Deep Study with Kaya
Where Mystical Meets Practical
Start with the offering that resonates and then continue.
It’s all designed to fit together as one full spectrum experience – priced for the committed student to do it all if desired – but made available as separate modules so you have the sovereignty to “choose your own adventure”.
Not sure where to begin? Email Kaya@yogawithkaya.com for guidance.
Thank for the gift of these sacred teachings and practices Kaya. You have had an incredible impact on my life. You radiate incredible confidence, wisdom, and kindness. Studying with you I've felt myself mature, but even more special, I've I am beginning to mature as a teacher of true yoga. I have so very much to learn, but having a teacher like you gives me great excitement to continue studying and following this path. Thank you for everything you have done for me, I am so grateful.” ~ Sonia
Membership Containers
Consistent deepening coordinated designed to transform your life.
Kaya’s membership containers are both coordinated with cosmic timing. They thread mystical teachings, stories, ritual, wise counsel and embodied practices to facilitate healing & awakening. The sacred nature of your body, relationships and life will be revealed beyond your imagination.
The two memberships are offered separately, but designed {and priced} to fit together for a richer experience for those who join both.
SRY - Supreme Release Yoga
Monthly or Annual Membership - LIVE & Prerecorded Content
Gentle but deep, advanced but accessible. SRY is an embodied experience of the your body as a sacred field of yoga.
Kaya’s healing & therapeutic Supreme Release Yoga practices reveal blissful states within by gently decompressing your spine to nurture you from the physical to the subtle. The online SRY studio offers live practices and over 50 on-demand videos to support you at home.
Nectar of Time
Monthly or Annual Membership - LIVE & Prerecorded Content
Experience life organized and nourished by the sacred nectar of time. Each month Kaya shares Vedic Astrology, classical puranic stories, deep teachings and practices that transform life into a meaningful ritual guided by time as a form of the divine. Each month includes live teachings, Q&A, and bonus content to help you orient each month attuned to cosmic order.
I've been slowly listening and contemplating all the teachings and explanations and have every single emotion possible. I’m so so happy, so grateful, so taken aback, in awe, and appreciative that I have been born with the wonderful karma to have the privilege to be able to access, and receive this scripture, and to have it be taught, translated and expressed so well, by you. I simply need to go and sit for a moment, in silence. And just be. Just be still. I’ll be forever thankful to have you enter my life and become my most inspiring, knowledgeable, trusted, respected and heartfelt teacher. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you." - Erika, Nectar of the Gita Student
Scriptural Study
Deep, authentic teachings made meaningful & personal within a container of stewardhip.
Kaya’s moves students through depth teachings verse by verse or sutra by sutra. With metaphor, stories, authentic understanding of the Sanskrit and the traditional bhaṣya, Kaya reveals the hidden meanings unknowable by academic or new age approaches.
SCRIPTURAL STUDY 40 CEU
Kaya’s most comprehensive study program, taught annually since 2017. The Bhagavad Gitā offers the most supreme yogic teachings brought down from the mountain top into real life. This program is an immersion in personal and spiritual growth. Taught in an authentic way that takes you beyond dry “philosophy” and into true meaningful transformation.
Discover answers to life’s deepest questions about the human experience and the choices that bring supreme happiness.
Self Paced
Nectar of Patanjali
SCRIPTURAL STUDY 16 CEU
An mystical yet practical journey of storytelling and transmission of the true {often hidden} meanings of the Yoga Sūtras like you have never heard before {unless you have a teacher who studied with Kaya!} Explore sutras along with the metaphors of Vyāsa’s commentary and links to other scriptures in the tradition. This course will touch heart and impact your practice and life.
Self Paced, Join Anytime
Working with both Kaya and Michael has been instrumental in my outer professional life and my inner spiritual life. I have spent decades studying multiple areas of Vedic wisdom, but it is challenging to find teachers whose knowledge spans all of the different areas that I have immersed myself in. Whether developing my own personal practices or growing my business, all that Michael and Kaya have to share with me is eye-opening and deeply appreciated." ~ Lexa Chernin, Ayurveda Practitioner, Yoga Teacher & Sanskrit Teacher
Jyotiṣa Study
These programs are a collaboration between Kaya and her partner of 25 years, Master Jyotiṣi Michael Manzella.
Kaya’s approach to sharing Jyotiṣa is mystical and practical. A devotional attitude is the backdrop to learning the practical technology of Jyotiṣa in a way that gives you divine eyes with which to see everything, including yourself.
These programs will transform your entire viewpoint and help you to see everything with delight!
