A Refuge In The Redwoods
Mount Madonna Center is a Yoga, Conference, and Retreat Center nestled among redwood groves on top of the Santa Cruz Mountains.
Learn MoreA Learning Community
Our vibrant community nurtures personal growth through experiential learning, reflection, and dialogue around values, action, and transformative practices.
Learn MoreFind Your Center
The Center offers a beautiful, supportive space to return to your authentic self, and rediscover a deeper and more connected way of living.
Learn MoreLiving & Learning through Service
At the heart of our community, Karma Yoga, or selfless service, is a core value and practice that inspires our volunteer organization.
Learn MoreSupporting Transformation through Yoga
“Yoga is not one particular method. As soon as a person starts thinking 'I want to be a better person' that is the start of Yoga" - Baba Hari Dass
Learn MoreUnified Through Yoga
We are a learning community inspired by the example of our teacher, Baba Hari Dass. Located on 355 acres of redwoods and grasslands, our peaceful haven is a place where you can step back, slow down, and reconnect to your center, to nature, and to a more authentic flow of life.
At our core we offer a beautiful, community managed space for yoga retreats, personal practice, spiritual and personal development programs, and a variety of classes and workshops. Our modern meeting spaces evoke a rustic and tranquil atmosphere and provide a variety of settings to gather and practice.
Programs & Retreats
Step into a nourishing container for transformation for a night, a week, or more. We host a rich array of retreats, classes and programs taught by renowned teachers set in a rejuvenating environment.
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Mount Madonna Institute
A private, non-profit educational institution providing high quality, professional and academic instruction and training in the fields of Yoga, Āyurveda, and Community Studies.
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Host Your Group on the Mountain
We accommodate groups from 15 to 500 in a variety of beautiful, peaceful mountaintop settings. Our dedicated staff provides delicious vegetarian meals and full support for your retreat or program.
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Upcoming Events
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Programs
Jun 20 - Jul 19, 2019
YTT 200 Summer Intensive
The Yoga Teacher Training 200 program is designed to delve deeply into Yoga as explained in the traditional Yoga Scriptures. Classically, Aṣhțāṅga Yoga means eight-limbed Yoga, we will address each limb and will teach āsanas from the Hatha Yoga system (referenced in the Hatha Yoga Pradipika, Gherand Samita, and other Hatha yoga scriptures) as shared with us by our teacher, Baba Hari Dass.
Jun 21 - 30, 2019
Children's YTT Summer Intensive
Mount Madonna Institute and Mount Madonna School jointly offer an extraordinary Children’s Yoga Teacher Training Program. Learn to apply Classical Ashtanga Yoga to child development and create and teach engaging yoga classes for children. This comprehensive training will inspire you to bring the benefits of asana, breathing, and self-reflection to your young students and their families. This course is designed to deepen your personal practice.
Jul 3 - 7, 2019
Liberation Yoga Retreat
Join as we take this time to consciously reflect on the aim of our spiritual path. How are the choices we make — moment to moment in our daily lives — supporting our goal? What will help us to hit the target?
Jul 16, 2019
Guru Purnima 2019
Join us as we honor and celebrate our beloved Guru, Sri Baba Hari Dass. In our community we have a tradition of observing Guru Purnima with a day of song, prayer, ceremony, and ...play!
Free Daily Yoga Classes
Join us for daily Yoga classes exploring meditation, asana, pranayama, and philosophy.