Guest Information
Open to guests year round, the Yoga Farm welcomes people from around the world and provides a peaceful setting in which to find a way back to a holistic lifestyle in harmony with nature. Additionally, our guests testify to the effect of a sense of stress relief and moreover they feel an improved physical, emotional, and spiritual health.
Ashram Photo Gallery
Lavender Fields
Peace Miracle Labyrinth
As a matter of fact, the way we walk a labyrinth can offer insight into the way we walk through our lives. Additionally, while walking, you can coordinate your breath with your steps as you release concerns and other burdens. Equally important, is to contemplate peace on earth while repeating the mantra “Om Namo Narayanaya.” Finally, on the way out, you may repeat the peace mantra out loud, feeling the peaceful vibration generated being brought to the whole world.
Vrindavan Pond
The pond is available for swimming as there is a gazebo and dock with ladder for entry. Also, there is a boat for those not wanting to swim. Additionally, during the summer months, the pond is a popular destination to get a quick cool down or to just sit next to under the weeping willow trees.
As a matter of fact, the pond is a favorite activity for children’s yoga camp in the summer.
Surrounding Area
Sivananda Yoga Farm Boutique
The ashram boutique is open daily, offering an extensive selection of books and CDs, clothing for yoga classes, yoga mats, meditation cushions and shawls, mala beads, altar kits, other yoga related items, gifts and spiritual paintings. Certain food supplements, notebooks and toiletries are also available. The Health Hut also offers natural snacks and drinks during courses.
Enjoy a diverse selection of health food goodies and yoga accessories, including yoga mats and bags, incense, malas (prayer beads), and decorative items for your home altar. In fact, the boutique is a favorite hangout for all the students and guests.
Boutique Hours
10:45am – 11:.45am
6:45pm – 7:45pm
What to Bring
Some important items for your stay:
- Towel
- Yoga mat
- Meditation cushion
- Meditation shawl or blanket
- Japa mala (prayer) beads
- Pen and notebook
- Water bottle
- Slip-on sandals or slippers (indoor-only)
- Both comfortable and warm clothes which cover shoulders and knees
- Rain gear
- Walking shoes for relaxed nature walks
- Personal toiletries
- Ear plugs (the ashram is a shared environment)
- Alarm clock
- Flashlight
- Travel mug or tumbler (for hot tea)
- For tent space only: bring your own tent, bedding, and towels
The Well-Being Center
In our well-being center we offer therapies and massages by appointment year-round. Some Ayurveda therapies offered include: Abhyanga: four-hand, warm-herbal-oil, full-body massage Shirodhara: warm, herbal oil flow over the energy center between the eyebrows Swedhana: herb-infused, full-body steam treatment Marma Therapy: specialized massage technique for healing damaged tissue, detoxification and release of tension for enhancing proper energy flow
Library
The library is just behind the main Yoga Hall. It has an assortment of books from many different spiritual writers. It is open daily and is a nice spot in the ashram to relax, recharge, and inspire. Please see our reception if you would like to borrow a book.
Drinking Water
Our pure drinking water comes from a well in the Ashram grounds. Guests can refill water bottles from our sinks or from the water dispensers in each of the buildings.
Laundry
Coin-operated washing machines are available during daytime hours. We have clotheslines for drying. Laundry soap can be purchased in the boutique.
GETTING TO THE YOGA FARM
Directions
The Ashram is situated near highway 49 between Auburn and Grass Valley, just one hour from Sacramento and three hours (without traffic) from San Francisco and is easily accessible by car or by Amtrak (train and bus).
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Sivananda Ashram Yoga Farm
By Air to San Francisco:
Public Transport – Take BART (Bay Area Rapid Transit) from SFO to Richmond station. BART is at SFO, is marked well, but you can also ask at information and they will easily guide you. Trains run every ten or fifteen minutes or so depending upon the time. This is about $7, purchase a ticket at the station. In Richmond exchange to Amtrak for ongoing travel to Auburn station. They are both in the same station, BART is upstairs and Amtrak down. Go to Amtrak.com to book, there you will see service that is mostly connecting. Part of your travel to Auburn will be train, some bus. Give yourself at least 60-90 minutes between arrival at SFO and departure from Richmond.
By Air to Sacramento airport:
Public Transit – We recommend that you take an Uber all the way to the ashram (about $60) or take the Amtrak.com bus service from Sacramento to Auburn. (Amtrak fare is $16 ). PLEASE NOTE that Amtrak offers bus service from Sacramento to Auburn. Although the schedule is shown on the Amtrak website it is not possible to purchase tickets online for bus travel. For this you will need to arrive at the Sacramento Amtrak station with a few minutes early and purchase the ticket there.
Sivananda Ashram Yoga Farm
By Car:
From I-80 exit in Auburn and onto Hwy. 49 North towards Grass Valley. Go 11 miles to Wolf Road (traffic signal light) and turn Left. (note that right side of the intersection is Combie Rd.) Go 1.8 miles and turn right onto Duggans Rd. Go 2 miles to the end of the road and turn left on Lime Kiln Rd. Go 2.4 miles – (the road becomes McCourtney Rd.) (continue straight). Continue 1.2 miles and turn left on Ballantree Lane. (You will note an Adopt-a-Highway sign 1 mile ahead of the turn that the “Yoga Farm removes litter”) Go 0.9 miles to the Sivananda Ashram Yoga Farm driveway and turn left (It is marked by a big sign.) Please drive 10 MPH ONLY on Ballantree Lane.
Helpful Reminders
The Yoga Farm is an ashram with a very special spiritual atmosphere practicing classical yoga. To be here is to share in the practice, honoring both our highest selves and that of others. In order to truly tap into all the rejuvenating effects, we encourage everyone to attend both Satsangs and yoga classes daily.
We also ask that silence is observed from 10:30 pm to 6:00 am so that all can have a restful sleep and a peaceful mind before morning Satsang. The more you can tune in and really soak in the natural peace of our environment and community, the better your body and mind will feel overall. You can begin by detaching from your cell phone, especially during Satsang.
If using it as a recording device during the spiritual lecture (as it is a nice way to deepen your learning), please ensure that you have put it into silent/airplane mode and turned off all alarms and noise making apps before leaving your room. Inner peace is an amazing gift to share. Remember the practice.