| Of different types of Yoga, Sahaja Yoga is one of | | | | are familiar with their own approaches to spiritual |
| the easiest approaches to the supreme universal | | | | quality. |
| power. This was firstly introduced to the world by Sri | | | | Anyhow, it is sure that the only one Sahaja yoga club |
| Mataji Nirmala Devi in 1970. | | | | was established in Myanmar. It is based in Mandalay, |
| Sri Mataji had tried to look for the truth since she was | | | | the former second capital. This small community is |
| a child. Unlike any other children around her, she paid | | | | organized with around ten members led by Ms. Celia. |
| attention to serious matters. It was meditation that | | | | Weekly activities of practicing yoga are taken place in |
| actually changed her spiritual life. It is meant that she | | | | Sedona Mandalay hotel and in a house of one of the |
| attained self-realization in the end of her search of | | | | members alternately. They spend two days a week- |
| truth. | | | | Thursday and Buddhist Sabbath day- for a group |
| Born in India, she even took part in political activities for | | | | practice and discussion. On other days of the week, |
| freedom from the British administration under the | | | | they usually take some time for individual practice in |
| guidance of Mahatma Gandhi. She was a great | | | | different locations such as their homes and offices. |
| woman of India but now, she is one of the greatest | | | | So far members in and around Mandalay, try to come |
| women of the world. The Reverend Mother is | | | | regularly to the target location for a group practice. |
| patronizing Sahaja yoga missions all around the world, | | | | Some local people are interested in Sahaja yoga and |
| distributing easy techniques of finding the truth in | | | | they are freely invited to find out how the members |
| human bodies. She has proved that truth is not so far | | | | are approaching truth inside their own bodies. They are |
| away from us that it cannot be easily reached. She | | | | also introducing basic techniques of that particular form |
| teaches people around the globe how to practice | | | | of yoga at one sitting. After such an introductory |
| Sahaja yoga effectively. | | | | session, they are invited to be present regularly in |
| Such an easy technique of yoga was firstly imported | | | | order that they will come to understand their inner |
| to Myanmar by Ms. Celia in late 2008. An event of | | | | unknown power, namely, kundalini. |
| lecture on Sahaja yoga, held in Sedona Mandalay hotel | | | | The main problem for the Sahaja yoga in Mandalay is |
| became the starting point of the mission in Myanmar. In | | | | slow progress in organizing new members. Some of |
| fact, it is not very easy to distribute such a new form | | | | the members are still questioning themselves why only |
| of meditation in Myanmar where approximately | | | | very few people came for the first time and never |
| seventy-five percentage of population believe in | | | | came back again. Anyhow, it can be pointed out that |
| Theravada Buddhism and most of the local Buddhists | | | | they lack of holding more public awareness programs. |