In this workshop we will explore hip opening postures based from the traditional practice of the Sivananda sequence exploring the greatness of the simplicity of staying in an asana. We will also incorporate variations to deepen stretching and free stagnant energy to create more flexibility and relief.
The person sows a thought and harvests an action. Sow an action and harvest a habit. Sow a habit and harvest a character. Sow a character and harvest a destiny.
This course explores the art and practice of positive thinking as a way to lead to a happier and more balanced 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 session will be entirely guided. We will start as per our tradition with a short initial relaxation and the opening prayer. We will do 27 salutations on the right side alternated with 27 on the left. We will conclude the session with a nice, well-deserved final relaxation.
Each morning, join us from the Ashram for a 30 min meditation, Daily Chants (Jaya Ganesha) and study on Bhagavad Gita.
Join us for Kitchari cooking workshop: Kitchari is a one pot traditional Ayurvedic dish made with mung dal and basmati rice, and simmered in a myriad of fragrant, anti-inflammatory spices like turmeric, cumin seeds and black pepper.
Meditation offers a pathway to living life with freedom and full awareness of our True Nature (Bliss absolute). This course is designed to give you the tools to establish and maintain a daily mediation practice. We will introduce the foundation philosophy and techniques needed to assimilate and inspire you to establish your home practice.
Join us for this two-day course, introducing Adi Shankaracharya's Vivekacudamani (Crest Jewel of Right thinking).
We will discuss the topics of Śraddhā,Bhakti and Dhyāna and how they can lay the foundation for us to explore and deepen our daily practice.
Take your yoga practice to the next level and join Swami Paramananda for a deep immersion that includes guided morning pranayama, advanced asana classes and specialized workshops. Experience the inspiration and empowering effects of an intense Sadhana.
This year our annual Vedic Knowledge conference gathering will take place at the Yoga Ranch. We are happy to have many internationally well-known Vedic teachers joining for the conference. Join us to make use of all around Vedic wisdom to improve your quality of life. Be inspired by Ayurveda, Jyotish, Vastu, Tantric rituals, Yoga, and Vedanta.
Detoxifying is an important part of the Ayurvedic routine. Disease prevention and wellness are the natural results of regular seasonal cleanses. Join us for a special cleansing mono-diet using khicharee and fresh greens, which is nutritious and at the same time gives a break to the digestive system.
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.
The Yoga of Recovery is an invitation to undertake heartfelt self-reflection about the addictive processes that you experience in your life. You will be intimately guided to use science, yoga, and spirituality for your unique recovery process.
The Yoga Vacation program integrates the 5 Points of Yoga in daily life and is in tune with the rhythms of Nature and of our body. By adhering to the ashram daily schedule we bring back our natural resource of energy, joy, and health. This renewed feeling about yourself and your newly learned yoga and meditation skills will improve you physical and mental health for a long time to come.
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.
"AT FULL CAPACITY - another one is scheduled for Aug. 27 -29 weekend" Stress is the source of incredible physical and mental suffering. While stress is difficult to avoid in daily life, it is possible to reduce and manage it by learning some simple and practical yogic tools available to everyone. Join us for a weekend retreat fully dedicated to relieving stress and anxiety and completely relaxing your body, mind and spirit.
We cannot rewrite the past and it is not helpful to worry about the future, but we can live in the solid present and recognize this moment as golden opportunity. Workshops and lectures specifically on the power of thought, how to live in the present, and how to turn negative feelings and thoughts to positive feelings and positive actions, how to manage stress and respond positively to challenges. Yoga psychology and philosophy have a wealth of techniques and information that will help us to cope with this fast-paced modern living and changing conditions.
Learn to bring health and happiness to others through the ancient teachings of asana, pranayama, meditation, and the study of Yoga philosophy. Founded in 1969, the Sivananda Yoga TTC is the oldest yoga teacher training in the West, educating 40k teachers around the world.
The Yoga Vacation program integrates the 5 Points of Yoga in daily life and is in tune with the rhythms of Nature and of our body. By adhering to the ashram daily schedule we bring back our natural resource of energy, joy, and health. This renewed feeling about yourself and your newly learned yoga and meditation skills will improve you physical and mental health for a long time to come.
The Yoga Vacation program integrates the 5 Points of Yoga in daily life and is in tune with the rhythms of Nature and of our body. By adhering to the ashram daily schedule we bring back our natural resource of energy, joy, and health. This renewed feeling about yourself and your newly learned yoga and meditation skills will improve you physical and mental health for a long time to come.
Stress is the source of incredible physical and mental suffering. While stress is difficult to avoid in daily life, it is possible to reduce and manage it by learning some simple and practical yogic tools available to everyone. Join us for a weekend retreat fully dedicated to relieving stress and anxiety and completely relaxing your body, mind and spirit.
The 9-day TTC Immersion/Refresher is for graduates of the Online TTC or for TTC graduates that would like a refresher. The Immersion introduces students to material not covered online such as hands-on teaching with students; asana corrections/adjustments; how to teach headstand; kriyas; and much more.
Pain seems to be conscious and cognitive. Persisting pain is related to changes in the physical body and neuroplastic changes in the nervous system. The “danger button” is constantly activated. Pain changes us in many ways. There are equally many ways to change it back. Develop skills to keep your body, breath and mind calm. Put some evidence-based pain self-care processes in your pain care toolkit. There is hope for finding more peace and ease. Workshops Acute and chronic pain conditions and management. Breath Awareness and Breath Regulation – Pain is changeable; Reset the protective systems Mind body awareness – Become a pro at feeling non-pain sensation Body Tension Regulation and Release – Stay at the edge of pain Awareness of Thoughts and Emotions – Interconnection Anti inflammatory vegetarian diet.
This course will focus on overcoming the paralyzing emotions of anxiety, fear and isolation, offering a clear understanding of how Yoga practices can help us to face our fears with courage and to live with greater peace, trust and faith. Learn practical and accessible Yoga techniques to open the heart, to generate positive thought patterns and to overcome negative tendencies. Our minds are saturated with information overload, especially during the current Covid-19 crisis. In this atmosphere, it is difficult for us to access our innate positive and joyful nature, and to remember the goodness of human beings. The Positive Thinking course delivers practical Yoga tools to recharge and reconnect with the beauty and meaning of your life. We can not change the external but we can change our outlook towards it. We cannot rewrite the past and it is not helpful to worry about the future, but we can live in the solid present and recognize this moment as golden opportunity.
More than 70% of doctor visits are due to diseases or health conditions caused by stress. Stress adversely affects physical, mental/emotional, and spiritual health if untreated for long periods of time. This retreat will help you to recognize the sources of stress in your daily life and provides the Yogic tools to increase one's stress resilience and cultivate a positive outlook on life as we address our lifestyle choices and how to change them.
Stress is the source of incredible physical and mental suffering. While stress is difficult to avoid in daily life, it is possible to reduce and manage it by learning some simple and practical yogic tools available to everyone. Join us for a weekend retreat fully dedicated to relieving stress and anxiety and completely relaxing your body, mind and spirit.