Explore Our Upcoming Retreats

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 Yoga Vacation

Hip Opening Workshop: Release Tension. Restore Flow. with Swami Amritananda

Sivananda Yoga Ranch 500 Budd Rd, Woodbourne, NY, United States

The hips are often called the body’s emotional storage center, quietly holding onto physical stress, desk-bound tightness, and unexpressed emotion. Over time, this chronic constriction restricts daily movement, destabilizes the pelvis, and creates persistent discomfort throughout the lower back and knees. This dedicated weekend retreat guides you through targeted hip-opening sequences, and conscious breathwork designed to unwind tension and stiffness in the hips, pelvis, and lower back. 

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10 Day Vedanta and Silence Retreat With Swami Jnaneswariananda

Sivananda Yoga Ranch 500 Budd Rd, Woodbourne, NY, United States

Join us for our upcoming 10-Day Advanced Vedanta and Silence Retreat. Through guided Vedantic meditation, group scriptural study, personal self-inquiry, and dedicated periods of outer and inner silence, you’ll gain the tools and space needed to quiet the mind and reconnect with what truly matters.

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Yoga and Hiking Weekend Retreatwith Ashram Staff

Sivananda Yoga Ranch 500 Budd Rd, Woodbourne, NY, United States

The Yoga Ranch lies in the Catskill Mountains and guests enjoy the forested grounds and the inspiring views. This weekend we add a hike on the paths of a local state park to the Saturday schedule.  The trail options include an easy or more challenging hiking trails.  The schedule still allows time for yoga, meditation, saunas and relaxation. 

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The Power of Positive Thinking with Swami Jnaneswariananda

Sivananda Yoga Ranch 500 Budd Rd, Woodbourne, NY, United States

Elevate your mind and recharge your spirit during a weekend of positive thinking and yoga. Come reshape your perspective with a transformative retreat designed to align your body and mind. Through a powerful blend of daily hatha yoga, guided meditations, and a workshop on the essentials of Positive Thinking, you will learn practical tools to transform self-defeating habits into empowering beliefs, making way for a calmer mind and brighter outlook. This retreat offers numerous tools for empowerment and for

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Goddess Weekend Full Moon Retreatwith Satyavati Justine Sutherland

A weekend designed to inspire, empower, and honor your inner strength. This retreat is a invitation to reconnect with your vitality, tune in to nature, and celebrate the full expression of your authentic self in a supportive community of women.

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Pranayama Immersion Week: Energize Life with Swami Amritananda

Sivananda Yoga Ranch 500 Budd Rd, Woodbourne, NY, United States

Revitalize your body and focus your mind with a dedicated week of transformative pranayama breathwork. Designed to clear sluggishness, boost vital energy, and build sustainable stamina, this immersion explores energizing pranayama techniques that awaken your entire system from the inside out. 

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Jesus Bhakti and Yoga Weekend Retreat with Steve Irwin and Srinivasan

Discover the deep, natural harmony between the heart of Christian devotion and the ancient practices of Yoga and Bhakti. This weekend retreat offers a contemplative space to explore Jesus through the lens of divine love, sacred song, with a profound devotion to Christ.
 

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Ayurveda Cleansewith Isvari (Mary Ann) Johnson AP, LMT

Sivananda Yoga Ranch 500 Budd Rd, Woodbourne, NY, United States

Feel refreshed and energized from a weekend of cleansing body, mind and spirit the Ayurveda way. The foundation for the four day cleansing course comes from the sister sciences of Ayurveda and Yoga. Everyday will be a mono-diet of the Indian Stew called Kicharee. Kicharee is used in Ayurveda because it has complete protein and carbohydrate balance, it is easy to digest and balances all body types.

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Finding Your Purpose in Life With Swami Jnaneswariananda

In a world filled with endless noise and competing expectations, it is easy to lose touch with who you truly are. In Advaita Vedanta, the quest for purpose is not about creating a new identity or striving for external achievement—it is the direct practice of Atma Vichara (Self-Inquiry). It is the gentle, systematic unravelling of who you are not, so that your inherent truth, clarity, and natural direction can shine through. 

