Explore Our Upcoming Retreats

Immerse yourself in a sanctuary of calm with our “Inner Sanctuary” meditation retreat. This weekend is dedicated to exploring and deepening your meditation practice. Participate in various meditation techniques, mindfulness exercises, and reflective sessions designed to enhance your inner peace and focus. Experience the tranquility of a dedicated space for self-discovery and spiritual growth.

Immerse yourself in the timeless teachings of the Bhagavad Gita, a profound spiritual guide that offers insight into life’s most important questions. This retreat provides a foundational understanding of the Gita’s core messages, exploring its relevance to daily life. Through guided discussions, reflections, and meditation, learn how the Gita’s wisdom can lead to inner peace, clarity, and purpose. Perfect for both beginners and those looking to deepen their understanding, this program will inspire and uplift your spiritual journey.

During this Christmas season we explore the teachings of Lord Jesus, focusing on His mission and message of love, service, and forgiveness. These teachings reflect the mission of classical yoga and are fundamental to the teachings of our teachers Swami Sivananda and Swami Vishnudevananda.

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.  

Celebrate Easter by uncovering the eternal Truth at the heart of Jesus' foundational teachings. This retreat invites you to move beyond the empty tomb and realize the Kingdom of Heaven within-the indwelling presence of Brahman that unifies all existence.

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

Come unwind, shed layers of tension and rejuvenate with 8 hours of Restorative Yoga plus participating in meditations over a weekend in the beautiful Sivananda Yoga Ranch.

Experience the transformative power of breath with our “Breath of Life” retreat. Delve into the art of Pranayama, the yogic science of breath control. Learn essential techniques to enhance your energy flow, improve mental clarity, and deepen your meditation practice.

Immerse yourself in a sanctuary of calm with our “Inner Sanctuary” meditation retreat. This retreat offers a structured immersion into stillness, moving beyond the distractions of daily life to foster a deep sense of internal presence. You can expect a balanced rhythm of guided meditations, silent sitting, and mindful walking, all designed to steady the nervous system and clarify the mind. .

Come explore powerful practices that purify the mind and open the heart, under the expert guidance of Acharya Mangalananda, a revered spiritual teacher known for his profound wisdom and joyful presence. The weekend is filled with heartfelt kirtan sessions and story telling, sure to inspire the most sceptical mind. This immersive experience is a journey into the essence of love and devotion,

Learn how to teach a complete yoga class for those who can not access the mat. Practicing in a chair offers students with limited mobility the opportunity to experience the benefits of Yoga. This program will offer you the tools to help students build strength, awareness and confidence and to increase their mental and physical well-being.

The Divine Mother is honored across many spiritual traditions as the source of love, creation, protection, and infinite compassion, and revered through sacred chants, mantras, and other offerings. Join us for a heart-opening celebration honoring the Devi and reconnecting with the timeless feminine presence within and around us.

Easy Steps to Meditation takes the intimidation out of mindfulness by focusing on simple, manageable techniques that anyone can master. Instead of demanding hours of silence or perfect focus, this program teaches you how to use your breath as a tool to navigate the chaos of daily life. You will learn how to settle your mind in just a few minutes a day, making it easier to reduce stress and regain your sense of balance without needing any special equipment or prior experience.

In this workshop, we explore how to move beyond thinking about forgiveness and begin embodying it. Forgiveness is an intentional choice that can lower stress, improve heart health, and release the sense of helplessness that often holds us back. Discover that forgiveness is a gift for yourself, not an acceptance of another's behavior.

This Memorial Day Weekend, take a meaningful pause from the demands of daily life and immerse yourself in the tranquil beauty of the Catskill Mountains. Join us for a restorative four-day, three-night retreat where the primary focus is you. This long holiday weekend has been designed to be unhurried-allowing plenty of time for deep relaxation, self-reflection, and rejuvenation.

