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Posts by category

• Category: Ayurveda
  • Honoring Our AYT 2025 Graduates
  • Embrace Fall With Ayurveda
  • Ayurvedic Yoga Therapy and the Eight Limbs of Yoga
  • Make Your Own Healing Ayurvedic Kitchari at Home
  • Ayurveda & Yoga: Sister Sciences
  • Ayurvedic Wisdom from Baba Hari Dass
  • The Doctor from India
  • An Ayuredic Perspective on Women’s Health
  • Abhyanga – Love your Skin!
  • Vedic Astrology & Ayurveda
• Category: Community
  • Pathways to Peace
  • Supporting a Living Mission
  • Stewarding the Yoga Lineage
  • Heart of Belonging: From Separation to Oneness
  • Reflections from My Visit to Sri Ram Ashram
  • Retreat Centers Were Built for These Times
  • Stewarding Our Shared Mission
  • Tending to 380 Acres in the Santa Cruz Mountains
  • Cultivating Gratitude & Contentment this Thanksgiving
  • A Healthy Dessert Recipe for Bite-Sized Fall Treats
  • The Original Stewards
  • Honoring Our Ancestors: Aradhana for Baba Hari Dass
  • Bringing the “Good Fire”
  • ​The Gift At Birth
  • Portals to Peace: Cultivating a Path
  • Thanksgiving: Practicing Gratitude and Contentment
  • A Universal Heart Language
  • Honoring the Ohlone Peoples, Stewards of This Land
  • Gratitude & The Universal Heart
  • Live the Teachings of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
  • Path Toward Peace
  • Prayers for Peace
  • A Ritual of Healing for Racial Justice
  • Glad to be Green
  • MMC Named a Top 10 Holistic Center
• Category: Health & Wellness
  • A Personal Experience at Kaya Kalpa Wellness Center
  • Holiday Gift Ideas
  • Stuffed Winter Squash Recipe
  • Transitioning to Fall: Ayurvedic Seasonal Routines
  • A Family’s Back-to-School Ayurvedic Toolkit
  • ​In Honor of Novembers National Diabetes Month
  • Vata Season Begins in Autumn
  • Yoga Therapy for Back Pain
  • Forest Bathing
  • Staying Cool: From Summer Challenges to Natural Balance
  • Gut Check: Biodiversity in Your Own Belly
• Category: MMC
  • The Rotational Volunteer Experience
• Category: News
  • Gratitude to All Who Voted
  • Mount Madonna in YogaLove Magazine
  • Thank You for Voting!
  • GoodTimes Holiday Guide Featuring Mount Madonna
  • Celebrating Innovation and Collaboration
  • Memorial Unveiling Ceremony
  • Thank You to All Who Voted
  • Mount Madonna in GoodTimes
  • Vote for Mount Madonna
• Category: Programs
  • Honoring Our YTT 200 2026 Graduates
  • Yoga Diwali India: A Celebration of the Light Within Us
  • Yoga Diwali India: Come Ready to Be Changed
  • Yoga Diwali India: Beyond a Retreat
  • Yoga Diwali India
  • Honoring Our YTT 200 2025 Graduates
• Category: Teachings
  • Hanuman & Deities
• Category: Volunteer
  • Q&A with our Rotational Volunteers
• Category: Yoga
  • A Guide for Choosing a 300-Hour Yoga Teacher Training
  • How to Choose a YTT
  • Hanuman Jayanti: A Universal Celebration
  • Redefining Rest through Intentional Practice
  • The Practice of Contentment… is a Yoga Practice
  • Diving Deeper into the Concept of Play
  • How to Practice Yoga When You Cannot Do So Physically
  • Yoga for Summer
  • Integrating Yoga Therapy and Ayurveda
  • Yoga Sutras & the Holidays
  • Why Yoga Therapy Needs Āyurveda
  • True Master
  • Sutras for Life
  • Sketches from Babaji’s Notebook
  • Prasad for Thought : Self-Development
  • Asana Teaching Tools
  • Regular Sādhana

