Tent - Bring Your Own – $220.00
Om Cabin - Private or book with a friend – $390.00
Siva Cabin - Private or book with a friend – $510.00
Siva Cabin - Double (share with another guest) – $430.00
Deluxe Shanti Cabin - Private or book with friends – $630.00
Deluxe Shanti Cabin - Shared (share with another guest) – $490.00

(All prices include $70.00 base amount)

** All options include 2 vegetarian meals, 2 yoga classes, and 2 satsangs.

Arrival & Departure
Arrival: Check-in time is 2:00pm. We encourage you to arrive by 4:00pm for the Asana class. Dinner is at 6:00pm and there will be a Welcoming Orientation at 7:00pm followed by Satsang at 8:00pm.

Departure: Check-out time is 12:00pm. You are welcome to stay in the ashram for the rest of the afternoon even after checking out of your room.

Location:
Sivananda Ashram Yoga Farm

Address:
14651 Ballantree Lane
Grass Valley, CA 95949 USA

Contact: [email protected]
(530) 272-9322

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Mid-Autumn Festival: The mind, the emotions and moon yoga special retreat

with Acharya Swami Sitaramananda

October 3 - 5, 2025

The Mid-Autumn Festival, also known as the Moon Festival or Mooncake Festival, is a harvest festival celebrated in Asian culture. It is held on the 15th day of the 8th month of the Chinese lunisolar calendar with a full moon at night, corresponding to mid-September to early October of the Gregorian calendar.

There will be music songs, tea ceremony, moon procession and stories and talent show.

Friday Oct 3

12pm check in
2pm workshop – The mechanics of the mind and how to control it
4 pm asana
6 dinner
7:30 satsang – what is love ? From Sivananda
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Saturday October 4
6am satsang – life lessons
8am asana
10am brunch
11 am karma yoga
2pm workshop – 3 levels of mind. From lower mind to higher mind
4pm asana
6pm dinner
7:30 pm tea ceremony – Tea ceremony and procession
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Sunday Oct 5

6am – siva temple
8am asana
10am lunch
12pm check out

Teacher

Acharya Swami Sitaramananda
Swami Sitaramananda is a senior acharya of the International Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Centers and is director of the Sivananda Ashram Vedanta Yoga Farm, California and the Sivananda Yoga Resort and Training Center, Vietnam. She is acharya of China, Taiwan, and Japan as well. Swamiji is the organizer and teacher of the Sivananda Yoga Health Educator Training…
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