Swami Ramananda, Senior Sannyasi, E-RYT 500, C-IAYT
Swami Ramananda is the Executive Director of the Integral Yoga Institute in San Francisco and a greatly respected senior teacher in the Integral Yoga tradition who has been practicing Yoga for over 40 years. Ramananda offers practical methods of integrating the timeless teachings and practices of Yoga into daily life and transforming the painful aspects of human experience into steps toward realizing one’s full potential.
He leads beginner, intermediate, and advanced level Yoga teacher training programs in San Francisco, and offers a variety of programs in many locations in the US, Europe, and South America. Ramananda trains Yoga teachers to bring Yoga into corporate, hospital, and medical settings and has taught mind/body wellness programs in many locations. He is a founding board member of the Yoga Alliance, a national registry that supports and promotes Yoga teachers as professionals. His warmth, wisdom, and sense of humor have endeared him to many.
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Transforming Our Own Hearts: A Conversation with Swami Ramananda
Swami Ramananda of the Integral Yoga Institute of San Francisco talks with Avi Gordon about adapting to conditions, how compassion follows naturally from meditation, and about what really makes us happy.
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Q&A from the IY Global Conference - with Swami Ramananda
Senior disciple, Swami Ramananda, answers questions during the 2021 Integral Yoga Global Conference. Swami Ramananada effortlessly bridges the subtle philosophy of Yoga with day-to-day life in the modern world.
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The Power of Love for Healing & Transformation with Swami Ramananda
Senior Integral Yoga Monk, Swami Ramananda, offers practical methods for integrating the timeless teachings and practices of Yoga into daily life, as well as how to transform the painful aspects of human experience into steps towards realizing one's full potential.
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Yoga's Practical Wisdom part 2 with Swami Ramananda
In part 2 of Resolving Inner Conflict and Painful Emotions, Swami Ramananda explores the importance of cultivating compassion and the heart in order to open ourselves to what is, our present, and our past experiences.
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Yoga's Practical Wisdom part 1 with Swami Ramananda
In Part 1 of Resolving Inner Conflict and Painful Emotions, Swami Ramananda speaks on the the nature of emotion as a natural part of the human experience, how what we depend on can also be the causes of struggle and conflict, and the importance of accepting our emotions and inner conflict.
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Creating a Path with Heart with Swami Ramananda
Swami Ramananda speaks on creating your path with Heart and recommendations to integrate the teaching of Yoga into our Lives.
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Holding a Light in The Darkness with Swami Ramananda
Swami Ramananda speaks on how to find that Light within and letting it be a Light for others to illuminate the Darkness.
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Hatha Yoga - 60-min Mixed Level with Swami Ramananda
A 60-min Mixed Level Hatha Yoga class with Swami Ramananda
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