Events

• A Weekend in Community | Fall
• A Day Visit for the Creative Spirit
• Classical Ashtanga Yoga Saturdays
• Yoga Practice Class | Meditation (Free)
• Restorative Yoga Class
• HFS Annual General Meeting
• Foundational Yoga Studies Hybrid YTT 200 Info Session III
• Foundational Yoga Studies Hybrid YTT 200 Info Session II
• Foundational Yoga Studies Hybrid YTT 200 Info Session I
• Women Embracing Transformation
• Bhumija Retreat with Kaya
• Restorative Yoga Asana with Live Chanting
• A Day of Practice: Choose Your Path
• Foundational Yoga Studies Hybrid YTT 200 Program | 2027
• 2nd Annual Yoga for All Day
• The Eight Kriyas & Meditation
• All Levels Yoga Wednesdays I
• Surya Namaskar: Salute to the Sun
• Deconstructing Yourself Winter Retreat
• Reset in the Redwoods
• Coming Home to Joy: Inner Child Healing Retreat
• Pacific Zen Institute Great Summer Sesshin 2027
• Re:member – A Weekend Retreat to Reveal Our Joyful Nature
• Spirit Rock: Leading with Mindfulness & Wisdom
• Silence Speaks: A Silent Meditation Retreat
• Foundations of Classical Ashtanga Yoga
• Recovery 2.0 Level 1 Coach Training
• Sacred Series: Navaratri & Vijay Dasami
• Sacred Series: Navaratri & Vijay Dasami 2027
• Sacred Series: 9th Annual Aradhana
• Sacred Series: Hanuman Jayanti
• Sacred Series: Guru Purnima 2027
• Shivaratri Observance
• 5th Annual Women's Evolution Weekend Retreat
• The Rooted Return
• Retreat with Cory Muscara
• Inner Flowering Retreat
• Welwood: Mystery School Retreat 2026
• Introduction to the Mahamudra
• Ruhani Satsang Retreat
• Women's Winter Reset Retreat
• Physicians' Fall Retreat 2026: Rediscovering the Wisdom of the Body
• Women in the Wild
• Ridhwan: DHR6
• Realizing The Way with Henry Shukman
• Awake Heart 300-Hour Yoga & Mindfulness Teacher Training Session III
• Yoga Philosophy Class | Yoga Sutra (Free) Weekly
• Yoga Philosophy Class | Yoga Sutra (Free) Weekly
• Yoga Philosophy Class | Yoga Sutra (Free) Weekly
• Yoga Philosophy Class | Yoga Sutra (Free) Weekly
• Yoga Philosophy Class | Yoga Sutra (Free) Weekly
• Yoga Philosophy Class | Yoga Sutra (Free) Weekly
• Yoga Philosophy Class | Yoga Sutra (Free) Weekly
• Yoga Philosophy Class | Yoga Sutra (Free) Weekly
• Prayer & Meditation Circle
• Yoga Philosophy Class | Samkhya Philosophy of Mind (Free)
• Yummy Yoga Thursdays
• Yoga Diwali India: A Cultural Immersion
• The Embodied Breath 100hr Air/Ether: Advanced Meditation & Breathwork
• Babaji's Asana Series
• Vinyasa Flow Fridays
• Online Yoga Class | All Levels Mondays (Free)
• Sacred Series: 8th Annual Aradhana
• 48th Annual New Year’s Yoga Retreat
• 49th Annual Liberation Yoga Retreat | 2027
• Weekly Yoga Classes
• Grof® Breathwork Facilitator Training | Unit II
• Yummy Yoga Wednesdays
• All Levels Yoga Wednesdays II
• Classical Ashtanga Yoga Saturdays
• Asana for Strength
• All Levels Yoga Saturdays
• All Levels Yoga Class Sundays
• Intermediate Pranayama & Meditation
• Restorative Yoga Class
• Foundations of Classical Ashtanga Yoga
• Yoga Practice Class | Meditation (Free)
• Yoga Philosophy Class | Bhagavad Gita (Free)
• Online Yoga Class | All Levels Wednesdays (Free)
• Yoga Philosophy Class | Yoga Sutra (Free) Weekly