Satsang: When Our Flaws Become Our Superpower

ONLINE & IN-PERSON with Rev. Diana Dharani Diaz
$5-$20 | Enroll for free, use promo code FREE

Please register in advance: a Zoom link will be emailed 1 hour before the session, or join Zoom directly via your Momence dashboard.

We appreciate advance registration.

Can our worst traits actually become our superpowers? Throughout history, we see incredible stories of transformation—sinners turned saints, gang members turned role models, and thieves turned philanthropists. In this inspiring Satsang, we will look at the powerful life story of St. Moses the Black. After escaping a life of forced slavery, he rose to power as a ruthless criminal terrorizing the desert. Everything changed, however, during a gang break-in at a desert monastery that completely shifted his trajectory. But not without trials and struggle. Together, we will discover how we can channel our own personal intensity and redirect our inner power to align with our highest, divine potential.

Everyone is welcome to stay for tea and light snacks afterwards.

Satsang 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.

People of all faiths are welcome.


Diana “Dharani” Díaz, MA, RYT 500, is a writer and Yoga teacher certified in Yoga for Stress Management, Accessible Yoga, Yoga for Cancer and Chronic Illness, and Holistic Sound Resonance, among others. Diana is passionate about sharing both yoga and writing with marginalized communities. She teaches yoga online for Sister Mentors and currently serves as vice president of Voices of Our Nation’s Arts (VONA), an organization that nurtures writers of color. She particularly enjoys the practice of Yoga Nidra, which aligns with her beliefs in the healing power of words and the nature of the true Self being peace.

SATSANG・60 Years of Integral Yoga: Honoring a Legacy, Inspiring the Future

Celebrating 6 Branches of Integral Yoga
60 Year Anniversary Weekend Celebration • Friday, OCT 2 – Sunday, OCT 4
HATHA • physical well-being | RAJA • mental mastery | BHAKTI • devotion | JNANA • wisdom & Self-realization
KARMA • selfless service | JAPA • transformation through sacred sound


ONLINE & IN-PERSON with Swamis Ramananda, Divyananda, & Vimalananda, and David Vijay Hassin

$5–54 individual session , enroll for free, use promo code FREE | $54–540 Weekend Pass
Accepted memberships: Active teachers, Weekend Pass* holders, and “Friends” all levels.

All sessions are offered on a sliding scale to support accessibility for all. You may pay for individual sessions or purchase a Weekend Pass, which serves as one payment for all sessions throughout the weekend. Weekend Pass holders must still register in advance for each session they wish to attend in order to reserve their space. As a special weekend in support of our nonprofit mission, we invite you to contribute as generously as you are able to help us continue sharing the classical teachings of Integral Yoga with all who seek them for years to come. Thank you.

Join us as we celebrate sixty years of Integral Yoga—a tradition that has touched countless lives through its timeless teachings, transformative practices, and vision of peace. We will reflect on the rich legacy of Integral Yoga, honoring its roots and growth, and celebrating its potential to guide future generations toward greater harmony, wisdom, and joy.

 


Enjoy a Weekend Pass; make one payment and access ALL sessions throughout the weekend! Weekend Pass holders must still register in advance for each session that they wish to attend in order to reserve their space. When registering for individual sessions, select the Weekend Pass as your payment.


Swami 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.
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 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.

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.

David Vijay Hassin was the Founding Director of the Integral Yoga Institute of San Francisco and the first Yogaville West community. He was one of a core group of students of Sri Swami Satchidananda when the first Integral Yoga Institute in New York City was first established. He is the author of Modern Yoga Handbook. Vijay is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in private psychotherapy practice. He has been including Western and Eastern philosophies in psychotherapy practice for decades. He completed a year long post graduate certification program in Psychedelic Assisted Therapy, from Vancouver Island University. He and his wife and partner Sharada Thompson, PHD currently work with clients with trauma in a Ketamine clinic in Marin.

Swami 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.

Sunday Spiritual Talk: What This Moment Asks of Us: A Fall Equinox Satsang

ONLINE with Kamala Itzel Hayward, C-IAYT, E-RYT 500, YACEP

$5-$20 | Enroll for free, use promo code FREE.

Please register in advance: a Zoom link will be emailed 1 hour before the session, or join Zoom directly via your Momence dashboard.

The Fall Equinox marks a point in the Earth’s cycle when day and night are nearly equal in length—a moment of transition as conditions in nature begin to shift. In this Satsang, we’ll use the equinox as an opportunity to examine how we respond to shifts unfolding in our world and in our own lives. Grounded in the wisdom of Yoga and compassionate communication, the gathering will include shared reflection, contemplative inquiry, and guided practice. Together, we’ll explore how yogic principles of nonviolence and truthfulness, along with the cultivation of a calm, steady mind, support us in responding to harm, conflict, and upheaval with integrity.

Satsang 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.

People of all faiths are welcome.


Kamala Itzel Hayward was an economic justice and public policy lawyer for over a decade before shifting her focus to wellness, mindfulness, and healing. The liberatory, embodied, trauma-informed lens she developed across both paths now shapes everything she does.
Itzel specializes in bringing Yoga and mindfulness to communities directly impacted by systemic oppression. She is the founder of the Integral Yoga Institute’s Scholarship-Based Yoga Teacher Training for Black, Indigenous, and People of Color. She’s also an Adjunct Professor at UC Law SF, where she teaches her students to facilitate equitable group processes through mindful presence, power-consciousness, and empathic engagement.
Find Itzel on Insight Timer for a library of guided meditations, monthly live events, and her growing community rooted in liberation and collective well-being: insighttimer.com/attunedliving

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Satsang: Inspiration for the Spiritual Journey

ONLINE with Swami Ramananda & Swami Asokananda

$5-$20 | Enroll for free, use promo code FREE.

Please register in advance: a Zoom link will be emailed 1 hour before the session, or join Zoom directly via your Momence dashboard.

Join 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.

The 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.
Please bring your heartfelt questions. At least half of the session will be dedicated to Q&A. All are welcome.

Satsang 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.


Swami 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.
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 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.

Swami 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.

2026-07-29T11:09:07-07:00July 13th, 2026|Tags: , , |
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