Holidays & Traditional Ceremonies

Celebrate the birth of Lord Krishna with prayer, puja, and prasad.

Join us in the joyful celebration of Swami Sivananda’s life.

Join us for this sacred ceremony to strengthen your own resolves and bring stamina and fortitude into your life.

Celebrate the Shakti (power) of the Divine Feminine manifested as Durga, Lakshmi, and Saraswati.

Join us for this special celebration of puja and prayer to honor the Mahasamadhi and Jalasamadhi of our founder and guru Swami Vishnudevananda.

Leave this unique holiday symposium empowered with practical tools and profound insights sure to enrich both your personal and spiritual journey.

In this special season of gratitude, you’re invited to come and cultivate this profound state of reflection into your own heart.

Celebrate the birthday of the Bhagavad Gita by chanting all 18 chapters in Sanskrit with us.

During this special time of year we invite you to join us in celebrating wisdom, love, compassion, and the transcendence of artificial barriers.

Through poetry, storytelling, imagery, mindfulness, journal writing, and group reflection, we will listen closely to our hearts and minds, allowing our personal narratives to illuminate the path forward.

Through study, reflection, and dialogue, we’ll engage with Kabbalah as a living wisdom tradition that continues to inspire seekers of all backgrounds to reimagine the Divine and rediscover the sacred within and all around us.

Join us as we celebrate Lord Ayyappa with a puja conducted by the ashram's Tantric priest. Lord Ayyappa helps to destroy negative tendencies and maintains the pure sattvic nature of the seeker.

Join us in celebration of Maha Sivaratri, the night of Lord Siva, one of the most sacred nights on the yogic calendar to honor the union of Siva and Shakti in this all-night event.

Celebrate a beautiful Easter morning on Paradise Island with traditional Easter singing, stories, and messages of hope.

Enjoy a delicious vegetarian feast, a reading of the Haggadah, Passover chants, and teachings on Passover’s relationship to yogic principles.

Celebrate the lineage of Advaita Vedanta with prayer, puja, and prasad.

We celebrate the International Day of Yoga with special events, including pujas, workshops, and celebrations led by ashram priest Krishnan Namboodiri and the senior teachers of the Yoga Retreat.

Join us for this special day of puja and prayer to honor the Mahasamadhi of our founder and guru Swami Sivananda.

This is a very auspicious ritual to commemorate the memory of the great spiritual teachers.

Celebrate the birth of Lord Krishna with prayer, puja, and prasad.

Join us for this sacred ceremony to strengthen your own resolves and bring stamina and fortitude into your life.

Join us in the joyful celebration of Swami Sivananda’s life.

Celebrate the Shakti (power) of the Divine Feminine manifested as Durga, Lakshmi, and Saraswati.

Join us for this special celebration of puja and prayer to honor the Mahasamadhi and Jalasamadhi of our founder and guru Swami Vishnudevananda.

Celebrate the birthday of the Bhagavad Gita by chanting all 18 chapters in Sanskrit with us.