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Meditation is now accepted, even in the mainstream, as a powerful tool to counteract the stresses of modern society, and improve physical, mental and emotional health. Come and join us for a five-day meditation immersion program.

Karma Yoga, or selfless service, is the first step on the spiritual path. Why? The ancient Indian scripture The Bhagavad Gita teaches how to serve humanity without attachment, making way for more joy and ultimately preparing us for union with the Divine.

Join us to learn how to create a safe and welcoming class for students who may be challenged by inflexibility, spinal pain/injuries, bigger bodies, and more. This certificate, presented by the International Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Centres, also earns 50 hours of continued education credits for Yoga Alliance.

Dr. Selhub will guide you through a life-healing process that can reverse the destructive physical effects of fear and stress and banish emotional wounds from the past. Through a simple-to-use plan of awareness, breathing, visualization, and verbal command exercises the process of activating The Love Response reprograms your brain and changes your biochemistry from negative to positive, putting you on a path to long-term wellness and happiness.

Positive Thinking introduces the practical application of Yoga philosophy, and this 5-day course offers numerous tools for empowerment and for improving the quality of everyday life. You’ll begin to examine the nature of your thoughts and learn to transform them, making way for a calmer mind and better relationships.

This retreat offers an opportunity to spend time in introspection and journaling, using the creative medium of writing to explore one's sense of values, purpose, and meaning in life. Spend some time in both in solitude and silence, as well as in workshops that include writing prompts, questions for introspection, and exploration of yogic theory and practice.

This online course is offered to ANYONE: teachers, parents, caregivers, therapists; who wishes to introduce and practice yoga with the children in their lives.

This annual retreat designed for ASL interpreters and ITP students is in its sixth year and we are thrilled to be offering it again. This year’s theme “360 Degrees of Yoga” is centered around returning to our roots, the foundation of our being and how to live a balanced life according to classical Yoga.

World-renowned kirtan artist Gaura Vani shares his love of sacred mantra music! His pure love of music is a true gift straight from the heart, and his sweet sound-vibrations will permeate the layers of your being and open your heart.

This course is designed for beginners but is also suitable for anyone looking to revisit the fundamental building blocks of Hatha Yoga. During the immersion week, we will introduce the 12 basic Sivananda asanas (postures), pranayama (breathing exercises) and meditation techniques. This course will instill the discipline to create a home practice, improve flexibility and foster a greater ability to cope with stress and find inner happiness.

Disengage from the distractions of your busy life and dive into a 6-day meditation immersion in the serene setting of the Catskill mountains to explore meditative theory, sitting practice, mauna (silence), and mindfulness. Return home with a meditation practice that you can easily incorporate into your daily life.

Join us for a climbing vacation in the beautiful Catskill mountains. No previous experience required.

Swami Sivananda provided 20 important Spiritual Instructions that are the very essence of all Yoga Paths. Explore how they can inspire your life and spiritual practice for quick and effective physical, mental, moral and spiritual evolution.

Join us for a hiking week in the magnificent Catskill mountains while learning to integrate Hatha Yoga techniques of awareness and proper breathing for an enhanced hiking experience.

In The Bhagavad Gita, Arjuna compares the mind to the wind, difficult to control. This course looks at the Gita’s answer to calming and focusing the mind, together with the psychology of the mind as elucidated in the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali.

Join Lila Lolling for a 5-day immersion designed to give you tips, tools, and teachings related to how to be proactive in reversing global warming and also how to connect with nature through the lens of yoga.

This is a course for yoga teachers, healthcare workers, and interested souls. The negative effects of anxiety and trauma surround us in modern life, creating a major public health concern. Cutting-edge clinical research confirms what yogis have known for thousands of years: yoga and meditation can help to regulate the nervous system, integrate past traumas held in the body, and experience wholeness. This course is both experiential and educational, designed to give you a direct experience of the healing potential these practices offer so that you can integrate them into both your professional and personal life.

Indian astrology has long taught that energy released by the orbiting planets affects our lives and that that energy can also be directed and harnessed to improve our spiritual, mental, and physical well-being. Mandalas are sacred circular energy patterns that reflect our inner nature. By working with associated colors and mantras, this meditative painting practice will connect you to the deeper energies of the planets, creating more harmony, peace, and energy.

Find out how your mind works, and learn how to control it, leading to a happier and more fulfilled life.

The Bhagavad Gita is one of Yoga’s main philosophical texts. In an exploration of chapter 8, discover how the constant practice of remembering the Lord in daily life, especially at the time of death, is the secret to reaching Self-realization.

Food offered to God prior to consumption becomes prasad and takes on a spiritual component. Join Neeti in preparing sweet Indian dishes and learn the guidelines for preparing prasad for the cultivation of devotion and celebration.