Healing journey of Navaratri
with Pundit Bhima, Acharya Swami Sitaramananda, Swami Adi Parashaktiananda, Swami Divyananda, Swami Amritananda and Maha Lakshmi, C-IAYT, RYT 500
Flexible Dates
Online
Date and Time Details:
Arrival: Check-in time is 2:00pm. We encourage you to arrive by 4:00pm for the Asana class. Dinner is at 6:00pm and there will be a Welcoming Orientation at 7:00pm followed by Satsang at 8:00pm.
Departure: Check-out time is 12:00pm. The course will conclude at 3pm on the Final date. You are welcome to stay in the ashram for the rest of the afternoon even after checking out of your room.
Location:
Sivananda Ashram Yoga Farm
Address:
14651 Ballantree Lane
Grass Valley, CA 95949
USA
Contact: (530) 272-9322
What to Bring:
slip on shoes, loose comfortable clothing, writing materials, meditation shawl or blanket, yoga mat, flashlight. All books and materials are available in our boutique.
- Tent - Bring Your Own (male) – $110.00
- Om Cabin - Private or book with a friend (2 twin beds) – $195.00
- Siva Cabin - Book with a friend (2 twin beds) – $255.00
- Siva Cabin - share dorm with another guest (2 twin beds) – $215.00
- Deluxe Shanti - book with friends or family (3 twin beds) – $555.00
- Deluxe Shanti - book with friends or family (2 twin beds) – $450.00 (All prices include $35.00 base amount)
Healing journey of Navaratri
Join us in the healing journey of the Divine Mother at one of the most inspirational times of the year. We will have daily puja and workshops helping us to remember the presence of the Divine.
Schedule
6 am Satsang
8 am Asana
10 am Brunch
11 am Karma Yoga
1 pm Workshop (at Durga Temple)
4 pm Yoga
6 pm Dinner
7:30 pm PUJA for Divine Mother
Workshop Topics
Day 1 – Despondency and calamity: understand the present time test and suffering
Day 2 – Who is Divine Mother Shakti, Durga? Her power of destruction of negativities
Day 3 – What to do to take refuge under Her Protection.
Day 4 – After the fight: the dawn of Light. Nurturing positive virtues.
Day 5 – Circle of positive thinking on Unity & Power of community.
Day 6 – Circle of positive thinking on Love and Regeneration.
Day 7 – Self-enquiry on Truth and Reality of Who am I?
Day 8 – Enquiry on What is Maya? the Universe?
Day 9 – Vedantic Self affirmations
Day 10 (Victory Day) – Vedantic meditation- Celebration of Victory. Offering of karma, blessings, and Self Healing
Donations of flowers and prasad (sweet foods) are welcome.
Cost
$35/day plus accommodations
30% discount for all 9 nights
About the Teachers
Pundit Bhima
Pundit Bhima, originally from South India, joined the Sivananda Yoga Farm in 2023. He was born and brought up in a Vedic Hindu family. His father was Sri Trinadha Lakshmi Narasimha Murty garu who was the Sri Devi Upasaka (meant to serve or one who serves). He is a traditionally trained priest from the Veda(Yajusha […]
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Acharya Swami Sitaramananda
Swami Sitaramananda is a senior acharya of the International Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Centers and is director of the Sivananda Ashram Vedanta Yoga Farm, California and the Sivananda Yoga Resort and Training Center, Vietnam. She is acharya of China, Taiwan, and Japan as well. Swamiji is the organizer and teacher of the Sivananda Yoga Health Educator Training (SYHET) program, an 800-hour program on yoga therapy, […]
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Swami Adi Parashaktiananda
Swami Adi Parashaktiananda is a dedicated Sadhak and an experienced international Sivananda Hatha Yoga teacher and trainer in international TTC in USA, Vietnam , Japan and China for more than twelve years. He mainly serves as assistant to Acharya Swami Sitaramananda at the Sivananda Ashram yoga Farm in Grass Valley California and at the Sivananda […]
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Swami Divyananda
Swami Divyananda is a yoga teacher hailed from Vietnam and sannyasin in the Sivananda tradition. She started practicing yoga at the age of 20 and completed her TTC in 2016, SYHET in 2020, and ATTC in 2022. She has also completed five Sadhana Intensive courses, deepening her practice of pranayama and inner discipline. She served […]
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Swami Amritananda
Swami Amrita is a dedicated yoga teacher and karma yogi from Japan, with over 18 years of yoga practice and more than a decade of teaching experience in Hatha Yoga. She holds the RYT500 and IAYT-ACCREDITED SYHET 800-hour certificates. In 2025, she embraced monastic life in the Swami Sivananda and Swami Vishnudevananda tradition, fully dedicating […]
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Maha Lakshmi, C-IAYT, RYT 500
Maha Lakshmi, C-IAYT, RYT 500 is a teacher of Classical Yoga for many years and graduated the Sivananda Yoga Health Educator Training program in 2020. A student of Ayurveda, a practitioner of the Four Paths of Yoga, and a dedicated student of Swami Sitaramananda and the teachings of Sivananda Yoga, Maha Lakshmi brings a brightness […]
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