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| Saturday, February 4 | Satsang: The Best Time to Practice Yoga |
| Rishi Schweig | 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm | Fee: By donation |
Join us for Satsang, a special time for us to come together as a community. Satsang includes practices such as kirtan (chanting of holy names), meditation, discussions, and Arati. For this Satsang, our leader will be Rishi Schweig, long-time member of IYISF.
Satsang is held every 1st and 3rd Saturday of the month.
Contribute to this event:
| Sunday, February 5 | Family Yoga Workshop |
| Madhuri Flynn | 9:30 am - 10:15 am | Fee: $20 per family |
Adults and little people gathered together in a playful Yoga session. All ages welcomed!
First Sunday of the month.
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| Sunday, February 5 | Link to the Spine Workshop |
| Dawn Summers | 4:30 pm - 6:30 pm | Fee: $25/advance, $30/@ door |
Explore a profound new origin of your practice. The postures (asana) are most transformative when they are done from the inside-out originating the stretch from the breath. All teachers cue you to breathe in asana, but there is often little detail or specifics given about how to breathe. This information is essential to maximize your effort and even shift it to become "effortless effort". It is a well-developed foundation of asana as taught in the Viniyoga tradition. Through practice and lecture/discussion, you will learn how to generate your practice using the prana (life force) through the vehicle of the breath done in particular ways to enhance the work of the asana.
| Mondays through 2/27 | Prenatal Yoga |
| Sarani Fedman & Lakshmi Fjord | 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm | Fee: $12/class, $40/series |
Join us for an eight-week Prenatal Yoga course designed to support and empower
expectant mothers. Learn ways to ease aches and pains, make the body
comfortable and use the breath. Sign up for all eight classes, or drop-in.
Sarani Fedman is the
mother of three and has
been teaching yoga for
fifteen years. She also
spent many years teaching
young children in the
classroom setting and
has an advanced degree
in Child Development and
Early Childhood Education.
She specializes in teaching
Family Yoga including
prenatal, postnatal, and
children's classes. In all
of these aspects of her
life, sharing the strength,
wisdom, and joy of
yoga is the thread that
sustains her.
| Friday, February 10 | Kirtan! |
| Elle Anandi, Sylvia Bagge & IYI Kirtan Choir | 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm | Fee: By donation |
Chanting mantras and prayers are elements of the Bhakti Yoga path which leads to union with the Divine Consciousness. Kirtan quiets the mind and opens the heart. This is an Open Kirtan, where All are welcome to lead chants and join in the choir (or just listen!) Feel free to bring a chant or musical instrument to share! Download the flyer >>
Kirtan is every 2nd + 4th Friday of the month!
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| Saturday, February 11 | Disaster Preparedness Training |
| Ana-Marie Jones | 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm | Fee: By donation |
Ana-Marie Jones is offering this disaster preparedness workshop at the Integral Yoga Institute.. At IYI, we are committed to partnering with our neighbors to support our immediate and larger community. We would like to invite you to attend this training with us, our teachers, receptionists, and community members so that in the event of an emergency we will be better prepared together.
Ana-Marie, Executive Director of CARD (Collaborating Agencies Responding to Disasters) is an internationally recognized leader in emergency planning and disaster preparedness. Over 25 years, she has developed a unique approach to preparedness as preparing to prosper rather than as scare tactic (which never works). This workshop provides concrete, hands-on experience with how to plan ahead for disasters and for thriving everyday.
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| Sunday, February 12 | Mudras in Yoga: Health & Wealth |
| Elle-Anandi d'Orado | 4:30 pm - 6:30 pm | Fee: $20 |
Mudras are yogic postures for healing and meditation through creating energetic seals and symbols. In this workshop you will practice Mudras with the hands as well as the body. Our hands hold nerve and meridian points, nadis, chakras, plnetary energies, and are an extension of the heart center. We'll practice many hand Mudras for physical, emotional, and spirital health throughout a Hatha Yoga practice; then follow it with an extended seated meditation from the Kundalini Yoga tradition, using Mudras and reciting mantras for abundance and prosperity. All levels welcome.
Elle Anandi is a Yoga enthusiast who has been practicing and teaching a variety of styles and traditions since 1994. She is dedicated to the Path of Yoga beyond the physical postures: philosophy, Sanskrit studies, Bhakti Yoga, meditation. Her professional teaching experience includes ongoing weekly classes in yoga ashrams, studios, gyms, and community centers; plus corporate classes, private lessons, series, and intensive courses. She is a 2010 graduate of Integral Yoga Advanced Teacher Training and currently teaches, works, resides, and leads Kirtan at the Integral Yoga Institute. Jai Gurudev!
