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Physical Release with Sandra Amrita MacLanahan, MD

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ONLINE | $0, $18, $36 Sliding scale, please pay what you can | Please register in advance, a Zoom link & passcode will be provided via confirmation email.

What happens to the physical body as it moves toward and ultimately achieves release? Dr. MacLanahan, who spent decades practicing medicine while learning from Swami Satchidananda, will cover the process of aging, what actually happens to the body in our final days, and the mysterious yet fascinating topic of after-life experiences. She will share experiences from having aided her father so he was able to spend his final six years at Yogaville and to die in his bed at home.

A recording of this workshop will be made available free of charge on yogicendoflife.org one week after the live event.

Dr. Sandra Amrita MacLanahan is a graduate with high honors from Swarthmore College, an MD from Wayne University, and a family practice specialty from the University of Massachusetts. For twenty years, she served as director of stress management for Dr. Dean Ornish’s research, using Yoga and lifestyle changes to reverse heart disease and cancer. She now practices integrative medicine at Yogaville. Dr. McLanahan has made multiple study trips to India and Asia, where she visited centers that use Yoga and other natural means to prevent and treat disease. She is the co-author of the book, Surgery and Its Alternatives, and helped to write the books, Dr. Yoga and After Cancer Care. She also appears in two DVDs, “Living Yoga” and “Health, Yoga, and Anatomy.”

The Integral Yoga End-of-Life – 6 Workshop Series:

At every age but especially in our later years, each of us must address death in all of its manifestations—releasing attachments to this life, disposing of our bodies and belongings, and helping our loved ones cope with their losses. The Integral Yoga End-of-Life Project honors this journey by providing an array of spiritual guidance and practical advice on a topic we may have avoided but that is inevitable. Discover and implement the ideas of six unique, new workshops from Integral Yoga to save your family and friends from these daunting obligations and to prepare and liberate yourself to enjoy the rest of your life.

These workshops are based on the teachings of Sri Swami Satchidananda and taught by his senior students. The companion website, yogicendoflife.org, is an offering built by one of the first Integral Yogis, Karuna Kreps. It provides clear and even inspiring advice and resources to help you make this experience easeful and, maybe even, joyful. Rather than seeing death as frightening and sad, we can embrace liberation from the human form to return to our eternal cosmic consciousness. Each workshop is offered at a sliding scale, please choose your contribution at registration: $0, $18, $36.

    1. Spiritual Preparation with Swami Karunananda
      Thursday, May 26th – 4:00 -5:30 pm PT (7:00 – 8:30 pm EDT)
    2. Physical Release with Sandra Amrita MacLanahan, MD
      Sunday, June 26t – 11:00-12:30 pm PT (2:00 to 3:30 pm EDT)
    3. Practical Planning with David Deva Barrett (registration coming soon)
      Tuesday, July 19  – 4:00-5:30 pm PT (7:00 to 8:30 pm EDT)
    4. Memorials & Interment with Swami Sarvaananda (registration coming soon)
      Saturday, August 6 – 11:00-12:30 pm PT PT (2:00 to 3:30 pm EDT)
    5. Community Service with Swami Chidananda and Karuna Kreps (registration coming soon)
      Saturday, September 17 – 11:00-12:30 pm PT (2:00 to 3:30 pm EDT)
    6. Leaving a Legacy with Chandra/Jo Sgammato (registration coming soon)
      Thursday, October 27 – 4:00-5:30 pm PT (7:00 to 8:30 pm EDT)

A recording of each workshop will be made available free of charge on yogicendoflife.org one week after the live event.

 

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Spiritual Preparation with Swami Karunananda

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ONLINE | $0, $18, $36 Sliding scale, please pay what you can | Please register in advance, a Zoom link & passcode will be provided via confirmation email.

The best preparation for one’s final transition is a life well lived. Spiritually, we can equip ourselves with proper understanding of the nature of existence, that the world is defined by impermanence, and that all things are passing. Based on this understanding, we can learn how to release attachments by coming into the right relationship with our bodies, possessions, people, and ideas. In the midst of constant change, we can cultivate a greater awareness of the unchanging Spirit within and around us. By daily practice of prayer and meditation, asana, and pranayama, we can realize that the body is the vehicle for who we are in truth. Thus, by applying principles and practices of Jnana Yoga, Raja Yoga, and Bhakti Yoga, we can face that final journey gently and peacefully, with courage and grace.

A recording of this workshop will be made available free of charge on yogicendoflife.org one week after the live event.

 

Swami Karunananda, E-RYT500, has taught Yoga for fifty years. Today, she specializes in programs that focus on Raja Yoga, meditation, pranayama, and personal transformation. In 1989, she developed the Integral Yoga Teacher Training program in Raja Yoga and, in 1991, in Meditation, and has conducted training for students since then.
She is featured in the interfaith documentary, With One Voice. She compiled the Lotus Prayer Book, consisting of prayers from various faiths, and Enlightening Tales as told by Sri Swami Satchidananda. She contributed to The Breath of Life: Integral Yoga Pranayama. Her book, Awakening: Aspiration to Realization Through Integral Yoga, provides guidance for the spiritual path. Swami Karunananda served as president of Satchidananda Ashram–Yogaville in Virginia and in California and as director of the Integral Yoga Institutes in San Francisco and Santa Barbara. She currently serves on the Board of Trustees and Spiritual Life Board at Satchidananda Ashram–Yogaville, Virginia.

