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Satsang: How Guru and Grace Guide Our Lives

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Sri Swami Satchidananda’s Jayanthi, or birthday, is approaching on December 22. We will all reflect on our personal experience, whether with Sri Gurudev or with another teacher who has inspired us, and share how this guidance and Sadhana have been foundational in our lives.

Rishi Schwieg first met Sri Swami Satchidananda in 1970. Sri Swami Satchidananda’s thought, action and presence has been a guiding principle in Rishi’s life ever since then. Rishi says, “It is in serving that we learn to live, it is in giving that we receive the greatest gift. Let us sit together and talk about Yoga. As we discard illusions of who we are, we become a fuller version of our true selves. A small step furthers.”

 

 

 

Vijay David 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 Sri Gurudev came to New York City and established the first Integral Yoga Institute. He is the author of Modern Yoga Handbook. Vijay is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and currently works for a Telehealth Company, as well as having a private practice. Vijay maintains contact with his gurubais and continues to actively work for the continued promotion and dissemination of Sri Gurudev’s teachings.

 

 

Ishwara Cowan was among the 1st San Francisco IYI students/ initiates. As a co-founder/officer of the IYI of California, Inc., he assisted in establishing the 1st Yogaville. He also served IYI as consultant/instructor/lecturer. A PhD from UC Berkeley, he was Professor at Cal State & U Virginia. 1st founding member: Yogaville West, Santa Barbara, “Ish” often hosted & served as driver/ companion of Swami Satchidananda. He is author of Calm Lake: Satchidananda, available on Amazon.

2020-12-15T15:39:13-08:00November 4th, 2020|Tags: , , |

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.

 

2020-12-21T11:33:38-08:00November 4th, 2020|Tags: , , |

Satsang: In the Footsteps of the Master, the Disciples and the Lineage 

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Join these two disciples who have “walked in the footsteps” for fifty years; as they share their experiences, their stories, their aspirations and their challenges.

Swami Divyananda 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.

 

 

Ramakrishna Sackett began his study of Yoga and Eastern Religious traditions in 1967, and in 1970 joined the Integral Yoga Institute of San Francisco as a founding member of the ashram at 770 Dolores St (which now celebrates 50 years of continuous service in SF). As an Integral Yoga Teacher and Community Service Director of the IYI through the early 70’s, he taught extensively, in the SF Bay Area, serving students at the IYI, in high schools, colleges, half-way houses, detention centers, Integral Yoga Retreats, on wilderness outings and a television program.

In 1972 he was a founding member of the first Integral Yoga country ashram, Yogaville West in northern California, serving as Head of Maintenance and teaching on IY Retreats until moving in 1975 with his wife Radha, to join the community of Yogaville East in Pomfret Center, Connecticut. A carpenter by trade, Ramakrishna was a key member of the maintenance and construction staff at the Ashram, and when the property in Virginia was found in 1979, he and his young family were selected to pioneer the founding of the SAYVA in rural Buckingham.

He served on the Volunteer Fire Department of Buckingham, as an EMT with the Buckingham Rescue Squad and was a leader in founding the Volunteer Fire Department of Yogaville.

He has had a role in constructing most of the major buildings at Yogaville including Ananda Kutir, Sivananda Hall, Lotus, Chidambaram, Vivekananda Vihar, Guru Bhavan and the Monastery, several private residences in the area and numerous projects in Central Virginia. His four children were born and raised in Yogaville with Jyoti #2, the first child born at SAYVA.

With his late wife, Rev Vidya Vonne, he shared a deep love of the Integral Yoga path and the community in which it grows, showing how spirituality and Yoga enter all aspects of Life. He continues in that spirit to teach and to build, to parent, dance, write poetry, climb mountains, invent new things, and to share the wisdom teachings of Swami Satchidananda and Master Sivananda….and be grateful every day.

 

2020-10-26T16:40:24-07:00October 26th, 2020|Tags: , , |

Satsang: Navaratri – Celebration Honoring the Divine Mother – Durga Puja

Satsang: Navaratri – Celebration Honoring the Divine Mother – Durga Puja with Swami Divyananda
Saturday, October 17 ⋅ 5:00 – 6:30pm

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Navaratri is the celebration of the Divine Mother in the form of the three Hindu Goddesses: Durga, Lakshmi and Saraswati.

We’ll celebrate each of the three Goddesses over the 9 days, Navaratri. The celebration culminates with a special service on the 10th day, which is called Vijayadasami. This is a special opportunity to bless your house and all the tools you use in your work. Please join us for this special celebration.
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Navaratri: Celebration Honoring the Divine Mother – Lakshmi Puja with Swami Ramananda & Astrud Castillo
Tuesday, October 20 ⋅ 12:00 – 12:45pm

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Navaratri is the celebration of the Divine Mother in the form of the three Hindu Goddesses: Durga, Lakshmi and Saraswati.
We’ll celebrate each of the three Goddesses over the 9 days, Navaratri. The celebration culminates with a special service on the 10th day, which is called Vijayadasami. This is a special opportunity to bless your house and all the tools you use in your work. Please join us for this special celebration.
This includes our noon meditation/kirtan

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Navaratri: Celebration Honoring the Divine Mother – Saraswati Puja with Swami Divyananda
Friday, October 23 ⋅ 12:00 – 12:45pm

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Navaratri is the celebration of the Divine Mother in the form of the three Hindu Goddesses: Durga, Lakshmi and Saraswati.
We’ll celebrate each of the three Goddesses over the 9 days, Navaratri. The celebration culminates with a special service on the 10th day, which is called Vijayadasami. This is a special opportunity to bless your house and all the tools you use in your work. Please join us for this special celebration.
This includes of our noon meditation.

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Vijayadasami: Celebration Honoring the Divine Mother with Swami Ramananda, Astrud Castillo & Diana Meltsner
Monday, October 26 ⋅ 12:00 – 1:00pm

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Please join us for the final celebration of Vijayadasami. After 9 days Navaratri of celebrating the Divine Feminine in the forms of the three goddesses: Durga, Lakshmi, and Saraswati, we honor the Divine Mother and her victory over evil. We will discuss and celebrate our own victories and challenges we have overcome on our spiritual path.
This is a very auspicious occasion where we bless all the tools we use during the year as well as our surroundings. After discussion, we’ll celebrate with chanting, an Indian worship service (puja) and home blessing.

To bless your home, you can prepare one or more of the following: a candle, incense or sage, small bowl of clean water, flowers, or a bell. Have your house clean and ready to receive a blessing as well as the objects you would like to bless. We will offer guidance in how to do the personal space blessing and practice it together.

No experience necessary.

2020-10-13T18:15:15-07:00September 14th, 2020|Tags: , |
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