Programs

December 2019

Finding Freedom: How Wild It Is to Let It Be

with Tara (Becky) Eschenroeder, E-RYT 500, RCYT, YACEP and Narayani Noelle Whittington, E-RYT 500

Navigate toward freedom from discontentment, attachments, and self-doubt by cultivating trust and acceptance during this weekend of self-exploration. Do you spend more time moving toward where you want to be than being content with where you are? What do you…

Jayanthi Weekend Celebration

Come join us in celebration!! In Sanskrit Jayanthi means birthday. At the Ashram, we will be celebrating the Jayanthi of Swami Satchidananda (Sri Gurudev) on the day of his birth, December 22. The schedule of events is listed below:   Friday…

New Year’s Silent Retreat: Seek the Light Within

with Swami Gurucharanananda "Mataji" and Senior Staff

“You are not given the light by anyone—not even by a spiritual teacher. You are that light.” — Swami Satchidananda In a world of many distractions and difficulties, where do you look for guidance? Look within yourself. The serenity of…

January 2020

Free All-Day Laughter Yoga Workshop: Live, Laugh, Love! 2020

with Bharata Wingham, E-RYT 200, CLYT

Start the New Year off with lots of healthy, hearty and healing laughter! Join us and spend a day laughing for no reason! And experience the joy of laughter and the bliss of Yoga with Bharata Wingham, a “Laughter Ambassador.”…

Basic Meditation: A Journey to Peace

with Reverend Bhagavan Metro and Janaka Avallone, RYT 500, B.S.

Walk away from this workshop feeling refreshed and inspired, with your questions answered regarding how to build and establish your transformative meditation practice. Learn effective ways to calm the mind, powerful concentration techniques, and guidance on addressing the obstacles that…

Intermediate Integral Yoga Teacher Training – INDIA

with Swami Ramananda, E-RYT 500, C-IAYT and Lalita Dagny Vigander, E-RYT 500, LMT, RCYT

For Yoga teachers Travel to the birthplace of Yoga and earn your certification as an Intermediate Integral Yoga teacher. While in the motherland of Sri Swami Satchidananda, train with our master Yoga instructors in an intimate classroom setting. Near ancient…

Make Your New Year’s Resolution Last: Aspire, Ask, Act, Achieve

with Swami Gurucharanananda "Mataji"

Do you need to make a meaningful change in your life? Are you ready for a transformation? Create a practical plan to achieve your goals using the “4 A’s”: aspire, ask, act, and achieve. Each step represents a strong intention to…

Experience the Joy of Health

with Amrita Sandra McLanahan, M.D. and Ramakrishna Sackett

Experience the joy of living a healthy lifestyle by establishing a sustainable Yoga and meditation practice, learning the importance of sangha (good company), and learning about lifestyle changes that will decrease stress, and prevent disease. When you return home, you…

Adapt, Adjust, Accommodate: Reduce Stress with Gentle Yoga

with Ranjani Bayne, RYT 200 and Rukmini Ando, E-RYT 200, RYT 500, YACEP

Release tension in the body, calm the mind and experience inner peace during a playful weekend with Ranjani and Rukmini. During this workshop, you will be supported on your healing journey with gentle and nurturing Yoga practices including sessions of…

February 2020

Building Resilience: Winter Practices for Self-Care

with Debora Nitya Jackson, E-RYT 500

Immerse yourself in the yogic lifestyle and enjoy thoughtfully designed practices of Hatha Yoga, meditation, and Ayurveda, to align with the cycles of nature, build resilience and boost your immune system. Create a daily and seasonal self-care routine that is…

Agape AUM: Evolutionary Music Weekend

with Paradiso and Rasamayi

Treat yourself to a meditative weekend of sacred sound healing with award-winning musicians Paradiso and Rasamayi. This weekend will be charged with healing performances using didgeridoos and crystal singing bowls, as well as hands-on practice learning to play these incredible…

Create Your Happy Body: Combining Alexander Technique and Pavanmuktasana

with Hope Mell, RYT 500, ATT

Are you frustrated by pain in your body, stiff joints or restricted movement? Create your happy body and transform your movement with the Alexander Technique and Pavanmuktasana (the Joint Freeing Series). The Alexander Technique offers a greater sense of self…

