Our Programs

Come learn SKY Breath Meditation, a research backed technique to reduce stress, lessen anxiety, improve sleep, and experience deep rest and peace. This retreat has been organized around the world, including as a for-credit class at Stanford!

study at Yale University in Frontiers of Psychiatry compared a SKY based program to other wellbeing programs (MBSR, EI), finding it to be the most impactful, improving outcomes across depression, stress, mental health, mindfulness, positive affect, and connectedness.  For questions or to talk to an instructor, email skycampusbayarea@gmail.com

Courses

SKY Happiness Retreat

Register with EDU and verify student status to receive scholarship.
Oct 03-05 PT University of California Los Angeles Register ($50 for students)
885 Tiverton Drive, Los Angeles, CA, 90024
10/3 Friday: 5:30 PM - 8:30 PM PT
10/4 Sat (5:30 PM - 8:30 PM PT)
10/5 Sun (5:30 PM - 8:30 PM PT)
Teachers: Utkarsh Bhagi, Rohan Ramadas
Oct 10-12 PT University of Washington (Seattle) Register ($50 for students)
Northeast Campus Parkway, Seattle, WA, 98105
10/10 Friday: 5:30 PM - 8:30 PM PT
10/11 Sat (5:30 PM - 8:30 PM PT)
10/12 Sun (5:30 PM - 8:30 PM PT)
Teachers: Shweta Bhola, Prachi Sablani
Oct 10-12 PT Stanford Register ($50 for students)
735 Campus Drive, Stanford, CA, 94305
10/10 Friday: 6:00 PM - 1:00 PM PT
10/11 Sat (6:00 PM - 1:00 PM PT)
10/12 Sun (6:00 PM - 1:00 PM PT)
Teachers: Anil Ramakrishna
Oct 10-12 PT University of California Davis Register ($50 for students)
1 Shields Ave., University of California-Davis, CA, 95616
10/10 Friday: 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM PT
10/11 Sat (9:00 AM - 12:00 PM PT)
10/12 Sun (9:00 AM - 12:00 PM PT)
Teachers: Parul Baxi, Nithya Rajan
Oct 11-13 PT Santa Clara University Register ($50 for students)
500 El Camino Real, Santa Clara University, CA, 95053
10/11 Saturday: 4:30 PM - 7:30 PM PT
10/12 Sun (4:30 PM - 7:30 PM PT)
10/13 Mon (6:00 PM - 9:00 PM PT)
Teachers: Nithya Rajan, Chinmay Chhajed
Oct 17-19 PT University of Washington (Seattle) Register ($50 for students)
Northeast Campus Parkway, Seattle, WA, 98105
10/17 Friday: 5:30 PM - 8:30 PM PT
10/18 Sat (10:00 AM - 2:00 PM PT)
10/19 Sun (10:00 AM - 2:00 PM PT)
Teachers: Kelsi Lynde, Sarah Panda
Oct 17-19 PT San Jose State University Register ($50 for students)
1 Washington Square, San Jose, CA, 95112
10/17 Friday: 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM PT
10/18 Sat (3:00 PM - 6:00 PM PT)
10/19 Sun (3:00 PM - 6:00 PM PT)
Teachers: Nithya Rajan, Frances Daley
Oct 24-26 PT — Online University of San Francisco Register ($50 for students)
Divitha Nair, Judith May
10/24 Friday: 5:00 PM - 8:00 PM PT
10/25 Sat (9:00 AM - 12:00 PM PT)
10/26 Sun (9:00 AM - 12:00 PM PT)
10/31 Fri (6:00 PM - 2:00 PM PT)
11/1 Sat (10:00 AM - 2:00 PM PT)
11/2 Sun (10:00 AM - 2:00 PM PT)
Teachers:
Nov 07-09 PT Arizona State University Register ($50 for students)
Memorial Union, Tempe, AZ, 85288
11/7 Friday: 5:00 PM - 8:00 PM PT
11/8 Sat (10:00 AM - 2:00 PM PT)
11/9 Sun (10:00 AM - 2:00 PM PT)
Teachers: Jitesh Vaswani, Aditya Sharma
Nov 07-09 PT Other(non University IAHV courses) Register ($50 for students)
TBA, San Francisco, CA, 94118
11/7 Friday: 5:30 PM - 12:30 PM PT
11/8 Sat (5:30 PM - 12:30 PM PT)
11/9 Sun (5:30 PM - 12:30 PM PT)
Teachers: Jiazhen Zhang
Nov 14-16 PT San Francisco State University Register ($50 for students)
1600 Holloway Ave, San Francisco, CA, 94132
11/14 Friday: 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM PT
11/15 Sat (10:00 AM - 1:00 PM PT)
11/16 Sun (10:00 AM - 1:00 PM PT)
Teachers: Bhargav Surapaneni, Surabhi Hareendranath