Nectar of the Nakṣatras
ONLINE TRAINING: 30 Hours CEU {INCLUDES THE GLORY OF THE GRAHAS}
This 12-Part program combines mystical storytelling with practical understanding of how the stars determine destiny. Explore the 27 lunar mansions known as the Nakṣatra. These star patterns determine the timing of sacred rituals and hold the hidden promise & potential of each human being.
Discover your own primary Nakṣatras and how they reveal who we are each meant to be, our life lessons and the ways in which we can thrive in life.
Take this for your own personal growth or to learn to guide others!
January-December 2026 Join NOW
Glory of the Grahas
ONLINE TRAINING: 5 Hours CEU {this program is included in the Nectar of Nakṣatras}
A devotional & practical exploration of the 9 “heavenly bodies” often translated as planets in english.
Each of the Navagraha represents aspects of life & the human experience, and as we resonate with the 9 personas in different ways we learn more about the world, others & ourselves – including our unique tendencies, gifts & challenges.
Self Paced
Hasta: Mystical Secrets in Your Hands
ONLINE TRAINING: 10 CEU
Self Paced
Vāstu: Divine Patterns of Life
ONLINE TRAINING: 10 CEU
The cosmos is organized in patterns with hidden meaning. Learn to recognize and utilize the most harmonizing patterns {and avoid disharmony} in life, home & your asana practice or teaching.
This is a life-altering opportunity to transform your ability to see everything as living pattern. The whole world – including asana – will look divinely different to you after this program.
Self Paced
Thank you, Kaya, for all that you do for us - your humility, wit, clarity, care, insight and your ability to hold an expansive vision while empathizing with our individual struggles. I honestly had no idea teacher-student relationships could be so nourishing and I know that is because you are tapped into something very real, very meaningful and very magical. Thank you for all that you do, and thank you to your teachers and theirs and theirs and backwards throughout time.” ~ JJ, Pilates & Yoga Instructor
Devotional Programs
Devotional programs merge sacred wisdom and practice dedicated to your personal journey of life. These courses include storytelling, mantra, traditional knowledge, practical counsel & mystcial inspiration to support your sādhana. These deepen your life as a seeker in meaningful relationship with the divine, integrated into your life as a householder.
Pūjā: Ritual Worship at Home
Learn how to do traditional 5-Step Pūjā. In this sacred ritual worship, the offerings of the elements and mantras are made to one or more forms of the divine.
As you learn pūjā you discover the beauty of the ways in which the divine manifests as the multitudes. You can incorporate pūjā with other devotional practices such as prayer, mantra recitation and visualization to imbue it all with more meaning and impact. To learn to do pūjā ritual worship is a blessing which blesses. Pūjā is a living expression of the doorway, the pathway and the destination of the spiritual journey
Self Paced
Loving Mahālakṣmi
Cultivate a profound relationship with the Goddess. Here Kaya tells the story of the Goddess as wife, earth mother and warrior. As Śakti, she utilizes Her jurisdiction over the elements to re-establish dharma and bless the world. We learn how to invite Her into our hearts and lives through learning about her attributes and chanting the Mahālakṣmi Aṣṭakam – the great hymn of praise to Mahālakṣmi. This program will bless you with a beautiful chanting practice to sustain you through the year.
Self Paced
Navadurgā
Go on a profound & personal journey with the divine mother. With storytelling, mantra recitation, jyotiṣa and teachings of Śaktism, Kaya takes you on a journey through the 9 forms of the goddess. As Kaya reveals, this journey is the journey of the goddess, the journey of each human and the journey of the devotee in ever-deepening relationship with the divine. In this program you’ll learn how to relate with the different forms and phases of the divine depending on your own form & phase of life.
Self Paced
Thank you, Kaya, for all that you do for us - your humility, wit, clarity, care, insight and your ability to hold an expansive vision while empathizing with our individual struggles. I honestly had no idea teacher-student relationships could be so nourishing and I know that is because you are tapped into something very real, very meaningful and very magical. Thank you for all that you do, and thank you to your teachers and theirs and theirs and backwards throughout time.” ~ JJ, Pilates & Yoga Instructor
Vedic Wisdom Trainings
Training in Vidyā – Sacred Skills of the Vedic Sampradāya. These are skills you can use to improve your own life and to counsel, understand or guide others.
These courses offer knowledge that deepen your understanding and application of the vedic vision of the universe and how we play in it. Join these courses for yourself or to guide you in supporting true healing and transformation in others.