The Feng Shui of Yoga: Creating Harmonious Spaces

with Nitya Griffith, E-RYT 200, CRYT

Discover the wisdom of two ancient philosophies and lifestyle practices, Yoga and Feng Shui, to create an incredible path for harmony, health, abundance, and well-being. Bring a copy of your home’s floor plan and receive tangible insights you can apply…

Become a Better Guide: Teaching People with Limited Mobility

with Aramati Akke Hulburt, E-RYT 500

For Yoga teachers and health professionals When students show up to your class with pain and limited movement, do you know how to accommodate them and keep them safe in their practice? Join Aramati Hulburt for a workshop designed to…

March 2020

Strengthen Your Container with the Chakras: Re-Membering Wholeness

with Karla Helbert, LPC, E-RYT 200, YACEP, C-IAYT

Discover the power of your sacred energetic centers, the chakras, to help you move through life-altering, painful events. Explore your chakras with guided meditations, visualizations, journaling, art, movement, and sharing with like-minded spiritual seekers. This program is for people who…

Laugha Yoga 3-Day Leader Certification

with Bharata Wingham, E-RYT 200, CLYT

For everyone, including Yoga teachers and health professionals A fun way to awaken yourself and others to the love of laughter. Experience firsthand how intentional laughter can lead to being happy for no reason. Through yogic laughter sessions, pranayama, meditation, and…

Loosening the Deep-Seated Knots

with Raama Das, E-RYT 500, C-IAYT, YACEP

Do stiff muscles or racing thoughts prevent you from getting on the Yoga mat? Learn practical, scientifically proven yogic tools from the Tantric tradition to loosen the deep-seated knots that bind you during a weekend designed to release physical and…

Bringing Yoga Therapy into Hospitals and Academia

with M. Mala Cunningham, Ph.D., C-IAYT

For everyone, especially Yoga teachers and health professionals 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…

Yoga for Detox: Spring Cleaning for Body and Mind

with Satya Greenstone, E-RYT 500, C-IAYT

Yearning for vibrancy and rejuvenation this Spring? Come shed old habits and create new revitalizing practices in a supportive, healing environment. Enjoy delicious vegan meals, opportunities for fasting, Restorative Yoga sessions, as well as yogic practices to cleanse the mind,…

Unlock Your Creative Inspiration: Breath, Sound, and Movement

with HuDost

Creativity and spiritual practice are both powerful tools that can liberate your love and empathy. Join award-winning musical duo Hudost for a weekend designed to foster health, prosperity, love, and connection with the source. This workshop will explore breath, sound,…

The Spiritual Art of Memoir: Discovering the Invisible Thread of Grace

with Joan Borysenko, Ph.D.

Reveal the story of your spiritual journey through memoir writing. Allow other like-minded individuals to be your mirror, and come together to make meaning and share the legacy of your life by discovering the invisible thread of grace in your…

Transformation: Practical Approaches for Letting Go

with Swami Karunananda, E-RYT 500

Feeling stuck in undesirable habits, environments, or relationships? Wondering why you can’t let go? Make a change using yogic principles and practices. Join Swami Karunananda to learn about the nature of attachment and how to harness the energy of your…

Adaptive Hatha Yoga Teacher Training

with Satya Greenstone, E-RYT 500, C-IAYT

For Yoga teachers and health professionals Yoga is for every body, regardless of shape, size, or ability level. Join Satya Greenstone to learn how to make the sacred practice of Yoga accessible to all students of varying levels and abilities.…

Yoga for Arthritis Teachers Intensive – Level 1

with Steffany Moonaz,  Ph.D., E-RYT 500, C-IAYT, MFA

For Yoga teachers and health professionals Discover how to safely and effectively teach Yoga, with individually-tailored practices, to people with arthritis. This teacher’s intensive training combines contemporary scientific rigor, Yoga philosophy, and heart. Over 20% of US adults are living…

