Integral Yoga Institute San Francisco

Integral Yoga Institute San Francisco A non-profit organization dedicated to serving the community through living and sharing the classica
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Connect with a vibrant community dedicated to the classical teachings of Yoga.

Reflecting before RespondingOne of the most profound benefits we can receive from a regular meditative practice is the a...
05/28/2026

Reflecting before Responding

One of the most profound benefits we can receive from a regular meditative practice is the ability to pause before we react to a difficult situation. Only if we have developed some degree of present-moment awareness, can we see clearly what we are faced
with. Only by pausing can we make a conscious choice to respond in a mindful way that brings benefit instead of harm.
Reflecting in non-judgmental way on both the circumstances we find ourselves in, and on the feelings that have arisen within us, we can consider the well-being of everyone involved. This one skill can transform our lives and prevent a great amount of suffering.

One of the most truths we can learn in order to live a healthy and meaningful life, is that we cannot control the events in our lives. With mindful practice, we can train ourselves to pause from reacting. Then we can touch our hearts and respond consciously,
committing ourselves to do no harm and to bring whatever benefit we can.

05/26/2026

Yoga Nidra Personal Retreat
with Dr. Marc Halpern and Dr. Andrea Deerheart
2 day retreat! Saturday & Sunday, June 27-28, 9am-4pm both days.
In-Person and Online

Yoga Nidra is an ancient, classical practice of entering in a deeply relaxed but entirely conscious state of awareness. From this state of consciousness, each individual is empowered to remove the obstacles that are in the way of attaining optimal health and peace of mind and then set out on a new path of conscious creation – the manifestation of life as you dream it to be.

Schedule
9:00am-12:00pm & 1:30pm-4:00pm – Saturday & Sunday

This program consists of a combination of practicing Yoga Nidra and group processing. The doctors will share stories both classical and personal and each student is supported and encouraged to be as open as possible. Sacred space, trust, and safety are core principles of this program.

All props will be provided for in-person participants, and you are welcome to bring your pillow, mat, and/or blanket.

All sessions will be recorded and made available to enrolled students for two weeks afterward. The program is offered both online and in person, though attending in person is recommended.

Emotional IntelligenceEvents in our world this year have given rise to strong emotional reactions: fear of life threaten...
05/26/2026

Emotional Intelligence

Events in our world this year have given rise to strong emotional reactions: fear of life threatening illness, frustration at the way of life we must endure, grief at the loss of so many lives, and longing to see loved ones. These feelings are a natural part of the human experience and it’s important that we acknowledge them, allow them move through our hearts, and reflect on the messages they bring us. Then we can learn from and release them, without judgement and repression. Then we can keep our hearts open to recognizing equally well the gifts of being alive and loving each other.

05/25/2026

Sunday Spiritual Talk: Exposing the Inner Light
Sunday June 21
11am - 12pm PDT
ONLINE

Many people may think of Yoga as the practice of asanas, which offers many benefits, but its original and deepest purpose is to awaken the spiritual light within. What may seem like distant ideals—enlightenment or Self-Realization—become practical and attainable when we explore the clear, step-by-step path outlined in the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali.

Join Swami Ramananda on the summer solstice to discover how these timeless teachings and practices reveal that inner light, guiding us toward greater steadiness, clarity, and presence—even in the midst of life’s challenges. This Satsang offers a preview of the 4 week course, Next Steps to Awakening, beginning on July 8. https://online.integralyogasf.org/courses/next-steps-to-awakening-yoga-sutras-bhagavad-gita-4-week-course

Satsang is a special time for us to come together as a community. In Sanskrit, Sat means truth and Sangha means community. Satsang offers an opportunity to come together to share spiritual teachings. The philosophy of Integral Yoga is explored often through an informal discussion. Although our spiritual paths may diverge, the act of sharing spiritual teachings with others is inspiring and creates a solid foundation for continued practice.

People of all faiths are welcome.

