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YOGA FOR MEDITATORS: 10-Week Online Course
2025-07-18 00:00 - 23:59, 2025-07-11 00:00 - 23:59, 2025-07-04 00:00 - 23:59, 2025-06-27 00:00 - 23:59, 2025-06-20 00:00 - 23:59, 2025-06-13 00:00 - 23:59, 2025-06-06 00:00 - 23:59, 2025-05-30 00:00 - 23:59 (Asia/Krasnoyarsk) and 2 more dates | North Carolina
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WHAT:

An Online Course with Dr. Ale Chaoul, Richard Freeman, & Mary Taylor through Wisdom Publications

PRICE:

Early Bird Discount : $197

Save $100 when you enroll before March 27, 2025 with code YFMEB100

Full Tuition: $297

Schedule

May 16: Lesson 1 released

Lesson 1: Unifying Body, Breath, and Mind

May 23: Lesson 2

Lesson 2: Channeling Prāṇa and Āpaṇa into Posture and Awareness

May 30: Lesson 3

Lesson 3: The Five Tsa Lung Movements to Enhance Meditative Focus

June 6: Lesson 4

Lesson 4: Utilizing Sound’s Energy to Connect Body and Mind

June 13: Lesson 5

Lesson 5: Deepening Awareness with the Five Prāṇa Patterns

June 16, 6–7 p.m. EST: Live Q&A online Q&A

June 20: Lesson 6

Lesson 6: Awakening the Sacred Inner Architecture

June 27: Lesson 7

Lesson 7: Deepening the Mind–Body Connection to Strengthen Mindfulness and Clarity

July 4: Lesson 8

Lesson 8: Enhancing Mental and Physical Pliancy with the Eight Limbs of Yoga

July 11: Lesson 9

Lesson 9: Overcoming Distraction, Hindrance, and Instability

July 18: Lesson 10

Lesson 10: Personalizing Your Practice

Going deeper in our practice isn’t always about spending more time on the cushion. For centuries, the great practitioners and masters have known that there are specific ways of working with body and breath which are essential to profound practice.

Through movement and breath practices drawn from these traditions, this new online course reveals the physical keys to deeper meditation.

Learn from three teachers who’ve spent decades bridging these ancient wisdom streams—discovering not just how to sit longer, but how to access the profound stillness that is the ground of awakening. Includes a live online Q&A with the teachers.

Benefits of Taking This Course

Sit Longer with Greater Ease and ComfortTransform challenging meditation sessions into profound practice with targeted techniques that prepare your body and mind for sitting

Access Deeper States of MeditationDiscover how specific movements, poses, and breathing practices create the perfect conditions for deep and illuminating meditation experiences.

Experience Practical Benefits of Ancient WisdomLearn time-tested techniques from three master teachers who bridge traditional knowledge with the needs and challenges faced by meditators today.

Discover the Power of Integrated Movement and StillnessDevelop a balanced practice that combines the best of both worlds—movement and sitting—in perfect harmony.

Build a Sustainable Daily PracticeCreate a reliable foundation for long-term meditation success through simple, effective movement techniques you can use anywhere.

Experience Immediate and Lasting ResultsFeel the difference from day one and develop skills that will enhance your practice for years to come.

Receive access to the entire course both live and recordings.

Live Q&A

Students in this course will have the opportunity to attend a live online Q&A with the teachers. The Q&A is scheduled for Monday, June 16 at 6 p.m. EST. It will be held over Zoom. When you enroll in the course, Zoom registration details can be found in your welcome email. Registration is required for attendance. The Q&A will also be recorded, so you can listen later if you can’t attend live. We hope to see you there!

Monthly Studio Talk
2025-07-02 18:00 - 19:00 (America/Denver) | North Carolina
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TOPIC:

When Karma & Ego Meet

Back in the early 90’s when our original Yoga Workshop studio was a few years old, we started offering Studio Talks on Sunday evenings after the packed Mysore class. We never knew for sure whether there would be a talk, though usually as we rolled up our mats and wiped sweat from the floor you’d hear Richard’s voice quietly saying, “In fifteen minutes, there will be a talk…if anyone is here.” They grew from 10-20 in attendance to close to 100 at times as word spread that the talks were interesting, often funny and always free. And best of all, you didn’t have to practice yoga to join in.

When the pandemic hit in 2020 we started offering Studio Talks live online and these too have grown into a monthly online gathering of sangha members from around the world. We cover foundational yoga teachings and paradoxes in context of modern life and for those who join live, we always stick around for questions.