Secrets of the Subtle Body
SCRIPTURAL STUDY 16 CEU
Authenticated wisdom of the nādis, cakras, guṇas elements and more, as has been passed down and protected through generations. Kaya threads storytelling, scripture and oral transmission in this 2 part program paired with experiential practices. From yogaland myth-busting to awakening teachings you & your yoga practice will not be the same after this program.
Self Paced
Nectar of Nidra
YOGA NIDRA TEACHER TRAINING 30 CEU
Deep training in Yogic Sleep with authentic tantric and vedic context. Learn to share this profoundly accessible but advanced practice with others. Full spectrum authentic teachings will support you to confidently lead Savasana & Yoga Nidrā.
This program threads āyurveda, yoga therapy, tantra, vedanta, and vedic astrology for true healing and transformation.
Self Paced
Secrets of Sleep
SECRETES OF SLEEP is a SEGMENT of the Nectar of Nidrā Program
This deep, practical & mystical offering reveals the secrets of sleep. Kaya alchemizes modern & mystical science + Āyurvedic teachings to heal your sleep with deep + wisdom transmission of the Māndūkya Upaniṣad on Om which explores the states of human experience and praises sleep as divine.
Self Paced
ŚṚY Fundamentals
ĀSANA TEACHER TRAINING FOR STUDENTS OF SRY: 20 CEU
Deepen your practice of Supreme Release Yoga and learn to share SRY with others.
Get into the intricacies of the most essential practices of SRY with Kaya so you can be empowered in your own personal practice and gain the skill to share this healing and transformational practice with others.
Self Paced
Healing Hypermobility
STUDY / TRAINING FOR STUDENTS OF SRY: 20 CEU
For nearly two decades Kaya has specialized her yoga therapy work on tending to the hypermobile tendencies rampant in the majority of dedicated yoga practitioners and teachers. She has also healed her own hypermobility patterns. Healing Hypermobility was developed in 2013 to support yoga teachers in healing themselves & others.
Self Paced
Thank you for this amazingly comprehensive teaching. I've felt that there was a different form of wisdom from what I had learned before but never accessed until now with you. The upanishad story you told in this program touched me deeply! I will be listening again, just to drink it in! As someone who was initiated at a problematic yoga school, I had felt lost about how to proceed on my yoga and spiritual path until now. Your teaching gives me hope, guidance and a way forward. Thank you". ~ Judith, Yoga Teacher
Short Complimentary Courses
Mini Modules to get started or to compliment other programs. These shorter courses offer a deepening of topics that are utilized in other programs and teachings but without the time to unpack them. Choose Sanskrit pronunciation or the Doctrine of Karma – or both. These programs deliver essential principles guaranteed to enhance and deepen your experience of vedic wisdom.
Demystifying Karma
STUDY PROGRAM
Understand the vast mystery of karma, fate, free will and reincarnation. Everything that you ever wanted to know about karma but no one could answer well.
You’ll be recallibrated by this life-changing wisdom which is essential for anyone on a yogic journey.
Self Paced
Sanskrit Pronunciation
STUDY PROGRAM
An inspiring and truly accessible min course in sacred sound. Learn about the deep value of the Sanskrit language, why pronunciation matters, how to pronounce Sanskrit sounds and how to read Sanskrit when transliterated into english so you can properly pronounce sutras, important terms, and names of āsanas. .
New Iteration coming May 2026!
Certifications & Vedic Counseling
Certifications
FORMAL ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF STUDY
Formal acknowledgement of your commitment to yoga Gather all of your studies with Kaya into a Certification! You choose your journey, depth & pace in our modular certifications which bundles Kaya’s authentic offerings into 3 levels of certification: Initiation, Integration or Illumination.
Private Jyotish Readings
ONE ON ONE COUNSELING
One one One Jyotisha Counsel is available with Michael Manzella. A master Jyotishi, Michael has been advising clients internationally since 2009. He works with a diverse variety of clientele – chefs, CEOs, farmers, midwives, acupucturists, yoga therapists, pilots, teachers, actresses, artists,, entrepreneurs and yes, other Jyotishis.
Work with Michael will meet you where you are and includes the variety of methods used in the tradition from natal readings & ongoing followups, to Muhurta {selecting auspicious timing} & astrocartography, to understanding your child and more.
Vedic Counseling with Kaya
ONE ON ONE COUNSELING
Work with Kaya in a private & profound container in which nothing is taboo and everything is fodder for personal growth and spiritual deepening.
Clients are ongoing students in Kaya’s programs wish to apply vedic principles to their life, well-being, health, relationships, or sādhana. Kaya will draw on her decades background in āyurveda, yoga therapy, scripture, vedic astrology, mantra sādhana and more.