Upcoming Events
Quarterly Creative Expressive Workshop with Jotika
In this quarterly workshop guided by Jotika, we will slow down, write, reflect and create visual art to express themes from the past season of our lives. No special supplies or experience necessary! Come as you are.
All-Beings Restorative Yoga with Tejal
Monthly Restorative Yoga practice held every 2nd Wednesday of the month. Guided by Tejal and Guests.
In-Person: Park Yoga 4 Palestine
In-Person Park Yoga in Santa Monica, CA!
Join Tejal in Santa Monica, CA for an in-person, donation-based yoga class as part of the continuing global Yoga4Pal Action. Bring your mat! Plan for practice and a community hang after.
All proceeds raised going to Camp Al-Jawad, a school and collective supporting displaced Gazans.
Mantra|Chanting at 9:30A & Pranayama|Breath at 10A with Melissa (every 3rd Wednesday)
Back-to-back Mantra and Pranayama practices with Melissa. Monthly on the 3rd Wednesday unless otherwise noted.
Each month, you will be guided through specific and intentional mantras and pranayama and breath practices offered with clear direction and to be utilized with purpose. Guided by Melissa.
Live Kīrtan with Melissa
Join Melissa Shah (covering for puja) + community for a monthly kīrtan experience. This practice is a way to open up your channels of communication and expression and allow you to tune into yourself and the worlds around and within you.
No experience necessary. Everyone welcome.
BIPOC Restorative Yoga with Tejal (every final Wednesday)
Join each month for a luxurious rest practice led by Tejal (she/they) and guests. Monthly every final Wednesday unless otherwise noted.
You’re invited to bring pillow, blanket, chair, or be in bed. This is a BIPOC-centered offering.
Spirituality Satsang with Gauree
90-minute spirituality discourse with Gauree! Monthly on the 4th Saturday unless otherwise noted.
Take a deep-dive into conversations on Bhagavad Gita, Mundaka Upanishad, Four Yogas of Swami Vivekananda, and more! Suitable for those new to Yoga.
Seasonal Ayurveda Workshop with Melissa
Seasonal Ayurveda Workshops! Monthly on the 4th Saturday unless otherwise noted. Each season we rotate the class focus on either mind, body, or breath. Led by Melissa Shah of Find Your Breath.
Learn new practices that are relevant to the season each month!
All-Beings Restorative Yoga with Tejal
Monthly Restorative Yoga practice held every 2nd Wednesday of the month. Guided by Tejal and Guests.
In-Person: Park Yoga 4 Palestine
In-Person Park Yoga in Santa Monica, CA!
Join Tejal in Santa Monica, CA for an in-person, donation-based yoga class as part of the continuing global Yoga4Pal Action. Bring your mat! Plan for practice and a community hang after.
All proceeds raised going to Camp Al-Jawad, a school and collective supporting displaced Gazans.
Mantra|Chanting at 9:30A & Pranayama|Breath at 10A with Melissa (every 3rd Wednesday)
Back-to-back Mantra and Pranayama practices with Melissa. Monthly on the 3rd Wednesday unless otherwise noted.
Each month, you will be guided through specific and intentional mantras and pranayama and breath practices offered with clear direction and to be utilized with purpose. Guided by Melissa.
Live Kīrtan with mx puja singh
Join mx puja singh + community for a monthly kīrtan experience. This practice is a way to open up your channels of communication and expression and allow you to tune into yourself and the worlds around and within you.
No experience necessary. Everyone welcome.
Spirituality Satsang with Gauree
90-minute spirituality discourse with Gauree! Monthly on the 4th Saturday unless otherwise noted.
Take a deep-dive into conversations on Bhagavad Gita, Mundaka Upanishad, Four Yogas of Swami Vivekananda, and more! Suitable for those new to Yoga.
Seasonal Ayurveda Workshop with Melissa
Seasonal Ayurveda Workshops! Monthly on the 4th Saturday unless otherwise noted. Each season we rotate the class focus on either mind, body, or breath. Led by Melissa Shah of Find Your Breath.
Learn new practices that are relevant to the season each month!
BIPOC Restorative Yoga with Tejal (every final Wednesday)
Join each month for a luxurious rest practice led by Tejal (she/they) and guests. Monthly every final Wednesday unless otherwise noted.
You’re invited to bring pillow, blanket, chair, or be in bed. This is a BIPOC-centered offering.
