Synopsis "Meditation Pictorial (Kannada)"
Michael Beloved (Madhvacharya das) took his current body in 1951 in Guyana. In 1965, while living in Trinidad, he instinctively began doing yoga postures and trying to make sense of the supernatural side of life.Later on, in 1970, in the Philippines, he approached a Martial Arts Master named Mr. Arthur Beverford, explaining to the teacher that he was seeking a yoga instructor; Mr. Beverford identified himself as an advanced disciple of Sri Rishi Singh Gherwal, an ashtanga yoga master.Mr. Beverford taught the traditional ashtanga Yoga with stress on postures, attentive breathing and brow chakra centering meditation. In 1972, Michael entered the Denver Colorado Ashram of Kundalini Yoga Master Sri Harbhajan Singh. There he took instruction in Bhastrika Pranayama and its application to yoga postures. He was supervised mostly by Yogi Bhajan's disciple named Prem Kaur.In 1979 Michael formally entered the disciplic succession of the Brahma-Madhava Gaudiya Sampradaya through Swami Kirtanananda, who was a prominent sannyasi disciple of the Great Vaishnava Authority Sri Swami Bhaktivedanta Prabhupada, the exponent of devotion to Sri Krishna.For producing this publication, Michael took instructions from many yogi mystics on the astral planes. For forty years he took notes during meditation practice. This book, among others, details the experiences. Arpana Ukkund was born and brought up in Bangalore, India. Her first language of study in school and pre-university was Kannada, and formal education was in English. Hence she is fluent in both Kannada and English languages. Arpana did engineering from Bangalore University in the year 1996.In 1992 she joined the Rashtrotthana Shareerika Shiksha Kendra, Bangalore and learnt the traditional Ashtanga Yoga with stress on yoga asanas. In 2007 she attended Swami Ramdev's yoga camp and learnt the pranayama techniques. Arpana was naturally interested in yoga and meditation and while searching for books related to meditation she found the 'Meditation Pictorial' book of Michael Beloved and his website. After contacting Michael Beloved through the website, Arpana took instructions in basic Kundalini yoga techniques from him. Currently she practices breath infusion techniques and meditation.
