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SUMMARY:Satsang: Interfaith Celebration of Easter and Passover\, The Divine Mystery
DESCRIPTION:Online & In-person\n$5-$20 | Enroll for free\, use promo code FREE. \nBook now/OnlinePlease register in advance; a Zoom link will be emailed 1 hour before the session\, or join Zoom directly via your Momence dashboard. \nBook now/In-PersonWe appreciate advance registration. \nJoin Swami Vimalananda and Surya Stuart Dick for this interfaith celebration. We will open a discussion on the holy day’s mystical and practical significance in Jewish\, Christian\, and Yogic traditions. There will be time for personal sharing.\nPassover is the Jewish holiday of liberation. It represents freedom from the constructs that bind us. But where does that leave us? We know how the Jewish telling of the holiday plays out\, but those who were uprooted didn’t know what would happen next. Or how to cope.\nStuart will highlight tools from the Jewish teachings as we search for ways to manage profound personal and communal change.\nHe’s alive! He’s alive! Jesus died on the cross but after three days. He was alive and showed himself to many people. Even doubting Thomas saw Jesus’ hand with the nail marks. Jesus rose from the dead!\nThe essence of Easter is that Jesus demonstrated that there is immortality. Only his body died but his essence was alive. What if we are all immortal and only our bodies die and our Self lives forever? Can this really be true?\nPlease join Swami Vimalananda for a short talk and discussion about this incredible event and its implications.\nEveryone is welcome to stay for tea and light snacks afterwards.\nSatsang is a special time for us to come together as a community. In Sanskrit\, Sat means truth and Sangha means community. Satsang offers an opportunity to come together to share spiritual teachings. The philosophy of Integral Yoga is explored often through an informal discussion. Although our spiritual paths may diverge\, the act of sharing spiritual teachings with others is inspiring and creates a solid foundation for continued practice. This donation-based program will not be recorded.\nPeople of all faiths are welcome.\n\nSwami Vimalananda Ma\, RYT500\, is an Integral Yoga sannyasi – monk. She has been involved with Integral Yoga since 1971 and Director of the San Francisco Integral Yoga Institute from 1992-2011. She specializes in teaching yoga philosophy and spiritual counseling. \n  \n  \nSurya Stuart Dick has blended their own Jewish and yoga practices for decades\, finding that each tradition supports and informs the other. They’ve practiced and taught Integral Yoga for over twenty years.
URL:https://integralyogasf.org/event/satsang-interfaith-celebration-of-easter-and-passover/
CATEGORIES:By Donation,Events,Featured
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260406T071500
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SUMMARY:Reason and Mystery; Two Lenses on the Same Reality\, 7-day meditation course
DESCRIPTION:Online \n$54 | $47 Early bird\, use promo code MEDITATE\, exp. 3/30/26 \nBook now/OnlinePlease register in advance; a Zoom link will be emailed 1 hour before the session\, or join Zoom directly via your Momence dashboard. \nJoin Diana Meltsner—meditation teacher and teacher trainer—online for seven morning meditations and brief talks\, held daily from Monday\, April 6\, through Sunday\, April 12\, 2026. These sessions will focus on developing meditation that integrates two perspectives: Analysis and Mystery.\nA life lived solely in analysis becomes brittle; a life lived solely in faith becomes ungrounded. But a life that can move fluidly between these modes becomes flexible\, resilient\, and wise. Can our meditation hold both perspectives?\nThe Analytical Mode asks:\n• What is happening right now?\n• What is the process here?\n• What is skillful or unskillful?\nThe Mystical Mode asks:\n• Can I be with this without needing to know?