Yoga Society of San Francisco invites You to join us on the occasion of

Summer Solstice and International Yoga Day for Rebirthing Breathwork, Healing Meditation & Deep Relaxation!

In this 2.5hr gathering we’ll use the Power of Breathing, Visualization Suggestion and Guided Meditation to explore, learn and practice:

•   To connect the healing wisdom of our body, to open our heart and clear our mind

•   To cultivate enough energy that moves freely and creatively integrating all dimension of your life, in an open space of consciousness

Along with dialogues and insights on meaning and nature of healing and how to facilitate it, we will journey 12 stages of Healing through Breathwork and Guided Meditation that covers:

•   Opening your body and breath by shaking and dancing movements

•   Bring your mind back into your body (conscious connected gentle rebirthing breathwork)

•   Open Connect and Feel your body and see Anatomical details of your body

•   See your body as a galaxy like made up of infinite individual cells full of light

•   See each cell as vast as Universe and filled with healing energy

•   Bring healing in your body with waves of light and energy

•   Breathing in three centers, Head and Heart and Gut

•   Chanting healing Sounds to awaken healing energy

•   Smile meditation

•   Share the healing waves with others

•   Protect yourself with healing Aura

•   Rest in Oneness with the healing Experience (feel the presence of inner healer as I AM)

•   Ecstatic breathing to develop your capacity enjoy free from stress, worry, and concern of tomorrow

Main purposes of this gathering are to:

•   become aware of your body, heart, and mind and be integrated whole being

•   increase energy, vitality, and wellness

•   create loving acceptance towards your body and life

We’ll gather on Thursday, June 21st, 5:45 pm – 8:15 pm
Contribution: $20-$108 (nobody is turned away for lack of funds)

To register or if you have questions please contact Briksha at brikshalal@yahoo.com, or call 415.503.7802

An Invitation to Welcome Summer, Create an Opening, Presence, and Connection for Energy and Rejuvenation from Feet to Head with Divine Light & Bright Beautiful Sun Shine!

At Yoga Society of San Francisco
Fee: $30 – $108
(donation based, nobody is turned away for lack of funds)
RSVP is required, to inquire more contact Briksha:
brikshalal@yahoo.com or call 415.503.7802

Saturday, June 23, 2018
2:00 pm  – 6:30 pm

Join us for a day to Rest, Relax, Reflect and Renew!

Take some time during this Summer Solstice weekend to:
~ Journey through Chakras to your True Source (I-AM)
~ Rest, Relax, Reflect and Renew, as Sun is coming to its full potential
~ Explore what is essential and potential in you that wants to manifest, evolve and awaken
~ Meditate to get a glimpse and insight of why are you here, what is your calling, who you are becoming?

In this 4 – 5 hr short retreat we will explore and cultivate more understanding of:
~ Chakras as transformers to convert Cosmic Energy into a reduced voltage that can be used by organs for healing and growth
~ How Chakras help us to navigate our evolutionary process
~ How to integrate, open and activate energy centers, freeing yourself from the ego trap
~ How to awaken healing and renewing energies to release blockages in your Chakras
~ Balance, integrate and transcend into higher stages of your development

Along with above, using the Chakra map, we will explore:
~ Conscious, connected breath on each Chakra and Pranic Body
~ Chant to open and activate Chakras
~ Kriya Yoga – awaken, raise and distribute Prana
~ Feeling the Pulsation of Godhood
~ Cosmic meditation
~ Deep relaxation and affirmation

North Indian Classical Music concert

with Peter van Gelder – Sitar and Dana Pandey – Tabla

June 23rd 7:30 pm
$20 cash at the door (nobody is turned away for lack of funds)
$15 students and seniors

Peter van Gelder – Sitar. 
One of the first American disciples of India’s great Maestro Ali Akbar Khan, Peter van Gelder first appeared on the San Francisco music scene playing bass guitar and soprano sax in the seminal Great Society rock band with then unknown Grace Slick.
He began his study of Sitar with Maestro Ali Akbar Khan in California and later in India where he spent years learning from the Khan family, notably Smt. Annapurna Devi (sister of Maestro Ali Akbar Khan.) Returning to California he resumed his study with Maestro Khan and became a junior instructor at the newly formed Ali Akbar College of Music in San Rafael, California.
In 1989 he was awarded the prestigious A.I.I.S. Performance Fellowship from University of Chicago. He was Artist in Residence at Allauddin School of Music in Canada, and in 1991 he initiated a Music of India course at World College West.
In 1993 he took on the role of music director at Geyserville public schools, teaching band and chorus and forming a community jazz band. In 2002 he resumed his concentration on the music of India. He continues to give sitar instruction at Ali Akbar College of Music.
A well-known figure to Bay Area concertgoers, he has performed with world-famous musicians including Zakir Hussain, Chitresh Das, and Lalgudi Krishnan. He has composed and collaborated on music for films and dance dramas, and his lucid sitar style has won praise from audiences around the world, from Europe to the Fiji Islands as well as India and China. He has given concerts and lectures in universities throughout America.
Contact: petervangelder.com

