Skanda Vale

11/06/2026

🔱 Shiva Festival 🔱

15th to 29th June 2026, with mahabishekams each morning at 5:00 am in Skanda Vale🛕

All are welcome, as always.

Lord Shiva is within us all. His true nature is silence, but to find that freedom, that peace, that silence – we have to change, and change we must. The dance of Lord Shiva is fundamentally about that change, and the Shiva festival brings it into clearer focus - Swami Govinda

If you can’t make it in person, join us online: www.skandavale.org/livestream-pujas/

08/06/2026

⛰️ We are heading out for an unforgettable hike: 15km of mountain trails, 900m of ascent, all the way up to a breathtaking elevation of 2787m, and 12 turquoise-green lakes along the way 🥾

We'll gather and come back to Somaskanda Ashram — combining our lakes challenge with some time in the temple and celebrating our achievements with a well-earned cheese feast 🧀

Every step raises funds to support unhurried care at Skanda Vale Hospice — our main charity seva project.

For details and registration:
https://www.skandavalehospice.org/events/swiss-lakes-challenge/

01/06/2026

Contemplation is mindfulness. Contemplate about all the causes and effects that you are setting in motion in your life.

Contemplation is not only when you sit down before you meditate – it must be a recurring process in the human being’s life, enabling to correct any mistakes that he or she is making.

GURU SRI SUBRAMANIUM

29/05/2026

'There is a very playful, joyful element to worshipping Bhumi Ganesh. It's like — you can't take spirituality too seriously. Life is about being joyful, about just being natural and about having fun.

But there's another element to Lord Ganesh. Behind the scenes, there's a sense of a vast power and energy: you can imagine an elephant with its head down, just moving forward. Nothing's going to stop it.

When you seek His grace — in order to gain His assistance in whatever the Divine wants you to do — then He's there for you to open the doorway for that to happen.'

Swami Suryananda

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Our annual festival to Lord Ganesh concludes on Sunday 31st May — we hope you can join us in person or on our live stream, from 5am: www.skandavale.org/livestream-pujas

25/05/2026

21/05/2026

God came to dwell in Christ, God came to dwell in Buddha, God came to dwell in every person who has liberated himself in the world. The fire, the totality of God is the composition of all life forces and the energies of the whole universe, all the mountains, all the rivers, all the stars, all the suns, all the moons, everyone is embodied in God.

It's mind-blowing for you to even comprehend the immensity of God that you are trying to grasp in this one incarnation of yours. When you have slowly scrubbed all the karma out of you, then slowly the vision of God will be revealed to you. Step by step, you are slowly advancing at your, each and everyone's level to discover God.

GURU SRI SUBRAMANIUM

18/05/2026

We are always connected

I want you to stand on your feet now. Have confidence within yourself. You have the capacity and the ability to do exactly what I do — and more — by being able to link yourself, plug yourself into that divine consciousness. You have to discover that ability. That is what it is all about.

GURU SRI SUBRAMANIUM

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I want you to stand on your feet now. Have confidence within yourself. You have the capacity and the ability to do exactly what I do and more by being able to link yourself, plug yourself into that divine consciousness. You have to discover that ability. That is what it is all about.

14/05/2026

🕉️ Lord Ganesh Festival

Our first festival of the
year begins this Sunday, the 17th May, honouring Lord Ganesha — the remover of obstacles.

Mahabishekams are performed each morning at 5:00 am at Skanda Vale and 6:00 am CET at Somaskanda Ashram.

Come on pilgrimage, receive darshan and open yourself to the abundant grace flowing through the temples during these special days.

You can also join us online: https://www.skandavale.org/livestream-pujas/

11/05/2026

07/05/2026

Are you feeling overwhelmed ?

Take a few minutes and listen to this discourse, where Swami talks about how we can make some simple changes to improve the quality of our lives 🕉️