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
Emergence of the Tattvas
May 18, 2025
6.00pm - 7.15pm EST
with Kapilmurti
ONLINE VIA ZOOM
This is a free event.
In the Upaniṣads we find a model for Creation. It consists of twenty-four components. These twenty-four tattvas constitute the created world.
In its full form, the model beautifully integrates the guṇas, the five elements, the three bodies (causal, subtle, and gross), the three states of experiences, the five sheaths (kośas), the aspects of the mind, the sense capacities, the organs of action, the prāṇas, and the physical body.
What is the purpose of this model?
The Upaniṣads explore the nature of reality, consciousness, and the relationship between the individual soul and the ultimate reality. In this exploration the Upaniṣads must necessarily deal with the empirical reality we face everyday. Our experiences must be explained. Indeed, the Upaniṣads examine the content of all human experiences. To facilitate this endeavor the Upaniṣads present us with a model, a point of view, which serves as a framework within which we may understand our experiences.
We will delve into this remarkable model, not with a view to engage in philosophical enquiry, but to help us appreciate the splendor, profundity, and vastness of the vision of the Upaniṣads as well as to better understand the structure of practices presented to us by the spiritual masters to guide our journey to the core of our own being.
This is a FREE event.
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Kapil’s association with yoga and tantra started in 1991. Since that time he has undertaken intense study and practice. He first explored Iyengar Yoga and Sivananda Yoga. Over time he found his way to the tradition of the Bihar School of Yoga. Kapil found the tradition to be accessible, methodical, and transformative. He completed four years of intensive training in Satyananda Yoga. Kapil regularly visits the ashram in India to further his training and to maintain a strong connection with the tradition.
Kapil is registered with Yoga Alliance at the RYT500 level and is a YACEP (Yoga Alliance Continuing Education Provider).
Prior to focusing his efforts on yoga, Kapil worked for eleven years as a trader of complex financial instruments, first at Barclays Bank and subsequently at a hedge fund. He also worked for four years as a complex financial product specialist in the Division of Enforcement at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
Kapil has a Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from Princeton University. He has served on the Board of the Iyengar Yoga Association of Greater New York, and the Yoga Academy of North America.