the bhaktishop

workshops and events

Expand Your Practice

We welcome all colors of yoga to The Bhaktishop, and here we celebrate both our own teachers’ gifts as well as those of visiting teachers. Bringing you masterful teachers from many disciplines, we aim to unite all seekers everywhere with the truths they seek, one workshop at a time. Please register for workshops early, as they will often sell out. Please do join us, stretching outside your regular yoga practice to invite in new energies and possibilities to the soul of your yoga.

**Classes marked YS5 are for The Bhaktishop Grad School 500 Program

Inner Space: A Subtle Body Anatomy Course For Teachers And The Curious

Sat Feb 4 3-7pm
$50

Please join local subtle body legend Emily Soiney, P.T. as she maps the ins and outs of the chakras, the nadis, and many other mysterious components of the yogi's vast inner workings! An introductory look at what makes the inner practices of yoga so magical, through a practical and inspired guide. All are welcome to explore this workshop, and we are lucky to have Emily guest star in this course! YS500 Partial Anatomy Module.

Holy Fiesta! The Classic Costa Rica Retreat with Lisa Mae and Marianne

Feb 25-Mar 3

Join us for the 6th year of radical jungle and ocean adventure in this high-vibration paradise of all the yoga you can eat, tons of relaxation time, and a life-altering perspective on this beautiful world. Treat yourself to an unforgettable trip of unimaginable fun and depth. We promise you will be forever changed. Not to be missed! Email family@thebhatkishop.com for all the details.

Micro-Mega-Love-Retreat w/ Uma & Jessica

Sat 3/10 3-8pm
$60

How does yoga, Loyly Sauna, organic food, & radical self-care sound? Join Uma and Jessica for this 1/2 day micro-retreat, the perfect way to get away. Kick off with a strong and vibrant 2-hour vinyasa practice, then share a yummy raw & organic snack by Pixie Retreat. We'll stroll up to Loyly Sauna for an hour of exclusive use of the facilities, and float our way back home to the Shop for a supportive and relaxing restorative practice. Our micro-mega-love-retreat ends with mantra, meditation, and definitely something sweet.

Musical Mantra: A Beginner's Harmonium Workshop with Lisa Mae

Sat 3/17 3-6pm
$30

Join resident harmonium-hugger Lisa Mae on an easy, rewarding trip into the beauty of this Indian instrument. Working from simple Western musical notation (no experience required) we will sort through the care and feeding of a harmie, the ease of accompanying yourself, and some simple mantras that you know and love. Come away from this workshop playing and singing! Advanced registration required, please bring one if you have one! YS500 Elective.

Spring Equinox with Uma

Tues 3/20 12 noon-2pm
Class cards and $12 drop-ins welcome

Join Uma for The Bhaktishop's tradition of celebrating the arrival of Spring! Balance, growth, emergence into the light…Come to practice and enliven your spirits with this awesome way to wake your soul up from the Winter slumber.

Kapha Balancing Workshop with Nancy Schneider and Marianne

Sat. 3/24 3-6pm
$25

Clear out the mucus, the crud, the sludgy dullness with this clarifying workshop to get us leaping freely and lightly into Spring time! Taught along with Marianne, one of our steady and soulful kapha spirits at the Shop, this course is open to the public, but will be useful for teachers learning how to understand sequencing with the seasons, and to teach with some of the basic language of Ayurveda. YS500 Elective.

Strong Foundations: Transitions for Strong Beginners with Monicka

Sun 3/25 3-6pm
$30

The key to a healthy and balanced yoga practice is the foundation upon which it is built. Find the freedom to move with more ease by unlocking real strength and support in your own body. Find comfort and efficiency with breath supporting your movement, and take a closer look at some of the most common yoga postures, deconstructed and rebuilt in a way that best suits our own individual needs. Slow down and approach your yoga with a fresh, sustaining perspective that means you are in it for the long-haul. This workshop is especially helpful for those who are transitioning from level 1 to level 2 classes. YS500 Elective.

Sanskrit and Yoga: Deepening Your Practice through Yoga's Sacred Language With Guest Teacher Joshua Michaell, senior teacher at the American Sanskrit Institute

Sat and Sun 3/31 and 4/1 3-7pm (Sunday 3-6:30pm)
$120 (includes both days)

Since ancient times the practice of yoga has included the study of Sanskrit and the chanting of Sanskrit mantras. Sanskrit is integral to the practice of asana: it is a helpful adjunct for harmonizing and balancing the mind. Knowledge of Sanskrit, even at the most beginning level, makes it possible to grasp more of the subtleties of yoga philosophy, whose body of teachings are written in it. Through experiencing Sanskrit sounds; feeling their force and power, and the unique way they vibrate the palate, body and chakras, your yoga practice and understanding can move to new depths. Open to all seekers, join our charming, funny and excellent new Sanskrit teacher for a super-fun weekend of vibration and light. Pre-registration required! YS500 Elective.

