Lotus Pond Center for Yoga and Health

09/26/2026

Learn more about the upcoming Tattva Bodha workshop with Ranjan Vadlamani.

What are the 36 Tattvas - and what can this ancient map teach us about Yoga, consciousness, and ourselves?

In this video, Katie sits down with Ranjan Vadlamani to talk about his upcoming workshop, Tattva Bodha: Wisdom of the 36 Tattvas - From Dust to Divinity.

The 36 Tattvas offer a map of reality that begins with the tangible elements (earth, water, fire, air, and space) and moves through the senses, mind, ego, intellect, and the limitations that shape our experience, eventually leading toward Pure Consciousness.

During this foundational workshop, Ranjan will explore:
🌿 The deeper meaning of Yoga as the union of Shiva and Shakti
🌿 The 36 Tattvas and the Gunas
🌿 How consciousness moves into form
🌿 The relationship between matter, mind, identity, and awareness
🌿 Nirvana Shatakam and the recognition of our true nature

No previous background in yoga philosophy is required. This workshop is open to yoga practitioners, teachers, trainees, and anyone curious about exploring Yoga beyond the physical practice.

Tattva Bodha: Wisdom of the 36 Tattvas
with Ranjan Vadlamani

📅 Saturday, October 17
⏰ 9:00–11:00am
📍 Lotus Pond Center for Yoga & Health

Workshop: $59.99
Optional Nirvana Shatakam online chanting course: $29.99
Optional copy of Ranjan’s book, Awakening the Self: $9.99
Full package: $99.99
Save 10% on the workshop when you register by October 1.

Lotus Pond teacher trainees may earn 2+ credits, with additional study available through the optional chanting course and reading.

Watch our conversation to hear Ranjan explain why the 36 Tattvas remain relevant to our practice and lives today.

Learn More / Register on our website under special events

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09/26/2026

Online Sangha Gathering - The Cleansing Breath, Exploring Pause with Awareness
led by Kranti Kalepally

Sunday, September 27 | 7:30 -8:30 pm

Donation Based & Online via Zoom
Sign up in advance to receive the zoom link

In our last Sangha Day, we experienced something very simple and yet deeply meaningful... a sense of quietness and calm after the practice. It was humbling for all of us to experience that calm without forcing it.

Perhaps this is one of the true gifts of breathing: when we give ourselves the space to pause, the breath can guide us back to ourselves.

🌿 Join us for Sangha Day

Come from your own comfortable space and practice at your own pace.

• Have a light meal before practice
• Keep distractions to a minimum during our practice time
• Bring your curiosity and willingness to observe
• Invite companions who enjoy gentle practices of breath, awareness, and pause

Join Kranti for this gentle exploration of breath and awareness. Together breathing, pausing, noticing, and making space for what truly needs our attention, perhaps even inviting deeper rest and good sleep.

Register on our website https://www.lotuspondyoga.com/events--workshops.html

09/26/2026

Your voice is already there. This workshop will help you find it. 🎙️🌿

Join Pam Kaplan for **Your Voice, Grounded**, an experiential workshop exploring the relationship between breath, voice, and presence.

Through breath awareness, vocal practice, and presence work, you’ll explore how to speak with greater ease, clarity, and confidence (without straining, performing, or trying to sound like someone else)

The morning workshop is open to everyone and lays the foundation for a healthier, more grounded relationship with your voice. Yoga teachers and trainees may stay for the optional afternoon practicum, where they’ll receive guided practice and personalized feedback while exploring how to apply these skills to teaching.

Your Voice, Grounded: A Workshop in Breath, Voice & Presence
with Pam Kaplan

📅 Saturday, October 3
📍 Lotus Pond Center for Yoga & Health

9:30am-12:00pm
Core Voice & Presence Workshop
$50

12:30-3:30pm
Extended Practicum for Yoga Teachers
Full day : $110

Yoga teachers and trainees can earn up to **5.5 credits** by completing both sessions.

Pam Kaplan, E-RYT 500, YACEP, is an Ayurveda Health Counselor, speech-language pathologist, and longtime student of voice, breath, and mindful communication. For more than three decades, she has helped actors, broadcasters, educators, and yoga teachers develop healthy, expressive, authentic voices.

No previous voice experience is needed. Just come as you are.

Register on our website
https://www.lotuspondyoga.com/events--workshops.html
or call with any questions / 813-961-3160

09/23/2026

Reflect, release, and make space for renewal. 🌿

Join Willow Marcotte and Shannon Wi******er for an evening of EFT tapping, restorative yoga, and guided meditation thoughtfully woven together to support rest, reflection, and connection during the changing season.

EFT tapping is a gentle somatic practice that may help calm the nervous system and create space to process emotions. From there, you’ll settle into fully supported restorative postures before closing with a guided Heart Activation meditation centered on listening inward and reconnecting with what matters to you.

No previous experience with EFT or yoga is needed and all are welcome.

🌿 Reflect & Renew with EFT Tapping and Restorative Yoga 🌿
with Willow Marcotte and Shannon Wi******er

📅 Friday, October 2, 2026
⏰ 6:30 - 8:30pm
💛 $44
📍 Lotus Pond Center for Yoga & Health

Please bring a yoga mat, water, and an optional journal. Bolsters, blankets, and blocks will be provided.

Space is limited, please sign up in advance to secure your spot.

https://www.lotuspondyoga.com/events--workshops.html

Reach out to us with any questions! 813-961-3160 or email [email protected]

09/17/2026

Understanding Hormones for Women

Navigate Perimenopause, Menopause & Beyond
Saturday, September 26 | 2–5 PM | The Lotus Pond

Join Dr. Tanya Gold, MD, your trusted menopause specialist, for an uplifting, evidence-based exploration of women’s hormones through perimenopause, menopause, and beyond.

