Wisdom of Yoga - online series with Carlos Pomeda

Join Carlos Pomeda to learn about the wisdom of Yoga in this 6-class series. You can choose to join the full series or a specific topic.

Recordings will be available after each session for 6 months.

Workshop Schedule:

Sunday March 16 11am-1:30pm – The History of Yoga

Sunday April 6 11am-1.30pm – The Yoga of the Upanishads

Sunday May 18 11am-1.30pm – The Yoga of the Bhagavad Gita

Sunday June 22 11am-1.30pm – The Yoga System of Patanjali

Sunday July 13 11am-1.30pm -  The World of Tantric Yoga

Sunday Aug 10 11am-1.30pm – Hatha Yoga and its Sources

These courses offer an in-depth discussion of the deeper dimensions of yoga. Drawing insight directly from the ancient texts, they bring alive the authentic teachings that underlie the practice of yoga and show how they are relevant to the lives of modern people. These courses, individually or as a series, are appropriate for yoga teachers and trainees from any tradition as well as for yoga practitioners who simply want to deepen their understanding.

Course Descriptions:

History & Overview of Yoga: Sun March 16 11am-1:30pm

This discussion outlines the big picture of yoga history and provides a framework to understand where any particular system of yoga, from ancient to modern, fits in.

The Secret Teachings of the Upanishads: Sun April 6 11am-1.30pm

In this session, Carlos provides a method to systematize and understand these sprawling and difficult texts, thus laying the groundwork to understand Vedanta, meditation and the experience of the Self. (Discontinued) Download the free Study Guide here

Bhagavad Gita: The Yogas of Action, Knowledge and Devotion – Sun May 18 11am-1.30pm

This talk explores the three types of yoga described in the India’s most beloved sacred text, the Bhagavad Gita. Carlos shows how revolutionary this text was because it demystified yoga and brought its formerly secret teachings -- that had been reserved for male, renunciates of the highest caste -- to the masses.

Patanjali's Classical Yoga: Sun June 22 11am-1.30pm

Blueprint for Transformation. By looking directly at Patanjali’s words, Carlos shows how the author’s intent has often been misunderstood. While the text outlines the eight-limbed path of ashtanga yoga, to Patanjali, the most important limb was the final one, Samadhi, timeless absorption in the Absolute.

Vedanta: Sun July 13 11am-1.30pm

Seeing the Oneness of Being Beyond Illusions Vedanta: Seeing the Oneness of Being Beyond Illusions: Linking Vedanta to the earlier Upanishads, Carlos provides an historical context to understand this often misunderstood philosophical system. He shows how to put Vedanta into practice by understanding your relationship to the Infinite.

Tantra: The Wheel of Divine Energy & Kashmir Shavism Tantra: Sun Aug 10 11am-1.30pm

The Wheel of Divine Energy. One of Carlos’s primary goals in this talk is to recover the word Tantra, so often misappropriated. He shows how Tantra is, in reality, a sublime life-affirming philosophy, entirely relevant to the modern world. He discusses such topics as the rise of the feminine and how emotions can be a tool to promote understanding and spiritual growth. Kashmir Shavism: Carlos explores this approach, which is arguably the most elegant representation of Tantra ever developed. Its methods for finding the divine in everyday life are both uplifting and inspiring. Developed by a lineage of householders, that is, people living in the world with jobs and families, Kashmir Shavism is particularly relevant to people today.

Price :
Workshop Series (x 6) $180
One Workshop: $35

Recording: Recordings will be available for 6 months after each event and are accessible via our course library

Carlos Pomeda: Originally from Madrid, Spain, Carlos has been steeped in all aspects of the yoga tradition during more than 40 years of practice and study. He spent 18 of those years as a monk of the Saraswati order, under the name Swami Gītānanda, including 9 years of traditional training and practice in India.

During this time he learned the various systems of Indian Philosophy and immersed himself in the practice of yoga, becoming one of the senior monks of the tradition and teaching meditation and philosophy to tens of thousands of students around the world. He combines this experience and traditional training with his academic background, which includes two Masters Degrees: one in Sanskrit, from U.C. Berkeley (where he has taught) and another one, in Religious Studies, from U.C. Santa Barbara. He is currently working on a book on the topic of “Karma and the Journey of the Soul”, as well as an updated History of Yoga and a new translation of the Śivasūtra, an important Tantric text of the Kashmiri tradition .

Carlos currently lives in the US, and travels extensively around the world conducting a variety of retreats, courses, seminars, workshops and lectures on the Wisdom of Yoga and related subjects.

As a teacher, Carlos is renowned for the breadth of his knowledge and the clarity with which he conveys it. His great love of the Indian yoga traditions, his insight, his humor and his deep connection with his audiences give him the ability to transmit the deepest scriptural teachings in a way that is clear, meaningful and applicable. Studying with Carlos is an enjoyable and transformative experience.

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