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Thanksgiving Retreat: Gods, Goddesses, and Divine stories about planets, stars and the universe

with Acharya Swami Sitaramananda, Swami Sivasankariananda, Bill Sinclair (Ramdas), Silvia Nakkach, MA, MMT (Saraswati Devi), Swami Adi Parashaktiananda, Swami Divyananda and Swami Amritananda

November 27 - 30, 2025


Arrival & Departure
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. 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

Contactyogafarmregistration@sivananda.org
(530) 272-9322


What to Bring:
slip on shoes, loose comfortable clothing, writing materials, meditation shawl or blanket, yoga mat, sitting cushion, water bottle, and flashlight. All books and materials are available to order from our online boutique. (we will not have yoga mat and cushions available so please bring your own)

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Boutique: All books and materials are available to order from our online boutique.

  • Tent - Bring Your Own – $375.00
  • Om Cabin - Private or book with a friend – $630.00
  • Om Cabin - Double (share with another guest) – $540.00
  • Siva Cabin - Private or book with a friend – $810.00
  • Siva Cabin - Double (share with another guest) – $690.00
  • Krishna Cabin, Double (share with another guest) – $690.00
  • Deluxe Shanti Cabin - Private or book with friends – $990.00
  • Deluxe Shanti Cabin - Shared (share with another guest) – $780.00
    • (All prices include $150.00 base amount)

All options include 2 vegetarian meals, 2 yoga classes, and 2 satsangs.

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Description

You are invited to this special Thanksgiving program featuring special guest teachers who have dedicated their lives to the spiritual path, ready to share their spiritual knowledge gleaned from years of practice to help us understand these turbulent times where conflict seems ever-present and peace out of reach.  We look to the wisdom of the scriptures to enlighten our path.

Daily Schedule

You are welcome to join us on Wednesday as well.

Thursday, November 27
2pm Arrival
4-6pm Open Yoga Class
5pm Vegetarian Thanksgiving Feast
7:30pm Satsang:  inspiring gurus’ Stories from swami Sivasankariananda

Friday, November 28
6-7:30am Satsang: Mahabharata stories with Swami Divyananda
8-10am Open Yoga Class
10am Brunch
11am Karma Yoga
1-3pm Workshop on Nakshatras with Bill Sinclair 
5pm Vegetarian Thanksgiving Feast
7:30pm Satsang: Nakshatras with Bill Sinclair 

Saturday, November 29
6-7:30am Satsang: Swami Sitaramananda On Karma and reincarnation
8-10am Open Yoga Class
10am Brunch
11am Karma Yoga
1-3pm Workshop on Nakshatras with Bill Sinclair 
4-6pm Open Yoga Class
6pm Dinner
7:30pm Satsang: Musical Concert with Silvia Nakkach and Sumeet Banerji

Sunday, November 30
6-7:30am Satsang: Sivananda spiritual stories with Swami  Amritananda
8-10am Open Yoga Class
10am Brunch
12pm Departure

Pre-requisite

There are no prerequisites other than a sincere desire to learn classical yoga.

About the Teachers

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 Sivasankariananda

Swami Sivasankariananda is director of the Los Angeles Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Center. She completed her TTC at the Yoga Farm in 1997 and ATTC there in 2008. Swamiji has been on yatra in north and south India and Mount Kailas. She loves to teach and is particularly fond of the Bhakti Yoga practices. She took sannyas in […]

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Bill Sinclair (Ramdas)

Bill Sinclair began studying Vedic Astrology in 2002. He began his studies under Ronnie Dreyer and continues his studies under the guidance of Komilla Sutton.  Bill holds a Level 1 Jyotish Certification from the American College of Vedic Astrology.  He also holds the Jyotish Shastri Diploma from Komilla Academy of Vedic Studies in Chandigarh, India. Bill […]

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Silvia Nakkach, MA, MMT (Saraswati Devi)

Silvia Nakkach, MA, MMT (Saraswati Devi), is a Grammy-nominated musician and a renowned vocal artist. She is a former clinical psychologist, an author, a world-wide sound and music educator, and a Nada Yoga scholar and yogini. She is a pioneer in the field of sound and music therapies, and an academic consultant and the creator […]

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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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