Satsang: Inspiration for the Spiritual Journey

ONLINE with Swami Ramananda and 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.


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.

Satsang: When Our Flaws Become Our Superpower

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

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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.

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