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| Saturday, February 18 | Intentional Healing and Integral Yoga |
| Michael Mitra Lerner | 11:00 am - 1:00 pm | Fee: $20 |
What is involved in deep intentional healing? How does intentional healing relate to Integral Yoga? Michael Lerner has co-led over 160 week-long Commonweal Cancer Help Program retreats for over 26 years. These retreats, like Dean Ornish's programs for heart patients, were originally patterned on an Integral Yoga framework. Integral Yoga remains a central theme in Michael's Intentional Healing work with people with cancer and others. Michael will explore Intentional Healing, the Cancer Help Program, and the deep relationship between yoga and healing.
Michael is the president and co-founder of Commonweal, a health, environmental and educational center in Bolinas, California. He is also president-emeritus and co-founder of Smith Center for Healing and the Arts in Washington, D.C. Smith Center also uses Integral Yoga as a basis for its Cancer Help Program and other yoga classes. A former faculty member at Yale University, Michael received a MacArthur Prize Fellowship for contributions to public health in 1983. He is also co-founder of Health Care Without Harm, the Collaborative on Health and the Environment, and The New School at Commonweal. www.commonweal.org
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| Saturday, February 18 | Satsang: The Great Return of Hazrat Inayat Khan |
| Zubin Goldman | 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm | Fee: By donation |
Join us for Satsang, a special time for us to come together as a community. Sufi teacher Zubin Goldman will lead us in this Satsang to honor the memory of the great Sufi mystic saint, Hazrat Inayat Khan, and to lead sacred Sufi Dance meditations. We?ll end with an arati and prasad.
Satsang is held every 1st and 3rd Saturday of the month.
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| Wednesday, February 22 | Guru Puja |
| Institute Staff | 11:30 am - 12:40 pm | Fee: By donation |
These devotional services are a time to come together for blessings from our spiritual teacher, Sri Swami Satchidananda, and to offer gratitude for his guidance and love. A puja with participatory chanting will be performed. A short video of Sri Swami Satchidananda or talk may also be offered. This service will include our noon meditation, followed by a vegetarian lunch. (Please RSVP for lunch by 10am on Tuesday by e-mail or calling the kitchen at 415.821.1117 ex. 303).
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| Friday, February 24 | Kirtan: Shivaratri Celebration |
| Elle Anandi, Sylvia Bagge & IYI Kirtan Choir | 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm | Fee: By donation |
Come celebrate Shivaratri with chanting, music, and stories. We'll also have tea & refreshments, and perform a puja. Shivaratri is the Night of Shiva, who represents Supreme Consciousness and Transcendence. This is an Open Kirtan, where All are welcome to lead chants and join in the choir (or just listen!) Feel free to bring a chant to Shiva, musical instrument, or treat to share!
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| Saturday, February 25 | Transforming Anger |
| Swami Ramananda | 11:00 am - 12:30 pm | Fee: $15 |
Anger is a powerful energy that can be used in healthy ways to further spiritual growth and constructive communication. Many of us learned as children to view anger as negative and painful, and have seen how its repression brings physical and emotional suffering to ourselves and others. This workshop will help us understand how anger originates, how it affects us, how it can be acknowledged, released and expressed in appropriate ways. Participants will learn methods to strengthen both mind and heart to transform anger into a tool for spiritual development.
Register in advance:
| Friday, March 2 | Go Deep: Hatha II Monthly Class |
| Purusha Barosso | 11:00 am - 12:45 pm | Fee: $14 |
Join Purusha for an in-depth Hatha Level II class focusing on
moving into more advanced asanas. The emphasis will be on longer holds and new variations. All experienced students welcome.
First Friday of the month.
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| Friday, March 2 | Knitting Circle |
| Melanie Saraswati Takahashi | 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm | Fee: By donation |
Experience the joy of combining two ancient practices:
Yoga and knitting. ?Knit one OM, Knit two OM, Knit three OM!? Practitioners cultivate an inner state of peace while creating something beautiful.
Every first Friday of the month we meet to knit and work on other projects together.
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| Saturday, March 3 | Yin Yoga Class |
| Lila Laura Hahn | 9:30 am - 10:55 am | Fee: $14 |
The practice of Yin Yoga directs the stimulation deeper than the superficial or muscular tissues. Yin is similar to any other type of yoga, but with more specific intention and longer holds. Yin Yoga targets the connective tissues, such as the ligaments, bones, and even the joints of the body.
