What do you get in Yoga Yagna?

A Free Pre and Post Assessment

Yoga for your needs. Three types of yoga offered:

Yoga practitioners or people with no pain or other health conditions. (minor issues are ok ask us for details)

Yoga for people with 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.

Online (in-person in some places) Yoga Sessions (to practice and learn):

• First Saturday and Sunday - 7 am PST and 7 am EST (80-90 min session)

• Videos to practice at your convenience on weekdays.

Advancement training after that:

We will offer further weekend classes to help you with week 2 and week 3.

Details on Yogathon

We invite you to join us for 3 weeks of yoga as follows:

• One hour a day for first week (can be in one stretch or morning and evening 30 min session each)

• One and a half hours for second week (can be in one stretch or 1 hour in the morning and 30 mins in the evening or vice versa)

• Two hours for 3rd week (can be in one stretch or 1 hour in the morning and 1 hour in the evening)

• Or join one of our classes or practice your usual yoga and log with us. Participate in our pre-and-post health survey.

On the final day, practice 3 hours of yoga - 1000 asanas. Don’t be alarmed. Yoga is not difficult asanas. We will show you how it can rejuvenate you.

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 - 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 every day morning and evening for a very afforable price. Feel free to signup and practice. For details visit Online classes page

• Attend our classes and Log your practice. Participate in pre-and Post Survey if you were not previously practicing yoga daily.

Yoga For All (Modifications for Health Conditions)

We provide different variations of asanas and Surya Namaskars (SN) for those who cannot perform classic poses. Even our Surya Namskars (Sun Salutations) are of different types:

• Classic Dynamic SNs in a Yagna (Marathon) setting

• Modified SN Variation for individuals with shoulder/back pain

• Chair Surya Namaskar for seniors and people with knee pain or other conditions where they cannot practice on the mat.

Yoga Yagna Signup

Go Vegan

Yoga is about wanting to feel healthier, more energetic, and more vibrant.  You can do this by taking 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 21 day challenge. We will give you tips on how to enjoy being vegan on a regular basis to make your journey of vegan lifestyle for 21 days, a piece of cake (vegan cake that is) !

VEGAN CHALLENGE: We ask you to sign up for the Vegan challenge. If you are a first-timer, 5-6 days in 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 GO VEGAN Challenge and support Preeti Rang Sanctuary which is a unique project where animals are rescued and sheltered.

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 of time.

• 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.

• Yogar practice helps immensely in developing the capacity of mindfulness in everything we do.

• When practiced in a community setting, the overall synergy and good will helps 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 of 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 toe to head.

• Mandukya upanishad associates A with wakeful state, U with dream state and M with deep sleep state. The silence after the chanting is the ultimate state called Turiya, the transcendance 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 faculty of thinking.

Contact Us

Email: workshop@yogabharati.org

Phone: 408-341-YOGA (9642)