Yoga Society of San Francisco | Meditation, Sanskrit, Yoga

Meditation

Yoga Society of San Francisco offers free group meditations Mon. to Fri. 7:30 – 8 a.m. and 7:30 – 8 p.m. On Sat. and Sun. the group meditation is offered 8 – 8:30 a.m. FREE of charge, everybody is welcome.
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Sanskrit

Sanskrit classes are taught through "The Science of Vibration," an interactive teaching method developed by Shri Brahmananda Sarasvati, which includes chanting and grammar, and functions as a meditative practice.
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Yoga

Yoga Society of San Francisco offers various types of yoga classes. You can choose from Beginners, Hatha, Vinyasa Flow, Restorative, or Pranayama classes.
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Personal Retreats

A personal retreat offers an ideal way to unplug from routine and responsibilities in order to develop a mindfulness practice that you can take home and integrate into your life.

Programs are individually designed for the purposes of lifestyle changes, stress reduction, detoxification/purification or other personal goals.

Knowledgeable and compassionate guides offer a practical approach to meditation, yoga, breathwork and healthy eating that anyone, regardless of age or experience, can benefit from.

Guruji’s Mahāsamādhi Celebration

Please join us Sunday, September 23rd at the Yoga Society of San Francisco Brahmananda Ashram for the celebration of Guruji’s Mahāsamādhi including a homa fire ceremony, group meditation, and music/chanting in the Cosmic Templum from 10:30 a.m followed by a vegetarian lunch/potluck.

Upcoming Events

Aug

Sun

1:00 pm Rebirthing Breathwork Advance St...

Rebirthing Breathwork Advance St...

Aug 5 2018 @ 1:00 pm – May 5 2019 @ 6:00 pm

Rebirthing Breathwork Advance Study and Facilitator Training Hamsa Integral Breathwork – Unifying the Separation in Life: Opening to Presence and Connection with your Self while listening and honoring the wisdom of the Body and the Breath. Course Details: Integral Rebirthing Breathwork Training is 9 months long program for Creating Opening, Presence, and Connection to Heal (Body), Energize (Life) and Awaken (Mind). 200 Hrs training: ∙ Level 1 (25 hrs.) ∙ Level 2 (50 hrs.) ∙ Level 3 (125 hrs.) You can take Level 1 alone, or Level 1 and 2, or all Three Levels. Dates and Times Starting date: Sunday, August 5th, 2018, at 1 pm About Hamsa Integral Breathwork Hamsa Integral Breathwork is one of the powerful processes to nourish our whole life that uses the breath to heal, integrate and to awaken the multidimensional aspects of the human psyche. Based on ancient Eastern disciplines as well as modern Western methods, this integral holistic modality uses breathing techniques to[...]

Sep

Sun

10:30 am Guruji’s Mahāsamādhi

Guruji’s Mahāsamādhi

Sep 23 @ 10:30 am – 2:30 pm

Sunday September 23, 2018 10:30am – 2:30pm Please join us Sunday, September 23rd at the Yoga Society of San Francisco Brahmananda Ashram for the celebration of Guruji’s Mahāsamādhi including a homa fire ceremony, group meditation, and music/chanting in the Cosmic Templum from 10:30 a.m followed by a vegetarian lunch/potluck.

Sep

Thu

8:15 pm Rebirthing Breathwork: Creating...

Rebirthing Breathwork: Creating...

Sep 27 @ 8:15 pm – 9:45 pm

Rebirthing Breathwork: Creating more Peace, Presence and Energy . On Thursday September 27th, 8.15pm-9.45pm Open your body, heart and mind with Conscious connected circular breathing Cost: $25, RSVP by Wed, 26th, after or $30 RSVP is absolutely required. to rsvp contact Briksha at brikshalal@yahoo.com, 415.503.7802 or go to link https://www.meetup.com/bayarea-conscious-breathing-and-eating/events/?action=new&event.month=5&event.year=2018&event.day=3&event.hour=19&event.minute=0&event.second=0 ————— What is Rebirthing Breathwork from Leonard Orr https://rebirthingbreathwork.com/2013/03/13/what-is-rebirthing-breathwork/ Rebirthing-Breathwork, aka Intuitive Energy Breathing or Conscious Energy Breathing, is the ability to breathe Energy as well as air. It is the art of learning to breathe from the Breath Itself. Rebirthing is perhaps the most valuable self-healing ability that humans can learn. We can not have disease and relaxation in the same space at the same time. Relaxation is the ultimate healer. Every breath induces relaxation. Therefore, breathing is the basic healer. Conscious Energy Breathing is the most natural healing ability of all. This ability involves merging the inhale with the exhale in a gentle relaxed rhythm in an intuitive[...]

