HARA CENTER – YOGA SCHOOL (non-profit association and public benefit association)
Registered office and place of business: C.da S.Benedetto, 1 – Monte Ascensione – 63071 Rotella (AP)
Locations where they are heldActivities and lessons: Ascoli Piceno – Rotella – Acquaviva Picena – Acquasanta Terme – Castel di Lama – Folignano – Porto Potenza Picena – Cupramarittima – Ancarano – Martinsicuro
Center Activities:
The Hara Center – Yoga School (ASD and PS) is a non-profit association accredited by ACLI, CSEN, and CONI, whose mission is to promote various disciplines aimed at maintaining balance and fostering the development of the human being in all its aspects: physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual.
To promote the development of human well-being on every level—physical, energetic, mental, emotional, spiritual, cultural, and experiential—through the study, practice, and dissemination of yoga.
Mission, Purpose:
To promote the study, practice, and understanding of yoga through its four main dimensions: yoga as a “practice”; yoga as “sadhana” (intensive psychophysical practice); yoga as a “lifestyle”; and yoga as a “social culture.”
To promote the study, practice, and understanding of yoga across all three levels of the human personality—head, heart, and hands—that is, on the mental, intellectual, emotional, and physical levels.
To carry out educational and cultural activities aimed at fostering the physical, mental, and spiritual well-being of the human person, targeting everyone and, in particular, young people and all those segments of society that are most vulnerable.
To promote personal development, the association offers yoga classes for physical and mental well-being based on the methods and traditions of the Bihar School of Yoga, for groups of adults of all ages and for individuals.
To promote and explore the rich tradition of yoga, the association organizes courses, events, workshops, and lectures on specific topics at Yoga Sadhana Ashram – Monte Ascensione – Rotella (AP) and at other locations where the association operates.
Promoting yoga and its social benefits in schools:
– children, teenagers, teachers, students, etc.;
– in the workplace: office staff and production/construction workers, managers, etc.;
– in the military and police forces.
The Hara Center – Yoga School (ASD) has locations in various towns throughout the Marche and Abruzzo regions.
Mottoes of the association:
“Yoga is a way of life that can be applied to every aspect of life and in every field with ‘seriousness, sincerity, and dedication’” Swami Niranjanananda Saraswati
International Yoga Conference October 2013 – Munger – Bihar – India
“Yoga is a sport that can contribute to development and peace.
Yoga can also help people in emergency situations find relief from stress” UN Secretary-General – BAN KI-MOON
Statement of June 21, 2014 – Establishment of International Yoga Day
Experience:
Over thirty years of experience in the practice, teaching, and promotion of yoga, both in the form of “yoga exercises” and in more traditional formats: courses, seminars, and in-depth workshops open to everyone, aimed at promoting physical and mental well-being and helping people manage daily life and its challenges—such as stress, insomnia, depression, anger, academic improvement, etc., and for the understanding and experience of the subtler aspects of the human personality.
Other experiences in the educational and social spheres:
Between 1998 and 2020, the association, through some of its teachers, held courses for children and students as part of both curricular and extracurricular activities at:
– the State Maritime Technical Institute of Ancona;
– University of Macerata;
– “Giacomo Leopardi” High School, Recanati;
– Six-month course at the Drug Rehabilitation Center in Montefiore dell’Aso (AP)
– Yoga classes for children as part of outdoor activities organized by other associations in collaboration with municipal projects and initiatives (City of San Benedetto del Tronto);
– Yoga program for students during school hours: “The Game of Yoga in Times and Spaces of Peace” (2018–19);
– Teacher Training and Professional Development: Yoga for Teachers’ Well-being (2018–19);
– After-school program for students: “Yoga… I CARE” workshops (2018–19).
Additional information:
Reference tradition:
Bihar School of Yoga – Bihar Yoga Bharati (University of Yoga since 2001) – Satyananda Yoga
Registered office:
The association’s headquarters (where some of its activities take place) is located in a completely natural setting at the foot of Mount Ascensione, a place where, in addition to humans, cats, fawns, foxes, and hedgehogs roam undisturbed and interact with the local residents.
Branch offices:
Ascoli Piceno – Corso di Sotto, 10
Folignano (AP) – 51 Luigi Dari Square
Porto Potenza Picena (MC) – Via Traversa, 11 – 4th floor
Martinsicuro (TE) – Via dei Castani
Ancarano (TE) – at the Playroom in the Sports Arena
San Benedetto del Tronto (AP) – at the Palazzetto dello Sport
Cupramarittima (AP) – 11 Nazario Sauro Street
Association Magazine: YOGA PANORAMA – The Magazine –
The magazine *Yoga Panorama* is published in print and distributed to all members of the Centro Hara – Scuola di Yoga asd, while the online version is available to anyone interested on the blog:yogapanorama.blogspot.it
The magazine covers the following topics/sections:
– the goals and vision of yoga;
– the application of yoga in daily life;
– physical and mental well-being and yoga;
– research and experiments on yoga in the medical and scientific fields;
– Yoga in relation to spirituality and religion;
– Yoga in the media;
– yoga events organized by the association and other organizations in Italy and around the world.
The publication, translation, and editing of the magazine (both print and online) are the result of volunteer work (karma yoga performed by some members of the Hara Center – Yoga School, a registered association).
Mount Ascension:
Nestled at an elevation of 800 meters on Monte Ascensione (1,110 meters above sea level) is the association’s headquarters.
Mount Ascensione, with its bizarre and unique silhouette, has given rise to legends and tales shrouded in mystery; it immediately piques curiosity and sparks the imagination.
Among its distinctive features is the absolutely unique ability to present an identical, mirror-image view when observed from opposite slopes—east-northeast and west-southwest—at a certain angle: Sometimes it resembles the face of a sleeping giant or a young girl when viewed from the Teramo area, or the profile of Cecco D’Ascoli—first a friend, then an adversary of Dante—or, as some even claim, Dante himself.
It is also highly valuable from an environmental perspective, given its abundance of forests and diverse wildlife.
A mountain of the people of Ascoli, the Ascensione accompanies them, visible from various points in the city, starting with the Porta Maggiore bridge.
YOGA INSTRUCTORS AT THE HARA CENTER – ASD/APS YOGA SCHOOL
The instructors at the Hara Center – Yoga School are certified teachers whose primary goal is to introduce students to yoga and help them experience it, following the Satyananda (or Bihar Yoga) method and tradition.
A method, a system that we practice daily on ourselves—some for 10 years, some for 20, and some for 40. An approach to traditional yoga that “has done and continues to do good,” “makes our lives better” in every aspect and situation—and this is the main motivation behind our “being yoga teachers”: to allow anyone who wishes to experience and learn yoga as explained and taught by our masters, so they may live a better life, filled with joy, regardless of life’s various circumstances.
Our goal in teaching yoga is to provide a “service”: to make our experience and knowledge available to those who wish to learn about and experience yoga in its various forms, and to enable anyone who wishes to do so to practice independently in a safe and proper manner.