Special Classes, Events & Workshops
July 24 - 26 | Fri 5:30 - 8 | Sat & Sun 11am - 7pm
Sacred Seasons - 20 Hour Super Sequencing Advanced Training
Reignite your passion for practice and breathe new life into your teaching! In this jam packed 20 Hour 3 Day Weekend at Lotusland Yoga SF, you will learn to practice and teach Yoga in harmony with the cycles of nature by weaving the ancient wisdom of Ayurveda, the sister art & science of Life to align our lives with the rhythm of the divine. Through this unique Lotus Flow asana sequencing intensive with Lotus Flow legends, the dynamic duo- Jasmine Tarkeshi and Kate Duyn, you will dive into an in-depth exploration of Ayurveda’s basic theory of moving in harmony with the rhythms of the universe - the dance of creation, preservation and destruction. Transform your Yoga practice into a sacred ritual as you adapt your teaching and practice to sequence for the seasons and the rhythms of daily life with the planets, sun and moon, towards life of harmony that leads bliss and balance. Through the lens of Ayurveda, the science of life, we will explore movement, mantra, mudra and meditation as mystic medicine and create sacred recipes in your classes to experience unity within and our world to better benefit others. This training is open to all yoga practitioners with a 200 Hour Teacher Training Certificate from any school or other movement modalities wanting to inspire and enrich their offerings.
The word “Ayurveda” is derived from two words in Sanskrit, “ayuh” meaning “life” or “longevity” and “veda” meaning “science” or “sacred knowledge.” Ayurveda's definition can translate as “the sacred knowledge of life.” During such terrifying times where politics are destroying our planet, turning towards ancient healing rituals are the healing salves we need to empower ourselves and to share with our families and communities.The Sanskrit word for health, svastha, is a state in which the mind, soul, and senses interact harmoniously to experience a feeling of Self, wellness, and even bliss. Achieving this may seem like a hard to reach goal, but Ayurveda provides a treasure chest of elegant and insightful tools to help us get there. At its root, Ayurveda is an ancient holistic tradition born in India 5000 years ago, and way of living that can help each of us to claim and celebrate our capacity for wellness.You will learn to adapt your daily practice to the gifts of the seasons, the planet of the day, times of the day as recipes to dance with the doshas to incorporate into your life and guide others towards more ease.
July 24th-26th
(Friday 5:30-8, Saturday 11-7, Sunday 11-7)
$495 (20% off for Lotusland LOL Yoga School Grads)
Early Bird $450 by June 15th
Wednesday August 5th | 7 - 9pm
From Jivamukti to Vajrayana: Exploring Yoga & Buddhism with Cory Bryant
Yoga and Buddhism have influenced one another for centuries, yet many practitioners encounter them as separate traditions (and that was Cory's early experience as well). In this experiential workshop, we'll explore the shared ground between classical yoga and Vajrayana Buddhism through the lens of embodied awareness.
Drawing from over twenty years of yoga practice and study—including Jivamukti Yoga, Ashtanga Yoga, and Tibetan Buddhism—we'll examine how both traditions use the body, breath, attention, and direct experience as gateways to transformation.
Inspired in part by Lama Willa Baker's teachings in The Wakeful Body, we'll investigate what it means to inhabit the body with curiosity and presence rather than treating it as an obstacle to spiritual practice. Together we'll explore questions such as:
What do yoga and Buddhism mean by "awakening"?
How does the body become a vehicle for insight?
What is the relationship between awareness, sensation, and emotion?
How can contemplative practice help us meet our lives with greater clarity and compassion?
The evening will include discussion, guided contemplative exercises, and a meditation practice designed to help participants directly experience the principles being explored.
No prior experience with Buddhism, meditation or yoga is required. Open to yoga practitioners, meditators, and anyone interested in the intersection of movement, awareness, and spiritual practice.
Saturday, August 8th | 7 - 8:30pm
Lotusland Birthday Bash & Benefit Kirtan with Astrud and Friends
On 8/8, as the Lion's Gate portal opens, we gather to manifest Lotusland Yoga SF's new chapter together. Join us for our Birthday Bash and Benefit Kirtan with Astrud ❤️ — a night of chanting, community, and celebration where we'll announce our raffle winners, launch our online silent auction on our fundraiser #loveforlotusland! This is our first big fundraiser, offered generously by Astrud, for the new studio, and every ticket and every donation goes straight into building it. There's no more auspicious day to set our intentions and co-create what's next — and we are SO excited to celebrate this incredible event with YOU!
