Welcome to Yoga Yagna (Yogathon)
- 21 days of yoga sadhana as a community
Yagna means coming together to cheer one another, inspire each other, and practice yoga with joy !
Build a happy and healthy tomorrow for you and your community through yoga. Join Yoga Yagna!
Yoga Bharati celebrates Yoga Yagna twice yearly, once in January as a new year resolution and once in June leading upto International Day of Yoga. Most importantly, we believe that Yoga is for ALL! Young and old, healthy or not. Every0ne can practice yoga! FREE for All!
Already Annual Member? Join Yagna by Entering the Health Survey and Yoga Preferences:
Not a Member? Two Steps
STEP 1 - Sign Up using the New Client Registration Form
STEP 2 - Join Yagna by Entering the Health Survey and Yoga Preferences:
QUESTIONS: Email: yagna@yogabharati.org
Our Upcoming Yoga Yagna and International Day of Yoga
at various chapters and locations
Free Online Class Schedule
Suggested Protocol: Apart from live classes, we also offer standard videos for your daily practice. We have a range of practice videos based on your schedule, health conditions, and fitness levels. The standard videos are focused on Surya Namaskars, but also have other asanas to make the practice well-rounded:
Week 1 - One hour practice (including asana/pranayama/relaxation)
Week 2 - One hour of asana practice and a half-hour pranayama
Week 3 - One and a half hours of asana practice and a half-hour pranayama
OR
CHOOSE YOUR PRACTICE VIDEO FROM OUR PLAYLISTS. Scroll Down.
RSVP: yagna@yogabharati.org
Concluding Events on International Day of Yoga - June 21st
Details about Yoga Yagna
Yoga for your needs
Three types of yoga offered:
Regular Practitioners: Yoga practitioners or people with no pain or other health conditions. (Minor issues are ok, ask us for details)
Modified for Practitioners with Health Conditions: Yoga for people who are new to yoga with a sedentary lifestyle or health conditions and who cannot practice classic Surya Namaskars (Ask us for details)
Chair or Chair-Assisted Yoga. Attend our Chair Yoga sessions for FREE or get our Video.
We invite you to join us for 3 weeks of yoga as follows:
One hour a day for the first week (Online Live classes are already an hour to 70 mins or use the recordings provided above)
One and a half hours for the second week (Online Live class one time and 30 minutes of Pranayama with a video provided above)
Two hours for the 3rd week (You may take a class both in the morning and evening or just practice extra session using a recording provided above)
On the final day, we practice 3 hours of yoga - 1000 asanas. Don’t be alarmed. Yoga is not difficult asanas. Just 60 Surya Namaskars is already 600 asanas. Rest is easy!
Be a Sadhaka - One who yearns and works towards their Goal with a commitment to the cause. Below are some options to choose from. You can sign up for one or mix and match.
Practice on your own and log the count
Yoga Protocol using videos (see above) - We can engage you in a holistic yoga protocol. Come to our training and learn how to practice safely.
In-Person Classes - Our yoga teachers will take you through the yoga protocol in certain areas. Please check with us for locations. Write to yagna @ yogabharati.org (space added to the email id. Please remove space before sending the message)
Practice online daily- We have online classes almost every day, morning and evening. See the schedule above.
Attend our classes and log your practice.
Go Vegan
Yoga is about wanting to feel healthier, more energetic, and more vibrant. You can do this by taking a Vegan pledge for health reasons, for humanitarian reasons, and to reduce the negative impact on the environment. There is a simple action you can take that will have a positive effect not just on you but on many other lives. You can start with the 21-day challenge. We will give you tips on how to enjoy being vegan regularly to make your journey into the vegan lifestyle for 21 days, a piece of cake (vegan cake that is)!
VEGAN CHALLENGE: Sign up for the Vegan Challenge. If you are a first-timer, 5-6 days a week is also ok. We will share healthy Vegan recipes. Yoga’s first Yama is Ahimsa - Non-Violence. Let us begin by attempting to become Vegan. Start with 21 days.
We invite you to take up the GO VEGAN Challenge and support Preeti Rang Sanctuary, which is a unique project where animals are rescued and sheltered.
Not our Annual Member? Join our Annual Membership program
Benefits of Yoga
Yogasanas have a very powerful influence on all the systems of the body: nervous, circulatory, respiratory, digestive, etc. Helps loosen the joints and muscles in the body.
The combination of all asanas performed as a holistic practice has many health benefits, such as weight loss, vitalizing the entire body, sharpening the mind, and reaching optimal health.
Cyclic Practice of yogic postures in Surya Namaskar helps to loosen up joints and muscles in a short period.
Abdominal organs are stretched and compressed. This ensures proper functioning of the organs.
Our loosening and mindful movements remove nervous tension and anxiety.
Surya Namaskar practice has a profound positive effect on the back as it involves alternate backward and forward bends. It also improves spinal flexibility and results in improved immunity.
Our holistic yoga energizes the body through a combination of stimulation and relaxation.
Surya Namaskar is a very effective cardiovascular exercise. The continuous variability of muscle length during a flow of 10 postures results in reducing the probability of the types of injuries typically seen in other forms of aerobic activity.
Our asanas have alternate expansion and contraction of the chest, which helps in regulating and deepening the breath through the practice, and for a novice practitioner. We teach our yoga with breath awareness, and that helps us breathe better off the mat, also.
Surya Namaskar enhances body awareness and improves overall quality of life.
Yoga practice helps immensely in developing the capacity of mindfulness in everything we do.
When practiced in a community setting, the overall synergy and goodwill help the entire community to bind together for a good cause and to work for the society’s well-being.
Benefits of Aum Chanting
The goal of yoga is to silence the mind. Aum acts as a peaceful sound that replaces the clutter of sounds in the mind. Silence after Aum is the most important aspect of chanting.
Chanting 27 rounds of Aum will be a great pranayama practice as one regulates and coordinates breath with along with chanting. It helps expand the lung capacity when practiced with deep breathing.
Aum is a passive syllable that does not have any emotion or meaning associated with it in the regular sense of the word. Hence, it removes any thoughts and emotions from the mind.
Aum can be broken down into A — for resonance in the lower part of the body; U - for resonance in the middle part of the body; and M - for resonance in the head region. Thus, it produces vibrations in the entire body from toes to head.
Mandukya Upanishad associates A with the wakeful state, U with the dream state, and M with the deep sleep state. The silence after the chanting is the ultimate state called Turiya, the transcendence of body and mind.
Benefits of Shavasana
Shavasana is a wakeful sleep called Yoga Nidra. It helps bring awareness to the body and provides complete rest to the entire body and mind, with all its inner organs and faculties of thinking.
Contact Us
Email: workshop@yogabharati.org
Phone: 408-341-YOGA (9642)