PRANAVA

Recorded 13 April · 27 April · 29 June 2025

What Happens Within Yoga Mandala

Yoga Mandala is built around four simple ideas:

  1. A man kneels spreading a blanket over a mat while a woman crouches beside him and three people stand talking behind them in the studio.01Connect
  2. Seen from behind a seated audience, a lit projection screen at the far end of a covered yard.02Learn
  3. Two people work together on a third, one with a hand at her shoulders and the other at her mid-back, while two more watch from the floor.03Collaborate
  4. A teacher works with one student in the middle of the hall while the rest of the class stands on their mats watching.04Share

01. Connect

The Yoga teaching profession can sometimes feel isolated.

Yoga Mandala provides opportunities for teachers to meet one another, exchange experiences and build genuine professional and personal connections.

This includes:

A man kneels spreading a blanket over a mat while a woman crouches beside him and three people stand talking behind them in the studio.
  • Community discussions
  • Local Sangha meetups
  • Teacher introductions
  • Conversations between teachers
  • Opportunities to discover people with shared interests
Teachers standing and talking as the room is laid outPranava Workshop · 13 April 2025

02. Learn

Teaching Yoga is a lifelong learning journey.

The community encourages teachers to continue studying beyond their initial teacher training through:

Seen from behind a seated audience, a lit projection screen at the far end of a covered yard.
  • Learning initiatives
  • Study circles
  • Reading circles
  • Expert conversations
  • Workshops and courses
  • Knowledge-sharing sessions
  • Relevant books and study resources
An audience seated on the floor through a sessionSamskrithi Sadhana · 29 June 2025

03. Collaborate

Some of the most meaningful opportunities emerge when teachers come together.

Yoga Mandala aims to make it easier for members to discover and build:

Two people work together on a third, one with a hand at her shoulders and the other at her mid-back, while two more watch from the floor.
  • Teaching collaborations
  • Workshops
  • Study projects
  • Community initiatives
  • Professional opportunities
  • Knowledge-sharing projects
  • Local gatherings and Sanghas
Two teachers working on one student, two more watchingPranava Workshop · 27 April 2025
A teacher works with one student in the middle of the hall while the rest of the class stands on their mats watching.

04. Share

The community is also a place to give back.

Members are encouraged to share:

  • Knowledge
  • Experiences
  • Books and resources
  • Relevant opportunities
  • Questions and insights
  • Useful connections
One teacher, one student, and the room watching how it is donePranava Workshop · 13 April 2025

The intention is to create a culture where teachers help teachers.

An empty exhibition hall with framed paintings hung along a dark wall, a hanging installation of wooden blocks overhead and a moulded face in a tree at the far end.

Community Initiatives

Yoga Mandala is gradually developing several initiatives to support this ecosystem.

The gallery hung and empty, before the day beganSamskrithi Sadhana · 29 June 2025

  1. Yoga Mandala Learning Initiative

    Learning experiences organised or supported specifically for the Yoga Mandala community.

    These may include:

    • Teacher-focused workshops
    • Study initiatives
    • Expert sessions
    • Reading circles
    • Community learning sessions
    • Special learning opportunities
    A room of people sitting on their mats facing the front of a studio, one participant in the foreground with a hand lowered to the mat, rope wall and red ceiling slings behind.
    A room sitting through a sessionPranava Workshop · 13 April 2025

  2. Yoga Mandala Curation & Learning Bulletin

    A curated collection of relevant learning opportunities from within and outside the community.

    This may include:

    • Workshops
    • Courses
    • Teacher trainings
    • Retreats
    • Study circles
    • Events
    • Other relevant opportunities for Yoga teachers and serious practitioners

    Not every submission is published.

    The Bulletin is curated to maintain relevance, quality and usefulness for the community.

    A covered hall with red roof trusses and skylights above a line of practitioners bending over mats.
    The kind of thing the Bulletin lists: a hall, a class, a daySamskrithi Sadhana · 29 June 2025

  3. Sangha

    Yoga Mandala encourages local communities of teachers to meet in person, beginning with regional Sanghas and gatherings.

    These gatherings provide an opportunity to move beyond being a WhatsApp group and develop genuine relationships within the Yoga community.

    A line of about ten students holding downward-facing dog on mats laid in rows across a wide studio floor, one person standing at the back of the room.
    A room of people who came in personPranava Workshop · 13 April 2025

  4. A Praṇava offering, surfaced within Yoga Mandala

    Pranava Vaakya

    A community-oriented space for Yoga teachers to share their perspectives, experiences and voices on matters relevant to the profession and the wider Yoga ecosystem.

    Four people seated on wooden chairs on a low stage, the man at the right speaking into a handheld microphone, a Pranava medallion on the wall behind them.
    A speaker with the microphone, under the Praṇava markSamskrithi Sadhana · 29 June 2025