Dana Pandey is a tabla player and percussionist who has been a student of Ustad Alla Rakha and Ustad Zakir Hussain for over thirty years. Between 1984 and 2001 she was a member of the percussion ensemble Zakir Hussain and the Rhythm Experience, and toured with the band throughout the U.S., Canada, and Europe. Dana has performed with such artists as Zakir Hussain, Ustad Sultan Khan, Pandit Krishna Bhatt, Terry Riley, L. Shankar, Mickey Hart, Aierto Moriera, and Vince Delgado, among others. In 2013 Dana was one of the musicians to perform with Zakir Hussain during the inaugural season at the SFJazz Center. She performed with Anthony Brown’s Asian American Orchestra, which was featured at the annual John Coltrane Memorial Concert at Northeastern University. She has toured in India with Zakir Hussain on several occasions and performed in Mumbai at the annual event, Homage to Ustad Allah Rakha. Dana was the recipient of a Smithsonian Performing Arts Fellowship to study tabla in India and spent six months in residence at the Sangeet Research Academy in Calcutta. She continues to teach privately and perform with many classical musicians, dancers, jazz musicians and contemporary artists.

Disciples of two of the greatest masters of North Indian Classical music, Ali Akbar Khan, and Zakir Hussain meet for a unique concert at the Yoga Society of San Francisco.

Join us on June 23rd 7:30 pm
2782 Folsom St. San Francisco, 94110
$20 cash at the door (nobody is turned away for lack of funds)
$15 students and seniors

Mastering Resilience to Live a Creative and Peaceful Life!

Breathwork, Yoga Nidra, and Meditation with Mahendra Briksha

Sunday, Jun 24, 2018
3:00 pm  – 6:00 pm
Fee: $30

RSVP is absolutely required.
E-mail: brikshalal@yahoo.com or call 415.503.7802

Using the power of breath, deep 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, we will practice:
~ Very simple, slow movements to open and release tension in the body
~ Various types of deep breathing exercises
~ Relaxation techniques
~ Guided visualizations and meditations

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
Ending date: Sunday, May, 5th 2019, at 6 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 create more Opening, Presence, Connection, Energy, and Space. Breath is a wonderful bridge to connect the entire inner and outer separation of human life into a unified whole. This simple Way of nurturing the whole of life is a powerful modality with the ability to explore, release, expand and unify.

In this course you will learn:

• The APPLICATION and VALUE of correct and conscious Breathwork for wellness and awakening
• The PHYSICAL, PSYCHOLOGICAL and SPIRITUAL dimensions of Breathwork
• How to IDENTIFY “breathing patterns” and how to CORRECT them
• To RECOGNIZE and EMBRACE the HEALING potential and TRANSFORMATIVE power of Breathwork
• The Breath as an EVOLUTIONARY IMPULSE and CREATIVE FORCE that invites opening and space for the integral living – body, mind, heart, and soul … the Self, the Other (society and community) and the Environment (world) Connection
• To FACILITATE physical and emotional RELEASE
• To CREATE a safe place and support for the NATURAL HEALING and INTEGRATION PROCESS to happen
• How to GUIDE and EMPOWER others to live a HARMONIOUS and CREATIVE life, without trying to “fix” anything
• How to UNDERSTAND the real meaning of adopting the role of GUIDE, HELPER and HEALER

Techniques such as Conscious Connected Breathwork, Integral Yoga and Life Practices, The Presence Process, Psycho-Synthesis, Deep Relaxation, Visualization and Integral Meditation are used synergistically during the process to achieve a deep and profound result.

Fee Structure:
Registration Fee: $25
Registration fee can be waived if you register before July 21, 2018, but it is non-refundable.
Level 1, Foundational Study: $350.00
Level 2 and Level 3: Advanced Study and Deepening the Practice: $500.00
Level 1 and 2: $700.00
Level 3: Facilitator Training: $1008.00
All 3 Levels: $1500.00 (without 10 One to One breathwork session, with Certification)
All 3 Levels with 10 breathwork sessions without Certification: $2,500 (or, $2,100 if entire course is reserved and paid in advance).
Level 1, 2 and 3, with 10 breathwork sessions and Certification process: $4,000 (or $3,500 if entire course is reserved and paid in advance).