Kirtan moves us beyond the mind and into the heart, beyond judgement and feelings of separation, it relaxes us to let go and to experience a deeper connection, union and Love. Allow the power of music and sound vibration to kindle hope and peace and ignite the fire of love and devotion in your heart as we sing in the key of WE.This is our first big fundraiser, offered generously by Astrud, for the new studio, and every ticket and every donation goes straight into building it. There's no more auspicious day to set our intentions and co-create what's next — and we are SO excited to celebrate this incredible event with YOU!
Join us in celebrating our Lotusland’s 4th birthday by honoring our evolution through our many incarnations and their lessons as well as the rituals that have that have remained consistent throughout - like Kirtan with Astrud (the first one was with Jasmine in 2000 art the very first location on Christopher Street in NYC and Love Saves the Day benefit classes). Friday 8/8’s Lions Gate portal when the star Siriuss aligns with the sun, it opens a window of luck and energy for the setting of intentions and blessings pursuing our goals - signifying infinity with the 8 on its side. This astrological event offers opportunities for new beginnings , personal empowerment and significant shifts in destiny. The Sun and Leo represent the heart and stepping boldly into our leadership to Lead with Love and serve others through giving of ourselves generously to others, like the sun lighting up the world by rising up each day and being and sharing itself. Let’s come together wake up the passion for compassion and fight with all our light to serve everyone in our sacred city through co-creating our new Lotusland Community Yoga Center for ALL of us!
The night at a glance:
𑁍 Kirtan with Astrud
𑁍 Enter the raffle at any Lotusland Yoga SF class or event
𑁍 Start of our Auction – silent auction page goes live!
𑁍 Celebrating our incredible news together
There's no more auspicious day to set our intentions and co-create what's next — we are SO excited to celebrate this incredible news with all of you.
Come sing, dance, give, and build this new sanctuary with us.
𑁍 Sliding scale $25–$108 · walk-ins welcome 𑁍
August 8th & 9th | Saturday 1-8:30 (Training 1-6 + Kirtan 7-8:30) | Sunday 11-4 (Class 11-12:15 + Training 12:30-4)
Bhakti and The Bhagavad Gita 10 Hour Immersion and Training for Teachers
with Astrud Castillo and Special Guests
Join Astrud Castillo and special guest teachersfor a 10 Hour Bhakti Yoga Intensive for Teachers and dedicated practitioners. Dive deep into the path of Bhakti Marg, the path of Devotion to enrich your practice, teaching and lives.
Through sacred Chanting: Kirtanam and Japa, Story Telling and sacred texts- Sravanam, Service-Pada Sevanam and Puja-alter making along with many other practices and teachings, you will awaken your heart and deepen your connection to the Divine and all beings and anchor your daily life - in love and not fear.
Through discussion, contemplation and practice you will learn to Infuse your classes or personal practice with mantras and teachings from the Bhagavad Gita and create living alters of devotion with offerings of asana, pranayama and mediation and learn how to live your life for the benefit of all beings.
Our focus will be on sravanam, Mythology and story telling and Kirtanam, singing the Divine names and sanskrit mantras along with exploration of the sacred teachings from Sri Krishna Bhagavad Gita and devotional poetry while touching on all 9 forms from Bhagavata Purana, 7.5.23-24
(1) śravaṇa ("listening" to stories ), (2) kīrtana ("praising,”Kirtan/Chanting), (3) smaraṇa ("remembering" or fixing the mind on the Divine), (4) pāda-sevana (rendering service), (5) arcana (puja/ worshiping an image), (6) vandana (paying homage), (7) dāsya (servitude), (8) sākhya(friendship), and (9) ātma-nivedana(complete surrender of the self).
$350
20% off for Lotus Grads
Friday, August 14th | 5:30pm - 6:45pm
Friday Night Live: Reggaeton Yoga
Our vinyasa practice gives us the freedom to try new things and tap into playfulness while still keeping the integrity of our asana and the tenants of yoga. In this class you can expect a dynamic and joyful Vinyasa Yoga practice to a playlist full of your favorite Reggaeton songs with dance breaks between vinyasa flows. Shake out tension from the body, sweat, smile, and step into a movement practice of pure joy and freedom! Both Yoga and dance are cathartic, creative, and celebratory movements, and movement is the medicine we all need to tap into our reservoirs of joy and strength.
