Product Description

A heart awakening documentary of an Indian spiritual (tantric) festival, hosted by one of the great yoga masters and  gurus of the 20th century, Swami Satyananda Saraswati.

Come on a magical journey, where the boundless compassion of a living guru has transformed a remote tribal region of Northeast India into a vibrant community, and a unique festival of the heart.

Yoga of the Heart transports you to a world where esoteric ritual and social service merge into one. You will learn about the esoteric meaning of this authentic yoga-tantra event, and gain powerful insights into this rarely seen authentic tantric ritual.

You will see extremely rare and precious footage of a powerful, usually secret, hidden tantric fire ritual where Swami Satyananda engages in a life and death spiritual practice called the ‘Five Fire Sadhana’.

The events of the festival are vibrant, beautiful, exotic and visually spectacular. They include spiritual discourse (satsang) from Swami Satyananda, mantra chanting, cultural theatre and the authentic tantric fire ceremony. All of this elaborate beauty is a created to seduce the divine energies, to draw down the blessings of the great mother goddess, Chandi.

Rikhia, a remote tribal region Northwest of Calcutta, is historically one of the poorest areas of India but since Swami Satyananda's arrival this region has transformed from poverty to prosperity. This is the true test of a spiritual tradition and its practices, what can it do in a practical sense to uplift us at all levels. Each year, thousands of people from all over the world travel here to attend the Sat Chandi festival.

A percentage of the sale price is donated to Swami Satyananda’s social institution, Sivananda Math.

Testimonial

"The film on the Sat Chandi Mahayajna is very, very impressive. It is an important document of a historical event as a tantric ceremony of this magnitude in the presence of a fully accomplished and self-realized yogi is rare. I liked was the natural style and ease with which such a complex subject of tantric ritual was covered. One wonders if it happened here on this planet or in paradise. I loved it."

Swami Satyasangananda, Rikhia ashram* India

Title: Yoga of the Heart (A Tantric Festival Hosted by Swami Satyananda Saraswati)
Authors: Jayne Stevenson and Dr Swami Shankardev Saraswati
Publisher: Big Shakti
Content: Documentary about Swami Satyananda and a Great Tantric Festival
Media: DVD available in PAL and NTSC formats
Duration: 78 minutes