Sunday, February 8, 2026 | 3:30pm - 5:00pm
Sunday, February 22, 2026 | 3:30pm - 5:00pm
Sunday, March 8, 2026 | 3:30pm - 5:00pm
Sunday, March 29, 2026 | 3:30pm - 5:00pm
Sunday, April 5, 2026 | 3:30pm - 5:00pm
Sunday, April 12, 2026 | 3:30pm - 5:00pm
Under the Cosmic Banyan is a six-part storytelling series that explores the beating heart of the yoga tradition through its most enduring stories and teachings. Gathering each week beneath the shade of ancient oral tradition, we journey through tales not as distant texts, but as intimate maps of love, struggle, transcendance, and transformation.
Across six evenings, we’ll enter the cosmic dance of Śiva and Pārvatī, where asceticism meets desire and union and reshapes the universe. The epic arcs of the Rāmāyaṇa and Mahābhārata will unfold as moral laboratories—testing duty, loyalty, grief, and grace amid impossible choices. And through the Bhāgavata Purāṇa, we’ll encounter bhakti as a lived, embodied practice: sung, wept, danced, and remembered. We’ll linger in the playful and radical devotion of Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa, where love itself becomes a path to liberation.
This series is for seekers, storytellers, and lovers of wisdom traditions—no prior knowledge required. Come listen, reflect, and reconnect with yoga not just as a discipline of the body or mind, but as a lineage of stories meant to be lived.
This course will be taught by Premananda Vilasa Das, aka Prema, who is a teacher of yoga philosophy, holds a PhD in History, and is a Dharmic Residential Minister at Georgetown University.
Do you have a new year resolution to
learn crow, headstand, flying pigeon, or some other arm balance or
inversion? Or do you struggle with practicing these shapes and want
to learn the secret to flying them consistently?
Join Jill Laptosky for a 6-week Yogi Flight Method workshop series
that will teach you how to use the body you have today to learn
these amazing shapes and more. Each week, Jill will breakdown a
different family of arm balances and inversions, explain the key
mechanics you need to know to fly them, warmup the body
strategically, and provide time for personalized coaching to leave
you feeling more confident in your yoga practice.
Your Weekly Journey*:
Week 1: Intro & Crow (Crow, One-Legged Crow)
Week 2: Revolved Arm Balances (Side Crow, Revolved Hurdler’s Pose,
Fallen Angel)
Week 3: Open Leg Arm Balances (Eight Angle, Hurdler’s Pose,
Firefly)
Week 4: Open Hip Arm Balances (Flying Pigeon, Grasshopper)
Week 5: Headstand (Bound, Tripod) and Chinstand
Week 6: Handstand and Forearm Stand
*Poses to be explored include, but are not limited to, those
described above. Other fun surprise shapes and transitions may be
added if time allows. Schedule subject to change. While
possible to book individual sessions, please note that each session
builds on one-another and its recommended to take the entire
series.
About your workshop facilitator:
Jill has been teaching physical movement since 2017, is a
registered Yoga Teacher, and certified group fitness instructor. In
addition, Jill has 100 hours of specialized yoga training in arm
balances and inversions by the Yogi Flight School and is one of the
few yoga teachers in the world certified to teach the Yogi Flight
Method.