ONLINE | $0, $18, $36 Sliding scale, please pay what you can | Please register in advance, a Zoom link & passcode will be provided via confirmation email.
How should you dispose of your physical remains? Would you like to have a memorial service that you yourself have planned? More importantly, how can you make sure that your survivors are aware of your wishes and not burdened by having to make decisions you should have made? Swami Sarvaananda, a senior Integral Yoga monk and a chaplain at the University of Virginia Medical Center, will guide you to gently and firmly make and communicate your plans.
A recording of this workshop will be made available free of charge on yogicendoflife.org one week after the live event.
Swami Sarvaananda, Ph.D., has lived at Satchidananda Ashram–Yogaville since 1980. She worked with the Yogaville Vidyalayam (children’s school) and with community service projects. She is a Board-certified Chaplain and she serves on national committees, since retiring from local hospital and hospice service. At Yogaville, she serves on the Board of Trustees and the Sannyas Board, is the Secretary of the Spiritual Life Board, Vidyalayam President, and oversees many committees and projects. She has taught Chaplaincy college courses online. Swami Sarvaananda’s doctorate is in education administration. She co-founded the Living Yoga Training program, was instructed by Swami Satchidananda in establishing the Integral Yoga Extra Gentle Hatha Training, and helped develop Yogaville’s mentoring programs.
The Integral Yoga End-of-Life – 6 Workshop Series:
At every age but especially in our later years, each of us must address death in all of its manifestations—releasing attachments to this life, disposing of our bodies and belongings, and helping our loved ones cope with their losses. The Integral Yoga End-of-Life Project honors this journey by providing an array of spiritual guidance and practical advice on a topic we may have avoided but that is inevitable. Discover and implement the ideas of six unique, new workshops from Integral Yoga to save your family and friends from these daunting obligations and to prepare and liberate yourself to enjoy the rest of your life.
These workshops are based on the teachings of Sri Swami Satchidananda and taught by his senior students. The companion website, yogicendoflife.org, is an offering built by one of the first Integral Yogis, Karuna Kreps. It provides clear and even inspiring advice and resources to help you make this experience easeful and, maybe even, joyful. Rather than seeing death as frightening and sad, we can embrace liberation from the human form to return to our eternal cosmic consciousness. Each workshop is offered at a sliding scale, please choose your contribution at registration: $0, $18, $36.
- Spiritual Preparation with Swami Karunananda
Thursday, May 26th – 4:00 -5:30 pm PT (7:00 – 8:30 pm EDT) - Physical Release with Sandra Amrita MacLanahan, MD
Sunday, June 26 – 11:00-12:30 pm PT (2:00 to 3:30 pm EDT) - Practical Planning with David Deva Barrett
Tuesday, July 19 – 4:00-5:30 pm PT (7:00 to 8:30 pm EDT) - Memorials & Interment with Swami Sarvaananda
Saturday, August 6 – 11:00-12:30 pm PT PT (2:00 to 3:30 pm EDT) - Community Service with Swami Chidananda and Karuna Kreps
Saturday, September 17 – 11:00-12:30 pm PT (2:00 to 3:30 pm EDT) - Leaving a Legacy with Chandra/Jo Sgammato
Thursday, October 27 – 4:00-5:30 pm PT (7:00 to 8:30 pm EDT)
A recording of each workshop will be made available free of charge on yogicendoflife.org one week after the live event.