4th of July Weekend: Renewal & Creativity
with Swami Sivasankariananda, Swami Hamsananda, Anandamayi Chaitanya, Maha Lakshmi, C-IAYT, RYT 500, Saraswati and Samrat Kakkeri
June 30 - July 4, 2023
Description
Please join us this 4th of July Weekend for our retreat focused on Renewal & Creativity. Energize and inspire yourself with practical Vedic teachings and practices to relax and rejuvenate body, mind and spirit and reconnect to your natural, peaceful Self.
We will have daily Yoga asana classes, vegetarian meals, and workshops on Yoga Health & Self Healing, Positive Thinking Tools for Happiness & Peace, How to Integrate a Yogic Diet for Daily Health, Open the Heart through Kirtan, Restore & Revive Yoga class, Tablas: Tuning to the Rhythms of Nature.
July 3rd marks one of the most auspicious days of the year, Guru Purnima. To celebrate, our priest pandit Bhima Samavedula will lead a traditional Guru puja to honor Guru lineage of Swami Sivananda and Swami Vishnudevananda.
We look forward to sharing the beautiful Ashram with you this weekend. Om Shanti
Daily Schedule
Friday, June 30
2pm – Check-in
4pm – Asana and Pranayama Class
6pm – Dinner
730pm – Satsang: Welcome!
Saturday, July 1
6am – Satsang: Yuba River Trip
8am – Asana and Pranayama Class
10am – Brunch
11am – Karma Yoga
1pm – Workshop: Positive Thinking for Happiness and Peace of Mind
4pm – Asana and Pranayama Class
6pm – Dinner
730pm – Satsang: “Love”
Sunday, July 2
6am – Satsang: Durga Temple Walk
8am – Asana and Pranayama Class
10am – Brunch
11am – Karma Yoga
1pm – Workshop: Opening the Heart – Kirtan Chanting with Anandamayi
4pm – Asana and Pranayama Class
6pm – Dinner
730pm – Satsang: Sunday Prayers
Monday, July 3
6am – Satsang: “Freedom”
8am – Asana and Pranayama Class
10am – Brunch
11am – Karma Yoga
1pm – Workshop: Tuning to Rhythms of Nature – Tabla with Samrat
4pm – Asana and Pranayama Class
6pm – Dinner
730pm – Satsang: Guru Purnima Puja
Tuesday, July 4
6am – Satsang: Satsang – Yoga for Self-Healing
8am – Asana and Pranayama Class
10am – Brunch
11am – Karma Yoga
12pm – Workshop: Mantra for Self- Healing with Sw Sivasankari
4pm – Asana and Pranayama Class
6pm – Dinner
730pm – Satsang
Teachers
Swami Sivasankariananda is director of the Los Angeles Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Center. She completed her TTC at the Yoga Farm in 1997 and ATTC there in 2008. Swamiji has been on yatra in north and south India and Mount Kailas. She loves to teach and is particularly fond of the…
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Swami Hamsananda is a senior staff teacher at the Yoga Farm, taking TTC in 2010 and Advanced TTC in 2014. Swami Hamsananda took Brahmacharya vows in 2014 and sannyas in 2022. She graduated from the the Sivananda Yoga Health Educator Training in 2019 and is a Certified Yoga…
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Anandamayi Chaitanya hails from Japan and completed the TTC at the Yoga Farm in 2014 and ATTC in 2015. She graduated the Sivananda Yoga Health Educator Training (SYHET) program in 2019 and is a certified yoga therapist, specializing in Stress Relief techniques and Adapted Yoga practices to meet…
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Maha Lakshmi, C-IAYT, RYT 500 is a teacher of Classical Yoga for many years and graduated the Sivananda Yoga Health Educator Training program in 2020. A student of Ayurveda, a practitioner of the Four Paths of Yoga, and a dedicated student of Swami Sitaramananda and the teachings of…
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Saraswati, hailing from Vietnam, graduated from the International Sivananda Yoga teacher training course in 2010. She is a graduate of the, “Yoga Psychology”, “Ayurveda and Yoga Wellness” course and “Ayuvedic massage therapist” training. She was staff at Sivananda Yoga Vedanta center in Ho Chi Minh from 2010 –…
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Samrat Kakkeri comes from a long line of musicians and has devoted his life to the art of Tabla. He inherited his talent from his father Pundit Mohan Rao Kakkeri who was also his first teacher. He is considered a child prodigy who has received acclaim as an…
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