Open House #2 for 200-Hour BIPOC Yoga Teacher Training 2025

ONLINE with Mia Velez, E RYT-500 & Rukmini Ando
Meet the members of this all-BIPOC teaching staff. Explore the importance of a program specifically designed to address systemic racism and lack of equity in the yoga community. Have all of your questions about the training answered and meet the trainers.

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.

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.

Kirtan with Astrud and Friends

IN-PERSON with Astrud Castillo & Friends
Join Astrud and her dear friends for an evening of Kirtan or mantra meditation. Mantras are instruments or tools used to redirect our mind to the Source, Peace and ultimately to the heart.

Breath: Mysterious and Therapeutic

ONLINE & IN-PERSON with Diana Meltsner, C-IAYT, ERYT-500, YACEP
Breath has a potential to open doors to a greater awareness, a path to our spiritual awakening. We will explore the breath in asana, yoga nidra, pranayama and meditation practices.

Yoga for the Soul, Body, and Mind

IN-PERSON | Consecutive Fridays, 6:30-8:00 pm –offered individually– with Diana Meltsner & K. Muktidevi Demafeliz
Join us 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.

Satsang: Authenticity, a Path to Self-Realization

ONLINE & IN-PERSON with Claudia Bartsch, PRYT
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 Ramananda, 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.

Yoga for the Soul, Body, and Mind

IN-PERSON | Consecutive Fridays, 6:30-8:00 pm –offered individually– with Saraswati Melanie Takahashi & Barbara Dickey
Join us 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.

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.

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