Living the beauty of Atma Vichara

Through the teachings of Sri Ramana Maharshi

YogaLiving is a spiritual community focused on the practice of Atma Vichara within ordinary life. Atma Vichara means self-enquiry and is an ancient and  profound approach to self-realisation. Retreats and Teachings are provided. 

What am i looking for and what is there to find?

Some people are powerfully searching for meaning
They seek completeness through spiritual exploration
Yoga and other traditions speak of self realisation, enlightenment and awakening
This is attractive It implies the discovery of a whole new state for me to attain
Through spiritual practices people strive for this assumed new state
It is not found in any enduring way and this leads to frustration and disappointment
For some this ends in abandonment
For others it drives further investigation towards maturity of discrimination
This experience is known as Yoga- that which reveals
For in this life there is not a new state to find
There is an old state to lose
That which then prevails is freedom
Freedom comes from giving something up
That which is given up is the feeling and confinement of being a person
In the absence of that there remains the vastness of the self
Openness
Effortless existence

TV Interview to view

Atma Vichara Yoga and Meditation
Derek Thorne is the spiritual director of YogaLiving. A TV programme has been made about his teaching
Conscious TV interview with Derek Thorne 

• TV interviews to view

  View 2 television interviews with YogaLiving teacher Derek Thorne about life teaching meditation and reality

• Essential Teachings

  The essential teachings of Sri Ramana Maharshi provided in plain english versions

• Events, practice days and talks

  Receive the teachings at practice days and talks:
  NEXT EVENTS: BRISTOL JANUARY 24th. TORQUAY JANUARY 28th. LONDON FEBRUARY 25th
  Other events throughout 2012

• Summer Retreat – Who Am I?

  A unique & transformative annual retreat for all spiritual seekers. Glastonbury Somerset July 20th 2012. March 1st 2013. July 5th 2013

• Practice book – how to do Atma Vichara

  A unique and powerful book for all spiritual seekers. Clearly describing the practice of Atma Vichara and its context in life.