Shivananda’s initiation – as told to Punya

Shivananda’s most recent paintings in our online art gallery

Two slideshows of Shivananda’s most recent paintings (best if viewed fullscreen)

How Shivananda came to design the book and cards for the Vigyan Bhairav Tantra set. An interview by Punya.

A meditation Osho shared in a discourse: “Sitting alone in your room, be loving. Radiate love.”

Anando writes, “That was… a wonderful breakthrough. I stopped struggling and started enjoying watching my crazy mind, and then quite unexpectedly I started falling into silent gaps.”

A letter from Guilherme.

An inspiring video tutorial by Shivananda: no rulers, no mistakes.

Sarita shares her thoughts and insights on the occasion of Valentine’s Day.

A poem by Abhi.

Final part of ‘In the West’: Shivananda continues his storytelling while Punya asks the questions.

Part three of ‘In the West’: Shivananda makes the best out his compulsory three weeks in the Swiss military service.

Part two of chapter ‘In the West’: Shivananda is court-martialled when he shows up for the mandatory annual Swiss army service dressed in orange and wearing the mala.

Part one of Shivananda’s next selection of short stories, ‘In the West’: here he talks about returning to Switzerland to find a job as Osho had told him to do.

A meditation technique to find our inner voice, explained by Osho.

A poem by Abhi.

An insider’s account of an encounter group, with an unexpected transformation through processes that would appear horrifying when watched from the outside – by Shivananda.

Shivananda takes sannyas in February 1978, and Osho gives him his new name.

On a mild autumn’s afternoon, in Corfu, Shivananda tells Punya how he came to Osho.

Shivananda talks about his first trip to Africa and his adventures with his new, intrepid friend.

Two slideshows of Shivananda’s paintings around ‘favourite quotes’.

Shivananda’s most recent artwork.

Shivananda’s fourth tutorial: coloured ink, kitchen towel and sponge cloths

Shivananda’s tutorials continue with another technique: using cut-out stencils

Second painting tutorial about one of Shivananda’s favourite techniques.

Session 1 of a series of tutorials by designer and painter Shivananda.

A poem by Chris Roe:

A poem by Chris Roe

Shivananda, a Swiss PT in Greece shoes off his painted stones and ponders over his 10 (playful) commandments for painting.