Workshops are offered as a way to promote more understanding about other aspects of yoga, that are not taught in a standard yoga class due to time limitations. We invite guest speakers and workshop facilitators who are experts in the field of the topic they will address. Among some of the workshops we offer are Pranayama, the science of Breath; Meditation techniques; Restorative Yoga; Yoga and the Emotions; Philosophy of Yoga; Raja Yoga and the Sutras of Patanjali; Chanting; The Bhagavad Gita, the ancient teachings of Yoga; Medical Benefits of Yoga; The Healing Power of Yoga; The Science of Ayurveda, etc.

Workshops are held generally on Saturdays (please see specific information for each workshop). There is a fee and pre-registration is recommended for every workshop since there is limited seating. (Please check the appropriate fee for each workshop and mail the check with your Registration form.)

We also offer workshops and events sponsored by other organizetions which are opened to the public or as a fundraising events (check schedule for specific dates and locations)
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Upcoming Workshops and Events:

TOOLS for MEDITATION, a Meditation Workshop with Prahaladan Mandelkorn
Saturday December 15; 10am-12noon - $15 (Please Pre-register)

About the workshop: This workshop will present basic techniques of meditation & sharpen your practice. It will be a balance of entertaining lecture and hands-on experience, illustrated with stories,chants and the wisdom of the Sutras of Patanjali. Prahaladan will also share the benefits of meditation practice; preparation techniques; use of breathing methods and sound formulas to quiet and focus the mind; dealing with obstacles and distractions; and best diets for calming themind. Interspersed between short periods of practice will be sharings, discussions & deep relaxation. Beginners and experienced students are both welcome. Bring a towel, a cushion and a meditation shawl and wear loose comfortable clothes. Avoid eating a heavy meal at least 2 hours before the class.

About the Speaker: Prahaladan has served as the co-founder and co-director of the Richmond IYI in 1981 as well as Director of Teacher Training. He is a freelance writer and has edited Sri Swami Satchidananda's books "To Know Yourself,"  "The Living Gita." He is a yoga
teacher and yoga trainer in the school of Integral Yoga and has been a disciple of Sri Swami Satchidananda for more than 30 years.
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"STORIES THAT TELL: Entering the New Year Intentionally" with Julian Gopala Pozzi
Part I: Friday December 28, 6-7:30pm; Center of Integrative Medicine, 3536 Grove Ave (corner of Thompson: entrance thru parking lot behind building)
Part II: Saturday December 29, 9:30am-12:30pm

About the workshop: "The stories we tell, tell us ", said a great writer.  We don't tell stories as much as they tell us. We organize our lives around narratives, and when we learn them and begin to consciously narrate the stories that are "telling us", we begin to feel the tranformative power of storytelling. We are all always telling a story - through our lifestyle, our bodies, our relationships and our language. Using a combination of different exercises, ranging from physical (yoga, breathing and meditation) to creative (writing and drawing), we will explore the intentions that organize our stories. These intentions lie beneath the surface of all stories and are waiting to be heard, transformed and lived out courageously. We will also investigate the works of artist and spiritual masters (From Shakespeare to the Dalai Lama)  and appreciate the living truth that touches and moves us in their art and lives.  That living truth, is the Secret story of our life: Is it a Thriller? A Melodrama? An Epic? A Love story? This Secret story, the only Secret really, is not available in bookstores. It is within us. We keep it secret from ourselves, but live it out. Come and explore it, and begin the New Year living our True Self, aligning who we are with what we express, as we start telling our story consciously.

About the Speaker:  Julian Gopala Pozzi was certified and began teaching Yoga in his mid-teens, when he also began writing poetry and gaining recognition for it. He graduated from Earlham College, a Quaker school, with a degree in Peace and Global Studies and Spanish Literature. After college, he studied under Swami Satchidandanda and was the Director of the Integral Yoga Teacher's Association before moving to New York. There he assisted renowned Metropolitan Museum of Art art lecturer Rosamond Bernier and her husband John Russell, the Chief Art Critic Emeritus of the New York Times. He's been heavily involved with Jungian psychology and has worked for a Jungian foundation that supported research of mythology and archetypes. Most recently, he graduated from Columbia University with an MFA in Theater and Playwrighting and just finished working in Los Angeles on the HBO show "John From Cincinatti" as a writing intern to "NYPD" and "Deadwood" creator David Milch before moving on to become the Associate Producer of New Media for the show. He is excited to share his passion of archetypal psychology, drama and spiritual practice and to see where life, as seen as an experiment with truth (as Gandhi called it), can take us together.

