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Enlighten Up: How to Enjoy the Spiritual Path
June 21, 2025 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm
Enlighten Up: How to Enjoy the Spiritual Path
Program Description
Enlighten Up: How to Enjoy the Spiritual Path
Hosted by Swami Asokananda & Swami Ramananda
Approaching our spiritual journey with the same achievement-driven mindset that dominates our culture can often lead to frustration and burnout. The relentless chase for happiness may ironically pull us away from the present moment—the very space where our true joy resides.
Join us for this enriching workshop, where we’ll explore together how to engage in both our spiritual practice and daily lives wholeheartedly, with curiosity and focus, revealing a profound sense of fulfillment that is free of dependency on results or approval. Learn to experience firsthand how both sitting still and service are potent forms of Yoga, illuminating our immense capacity to enjoy life.
Celebration of International Day of Yoga and Summer Solstice.
Sliding Scale: $10-30
Location
Enlighten Up: How to Enjoy the Spiritual Path
Integral Yoga Institute New York 227 West 13th Street New York, New York New York 10011, + Google Map
212-929-0585
212-929-0585
Instructors
Swami Asokananda, a monk since 1973, is one of Integral Yoga’s foremost teachers, known for his warmth, intelligence, and good humor. His teaching comes out of his own practice and experience, since he has absorbed the wisdom of his guru, Sri Swami Satchidananda, since the age of 19. While he enjoys sharing the practical wisdom of the Yogic philosophy (especially that of the great Indian scripture the Bhagavad Gita), he also loves his practice of Hatha Yoga and is one of our primary instructors for Intermediate and Advanced Hatha Yoga Teacher Training. In the past, he has served as the...
Swami Ramananda, C-IAYT, E-RYT 500, is the Executive Director of the Integral Yoga Institute in San Francisco, C-IAYT, and a greatly respected senior teacher in the Integral Yoga tradition who has been practicing Yoga for over 45 years. Ramananda offers practical methods of integrating the timeless teachings and practices of Yoga into daily life and transforming the painful aspects of human experience into steps toward realizing one’s full potential. He leads beginner, intermediate and advanced-level Yoga teacher training programs in San Francisco and offers a variety of programs in many locations in the U.S., Europe and South America. Ramananda co-developed...
Sliding Scale: $10-30
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