We list below the details of our upcoming programs. Do join us!
Breathing life into emotions
This workshop is based on their book Yoga and Emotions that was released a couple of years ago. We have been requesting Sriram and Anjali to run of workshop on this theme, that we are going to experience through these 2 days with them in April.
Yoga Sadhana
One of our longest-standing programs is back in online and in-person formats.
Ayurveda Level 2 – Advanced Course for Yoga Teachers and Therapists
This 15-hour course runs over 8 weeks with 2-hour live sessions and 3 hours of pre-recorded videos. For those who have completed Ayurveda Level 1.
Holistic and Integrative Nutrition Training 2025
The program integrates various principles, theories, and practices from traditional medicine (Ayurveda) and modern science to give us a comprehensive understanding of nutrition and its impact on health.
YogaVahini Sangama
A 3-day yoga festival in Chennai to help re-ignite our Sraddha and commitment to the practice, study, and teaching of yoga.
Exploring the Breath with Lakshmi Ranganathan
A veteran teacher of yoga and student of Sri TKV Desikachar and Sri T Krishnamacharya, Lakshmi explores the nuances of the breath for one’s own practice as well as for therapeutic contexts.
Yoga Therapy for Common Ailments
Sanga Day @ YogaVahini Chennai
Every Friday from 10 am to 2 pm
RSVP Bhavani/Ranjani at 98846 42456
Yoga of the Bhagavad Gita
Saraswathi Vasudevan will draw out concepts and yogic practices from this ancient text to apply in our daily life.
Yoga Abhyasa
Group classes to help instil the habit of a daily practice.
Past/Ongoing events
Specialised Workshops in July
Two back-to-back workshops in Manapakkam, Chennai, on caring for the eye and understanding the special world.
Living Right with Yoga — Exploring the 10 Yamas and Niyamas
Free workshop series by Saraswathi Vasudevan in association with Yoga4Unity
Śabda Śikṣā: A Grammar of the Voice
In-person vedic chanting workshop with R. Sriram
Holistic and Integrative Nutrition Training 2024
The program integrates various principles, theories, and practices from traditional medicine (Ayurveda) and modern science to give us a comprehensive understanding of nutrition and its impact on health.
Meditative Practices and Yogic Insights from the Bhagavad Gita
Yoga Therapy Australia and Saraswathi Vasudevan offer you a four-session series to draw inspiration from the Bhagavad Gita in your yogic journey.
Sangati February 2024
In this series, Kamala Chirravuri helps us experience and understand Purvatana postures at the level of the body, breath, and mind.
Teacher Training Workshop: Yoga for Seniors
Uttara Venugopal will lead this online workshop to help yoga teachers understand how to work with the elderly.
Masterclass Series with Shri Shubha
YogaVahini invites you to a special online masterclass series with Shri Shubha, the youngest daughter of Sri T Krishnamacharya.
Ayurveda (Level 1) 2024
We are happy to offer this course with Dr. Padmini Ranganathan for the third year in a row! It is for anyone who wants to learn the basics of ayurveda and integrate the learnings into their daily life for better health and wellbeing.
Pranayama — Practices and Insights from the Classical Yoga Texts
Saraswathi Vasudevan guides you in exploring your breath anew every last Saturday of the month.
2023 Events
Teacher training workshop: Yoga for the Expectant Mother (Prenatal and Postpartum)
The workshop will help a yoga teacher or therapist guide their student through the changes experienced during pregnancy, prepare for a healthy childbirth, and regain strength in the postnatal period.
Bahiranga to Antaranga Yoga Sadhana
Refresher retreat for yoga teachers and therapists in Bengaluru from 16 – 19 November 2023
Sangati November 2023
Radhika Rammmohan, a senior teacher and therapist from YogaVahini, leads Sangati throughout November, bringing our indriyas (sense organs) into the practice. In these sessions, she also invites us to explore the role indriyas play in healing.
Moving Inward and Outward
Masterclass with Saraswathi Vasudevan on Vijayadasami Day, 24 October 2023.
There are two forms of learning: Para Vidya (learning that takes us in the direction of the Highest Truth) and Apara Vidya (learning that aids our worldly life). Most of us struggle to balance these two areas of our life, the movement inward and outward…
Let us dwell on the intent and strength of both Vidyas, necessary for us to thrive in this material world even while pursuing higher truth.
Sangati October 2023
Eniko Pianovszky will explore the 20 gunas (10 pairs of opposites) through asana, pranayama, and mantra. She will take up two pairs of gunas in each session.
Understanding the gunas helps us make intelligent choices and live a healthy and wholeosme life.
Retreat in Pondicherry with A Sunlit Path [PDF]
A Sunlit Path is bringing an in-person yoga retreat with Saraswathi Vasudevan and Parvathi Nagarajan.
Dates: 21 and 22 October
To register, WhatsApp 88709 88843 before October 14
Saraswathi Vasudevan’s US workshops in September 2023
Yoga Samskara(s): The Path to Inner Transformation
Date: 9 September 2023, Saturday
Time: 9 am – 2 pm PDT
Venue: Fort Mason, Room C235
San Francisco
Pranayama: The Transformative Power of Breath
Date: 16 September 2023, Saturday
Time: 10 am – 5 pm EDT
Venue: Integral Yoga New York
227 W. 13th Street
Understanding the Healing Process through Yoga
Date: 17 September 2023, Sunday
Time: 10 am – 5 pm EDT
Venue: Integral Yoga New York
227 W. 13th Street
Srsti and Sakti Krama
Teaching Yoga to children and young adults from the ages of 5 to 18 years
Sangati September 2023
Padmaja Bandreddi explore the different components of breath through four Wednesdays at 4.30 pm IST.
Refresher Course for Yoga Teachers and Therapists, August 2023
We invite yoga teachers and therapists in the Krishnamacharya tradition to renew their learning of Viniyoga and Vinyasa Krama with us.
Global Yoga Therapy Day with Saraswathi Vasudevan, 14 August 2023
Saraswathi is one of the brilliant panel of speakers IAYT has put together. She will be speaking on “Insights from Yoga and Samkhya to Deal with Pandemic-Related Stress.”
Sangati August 2023
Anita Balasubramanian leads the practice every Wednesday at 11 am IST, exploring one Niyama at a time.