Discover the Heart of Yoga: Asana and Pranayama

with John Schumacher, CIYT, C-IAYT

As Swami Satchidananda said, “Truth is One, Paths are Many”. Explore the path laid out by Patanjali as interpreted by Yogacharya B.K.S. Iyengar. In the practice of asana and pranayama, we can see the manifestation of all eight limbs of…

April 2020

Spring Silent Retreat: Time to Reflect, Relax, and Renew

with Reverend Prakasha Shakti Capen, E-RYT 500 and Senior Staff

Escape to a natural sanctuary to reflect, relax, and renew during Yogaville’s annual Spring Silent Retreat. Take a few days to step back from your regular routine. Through stillness, silence, and Yoga practices, you’ll lift your spirit and refresh the…

Yoga of Forgiveness: A Course in Miracles Retreat

with Bharata Wingham, E-RYT 200, CLYT

Forgiveness is the key to happiness. — A Course in Miracles Join us on Easter weekend for this program based on Christian principles and terminology. A Course in Miracles focuses on “The Forgiveness Principle”– a crucial aspect of the path of Yoga and…

200-hour Integral Yoga Teacher Training – Spring 2020

with Satya Greenstone, E-RYT 500, C-IAYT, Swami Karunananda, E-RYT 500 and Amrita Sandra McLanahan, M.D.

Gain a strong foundation for personal and spiritual development, a space for nurturing your own Yoga practice, and the skills necessary to become a knowledgeable Integral Yoga teacher. This comprehensive, 200-hr Yoga teacher certification is a month-long residential program where…

Taking Ayurveda to the Mat

with Letícia Padmasri, M.A., E-RYT 500, C-IAYT

For everyone, especially Yoga teachers and health professionals Yoga and Ayurveda, the ancient Vedic healing practices, function both alone and together to balance your body and mind. Unique to each individual, these ancient healing practices will guide you and your…

Living in Your Truth: Be Fearlessly Free

with Tara (Becky) Eschenroeder, E-RYT 500, RCYT, YACEP and Christie Lenée

Navigate toward freedom from discontentment, attachments, and self-doubt by cultivating trust and acceptance during this weekend of self-exploration. How much time do you spend moving toward where you want to be versus being content with where you are? What do…

Christie Lenée Friday Concert

with Christie Lenée

Join us for an intimate concert with Christie Lenée. As part of Living in Your Truth: Be Fearlessly Free Workshop, Christie Lenée, the 2017 International Fingerstyle Guitar Champion, will perform a special concert on Friday night. All are welcome. Enjoy…

Mindfulness, Compassion, and Difficult Emotions

with Susan Carol Stone, Ph.D.

Difficult emotions can be overwhelming and stifle the joy in your life. Learn to traverse the terrain of difficult emotions through mindfulness, presence, and compassion, so that you are able to peacefully live in the present moment. This program is…

Sacred Sounds: Healing Sounds

with Jonathan Goldman and Andi Goldman, LPC, M.A.

Discover the secrets of sound healing with internationally acclaimed teacher Jonathan Goldman and holistic psychotherapist Andi Goldman. Explore the scientific and spiritual basis of using sound for healing through group exercises, sound healing techniques, award-winning healing music, and cutting-edge scientific…

May 2020

Gentle Chair Yoga Weekend: Stay Healthy and Happy

with Swami Vidyananda, E-RYT 500, C-IAYT and Special Guests

Gain all the benefits of Yoga and mindfulness with Gentle Chair Yoga, a helpful practice after injuries, if you’ve put on weight, or if you simply feel out of shape. It benefits people struggling with the symptoms of health conditions,…

Gentle Chair Yoga 5-Day Retreat: Stay Healthy and Happy

with Swami Vidyananda, E-RYT 500, C-IAYT and Special Guests

Gain all the benefits of Yoga and mindfulness with Gentle Chair Yoga, a helpful practice after injuries, if you’ve put on weight, or if you simply feel out of shape. It benefits people struggling with the symptoms of health conditions,…

Connect to Your Self through Five Elements in Nature

with Gita Kali Natarajan, RYT 500

Immerse yourself in the five elements of nature through Swakriya Yoga. Swakriya means the ‘movement’ (kriya) of ‘I’ (swa)—the Supreme Self in the form of movement. Practice Yoga poses, mantras, mudras (hand positions), and pranayama (breathing exercises) while calibrating your…