Every first Saturday of the month.
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| Saturday, March 3 | Satsang |
| Sonia Milton | 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm | Fee: By donation |
Join us for Satsang, a special time for us to come together as a community. Satsang includes practices such as kirtan (chanting of holy names), meditation, discussions, and Arati.
Satsang is held every 1st and 3rd Saturday of the month.
Contribute to this event:
| Sunday, March 4 | Family Yoga Workshop |
| Madhuri Flynn | 9:30 am - 10:15 am | Fee: $20 per family |
Adults and little people gathered together in a playful Yoga session. All ages welcomed!
First Sunday of the month.
Register via Paypal:
| Fridays, March 9 & 30 | Kirtan! |
| Elle Anandi, Sylvia Bagge & IYI Kirtan Choir | 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm | Fee: By donation |
Chanting mantras and prayers are elements of the Bhakti Yoga path which leads to union with the Divine Consciousness. Kirtan quiets the mind and opens the heart. This is an Open Kirtan, where All are welcome to lead chants and join in the choir (or just listen!) Feel free to bring a chant or musical instrument to share! Download the flyer >>
Please note, this month Kirtan is on the 2nd & 5th Friday this month due to special events. (Usually every 2nd + 4th Friday.)
Donate to Kirtan:
| Sunday, March 11 | Yoga for Emotional Healing and Nervous System Regulation |
| Joann Lutz | 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm | Fee: $60 |
Yoga is a valuable tool for emotional healing and nervous system regulation and has been proven to reduce the symptoms of Anxiety, Depression and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. This program focus on simple yoga interventions that may be used by mental health and health professionals, caregivers, yoga students and the general public to soothe and balance the nervous system. Participants will practice and learn the benefits of specially selected, trauma-sensitive, seated yoga postures; deep breathing; deep relaxation; and meditation exercises, as well as reviewing recent advances and research results from the field of neuroscience.
CEUs offered for Social Workers and Marriage and Family Therapists. It is recommended that participants take an IYI Yoga class prior to the workshop. Joann Lutz is an approved Ca. CEU provider for Social Workers and Marriage and Family Therapists; this workshop offers 4 CEUs for an extra charge of $10, payable to the instructor.
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| Friday-Sunday, March 23-25 |
Yoga of Recovery |
| Durga Leela | Fri: 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm; Sat: 9:30 am - 4:30 pm; Sun: 11:00 am - 4:30 pm | Fee: $30/session, $75/day, $130/weekend, $108 by 3/12 |
Yoga of Recovery integrates the wisdom of Yoga and Ayurveda with the tools of Recovery. It is open to all who are looking to overcome self-destructive or addictive tendencies. Attend any or all of the weekend classes; please sign up in advance. We recommend attendance at all sessions if possible.
Durga Leela is a Clinical Ayurvedic and Pancha Karma Specialist, trained at the California College of Ayurveda and also in India. She is the Director of the Ayurveda Program and the Sivananda Yoga Farm in California and leads several Yoga of Recovery Retreats worldwide. Durga has been involved with the 12-Step Fellowship for over 10 years. More information >>Individual consultations with Durga are available by appointment booked in advance, on Monday 3/25 and Tuesday 3/26. $150 for 75 minutes. Please contact Durga directly at: durga@yogaofrecovery.com.
| Friday, March 23 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm |
The Evolution of the Solution Free Introductory Talk |
| Saturday, March 24 9:30 am - 11:00 am |
Hatha Yoga Class (Optional) |
| 1:00 am - 2:30 pm | The Roots of our Addictive Behaviors The Six Tenets of Yoga of Recovery |
| 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm | Addiction's Energetic Movement: Down and Out |
| Sunday, March 25 9:30 am - 11:00 am |
Hatha Yoga Class (Optional) |
| 1:00 am - 2:30 pm | Life Is Sweet Sense therapies for sobriety and serenity |
| 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm | Sattva The secret of long-term emotional sobriety |
| Thurs-Sun, April 5-8 | Spring Renewal: 4-day Silent Yoga Retreat |
| Swami Ramananda & IYI Staff | Fee: $400 shared, $475 private |
Our annual four-day silent retreat is located at Commonweal in Bolinas, California. The days will consist of Hatha Yoga, workshops, meditations, and evening programs; with time for walks, and delicious vegetarian meals. More >>