Monthly Studio Talk
2025-06-04 18:00 - 19:00 (America/Denver) | North Carolina
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Where to From Here? Exploring Ashtanga Yoga’s Future and Potential

Back in the early 90’s when our original Yoga Workshop studio was a few years old, we started offering Studio Talks on Sunday evenings after the packed Mysore class. We never knew for sure whether there would be a talk, though usually as we rolled up our mats and wiped sweat from the floor you’d hear Richard’s voice quietly saying, “In fifteen minutes, there will be a talk…if anyone is here.” They grew from 10-20 in attendance to close to 100 at times as word spread that the talks were interesting, often funny and always free. And best of all, you didn’t have to practice yoga to join in.

When the pandemic hit in 2020 we started offering Studio Talks live online and these too have grown into a monthly online gathering of sangha members from around the world. We cover foundational yoga teachings and paradoxes in context of modern life and for those who join live, we always stick around for questions.

Monthly Studio Talk
2025-05-07 18:00 - 19:00 (America/Denver) | North Carolina
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TOPIC:

Unfinished Business and the Wheel of Time

Back in the early 90’s when our original Yoga Workshop studio was a few years old, we started offering Studio Talks on Sunday evenings after the packed Mysore class. We never knew for sure whether there would be a talk, though usually as we rolled up our mats and wiped sweat from the floor you’d hear Richard’s voice quietly saying, “In fifteen minutes, there will be a talk…if anyone is here.” They grew from 10-20 in attendance to close to 100 at times as word spread that the talks were interesting, often funny and always free. And best of all, you didn’t have to practice yoga to join in.

When the pandemic hit in 2020 we started offering Studio Talks live online and these too have grown into a monthly online gathering of sangha members from around the world. We cover foundational yoga teachings and paradoxes in context of modern life and for those who join live, we always stick around for questions.

ASHTANGA YOGA CONFLUENCE
2025-05-01 00:00 - 2025-05-04 23:59 (America/Los_Angeles) | CATAMARAN RESORT HOTEL & SPA, 3999 Mission Boulevard, San Diego, CA, 92109
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Catamaran Resort Hotel & Spa

San Diego, California

The Ashtanga Yoga Confluence is a gathering of practitioners from around the globe coming together to study, connect, share, and learn from some of the world’s most inspiring and experienced teachers.

UZIT Monthly Community Gatherings - Bearing Witness with Mary, Colleen + Tracy
2025-04-29 16:30 - 17:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | North Carolina
These monthly meetings are open to the public. Anyone can join. You do not have to be a UZIT.

Here’s what you can look forward to:

Community:

Share Your Stories: hear and share stories about your UZIT experiences. We want to know what you’ve been up to, and how UZIT has been a part of your life.

Support: receive and offer support within our community. This is a space to uplift, inform and empower each other.

National Connection: we hope to connect UZIT practitioners from all over the country. This will be a fantastic opportunity to meet new UZIT friends and expand your network within our community.

Practice Together: every meeting will include a chance to practice together, thereby strengthening our skills and deepening our connection.

Education, Inspiration and Specialization:

Understanding RELIEF vs PANIC: receive answers to your questions about RELIEF and how it fits in with PANIC.

Inspiration for Your Practice: gain new insights and techniques to enhance your UZIT practice for both self-care and caregiving.

Specialized Tips and Techniques: we will provide ongoing information to refine our practice of Reiki, Essential Oils, Chair Yoga, and working with focused populations, for example, Addiction Recovery. These insights will help you broaden your skills and deepen your impact.

Exclusive Resources: as UZIT training participants, receive access to free UZIT videos and resources on Union. Take advantage of these valuable tools to further support your practice and growth. Share them with your community and clients.

UZIT Trainings and Other Related or Specialized Trainings: we will announce upcoming UZIT trainings. We will also highlight other related trainings that will augment your current skills or help you specialize in a specific focus.

Mark your calendars and prepare for an enriching and uplifting experience!

Please make sure you have the latest version of Zoom installed: https://zoom.us/download

Tue, Apr 29, 2025 @ 7:30pm ET: Bearing Witness with Mary, Colleen + Tracy

Learn More & Sign Up Here

DEEP ROOTS OF FREEDOM
2025-04-26 00:00 - 2025-04-27 23:59 (Asia/Krasnoyarsk) | Ashtanga Yoga Denver, 3563 Wazee Street, Denver, Colorado, United States
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WHAT:

2 DAY WORKSHOP

PRICE:

Early Bird Registration until March 26, $265

Regular registration March 27 onward $300

Schedule

Saturday 4/26

9am-12pm Asana foundation and Meditation

12-2pm Lunch

2-4pm Finishing postures and pranayama

Sunday 4/27

9am-12pm Mysore practice and Meditation

12-2pm Lunch

2-4pm Pranayama and Q&A

When we practice yoga consistently something magical happens. We begin to feel free. Free from confusion and neurotic tendencies that keep us stuck. Free from obstacles that block our natural intelligence, and that limit our capacity to awaken into a fully embodied state.In this workshop we will reignite the powerful expression of seemingly opposite patterns working together to awaken the fully embodied experience within the moment at hand. We will explore how the Ashtanga Vinyasa system is integral to this awakening, following an empty thread of awareness through and between postures, focusing on the intentional sequence of form, thought, movement, and breath that frees the mind, awakens the central channel, and allows a meditative flowing practice to naturally arise.