\n• Can I trust the unfolding moment?\n• What if the deepest truths are felt rather than understood?\nKena Upanishad:\n“It is known to the one who does not know it.\nIt is unknown to the one who thinks he knows.”\nWe will explore practices that cultivate both the intellect and the mystical heart:\n• Meditation that develops a narrow focus—grounded in analysis\, discernment\, and clear seeing\n• Open-awareness meditation rooted in faith\, mystery\, and living in the question\nThese practices foster different types of attentiveness. Each expands our perception of reality and reflects the brain’s dual hemispheric functionality\, which supports complex cognition\, balanced behavior\, and true discrimination—viveka.\nMeditation\, talk\, discussion\, and sharing will be included. Some experience with meditation is required.\nDiana’s recent blog on this topic.\nAll sessions will be recorded and shared with participants for later viewing on a daily basis.\n\nDiana Meltsner\, C-IAYT\, ERYT-500\, YACEP\, has been teaching a variety of classes and workshops since 2001 and since 2017 offers yoga therapy sessions privately and at Integral Yoga Therapy Clinic in San Francisco. She has over 15 years of experience in leading and co-teaching Yoga and Meditation teacher trainings. She has been working in the clinical setting for Kaiser Permanente since 2005 as a yoga teacher\, yoga therapist\, and health educator. Diana’s focus is on the healing aspects of Yoga on the mind as well as the body by applying the physical postures\, practices of breath-control\, mindfulness and meditation. Diana helps her clients to find the ability to move through life with increased ease\, stress resilience\, and intuition. Diana Meltsner works as a programs manager at Integral Yoga Institute\, an urban ashram in San Francisco. www.dianameltsner.com
URL:https://integralyogasf.org/event/reason-and-mystery-7day-meditation/
CATEGORIES:Events,Featured
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260410T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260410T173000
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SUMMARY:New Beginnings Writing Group
DESCRIPTION:Online | $1-15 sliding scale \nBook now/OnlinePlease register in advance; a Zoom link will be emailed 1 hour before the session\, or join Zoom directly via your Momence dashboard. \nMeets twice a month on 2nd and 4th Friday | Ongoing\nIn these times of great change we will explore a path toward meeting ourselves where we are to give voice to all that matters! As we live with interruptions and chaos\, we can deepen into the roots of our creativity\, encouraging the river of expression to flow. Beginners and seasoned writers are welcome\, as we explore various forms of writing: poetry\, prose\, short stories\, memoir\, among others. 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. Participants are encouraged to go at their own pace.\nTools we will Practice:\n• The Art of Paying Attention\n• Acceptance\n• Play\n• Writing from the Heart \nTogether we will combine self-care with our writing and discover what a writing practice means to us and how it may take shape.\nNext session is 4/24 Book now \n\nSusan Ford\, C-IAYT\, RYT-500\, began teaching in 2011 and has been an assistant trainer for the Basic Yoga Teacher Training at Integral Yoga Institute San Francisco (IYISF) since 2012. She specializes in gentle yoga and yoga therapy working with people with disabilities\, cancer\, heart disease\, arthritis\, aging\, bone health\, anxiety\, depression and asthma. Her focus is to help students to meet their bodies where they are by introducing and incorporating Therapeutic Yoga\, Raja Yoga\, Hatha Yoga\, pranayama and meditation. Susan has been a writer of poetry\, short stories and plays most of her adult life and has been repeatedly featured in storytelling events in Northern California. She has led writer groups\, tutored many in writing\, and regularly hosts poetry reading Satsangs at IYISF.
