Bhagavad Gita Immersion - Guidance for Complex Times with Carlos Pomeda
Wednesdays 6:00–7:30pm PDT | June 3 – August 5
In times of uncertainty and global complexity, many people feel a deep longing for clarity, courage, and inner steadiness. The ancient wisdom of the Bhagavad Gita has served precisely this purpose for countless seekers throughout history. For generations of yogis, this luminous text has offered profound guidance on how to live with purpose, integrity, and spiritual insight in the midst of life’s challenges. Today, as the world becomes increasingly complex, its teachings feel not only relevant—but essential.
More and more yoga practitioners are discovering that yoga is far more than a system for physical health or flexibility. At its heart, yoga is a complete path for living. The teachings of the Gita illuminate how the principles of yoga can inform every aspect of our lives: our decisions, our relationships, our service in the world, and the way we meet both joy and difficulty. In its elegant dialogue between Krishna and the warrior Arjuna—set within the vast epic of the Mahabharata—the Gita explores some of the most enduring human questions: How do we act wisely in a complicated world? How do we remain centered amidst conflict? What does it mean to live a life guided by spiritual insight?
This immersion offers a rare opportunity to explore these teachings in depth with renowned scholar and teacher Carlos Pomeda. Known internationally for his warmth, enthusiasm, and extraordinary ability to make ancient teachings accessible, Carlos brings decades of study and practice to his teaching. His approach is both intellectually rigorous and deeply inspiring, inviting students not only to understand these teachings philosophically, but to experience their living relevance in their own lives.
Throughout the course, participants will explore the Gita as a guide to integrating love, knowledge, and action—the three great pathways of yoga—into daily life. The text reveals how devotion, self-understanding, and conscious action can become powerful means for awakening our highest potential. Far from being abstract philosophy, the Gita speaks directly to the realities of our modern lives, helping us cultivate resilience, clarity, and a sense of meaningful participation in the world.
Each session will combine teaching, reflection, and dialogue as we move through the text together, exploring its wisdom verse by verse and considering its practical application in our own lives. The study of this sacred scripture becomes not only an intellectual exploration, but a contemplative journey—one that invites us to cultivate inner balance, clarity of purpose, and a deeper connection to the heart of yoga.
At a time when the world calls for wisdom, compassion, and conscious action, the teachings of the Bhagavad Gita shine as a timeless source of inspiration. This immersion offers a meaningful opportunity to gather in community, engage deeply with one of yoga’s most important texts, and discover how its teachings can guide us toward living with greater awareness, steadiness, and purpose.
Join us for this inspiring journey into one of the foundational texts of the yoga tradition, and discover how its timeless wisdom continues to illuminate the path for seekers today.
Recordings will be available after each session for 6 months. If you register for the full series, you will receive the recording of the past sessions.
Price : Immersion $200 (10 sessions)
Recording: Recordings will be available for 6 months and are accessible via our course library
Yogakula Policy - no refunds for workshops, but tickets are transferable
Other Courses with Carlos
Sunday May 17 11am-1:30pm – The History of Yoga
Sunday June 14 11am-1.30pm – The Yoga of the Upanishads
Sunday July 12 11am-1.30pm – The Yoga of the Bhagavad Gita
Sunday August 9 11am-1.30pm – The Yoga System of Patanjali
Sunday September 27 11am-1.30pm - The World of Tantric Yoga
Sunday October 18 11am-1.30pm – Hatha Yoga and its Sources
These courses offer an in-depth discussion of the deeper dimensions of yoga. Drawing insight directly from the ancient texts, they bring alive the authentic teachings that underlie the practice of yoga and show how they are relevant to the lives of modern people. These courses, individually or as a series, are appropriate for yoga teachers and trainees from any tradition as well as for yoga practitioners who simply want to deepen their understanding.
Wisdom of Yoga - Course Descriptions:
History Of Yoga:
In this workshop, we will explore the origin of yoga and where its philosophy emerged. It is designed for learning about yoga's history and why it has been successful worldwide. If you are a teacher, it will help you understand the philosophy and its perspective which you can teach in your classes.
The Yoga of the Upanishads
We invite you to dive into the secret wisdom of the ancient yoga texts. Explore the Upanishads, which are perhaps the oldest mythological and philosophical texts available to mankind, containing the teachings and wisdom of the ancient sages. These sublime texts unfold for us a profound view of who we are and of the deepest dimensions of the world we live in and the purpose of existence. For this reason, they were traditionally meant to be received not from a book, but directly from a teacher.
The Yoga of the Bhagavad Gita:
What is the relationship between emotions and yoga? What is the relationship between yoga and our daily activities? And knowledge? The yoga tradition developed since its beginnings various approaches that are capable of providing meaning, depth, and joy not only to our practice, but to the rest of our lives as well. This seminar explores the answers of the yoga tradition since its beginning, through an exploration of The Bhagavad Gita, one of its fundamental scriptures.
The Yoga System of Patanjali:
The Yoga Sūtras of Patanjali is the first text found on yoga, which was written more than 1600 years ago. This text is made up of 195 aphorisms (sūtras) that talk about the characteristics of the mind and how the practice of yoga helps to observe and transform them.
The World of Tantric Yoga:
Tantra offers us a very positive view of the world and tells us that the whole world is a reminder, a vehicle to expand our consciousness and reach enlightenment. In this workshop we will explore the Tantric world to familiarize ourselves with the vision of Tantra and explore a method of meditation with techniques to get an accurate idea of what Tantra is and how to put them into practice.
Hatha Yoga and its Sources:
Today, Hatha yoga is very popular all over the world, but where does it come from? In this workshop we will understand the basis of Hatha yoga to align ourselves with the original intention of this method. In addition, we will talk about the chronological background, its development, the three phases of development, and Kuṇḍalinī.
Carlos Pomeda: Originally from Madrid, Spain, Carlos has been steeped in all aspects of the yoga tradition during more than 40 years of practice and study. He spent 18 of those years as a monk of the Saraswati order, under the name Swami Gītānanda, including 9 years of traditional training and practice in India.
During this time he learned the various systems of Indian Philosophy and immersed himself in the practice of yoga, becoming one of the senior monks of the tradition and teaching meditation and philosophy to tens of thousands of students around the world. He combines this experience and traditional training with his academic background, which includes two Masters Degrees: one in Sanskrit, from U.C. Berkeley (where he has taught) and another one, in Religious Studies, from U.C. Santa Barbara. He is currently working on a book on the topic of “Karma and the Journey of the Soul”, as well as an updated History of Yoga and a new translation of the Śivasūtra, an important Tantric text of the Kashmiri tradition .
Carlos travels extensively around the world conducting a variety of retreats, courses, seminars, workshops and lectures on the Wisdom of Yoga and related subjects.
As a teacher, Carlos is renowned for the breadth of his knowledge and the clarity with which he conveys it. His great love of the Indian yoga traditions, his insight, his humor and his deep connection with his audiences give him the ability to transmit the deepest scriptural teachings in a way that is clear, meaningful and applicable. Studying with Carlos is an enjoyable and transformative experience.
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