Learning to Fly: An Uddiyana Bandha Exploration with Hari-bhakti

Sat 4/7 3-6pm
$30

The second in the new bandhas series, join Hari-bhakti for an afternoon of the theory and practice of rising up with uddiyana bandha. Find your lift with a deep physical exploration and see what classical yoga has to say about this transformative force. Find out where we connect to it in our physical bodies, when/how to use it, and what it's purpose is. Get deep with your insides in this experiential discovery of uddiyana bandha using anatomy, asana, chanting, mudra and meditation. Please be sure to eat lightly the day of this workshop, ideally have your last meal before noon. YS 500 Elective.

Floetry: The Sacred Art of Practicing and Teaching From Your Soul

A Lotus Flow Intensive for Yoga Teachers with Jasmine Tarkeshi from SF's Laughing Lotus
Fri 4/20 2-5pm
$50

Join us for this intensive for all yoga teachers and teachers-in-training to inspire and reignite your passion and reverence for the sacred art of teaching yoga as a creative process. Learn to create classes from devotion to your personal practice, commitment to awakening, and sharing yoga's timeless wisdom from personal experience. Open to teachers and teachers in training. YS500 Elective.

Poetry In Motion: Poetic Lotus Flow Public Classes with Jasmine Tarkeshi from SF's Laughing Lotus

Sat and Sun 4/21 and 4/22 9-10:30am
$15 each day

Join the spritely and vibrant Jasmine Tarkeshi as she guides your body through the sweetness of a flowing, textured vinaysa practice, complete with poetry of movement, soul-shaking prana, and her unique vibration of love. A high-spectrum practice of joy! These classes are level 2-3, so be ready. Sign up online now!

Sequencing With the Subtle Body: Chakra Vinyasa with Jasmine Tarkeshi of SF's Laughing Lotus

Sat and Sun 4/21 and 4/22 3-7pm Sat and 3-6:30pm Sun
$100 (Includes both days)

Join Jasmine in this Teaching Methodology intensive for teachers and teachers-to-be to learn the dynamics of sharing a vinyasa practice through the sweet subtlety of the chakra system. Understand the dynamics of each chakra, learn mudra and mantra to awaken the sacred in each, and learn to craft artful, creative vinyasa phrases using this vibrant system. Open to teachers and teachers in training. YS500 Architecture/Methodology Module.

Swami B.V. Tripurari Satsang and Kirtan

Date and Time TBA

Please stay tuned for the return of our dear teacher and friend this Spring.

Memorial Day Classes!

Join us at 8:30am, 10am and 12 noon for three awesome ways to spend your day off!

The Big 108: Solstice Celebration with Lisa Mae

Weds 6/20 12 noon-2pm
Class cards and $12 drop-ins welcome

Join Lisa Mae for the annual bowing to the light within and without in the radical 108 practice! This year we will pepper our practice of gratitude and grace with inversions, backbends, and a few more continuing asana sequences in between all the Sun Salutations for the variety that the body craves. Get the juice and joy flowing. Bow to the light!

The Fiery Furnace: Summer Asana Immersion with Lisa Mae and Monicka

May 29- June 28, Tu/Th 6:15-8am
$150

Join Lisa Mae and Monicka as we dive deeply into some of the preparatory shapes that make Level 3 practice accessible. This means that we will dial it back a little for this immersion, deeply deconstructing the transitions and biomechanics of the later Level 2 and early Level 3 work, so that our understanding is clear and our blueprinting skills are sharpened. For you all that teach more mixed level classes, this immersion will help you share more readily with those mixed level groups. Register in advance, and if you don't know if this immersion is for you, please email weloveyou@thebhaktishop.com. YS500 Asana Module.

Workshop/Class Cancellation Policy

Dearest yogi family,
We regret that we need to have one of these kinds of policies, but alas, it has become necessary. So here goes.

If you are registered for any workshop or special class and paid in full (which you will now need to be in order to be considered registered, anyway), we will happily issue you a refund of your payment. Check it out:

  • If you cancel 2 weeks or more before the event, we will happily give you a 100% refund.
  • If it is less than 2 weeks from the date of the workshop, we will happily give you a 100% refund if we are able to fill your spot.
  • If it is less than 2 weeks from the date of the workshop, and we are not able to fill your spot in the class, we will give you a refund of 75% of the cost of the workshop or class.

As you know, many of our classes fill up and then get a waiting list, so the likelihood that we will fill the space is pretty high. But that might mean that we have to wait until after the workshop or class happens to find out if we can fill the space and get you a refund!