online yoga workshop

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

Please review our In-person Safety Guidelines.

ONLINE & IN-PERSON | $35 for both Thursdays – May 5 & 12

We all encounter challenging situations that trigger strong emotions like fear or anger, which undermine our ability to act with clarity and care. In this 2-part workshop, we’ll explore how to recognize and relate to these powerful emotions, how to look deeply and understand their root causes, and how to receive the messages these emotions bring. We’ll discuss the steps needed to support our efforts to be present and compassionate with these deep-seated feelings, so that we can respond to them skillfully and use them as opportunities to guide our personal and spiritual growth.

The first session will focus on how anger originates, how it affects us, and how its energy can be released and expressed in appropriate ways.

The second session will explore the roots of fear, and how to bring awareness, healing and transformation to the psychic knots that bind our energy and weaken our ability to experience compassion and joy.

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.

Sevika Ford2022-04-18T10:32:46-07:00April 11th, 2022|Tags: Integral Yoga online workshop, Integral Yoga San Francisco, online yoga workshop, Raja Yoga, Swami Ramananda|

Spring Equinox – Sun Salutations Workshop
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Spring Equinox – Sun Salutations Workshop

Spring Equinox – Sun Salutations Workshop

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$15, $20 | ONLINE & IN-PERSON | Please register in advance, a Zoom link and passcode will be provided via confirmation email.

Join Mia Velez in celebration of the sunlight at this spring equinox. For centuries, yogis have welcomed the sun with the sun salutation series. It is a well-known tonic for the body that many people practice on a daily basis. This standing sequence maintains strength and flexibility in the body and helps to awaken the energy for the day.

In this interactive workshop, we will dissect/inquire within each posture as it suits different body types and abilities. The aim is to have a deeper connection to the body and to help prepare one for the more subtle practices.

Mia Velez entered the Integral Yoga Sangha in 2016 through the kitchen by helping to cook Thursday community lunches and silent retreat meals. In 2018 she certified as an Integral Yoga teacher to learn more of the IYI approach and be part of the lineage. Mia is a disciple of the Moy Yat Ving Tsun Kung Fu lineage and is highly influenced by her martial arts training. After completing her first 200 hour teacher training in 2008, she began to see undeniable parallel in Yoga and Kung Fu. When she began teaching Kung Fu in 2014, she incorporated Yoga insight and principles in her classes. Her goal in teaching is to connect with the students and to facilitate a safe space for exploration and self inquiry. Yoga and Kung Fu is integrated into her daily life as a mother, a preschool teacher, and an advocate for gender, race and class equality through multiple non-profits groups.

Sevika Ford2022-03-16T12:16:34-07:00February 4th, 2022|Tags: Integral Yoga Institute San Francisco, online yoga workshop|

LOVE
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LOVE

LOVE

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Online | $10, $15 | Please register in advance, a Zoom link and passcode will be provided via confirmation email.

“It is to taste the sweetness of Love that the soul consents to be encased in flesh and bone.” –Thirukural.

‘Round the world, it’s the stories of LOVE that mesmerize us. Let’s take this hour — on the eve of Valentine’s Day — to explore all the varied colorings of love, and the mystery of how it can both heal and destroy.

Swami Divyananda Ma, E-RYT 500, has had a wealth of experience teaching Integral Yoga around the world since 1973. She has taught at corporations, universities, the Commonwealth Cancer Center, and for the Dr. Dean Ornish Reversing Heart Disease programs. She has also served as one of Integral Yoga’s Basic Hatha teacher trainers.
Swami Divyananda Ma took monastic vows in 1975 from the great saint and yogi, Sri Swami Satchidananda. Over the years she has served as the director of the Integral Yoga Institutes in Los Angeles, San Francisco, and as Ashram Manager at Yogaville. She also served for ten years as the director of the Integral Yoga Institute in Coimbatore, India; this immersion into the South Indian culture has given depth to her understanding and practice of Yoga.

Now an itinerant monk, Swami Divyananda is constantly “on the road.” She leads the annual Sacred India Tours to sacred sites in India in addition to international Yoga retreats and trainings. Learn more at sacredindiatours.org.

Sevika Ford2022-02-04T21:40:58-08:00December 29th, 2021|Tags: Integral Yoga Institute San Francisco, online yoga workshop, Swami Divyananda|

Healing the Five Levels of Being, 3-week course
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Healing the Five Levels of Being, 3-week course

Healing the Five Levels of Being, 3-week course

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

$54 for all 3 sessions:

Thursday, February 10, 2022 ⋅ 5:00 – 6:30pm PT
Thursday, February 17, 2022 ⋅ 5:00 – 6:30pm PT
Thursday, February 24, 2022 ⋅ 5:00 – 6:30pm PT

The ancient texts of Yoga help us understand that the root cause of much of our suffering originates in the higher mind or intellectual level, including the subconscious beliefs formed during our childhood and present influence by our culture and environment. These unseen impressions from the past and present form our identity and influence the way we experience the world. In this 3-week course, we will look deeply into the subconscious beliefs that give rise to our fears and frustrations, and limit our ability to respond skillfully to life‘s challenges. We will use the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, guided reflection, and group discussion to see how this conditioning influences our physical, energetic, mental and social well-being. We will explore how we can each customize our personal practice to enhance our ability to respond skillfully to life‘s challenges and bring awareness and healing to all of the 5 levels of being.

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.

Sevika Ford2022-02-04T20:38:43-08:00December 29th, 2021|Tags: Integral Yoga San Francisco, online yoga workshop, Swami Ramananda|