Group of action toward Peace:
KENDALL ASHRAM
Sharing the tradition of the Himalayan Masters
Just a little drop of truth in the ocean of delusion
Source of the tradition:
The systematic practice of Yoga Meditation comes from the ancient cave monasteries of the Himalayas, the source of the mystical Shangrila or Shambala.
This lineage of teachers is at least 5,000 years old, though eternal in nature. It includes Swami Rama and his teachers, Bengali Baba and Mahavatar Baba, known as Babaji. (Life Positive, an Indian holistic living magazine, has published articles on the  cave monasteries and Mahavatar Baba.)

Encompassing all forms of yoga:
The tradition of the Himalayan masters encompasses all of the Yogas. Self-Realization comes through Yoga meditation of the Yoga Sutras, the contemplative insight of Advaita Vedanta, and the intense devotion of Samaya Sri Vidya Tantra, the three of which complement one another like fingers on a hand (See: Yoga, Vedanta, Tantra). We employ the classical approaches of Raja, Jnana, Karma, and Bhakti Yoga, as well as Hatha, Kriya, Kundalini, Laya, Mantra, Nada, Siddha, and Tantra Yoga.

Together, they guide one directly through the layers (Koshas) of our being to the direct experience of the center of consciousness.
Meditation, contemplation, mantra and prayer finally converge into a unified force directed towards the final stage, piercing the pearl of wisdom called bindu, leading to the Absolute (See Bindu). (Quotes from Swami J.com) 


The Yoga Sutras
(and the Tradition of Yoga):
The Yoga Sutras Is the systematization or codification in 196 versicles, of the techniques to apply in order to develop from “normal” worldly life to the state of Samadhi.

Patanjali
Codifier of the Yoga Sutras

Codifying the Yoga Sutra: Patanjali codified, or compiled in a systematic way, the art and science of Yoga in the Yoga Sutras. The Yoga Sutras succinctly outlines the art and science of Yoga for Self-Realization. Nothing new was created with the Yoga Sutras, but rather the ancient practices were summarized in an extremely organized and terse way. While the Yoga Sutra itself is ancient, archaeological evidence and other texts suggest that the methods described in the Yoga Sutras were being practiced as early as 3000 BCE. Oral tradition states that the date may be even earlier.

Dates: Scholars estimate that Patanjali lived some time between 400 BCE and 200 AD, though they are in disagreement about these dates. While the scholars debate the actual dates of Patanjali, oral tradition accounts for the apparent time differences by explaining that the name Patanjali is a surname, and is the name of a lineage and school of teachers, students, and sages, rather than being only one person. However, for convenience sake, Patanjali is spoken of as a single person, who might have been founder of the lineage. Although Patanjali is a surname of the lineage, there have also been several individuals with the name Patanjali, which may or may not have been related with the lineage relating to the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali.

Oral tradition: In addition, the Yoga traditions are historically oral traditions, and some say the Yoga Sutras were not written down for at least a couple hundred years after they were systematized by Patanjali. During that period it was the custom for the entirety of the Yoga Sutras to be memorized as a part of the practice. This type of learning is still done today by a few teachers and students, though many of them now do this as an intellectual study of Sanskrit, rather than as an aid to practice and direct experience.

Unbroken teaching: While the lineage of Patanjali may or may not have continued in unbroken sequence in the visible or recorded traditions in the plains of India, the practices of the Yoga Sutras have continuously been practiced by the sages of the Himalayas.

The Tradition of the Himalayan Masters:
Three Streams: 
Yoga, Vedanta, and Tantra

Source of the tradition: The systematic practice of Yoga Meditation comes from the ancient cave monasteries of the Himalayas, the source of the mystical Shangrila or Shambala. This lineage of teachers is at least 5,000 years old, though eternal in nature. It includes Swami Rama and his teachers, Bengali Baba and Mahavatar Baba, known as Babaji. (Life Positive, an Indian holistic living magazine, has published articles on the cave monasteries and Mahavatar Baba.)

Encompassing all forms of yoga: The tradition of the Himalayan masters encompasses all of the Yogas. Self-Realization comes through Yoga meditation of the Yoga Sutras, the contemplative insight of Advaita Vedanta, and the intense devotion of Samaya Sri Vidya Tantra, the three of which complement one another like fingers on a hand (See: Yoga, Vedanta, Tantra). We employ the classical approaches of Raja, Jnana, Karma, and Bhakti Yoga, as well as Hatha, Kriya, Kundalini, Laya, Mantra, Nada, Siddha, and Tantra Yoga. Together, they guide one directly through the layers (Koshas) of our being to the direct experience of the center of consciousness. Meditation, contemplation, mantra and prayer finally converge into a unified force directed towards the final stage, piercing the pearl of wisdom called bindu, leading to the Absolute (See Bindu).
These methods self-exploration, self-discovery, and self-realization include the following:
•Yoga Sutras: The ancient, oral yoga system, codified by Patanjali in the Yoga Sutras is accepted as a preliminary or foundation step, with yoga resting on the foundation of sankhya philosophy. Yoga meditation systematically discerns pure consciousness from the many false identities, attractions, aversions, and fears.
•Advaita Vedanta: Philosophically, the Advaita Vedanta system of one absolute Reality without a second is practiced as elucidated in the Upanishads, particularly the Mandukya Upanishad, relating to AUM and the four states of waking, dreaming, sleep, and the fourth state, turiya. Contemplative meditation is a process of inspection within, exploring the levels of manifestation so as to uncover the absolute core of one's being.
•Internal Tantra: Both Mother and Father principles of the universe are acknowledged, practicing the purely internal form of Tantra to awaken kundalini and experience the highest. Maya (illusion) is seen as the creativity of the Mother principle, and is thus not an obstacle. The inner tantra practices trace all of the inner energies back to their finest source of pure energy.
•Specific Practices: Include Meditation from the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, Contemplation from Vedanta, as well Yoga Nidra and Kundalini practices from Tantra.