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


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

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: , , |

Guru Puja

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

These devotional services are a time to come together for blessings from our spiritual teacher, Sri Swami Satchidananda, and to offer gratitude for his guidance and love. A puja (spiritual service) with participatory chanting will be performed. A short video of Sri Swami Satchidananda or talk may also be offered. This service will include our noon meditation.

 

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.

2020-10-19T09:19:13-07:00October 19th, 2020|Tags: , , |

Guru Puja


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

These devotional services are a time to come together for blessings from our spiritual teacher, Sri Swami Satchidananda, and to offer gratitude for his guidance and love. A puja (spiritual service) with participatory chanting will be performed. A short video of Sri Swami Satchidananda or talk may also be offered. This service will include our noon meditation.

 

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.

2020-09-21T12:22:13-07:00September 14th, 2020|Tags: , , |

50th Anniversary – A Virtual 3-Day Weekend Grand Celebration

Join us for a virtual 3-day weekend of free events. The entire program will be live and interactive via Zoom, and streamed via Facebook Live.

Pacific Daylight Time | Join directly via the Zoom link provided, use passcode: IYI50 | No registration required

Friday, October 2nd – OPENING NIGHT

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6:30 – 7:00 pm – Honoring the Founder Sri Swami Satchidananda, the Teachings and the Community *Swami Ramananda and Rev. Kamala Itzel Hayward
7:00 – 8:00 pm – The Healing Power of Love * – Dr. Dean Ornish
8:00 – 8:15 pm – Mantra Repetition for World Peace and Healing * Swami Divyananda
8:15 – 8:30 pm – Meditation and Arati * Swami Divyananda

Saturday, October 3rd

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8:30 – 9:00 am – Morning Mantras and MeditationAstrud Castillo
9:00 – 10:30 am – Hatha YogaSnehan Born and Diana Meltsner
10:30 – 10:50 am – Video Presentation of Sri Gurudev
11:00 am -12:00 pm (2pm EST) – New York IYI presents: The Roots of Integral Yoga in New York and Gurudev’s First Days in the USA – Chandra Jo Sgammato

—Lunch Break—

2:30 – 4:00 pm – What It Was Like in the Early Days – Sharing Memories, Stories & PhotosVijay David Hassin
4:00 – 4:30 pm – KirtanAstrud Castillo
4:30 – 5:30 pm – Enlightening Tales with Sri Gurudev * Swami Karunananda

—Dinner Break—

6:30 – 8:00 pm – SATSANG – Meeting with IYI SF Directors – Witnessing the Unfolding Impact * Vijay David Hassin, Swami Divyananda, Swami Vimalananda and Swami Ramananda
8:00 – 8:15 pm – KirtanMirabai Warkulwiz
8:15 – 8:30 pm – Meditation and AratiSwami Ramananda

Sunday, October 4th – Global Celebration

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Global Practice
8:30 – 9:00 am Hatha – Opening and Standing PracticesSwami Ramananda, California
9:00 – 9:30 am Hatha – Asana Practice through Yoga MudraHeike Amma Farkas, Germany
9:30 – 10:00 am Hatha – Yoga Nidra with Pranayama & MeditationPaola Parvathi Faini, Italy

—15 min break—

10:15 – 10:45 am – The Power of Mantra and Japa – workshopNalanie Harilela Chellaram, Spain
10:45 – 11:15 am – Integral Yoga Meditation with AratiSwami Chidananda, New York

—15 min break—

11:30 am -1:00 pm – Preserving Sri Gurudev’s Teachings, the Future of Integral Yoga * Swami Karunananda, Swami Ramananda and Chandra Jo Sgammato

Thank you to all of our speakers and the entire Sangha! Namaste

* Selected programs will be recorded, archived and available for free on our Facebook page video area

EVENT FUNDRAISER:

Match the Generosity.

We received a $10K pledge from a donor to help with the final expenses on the solar panels and the roof. Can we as a community match this generosity? All donations of any size are greatly appreciated. The $10K match will help IYI reach the goal of fully funding the solar panels and will add to funds needed to replace the roof.

2020-10-05T10:42:26-07:00August 24th, 2020|Tags: |
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