Live online classes with Darin Somma (Yogeshwar). IAYT Certified Yoga Therapist, teaching in the living tradition of Amma Sri Karunamayi.
Sri Yoga is the ancient science of liberation, rooted in the teachings of the Rishis and brought into the modern world through the living tradition of Amma Sri Karunamayi. The asana, the breathing, and the meditation are not workout, not wellness, not self-improvement — they are doors into a much older practice with a much higher aim: mokṣa, the liberation of the human being.
Yoga is the ancient science of liberation approached with reverence. Not a brand, not a school, but the sincere pursuit of mokṣa as the ultimate aim of human life. Sri Yoga Mission
What follows is the practice as it has been given: a weekly live class open to all levels, one-on-one yoga therapy for the body and the prāṇic system, and a growing library of study materials for the dedicated student.
Born in 1958 on Vijayadashami (the most sacred day of the Divine Mother), prophesied by Bhagavan Ramana Maharshi himself, Amma is one of the few living teachers of an unbroken Vedic transmission. In 2010 she personally blessed Darin to teach her asana practice — a sequence aligned with the esoteric and prāṇic principles of the tradition and intended for mokṣa as the ultimate aim.
"Living on this Earth is a boon from God. Utilize this boon. Give selfless service to the world." Amma Sri Karunamayi
Classes are open to all levels. The others are for students who want to go further between sessions.
A live guided practice on Zoom: Amma's asana sequence, prāṇāyāma, and meditation. Open to all levels. All you need is a mat and a sincere heart.
One-on-one sessions, IAYT-certified, tailored to your constitution and condition. Working with the prāṇic body, the five winds, and the doṣic balance — yoga as ancient medicine.
A growing library of articles, recorded talks, video lessons, and curated readings from the tradition — a place to go deeper between classes.
One foundational, one esoteric. Both written for the serious practitioner: Western, intelligent, and ready to look beyond the mat.
A comprehensive guide to the full landscape of yoga for the Western practitioner: what it is, where it came from, and what it is for. Over ten thousand copies sold and praised by students and scholars as a profound, honest exposition of the tradition. The essential first book for anyone serious about study.
A deep journey into the esoteric dimensions of the yogic path: surrender, liberation, and the sacred mysteries at the heart of the tradition. Drawing on Vedic cosmology, the lives of the Rishis, and the direct teachings of Amma Sri Karunamayi, this book is for the practitioner ready to go further than the mat.
IAYT Certified Yoga TherapistDarin Somma has been teaching meditation and yoga for over twenty years, primarily in Washington D.C. and online. He is a Certified Yoga Therapist with the International Association of Yoga Therapists (IAYT) — one of the highest professional credentials in the field — serves on the board of Taksha University's Institute of Yoga Therapy and Meditation, and teaches as faculty for Vedic Health, Inc. in Rockville, Maryland.
In 2010, Amma Sri Karunamayi personally blessed him to teach her unique yoga asana practice: a sequence transmitted through the living Vedic tradition, designed not for fitness but for the direct acceleration of spiritual evolution. He has taught it in seminars and workshops across the country to students of every background.
His academic training is in mathematics, physics, philosophy, and psychology. He loved the analytical tools of science, but found the deeper questions of human existence pointing unmistakably beyond them — and turned to yoga, devoting himself fully to that inquiry ever since.
He is the author of Yoga is Union (over 10,000 copies sold) and the forthcoming Final Surrender. To study, the easiest place to start is a weekly class.
The practices of yoga are ancient, prehistoric, and possessed of a grand worldview that has Self-Realization as the ultimate aim of individual life, family life, and all of society.
Sri Yoga Mission
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