Monthly Satsang
Coming together in Community.
The human mind is a very receptive instrument. If you place it in negative company, it will acquire negative tendencies. If you place it in holy company, it will acquire divine traits. When thinking of saints, the mind becomes molded into the shape of the qualities of which it thinks, and thereby it becomes pure… Real satsang gives the aspirant inner spiritual strength to face the struggles of life, overcome temptations, manage inner cravings and fill the mind with positive divine thoughts.
Swami Sivananda Saraswati
“Satsang” is a combination of two sanskrit words: sat meaning “Truth” and sanga meaning “in company of”. So when we gather for satsang we are coming together in the company or community of Truth.
The Yoga Academy of North America (YANA),are delighted to be host these monthly informal gatherings of spiritual reflection, discussion, meditation and other practices to support each other on the journey of living yoga from moment to moment.
Each month we invite master teachers (acharyas), aspiring yogis/yoginis, sevaks and devotees of the Satyananda Yoga community to offer support & inspiration on the path of yogic living.
YANA would love to hear how you’re supporting your own local community through classes, devotional practices, service work or any other project being offered in the effort to live yoga of the head, heart and hands.
If you have something you would like to offer or a discussion topic suggestion please email us at info@yogaacademyna.org
Lessons From The Book
Life and Death.
August 31, 2025
6.00pm - 7.15pm EST
with Swami Yogakanti Saraswati
ONLINE VIA ZOOM
This is a free event.
Join Swami Yogakanti and the YANA community for a discussion on this topic of her book Life and Death: Full Circle.
The fundamental goodness in each one of us is what survives death. It is essential we systematically develop that nature of the mind while we are still alive. How? Clear old conditioning and establish positive qualities, relationships and attitudes. Be the active drashta, witness, and practise kindness everywhere.
This is a FREE event.
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Swami Yogakanti has been studying and teaching yoga for the past 40 years. She was initiated into Poorna Sannyasa by Swami Satyananda Saraswati in 1980, and since 1984 she has been based at Bihar School of Yoga, Munger, undergoing yogic and sannyasa training.
She has authored the book Life and Death, Full Circle, The Contemporary Position of Yoga in the Dasnami Tradition of Sri Adi Shankaracharya (Mphil thesis for Sydney University, Australia 1996), The Advayataraka Upanishad: A Study of Yogic Techniques for Liberation (MA Phil thesis for Bihar Yoga Bharati, Munger, India 1999). She has compiled and edited Past, Present and Future (Consolidated history of Bihar School of Yoga) Vols. I and II (Bihar School of Yoga, 1989 and 1995). The Sanskrit Glossary of Yogic Terms,(Yoga Publications Trust, 2007), and authored Living Shankara ( Yoga Publications Trust, 2018), a scholarly yet lively tribute to the life and teachings of Adi Shankarcharya. She has also edited various other YPT publications.
Yoga philosophy and the study of Sanskrit have been areas of special interest and Swami Yogakanti continues to contribute her extensive knowledge to many of the ashram publications.