URL:https://integralyogasf.org/event/new-beginnings-writing-group-80/
CATEGORIES:Events,Featured
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260413T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260413T183000
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SUMMARY:Spiritual Study: Working with Afflictive Emotions on the Yogic Path\, Part 1 of 3
DESCRIPTION:3 Mondays\, April 13\, 20 & 27\nOnline | $5-20 sliding scale per session | Offered individually\nfree for active teachers \nBook now/OnlinePlease register in advance; a Zoom link will be emailed 1 hour before the session\, or join Zoom directly via your Momence dashboard. \nBook April 20 \nBook April 27 \nBeing a yogi\, yoga teacher or therapist does not give us a golden ticket out of suffering from afflictive emotions like anger\, jealousy\, or fear. Working skillfully with\, and befriending these emotions\, is the work of a lifetime. We will examine one emotion per week and explore what sages and scholars have offered as a way to overcome these detrimental mindstates.\nEach session will include the following:\n\nIntroduction and Centering Practice\nPresentation\nTime for Reflection\, Comments\, Questions\nTools/Strategies/Practices for Daily Life\n\nThis study group is for anyone willing to dig into their practice\, understand how shame can incapacitate us\, and come to a deeper understanding of ourselves as yogis on the path. Together we’ll explore the emotions in the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali. We’ll also share insights about the emotions from Buddhist and neuroscience perspectives.\nThe Yoga Spiritual Study series is an offering in which participants learn and discuss how the teachings of Yoga apply to our daily lives. We read passages from scriptures of Yoga and other ancient and contemporary spiritual texts\, take time to reflect upon them\, and share with each other how these words and practices support us on the spiritual path. All are welcome to join any one or all of the sessions. These sessions will not be recorded.\nOnline | $5-20 sliding scale\n\nVimukti Aslan\, C-IAYT\, YACEP\, an IYI-transplant to Philadelphia\, is happy to be of service through this study group. An Integral yogi since the mid-90s\, she has taught Integral Yoga since 2009 at IYI and since 2011 in Philadelphia jails\, universities\, studios\, and privately. She has taught in many US states as well as Canada\, Egypt\, Israel\, and Colombia. She loves spreading the universal truths of Integral Yoga and helping others find their True Nature. \nJen Meagher\, RYT-200\, is a certified Integral Yoga Meditation and Hatha I teacher and an Accessible Yoga and Chair Yoga teacher through the Accessible Yoga School. Jen has also studied Trauma-Informed Yoga with Soul Haum Yoga in Philadelphia\, Meditation and Neuroscience with Kelly Blaser\, and Raja Yoga Philosophy with Integral Yoga in San Francisco. A student of yoga for over 20 years\, Jen loves to learn and grow in her own practice and strives to make yoga accessible\, joyful\, and healing for all.
URL:https://integralyogasf.org/event/spiritual-study-working-with-afflictive-emotions-1-of-3/
CATEGORIES:Events,Featured
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260418T113000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260418T123000
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SUMMARY:Satsang: Inspiration for the Spiritual Journey
DESCRIPTION:Online \n$5-$20 | Enroll for free\, use promo code FREE \nBook now/OnlinePlease register in advance; a Zoom link will be emailed 1 hour before the session\, or join Zoom directly via your Momence dashboard. \nJoin us for this heartfelt and inspiring session\, where two senior and widely respected Integral Yoga swamis\, Swamis Ramananda and Asokananda\, will reflect on the teachings and practices that have sustained them over the years. They will also share what continues to inspire and renew their dedication to the path today.\nThe spiritual journey is filled with challenges\, and progress can often feel slow or uncertain. Along the way\, we benefit deeply from the support of fellow travelers\, those who have walked this path before us\, who generously share their experience\, and who care enough to walk beside us.\nPlease bring your heartfelt questions. At least half of the session will be dedicated to Q&A. All are welcome. This workshop will be recorded and available to all enrolled students for two weeks.\n\nSwami 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.\nHe 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. \nSwami Asokananda\, a monk since 1973\, is one of Integral Yoga’s foremost teachers\, known for his warmth\, intelligence\, and good humor. His teaching comes out of his own practice and experience\, since he has absorbed the wisdom of his guru\, Sri Swami Satchidananda\, since the age of 19. While he enjoys sharing the practical wisdom of the Yogic philosophy (especially that of the great Indian scripture the Bhagavad Gita)\, he also loves his practice of Hatha Yoga and is one of our primary instructors for Intermediate and Advanced Hatha Yoga Teacher Training. In the past\, he has served as the president of Satchidananda Ashram–Yogaville® and Integral Yoga® International; he is currently the President of the New York Integral Yoga Institute.
