urban ashram

Urban Ashram

Join Sarahjoy and the community in diving deeply into the wisdom and compassion teachings of yoga and meditation. During turbulent times, transformation is being called from within. To wisely rise into our life horizons, we seek community, tranquility, curiosity, and courage.

If your life has been nudging you to more deeply understand or transform, now is the time. The teachings of yoga, and its indwelling philosophy and psychology on love, grace, and interbeing, deeply penetrate and nourish each of us. The ancient traditions have all recommended practicing in dedicated communities.

Ancient practices are still relevant in contemporary times. Many of us are experiencing the turbulences and fears of our larger community (and our own). While Yoga recommends becoming part of the solution, it also recommends more deeply stabilizing in our essence, in tranquility and wisdom. From this place, our lives radiate calm and refuge for our family and friends. More grounded community members make for better change agents. Join us for a time of deepening our practices, infusing our resilience and fortitude (dhruti and kshama), and lessening anxiety or fear.

The Urban Ashram: Yoga Dharma Immersion

Four Immersion weekends:
- Immersions 1, 2, and 3 are virtual
- Immersion 4 is a weekend at Breitenbush Hot Springs (lodging not included in Urban Ashram registration)
Asana, pranayama, meditation, chanting sessions
Yoga, Ayurveda, Dharma:
- The 8 limbs of yoga, Koshas, Yamas and Niyamas, Pranayama
- Yoga Sutras, Bhagavad Gita
- Neuroscience, mindfulness, interpersonal reciprocity, community, chanting, and so much more!!

Online support and practices for 16 weeks
Dharma Study Groups
4 Private Yoga Sessions
Readings
Weekly asana, mindfulness and meditation practices
Learning Community

April 26 - August 5, 2024

3 Virtual (Live) Immersion Weekends:
April 26 - 28
May 31 1- Jun 2
July 5 - 7
Fridays: 7 - 8:30 pm
Saturdays: 7 - 8am; 10 am - 1 pm
Sundays: 7 - 8am; 10 am - 1 pm

1 Residential Immersion Weekend:
August 1 - 4 (at Breitenbush Hot Springs)
See Schedule Here

Registration

Your investment for the Urban Ashram Immersion is $1,320 (one-time payment).
*$200 of your initial payment will be held as a non-refundable deposit.

You can pay for the program in full, or with a payment plan.

Our Guiding Teachers

In our Urban Ashram Immersion, join us to deepen your understanding and lived expression of the yogic teachings of Paramahansa Yogananda, Ekanth Easwaran, and Anthony de Mello.

Transformational teachers and leaders in spiritual communities, in India and in the West, the teachings of each of these awakened beings are still relevant today. Specifically, we’ll draw on the Yogananda and Easwaran’s Bhagavad Gita translations and commentaries. We’ll read their offerings, seeking to embody their wisdom in our practice and in our lives. These teachers forged frontiers that influenced generations of practitioners.

We provide you with two books as a part of your program: The Way to Love by Anthony DeMello and A More Ardent Fire by Eknath Easwaran (both included in your tuition).

We also recommend The Sacred Tradition of Yoga by Dr. Shankaranarayana Jois and When Things Fall Apart by Pema Chodron.