A wonderful opportunity right before the holidays to slow down, rest deeply, and connect with gratitude and reverence.

“Astrud’s kirtans immerse the mind in a sea of scared sound and melt open the heart” -Swami Ramananda

Learn how to foster wellbeing and resilience against stress and support healthy rest and sleep

Join us on a sound journey through time and space. The Icelandic multifaceted artist, Jósa Goodlife will guide you on to a meeting with the elements: water, fire, air and earth as you perceive them through sound within your own elemental body.

Prana is the energy and power which flows through everything that exists. We can access this energy and power through simple and systematic breathing techniques. Join this FREE Online event to learn more about the deeper benefits of pranayama.

Learn ways to re-set our nervous system and how to foster wellbeing and resilience against stress & anxiety.

Retreat and restore yourself in our urban yoga oasis in the heart of Berkeley for a rejuvenating Autumn day of yoga practice, teachings, and community connection!

David Estes and Prajna Vieira each bring together 20+ years of chanting experience with professional musicianship. They will offer a Bhakti kirtan practice in call and response with the audience. Both lead trading off on vocals with Prajna on harmonium and David on dholak drum.

Learn about the anatomy and physiology of breath and how it straddles the functions of our conscious and our unconscious minds.

Learn about creating optimal strength, flexibility, posture and movement to support pain reduction, injury prevention and a freer range of motion.

Join us for a heartwarming meditation practice beginning with a short mantra, a silent meditation following, and finishing with a deep relaxation. Let's celebrate change of seasons together in community.

David Estes and Prajna Vieira each bring together 20+ years of chanting experience with professional musicianship. They will offer a Bhakti kirtan practice in call and response with the audience. Both lead trading off on vocals with Prajna on harmonium and David on dholak drum.

Through the practices of yoga, we can develop greater awareness of the subtle energetics of prana and balance the vayus. This lays the foundation for optimal health, and is also thought to open the gateway for higher levels of spiritual awareness. Doug will share ways we can integrate the vayus into our practice.

Hatha yoga is very popular all over the world, but where does it come from? In this workshop we will understand the basis of Hatha yoga to align ourselves with the original intention of this method.

Ananda Rasa Kirtan led by David Estes is rooted in traditional Sanskrit chants sung to original raga melody compositions and explores the mystical and ecstatic moods of Bhakti in call and response chanting with the audience

Join Sue Elkind for this two-part Yoga Therapeutics workshop that is designed to help you cultivate a balance between structured alignment and intuitive expression, helping to enhance function, ease discomfort, and promote strength & vitality in both the upper and lower body.

Explore the Tantric world to familiarize ourselves with the vision of Tantra and explore a different method of meditation.

Join Saul David Raye for an inspiring exploration into the ‘Power of the Heart’ The heart’s energy is the key to our resilience, immune system and inspiration. This class will offer practices and techniques for all of us to tap into the deeper power, energy and magic of the heart in yoga and daily life.

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This free event with Sue Elkind will explore how yoga and lifestyle practices can keep you living well into many more decades. It is yoga that equips us to age well with time and prepares us to handle real-life everyday activities. Learn how healthy alignment helps you feel more comfortable in your body and practice and how to practice yoga safely and skillfully.

Greet the Summer season by coming together as a community for a powerful and sacred mantra and meditation practice!

Discover the Yoga Sūtras of Patanjali — the first text found on yoga, which was written more than 1600 years ago.

The evolution of the idea of the subtle body is a subtle and profound shift in the very idea of ‘self’ and ‘soul’ leading to an understanding of the self as being in process, growing in understanding, consciousness, and freedom. What is key to this process is a deeper connection to the body and what it has to tell and to teach us.

Have fun and practice how handstand work trains your core, wrists and arms, opens your upper back and fires up your back body strength you didn’t know you had.

The chakras can seem mystifying for many yoga students and teachers. In this conversation, Doug Keller will share with us the significance of the chakras and practical application for both on the mat and in our daily lives. We will hear about practices to access the chakras and their healing power.

This seminar explores the answers of the yoga tradition since its beginning, through an exploration of The Bhagavad Gita, one of its fundamental scriptures.

Join us for this heartful practice lead by Jennie Hayes. This will be an uplifting and soul-regenerating class.