Experiential Yoga Courses
Dive into a path of study. Learn and grow in an enriching educational environment that integrates mind, body, and spirit. Balance your course time with healthy meals, walks by the ocean, yoga classes, and community gatherings for meditation and inspiring talks. Experience the best in holistic learning.
We offer hundreds of courses a year on a variety of yoga and yoga-related topics, including integrated health, nutrition, spiritual studies, and sacred practices, as well as trainings in the healing arts and yoga teaching. Courses have specific start and end dates and meet daily. You should plan to arrive at least the day before the course start date and depart the day after the course end date; we encourage you to take a few days in our Yoga Vacation Program before or after your course as well. View the Full Calendar of Upcoming Programs (filterable by date, topic, and presenter).
Upcoming Experiential Yoga Courses
Experiential CourseNovember 8 — 12, 2023
Dr. Marisa Jackson-Kinman (Sri Devi)
Learn the basic principles of an Ayurvedic cleanse, along with the Ayurvedic approach to diet and lifestyle.
Experiential CourseNovember 15 — 19, 2023
Manu Dawson
Prepare for winter and the holidays — come cleanse, rejuvenate, invigorate, and firm up healthy habits for the months ahead.
Experiential CourseNovember 20 — 25, 2023
Gauri Devi (Marta Shedletsky)
Children will be introduced to yoga through short asana classes, chanting, crafts, storytelling, and lots of games and fun.
Experiential CourseDecember 26 — 31, 2023
Gauri Devi (Marta Shedletsky)
During this family yoga holiday, kids will be introduced to yoga through short asana classes, chanting, crafts, storytelling, and lots of games and fun.
Experiential CourseJanuary 3 — 12, 2024
Manu Dawson
Join us for a 10-day immersion retreat to cleanse your body and increase vitality and energy.
Experiential CourseJanuary 15 — 20, 2024
Marc Halpern (Siva) and Andrea Deerheart PhD
Join this Ayurvedic kitchari cleanse and Yoga Nidra retreat and feel lighter, more confident, and closer to your dreams.
Experiential CourseJanuary 16 — 21, 2024
Nora Benian (Sundari)
Take this opportunity to incorporate more awareness into your yoga practice.
Experiential CourseJanuary 27 — February 1, 2024
Nora Benian (Sundari)
Take time to rest your nervous system with restorative yoga.
Experiential CourseJanuary 28 — February 3, 2024
Grace Van Berkum
Reduce inflammation, recalibrate the taste buds, and clear the mind.
Experiential CourseFebruary 1 — 6, 2024
Girish
Learn to lead kirtan for yourself and other in a supportive and judgement-free environment.
Experiential CourseFebruary 7 — 11, 2024
Manas Kshirsagar
Live your best lifestyle with Ayurvedic tools tailored to your personal constitution.
Experiential CourseFebruary 20 — 23, 2024
Mona Sharma
Harness the power of food, detox rituals, and mindfulness for healing and longevity.
Experiential CourseFebruary 27 — March 2, 2024
Beth Spindler
Discover the yoga and movement therapies at the heart of health in later life.
Experiential CourseMarch 11 — 15, 2024
Acharya Shunya and Chef Sanjai
Jump Start Your Metabolism * Get Rid of Allergies * Drop the Pounds * Boost Your Immunity
Experiential CourseMarch 23 — 25, 2024
Master Ou Wen Wei
Learn this powerful healing practice through immersion study with its originator, Master Ou Wen Wei.
Experiential CourseMarch 25 — 30, 2024
Gauri Devi (Marta Shedletsky)
Children will enjoy a wide range of activities, including yoga, crafts, and stories from Passover, Easter, and yogic scriptures.
Explore Our Offerings
Sivananda Essentials
Take home skills you can use in your daily life.
The ashram offers much-loved “essentials” courses to help you build a yoga foundation that integrates easily into your lifestyle. Guided by our senior teachers, you will learn to focus your mind by building a meditation practice for home, learn to think more positively, and strengthen your body with the postures and practices of Hatha Yoga. Essentials meet just a couple of hours a day and make a great addition to a Yoga Vacation — or reason to plan a trip the ashram.
Professional Trainings, Certifications & CEU Credits
Develop skills for advancing your career.
Learn new skills, gain certification, or earn Continuing Education Units through our highly respected professional trainings. Whether you are a yoga teacher, healer, health-care professional, or counselor, you will find a variety of courses — and a rich learning environment that allows for deep integration of what you are learning.
Program Themes
What are you interested in?
We offer hundreds of courses a year on a variety of topics, all designed to create transformation from the inside out. Whether it’s nutrition and cleanses, yoga philosophy, or an exploration of sacred art & creativity, you will find a variety of ways to access the deep wisdom of yoga in a rich learning environment.