URL:https://integralyogasf.org/event/satsang-inspiration-for-the-spiritual-journey-3/
CATEGORIES:Events,Featured
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260420T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260420T183000
DTSTAMP:20260515T195233
CREATED:20260217T235833Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260304T193506Z
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SUMMARY:Spiritual Study: Working with Afflictive Emotions on the Yogic Path\, Part 2 of 3
DESCRIPTION:3 Mondays online | Offered individually April 13\, 20 & 27\nfree for active teachers \n$5-20 sliding scale per session \nBook now/OnlinePlease register in advance; a Zoom link will be emailed 1 hour before the session\, or join Zoom directly via your Momence dashboard. \nBook April 13 \nBook April 27 \nBeing a yogi\, yoga teacher or therapist does not give us a golden ticket out of suffering from afflictive emotions like anger\, jealousy\, or fear. Working skillfully with\, and befriending these emotions\, is the work of a lifetime. We will examine one emotion per week and explore what sages and scholars have offered as a way to overcome these detrimental mindstates.\nEach session will include the following:\n\nIntroduction and Centering Practice\nPresentation\nTime for Reflection\, Comments\, Questions\nTools/Strategies/Practices for Daily Life\n\nThis study group is for anyone willing to dig into their practice\, understand how shame can incapacitate us\, and come to a deeper understanding of ourselves as yogis on the path. Together we’ll explore the emotions in the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali. We’ll also share insights about the emotions from Buddhist and neuroscience perspectives.\nThe Yoga Spiritual Study series is an offering in which participants learn and discuss how the teachings of Yoga apply to our daily lives. We read passages from scriptures of Yoga and other ancient and contemporary spiritual texts\, take time to reflect upon them\, and share with each other how these words and practices support us on the spiritual path. All are welcome to join any one or all of the sessions. These sessions will not be recorded.\nOnline | $5-20 sliding scale\n\nVimukti Aslan\, C-IAYT\, YACEP\, an IYI-transplant to Philadelphia\, is happy to be of service through this study group. An Integral yogi since the mid-90s\, she has taught Integral Yoga since 2009 at IYI and since 2011 in Philadelphia jails\, universities\, studios\, and privately. She has taught in many US states as well as Canada\, Egypt\, Israel\, and Colombia. She loves spreading the universal truths of Integral Yoga and helping others find their True Nature. \nJen Meagher\, RYT-200\, is a certified Integral Yoga Meditation and Hatha I teacher and an Accessible Yoga and Chair Yoga teacher through the Accessible Yoga School. Jen has also studied Trauma-Informed Yoga with Soul Haum Yoga in Philadelphia\, Meditation and Neuroscience with Kelly Blaser\, and Raja Yoga Philosophy with Integral Yoga in San Francisco. A student of yoga for over 20 years\, Jen loves to learn and grow in her own practice and strives to make yoga accessible\, joyful\, and healing for all.