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Navaratri: A Festival of Nine Nights dedicated to the Divine MotherWith Sivananda Yoga Ranch

Sivananda Yoga Ranch 500 Budd Rd, Woodbourne, NY, United States

These nine nights are a sacred time of reflection, destruction and evolution and will be guided by senior staff here at the ranch. Join us for daily pujas with readings from the sacred scripture of the Mother, the Devi Mahatmyam. This is a scripture of grand spiritual transformation

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Kirtan and Mantra Bhakti Retreat with Swami Jnaneswariananda and Swami Amritananda

Step into a weekend immersed in the sweet, restorative path of Bhakti Yoga—the yoga of devotion and sacred sound. Sound is one of the most direct tools we have to quiet the analytical mind, open the heart, and dissolve the sense of separation from the Divine. This retreat offers a vibrant sanctuary to step away from daily life and tune your entire system to the vibration of love, community, and devotion.

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Unlocking Emotional Intelligencewith Swami Amritananda

This weekend retreat offers an immersive space to step back from default patterns, decode your emotional responses, and develop the self-awareness needed to navigate life's challenges with steady, grounded confidence.

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Restorative Yoga Retreatwith Sundari Nora Benian

Sivananda Yoga Ranch 500 Budd Rd, Woodbourne, NY, United States

Rejuvenate your body and shed layers of tension with 8 hours of Restorative Yoga plus participating in the ashram schedule including satsang, meditation, and chanting over the weekend. Arrive a day early on Thursday, October 22, and enjoy an extra day of restorative yoga. You’ll receive two additional 2-hour sessions designed to help you settle in, unwind, and deepen your practice before the main retreat begins.

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Yoga and Hiking Weekend Retreatwith Ashram Staff

Sivananda Yoga Ranch 500 Budd Rd, Woodbourne, NY, United States

The Yoga Ranch lies in the Catskill Mountains and guests enjoy the forested grounds and the inspiring views. This weekend we add a hike on the paths of a local state park to the Saturday schedule.  The trail options include an easy or more challenging hiking trails.  The schedule still allows time for yoga, meditation, saunas and relaxation. 

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The Bhagavad Gita in Daily Lifewith Swami Jnaneswariananda

The Bhagavad Gita was never meant to be a text read in isolation or reserved for quiet contemplation on a mountaintop—it was delivered in the middle of a battlefield. It is a timeless, intensely practical manual for navigating life's everyday conflicts, doubts, and decisions. This weekend retreat offers a clear, accessible doorway into the Gita’s core teachings, translating ancient Vedantic wisdom into actionable tools for modern living during satsangs and a Saturday workshop.  

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Mind It’s Mysteries and Control: Learn how to Master your Mindwith Swami Jnaneswariananda

The mind is our most powerful instrument, yet without proper training, it can become our greatest source of agitation, distraction, and stress. Based on Swami Sivananda’s foundational classic, Mind: Its Mysteries and Control, this practical weekend workshop offers a deep dive into the mechanics of human consciousness and the classical yogic techniques used to master it.  

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The Healing Power of Yogawith Swami Amritananda

True healing begins when we stop treating our symptoms in isolation and start listening to the wisdom of the whole body. While yoga is often viewed through the lens of physical exercise, its true capacity lies in its ability to downregulate a stressed nervous system, release deeply held physical and emotional tension, and awaken the body’s innate capacity for self-repair.
 

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Thanksgiving Celebration: GratitudeWith Swamis and Staff of the Ashram

Sivananda Yoga Ranch 500 Budd Rd, Woodbourne, NY, United States

Gratitude is the key to happiness, inner peace, and successful relationships. Join the Staff, Teachers, and Guests for a Vegetarian Thanksgiving celebration and a unique opportunity to learn how to view all experiences as an awakening towards growing, acceptance, learning and finding true peace in your life.

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Begin the New Year with Purpose!with Swami Jnaneswariananda and Staff

Sivananda Yoga Ranch 500 Budd Rd, Woodbourne, NY, United States

We should begin the New Year as we mean to continue it.  Join us as we welcome the New Year through the practice of Yoga and Meditation.  The retreat will focus on tools to cultivate inner peace and to set achievable goals on our journey of self-transformation.  

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