Bringing together the best of a relaxing yoga class and dancing at the club with your friends, let’s gather together in community and enjoy the an evening of authentic expression and celebration. Expect uplifting language, big smiles, and dance breaks between vinyasa flows!
Saturday August 15th | 1 - 2pm
Yoga School Info Session
If you have ever been interested in learning more and deepening your studies and practice of Yoga and sharing these transformative practices with others, this program beginning September 11th 2026 is for YOU! Get $100 off tuition and attend the 11am class for FREE when you RSVP
We are so excited to share all the details of our celebrated weekend training developed for over 25 years, answer all your questions and get you registered for a full $500 off tuition!
Join your Lotusland Senior Teachers Jasmine, Zoe, Chanda, Max, Tony, and Astrud for a one of kind powerful, beautiful, deep, rich and holistic 200 Hour Yoga Yoga Alliance Registered Teacher Training
You will be challenged physically, study intensely, Inspired mentally, awakened spiritually and uncover your truest most authentic self through which to share the path, art and practice of Yoga and serve your community with love!
Learn More at: https://lotuslandyogasf.com/200-hour/
Wednesday August 19th | 7 - 8:15pm
New Moon Community Classical Kundalini
with Ashley
Kundalini Yoga is the yoga of awareness and transformation. It’s a complete practice that weaves together movement, breath, mantra, meditation and deep relaxation.
Each class is designed to balance the chakras, shift energy and guide you toward inner stillness. Classical Kundalini focuses on grounding the mind and body before inviting energy to move through the chakras.
We honor three essentials for safe energetic movement:
• Grounding/Stabilizing — through asana, rhythm and presence
• Purification/Meditation — through breath, mantra and kriya
• Grace/Guidance — through deep listening, devotion and support from the Sangha
At its core, this practice is an act of devotion, a way of honoring the universal energy that flows through each of us. All are welcome, and no experience is needed. Bring only curiosity and an open heart.
All are welcome, as modifications are offered. No experience is necessary.
Friday, August 21st | 5:30 - 7pm
Friday Night Live: Jivamukti & Sound Bath
A guided Jivamukti vinyasa yoga class that seamlessly transitions into a live-music meditative and healing sound bath.
Expect a well-rounded flowing practice designed to make you move and sweat as well as encourage curiosity and spiritual activation that flows gently into a long-form sound bath using sound healing instruments including antique singing bowls from the Himalayas imbued with healing mantras. The frequency of the bowls create vibrational sound harmonics that impact the sympathetic nervous system by engaging the relaxation reflex, (and disrupting the pain reflex) creating an overall deep sense of well being, meditation and relaxation.
Fri,. Nov 13 - Tue, Nov 17 | Batemans Bay, Australia
The Art of Tantra Advanced Training with Jasmine Tarkeshi
Jasmine will guide a healing and creative journey of living, practicing, and teaching through the lens of Tantra Yoga in this 5-day 25-hour Teacher Training at Soul Tribe in Batemans Bay, Australia.
You’ll learn the beautiful and often misunderstood teachings of Tantra Yoga — wisdom that invites us to live, practice, and teach in deep intimacy with nature and our own true nature.
In Sanskrit, Tantra means “weaving” or “interconnection,” from the root tan, meaning “to extend” or “expand.” One of yoga’s most ancient paths, Tantra is a system of ritual, practice, art, and healing that awakens śakti (dormant creative energy). These timeless teachings remind us how to heal our relationship with our bodies, senses, each other, and the world.
At its heart, Tantra asks us to see the sacred in the everyday — to transcend dualities such as body and spirit, dark and light, mundane and holy — and to embrace the fullness of life as a path toward freedom, creativity, and well-being.
This immersion is perfect for yoga teachers seeking fresh inspiration, and for dedicated practitioners wanting to dive deeper into the joy, wisdom, and freedom of Tantra Yoga.
Come away with a renewed connection to your practice, your teaching, and your life — inspired, empowered, and grounded in the sacredness of everyday living.