Saturday will be guided āsana, prāṇāyāma, and meditation practices with a focus on foundational wave patterns of movement, form and thought that make the ashtanga vinyasa inspired practice supportive, safe, strong, and supple.

Sunday’s morning class will be a Mysore style practice in which you can apply the subtleties of practice covered on Saturday to your personal practice with feedback and assistance along the way. Sunday afternoon will focus on prāṇāyāma followed by time for Q&A.Open to students of all levels

Richard Freeman & Mary Taylor ~ Feeling Happy: The Yoga of Body, Heart, and Mind
2025-04-24 18:30 - 20:00 (America/Denver) | North Carolina
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TOPIC:

Book Signing & Discussion

LOCATION & TIME:

Thursday, April 24th at 6:30pm, at Boulder Bookstore

Richard Freeman and Mary Taylor will speak about and sign their new book, Feeling Happy: The Yoga of Body, Heart, and Mind, on Thursday, April 24th at 6:30pm, at Boulder Bookstore. Tickets for this event are $5 (plus a small processing fee) and are available on Eventbrite HERE .

Richard Freeman and Mary Taylor have both studied yoga for over 50 years. Together they teach workshops and trainings throughout the world and have authored several influential books. Their new book, Feeling Happy, draws from their decades practicing and teaching yoga, meditation, and Buddhism to explore what happiness is and to offer practical steps toward cultivating happiness as a deep, embodied expression of life. Freeman and Taylor offer insights from yoga philosophy and Buddhism as well as accessible practices to help readers develop true happiness, (self)compassion, and equanimity.

Richard Freeman has studied Ashtanga, Iyengar, bhakti, and traditional hatha yoga; Western and Eastern philosophy; and Sanskrit, all of which he incorporates into his Ashtanga yoga practice. Richard teaches at his studio, the Yoga Workshop, in Boulder, Colorado, as well as at studios and conferences throughout the world. He is also a frequent contributor to Yoga Journal and his video series, Yoga with Richard Freeman, inspires many people to take up yoga.

Mary Taylor is the cofounder, with Richard Freeman, of the Yoga Workshop in Boulder, Colorado, which they started in 1988. Mary travels and teaches Ashtanga yoga throughout the world, both independently and in collaboration with Richard. In addition to teaching, Mary works closely with programs focused on bringing contemplative and yoga practices into the health care system for integrative therapies and self-care, and she is active in Donna Karan’s Urban Zen Foundation.

Register below for this free webinar…

SIGN UP HERE

The Joy of Awakening
2025-04-09 07:00 - 08:00, 2025-04-02 07:00 - 08:00, 2025-03-26 07:00 - 08:00, 2025-03-19 07:00 - 08:00, 2025-03-12 07:00 - 08:00, 2025-03-05 07:00 - 08:00, 2025-02-26 07:00 - 08:00, 2025-02-19 07:00 - 08:00 (America/New_York) | North Carolina
Now’s the time to wake up to your fully embodied state and feel the freedom of being whole, clear and joyful, able to gracefully ride waves of change that are integral to everyday life. Feeling free and happy—grounded in the present moment—takes practice learning to trust your body’s natural intelligence and allowing it to bring you back to a state of equanimity when emotions flare, habits set in, or calamities take center stage. Join Richard Freeman and Mary Taylor for 8 live classes, exploring simple asana, pranayama and meditation techniques that integrate body, heart and mind to bring balance, calm and insight into the moment. Each class offers: · A 45-minute guided practice and 15-minutes of live Q&A. · Practices that integrate body, heart and mind to bring balance. · Tips for adapting practices to fit your individual needs and circumstances. · Insights into cultivating the capacity for lasting happiness and compassion.

Monthly Studio Talk
2025-04-02 18:00 - 19:00 (America/Denver) | North Carolina
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TOPIC:

How to Sustain a Healthy Practice

Back in the early 90’s when our original Yoga Workshop studio was a few years old, we started offering Studio Talks on Sunday evenings after the packed Mysore class. We never knew for sure whether there would be a talk, though usually as we rolled up our mats and wiped sweat from the floor you’d hear Richard’s voice quietly saying, “In fifteen minutes, there will be a talk…if anyone is here.” They grew from 10-20 in attendance to close to 100 at times as word spread that the talks were interesting, often funny and always free. And best of all, you didn’t have to practice yoga to join in.