The Integral Yoga End-of-Life – 6 Workshop Series:

At every age but especially in our later years, each of us must address death in all of its manifestations—releasing attachments to this life, disposing of our bodies and belongings, and helping our loved ones cope with their losses. The Integral Yoga End-of-Life Project honors this journey by providing an array of spiritual guidance and practical advice on a topic we may have avoided but that is inevitable. Discover and implement the ideas of six unique, new workshops from Integral Yoga to save your family and friends from these daunting obligations and to prepare and liberate yourself to enjoy the rest of your life.

These workshops are based on the teachings of Sri Swami Satchidananda and taught by his senior students. The companion website, yogicendoflife.org, is an offering built by one of the first Integral Yogis, Karuna Kreps. It provides clear and even inspiring advice and resources to help you make this experience easeful and, maybe even, joyful. Rather than seeing death as frightening and sad, we can embrace liberation from the human form to return to our eternal cosmic consciousness. Each workshop is offered at a sliding scale, please choose your contribution at registration: $0, $18, $36.

    1. Spiritual Preparation with Swami Karunananda
      Thursday, May 26th – 4:00 -5:30 pm PT (7:00 – 8:30 pm EDT)
    2. Physical Release with Sandra Amrita MacLanahan, MD 
      Sunday, June 26t – 11:00-12:30 pm PT (2:00 to 3:30 pm EDT)
    3. Practical Planning with David Deva Barrett (registration coming soon)
      Tuesday, July 19  – 4:00-5:30 pm PT (7:00 to 8:30 pm EDT)
    4. Memorials & Interment with Swami Sarvaananda (registration coming soon)
      Saturday, August 6 – 11:00-12:30 pm PT PT (2:00 to 3:30 pm EDT)
    5. Community Service with Swami Chidananda and Karuna Kreps (registration coming soon)
      Saturday, September 17 – 11:00-12:30 pm PT (2:00 to 3:30 pm EDT)
    6. Leaving a Legacy with Chandra/Jo Sgammato (registration coming soon)
      Thursday, October 27 – 4:00-5:30 pm PT (7:00 to 8:30 pm EDT)

A recording of each workshop will be made available free of charge on yogicendoflife.org one week after the live event.

 

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The Dynamic Power of the Breath

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ONLINE Saturday & Sunday, Oct. 30 & 31
8 – 10 am & 12 – 2 pm PDT (11 am–1 pm & 3–5 pm EDT)

$150.00 | Please register by 5 pm on Oct. 29

ONLINE via Yogaville and when you register via the link above, you help Yogaville support Integral Yoga San Francisco as an affiliate. Thank you!

The yogic science of pranayama, or breath control, is a powerful key to a happy, healthy, and fulfilling life. Experience techniques that can energize, detoxify, rejuvenate, and relax the body, while bringing balance, focus, and calm to the mind. Learn how the dormant subtle energy within can be awakened, leading to profound spiritual awareness. All this is possible simply by working with the breath.

We will explore pranayama theory and techniques, and learn how to deepen and develop an ongoing practice.

Topics include:

  • Pranayama and health
  • Pranic healing visualization
  • Prana (energy) and the mind
  • Pranayama and meditation
  • Prana and the subtle body
  • Pranayama and spiritual awakening

These ancient, classical teachings enhance our physical and mental wellbeing, equip us to skillfully deal with life’s challenges, and enable us to realize our highest potential. Immerse yourself for a weekend and emerge with a practice that will sustain you for years to come.

You will have access to the video recordings for 8 weeks after the program ends, until December 26.

In addition, you will have access to the Ashram’s Live Hatha Yoga classes at 5 pm ET, recorded Ashram meditations, and inspiring talks with Sri Swami Satchidananda. You will also have access to an online social community to connect and communicate with other participants about this course.

Continuing Education (CE) Opportunities:

Yoga Alliance (YA): Approximately 8 contact hours.
You can input your contact hours using your YA login information.
Integral Yoga Teachers Association (IYTA) can provide you a CE certificate with your program’s total contact hours for a $10 fee (free for IYTA members.) For more information, email ce@iyta.org.

Testimonials
“The integration of theory and practice and the balance set was bizarrely perfect. Swami Karunananda was absorbing, extraordinarily attentive, and a joy to listen to and practice with.” — Nina

“My life has changed from doing a pranayama workshop with Swami Karunananda. I cannot thank her enough. I have never missed a day and have had so many healing benefits since. I have transformed.” — Barbara “Prema” Brown

“One of the best designed courses and delivered with clear attention to details. Teacher is a yogi herself with around 40 years of experience. All the questions were answered to satisfaction.” — Pavankumar

“What a privilege to be taught by Swami Karunananda. Her depth of experience and clear teachings finally got me the understanding of pranayama that I have not been able to find in a long search. She is a master able to teach beginners at a level we can understand. I can do my practice now knowing I am doing it properly.” — Atma Devi

Presenter

Swami Karunananda, E-RYT 500, is a senior disciple of Sri Swami Satchidananda. In 1975, she was ordained as a monk into the Holy Order of Sannyas. She has been teaching all aspects of Yoga since 1971, and specializes now in workshops, retreats, and teacher training programs that focus on the science of meditation, the philosophy of Yoga, personal transformation, and Yoga breathing techniques for better health and wellbeing. In 1989, she developed and subsequently taught, the Integral Yoga® Teacher Training programs in Raja Yoga and in Meditation. Swami Karunananda served as president of Satchidananda Ashram–Yogaville in Virginia and in California, as well…

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