URL:https://integralyogasf.org/event/spiritual-study-working-with-afflictive-emotions-2-of-3/
CATEGORIES:Events,Featured
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260423T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260423T193000
DTSTAMP:20260515T195233
CREATED:20260302T222059Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260422T184910Z
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SUMMARY:How Yoga Transformed My Life\, Part 1 of 2
DESCRIPTION:ONLINE & IN-PERSON with Swami Ramananda\, C-IAYT\, E-RYT 500 \n2 Thursdays\, April 23 & 30 \nBoth sessions: $45 | $40 Early bird\, use promo code LIFE\, exp. 4/16/26\nIndividual session $25 each \nBook both sessions/OnlinePlease register in advance; a Zoom link will be emailed 1 hour before the session\, or join Zoom directly via your Momence dashboard. \nBook both session/In-PersonWe appreciate advance registration. \nIndividual session(s)\n4/23 – Book Online |  Book In-person\n4/30 –  Book Online | Book In-person \nIn this two-part workshop\, Swami Ramananda—drawing on more than fifty years of dedicated yoga practice—will share five pivotal teachings that profoundly changed his life. Central among them is a liberating insight into self-identity: “I don’t have to buy into the whole story that inhabits my mind and feels like me.”\nThrough guided reflection and clear\, down-to-earth explanation\, Swami Ramananda will show how these teachings can be applied to everyday challenges such as work\, relationships\, and stress. For example\, together\, we will explore how loosening our identification with habitual mental narratives opens the possibility for greater freedom\, presence\, and discernment.\nParticipants will leave with simple\, practical tools to respond more skillfully to daily events and to cultivate clarity\, inner growth\, and a deeper sense of well-being—both on and off the mat.\nThese workshops are available for sign up as a course or individually at $25 – 4/23 & 4/30 and will be recorded and available to all enrolled students for two weeks.\n\nSwami 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.\nHe 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.
URL:https://integralyogasf.org/event/how-yoga-transformed-my-life-part-1-of-2/
CATEGORIES:Events,Featured
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260424T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260424T173000
DTSTAMP:20260515T195233
CREATED:20260309T193940Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260422T184515Z
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SUMMARY:New Beginnings Writing Group
DESCRIPTION:ONLINE with Susan Ford\, C-IAYT\, RYT-500 \n$1-15 sliding scale | Meets twice a month on 2nd and 4th Friday | Ongoing \nBook now/OnlinePlease register in advance; a Zoom link will be emailed 1 hour before the session\, or join Zoom directly via your Momence dashboard. \nIn these times of great change we will explore a path toward meeting ourselves where we are to give voice to all that matters! As we live with interruptions and chaos\, we can deepen into the roots of our creativity\, encouraging the river of expression to flow. Beginners and seasoned writers are welcome\, as we explore various forms of writing: poetry\, prose\, short stories\, memoir\, among others. 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. Participants are encouraged to go at their own pace.\nTools we will Practice:\n• The Art of Paying Attention\n• Acceptance\n• Play\n• Writing from the Heart \nTogether we will combine self-care with our writing and discover what a writing practice means to us and how it may take shape.\n\nSusan Ford\, C-IAYT\, RYT-500\, began teaching in 2011 and has been an assistant trainer for the Basic Yoga Teacher Training at Integral Yoga Institute San Francisco (IYISF) since 2012. She specializes in gentle yoga and yoga therapy working with people with disabilities\, cancer\, heart disease\, arthritis\, aging\, bone health\, anxiety\, depression and asthma. Her focus is to help students to meet their bodies where they are by introducing and incorporating Therapeutic Yoga\, Raja Yoga\, Hatha Yoga\, pranayama and meditation. Susan has been a writer of poetry\, short stories and plays most of her adult life and has been repeatedly featured in storytelling events in Northern California. She has led writer groups\, tutored many in writing\, and regularly hosts poetry reading Satsangs at IYISF.