05/24/2026

Kirtan with Joanna Manqueros, John Kadyk and Ramana Erickson

Saturday June 13
7:00pm - 8:30pm PDT
In-Person

Joanna Manqueros on vocals and harmonium. Joanna facilitates kirtan as a medicinal experience, invoking uplifting concepts, reaching to a higher power and the beauty of being surrounded by voices. Joanna also hosts Music of the World on KPFA. John Kadyk brings bass clarinet; plays with a sublime addition to the trio. Ramana Erickson learned tabla playing in ashrams as a teen. He brings extensive experience, and has played for Krishna Das, and Nina Rao. Bring your voice and join in the fun.

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$25 Day of | $20 In advance, use promo code NADA

05/22/2026

Embodied Wisdom: A Hatha Yoga Practice to Awaken
Tuesday June 16 and June 23
6:00pm - 7:30pm PDT
In-Person and Online

Yoga was originally intended as a path to still the mind and experience the spiritual consciousness that is our true nature. In the Hatha Yoga tradition, the body and breath are skillful means for cultivating this inner steadiness. Through asana, pranayama, and mindful awareness, we gradually harmonize the nervous system, balance the flow of prana, and prepare the mind for deeper states of meditation.

When we lose sight of this deeper purpose, our practice can easily become shaped by unconscious beliefs and cultural conditioning that may contribute to tension, striving, or self-judgment.

In this workshop, we will explore ways of practicing Hatha Yoga with greater awareness and sensitivity. Through accessible asana, gentle breath practices, and guided attention, we will learn to move with steadiness and ease, gradually freeing ourselves from habitual patterns held in the body and mind. As we practice, we will cultivate a calm, non-reactive mind and an open, receptive heart.

Together we will explore how a mindful Hatha Yoga practice can deepen our sense of connection—with our own embodied experience, with one another, with nature, and with the deeper intelligence that underlies life.

Over time, a practice grounded in this understanding can gently transform even the subconscious mind, allowing us to move beyond old fears and beliefs and approach life with greater balance, belonging, inner contentment, and wonder.

Both session will be recorded and available to all enrolled students for two weeks.
Register in advance.

Swami Ramananda, C-IAYT, E-RYT 500, is the Executive Director of the Integral Yoga Institute in San Francisco, C-IAYT, and a greatly respected senior teacher in the Integral Yoga tradition who has been practicing Yoga for over 45 years. Ramananda offers practical methods of integrating the timeless teachings and practices of Yoga into daily life and transforming the painful aspects of human experience into steps toward realizing one’s full potential.


Swami Ramananda 108

05/21/2026

21-Day Hatha Challenge: Establish a Consistent Practice That Works for You

Monday June 22 • 7:00am - 7:30pm PDT
ONLINE
Join: Kalyani Cohen Barr & Senior Staff

Daily Monday, June 22 – Sunday, July 12, 7:00 -7:30am PT
Begin your day with an energizing and grounding practice designed to support you on and off the mat.

This 3-week morning journey weaves together postures, breathwork, and simple awareness practices to help you reconnect with your body, clear the mind, and create a rhythm that feels sustainable. As the pace of the season shifts, you’ll build a practice that supports you—whether life feels slow and heavy or full and in motion.

Rooted in the principles of hatha yoga, this challenge is an invitation to move with intention, breathe with awareness, and cultivate presence each day.

Build a practice that moves with your life.
🌿 Consistency over intensity.
🌿 Start your day rooted, clear, and present.

Join us for a FREE introductory event on June 21st, the International Day of Yoga, to connect and cultivate intentions for Yoga practice that are both meaningful and sustainable:

Begin Where You Are; Intentions for Yoga Practice with Raama Das
Sunday, June 21 • 8:00 – 9:00am • online • Free

Keeping a weekly Sadhana chart to track the practice is optional. Daily attendance is recommended but not required. All sessions will be recorded and shared with registered participants.

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Freeing the mind from the grip of habit“A regular meditation practice gradually cultivates the ability to consciously fo...
05/19/2026

Freeing the mind from the grip of habit

“A regular meditation practice gradually cultivates the ability to consciously focus our attention in one direction and thus stand apart from our habitual train of thought. Observing the contents of
our minds enables us to be less identified with our thinking, thus freeing us from simply trusting and acting on the deep-seated ideas ingrained in us from our culture. We can begin to think, speak and act with a more universal purpose in mind.”