BIPOC Restorative Yoga with Tejal (every final Wednesday)
Join each month for a luxurious rest practice led by Tejal (she/they) and guests. Monthly every final Wednesday unless otherwise noted.
You’re invited to bring pillow, blanket, chair, or be in bed. This is a BIPOC-centered offering.
Workshop: Yoga for a Summer Body with Aisha
Join Aisha for our yoga workshop that challenges the myth of the "summer body" through movement, reflection, and embodied practice – because every body is already a summer body.
Seasonal Ayurveda Workshop with Melissa
Seasonal Ayurveda Workshops! Monthly on the 4th Saturday unless otherwise noted. Each season we rotate the class focus on either mind, body, or breath. Led by Melissa Shah of Find Your Breath.
Learn new practices that are relevant to the season each month!
Spirituality Satsang with Gauree
90-minute spirituality discourse with Gauree! Monthly on the 4th Saturday unless otherwise noted.
Take a deep-dive into conversations on Bhagavad Gita, Mundaka Upanishad, Four Yogas of Swami Vivekananda, and more! Suitable for those new to Yoga.
Live Kīrtan with mx puja singh )
Join mx puja singh + community for a monthly kīrtan experience. Monthly on the 3rd Sunday unless otherwise noted.
This practice is a way to open up your channels of communication and expression and allow you to tune into yourself and the worlds around and within you.
No experience necessary. Everyone welcome.
Mantra|Chanting at 9:30A & Pranayama|Breath at 10A with Melissa (every 3rd Wednesday)
Back-to-back Mantra and Pranayama practices with Melissa. Monthly on the 3rd Wednesday unless otherwise noted.
Each month, you will be guided through specific and intentional mantras and pranayama and breath practices offered with clear direction and to be utilized with purpose. Guided by Melissa.
In-Person: Park Yoga 4 Palestine
In-Person Park Yoga 4 Palestine!
Join Tejal and friends for an in-person, donation-based yoga class as part of the continuing global Yoga4Pal Action. Bring your mat! Plan for practice and a community hang after.
All proceeds raised going to Camp Al-Jawad, a school and collective supporting displaced Gazans.
All-Beings Restorative Yoga with Tejal
Monthly Restorative Yoga practice held every 2nd Wednesday of the month unless otherwise noted. Guided by Tejal and Guests.
Community Hour: “Summer Yoga Body” conversation with Aisha and Tejal
Join Aisha and Tejal for an honest community conversation about body image, diet culture, fatphobia, racism, and the cultural pressures behind the "summer body" ideal.
Share with your community!
Upcoming Series Schedule: Summer Yoga Body with Aisha & Tejal
Mark your calendars for this much-needed 3-part series: Summer Yoga Body, with Tejal & Aisha. We’ll have honest convos about Body Image, diet culture, racism, fatphobia and GLP-1s.
FREE! Preview Class: Awaken – Movement Practice with Sunaina
FREE PREVIEW CLASS! Awaken with Sunaina
Awaken is a weekly ritual for remembering. Through accessible yoga, breathwork, meditation, mantra, journaling, and reflection, you'll reconnect with your body's wisdom, cultivate self-trust, and leave feeling lighter, more grounded, and more free.
Share this link with your community:
https://tejalyoga.as.me/awakenpreview
Seasonal Ayurveda Workshop with Melissa
Seasonal Ayurveda Workshops, each rotating season and focus on either mind, body, or breath. Led by Melissa Shah of Find Your Breath.
Learn new practices that are relevant to the season each month!
Spirituality Satsang with Gauree
90-minute spirituality discourse with Gauree! Monthly on the 4th Saturday unless otherwise noted.
Take a deep-dive into conversations on Bhagavad Gita, Mundaka Upanishad, Four Yogas of Swami Vivekananda, and more! Suitable for those new to Yoga.
BIPOC Restorative Yoga with Tejal (every final Wednesday)
Join each month for a luxurious rest practice led by Tejal (she/they) and guests.
You’re invited to bring pillow, blanket, chair, or be in bed. This is a BIPOC-centered offering.
Intro to Karma Theory with Tejal
Join Tejal for this Intro to Karma Theory – only in the Activist Sanctuary! *Enroll in the Activist Sanctuary to reserve! Questions? Email us here!