Prenatal Yoga Training: Embody a Luminous Pregnancy and Birth

with Rev. Dr. Viviana Collazo, E-RYT 500, CPYT

For Yoga teachers and health professionals Nurses, doulas, Yoga teachers, and other health care providers will learn how to facilitate Prenatal Yoga practices in their classrooms, communities, hospitals or birthing centers. Learn breathing methods, adapted asanas (poses), and relaxation techniques…

iRest Yoga Nidra Immersion – 2020

with Robin Carnes, E-RYT 500, C-IAYT, MBA

For everyone, especially Yoga teachers and health professionals Learn the practice of iRest Yoga Nidra meditation during this Immersion Program. iRest Yoga Nidra is a research-based meditation, relaxation, and healing protocol that enables you to deeply calm your nervous system,…

Yoga for Everyone: Creating Inclusive and Accessible Yoga Spaces

with Dianne Bondy, E-RYT 500

For everyone, especially Yoga teachers and health professionals Join Dianne Bondy for a series of sessions that seek to make Yoga an inclusive practice for bodies of all shapes, sizes, and abilities. Through in-depth, open forum discussions, practical hands-on asana labs,…

Mantra Initiates Reunion Weekend: Rekindling the Fire for Spiritual Growth

with Swami Asokananda, E-RYT 500 and Special Guests

For everyone with Integral Yoga mantra initiation Reinvigorate your enthusiasm for your spiritual journey as a mantra initiate and become re-inspired in your practice by senior monks, ministers, ashramites, and each other. Let’s come together to share how we are…

Yoga of Devotion: A Retreat with Krishna Das

with Krishna Das

Join world-renowned musician Krishna Das in an experiential weekend filled with kirtan (chanting of sacred sounds). In this special concert and kirtan workshop, you will have the opportunity to immerse yourself in chanting holy mantras with the Grammy-nominated “rockstar of…

Kids Yoga Program – May 2020

with Nitya Griffith, E-RYT 200, CRYT

Bring your kids with you while you enjoy Krishna Das! This is a childcare program for guests who come to Yogaville with children ages 5–11. While you are in your program, you can feel relaxed knowing that your children are…

Krishna Das Saturday Concert

with Krishna Das

$40 Advance Purchase/$45 at the door Join us for an intimate concert with Krishna Das, the Grammy-nominated master kirtanist who bridged the East and West through music As part of his annual Yogaville 4-Day Retreat, Krishna Das will perform a…

Kidding Around Yoga Training

with Haris “Harini” Lender

For everyone, especially Yoga teachers, school teachers, and health professionals This blended training combines online independent learning with four energetic, dynamic days of classroom instruction. Get ready for four exciting days of hands-on instruction covering breathing practices, meditation, deep relaxation,…

Yoga Therapy in Cancer and Chronic Illness: YCat – Level 1

with Sandra Susheela Gilbert, BA, C-IAYT, E-RYT500, YACEP and and Senior YCat Teachers

For Yoga teachers and health professionals YCat training is for experienced Yoga teachers and health care professionals to learn how to work safely with people facing cancer, chronic illnesses, aging, and end of life. This ten-day intensive training of the…

June 2020

Yoga for Hips and Knees

with Loren M. Fishman, M.D., B.Phil. (Oxon.) and Gabriella Barnstone, C-IAYT, RYT 500

For everyone, including Yoga teachers and health professionals Learn the anatomy of the hips and knees and the most common difficulties that befall them during our Yoga practices. Discover how to teach healing poses for conditions that affect each joint…

Yoga Vacation in Lesvos, Greece

with Swami Divyananda Ma, RYT 500 and Ram Wiener, E-RYT 500

Travel to the beautiful Greek island of Lesvos to enjoy a Yoga vacation with like-minded spiritual seekers. At the retreat center in the small town of Molyvos, a ten-minute walk to the sea, you will find natural beauty, pleasant accommodations,…

Summer Silent Retreat: Abiding in Your Light

with Swami Gurucharanananda "Mataji" and Senior Staff

We all have many experiences in our daily life which challenge us and even veil our inner light. During this retreat, the spiritual practices of Yoga will help you make meaningful changes in your daily life and uncover what makes…