This yoga retreat is designed for people who love being outdoors and want to reconnect with their energy in a grounded, natural way.  The weekend will blend yoga asana, breathwork, and guided hiking.  The use of movement and time in nature supports the flow of prana, our vital life energy, which fuels both the body and mind.   There will be lectures during satsangs, exploring the essence of prana, understanding what it is, how it flows, and practical ways to cultivate more of it in our daily lives.  While hiking becomes a mindful practice, helping to cultivate presence and awareness, and naturally increase the prana within our bodies. 

Unlock the potential of your mind with this workshop designed to bridge the gap between where you are and where you want to be. Through the combined application of Thought Power and Personal Affirmations, you will learn to intentionally direct your mental energy to create lasting positive change.

Through a series of grounding and meditative practices we will immerse ourselves in the natural world to help us reconnect to our environment, our community and ourselves.  Benefits of forest bathing include stress reduction, improved mood, improved cardiovascular and cognitive function, amongst a host of other benefits. 

In a world of constant connectivity and high-speed living, stress is often treated as an inevitability. However, while we cannot always control external pressures, we can master our internal response.

In a world of constant connectivity and high-speed living, stress is often treated as an inevitability. However, while we cannot always control external pressures, we can master our internal response.

Join us for a transformative weekend retreat at the peaceful Sivananda Yoga Ranch in the grassy mountains of upstate New York. Guided by Master Shahar Kovetz and Michael Anthony, LCSW, this unique program offers a powerful integration of ancient internal arts and modern
healing practices.

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 Lake Minnewaska State Park to the Saturday schedule.  The trail options include an easy carriage road around the lake or more challenging hiking trails. 

Join Reverend Nafisa Sharriff for two hours of traditional West African Dance and Folklore from the Old Malian Empire. Come and immerse yourself in a full mind, body, spirit approach to learning about this rich cultural folklore as you not only stretch, exercise and dance but also enjoy the gentle meditative cool down at the end of each class to quiet your mind, relax your body and open your heart. All levels are welcome!

Join us for a transformative weekend retreat designed to guide you through life's transitions and decision-making moments. This immersive experience will combine yoga, meditation, and reflective practices to help you navigate confusion and gain clarity. With expert guidance, exploration of breathwork, and supportive group discussions, you'll find tools to empower yourself during significant life changes. Whether you’re facing a crossroads or simply seeking inner peace, this retreat offers a nurturing space for self-discovery and renewal.

Embark on a profound extended retreat that invites you to delve deeper into your life’s transitions and transformative moments. Over several days, engage in a wide array of yoga practices, meditation sessions, and personal reflections. This immersive experience will not only help you confront the uncertainties in your life but also equip you with sustainable practices for lasting change. You’ll connect with like-minded individuals, participate in in-depth workshops, and enjoy personalized guidance from experienced instructors. Through this nurturing journey, discover the essence of who you are and embrace your path forward with confidence and clarity.

We welcome back Rob and Melissa to the Yoga Ranch for Let Go & Let God — a heart-centered Bhakti Yoga retreat that invites us to surrender, trust, and open fully to the divine. Our community rejoices at the opportunity to share this transformative experience with you.

This exciting program has become a favorite annual vacation for parents wishing to gather with like-minded company and raise their children with a sensitive heart, reverence for the wonders of nature, and positive tools for self-regulation and self-esteem. Programming throughout the day draws from a solid foundation in yoga philosophy and lifestyle, with an age-appropriate approach. Parents of children ages 4-10 may drop off their children at the Children’s Program and go to the adult asana classes held twice daily!

Designed for Graduates of the Sivananda Yoga Teachers Training Course, this refresher will refine your teaching skills, deepen your practice, and renew your connection with the Sivananda family.

Join us in celebrating Swami Sivananda’s Mahasamadhi, a day of liberation honoring the guru’s life.