URL:https://integralyogasf.org/event/new-beginnings-writing-group-81/
CATEGORIES:Events,Featured
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260425T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260425T130000
DTSTAMP:20260515T195233
CREATED:20260302T223732Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260422T185057Z
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SUMMARY:Move with Ease: Hatha Yoga for Hip Mobility & Lower Body
DESCRIPTION:ONLINE with Nathalie Rukmini Ando\, E-RYT 500\, YACEP\n$35 | $30 Early bird\, exp. 4/18 \nBook now/OnlinePlease register in advance; a Zoom link will be emailed 1 hour before the session\, or join Zoom directly via your Momence dashboard. \nJoin us for a 2-hour Hatha Yoga workshop designed to improve hip mobility and flexibility in the hip joints. Through a series of targeted yoga poses and exercises\, you’ll learn how to safely and mindfully deepen your range of motion\, release tension\, and strengthen hip flexors. This practice is especially beneficial for individuals experiencing stiffness\, as it can lead to improved posture\, spinal stability\, and overall well-being. Perfect for yoga practitioners seeking to deepen their practice\, particularly in forward bends and seated poses.\nIn this interactive workshop\, we’ll explore muscle activation on many of the Yoga Asanas\, covering:\n– Major movements of the pelvis and hip joints\n– Strengthening postures for those movements\n– Balancing and Dynamic poses\n– A couple of Yin Yoga poses \nAll levels are welcome. This workshop will be recorded for later viewing and shared for 2 weeks with all enrolled students.\n\nNathalie Rukmini Ando\, E-RYT 500\, YACEP\, is a Yoga teacher\, trainer\, and graphic designer\, Brazilian of Japanese descent. She lived in Yogaville\, VA\, where she served as a Yoga teacher\, program development director\, leadership team member\, online courses administrator\, DE&I (Diversity Equity and Inclusion) Committee member\, and Anti-Racism Task Force member. She has been practicing Yoga since 2004\, teaching since 2010\, and has been a Yoga teacher trainer since 2022. She is certified in Basic\, Intermediate\, and Advanced Integral Yoga\, Raja Yoga\, Adaptive\, Stress Management\, Yoga of Recovery\, Yin Yoga\, Yoga Nidra\, Basics of Ayurveda\, and Neuroscience & Yoga. As a teacher\, she’s known for her clear instruction and her classes include fun\, level-appropriate challenges. She also holds a bachelor’s degree in engineering and is a fine artist specializing in oil-on-canvas\, watercolor\, and botanical illustrations. You can see her artwork at natiando.art.
URL:https://integralyogasf.org/event/move-with-ease-hatha-yoga-for-hip-mobility-lower-body/
CATEGORIES:Events,Featured
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260425T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260425T203000
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SUMMARY:Music and Poetry of South Asian Mystics: an exploration of Sufi songs
DESCRIPTION:IN-PERSON with Anhad Naad Collective \n$25 Day of | $20 In advance\, use promo code SUFI \nBook now/In-PersonWe appreciate advance registration. \nJoin us for exploration of traditional devotional music from the motherland of Yoga.\nAnhad Naad Collective presents:\nMusic and Poetry of South Asian Mystics: an exploration of Sufi songs.\nWe are sharing our own experience with Sufism through singing\, music and poetry. Audience is encouraged to sing along with us\, we will provide lyrics with English translations.\nHistorically\, in South Asia\, Sufism played a huge role in inter-faith syncretism and Sufi shrines (dargahs) have been pivotal to communal harmony.\nDivya Purohit Vyas – vocal\nIrum Aftab – vocal\nVivek Anand – vocal\, harmonium\nRajnish Kamat – vocal\nJun Ishimuro – flute\, digital audio workstation (DAW)\nCraig Reiter- bass and other string instruments\nAbhay Shankar Anand – tabla\, percussions\, sound engineering
URL:https://integralyogasf.org/event/music-and-poetry-of-south-asian-mystics-3/
CATEGORIES:Events,Featured
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260427T173000
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SUMMARY:Spiritual Study: Working with Afflictive Emotions on the Yogic Path\, Part 3 of 3