Intermediate Integral Yoga Teacher Training

with Swami Asokananda, E-RYT 500 and Letícia Padmasri, M.A., E-RYT 500, C-IAYT

For Yoga teachers Enrich your understanding and practice of Integral Yoga with the Intermediate Teacher Training (ITT). Dive deeply into the subtle aspects of Yoga and acquire the skills needed to teach safely and effectively. Learn additional asanas (poses), pranayama…

Yoga of Recovery – WEEKEND: Between the Mat and the Meeting

with Durga Leela, E-RYT 500

Learn Ayurvedic healing tools for all addictive tendencies. Ayurveda helps us recognize our acting out behaviors and addictive tendencies, and the needs and vulnerabilities that underlie them at the bio-psycho-social-spiritual levels. You’ll discover ways to embody recovery and live empowered…

Yoga of Recovery – MODULE: Between the Mat and the Meeting

with Durga Leela, E-RYT 500

For everyone, including Yoga teachers and health professionals Health and recovery from addiction and disease involve fully living in the wholeness that you are. By recognizing your innate strengths and stress-response tendencies, you can learn to revitalize your body’s systems…

The Fifth Key: Unlock the Door to Your Spiritual Potential

with Brother Arjavan

Discover what’s holding you back and transcend it through the practices of Integral Yoga®. Integral Yoga is a meditative and mindful approach that integrates the multiple branches of Yoga into a complete lifestyle system. Sri Swami Satchidananda taught that Truth…

Yoga of Recovery Symposium

with Durga Leela, E-RYT 500 and Reverend Jan M. Brown, MSc, B.A.

This symposium offers something to everyone affected by addiction in our communities. Join us and contribute to this movement to make a change and raise awareness about all issues surrounding addiction and how we, our families and communities, can heal…

Yoga and Kayaking – June

with Bhaskar Deva

Space is limited. Sign up early. Yoga and Kayaking workshop is being offered on three weekends this summer: June 26–28 July 10–12 July 31–August 2 Join Bhaskar Deva for a weekend of Yoga and kayaking down the peaceful James River—connecting…

July 2020

Camp Yogaville

with Nitya Griffith, E-RYT 200, CRYT

Camp Yogaville is a great opportunity for kids to learn about yogic principles, practice Hatha Yoga daily, swim, hike, craft, camp in cabins and build lasting friendships. For children ages 6–13 (we’re flexible!), this two-week-long Yoga summer camp is Integral Yoga®…

Yoga and Kayaking – July

with Bhaskar Deva

Space is limited. Sign up early. Yoga and Kayaking workshop is being offered on three weekends this summer: June 26–28 July 10–12 July 31–August 2 Join Bhaskar Deva for a weekend of Yoga and kayaking down the peaceful James River—connecting…

Experience the Fullness of Your Feminine Nature

with Nischala Joy Devi

Experience the fullness of your feminine nature by diving into the depth of intuition, quiet practice, lively sharings, and joyous self-expression. Invoke the presence of the heart in daily rituals, scripture study and the physical practices of Yoga. Explore how…

Raja Yoga Teacher Training

with Swami Karunananda, E-RYT 500

For Yoga teachers and health professionals. Enrich your teaching and personal practice with Raja Yoga, the science of meditation and spiritual realization. During this training, you will study the Yoga Sutras, apply these powerful teachings to your daily life, and…

Total Relaxation with Restorative Yoga – 2020

with Satya Greenstone, E-RYT 500, C-IAYT

When your body is at rest and your mind becomes calm, you can experience the peace within. This workshop offers complete instruction in gentle restorative poses, as well as: Balanced sequences of Restorative Yoga Poses Yoga practices for stress management,…

Neuroscience, Yoga, and Mindfulness – WEEKEND: How Yoga Heals

with M. Mala Cunningham, Ph.D., C-IAYT

Neuroscience can explain how and why Yoga works for healing the body, mind, and emotions.  Dr. Mala will share with you some powerful techniques and strategies for increasing healing, happiness, and peace; and conversely, you will learn how to reduce…

