Prema प्रेम means the pure, uncondtional love that welcomes everything. We experience it as joy, affection, compassion, kindness and delight.

Prema Yoga is a set of practices that cultivate the state of prema where we give our full attention and care to what is happening inside and between us. If Mindfulness cultivates awareness, Prema Yoga is the cultivation of awareness in relationships.

Prema Yoga is a frontier where any modality that explores the interpersonal space is included. The practice is a relational meditation where, instead of bringing our awareness back to a mantra or the breath, we bring our awareness back to “What is it like to be here, now, with this individual human or in this particular constellation of humans?”

While this often looks like a group of people sitting in a circle, movement is welcome. We also practice skill-building exercises in small groups or pairs.

There are two main formats for Prema Yoga that have their roots in Circling as developed by the Relateful Company: Focus, where we choose an individual and explore what it’s like to be them and in connection with them in the moment, and Flow where our individual and collective focus is free to flow wherever it wants to amongst the whole group.