Payment plans, trade-in agreements, and scholarships are available. No one will be turned away due to lack of funds.

Sign up now!

Structure
This intensive training combines classroom and online meetings with one weekend per month from 1 pm to 6 pm including 1.5 hours of weekly class, weekly email and phone follow-up and personal practice. Students are expected to conduct one hour of personal practice every day plus an additional five hours of study and assessment each month.

Level 1
30 hours course, starting Sunday, August, 5th, 1 pm, 2018
Foundational study with *Presence Process practice (for Opening, Presence, and Connection)
Three 5 hrs.-Sundays and Twelve 1.5 hrs. weekly classes
Along with Developing Breath awareness, Increasing Breathing capacity, Healing Breath Holding patterns *We will practice Presence Process – [A Journey into PRESENT MOMENT AWARENESS-as suggested in Michael Brown`s Book.]
Prerequisite: Enough interest and commitment, showing emotional maturity and functional mental health. Preferable if you have prior knowledge/practice of some breathwork but not required.

Dates: Sun. Aug. 5th, 2018, 1 pm to Sun. Oct. 21st, 2018 6 pm
Sun. Aug. 5th, 2018, 1 pm to 6 pm
Sun. Sept. 2nd, 2018, 12 pm to 5 pm
Sun. Oct. 21st, 2018, 12 pm to 5 pm
And in between 1.5hrs of weekly classes (TBA)

Note: We will meet once a week for 12 weeks either in person or through the internet and Once a month for 3 weekends (Sat. or Sun.) in person, I am looking forward to walking this adventurous journey with you!

In Deep Gratitude
Mahendra
Facilitator and Organizer

For additional info click here!

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
Ending date: Sunday, May, 5th 2019, at 6 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 create more Opening, Presence, Connection, Energy, and Space. Breath is a wonderful bridge to connect the entire inner and outer separation of human life into a unified whole. This simple Way of nurturing the whole of life is a powerful modality with the ability to explore, release, expand and unify.

In this course you will learn:

• The APPLICATION and VALUE of correct and conscious Breathwork for wellness and awakening
• The PHYSICAL, PSYCHOLOGICAL and SPIRITUAL dimensions of Breathwork
• How to IDENTIFY “breathing patterns” and how to CORRECT them
• To RECOGNIZE and EMBRACE the HEALING potential and TRANSFORMATIVE power of Breathwork
• The Breath as an EVOLUTIONARY IMPULSE and CREATIVE FORCE that invites opening and space for the integral living – body, mind, heart, and soul … the Self, the Other (society and community) and the Environment (world) Connection
• To FACILITATE physical and emotional RELEASE
• To CREATE a safe place and support for the NATURAL HEALING and INTEGRATION PROCESS to happen
• How to GUIDE and EMPOWER others to live a HARMONIOUS and CREATIVE life, without trying to “fix” anything
• How to UNDERSTAND the real meaning of adopting the role of GUIDE, HELPER and HEALER

Techniques such as Conscious Connected Breathwork, Integral Yoga and Life Practices, The Presence Process, Psycho-Synthesis, Deep Relaxation, Visualization and Integral Meditation are used synergistically during the process to achieve a deep and profound result.

Fee Structure:
Registration Fee: $25
Registration fee can be waived if you register before July 21, 2018, but it is non-refundable.
Level 1, Foundational Study: $350.00
Level 2 and Level 3: Advanced Study and Deepening the Practice: $500.00
Level 1 and 2: $700.00
Level 3: Facilitator Training: $1008.00
All 3 Levels: $1500.00 (without 10 One to One breathwork session, with Certification)
All 3 Levels with 10 breathwork sessions without Certification: $2,500 (or, $2,100 if entire course is reserved and paid in advance).
Level 1, 2 and 3, with 10 breathwork sessions and Certification process: $4,000 (or $3,500 if entire course is reserved and paid in advance).

Payment plans, trade-in agreements, and scholarships are available. No one will be turned away due to lack of funds.

Sign up now!

Structure
This intensive training combines classroom and online meetings with one weekend per month from 1 pm to 6 pm including 1.5 hours of weekly class, weekly email and phone follow-up and personal practice. Students are expected to conduct one hour of personal practice every day plus an additional five hours of study and assessment each month.

Level 1
30 hours course, starting Sunday, August, 5th, 1 pm, 2018
Foundational study with *Presence Process practice (for Opening, Presence, and Connection)
Three 5 hrs.-Sundays and Twelve 1.5 hrs. weekly classes
Along with Developing Breath awareness, Increasing Breathing capacity, Healing Breath Holding patterns *We will practice Presence Process – [A Journey into PRESENT MOMENT AWARENESS-as suggested in Michael Brown`s Book.]
Prerequisite: Enough interest and commitment, showing emotional maturity and functional mental health. Preferable if you have prior knowledge/practice of some breathwork but not required.

