What we’re about
Yoga Society of San Francisco
2872 Folsom St. off of 24th and Folsom (a few blocks from 24th St. BART)
Donation based classes ($8-$20 suggested donation cash only please) - nobody turned away for lack of funds!
We have mats, blocks, and other accessories available on a donation basis as well.
Yoga Society of San Francisco was incorporated in 1972 by Shri Brahmananda Sarasvati with the intention:
~To promote self-analysisTo analyze and discover principals of good health, as well as mental and spiritual happiness.
~To foster and promote the education of people to experience the unity of all mankind
~To discover the causes of disunity and disharmony between person and persons, nation and nations
~To promote, encourage and establish unity and harmony We provide an environment that develops, fosters and promotes the experience of Oneness through various physical, intellectual and spiritual practices.
We offer regular Hatha Yoga, Meditation, Sanskrit, and Yoga Philosophy classes, as well as workshops and retreats on breathing, movement, detoxification and stress-reduction. We also have a residential program for intensive study and immersion. All group meditations, including twice-daily Vedic Fire ceremonies, are free of charge.
- See more at: http://yogasocietysanfrancisco.com/about/yoga-society-san-francisco/#sthash.86PI9X2J.dpufAbout our classes:
The Power Vinyasa sequence is accessible to beginner and advanced practitioners while being very effective to develop strength, flexibility, and endurance in the entire physical body, relieve stress and tension, calm the mind, and cleanse energy channels. Asanas are connected in a flow sequence incorporating breath and alignment from balasana (child's pose) to savasana (corpse pose).
The Breathwork class is designed to control Prana, or vital life force, using yogic breathing techniques.
The quantity and quality of Prana and the way it flows through the nadis and chakras determines one’s state of mind. If the Prana level is high and its flow continuous, smooth and steady, the mind remains calm, positive and enthusiastic. However, due to lack of knowledge and attention to one’s breath, the nadis and Chakras in the average person may be partially or fully blocked leading to jerky and broken flow. As a result one experiences increased worries, fear, uncertainty, tensions, conflict and other negative qualities.
Regular practice increases and enhances the quantity and quality of Prana, and results in the practitioner feeling energetic, enthusiastic and positive. Practiced correctly under the right supervision Prananyama brings harmony between the body, mind and spirit, making one physically, mentally and spiritually strong.
About the teachers:
Brandon began practicing yoga in the form of meditation in 2012 as a means to relieve anxiety, stress, tension, and constant concern. Starting with 10-20 minutes a day, then gradually increasing length, adding new methods such as pranayama and the power of Sanskrit mantra, he was able to free his mind. However, his body was still out of balance, and he decided to go to his first Power Vinyasa class at Yoga to the People in San Francisco. Here he had an incredible Kundalini awakening experience – since then he has made it his purpose to share this gift with others, while continuing to learn and grow with each passing moment. He is an RYT 200 Yoga Alliance certified instructor and a member of the Hatha Yoga Committee at the Yoga Society.
Briksha combines Hindu Yogic practices and Buddhist wisdom in his teaching. He studied spiritual nutrition and healthy eating life style under the guidance of Dr. Gabriel Cousens and Dr. David Jubb. He worked as a rawfood chef over 7 years and teaching rawfood classes for last 5 years in addition to one year as a head chef in Tree of Life. Briksha is a certified rebirthing breath worker and yoga teacher. He has been teaching yoga, guided meditation, and stress management classes since 1992.
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Upcoming events (4+)
See all- Deepening Intimacy and Flow of Love :Integral Tantric Approach:An intro workshop2872 Folsom St, San Francisco, CAUSD 20.00
#### LGBTQI+ community-friendly
Deepening Intimacy and flow of freshness and more love
using the power of Breathing (Partner-Breathing), Relaxing and slowing down into the presence.
An Intro An Introduction Workshop. w/Mahendra and Elektra####
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August 17th, 1 pm-2.30/3 pm
Donation: $20-$30 for a couple (No one will be turned away for lack of funds)
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Followed will be a Full 4-hour workshop on Sept 27th or 28th, 3 pm-7 pm
Detail TBA
"Love Is Unconditional. Relationships Aren’t."
Wm. Paul Young####
> Join us for an unique experience at the Yoga Society of San Francisco where we will explore the power of partner breathing, relaxation and slwoing down to deepen connection and enhance intimacy. Through synchronized breathwork, deep relaxation and slowing down
> you and your partner will learn to harmonize your energies and create a beautiful flow of love between you.> Objectives
> ~Learning to use your breath to connect the wisdom of your body, feelings, and connect with your partner in a more embodied way.
> ~Develop skills to create more intimacy, freshness, and love flow with conscious breathing.> ~Discover insights to deepen intimacy with your partner, creating a Spiritual ( referencing Non-Dual Tantric Perspective) and Holistic Integral approach
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> ~ Learn to slow down, healing hurreid tedency and relax in presence, freeing from goal oriented attitudes, needing mroe an dmore stimulations in connection (Added)
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> In this 1.5-2-hour Intro workshop, using the Spiritual (Non-Dual Tantric Perspective) and Holistic Integral approach we will give you a taste to explore, learn, and practice
> ~ How to deepen intimacy and love with our partner — and keep it alive — rather than letting it become an old, mechanical, and unconscious routine that leads to stagnation as we move through life!
> ~ How to deepen our skill, to communicate, to touch, to be sensitive, and be in the present moment, to enjoy and grow together
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> Some of the breathing practices we will do in this class are:
> Embracing your body and breath and awakening your inner lover! Inner Connection
> Fostering intimacy, touching from the inner body, a breath hug. Gift of presence
> Breathing with eye and body contact: Fully Available
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> “It is possible for a couple to be so ONE that they transcend all space and time and in that know One Goodness, One God-ness, One Love, One utter Realisation that knows no end.”
> "When you are really, truly called into Deeper Intimacy, your life is no longer yours as a separate sense of self. Your life belongs to Truth. There is no Other in the True meeting of Love."> -B Prior (From The Teaching — B Prior)
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