Mantra|Chanting at 9:30A & Pranayama|Breath at 10A with Melissa (every 3rd Wednesday)
Each month, you will be guided through specific and intentional mantras and pranayama and breath practices offered with clear direction and to be utilized with purpose. Guided by Melissa.
In-Person! Spring Settling Workshop with Tejal at ROOH Sanctuary
Join Tejal for this 📍 In-Person Spring Settling Workshop!
ROOH Sanctuary
106 WEST CHANNEL ROAD
SANTA MONICA, CA 90402
Act Against Appropriation work session with Tejal
Learn about the harmful impacts of cultural appropriation through a combination of story-telling, current events, and self inquiry. Build a plan then workshop it during this signature training.
• Act Against Appropriation work session with Tejal
Sunday, May 31st | 8a–12p PT
?s: hello@tejalrpatel.com
In-Person Indigenous Mind-Body Gathering, Prior Lake, MN
You’re invited to the 2026 Indigenous Mind-Body Gathering
Mystic Lake | Link Event Center - Prior Lake, MN
Tejal will be presenting 2 workshops to deepen your Yoga education!
May 16-17th Tickets for the gathering are available now at https://indigenouslotus.square.site/
IG Live: Private Yoga & Compassionate Care
Join Tejal and Susanna Barkataki for an IG Live on teaching yoga with compassionate care. Learn about the upcoming YTT300 online!
Bring your questions, and get ready to be held in community.
FREE TALK: The Harms of Appropriation (2 date options, 75min)
FREE TALK: The Harms of Appropriation (choose one date only)
Monday 5/4/26 2-3:15p OR Tuesday 5/5/26 9-10:15a
Enrollment Open for Embody’s Yoga Roots YTT 300 with guest teacher Tejal Patel
Want to deepen your yoga and lead with integrity? This YTT 300 training goes beyond asana - it’s about learning, unlearning, and reclaiming yoga as a tool for social change. I’m honored to teach in it, and I’d love for you to join me as I offer the workshop: Private Yoga and Compassionate Care (for teaching 1:1, small groups, and semi-privates), led by Tejal. Learn more here!
Rooted in Regulation Series 6-Week Nervous System Reset with Sunaina
Explore our ONLY Nervous System Reset of 2026! The powerful, highly-asked about 6-week series, Rooted in Regulation!
Rooted in Regulation is a 6-week, body-inclusive journey designed to help you understand, support, and strengthen your nervous system through somatic movement, yoga, breathwork, meditation, and reflective practices. With Sunaina.
FREE! The Great Yoga Unlearning with Susanna Barkataki + Guest Tejal Patel and many more!
The Great Yoga Unlearning Event with Susanna Barkataki, along with Guest Speaker Tejal + many more!
If you’ve felt...
• overwhelmed but expected to be calm
• devoted to yoga but disillusioned by the industry
• unsure how to teach ethically in these times
be in this room!
More at: yogaunlearn.com
Questions? Email Susanna Barkataki: hello@ignitebewell.com
FREE! Preview Class: Rooted in Regulation Upcoming 6-Week Series
Preview our upcoming 6 week series, Rooted in Regulation!
Rooted in Regulation is a 6-week, body-inclusive journey designed to help you understand, support, and strengthen your nervous system through somatic movement, yoga, breathwork, meditation, and reflective practices. With Sunaina.
Fundraiser Yoga: Centering Immigrants & Allies
Centering immigrant voices and welcoming allies for gentle Asana (movement), Pranayama, sound, internal reflection, and optional sharing guided by Meera.
Community Hour: Is Your Kīrtan Connected? series part 2/3
Join Tejal and puja on Thursday, Feb. 19th at 4p PT for a deep community conversation: Is Your Kīrtan Connected?
Bring us any questions or reflections you have about all things Kīrtan!
JOIN THE FULL SERIES W/ PUJA
• 17th IG Live
• 19th Community Hour
• 22nd Live Kīrtan
Action to Expression: Ice Out!
Bring the heat and melt ICE. Let's take individual actions within a supportive collective and share local updates with one another, and learn ways to sustain the struggle, together.
IG Live: Is Your Kīrtan Connected? series part 1/3
Join Tejal and puja on Tuesday, Feb. 17th at 2:30p PT to discuss: Is Your Kīrtan Connected?
Bring us any questions or reflections you have about all things Kīrtan!
JOIN THE FULL SERIES W/ PUJA
• 17th IG Live
• 19th Community Hour
• 22nd Live Kīrtan