In yogic traditions, Guru Poornima is celebrated every year on the full moon day in July. It gives us the opportunity to pay our respects and offer our heartfelt gratitude to all spiritual masters, past and present. The guru (spiritual teacher) may be embodied in a living person or may be the principle that exists dormant in all of us – the inner guru. It is an opportunity for a spiritual stocktaking, a chance to renew and strengthen ourselves through coming together as a ‘sangha’ and rededicate ourselves to spiritual practice and inner growth.

Whether you have a guru or you don’t, whether it is inner or outer, you are most welcome to come to join us in this celebration.

The focus of the celebration will be a Havan, which is a yogic fire ceremony that links back to the discovery of fire and its enormous importance. With our modern living we have moved away from the deep understanding of fire as described in the ancient Indian Vedas. Body, mind, mantra and ritual balance the external and internal world to form an experience that lightens the inner being and allows man’s inner essence to shine forth.