Swami Divyananda

05/18/2026

Extraordinary Yoga Teachers Summit
Saturday June 6 • 11:00am - 5:00pm PDT
Zoom Online • Free
Hosted by Daniela & Christopher
from GreatEnergy.org

You are invited to the FREE Extraordinary Yoga Teachers Summit: 9 days of potent Wisdom for yoga teachers and students with individual presentations by Integral Yoga’s Swami Ramananda and
Swami Asokananda.

Yoga Teachers are not only instructors – they are Leaders and multipliers of human Awakening.

Become the Luminous, steady, extraordinary Presence your students can feel the moment they walk in.

This gathering exists for one purpose: To ignite the Clarity, Self-Mastery, and embodied Wisdom that make a Yoga Teacher truly extraordinary… so you can change lives, one breath at a time.
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​The Extraordinary Yoga Teacher Summit is where You rise into YOUR role.

30 Wisdom keepers from many traditions of yoga, together for the first time, including Sat Bir Singh Khalsa, Todd Norian, Mark Whitwell, Larry Payne, Daniela Hess, Jillian Pransky, Lauren Walker and more…
REGISTER FOR FREE NOW!
Some of what you’ll learn in 9 days:

• Leslie Howard – Beyond Kegels: What Every Yoga Teacher Needs to Know About the Pelvic Floor
• Helen Lavretsky – Your Brain on Yoga: What 20 Years of Clinical Research Actually Shows
• Stephanie Lopez -Your Students Feel Whether You Teach From Presence or From a Script
• Heather Mason – Your 200-Hour Training Was the Beginning. Yoga Therapy Is the Career
• Amy Weintraub – You Don’t Write Yoga for Depression Without Having Lived It First
• Scott Blossom – Beyond Hormones: What Every Yoga Teacher Should Know About Menopause, Ayurveda, and the Aging Brain
Plus 24 more sessions, June 6 to 14, 2026
Register for Free
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05/15/2026

Begin Where You Are: Intentions for Yoga Practice with Raama Das, C-IAYT

Saturday June 21 • 8am - 9am PDT
ONLINE • Free

This workshop invites you to begin exactly where you are—cultivating a grounded, realistic approach that supports consistency over intensity.

It opens the door to a 21-day Hatha Yoga Challenge, which begins the following day, Monday, June 22nd at 7am PT. Over the course of these 21 mornings, we’ll explore postures, breathwork, and simple awareness practices to reconnect with the body, clear the mind, and establish a steady, supportive rhythm.

🌿 Build a practice that moves with your life
🌿 Consistency over intensity
🌿 Start your day rooted, clear, and present

Daily attendance for the course is encouraged but not required. Recordings will be shared with all registered participants.

Come as you are, and begin.
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This poem reminds me that changing the world starts with me in the present moment, in the words of Rosemerry Trommer, "w...
05/14/2026

This poem reminds me that changing the world starts with me in the present moment, in the words of Rosemerry Trommer, "walking down the street heart first."
Peace to all, Ramananda

Small Kindnesses
Danusha Lameris

I’ve been thinking about the way, when you walk
down a crowded aisle, people pull in their legs
to let you by. Or how strangers still say “bless you”
when someone sneezes, a leftover
from the Bubonic plague. “Don’t die,” we are saying.
And sometimes, when you spill lemons
from your grocery bag, someone else will help you
pick them up. Mostly, we don’t want to harm each other.
We want to be handed our cup of coffee hot,
and to say thank you to the person handing it. To smile
at them and for them to smile back. For the waitress
to call us honey when she sets down the bowl of soup,
and for the driver in the red pick-up truck to let us pass.
We have so little of each other, now. So far
from tribe and fire. Only these brief moments of exchange.
What if they are the true dwelling of the holy, these
fleeting temples we make together when we say, “Here,
have my seat,” “Go ahead — you first,” “I like your hat."

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