CALENDAR OF SPECIAL EVENTS: IN VIRGINIA AND WORLDWIDE

You are encouraged to regularly check the Calendar for any updates.
Click on any URL below or the event title itself, to go to that website.

2024

8-14 Mar. International Yoga FestivalParmarth Niketan, India

2023

8-14 Mar. International Yoga FestivalOnline
25 Mar. World Culture Festival - Hampton RoadsVirginia Beach, VA US
21 Jun. International Day of YogaWorldwide

2022

9-10 Apr. 8th International Conference: Role of Yoga & Sanskritam in Human Transformation

Website: https://www.indianassociationofyoga.org/conference/
Haridwar, India
10 Apr. Yoga Therapy Retreat 11 (YTR11)
Website: https://www.taksha.org/events/ytr11
Online
21 Jun. International Day of Yoga

2019

Feb 22-24Food is Consciousness Seminar
Sponsor: The Ayurvedic Institute
Website: https://www.ayurveda.com/events/food-is-consciousness
Albuquerque, NM US
Feb 23-245th International Conference on Human Excellence Through Yoga
Website: http://www.indianassociationofyoga.org/events.html
Uttarakhand Sanskrit University, Haridwar, India
Mar 1-75th International Yoga Festival
Website: http://www.internationalyogafestival.org/register/
Rishikesh, India
Jun 21International Yoga Day
Website: https://yogasetu.org/1265-2/
Worldwide

2018

Feb 23-26Eternal Sound Healing with Gongs Retreat
Website: http://www.parmarth.org/event/eternal-sound-healing-with-gongs-retreat-feb23/
Partmarth Niketan, Rishikesh, India
Mar 11Yoga Therapy Retreat (YTR8)
Website: http://www.taksha.org/cim628-ytr8
Norfolk, VA US
Apr 14American Parkinson's Dis-ease Association, Hampton Roads Optimism Walk and Practice Yoga Therapy for Parkinson's Dis-ease
Website: https://www.apdaparkinson.org/community/virginia/
Contact: apdavirginia@apdaparkinson.org
Virginia Beach, VA US
Apr 20-22Yoga Therapy for Heart Dis-ease, Texas Yoga Conference with MD Anderson
Website: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/texas-yoga-conference-2018-yoga-for-health-training-tickets-41570208613
Houston, TX US
Apr 21-22Practice Yoga for Heart Health and Recovery Lecture and Practice Yoga and Heart Dis-ease as Prevention and TreatmentSugar Land, TX US
Jun 13-17Symposium on Yoga Therapy and Research (SYTAR)
Website: https://iayt.site-ym.com/events/EventDetails.aspx?id=844647
Reston, VA US
Jun 21International Yoga Day
Website: http://www.un.org/en/events/yogaday/
Jul 3-8Yoga Therapy Conference
Global Network Initiative / Asian Yoga Therapy Association / Japan Yoga Therapy Society
Omiya-Sendai, Japan
Jul 9-11Yoga Therapy Workshop for Chronic Dis-easesSingapore
Sep 21-23CME Course: Yoga Therapy for Health Care Providers
Website: http://lifeinyoga.org/Home/CMEMedicalPrograms
Linthicum Heights, MD US
Oct 15-17Symposium on Yoga Research (SYR)
Website: http://www.iayt.org/events/EventDetails.aspx?id=1032060
West Stockbridge, MA US
Oct 27Ist Satvic Space WS on Mindfulness Experience
Website: https://www.satvicspaceyoga.com/purchase-now/https://www.satvicspaceyoga.com/purchase-now/
Portsmouth, VA US
Nov 13Nutrition as Medicine
Website: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/nutrition-as-medicine-1-day-integrative-nutrition-conference-tickets-50414788991
Virginia Beach, VA US

2017

Feb 5 Yoga Therapy Retreat (YTR7)
Website: http://www.taksha.org/event/CIM628
Chesapeake, VA US
Mar 1-7International Yoga Festival
Website: http://event-carnival.com/india/international-yoga-festival
Rishikesh, IN
Mar 8“Chair Yoga”
Sponsor: Peninsula Council on Aging Community Forum on Aging
Presenter: Dilip Sarkar, M.D., Taksha Institute
POC: Dilip Sarkar, M.D.dilipsarkarster@gmail.com
Newport News, VA US
Mar 25-26International Conference on Social Transformation through Yoga
Sponsor: Indian Association of Yoga, New Delhi in collaboration with Dept. of Yoga, Uttarakhand Sanskrit University Haridwar
Website: http://www.indianassociationofyoga.org/
Haridwar, IN
Apr 27 - May 2Cardiac Medical Yoga Teacher Training Certification
Website: www.cawww.cardiacyoga.comcardiacyoga.com
POC: Princeton Yoga Center - deborah@princetonyoga.com or 609-924-7294
Princeton, NJ US
May 24 - 3:30 am EDT (13:00 IST)45 Minute Google Hangout by the India Development Foundation of Overseas Indians (IDF-OI) - Focus: Australia
Website to register: www.bit.ly/2rkEpEs
Flyer: Click here.
Online
Jun 17 - 8:30 am - 10:30 am EDT3rd International Day of Yoga - Sylvan Theater, National Mall -
8:30 am - 10:30 am

Website: www.dcyogaday.orgwww.dcyogaday.org
Washington, DC US
Sep 4-13Cardiac Medical Yoga Teacher Training Certification
Website: www.cardiacyoga.comwww. cardiacyoga.com
POC: Ayako Akiyama at ayako.aa@gmail.com
Tokyo, JP
Nov 2-7Cardiac Medical Yoga Teacher Training Certification
Website: www.cardiacyoga.comwww. cardiacyoga.com
POC: M. Mala Cunningham -
info@cardiacyoga.com or 434-296-7100
Charlottesville, VA US

