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The Ashram is an environment where students can experience deep personal transformation, promote healing, and achieve optimal physical health so that their greatest potential can be realized.

Our desire is to help people live life more fully, be more connected with one another and experience true joy. Our Method

Though the practice of yoga dates back to ancient times, we have designed this highly effective method and unique philosophy to meet the needs of people of our society in this day and age.

Those needs include physical and emotional healing, stress and anxiety reduction, fitness and well-being, consciousness of one's life purpose, connection to the whole and realization of one's greatest potential.

Established in 2006.

The Ashram was inspired to create a yoga method designed to optimize the life experience for our society in this current day and age. This unique yoga method attracts hard-core athletes and yoga practitioners of all types. Gary's personal vision influences each style of yoga taught at the Ashram. All Ashram teachers are trained in his method and are encouraged to explore other certifications and yoga practice experiences.

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A 72-year-old Victorian yoga guru has begged forgiveness for having sex with some female students in secret.

Swami Shankarananda will remain spiritual director of the Shiva School of Meditation and Yoga, at Mt Eliza, after apologising for his "Tantric sexual activities".

Swami Shankarananda, also known as Russell Kruckman, said he recognised the "disastrous effect" of his actions and had stopped his behaviour, which was raised publicly by former members of the residential ashram.

"I want to make a sincere apology to the community and to anyone who has been hurt by my actions, or even by hearing of my actions," he said in a letter to members, obtained by AAP on Wednesday.

"I had a carrot in my ear. Truly. When contemplating Baba's life, I was most engaged by the dramas of the succession. I profoundly underestimated the impact of his Tantric sexual activities. And my own."

These "Tantric activities" were the only blemish on the ashram's good work.

"I don't know how I could have been this stupid, but I was," Swami Shankarananda wrote.

"I beg your forgiveness."

The ashram's management committee has written to members, saying it was urgently implementing internal processes to address grievances and engaged independent mediator Callum Campbell.

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Guru apologies over Tantric activities