Integral Yoga Institute San Francisco

Meditation 101, 2-part workshop

$35 (for both sessions) | ONLINE

Wednesday, January 5, 2022 ⋅ 5:30 – 7:00pm
Wednesday, January 19, 2022⋅5:30 – 7:00pm

Please register in advance, a Zoom link and passcode will be provided via confirmation email.

In this 2-part workshop we will focus on how to add sustainable meditation practice into our daily life. Different techniques will be explored. Swami Ramananda and Diana Meltsner will provide an opportunity to ask questions about meditation practices and challenges. We will offer ongoing help with any obstacles if they come up in assigned 2-week personal practice.

All levels of practice are welcome.

Swami Ramananda is the Executive Director of the Integral Yoga Institute in San Francisco 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 is a co-founder of 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.

Diana Meltsner, C-IAYT and e-RYT 500, has been teaching yoga in the Bay Area since 2001. Diana has been a lead teacher trainer for 200-hour Integral Yoga Teacher Trainings since 2012. The classes she teaches include chair/gentle, various levels of Hatha yoga, prenatal, guided mindfulness meditations, and various yoga, pranayama and meditation workshops. She’s been working as a health educator and yoga instructor for Kaiser Permanente since 2014.
She is C-IAYT certified yoga therapist and San Francisco center manager for the Integral Yoga Therapy 800-hour certification program. Diana offers individual therapeutic sessions with focus on physical and mental wellness. Her offerings help people to find a deeper sense of well-being and ability to move through life with increased ease, intuition, and stress resilience. dianameltsner.com

Sevika Ford2021-12-30T18:01:08-08:00November 19th, 2021|Tags: Diana Meltsner, Integral Yoga Institute San Francisco, meditation, Swami Ramananda|

Grief, Growth and Community, 4-week series
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Grief, Growth and Community, 4-week series

Grief, Growth and Community, 4-week series

We are sorry this workshop has been cancelled.

~~$25, $40, $55 | Please register in advance, a Zoom link and passcode will be provided via confirmation email.~~

Weekly on 4 consecutive Thursdays:

~~Thursday, January 13, 2022 ⋅ 5:00 – 6:30 pm PT~~
~~Thursday, January 20, 2022 ⋅ 5:00 – 6:30 pm PT~~
~~Thursday, January 27, 2022 ⋅ 5:00 – 6:30 pm PT~~
~~Thursday, February 3, 2022 ⋅ 5:00 – 6:30 pm PT~~

Please join Whitney Wilkerson, Master of Divinity candidate, in a spiritual growth group that will focus on finding compassion centered approaches to life’s challenges.

How do we navigate the transitions of our lives?

Change, adversity, and loss, calls for time in a community where listening is encouraged, sharing is welcomed, and responding to our hearts with compassion is imperative. Whether you are experiencing loss, are at a crossroad, or sense that a container of support might help you navigate what is arising in your life this weekly gathering offers a supportive framework to help you face the challenges of life.

To learn more please join Whitney on Thursday, January 6, 2022 ⋅ 5:00 – 6:30pm for her FREE Intro to Grief, Growth and Community.

As a teacher, trainer, and facilitator Whitney’s work with individuals and organizations is based on an integrated model to help implement health related change, growth, and advancement in mental, physical and spiritual capacities. Her approach of working with the mind is firmly rooted in Gestalt methodology, positive psychology, contemplative neuroscience, and the science of self compassion. She has coached members of the US Army in combat-readiness (mindfulness) to directly address issues of change fatigue and resiliency during deployment and currently serves as a Coach Training Assistant and Mentor in Duke University’s Integrative Health Coach Training program. She is a frequent lecturer and seminar presenter on topics including resiliency, mindful communication, & leading for optimism and innovation for clients including BlueCrossBlueShield and Kenan-Flagler Business School.
As a yoga teacher, continuing education provider and trainer (including as co-director and faculty of the Balance Through Movement Lead With Compassion yoga teacher training hosted by The University of North Carolina’s Program on Integrative Medicine) her work with the body is trauma-informed, non-dogmatic and supports students to become their own self-care expert through the cultivation of a sustainable yoga practice.
Whitney is a Master of Divinity candidate at Naropa University where she focuses on providing guidance and support for spiritually diverse populations though research backed compassionate care practices.
whitneywilkerson.com