When the pandemic hit in 2020 we started offering Studio Talks live online and these too have grown into a monthly online gathering of sangha members from around the world. We cover foundational yoga teachings and paradoxes in context of modern life and for those who join live, we always stick around for questions.

A JEWEL IN THE LOTUS: THE YOGA OF FEELING HAPPY
2025-03-15 00:00 - 2025-03-25 23:59 (Asia/Krasnoyarsk) | Samahita Retreat, 75/2 Moo 4 T. Namuang, Koh Samui Surat Thani, 84140, Thailand
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WHAT:

10 Day Retreat

PRICE:

Rates vary. Visit Samahita Retreat website for more information.

Schedule

7.30 am – 10.30am Morning Practice10.30 am – 1.30pmBrunch1.30 pm – 4.00pmFree time4.00 pm – 6.00pmAfternoon Session: chanting, meditation & philosophy6.00 pm – 8.00pmDinner Buffet

Yoga is freedom. It is insight into the nature of being that, like a lotus growing out of mud, takes root and blossoms into great joy, compassion, and connection to others, within the challenges of everyday life. The process of this unfolding is simple and spontaneous when we practice yoga with the sincere effort to wake up in the here and now. With an open heart and inquiring mind, we become fully embodied, able to settle into life and the truth of who we really are. Postures are smoother, more spacious, and deep. The breath flows with soft vigor in pranayama. And meditation transforms into stillness within the boundless refuge of pure awareness. This is when the gem, nestled in the heart of every yoga practice, is revealed, and the capacity to find equanimity and a profound, lasting happiness, becomes a natural and integral part of everyday life.

Join us for this ten-day retreat where we will practice asana (some guided, and some Mysore style, sculpted for individual needs), pranayama, chanting and meditation. We will study the Isha Upanishad as it relates to the Lotus Sutra. All this will revel a clearer understanding of how to engage skillfully in life and experience the profound joy of showing up just as we are in this moment, at this time where there is support for ourselves within connection to others.

YGB International Women's Day Panel: Body-Mind Connection Practice for Prime Time
2025-03-08 17:00 - 18:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | North Carolina
Join Yoga Gives Back for a special day of Virtual Panel Discussions exploring Women and the Path of Yoga

On March 8th, YGB is excited to offer a full day of panel discussions with esteemed teachers that will explore the different ways in which women learn, grow, and heal whilst walking the path of yoga throughout their lives. Join YGB and our panelists from around the world for these insightful, important symposiums that practitioners of all backgrounds will find relevant and enriching for their own paths.

The panel Mary will be joining is Body-Mind Connection Practice for Prime Time. It is a panel discussion led by long-time esteemed yoga and mindfulness practice teachers will explore the various ways in which their practices have supported their lives, as well as how their practices have evolved and refined to continue to provide innumerable benefits as we age. A unique opportunity to learn from master teachers how we can cope with challenges of aging with tools available for us.

Learn More & Sign Up Here

Monthly Studio Talk
2025-03-05 18:00 - 19:00 (America/Denver) | North Carolina
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Yogic Teachings on Death & Dying

Back in the early 90’s when our original Yoga Workshop studio was a few years old, we started offering Studio Talks on Sunday evenings after the packed Mysore class. We never knew for sure whether there would be a talk, though usually as we rolled up our mats and wiped sweat from the floor you’d hear Richard’s voice quietly saying, “In fifteen minutes, there will be a talk…if anyone is here.” They grew from 10-20 in attendance to close to 100 at times as word spread that the talks were interesting, often funny and always free. And best of all, you didn’t have to practice yoga to join in.

When the pandemic hit in 2020 we started offering Studio Talks live online and these too have grown into a monthly online gathering of sangha members from around the world. We cover foundational yoga teachings and paradoxes in context of modern life and for those who join live, we always stick around for questions.

Monthly Studio Talk
2025-02-05 19:00 - 20:00 (America/New_York) | North Carolina
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TOPIC:

The Highest Common Denominator: Embodying Truth

Back in the early 90’s when our original Yoga Workshop studio was a few years old, we started offering Studio Talks on Sunday evenings after the packed Mysore class. We never knew for sure whether there would be a talk, though usually as we rolled up our mats and wiped sweat from the floor you’d hear Richard’s voice quietly saying, “In fifteen minutes, there will be a talk…if anyone is here.” They grew from 10-20 in attendance to close to 100 at times as word spread that the talks were interesting, often funny and always free. And best of all, you didn’t have to practice yoga to join in.

When the pandemic hit in 2020 we started offering Studio Talks live online and these too have grown into a monthly online gathering of sangha members from around the world. We cover foundational yoga teachings and paradoxes in context of modern life and for those who join live, we always stick around for questions.
