Online or in-person at Mukunda Studios, SF | $2-$108 sliding scale
Please register in advance; a Zoom link will be emailed 1 hour before the session, or join Zoom directly via your Momence dashboard. Please review our In-person Safety Guidelines.Fundraising Event | Spiritual Talk, Kirtan & Sacred Ceremony hosted by
Mukunda Studio, 1250 Folsom Street, SF.
Join Swami Ramananda and Mirabai Warkulwiz at the beautiful Mukunda Studio (1250 Folsom Street) for an in-depth exploration of the power of love and compassion to transform our lives and awaken us to the underlying spiritual consciousness we all share.
Swami Ramananda, director of the Integral Yoga Institute San Francisco, will discuss how we can tap into the heart to find meaning and inspiration, and Mirabai will lead us in call-and-response style chanting, opening the heart through devotion and surrender. We will end with a guided reflection and ritual to open ourselves to the profound spiritual presence within. Refreshments will be served afterwards to make time for informal conversation.
4:15-4:30 – Early welcome – decaf chai
4:30-5:15 – Spiritual talk with Ramananda
5:10-5:45 – Kirtan with Mirabai
5:45-6:10 – Sacred Ceremony (Honoring the Light)
6:10-6:30 – Refreshments
All proceeds will go to the The Yogic Wisdom Campaign which was created to support Swami Ramananda’s pursuit of writing, teaching and sharing his Yogic wisdom with a wider audience! In honor of Ramananda’s 70th year of life, the goal is to raise $70,000.
In celebration of Swami Ramananda’s upcoming 71st birthday, we have created a Fundraiser-raffle! Tickets are available online now! Raffle entries are $10 each or 12 for $108. The raffle draw will be held on Saturday, August 3, 11:00am – 1:00pm at Swami Ramananda’s Birthday Brunch Potluck. Please visit the Yogic Wisdom Campaign GoFundMe page to learn more and pledge your support today. No amount is too small to help us reach our goal. Thank you for your support.
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.
Mirabai Warkulwiz planted her yoga and meditation roots in San Francisco at the Sivananda Center in 1998. Amazed at her healing of a back injury and many other positive life changes, she became yoga certified through 200-hour teacher training programs both at the Integral Yoga Institute in 2004, and at the Greenpath Ashtanga Studio in 2005. In July 2008 she completed another 170 hour Intermediate Teacher Training program in Asana and Pranayama through the Integral Yoga Institute in Virginia. She is attuned to Reiki Level 1, studies Aryuveda, is a dancer, and enjoys being in communion with nature. She invites all of her yoga students to transcend physical, emotional, and mental blocks to experience more spaciousness, comfort, happiness, clarity, and inner peace. As a Kirtan musician (Mirabai and Friends Kirtan Band) Mirabai leads Kirtan around the Bay Area, and enjoys implementing chanting, sound, and music into class.