Yoga: The Living Tradition
A 20-Hour Immersion w/ VikramJeet Singh
June 19-21, 2026
Yoga did not begin on a mat. It began as a rigorous inquiry into the nature of mind, self, and action. Refined, debated, and transmitted across thousands of years, it has arrived at this moment still asking the same hard questions. This immersion traces that arc: from yoga's earliest expressions to the classical texts that gave it form, and into what those texts continue to demand of us today.
What We Will Cover
The History of Yoga Yoga's history is not a straight line. We will move through its major phases—Vedic, Upaniṣadic, Epic, Classical, Tantric, and Modern—not as a timeline to memorise but as a living conversation across centuries. Understanding where yoga has been changes how we hold where it is now.
The Yoga Sūtra of Patañjali The foundational text of Classical Yoga. We will work closely with key sūtras on the nature of mind, the five vṛttis, the kleśas, the ethical foundation of the Yamas and Niyamas, and the practice of abhyāsa and vairāgya, reading them carefully rather than quoting them casually. This is the text that gave yoga its philosophical spine.
The Bhagavad Gītā A text about action, identity, and what it means to live with integrity under pressure. We will explore the three primary yogas—Jñāna, Bhakti, and Karma—not as separate paths but as one integrated teaching on how a human being orients toward life.
WHO IS THIS FOR
MEET VIKRAMJEET SINGH
YOGA EDUCATOR | AYURVEDA PRACTICIONER |
FOUNDER, WANDERING MAT
Vikram has been teaching yoga since 2008. Over nearly two decades and more than 12,000 hours of teaching across India, Canada, and the United States, his work has consistently returned to the same question: what does this tradition actually say, and what does it ask of us?
His training is rooted in classical Hatha and Ashtanga yoga. In 2022 he received authorisation from the late R. Sharath Jois to teach the Ashtanga Primary Series. His teaching is further informed by deep study in Ayurveda and classical Indian philosophy, particularly the Yoga Sūtra of Patañjali, the Bhagavad Gītā, and Sāṅkhya.
He is the founder of Wandering Mat, a philosophy-rooted education platform based in Goa, India, and of Satvik Yoga Centre, where he runs yoga teacher training programs. His recent book, Living the Yamas and Niyamas, brings the ethical framework of Patañjali's first two limbs into conversation with contemporary life.
Vikram's teaching does not separate philosophy from practice. The texts are not background material, they are the work.
THE SCHEDULE
Friday 11:30am – 6:30pm
11:30 – 1:30 | The Origins: Vedic and Upaniṣadic Yoga Where does yoga actually begin? The Ṛgveda, the Upaniṣads, the earliest formations of the inquiry.
1:30 – 2:15 | Lunch
2:15 – 4:15 | The Epic Period and the Birth of the Gītā Yoga in the Mahābhārata. How the Gītā emerged and what problem it was answering.
4:15 – 4:30 | Break
4:30 – 6:30 | Reading the Gītā: Dharma, Action, and Identity Close reading of key passages. The three yogas as one integrated teaching.
Saturday 11:30am – 6:30pm
11:30 – 1:30 | Classical Yoga and the Yoga Sūtra: Context and Structure Who was Patañjali? What is the Sūtra actually doing? Situating the text historically and philosophically.
1:30 – 2:15 | Lunch
2:15 – 4:15 | Reading the Sūtra: Citta, Vṛtti, Kleśa Close reading of the first two pādas. The nature of mind, the five vṛttis, the kleśas, abhyāsa and vairāgya.
4:15 – 4:30 | Break
4:30 – 6:30 | The Yamas and Niyamas as Living Ethics Not as rules but as an inquiry. How Patañjali's ethical framework holds up against the texture of a real life.
Sunday 11:30am – 5:30pm
11:30 – 1:00 | Tantra, Medieval Yoga, and the Modern Turn How yoga travelled from the classical period to Krishnamacharya, and what was gained and lost along the way.
1:00 – 1:45 | Lunch
1:45 – 3:15 | The Gītā and the Sūtra in Conversation Where do these two texts agree? Where do they diverge? What does holding both do to our understanding of practice?
3:15 – 3:30 | Break
3:30 – 5:30 | Integration and Open Inquiry Participants bring their questions. We sit with what has surfaced over the weekend and let it land.
TO REGISTER
You have the option to join us for 1, 2, or all 3 days of the immersion.
Please note that space is limited for single- and two-day registrations.
Once registered, please reserve your spot via our class schedule.
COST
$450 | 3-Day Immersion
$300 | 2-Days
$150 | 1-Day
How We Work
This is not a lecture series. Each session moves between close reading of the texts, open inquiry, and conversation. You will not be asked to accept these teachings. You will be asked to think with them. The questions the Sūtra and the Gītā raise—about mind, identity, action, and what we are actually doing when we practice—are the same questions we will bring into the room together.