About the Cost:  We are letting you set the price for this workshop. Pay what you believe this experience will be worth to you. This is based on a new economic paradigm that seeks to correct the price-setting problems of our society. It's an experimental model. It not based on fixed "market" values where everyone is assumed to be coming from the same place of maximizing their income and minimizing expenses. This new paradigm is based on valuing individual interactions, allowing each individual who is receiving, to determine the value for the goods or services based on what only they know: what they can afford and how much they value something. It's based on trust and not on fear.  Every exchange (including money) is ultimately an energy exchange. This new paradigm moves forward to a way that re-establishes the importance of individuality and relationships, but puts faith in the individual purchasing as an agent that wants to contribute to the welfare of others, because they realize that "we always receive what we give", and therefore to get something for nothing is impossible.  This model is aimed at being fueled by care and trust (a love ethic as Martin Luther King called it) and a sense of abundance.
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 YOGA DAY USA
Saturday January 26, 2008

National day celebrated by yoga studios all over the USA and throughout the Richmond Community.  Integral Yoga® Center of Richmond will be offering FREE classes and events at its headquarters: The Center of Integrative Medicine: 3536 Grove Ave.  The presenter for both events will be Nora Vimala Pozzi, PRYT; E-RYT500, director of the IYC of Richmond.

I. 9-10:30am: What is Yoga Therapy, Use and Benefits. Different approaches: including Phoenix Rising Yoga Therapy to address trauma and the stories our body hide as well as Behavioral Modifications and Lifestyle Changes using the ancient teachings of Yoga Psychology to change negative habits.
2. 10:45am-12noon: Understanding Yoga Philosophy -Yoga off-the-Mat:  Raja Yoga and the Sutras of Sri Patanjali, considered the father of Yoga.  Experiential and educational workshop to understand the nature of the mind and the essence of the teachings of Yoga.
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HATHA YOGA INSIDE OUT
with Vimala Pozzi & Kavita Katherine Sullivan
February 8 - 10, 2008, Yogaville, Buckingham County, Virginia (2 hrs from Richmond)
Tuition: $160 - plus 2 nights accommodationsof your choice, which includes all meals, Hatha yoga classes and more (see below)

About the program: Whatever style of yoga we practice, sometimes our practice turns into a mechanical activity. We shift into that "pilot state" in which we "DO" asanas with our mind wandering elsewhere, instead of "BEING" the asanas and focusing on the inner experience. By practicing with the first approach, we miss the journey of self-discovery, in which we experience the Truth within and the state of Peace and uninterruptedAwareness.This workshop is designed to bring mindfulness to our practice and encourage continuity, while creating a discipline that accommodates our lifestyle. It is also designed to help us find meaning and develop a sense of reverence that will allow us to go deeper into our practices. Included are guided asanas that direct our awareness to the movement of energy through the chakras (energy centers) and kosas (subtle bodies) as well as sharing and journaling our experience. Combining Integral Yoga and the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali with the supported self-exploration of Phoenix Rising Yoga Therapy, this workshop will be a journey of Self-Discovery that can lead to insights, guidance and further understanding of our body, life issues, and relationships, while helping us create our own personal practice to take back home.

About the presenters: Nora Vimala Pozzi RYT500, PRYT, has been the Director of the Integral Yoga® Center of Richmond since 1993 and has been the Director of the Richmond Integral Yoga Teacher Training Program since 1999. Vimala is certified to teach Integral Yoga Hatha from Beginners’ to Advanced levels, Yoga for Stress Management, Raja Yoga, Prenatal Yoga, Yoga for Kids and Teens, Cardiac Yoga® and Yoga for People with Cancer. She is also a Phoenix Rising Yoga Therapist and a student of Zen.

Registration begins February 8 at 4:00pm, continues until 7:00pm, Hatha Yoga or Deep Relaxation [Fridays] at 5:00pm, Meditation at 6:00pm, Dinner at 6:30pm, Program orientation and first program session after dinner at 7:30pm. Please see Schedule for Workshops and Programs below for tentative daily schedule or click here now to print and/or download a tentative program schedule [PDF]. Questions? Please email ARC@iyiva.orgor call us at (800) 858-YOGA [9642]