Satchidananda Ashram–Yogaville is now offering workshops and trainings online! Click to view offerings || Our onsite location will reopen to guests in 2021. Learn More
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Workshops
Relax into the Holidays with Restorative Yoga – Online
with Satya Greenstone, E-RYT 500, C-IAYT
December 2 - 16, 2020
In this online workshop, experience deep relaxation and rejuvenation during a time period when it’s needed most. Restorative Yoga places your body in gentle, supported asanas (poses) with the use of props, allowing your mind to truly let go. Restorative Yoga is a simple, effective antidote to stress, tension, and anxiety.
Living in Your Truth – Online
with Tara (Becky) Eschenroeder, E-RYT 500, RCYT, YACEP and Nick Gonnering
December 3 - 17, 2020
How often do you wish for more instead of being content with what you already have? How could letting go of attachments allow you to live more fully and deeply? Explore these questions and begin to work toward answers as you contemplate yogic philosophy for guidance in trust and acceptance.
Moving into Bliss – Online
with Debora Nitya Jackson, E-RYT 500
December 4 - 18, 2020
Move into bliss as you explore the layers of our existence through the yogic koshas model and the practice of Yoga Nidra during this online workshop.
Take Back Your Power – Online
with Swami Vidyananda, E-RYT 500, C-IAYT
December 5 - 12, 2020
Yoga can teach you to reclaim your inner power and peace in a rapidly changing world. In this online workshop, you will learn simple Yoga tools to build resilience, release stress, and find strength in the midst of confusion.
Inspiration for the Spiritual Journey – Online
with Swami Asokananda, E-RYT 500 and Swami Ramananda, E-RYT 500, C-IAYT
December 6, 2020
Join Swamis Ramananda and Asokananda for inspiration and encouragement on your spiritual journey. During this online workshop, they will share how they maintain their steadiness in the life of the Spirit.
Yoga for Back Pain Open Clinic – Online
with Loren M. Fishman, M.D., B.Phil. (Oxon.)
December 13, 2020
Struggling with back pain and looking for Yoga to help? Join Dr. Fishman, a world-recognized pioneer in the use of Yoga for the treatment of lower back pain, for Yoga for Back Pain Open Clinic – Online.
Balancing Prana, Revitalizing Your Health – Online
with Margabandhu Martarano, E-RYT 500, B.A. and Amrita Sandra McLanahan, M.D.
December 19 - 20, 2020
Explore the five major types of prana and learn how subtle anatomy practices can rebuild and revitalize your health during this online workshop.
New Year’s Immersion Retreat – Online
with Swami Divyananda Ma, E-RYT 500, Swami Asokananda, E-RYT 500, Swami Hamsananda, Swami Karunananda, E-RYT 500, Swami Ramananda, E-RYT 500, C-IAYT, Swami Vidyananda, E-RYT 500, C-IAYT, Rev. Paraman Barsel, Mazin Jamal and Senior Staff
December 30, 2020 - January 2, 2021
Join us for the online New Year’s Immersion Retreat to reflect deeply, gather your strength, renew your inspiration, reconnect with your spirit, and restore yourself in the sanctuary and solace of the Integral Yoga community.
21-Day Meditation Tune-up – Online
with Swami Divyananda Ma, E-RYT 500
January 3 - 23, 2021
Join Swami Divyananda from 12–1 pm for 21 days of guidance and practice of meditation. Starting with ten minutes, the meditation sessions will increase towards one full hour on the last day. Accept this challenge and invite your life to be fully transformed! Whether you are brand-new to meditation or experienced-but-struggling, these sessions will address your needs and give you the tools and support to sustain and advance a meditation practice.
Advance Your Hatha Yoga Practice – Online
with Satya Greenstone, E-RYT 500, C-IAYT
January 6 - 27, 2021
Start the year with Yoga! Advance and deepen your personal Hatha Yoga practice with this 4-week series guided by senior Integral Yoga teacher, Satya Greenstone
Discovering and Maintaining Your Peace – Online
with Reverend Bhagavan Metro
January 16 - 17, 2021
One of Sri Gurudev Swami Satchidananda's most profound teachings was: "Always maintain your Peace". The philosophy and practices of Yoga support us as we pursue that goal.
Dissolving the Barriers to Joyful Living – Online
with Sampada Desai, M.A., LPC, E-RYT 500, CLYL, CLYT
January 23 - 24, 2021
Does the stress of daily living keep you from living a joyful life? This online workshop provides a safe, nurturing, and playful environment in which to learn and practice life-affirming ways to honor and celebrate your life.
Raja Yoga Teacher Training – Online
with Swami Karunananda, E-RYT 500, Swami Priyaananda, E-RYT 500 and Senior Staff
January 26 - May 15, 2021
Pay in full by Dec 28, 2020 and get $100.00 off listed prices
Enrich your teaching and personal practice with Raja Yoga – Online, the science of meditation based on self-mastery. Raja Yoga presents the philosophy and psychology of Yoga in a systematic way, guiding one to greater peace and balance in life and spiritual realization.
Bringing Yoga Therapy into Hospitals and Academia – Online
with M. Mala Cunningham, Ph.D., C-IAYT
February 11 - 15, 2021
Are you a Yoga teacher or Yoga therapist seeking to bring Yoga into an academic or hospital environment? Join Dr. Mala Cunningham to learn planning strategies, marketing tactics, negotiation techniques, interviewing skills, and important formulas to successfully implement your ideas into a hospital environment or academic setting.
Neuroscience, Yoga, and Mindfulness: How Yoga Heals – Online
with M. Mala Cunningham, Ph.D., C-IAYT
March 11 - 14, 2021
Neuroscience can explain how and why Yoga works for healing the body, mind, and emotions. In this online workshop, Dr. Cunningham will share with you some powerful techniques and strategies for increasing healing, happiness, and peace; and conversely, you will learn how to reduce negative emotions, thoughts, and behaviors that tend to take over our lives.
Yoga and Kayaking – June
with Bhaskar Deva
June 25 - 27, 2021
Join Bhaskar Deva for a weekend of Yoga and kayaking down the peaceful James River—connecting with nature, yourself, and new friends. This is a revitalizing way for beginner and intermediate kayakers alike to weave Yoga with the joy of the outdoors.
Yoga Nidra Training and Certification Level 1
with Julie Lusk, E-RYT 500, M.Ed.
September 3 - 8, 2021
Yoga Nidra Training will give you the tools and resources needed to lead others effectively in Yoga Nidra. Gain the know-how and confidence needed to be able to help your clients and students relax, increase body-mind awareness, make positive behavior changes.
Yoga Nidra for Complete Relaxation and Stress Relief
with Julie Lusk, E-RYT 500, M.Ed.
September 3 - 5, 2021
Discover the essential principles, practices, and benefits of Yoga Nidra, or “yogic sleep”. Go far beyond deep relaxation to a place of natural peace and quiet that is tremendously healing for the body, mind, and spirit.
Yoga Nidra Training and Certification Level 2
with Julie Lusk, E-RYT 500, M.Ed.
September 10 - 15, 2021
Gain the tools and resources needed to lead others effectively in the practice of Yoga Nidra, or “yogic sleep”. Yoga Nidra is a comprehensive practice for going far beyond deep relaxation to a place of natural peace and quiet that is tremendously healing for the body, mind, and spirit.