Sahaj Samadhi

Effortless mantra-based technique for deep meditation. Next step after SKY! Register with EDU and verify student status to receive scholarship.
Oct 04-06 ET — Online University of Florida - Gainesville Register ($50 for students)
10/4 Saturday: 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM ET
10/5 Sun (6:00 PM - 8:00 PM ET)
10/6 Mon (6:00 PM - 8:00 PM ET)
Teachers: Sai Kalyan Chakravarthi Chintala
Oct 08-10 ET — Online Hong-Mei Li Register ($50 for students)
10/8 Wednesday
10/9 Thursday: 7:00 AM - 8:30 AM ET
10/10 Fri (7:00 AM - 8:30 AM ET)
Teachers: 7:00 AM - 8:30 AM ET
Oct 08-10 ET — Online Hong-Mei Li Register ($50 for students)
10/8 Wednesday
10/9 Thursday: 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM ET
10/10 Fri (7:00 AM - 8:30 AM ET)
Teachers: 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM ET
Oct 08-10 ET — Online University of Pennsylvania Register ($50 for students)
10/8 Wednesday: 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM ET
10/9 Thu (6:00 PM - 8:00 PM ET)
10/10 Fri (12:00 PM - 1:00 PM ET)
Teachers: Hong-Mei Li
Oct 10-12 ET — Online Colorado University -Boulder Register ($50 for students)
Nina Sanyal, Namrata Verma
10/10 Friday: 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM ET
10/11 Sat (10:30 AM - 12:30 PM ET)
10/12 Sun (10:00 AM - 11:30 AM ET)
Teachers:
Oct 17-19 ET — Online North Carolina State University Register ($50 for students)
Shyam Gannavaram, Poornima Sharma
10/17 Friday: 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM ET
10/18 Sat (6:30 PM - 8:30 PM ET)
10/19 Sun (6:30 PM - 8:30 PM ET)
Teachers:
Oct 27-29 ET — Online University of Florida - Gainesville Register ($50 for students)
10/27 Monday: 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM ET
10/28 Tue (7:00 PM - 9:00 PM ET)
10/29 Wed (7:00 PM - 9:00 PM ET)
Teachers: Nina Sanyal


Combo

SKY + Sahaj in one retreat! Register with EDU and verify student status to receive scholarship.
Oct 24-26 PT — Online California State University Fresno Register ($95)
10/24 Friday: 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM PT
10/25 Sat (9:00 AM - 12:00 PM PT)
10/26 Sun (9:00 AM - 12:00 PM PT)
Teachers: Ting-fen Lin

Word on the street 🙃

  • “the happiest three days of my first quarter [at Stanford] … my mind was at peace and at ease”

  • “Sudarshan Kriya (SKY) and Meditation have made me more resilient and happier like never before. My confidence level, energy, enthusiasm, creativity have risen up substantially. I feel peaceful and at ease with everyone around.”

  • "I cannot recommend this retreat enough… Whether you are a total newbie or a meditation master you will learn new things about yourself that can help you in living a more joyous and full life."

  • “Best weekend of my life! … this was an awesome way to relax. Super fun too”

  • ”If you have tried meditation apps, books, podcasts, and still can not develop a constant daily practice, this is the workshop for you. It will give you the structure and understanding you need to develop a practice you will stick to and enjoy.”

  • "I have never in my life had such success with any sort of meditation… Over the last several days, during and after the SKY training, I have experienced better quality sleep, less nightmares, a more calm inner self and immediate breathing tools to help with my work.”

  • “100% recommend. This was life changing and such a lovely way to connect with alums from all walks of life. Instructors were also fantastic!”

  • “This can really open things up for you in managing stress, emotions, feelings in a productive, helpful, easy way” 

  • “It takes a few hours of commitment to potentially change your life for the better. You won’t regret it.” 

  • “the combination of practice and also intellect learning makes this course great because it tackles the question of obtaining “happiness” from two different angles” 

  • “Do it, it is really amazing how much breathing can impact your mood, but you definitely need to experience it for yourself. I really enjoyed how it is such a practical tool that can be easily incorporated during ones day. Very wonderful community and environment!