DESCRIPTION:ONLINE With Vimukti Aslan and Jen Meagher.\n3-Mondays\, April 13\, 20 & 27\, offered individually. \n$5-20 sliding scale per session \nBook now/OnlinePlease register in advance; a Zoom link will be emailed 1 hour before the session\, or join Zoom directly via your Momence dashboard. \nBook April 13 \nBook April 20 \nBeing a yogi\, yoga teacher or therapist does not give us a golden ticket out of suffering from afflictive emotions like anger\, jealousy\, or fear. Working skillfully with\, and befriending these emotions\, is the work of a lifetime. We will examine one emotion per week and explore what sages and scholars have offered as a way to overcome these detrimental mindstates.\nEach session will include the following:\n\nIntroduction and Centering Practic\nPresentation\nTime for Reflection\, Comments\, Questions\nTools/Strategies/Practices for Daily Life\n\nThis study group is for anyone willing to dig into their practice\, understand how shame can incapacitate us\, and come to a deeper understanding of ourselves as yogis on the path. Together we’ll explore the emotions in the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali. We’ll also share insights about the emotions from Buddhist and neuroscience perspectives.\nThe Yoga Spiritual Study series is an offering in which participants learn and discuss how the teachings of Yoga apply to our daily lives. We read passages from scriptures of Yoga and other ancient and contemporary spiritual texts\, take time to reflect upon them\, and share with each other how these words and practices support us on the spiritual path. All are welcome to join any one or all of the sessions. These sessions will not be recorded.\nOnline | $5-20 sliding scale\n\nVimukti Aslan\, C-IAYT\, YACEP\, an IYI-transplant to Philadelphia\, is happy to be of service through this study group. An Integral yogi since the mid-90s\, she has taught Integral Yoga since 2009 at IYI and since 2011 in Philadelphia jails\, universities\, studios\, and privately. She has taught in many US states as well as Canada\, Egypt\, Israel\, and Colombia. She loves spreading the universal truths of Integral Yoga and helping others find their True Nature. \nJen Meagher\, RYT-200\, is a certified Integral Yoga Meditation and Hatha I teacher and an Accessible Yoga and Chair Yoga teacher through the Accessible Yoga School. Jen has also studied Trauma-Informed Yoga with Soul Haum Yoga in Philadelphia\, Meditation and Neuroscience with Kelly Blaser\, and Raja Yoga Philosophy with Integral Yoga in San Francisco. A student of yoga for over 20 years\, Jen loves to learn and grow in her own practice and strives to make yoga accessible\, joyful\, and healing for all.
URL:https://integralyogasf.org/event/spiritual-study-working-with-afflictive-emotions-3-of-3/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260430T180000
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SUMMARY:How Yoga Transformed My Life\, Part 2 of 2
DESCRIPTION:ONLINE & IN-PERSON with Swami Ramananda\, C-IAYT\, E-RYT 500\n2 Thursdays\, April 23 & 30 \nBoth sessions: $45 | $40 Early bird\, use promo code LIFE\, exp. 4/16/26\nIndividual session(s): $25 each \nBook both sessions/OnlinePlease register in advance; a Zoom link will be emailed 1 hour before the session\, or join Zoom directly via your Momence dashboard. \nBook both session/In-PersonWe appreciate advance registration. \nIndividual session(s)\n4/23 – Book Online |  Book In-person\n4/30 –  Book Online | Book In-person \nIn this two-part workshop\, Swami Ramananda—drawing on more than fifty years of dedicated yoga practice—will share five pivotal teachings that profoundly changed his life. Central among them is a liberating insight into self-identity: “I don’t have to buy into the whole story that inhabits my mind and feels like me.”\nThrough guided reflection and clear\, down-to-earth explanation\, Swami Ramananda will show how these teachings can be applied to everyday challenges such as work\, relationships\, and stress. For example\, together\, we will explore how loosening our identification with habitual mental narratives opens the possibility for greater freedom\, presence\, and discernment.\nParticipants will leave with simple\, practical tools to respond more skillfully to daily events and to cultivate clarity\, inner growth\, and a deeper sense of well-being—both on and off the mat.\nThese workshops are available for sign up as a course or individually at $25 – 4/23 & 4/30\nand will be recorded and available to all enrolled students for two weeks.\n\nSwami 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.\nHe 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.
URL:https://integralyogasf.org/event/how-yoga-transformed-my-life-part-2-of-2/
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