Join us for a weekend with a very talented and unique artist. Born into a musical and artistic family in New York City, Stephen was a natural in singing and acting, and he performed in school plays and musicals from elementary school through college. He wrote poems and songs in his head and on paper before becoming a self-taught guitarist. Greatly influenced by the songs of freedom and equality and the call for social justice of the Civil Rights Movement, Stephen developed his own unique folk music style, and while in college, did his first public performances in the Greenwich Village coffee houses, such as Gerde’s Folk City and the Bitter End.

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 Lake Minnewaska State Park to the Saturday schedule.  The trail options include an easy carriage road around the lake or more challenging hiking trails. 

We welcome back the renowned Kirtan artist and devotional singer Nina Rao for a special Weekend Retreat. With her soulful voice and deep devotion, Nina will guide us into an immersion of Bhakti Yoga, designed to open the heart and calm the mind. Explore the power of sacred sound to move beyond the intellect and find inner peace.

Come unwind, shed layers of tension and rejuvenate with 8 hours of Restorative Yoga plus participating in meditations over a weekend in the beautiful Sivananda Yoga Ranch.

Through the Empower Your Life series of talks, you will rekindle your inner fire, rediscover joy, and deepen your spiritual understanding. We will explore how thoughts shape destiny, how healing and transformation unfold from within, and how to meet the challenges of modern life with clarity and balance.

The Restorative Yoga Teacher Training is an experiential and fundamentals course designed to provide teachers with a foundation for teaching a safe and effective restorative yoga practice. This 30 hour training offers simple yet powerful postures that can be integrated into yoga classes, healing treatments, or to teach restorative specific classes.

In a world of constant connectivity and high-speed living, stress is often treated as an inevitability. However, while we cannot always control external pressures, we can master our internal response. Yoga for Stress Resilience is a specialized practice designed to move you out of the “fight-or-flight” survival mode and into a state of “rest-and-digest” recovery. This workshop focuses on retraining your nervous system to remain calm under pressure and bounce back quickly from life’s challenges..

Join us for a transformative weekend retreat designed to nurture your mind, body, and spirit through a deep exploration of a nervous system reset. This retreat offers a holistic approach to well-being. It is perfect for anyone looking to reset, recharge, and reconnect with themselves. Whether you are new to yoga and meditation or a seasoned practitioner, you will find a supportive and rejuvenating environment to facilitate your journey toward wellness.

Whether you are a beginner, stepping onto the mat for the first time or an experienced practitioner, looking to reconnect with the basics, this weekend retreat offers the tools to build a personal practice. During this immersion we will dive into the Sivananda tradition, a classical approach to yoga that balances physical well-being with inner peace.

The Hatha Yoga Sadhana is designed to help students go deeper into the pranayama practice.  Pranayama is the 4th rung of Raja Yoga and will directly lead to Pratyahara (sense withdrawl), Dharana (concentration), and Dhyana (meditation).  There will be 3 pranayama practices daily.  The morning class will be taught by Swami Adi, and in each session, the students will do the asanas first, followed by pranayama.  This allows the body to be comfortable and steady and the prana already flowing which will allow the practitioner to do the pranayama for longer and longer times as the course proceeds. 

The Divine Mother is honored across many spiritual traditions as the source of love, creation, protection, and infinite compassion, and revered through sacred chants, mantras, and other offerings. Join us for a heart-opening celebration honoring the Devi and reconnecting with the timeless feminine presence within and around us.

Labor Day Weekend is traditionally a time to celebrate our hard work—but the greatest way to honor your labor is to allow yourself to rest. Nature as Medicine is an immersive weekend retreat designed for those ready to step off away from daily demands. Nestled in the healing sanctuary of the natural world, this retreat is an invitation to slow down, breathe deeply, and let the earth restore us. True renewal requires more than just a temporary break from work; it requires a systematic resetting of our nervous system, mind, and spirit..

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. 

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.

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. 

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

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.

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. 

In a world speeded up, choosing to go slow, with greater awareness, is a radical act of self-care. This retreat is an invitation to step off the fast track and drop into a quieter, softer rhythm of unhurried presence.
 

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.
 

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.