ONLINE & IN-PERSON with Rev. Diana Dharani Diaz & Swami Ramananda
Free
Join Rev. Diana Dharani Diaz and Swami Ramananda at the Institute or online as they guide us in a reflection on the profound spiritual practice of gratitude. We’ll have time for personal sharing about the many blessings we have received, followed by a sacred ceremony to invoke the Spiritual Light.
Our ability to be grateful for whatever we have allows us to connect with the Joy and Divinity already within us.
Afterward, we’ll share a potluck meal and enjoy each other’s company. Please bring a vegetarian dish to share (no meat, fish, or eggs), and sign up in advance so we can plan accordingly.
This donation-based program will not be recorded.
Diana “Dharani” Díaz, MA, RYT 500 is a writer and Yoga teacher certified in Yoga for Stress Management, Accessible Yoga, Yoga for Cancer and Chronic Illness, and Holistic Sound Resonance, among others. Diana is passionate about sharing both yoga and writing with marginalized communities. She teaches yoga online for Sister Mentors and currently serves as vice president of Voices of Our Nation’s Arts (VONA), an organization that nurtures writers of color. She particularly enjoys the practice of Yoga Nidra, which aligns with her beliefs in the healing power of words and the nature of the true Self being peace.
Swami Ramananda, C-IAYT, E-RYT 500, is the Executive Director of the Integral Yoga Institute in San Francisco, C-IAYT, and a greatly respected senior teacher in the Integral Yoga tradition who has been practicing Yoga for over 45 years. Ramananda offers practical methods of integrating the timeless teachings and practices of Yoga into daily life and transforming the painful aspects of human experience into steps toward realizing one’s full potential.
He leads beginner, intermediate and advanced-level Yoga teacher training programs in San Francisco and offers a variety of programs in many locations in the U.S., Europe and South America. Ramananda co-developed the Stress Management Teacher Training program with Swami Vidyananda, has trained many teachers to bring Yoga into corporate, hospital and medical settings, and has taught mind/body wellness programs in many locations. He is a certified Yoga therapist and founding board member of the Yoga Alliance, a national registry that supports and promotes yoga teachers as professionals. He co-founded The Spiritual Action Initiative (SAI), which brings together individuals committed to working for social justice for all beings and for the care and healing of our natural world. His warmth, wisdom and sense of humor have endeared him to many.