Neuroscience, Yoga, and Mindfulness – 5-Day Retreat: How Yoga Heals

with M. Mala Cunningham, Ph.D., C-IAYT

Yoga and mindfulness practices can have a positive impact on our neurobiology and our neural pathways. This retreat will focus on strategies for healing the body and mind through Yoga and mindfulness techniques. Dr. Mala will introduce you to powerful…

August 2020

Ten-Day Silent Retreat: The Inward Journey

with Swami Divyananda Ma, RYT 500 and Senior Staff

Allow yourself the luxury of going deep within to realign yourself with inner guidance during Yogaville’s annual ten-day silent retreat. With today’s myriad outside influences, what means most to our hearts can easily get muddled and lost. However, it is…

Laugha Yoga 3-Day Leader Certification – August 2020

with Bharata Wingham, E-RYT 200, CLYT

For everyone, including Yoga teachers and health professionals A fun way to awaken yourself and others to the love of laughter. Experience firsthand how intentional laughter can lead to being happy for no reason. Through yogic laughter sessions, pranayama, meditation, and…

Stress Management Teacher Training

with Swami Ramananda, E-RYT 500, C-IAYT and Swami Vidyananda, E-RYT 500, C-IAYT

Gain the essential skills and confidence to teach Yoga as stress management in a wide variety of environments, including the workplace, healthcare facilities, schools, and Yoga studios. You will learn the physical and mental Yoga practices that can help your…

Open Your Heart: A Bhakti Yoga and Creativity Immersion

with Sean Johnson, E-RYT 500 and The Wild Lotus Band

Join critically acclaimed spiritual music artists Sean Johnson and The Wild Lotus Band for a Bhakti Yoga immersion. Sing your heart out, tap into your inner poet, and rejoice in the awakening of your unique voice and creativity during this…

Yoga Nidra for Complete Relaxation and Stress Relief

with Julie Lusk, E-RYT 500, M.Ed.

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 reliably reveals…

Yoga Nidra Training and Certification – Level 1

with Julie Lusk, E-RYT 500, M.Ed.

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 offer Yoga Nidra for groups and individuals. You will be able to help your clients…

Saturday Concert with Sean Johnson and The Wild Lotus Band

with Sean Johnson, E-RYT 500 and The Wild Lotus Band

Join us for a concert with Sean Johnson and the Wild Lotus Band, one of the guiding voices of kirtan music in the United States. As part of their Bhakti Yoga and Creativity Immersion, Sean Johnson and the Wild Lotus…

Yoga Nidra Training and Certification – Level 2

with Julie Lusk, E-RYT 500, M.Ed.

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…

Yoga and Kayaking – August

with Bhaskar Deva

Space is limited. Sign up early. Yoga and Kayaking workshop is being offered on three weekends this summer: June 26–28 July 10–12 July 31–August 2 Join Bhaskar Deva for a weekend of Yoga and kayaking down the peaceful James River—connecting…

October 2020

Love Me Rituals: Self-Care for Yoga Teachers, Bodyworkers, and Healers

with Dana A. Smith, E-RYT 500, CLC

Do you spend most of your time taking care of others and little to no time taking care of yourself? Join Dana Smith to explore mindful meditation and eating practices, as well as Yoga asanas to balance the chakras, and…

200-hour Integral Yoga® Teacher Training – Fall 2020

with Satya Greenstone, E-RYT 500, C-IAYT, Swami Karunananda, E-RYT 500 and Amrita Sandra McLanahan, M.D.

The 200-hour Integral Yoga® Teacher Training at Satchidananda Ashram–Yogaville  provides a strong foundation for personal and spiritual development, a space for nurturing your own practice, and the skills necessary to become a knowledgeable Yoga teacher. This comprehensive Yoga teacher certification…

December 2020

Adaptive Hatha Yoga Teacher Training – India 2020

with Satya Greenstone, E-RYT 500, C-IAYT

Travel to southern India with Satya Greenstone for a ten-day Adaptive Hatha Yoga Teacher Training. In the intimate classroom setting of the Integral Yoga Institute of Coimbatore, you will learn how to adapt the Integral Yoga® practices to meet the…