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About Us The Lotus Room offers insight, information and practical access to the wide spectrum of yoga approaches. There are several diverse systems of yoga to appeal to anyone, regardless of culture or creed. With its regular sessions of hatha yoga (postures and breathing), yoga nidra (conscious yogic sleep), dhyana yoga (meditation), mantra yoga (chanting), sambanda-jnana yoga (Vedic knowledge), bhakti yoga (love and devotion) and yoga for kids, the Lotus Room allows individuals to identify and practice the yoga system that most appeals to them in order to achieve inner fulfillment. Jenny / Jahnavi Devi Dasi I have been practicing hatha yoga since 2002. My yoga tutor recognised my sincere interest and began giving particular attention to my training and education about yoga philosophy, often over a vegetarian cooking class. I had never imagined myself as a teacher but Malini always backed me up, seeing the potential I had before I did. Eventually, friends began to ask me for informal yoga sessions and, following the opinion of my tutor, I began teaching. Yoga became my lifestyle. I visited India on two occasions, where I continued my training with him, because by this time he had left the Maltese islands. Eventually I obtained a diploma in Yoga Teacher Training. Once I had some experience of the unity of body, mind and spirit, I naturally began to enquire more deeply about the other aspects of yoga, such as karma yoga, the path of right action, and jnana yoga, the path of knowledge. Meanwhile Malini, who had been away travelling for a few years, encouraged me to visit her spiritual master, Srila BS Govinda Maharaj, in Italy during one of his World Tours. I was keen since I had heard much about him and Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math from her, but the birth of my daughter Jayanti would not allow me to travel to India in the next few years. Struck by his holy presence, I received Harinam initiation from Srila Govinda Maharaj and was given the name Jahnavi Devi Dasi. He taught me Mahaprabhu’s path of love and devotion, bhakti yoga, which is considered by the ancient Vedic scriptures of India as the topmost yoga practice. Today I continue to teach hatha yoga to my students, who are also my friends. Meanwhile, bhakti yoga has become the centre of my individual practice and I am infinitely grateful for the opportunity my masters have given me to live a life of yoga. Melanie / Malini Devi Dasi I began practicing hatha yoga in 2002. I had been on a short trip to India and became curious about it but never had the opportunity to take a class. On my return, Jenny coaxed me into taking up yoga. With her, I attended classes four times a week, and our yoga tutor would often invite us for a vegetarian cooking demonstration while instructing us on yoga philosophy. In 2003, disillusioned with materialistic life in the West, I embarked on a back-packing trip which was simultaneously a journey of self-discovery. At the end of the first year travelling all over India, an Australian traveller guided me to the Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math ashram in Calcutta, West Bengal. This was a time when I was downright sceptical about the whole guru issue and organised spiritual institutions in general. I quickly discovered that Gaudiya Vaisnava philosophy resonated with my own conclusions on spirituality, however it was my heart’s conviction that finally won over my mind’s resistance. I received Harinam initiation into the yoga process of love and devotion taught by Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu from Srila BS Govinda Maharaj, accepting him as my spiritual master, and I was given the name Malini Devi Dasi. Only later did I discover that bhakti yoga is considered the supreme yoga practice by India’s Vedic literature. Bhakti yoga quickly became the centre of my life. I did several stints, of months at a time, living and serving at various branches of Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math both in India and world-wide. Today, following the instructions and guidance of my cherished Gurudev, I split my time between Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math in India and The Lotus Room as its branch in Malta. I am infinitely grateful to my masters for all they have given me and hope to be a fit channel by which they can extend that wealth to others. Isabella / Indurekha Devi Dasi I received my first hatha yoga class from my daughter Jenny and I felt really overwhelmed by the experience. I gave Jenny encouragement and when she began teaching regularly I attended all her classes. Eventually I met her yoga tutor before he left the island. His demeanour really impressed and inspired me. While I continued to practice yoga with Jenny I became more interested in yoga philosophy. Jenny became interested to meet Srila BS Govinda Maharaj during one of his World Tours. We had heard much about him and Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math from Malini, so I joined Jenny on a trip to Italy with baby Jayanti. Nothing could have prepared me for the experience, and I was overcome by Srila Govinda Maharaj and his beautiful disciples. I realised that I did not want to miss this opportunity of receiving Harinam initiation into Mahaprabhu’s path of bhakti yoga. I was given the name Indurekha Devi Dasi. Today I still continue daily yoga practice during Jahnavi’s hatha yoga classes as well as my personal bhakti practice. Furthermore, I do what I can while encouraging Jahnavi and Malini to share through the Lotus Room all that we have received from our masters. Where to find Us The Lotus Room is situated in Triq il-Qamh, Zebbug, Malta. Directions to get there as follows: Coming from the main road from Rabat to Zebbug, turn around the roundabout, past the turns towards Attard and Qormi, until you see a Madonna statue. Go to it, turn left and across the road into `Triq il-Qamh`. Look for the Lotus Room sign on the fourth door from the end of the road on the right hand side.