Sangha

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

Join us for an evening of sharing words that reﬂect the voice of our soul. We will read and have discussions, awaken inspiration and peace in the heart. Mystical poetry and sacred songs are powerful expressions of the human experience, the dynamic meeting of the mind with the Grace of the Divine. It crosses the lines of time or even specific religious views.

All are welcome to have a poem or two ready to share or simply listen and enjoy. We will end with a 15 minute writing exercise led by Susan. Have a pen and be ready to be amazed by what can happen at the end of this highly inspiring collaboration.

Diana Meltsner, C-IAYT and e-RYT500, has been teaching yoga in the Bay Area since 2001. The classes she teaches include prenatal, gentle, various levels of Hatha yoga, and yoga workshops. Diana is a lead teacher trainer for 200hour Basic Yoga Teacher Trainings at Integral Yoga Institute San Francisco. She is certified yoga therapist and offers individual therapeutic sessions with focus ranging from stress reduction to injury recovery. Her classes include physical postures, breathing, guided relaxation, meditation and other yoga teachings which help people to find deeper sense of well-being and ability to move through life with increased ease, intuition, and stress resilience.

Susan Ford, C-IAYT, RYT-500, began practicing yoga when she was 18 years old. Her first yoga teacher training was Accessible Yoga through Integral Yoga Institute (IYI) and began teaching in 2011. Susan has been an assistant trainer for the Basic Yoga Teacher at IYI since 2012. She specializes in Gentle Yoga and working with people with disabilities, heart disease, arthritis, anxiety, depression and asthma. Her focus is to help students to meet their bodies where they are by introducing and incorporating Raja Yoga, Hatha Yoga, Pranayama and meditation. Susan has been certified in Yoga for Arthritis, Therapeutic Yoga, Raja Yoga and Meditation Teacher Training.

Sevika Ford2020-11-06T13:15:21-08:00November 6th, 2020|Tags: Diana Meltsner, Integral Yoga Institute San Francisco, Sangha, Satsang, Susan Ford|

Satsang: Building all-inclusive relationships
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Satsang: Building all-inclusive relationships

Satsang: Building all-inclusive relationships

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Chinnamasta will share her thoughts, how to weave uplifting relationships in your life. During these challenging times we need, more than ever, loyalty to Sangha. We need to reach out to support, especially those who are vulnerable, less fortunate, and forgotten. The yamas and niyamas are being reevaluated on a global level and as yogi’s we have the moral obligation to abide by these ethics. To move from separation to appreciation and respect for diversity. How do you put that in practice in your everyday life?

You could ask ourselves if the way you relate to another leads to a deeper understanding of yourself and the other. Does your attitude lead to connection and a desire on both ends to be together. Does the connection create communion?

Chinnamasta Stiles
The essence of Chinnamasta is her heart-felt and loving presence attained during many years of deep study and practice with gifted Master Teachers in Europe, India and the U.S. While sitting next to these teachers, she received abundant blessings that led to the healing of her Self, blessings she now shares with others. Chinnamasta’s true gift is that she has the capacity to assess the root cause of a disease due to physical, emotional, mental or karmic imbalances and understand how these lead to health issues and deep suffering. With a loving and understanding attitude she helps students become proactive on their spiritual healing path, which leads to a deeply rooted connection to the Yoni Mudra (the Inner Source), resulting in long-term restored vitality and well being.

Sevika Ford2020-12-21T11:33:38-08:00November 4th, 2020|Tags: Sangha, Satsang, yoga|

Thanksgiving Gathering: Expressing Gratitude
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Thanksgiving Gathering: Expressing Gratitude

Thanksgiving Gathering: Expressing Gratitude

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

Join us for this opportunity to share with each other our understanding of gratitude as a spiritual discipline and the many blessings we have experienced.
It’s our ability to be grateful for whatever we have, and comes to us in any given moment, that allows us to connect with the Joy and Divinity already within us. The program includes, a brief talk, time to share and a puja and blessing.

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.

Swami Divyananda Ma is one of Integral Yoga’s senior monastics and foremost teachers. Over the years she served as director at the Integral Yoga Institutes in Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Coimbatore, India and as the Ashram Manager in Yogaville. Presently she teaches and conducts trainings in the US and around the world, and leads an annual tour to the sacred temples and ashrams of India.

Sevika Ford2020-11-23T09:40:25-08:00October 10th, 2020|Tags: Integral Yoga Institute San Francisco, Sangha|

Community Meeting – Updates and Plans
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Community Meeting – Updates and Plans

Community Meeting – Updates and Plans

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

Please join us for this online gathering of our community to hear the latest news from the Institute and the status of our roof replacement project. We’ll discuss current online programs, and steps to reopening of the Institute. We welcome your feedback on how we can best serve going forward.
We’ll also share together how we use our Yoga practice to maintain a personal center of balance during these times of uncertainty.

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 Ford2020-10-10T17:24:28-07:00October 10th, 2020|Tags: Sangha|