Swami Karunananda, E-RYT 500

Swami Karunananda has had 50 years’ experience teaching all aspects of Yoga. She designed and conducts teacher training programs in Raja Yoga and in Meditation. She served as president of Satchidananda Ashram in California and in Virginia, and as director of the San Francisco and Santa Barbara Integral Yoga Institutes. She compiled and edited The Lotus Prayer Book and Enlightening Tales as told by Sri Swami Satchidananda. Her book, Awakening: Aspiration to Realization through Integral Yoga, makes the Yoga teachings accessible and provides inspiration and guidance for the spiritual journey.

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Upcoming Programs by Swami Karunananda, E-RYT 500

Integral Yoga Global Gathering

Also with Swami Gurucharanananda "Mataji", Swami Asokananda, E-RYT 500 and Swami Ramananda, E-RYT 500, C-IAYT

August 21 - 25, 2025

Exploring Our Interconnected Journey Join us at Satchidananda Ashram, Yogaville, for a joyful gathering of hearts and minds as we come together to celebrate our shared journey in Integral Yoga. This reunion is an opportunity to reconnect with old friends, forge new bonds, and deepen our understanding of the unity that weaves us all together. […]

Pranayama: Harnessing the Dynamic Power of Breath

October 31 - November 2, 2025
Discover the transformative power of breath in this pranayama workshop. Learn techniques to detoxify, energize, and calm the mind, while exploring pranic healing, subtle energy, and Kundalini awakening. Build a sustainable practice for lasting balance and spiritual growth.

200-hour Integral Yoga Teacher Training – Summer

Also with Satya Greenstone, E-RYT 500, C-IAYT

June 21 - July 19, 2026

The Integral Yoga 200-hour Teacher Training at Satchidananda Ashram–Yogaville  provides a strong foundation for personal and spiritual development, a space for nurturing your own practice, and the skills necessary to become a knowledgeable Yoga teacher. This comprehensive Yoga teacher certification is a month-long residential program consisting of over 200 class hours. You will learn to […]

Meditation Teacher Training

August 10 - 23, 2026

Swami Satchidananda said: “Meditation is the most important practice. Most of our problems in life would be solved if we meditated regularly.” Why? Because our whole experience of life is based on the condition of the mind, and meditation enables us to understand and gain mastery over the mind. As the mind becomes stronger, clearer, […]