Teachers

Satya Greenstone, E-RYT 500, C-IAYT

Satya Greenstone has been a student of Sri Swami Satchidananda since 1971. She has shared the teachings of Integral Yoga® in many diverse settings with students of all ages and backgrounds and combines a natural, practical, down-to-earth approach to Yoga with a gentle humor. Since 1999 she has been a primary teacher for the 200-hour and the Intermediate Integral Yoga Teacher Training programs. While serving as teacher training coordinator, she helped to develop and teach the first Gentle Yoga Teacher Training program. She has also developed and teaches training programs in Restorative Yoga, Adaptive Yoga, and Yoga and Meditation for Children. In 2005, she received certification in Therapeutic Yoga and is currently certified by the International Association of Yoga Therapists (IAYT).  She also is certified in Yoga for the Heart and Yoga for Osteoporosis.

She gently adapts the Yoga practices to individual needs and always finds a way to encourage and inspire her students who soon recognize that, for her, Yoga is an experience, not a subject for academic study. First and foremost she is a yogini, and her teaching is an extension of the experience gained from her Yoga practice. Satya exudes the joy and exemplifies the benefits that come from living the yogic lifestyle and she shares that joy and those benefits with her students.

Always thankful to her Guru Swami Satchidananda, Satya believes that he has created the perfect environment in which to practice Yoga and experience the peace of one’s true nature. It is that personal recognition of one’s true Self that she tries to facilitate in every program.

Events with Satya Greenstone, E-RYT 500, C-IAYT

Yoga for Strong Bones Part 1 – Self-Paced
Open Dates

Discover how Yoga asana (posture) can help to build and maintain strong bones. A 10-year study by Dr. Loren Fishman demonstrated an increase in bone mineral density and improved bone quality with the regular practice of 12 Yoga poses. Yoga asana also improves your balance, posture, strength, range of motion, and coordination, greatly reducing the…

Pink Full Moon Retreat
April 10 - 13, 2025

Join us at Satchidananda Ashram–Yogaville to experience a Full Moon Retreat under the guidance of Satya Greenstone, senior disciple of Sri Swami Satchidananda. According to ancient yogic teachings, the full moon day is an auspicious time. The lunar energy is believed to magnify one’s internal energy, therefore it is recommended that full moon days be…

Flower Full Moon Retreat
May 8 - 11, 2025

Join us at Satchidananda Ashram–Yogaville to experience a Full Moon Retreat under the guidance of Satya Greenstone, senior disciple of Sri Swami Satchidananda. According to ancient yogic teachings, the full moon day is an auspicious time. The lunar energy is believed to magnify one’s internal energy, therefore it is recommended that full moon days be…

Intro to Trauma Informed Yoga Practice
May 15 - 18, 2025

Creating Safety and Support within Hatha Yoga Trauma informed yoga is an approach to teaching and practicing yoga that adapts to the unique needs of trauma survivors, creating an environment that focuses on safety, support, and choice.  Trauma informed yoga is not a specific style of yoga, but instead looks to create a space that…

Strawberry Full Moon Retreat
June 12 - 15, 2025

Join us at Satchidananda Ashram–Yogaville to experience a Full Moon Retreat under the guidance of Satya Greenstone, senior disciple of Sri Swami Satchidananda. According to ancient yogic teachings, the full moon day is an auspicious time. The lunar energy is believed to magnify one’s internal energy, therefore it is recommended that full moon days be…

Female teacher instructing an elderly woman in a gentle standing yoga pose Adaptive Hatha Yoga Teacher Training
June 19 - 29, 2025

Yoga is for every body, regardless of shape, size, or ability level. Join Satya Greenstone to learn how to make the sacred practice of Yoga accessible to all students of varying levels and abilities. This ten-day course teaches you to adapt the Integral Yoga® practices to meet the needs of any individual. You will explore…

An older woman practicing a yoga pose using a chair and yoga block for support, guided by an instructor in a bright, spacious room with large windows overlooking trees. Yoga for Strong, Healthy Bones
July 17 - 20, 2025

Discover how Yoga asanas can help to build and maintain strong bones. In a peer reviewed study developed and led by Dr. Loren Fishman the published results of 741 patients followed over a 10 year period show that regular practice of yoga asanas improves bone mineral density. View the study. Yoga asanas also improve your…

Silent Full Moon Retreat
August 8 - 10, 2025

Join us at Satchidananda Ashram–Yogaville to experience a Silent Full Moon Retreat under the guidance of Satya Greenstone, senior disciple of Sri Swami Satchidananda.  Purnima Sadhana According to ancient yogic teachings, the full moon day is an auspicious time. The lunar energy is believed to magnify one’s internal energy, therefore it is recommended that full…

3 women in a yoga classroom studying a fourth woman in a reclined restorative yoga pose Restorative Yoga Teacher Training - Part 1
September 18 - 23, 2025

Learn to teach this practice of placing the body into specific Yoga asana (postures) using the support of props such as bolsters, pillows, blocks, blankets, or chairs. For Yoga teachers and health professionals. Restorative Yoga is a simple, effective antidote to relieve stress, tension, and anxiety. Learn to teach this practice of placing the body…

Restorative Yoga Teacher Training - Part 2
September 24 - 28, 2025

Explore the therapeutic applications of the rejuvenating practice of Restorative Yoga. Restorative Yoga is the practice of placing the body into a specific Yoga asana (posture) using the support of props such as bolsters, pillows, blocks, blankets, or chairs. These gentle asanas literally hold and maintain the position of the body as one releases mental…

Full moon on a dark blue night sky with stars. A branch with autumn leaves sits in from of the moon Falling Leaves Full Moon Retreat
October 2 - 5, 2025

Join us at Satchidananda Ashram–Yogaville to experience a Falling Leaves Full Moon Retreat under the guidance of Satya Greenstone, senior disciple of Sri Swami Satchidananda.  According to ancient yogic teachings, the full moon day is an auspicious time. The lunar energy is believed to magnify one’s internal energy, therefore it is recommended that full moon…

Beaver Full Moon Retreat
November 6 - 9, 2025

Join us at Satchidananda Ashram–Yogaville to experience a Beaver Full Moon Retreat under the guidance of Satya Greenstone, senior disciple of Sri Swami Satchidananda.  According to ancient yogic teachings, the full moon day is an auspicious time. The lunar energy is believed to magnify one’s internal energy, therefore it is recommended that full moon days…