE NOW OFFERED YEAR-ROUND!
Swami is back with us now, and for the next two weeks, until leaving for the season, he will give evening lectures three times per week on a variety of requested topics. On 21 June, he will lead our last spiral of the year at 19.00 at Ananda Yoga Resort, to mark the occasion of the summer solstice. Please join us!

In the coming months, we will move to a reduced teaching program. However, for the first time ever, Agama will hold the first month teachings every month without an annual hiatus. So you may come to our Thailand headquarters and study with us all year round! In July (26 June - 22 July), we will teach months 5, 7, 10, and 13. For the month of August (24 July - 19 August) advanced month teachings are undecided; months 2 and 3 will be taught this summer only if there is attendance to warrant them. See Calendar on our website for a full roster of teachings and events through the 2007 season.

Upcoming workshops include the following:

• 7 - 9 July: Tantra Weekend, Thessaloniki, Greece
  
• 14 - 16 July: Vira Weekend, Thessaloniki, Greece
  
• 14 - 16 July: Complete Femininity Weekend, Thessaloniki, Greece
  
• 21 - 25 August: Tantra 1, Thailand
  

Contact for details and further information about the events in Greece. Contact to reserve a space for Tantra 1 in August. This course will be taught by senior teachers Debora and Khushru.

SWAMI TO GO ON AUTUMN TOUR OF NORTH AMERICA!

And, last but definitely not least: Swami will cross the Atlantic for the first time to teach all across North America! We are very excited to finally present him to students in the other hemisphere. He will visit Ontario and British Columbia, Canada; Portland, San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Denver, USA; and Monterrey, Mexico. For a complete listing of workshop and lecture events, see North American Tour 2006. To contact us with regard to the tour, please email .

Please tell your North American friends about Swami! We hope to see you either in the autumn or sometime this year at our Thailand headquarters.

Much love, many blessings to you wherever you are,
Lori for Agama Yoga