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Evolutionary Breathwork

Just as the impurities of metals, such as gold, silver, etc. are destroyed by heating them in fire, similarly, mental and physical diseases and other defects of the body, the mind, and the senses are burned by the fire of Pranayama, and their purity is achieved by the performance of breathing exercises. Just as vacuum cleaner removes all kinds of dirt from the house, so the suction machine of breathing exercises sucks up all defects from the body, senses, and mind, and removes them through expiration, perspiration, and other excretory channels

-Dr. Ramamurti S. Mishra, M.D. (Shri Brahmananda Sarasvati)

If I had to limit my advice on healthier living to just one tip, it would be simply to learn how to breathe correctly. From my own experience and from working with patients, I have come to believe that proper breathing is the master key to good health…

…The simplest and most important technique for protecting your health is breathing. I have seen breath control alone achieve remarkable results: lowering blood pressure, ending heart arrhythmias, improving long-standing patterns of poor digestion, increasing blood circulation throughout the body, decreasing anxiety and allowing people to get off addictive anti-anxiety drugs and improving sleep and energy cycles.

Andrew Weil, M.D., author of Natural Health, Natural Medicine

The Breath is the meeting ground between the conscious and unconscious minds. It is the access point that bridges the connection to body, mind, emotions and spirit

– Deepak Chopra

What is Breathwork?

Breathwork (breath therapy) is a way to release dysfunctional patterns like fear, anxiety, and worry, and live a creative and harmonious life by breathing correctly and consciously.

Breathwork is a way to create vitality, focus, peace, and unity.

Everybody has to breathe to survive in the physical plane. But by breathing consciously and correctly we use the hidden potential in the breath to create physical, mental, and spiritual wellbeing. This kind of breathing is both an art form and science. It needs continuous practice and some effort, but this effort is more like effortless effort, it is not controlled or forced.

Benefits of Breathwork

  • Brings more oxygen and life force into the body,
  • Increases blood circulation and releases toxins and blockages
  • Reduces stress and creates a more relaxed and peaceful state of mind
  • Increases capacity to be present, loving, and empowered
  • Grows our capacity to feel our emotions
  • Balances the right and left hemispheres of the brain
  • Enhances our healing capacity and complements other healing therapies
  • Creates a powerful bridge between body, mind, and spirit and brings us towards unity consciousness.

Once or twice a month Briksha Mahendra leads a breathwork workshop, for additional information visit his Meetup group.

Briksha also offers one on one breathwork sessions, for more info visit his website.

Upcoming Events

  1. Yoga Sutra and Hath Yoga In Porguese with Maria and Marcello

    April 1 @ 5:00 am - 7:00 am PDT
  2. Hamsa Integral Rebirthing Breathwork Study and Facilitator Training: Level 1.

    April 22 @ 11:00 am - 6:00 pm PDT
  3. 200 Hrs Yoga Teacher Training

    August 4 @ 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm PDT

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2019 Yoga Teacher Training: A Month Long

yoga teacher training, meditation Become a Confident & Yoga Alliance Certified Yoga Teacher in a Month. Training takes place for a month of July , from July1st to July 31st, in 2019.
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Devi Navaratri

We invite you to celebrate Devi Navaratri - 9 Nights of celebrating the Divine Mother with chanting, music, and reading.

The word Navaratri literally means nine nights in Sanskrit and during these nine nights, nine forms of Divine Mother are worshiped

Saturday, April 6 - Sunday, April 14 2019
8:00 pm - 9:00 pm
In our Cosmic Temple

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Personal Mindfulness Retreat

personal Meditation and Mindfulness Retreat 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.
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Daily Agnihotra & Meditation

Agnihotra, Vedic Fire Ceremony, Meditation Vedic Fire Ceremony - Agnihotra and Meditation is performed for self-healing and world peace.
Please join us:
Mon. to Fri. at 7:30 – 8:00 a.m. and
7:30 – 8:00 p.m.
Sat. and Sun. at 8:00 – 8:30 a.m (ONLY)
Open for public, free of charge.
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Weekly Satsangs

Satsangs and kirtan at Yoga Society of San Francisco Our weekly Satsangs and Kirtans take place Mon. through Fri. from 8 – 9 p.m. after the evening Agnihotra and meditation. In Indian philosophy Satsang means:
  • The company of the "highest truth."
  • The company of a guru.
  • Assembly of persons who listen to, talk about, and assimilate the truth.
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Sanskrit Classes

Satsangs and kirtan at Yoga Society of San Francisco A special feature at Brahmananda Ashram is the in-depth study of the Sanskrit languageand its original texts.
"Sanskrit is the language of unity, of one humanity. It is not a worldly language, nor the language of politics, but it is the language of universal vibration. It is the language of meditation."
~ Shri Brahmananda Sarasvati
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Residential Program

Hari Om - Hurry Home

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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