Sevika Ford2022-01-12T13:25:16-08:00November 4th, 2021|Tags: Integral Yoga Institute San Francisco, online yoga workshop|

Full Moon Chanting

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Please register in advance, a Zoom link and passcode will be provided via confirmation email.

We gather once a month to chant the Gayatri Mantra, the great mantra of Light and Liberation, to maximize the spiritual benefits of the full moon.

“oṃ bhūr bhuvaḥ svaḥ

tat savitur vareṇyaṃ

bhargo devasya dhīmahi

dhiyo yo naḥ pracodayāt”

– Rigveda 3.62.10[11]

Snehan Born, e-RYT500, has four decades of experience with yoga and has been teaching Integral Yoga since 2000. Snehan resides at the Integral Yoga Institute of San Francisco, where he serves as assistant to Swami Ramananda, teaches yoga classes and is a lead teacher trainer. He has also led trainings at Satchidananda Ashram, Yogaville, Virginia, The Integral Yoga Institute in New York City and privately in Hawaii where Snehan co-created the Metamorphous Yoga Studio. Snehan is certified in all levels of Integral Yoga Hatha and has received additional certifications in Pranayama, Meditation, Raja Yoga and Stress Management from Integral Yoga and “Life of a Yogi” certification from Sri Dharma Mittra. In 1997 Snehan studied with Deepak Chopra in Goa, India and again in 2001 in Agra, India where he was asked to teach an Integral Yoga class to about 250 participants. Also, in 2001 he received “Conscious Eating”, a live foods certification from Dr. Gabriel Cousens at the Tree of Life Rejuvenation Center in Arizona.
Snehan has lived and traveled extensively within India (over 9 trips) and practiced with many teachers there. He has taught yoga all over the US as well as in India, Nepal, South America, Australia, New Zealand, Mexico, Japan and Europe.

Sevika Ford2021-11-30T14:02:50-08:00November 3rd, 2021|Tags: bhakti yoga, full moon chanting, Integral Yoga Institute San Francisco, Mantra repetition, snehan born|

Deepening into Meditation
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Deepening into Meditation

Deepening into Meditation

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By donation $0, $5, $10, $15 sliding scale, pay what you can | Please register in advance, a Zoom link and passcode will be provided via confirmation email.

Monthly on the third Wednesdays.

“You begin with ambition of some kind. Then, at a certain stage, meditation becomes instinctive. Then you cannot not meditate – it happens to you.” – Chogyam Trumpa

This ongoing group meets on the 3rd Wednesday of each month to explore and refine aspects of our meditation practices – how we sit, why we sit, and how that relates to our lives. The format consists of a group meditation with some direction, a talk on a related subject and a question/answer session with sharing.

Prajna Lorin Piper took her first yoga class in 1970 in southern California. Later that year she came through the doors of the Berkeley IYI, and since that time she has loved Integral Yoga. Over the years she has maintained an active involvement in movement, healing, and meditation. She has practiced yoga, tai chi, and various dance forms; co-authored two best selling books on Holistic Health; lived and danced flamenco in southern Spain; and since 2000, has taught Rosen Movement. In 2010, she completed her IYI Teacher Training at Yogaville, and began teaching yoga. She brings to her teaching four decades of meditation practice, the last twenty eight in the Buddhist tradition.

Attuning to the wisdom of the body/mind and opening to the present are the foundations of both Prajna’s teaching and personal practice.

Sevika Ford2021-11-30T14:08:24-08:00November 3rd, 2021|Tags: Buddhism, Integral Yoga Institute San Francisco, meditation, yoga|