Dates: Sun. Aug. 5th, 2018, 1 pm to Sun. Oct. 21st, 2018 6 pm
Sun. Aug. 5th, 2018, 1 pm to 6 pm
Sun. Sept. 2nd, 2018, 12 pm to 5 pm
Sun. Oct. 21st, 2018, 12 pm to 5 pm
And in between 1.5hrs of weekly classes (TBA)

Note: We will meet once a week for 12 weeks either in person or through the internet and Once a month for 3 weekends (Sat. or Sun.) in person, I am looking forward to walking this adventurous journey with you!

In Deep Gratitude
Mahendra
Facilitator and Organizer

For additional info click here!

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
Ending date: Sunday, May, 5th 2019, at 6 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 create more Opening, Presence, Connection, Energy, and Space. Breath is a wonderful bridge to connect the entire inner and outer separation of human life into a unified whole. This simple Way of nurturing the whole of life is a powerful modality with the ability to explore, release, expand and unify.

In this course you will learn:

• The APPLICATION and VALUE of correct and conscious Breathwork for wellness and awakening
• The PHYSICAL, PSYCHOLOGICAL and SPIRITUAL dimensions of Breathwork
• How to IDENTIFY “breathing patterns” and how to CORRECT them
• To RECOGNIZE and EMBRACE the HEALING potential and TRANSFORMATIVE power of Breathwork
• The Breath as an EVOLUTIONARY IMPULSE and CREATIVE FORCE that invites opening and space for the integral living – body, mind, heart, and soul … the Self, the Other (society and community) and the Environment (world) Connection
• To FACILITATE physical and emotional RELEASE
• To CREATE a safe place and support for the NATURAL HEALING and INTEGRATION PROCESS to happen
• How to GUIDE and EMPOWER others to live a HARMONIOUS and CREATIVE life, without trying to “fix” anything
• How to UNDERSTAND the real meaning of adopting the role of GUIDE, HELPER and HEALER

Techniques such as Conscious Connected Breathwork, Integral Yoga and Life Practices, The Presence Process, Psycho-Synthesis, Deep Relaxation, Visualization and Integral Meditation are used synergistically during the process to achieve a deep and profound result.

Fee Structure:
Registration Fee: $25
Registration fee can be waived if you register before July 21, 2018, but it is non-refundable.
Level 1, Foundational Study: $350.00
Level 2 and Level 3: Advanced Study and Deepening the Practice: $500.00
Level 1 and 2: $700.00
Level 3: Facilitator Training: $1008.00
All 3 Levels: $1500.00 (without 10 One to One breathwork session, with Certification)
All 3 Levels with 10 breathwork sessions without Certification: $2,500 (or, $2,100 if entire course is reserved and paid in advance).
Level 1, 2 and 3, with 10 breathwork sessions and Certification process: $4,000 (or $3,500 if entire course is reserved and paid in advance).

Payment plans, trade-in agreements, and scholarships are available. No one will be turned away due to lack of funds.

Sign up now!

Structure
This intensive training combines classroom and online meetings with one weekend per month from 1 pm to 6 pm including 1.5 hours of weekly class, weekly email and phone follow-up and personal practice. Students are expected to conduct one hour of personal practice every day plus an additional five hours of study and assessment each month.

Level 1
30 hours course, starting Sunday, August, 5th, 1 pm, 2018
Foundational study with *Presence Process practice (for Opening, Presence, and Connection)
Three 5 hrs.-Sundays and Twelve 1.5 hrs. weekly classes
Along with Developing Breath awareness, Increasing Breathing capacity, Healing Breath Holding patterns *We will practice Presence Process – [A Journey into PRESENT MOMENT AWARENESS-as suggested in Michael Brown`s Book.]
Prerequisite: Enough interest and commitment, showing emotional maturity and functional mental health. Preferable if you have prior knowledge/practice of some breathwork but not required.

Dates: Sun. Aug. 5th, 2018, 1 pm to Sun. Oct. 21st, 2018 6 pm
Sun. Aug. 5th, 2018, 1 pm to 6 pm
Sun. Sept. 2nd, 2018, 12 pm to 5 pm
Sun. Oct. 21st, 2018, 12 pm to 5 pm
And in between 1.5hrs of weekly classes (TBA)

Note: We will meet once a week for 12 weeks either in person or through the internet and Once a month for 3 weekends (Sat. or Sun.) in person, I am looking forward to walking this adventurous journey with you!

In Deep Gratitude
Mahendra
Facilitator and Organizer

For additional info click here!