Oct

Sat

2:00 pm Rebirthing Breathwork with Sound...

Rebirthing Breathwork with Sound...

Oct 6 @ 2:00 pm – 5:30 pm

The Art of Managing Stress & Mastering Resilience to Live a Creative and Peaceful Life! Breathwork and Sound Bath with Mahendra Briksha and Francesca Saturday, October 6thth, 2018 2:00 pm-5:30 pm Fee: $30, if registered by Monday 10/1, after $40 RSVP is absolutely required. E-mail: brikshalal@yahoo.com or call 415.503.7802 Using the power of breath, Sound vibration, relaxation, visualization, and meditation, we will explore the nature and origin of stress. We will discover how stress affects our life force and hence wellness, how to reduce it, and how to develop resilience to cope with stress. These strategies will allow us to create more spaciousness, energy, strength, and flexibility in our bodies, hearts, and minds. In addition to discussing the above topics, along with full hours of Rebirthing Breathwork we will practice: ~ Very simple, slow movements to open and release tension in the body ~ Relaxation techniques ~ Sound bath

6:00 pm Yoga of Deep Relaxation (Yoga Ni...

Yoga of Deep Relaxation (Yoga Ni...

Oct 6 @ 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm

Yoga of Deep Relaxation (Yoga Nidra) Part II with Mahendra Briksha Cultivate Blissful Relaxation and Presence, releasing stress and stagnation! Saturday, October 6th, 2018, 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm Donation;$20.00 Yoga Nidra is an ancient yogic practice that is almost like deep sleep but with awareness. Hence it is short of Meditation that can be define as Awakened rest. General benefit of Y.N. ~Profound relaxation in all levels of being-Blissful relaxation ~ Eliminate stress, help to overcome insomnia ~Integrate trauma, reduce anxiety, fear and anger ~Program subconscious mind to make positive change and habits Along with practice of systematic relaxation with deep relaxation and full Awareness This workshop will include some dialogue and discussion about ~What is stress and how it becomes chronic and cause of Dis-ease ~ How to release it, cultivating relaxation and rejuvenation in cellular level ~ Yoga Nidra and Brain ~How Yoga Nidra restores health and brings transformation ~Sleep dream and Yoga Nidra ~ 5[...]

Nov

Tue

6:00 pm Online Class: Foundational Breat...

Online Class: Foundational Breat...

Nov 6 @ 6:00 pm – 7:15 pm

Online Class: Foundational Breathwork and Meditation (with Tantric/Taoist way of Breathing) 8 weeks (8 class-No class on Dec 25th) series, Drop in allowed.Every Tuesday, 6.00pm—7. 15pm Cost: For a series; $50 Drop in: $10 Starting from November, 6th, 2018 Ends Jan 1st, 2019 In this class, we will practice foundational breathing to improve improper breathing habits and open our Inner body (Nadis, chakras and breathing System) and awaken sleeping energy to move in higher centers. Opening body and breath this way and calming the restless energy and creating Coherence in body, heart and mind and energy field, we meditate and rest in our True Nature of Inner light and luminosity . In this class we will practice 1. Yogic cleansing and lengthening exhalation breathings 2. Basic breathing and Full belly breathing 3. Alternate Nostril breathing 4. 3 centers Breathing and Spinal breathing 5. Warming the stove breathing 6. Microcosmic Orbit Breathing /Meditation 7. Resting on the light in the Heart and Open[...]

Nov

Tue

6:00 pm Online Class: Foundational Breat...

Online Class: Foundational Breat...

Nov 13 @ 6:00 pm – 7:15 pm

Nov

Tue

6:00 pm Online Class: Foundational Breat...

Online Class: Foundational Breat...

Nov 20 @ 6:00 pm – 7:15 pm

Residential Program

Brahmananda Ashram's residential program offers a daily routine of group meditation, Sanskrit study, Satsangs, Karma yoga, and Hatha yoga classes. According to Sri Brahmananda Sarasvati, the founder of Yoga Society of San Francisco, “Ashram is the University of Nature. It does not only present the integration and unity of all sciences, cultures, philosophies, and environmental and ecological approaches but it also encourages and provides an opportunity for an independent way of thinking, meditation and application…
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Ashram: A Short Documentary

Now released for general viewing, Ashram: The Experience, a film about life at the ashram, and the value of yoga practice in the search for self-realization.