We’ll make sense of the latest information on hormone replacement therapy (HRT), including recent changes to FDA boxed warnings, estrogen and progesterone, different formulations and routes of therapy, and how to have an informed conversation with your healthcare provider. We’ll also explore soy and phytoestrogens, nutrition, supplements, and other natural and prescription options for supporting health and well-being in midlife.

This is more than a lecture! We’ll weave in gentle, joyful movement and breathwork, so please wear comfortable clothing and bring a yoga mat and water. Come ready to learn, move, ask questions, and leave feeling empowered, informed, and supported.

This program is educational and is not a substitute for individualized medical advice.

09/13/2026

Understanding Hormones for Women: Navigate Perimenopause, Menopause, and Beyond
with Dr. Tanya Gold, MD

Date: Saturday, September 26
Time: 2:00pm-5:00pm
Price: $50

This is an evidence-based educational class and should not be considered as personal medical advice.

It will be an interactive class based on up-to-date research. Tanya will also weave in personal stories (including her own) from my 20 years of experience working with women to optimize their hormone levels.

Participants will be invited to submit questions before the event (the earlier the better), and Tanya will do her best to answer them during the session.

Workbooks will be provided to all participants and will include important questions to ask their healthcare providers.

Topics:

· Hormones 101: The Female Hormone Symphony (how our hormones work)

· Perimenopause → Menopause → Postmenopausal (how they are defined, common misconceptions, and common symptoms)

· Common Hormone Conditions in Women i.e. All of the above & PCOS, Hypothyroidism, HSDD (Hypoactive Sexual Desire Disorder) & important labs to consider

· Evidence-Based Treatments: Natural & Prescription, including Hormone & Non-Hormone options ie Bio-identical Hormone Therapy, Supplements, Yoga, CBT, & Meditation

· Empowering Tools: Behavioral modifications, Lifestyle and Empowering Quotes

Join us for a joyful and entertaining approach to discussing this important topic.

Learn more/ register here: https://www.lotuspondyoga.com/events--workshops.html

09/05/2026

A Special Opportunity to Study with Karin Stephan!

September 14–20 at Lotus Pond

We’re honored to welcome Karin Stephan, one of the country’s most experienced Iyengar yoga teachers, to Lotus Pond for a week of private lessons, a pop up Iyengar class and a weekend immersion "Toes to Head".

Karin has been teaching for more than 45 years and began studying with B.K.S. Iyengar in 1972. Her teaching brings attention to the small details that can change how we experience an entire posture, which can help you develop greater balance, awareness, and ease.

There are several ways to study with Karin during her visit:

FRIDAY POP-UP YOGA CLASS
September 18 | 6:00–8:00pm
$47 | 2 CE credits
Explore alignment, balance, and working from within during this special two-hour class.

FROM TOES TO HEAD: THE FEET
Saturday, September 19 | 1:00–6:00pm
Explore the feet as the foundation for alignment, balance, gravity, and proprioception.

FROM TOES TO HEAD: INVERSIONS
Sunday, September 20 | 1:00–6:00pm
Explore preparatory sequences for headstand, shoulder stand, handstand, and forearm balance, with options based on your experience and body.

Weekend workshops are $140 for one day or $240 for both days.

A limited number of 60 minute private lessons with Karin will also be available. Contact us directly to inquire about scheduling and details.

Join us for one class, one workshop, or the full weekend.

Register through the link in our bio or visit lotuspondyoga.com under the special events calendar.

09/03/2026

In the Clearing is a 75-minute all-levels yoga pop-up for anyone who has ever found comfort, courage, or community in the music of Taylor Swift.

Practicing between the trees at Lotus Pond, clearing away noise, with her music as the path there. We'll move through an intentional practice set entirely to her songs, with moments woven in for your own creative and artistic expression. More than a playlist class, this is a gathering and a chance to be in the room with people who believe, as we do, that goodness and kindness are worth practicing, on and off the mat. All bodies, all levels, all welcome.

[Portion of proceeds will be given to the Cat Passionate village, a non-profit that supports feral cats.]

Pop Up Yoga Class | In the Clearing
with Karen Frost

Friday, September 25
7:00pm-8:15pm

$13 if before Sept 18, and $18 after.

A ‘Swiftie after 50,’ Karen Frost, came to this class the way most good things arrive, through genuine love. As the mother of two daughters who share her devotion to Taylor Swift's music, she has witnessed firsthand the way an artist can become a kind of common language between generations, between strangers, between people who might otherwise never find each other. Her admiration runs deeper than the songs — it is rooted in who Taylor Swift is as a person, and what she models for the world: creative courage, fierce kindness, and the willingness to keep showing up. Karen brings all of that into her teaching, and into this room.

08/27/2026

Join Yakira for Juicing to Wellness, a 90 minute, hands on wellness experience that combines fresh, pressed juicing with practical nutrition education to help participants understand how whole foods, fruits, vegetables, herbs, and garden fresh ingredients can support healthier everyday choices.

Saturday, September 5

10:30am-12:00pm

Cost: $45

Participants experience a live cold pressed juice demonstration, guided juice tasting, interactive nutrition education, and discussion focused on practical strategies for incorporating more whole foods into daily life. The experience also explores the role of nutrition and sustainable lifestyle practices in chronic disease prevention and management.

Drawing from her background in clinical research and healthcare, along with her credentials as a Certified Wellness & Life Coach, Certified Yoga Instructor, and Certified Agriculture Specialist, Yakira brings an evidence informed, whole person approach to wellness education.

Juicing to Wellness is more than learning how to make juice! It is an opportunity to discover practical ways to Grow, Nourish, Move, and Thrive.

Sign up on our website or call 813-961-3160