Yoga for the Soul, Body, and Mind, 8-week course

IN-PERSON, 8 consecutive Fridays, 6:30-8:00 pm with Senior IYI Teachers | Offered individually or as 8-session course
Join Diana Meltsner, Swami Ramananda, Saraswati Melanie Takahashi, K. Muktidevi Demafeliz and Barbara Dickey for Yoga for the soul; a practice, that in a 90 minute format, evenly combines physical poses at a mixed level with extended guided meditation and spiritual awareness explorations through a group discussion on yogic topics.

4 Day Yoga Retreat: Cultivating Joy and Resilience in Uncertain Times

IN-PERSON with Astrud Castillo, Swami Ramananda, & Kamala Itzel Hayward
Join us amidst the ocean-side beauty of the sacred ancestral lands of the Coastal Miwok people for an in-person 4-day silent retreat focused on cultivating joy and resilience in the face of life’s uncertainties. Through meditative practices, yoga, and sacred silence, we will explore how to meet all of life with presence, openness, and courage.

Satsang: Authenticity, a Path to Self-Realization

ONLINE & IN-PERSON with Claudia Bartsch, E-500CYT, C-IAYT
The teachings of yoga offer us a very sophisticated map on how to return to authenticity. Come and join yoga therapist Claudia Bartsch to explore how.

Spring Into Action: A BIPOC scholarship fundraiser

IN-PERSON with Mia Velez, Swami Ramanada, Celeste Fa’ai’uaso, Dominique dela Cola & April Leung
This half-day BIPOC wellness retreat is a fundraiser for IYISF BIPOC Yoga Teacher Training Scholarship Fund. Come, and let the healing vibes ripple out to your surroundings - creating a ripple of change.

New Beginnings Writing Group

ONLINE with Susan Ford
Through writing exercises using everyday life, place, family, images, poetry of others, while using pranayama, meditation and the guidance of the Sutras we will build a body of work.

Passover Seder

IN-PERSON with Jackie Barshak & Swami Ramananda
Join Jackie Barshak and Swami Ramananda and celebrate your own path to liberation at the Institute’s Passover Seder, exploring the Passover story from a yogic perspective.

Kirtan with Joanna Manqueros John Kadyk and Ramana Erickson

IN-PERSON with Joanna Manqueros John Kadyk & Ramana Erickson
Joanna facilitates kirtan as a medicinal experience, invoking uplifting concepts, reaching to a higher power and the beauty of being surrounded by voices.

Toward a Healthier Spine

ONLINE & IN-PERSON with Raisa Punkki, RYT-500
This workshop provides simple tools to help attendees safely support the healthy function of the spine in their movement practices and daily life.

Authenticity, Path to Self-Realization, 3-part course

ONLINE & IN-PERSON with Claudia Bartsch, E-500CYT, C-IAYT
Join Claudia to explore and to learn why the path towards authenticity could be the most important, the most challenging and the most fulfilling journey of your life. 3 Saturdays: April 19, 26 & May 3.

Scripture Study: Nirodha: The Journey and the Destination, 1 of 3-part

ONLINE with Kalyani Cohen Barr
Each session offered individually, April 21, 28 & May 5th. Join Kalyani for a discussion on this foundational practice. Nirodha is more than just a concept; it's a way of life. The Yoga Scripture Study series is an offering in which participants learn and discuss how the teachings of Yoga apply to our daily lives.

New Beginnings Writing Group

ONLINE with Susan Ford
Through writing exercises using everyday life, place, family, images, poetry of others, while using pranayama, meditation and the guidance of the Sutras we will build a body of work.

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