About
Sat Yoga Institute
The Supreme Power of Truth, Goodness, and Love
A Wisdom School
The Sat Yoga Institute continues the tradition of wisdom schools that have been the foundation of human culture for as long as there have been historic records.
What is a wisdom school?
It is an ancient form of esoteric educational academy where mature souls gather for spiritual instruction, meditation and dharma combat.
From the earliest pre-Vedic schools of original Yoga; the mystery schools of ancient Egypt and Greece; Nalanda University that served to ferment Buddhism; the esoteric schools of kabbalah and alchemy, to contemporary shamanic yogic wisdom schools such as the Sat Yoga Institute; wisdom schools are the home ground where the human spirit has been and is still being nourished, refined, and transformed.
… that includes all other yogas
The Sat Yoga Institute focuses on Gyana Yoga and Raja Yoga. Gyana Yoga (also spelled Jnana) contains all the other yogas in conceptual form. It is the ancient discipline of using Reason—Logos—to attain Liberation. Raja Yoga is the practice of meditation, silencing the mind in order to realize the Self.
“Human consciousness is a spectrum of potentiality. We have not as a species attained the upper end of the spectrum. We must do so now, and thereby create a shift in the planetary noetic field.”
Curriculum and Path
Heart-Centric Intelligence Development
Sat Yoga is a non-dogmatic path of insight authenticated by one’s own Self-realization.
A center for higher learning
Shunyamurti's teachings
Shunyamurti’s teachings are a synthesis of the most subtle wisdom of East and West. The knowledge of the ancient sages is translated into practical contemporary terms that integrate the insights of science with the secret heart of the world’s highest traditions of non-duality.
Vibrant, dynamic, and always evolving
Stimulating your own sublime intelligence
Shift your paradigm
Sat Yoga is actively engaging in research into our potential supernormal capacities, including next-generation therapies that go beyond transpersonal psychology, shamanic and energetic healing; the deeper yogic sciences for the development of our latent siddhis (yogic powers) to tap the hidden potential of our supernormal abilities.
(The drawing shows a few of the thinkers, prophets, rishis and saints we have been studying recently.)
A Synthesis of East and West
The Lineage of No Lineage
Ongoing Classes
A taste of just some of the ongoing classes offered at the Sat Yoga Institute
Pre-Dawn Meditation
Following the ancient practice of yogis, we begin the day by meditating together at 4am. This gathering creates a purified and unified energy field, enabling stabilization in Presence, producing clarity of mind and an open heart for the day ahead. Shunyamurti will sometimes offer a new teaching at the end.
Satsang with Shunyamurti
Study Group
Focusing on specific modules of information both from the core of the Sat Yoga curriculum as well as recent teachings given by Shunyamurti in classes, weekend seminars, or retreats, Study Group offers students a chance to revisit and assimilate profound or complex material, gaining a deeper understanding of these essential topics. This class is led by Radha Ma, the director of the ashram teaching faculty. Radha Ma has been studying atmanology with Shunyamurti for the past twenty years.
Movie Nights
On most Saturday nights, the Sat Yoga Ashram turns into the Sat Yoga Cinémathèque, screening films to expand the mind, encourage critical thinking and spiritual development. Showing a wide variety of films, from Tarkovsky to Kubrick, from Bresson to Malick to Jodorowsky, as well as documentaries on art, philosophy, current affairs, hard sciences, psychoanalysis, parapsychology, and exopolitics, the sangha gathers to explore the spiritual journey of cosmic consciousness, ego dissolution and supreme liberation through the lens of film.
Book Group
Although meditation is a higher and more direct portal to the Absolute than books, it is nonetheless very useful in the development of our intelligence and capacity to understand the implications of the energies we are receiving to review the great works of the sages, philosophers, and saints. Authors we have studied recently include Marguerite Porete, Santa Teresa de Avila, Wolfgang Giegerich, and Shoshana Felman. Book Group is an opportunity to discuss these great works, and grow together in understanding.
