Joan Suval was a founding member of Ananda Ashram and a senior disciple of Shri Brahmananda Sarasvati. She dedicated her life to the teachings of Yoga and Vedanta, offering meditations and programs at Ananda Ashram, in New York City and at other national and international locations for over fifty years.
A heart-opening Kirtan. Fueled by sacred chanting, blissful melodies, and mesmerizing world class musicians.
SHAKTIPAT is a Kirtan band devoted to raising the collective consciousness, uplifting our children, opening hearts, and chanting with wild devotion, bringing communities together in unity and love.
This is a series of classes devoted to the joy of creating herbal teas to support health and vitality.
Join Isabel for a monthly herbal tea series! Learn to make seasonally inspired and delicious teas, cold and hot infusions and decoctions with herbs in the kitchen cabinet, in the garden and growing wild in the landscape.
This workshop is for people who feel stuck or uncertain around career and purpose, money and abundance, or love and relationships, or who are simply craving a creative reset. It’s especially helpful during moments of transition, when something feels like it’s shifting but clarity hasn’t yet landed.
Join Isabel for a plant walk focused on edible wild plants. We will learn what is good to eat, how to identify it, and when and how to harvest. Putting our new found skills into practice, we will explore and harvest together. After the harvest, we will learn how to prepare the plants into delicious, nourishing dishes and drinks, creating a wild foraged meal, which we will enjoy together.
Rooted in the yogic understanding of nāda—the subtle current of vibration that underlies all experience—this session invites participants to explore how voice, breath, and resonance can refine awareness, strengthen presence, and cultivate inner steadiness.
This performance workshop is inspired by Shri Brahmananda Saraswati’s teachings of the Seven Chakras.
An immersive live performance of voice, drone, rhythm, and contemporary song, The Sound of Light Experience unfolds as a carefully composed musical arc rooted in Sanskrit tradition and reimagined through a modern sonic lens.
We welcome you to come and join us for a meditative weekend retreat in Silence enjoying the beauty of the spring season. Experience a unique blend of meditations and teachings for beginning and experienced students alike, inspired by Shri Brahmananda Sarasvati and Joan Suval and presented by Karuna Devi and other Ashram teachers.
Joan Suval was a founding member of Ananda Ashram and a senior disciple of Shri Brahmananda Sarasvati. She dedicated her life to the teachings of Yoga and Vedanta, offering meditations and programs at Ananda Ashram, in New York City and at other national and international locations for over fifty years.
Saturdays 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM Rain date the following Sunday at same time. Location: Ananda Garden Tuition: Single Class: $60, Full Series $250 We recommend attending the full series, […]
This is a series of classes devoted to the joy of creating herbal teas to support health and vitality.
Join Isabel for a monthly herbal tea series! Learn to make seasonally inspired and delicious teas, cold and hot infusions and decoctions with herbs in the kitchen cabinet, in the garden and growing wild in the landscape.