We’re getting ready to welcome you back!
MMC is looking forward to welcoming our larger community back to the land beginning September 1st.
Read MoreA 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 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.
Free Online Offerings
As we seek to find balance and positive, creative ways to engage at this remarkable and very challenging time, we have been looking for how to keep connected through our practice and study of Yoga.
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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Āyurveda
Apr 8, 2021 - Sep 30, 2022
Master of Arts - Āyurveda - Live Online HyFlex Format
The Mount Madonna Institute Master of Arts degree in Āyurveda is a graduate level professional training that confers mastery and excellence in the field of holistic wellness and integrative health care. The MA program includes graduate level courses in inter-professional education, research literacy, advanced Āyurvedic medicine and classical texts, supervised clinical internships, externships and apprenticeships and culminates with a capstone project and presentation.
Apr 16 - 18, 2021
Yoga & Ayurveda: The Essentials - Study Online
Drawing from Patanjali’s Ashtanga (eight-limbed) Yoga System and the practices of Hatha Yoga, you will learn foundational practices of pranayama, mudra, shat karma and meditation as well as basic philosophy and theory of both Yoga and Ayurveda as taught by Baba Hari Dass.
Apr 17, 2021 • 12:00 - 2:00pm
Webinar | Āyurveda Home Remedies
Presented by Manisha Kshirsagar, BAMS. Learn recipes for beauty and well-being using everyday ingredients. Transform your kitchen into a pharmacy!
Apr 25, 2021 • 1:00 - 4:00pm
LIVE Online Breakthrough Experience
Join us for a special opportunity to journey with internationally renowned healer and founder of Breath of Love, Julia Mikk, through a life-changing breath-sound-healing-ceremony. You will experience profound emotional relief, touch deep inner peace, and access clear soul guidance for your life all from the comfort of your own home!
Free Weekly Yoga Classes
Join us for weekly online Yoga classes exploring meditation, asana, pranayama, and philosophy.