2016

Jan 3-7 21st International Conference on Frontiers in Yoga Research and Its Applications
Sponsor: SVYASA
Website: https://svyasa.edu.in/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/brochure-21-incofyra-2016-22-lr.pdf
Bengaluru, IN
Mar 1-7 International Yoga Festival
Website: https://event-carnival.com/india/international-yoga-festival
Rishikesh, IN
Mar 2 “Chair Yoga”
Peninsula Council on Aging Community Forum on Aging
Presenter: Dilip Sarkar, MD, Taksha Institute
POC: dilipsarkarster@gmail.com
Newport News, VA US
Mar 12-13 International Conference on Yoga and Holistic Health
Sponsor: Indian Association of Yoga, New Delhi (IAOY)
Website: www.yogmimansa.webs.com
Haridwar, IN
Jun 9-12 Symposium of Yoga Therapy and Research (SYTAR)
Sponsor: International Association of Yoga Therapists (IAYT)
Website: https://www.iayt.org/events/EventDetails.aspx?id=746965
Reston, VA US
Jun 21 IDY International Yoga Day Washington DC – Live Updates
POC: Mr. Sridharan Mudhusudhanan (001-202-939-7041/42)
Website for Live Updates: https://www.yogadayquotes.com/idy-international-yoga-day-washington-dc-live-updates-2015-world-yoga-day-47
Washington, DC US

2015

Mar 3 “Simple Everyday Movement – The Foundation of Health at Any Age”
Peninsula Council on Aging Community Forum on Aging
Keynote speaker: Joan Vernikos, PhD, Taksha University
Newport News, VA US
Mar 3 “Chair Yoga”
Peninsula Council on Aging Community Forum on Aging
Presenter: Dilip Sarkar, MD, Taksha University
POC: dilipsarkarster@gmail.com
Newport News, VA US
Dec 27-30 8th International Conference: Yoga & Education – Principles and Practices
KaivalyaDhama Yoga Institute
Website: www.kdham.com
Lonavla, IN

2014

Jan 11-12 Medical Yoga Symposium: Modern Yoga
Sponsor: Freer and Sackler Galleries
Co-sponsor: Therapeutic Yoga of Greater Washington & the Center for Integrative Medicine at
George Washington University (GWU) Medical Center
Venue: Day 1- Freer Gallery; Day 2 – GWU Campus
Washington, DC US
Feb 2 – May 18 Exhibit: Yoga: The Art of Transformation
Asian Art Museum of San Francisco
Website: www.asianart.org
San Francisco, CA, US
Feb 14-17 Yoga Therapy for Medical Professionals
Maritime Conference Center
POC: dilipsarkarster@gmail.com
Baltimore, MD US
Feb 22-26 “Post-flight Orthostatic Hypotension and Related Vestibular Autonomic
Challenges Associated with Spaceflight”
Symposium on Central Vestibular Control of Essential Autonomic Functions, Association for Research in Otolaryngology (ARO) Meeting
Invited panelist: Joan Vernikos, PhD, Taksha Institute
San Diego, CA US
April 3-4 “Space Physiology and Medicine – The Role of Gravity & Sedentary Lifestyles, Health, Wellness and Aging”
ISH3: International Space Health Forum (TSH675)
Chairman: Joan Vernikos, PhD, Taksha Institute
Santa Clara, CA US
April 23-27 “Posture Change – The Foundation of Health”
2014 Sports Sciences Symposium, American Chiropractic Board of Sports Physicians
Keynote speaker: Joan Vernikos, PhD, Taksha Institute
Orlando, FL US
Jun 5-8 The Symposium on Yoga Therapy and Research (SYTAR)
Website: www.sytar.org/sytar2014/sytar_overview.htm
Austin, TX US
Jun 21 World Yoga Day 2014
POC: Yoga@YogaPortugueseConfederation.com
Website: www.yogaworldsday.com
Lisbon, Portugal
Jun 22 – Sep 2 Exhibit: Yoga: The Art of Transformation
Cleveland Museum of Art
Website: www.clevelandart.org
Cleveland, OH, US
Jul 30 – Aug 1 4th International Symposium on Hydrogen-Matter Interactions
S-VYASA University, Bengaluru, India
Website: www.svyasa.org
Bengaluru, India
Sep 24-26 The Symposium on Yoga Research (SYR)
Website: www.sytar.org/syr2014/syr_overview.htm
Lenox, MA US

2013

Jun 9-12 The Symposium on Yoga Research (SYR)
Website: www.sytar.org/SYR2013/default.aspx
Newton, MA US
Jun 13-16 The Symposium on Yoga Therapy and Research (SYTAR)
Website: www.sytar.org/sytar2013/
Newton, MA US
Jun 22-23 World Yoga Day
POC: Yoga@YogaPortugueseConfederation.com
Lisbon, Portugal
Sep 2-3 SVYASA Visiting Taksha Institute
POC: dilipsarkarster@gmail.com
Poquoson and Norfolk, VA, US
Oct 19, 2013 – Jan 26, 2014 Exhibit: Yoga: The Art of Transformation,
at Smithsonian’s Sackler Gallery
Website: www.asia.si.edu/exhibitions/current/yoga.asp
Washington, DC, US
Nov 8-11 Yoga Therapy for Medical Professionals
Venue: Maritime Conference Center
POC: dilipsarkarster@gmail.com
Baltimore, MD US
Dec 21-25 International Yog Festival and Conference
Venue: Saurashtra University, Rajkot
POC: info@internationalyogfestival.org
Website: www.InternationalYogFestival.org
Rajkot, Gujarat, India