Past Events

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.

Join us for the East Coast teachers’ meeting where yoga teachers come together in practice and get re-inspired to serve humanity by the means of teaching Yoga. Open to graduates of the Sivananda Yoga Teacher Training Course, and specifically geared towards those who are currently teaching on the East Coast.

Join us for a unique running vacation in the magnificent Catskill mountains while learning to integrate Hatha Yoga techniques of awareness and proper breathing for an enhanced exercise experience. The length and terrain of the run offered will be according to the level of participants.

Open to all: a weekend to inspire a deeper yoga practice and a refresher for Yoga teachers on guiding your students with renewed integrity and sensitivity.

Join us for Rama Navami, celebrating the birth of the Lord Rama to King Dasharatha and Queen Kausalya in Ayodhya. Rama, the seventh avatar of Vishnu, is one of the oldest avatars of Lord Vishnu, who is seen as eternally blissful and in his earthly form came to exemplify the perfect man of integrity and dutifulness. The celebration will start on Sunday at 6:00 a.m. with a special flower-offering ceremony (puja).

Explore the practices of Bhakti Yoga, the path of divine love, and discover how to apply classical Yoga teachings to your daily life and relationships through stories, chanting, and theory.

Spring is a season of rebirth and renewal, when many faiths engage in spiritual practices that hold great opportunities for healing. Join us for an interfaith celebration of freedom, devotion, and resurrection.

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.

Join Swami Narayanananda for insights from The Bhagavad Gita, one of Yoga’s main philosophical texts. Topics will include how to serve humanity without attachment and how to be limitless in our strength, wisdom, and love.

Join Dr. Moss for an introduction to Osteopathic Medicine’s tenets and philosophy focusing on the Health Within, the body’s inherent capacity to heal. She will share theory and demonstration of various topics including Chakras and the somatic dysfunctions seen in the practice of Osteopathic Manipulation, and how to incorporate asanas and pranayama.

Dr Ramkumar will talk about the different levels of Ayurvedic Detoxification - signs that the body is holding toxins, sites of the main detox actions, the timing of cleansing - daily, seasonal and when deeper Pancha Karma treatment is indicated and the benefits we can reap from our efforts.

Help heal the earth through awakening your connection with nature and ancient Native American wisdom. Join Heather Principe as she guides a traditional Native Cree Sweat Lodge ceremony of rebirth and purification. The journey includes a complete Four Direction ceremony, which concludes with a pipe ceremony. No previous experience required.

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

During this transformative weekend, we will explore the joy of right living, while immersed in the rejuvenating energy of the ashram schedule. Included will be a look at key concepts of a spiritual practice and the endless benefits as well as an interactive workshop introducing the Yamas and Niyamas, the Yogic guidelines for living a peaceful, joyful life.

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.

Start the spring season the yogic way with a juice and detox weekend. The fresh organic salads and juices provide nutrients the body needs, cleanse the digestive system and restore energy and balance. The yogic practices of asanas (postures) and pranayama (breathing exercises) support the process to gently move the toxins out of the body.

Positive Thinking introduces the practical application of Yoga philosophy, and this weekend offers numerous tools for empowerment and for improving the quality of everyday life.

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.

The yogis teach that following your likes and avoiding dislikes is operating out of karma, which can never fulfill the soul. Srinivasan will teach how to implement free choice to act selflessly, turning karma into dharma, leading you to spiritual fulfillment.

Help heal the earth through awakening your connection with nature and ancient Native American wisdom. Join Heather Principe as she guides a traditional Native Cree Sweat Lodge ceremony of rebirth and purification. The journey includes a complete Four Direction ceremony, which concludes with a pipe ceremony. No previous experience required.

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.

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.