Welcome to YogaVahini Sangama 2025!
YogaVahini warmly invites all alumni and current students to join us for Sangama 2025, from January 16th to 19th at SRCM Babuji Memorial Ashram (Heartfulness Foundation) in Manapakkam, Chennai. This special gathering offers an opportunity to re-ignite our Śraddhā and deepen our commitment to the practice, study, and teaching of yoga. It is a time to share our journeys, and inspire each other in a spirit of community and growth.
Our Journey Together
Since our inception in 2008, YogaVahini has been dedicated to fostering a deep understanding and practice of yoga. What began in Hyderabad under the name Yoga Jyoti evolved into YogaVahini in 2010, with our Chennai center inaugurated on Guru Purnima in 2014.
Over the years, YogaVahini has grown into a vibrant community with active hubs in Chennai, Hyderabad, Delhi-NCR, Bangalore, and even beyond Indian shores. Our alumni, spread across the globe, continue to carry forward the teachings, enriching their communities while staying connected with us and other senior teachers in the tradition.
Since 2008, YogaVahini has rolled out:
– 17 batches of Yoga Sādhana,
– 18 batches of Yoga Ācārya/Yoga Instructors Training Program (YITP),
– 6 batches of Yoga Vaidya.
Impacting over 500 people over the years, with over 150 Yoga Vaidyas spread across the world (including the 6th Vaidya batch graduating in February 2025).
We have also done numerous workshops and study retreats offering our alumni opportunities for continuous learning and growth.
These programs have been conducted across various locations, including online platforms, and have been supported by a dedicated team of teachers and mentors who have been with us for over 16 years.
Looking Forward: Sangama 2025
Sangama 2025 will be a three-day festival filled with enriching sessions, including special programs led by senior teachers from our tradition. This is your chance to return to your alma mater, reconnect with old friends, and forge new bonds in the vibrant spirit of Yoga Sanga.
January is an ideal time to visit Chennai, with pleasant weather and the city alive with cultural festivities.
At the Sangama event, we want to consolidate all that you have been doing individually, with peers, or with YogaVahini over the years. With the 6th Vaidya batch graduating in February 2025, we have a good strength of 150+ Yoga Vaidyas spread across the world.
What you can expect at Sangama 2025!
The four-day Sangama event begins on January 16, 2025, with an Alumni Meetup followed by a cultural evening. On January 17 and 18, the day starts with parallel morning yoga practices for stress resilience, women’s health, healthy aging, and children’s yoga. Both days feature special alumni sessions, workshops with senior teachers, asana explorations, tea breaks, and cultural events, with a graduation ceremony on the 18th. On January 19, the final day, there are workshops for the general public, covering a range of yoga practices, and the event concludes with a session for alumni and lunch.
We are privileged to have 5 senior teachers, direct and long terms students of Sri T Krishnamacharya and Sri TKV Desikachar offer workshops on this occasion: Sri Srivatsa Ramaswami, Smt. Lakshmi Ranganathan, Dr. Latha Satish, Sri Raghu Ananthanarayanan and Sri R Sriram.
While you might have studied with these teachers in-person or online, having all of them share their collective wisdom at this retreat will indeed be a special treat!
Sangama Souvenir
We request you to contribute articles and case studies for the YogaVahini Souvenir. Your submissions for the Souvenir will reach the yoga world, medical fraternity, and the larger world.
CASE STUDY FORMAT FOR SANGAMA SOUVENIR
(Adapted from YTT guidelines provided by IAYT)
Your case study (ies) can be published with your profile in the YogaVahini Directory on our website, this will be initiated post the Sangama event. Select case studies could even be submitted to reputed scientific journals for publication. Based on your work, YogaVahini will be happy to invite you to offer your expertise in our courses moving forward.
If you need assistance in putting together your submission, please reach out to us at yvsangama@gmail.com.
YogaVahini Graduates Survey Form
We are conducting a survey to collect information on your teaching and therapy work after graduating from YogaVahini. We intend to use this information to create a YogaVahini teachers & therapists Directory on our website. Based on a thorough review of survey responses, we will be inviting you to feature in the Directory.
The following criteria (and not limited to) will be applied for selection into the Directory:
- You are teaching actively and you are making significant contribution to your community through yoga.
- You continue to study and be guided by a mentor from YogaVahini
- You are actively pursuing your learning with YogaVahini through Yoga Sadhana, workshops and retreats continuously upgrading your teaching practice.
Please fill this form if you are an alumnus of YogaVahini and wish to be included in the YogaVahini Directory of yoga teachers and therapists.
https://bit.ly/yvsurveydirectory
Let’s take a trip down memory lane!
Relive your post-grad yoga journey through a fun video showcasing your work in community service, special projects, or any initiative close to your heart! Whether it’s a group effort or solo shots, feel free to share photos, videos, chants, or even have your students speak on how yoga has transformed their lives—these will be displayed in the main hall before the cultural celebrations!
Please add your submissions to the below Drive Folder:
Join Us!
To express your interest in attending Sangama 2025, please take a few moments to fill out the registration form. We look forward to welcoming you back home to YogaVahini and will be in touch with further details soon.
https://bit.ly/sangamaregistration
Contributions
YogaVahini looks to make no commercial gains from this event. Your contribution will help us meet food, accommodation, and event-related expenses.
Minimum contribution per person:
Indian nationals – INR 15,000
NRIs and international participants – USD 300
We take this opportunity to invite friends and family members of YogaVahini Alumni for the Sangama event. Please write to us at yvsangama@gmail.com so that we can help organise accomodation and food for them.
For Indian Nationals, you can make the donation to the below account:
INR 15,000
Bank A/C Name: YOGAVAHINI FOUNDATION
Current Account, Account No. 50200025838562
HDFC Bank, Alwarpet, Chennai
IFSC – HDFC0001939
For NRIs and international participants:
USD 300.
Please send us a screenshot of the transaction to yvsangama@gmail.com