Seasonal Sadhana Challenge 2026 at Anaconda Yoga
One year. Four seasons. A deeper way to practice.
Yoga was never meant to be one practice you do the same way forever.
Traditional yoga is a living system. It meets you where you are, and it changes with you, with the seasons, with your nervous system, and with the phase of life you’re in.
That’s the heart of our Seasonal Sadhana Challenge.
Starting January 12, we’re beginning a year long rhythm of practice at Anaconda Yoga designed to do two things at once: support consistency in your practice, and teach you how yoga actually works as a set of tools you can use in real life.
This isn’t a 30 day reset or a fitness challenge. It’s a guided tour of traditional yoga, experienced through the body, breath, and attention, and shaped by the natural rhythm of the seasons.
What Is Sadhana?
Sadhana, in the yogic tradition, is the disciplined, daily effort to align body, breath, and mind with the deeper aim of yoga—union with the Self. It is not a single technique but the consistent application of practice (abhyasa) and non-attachment (vairagya) described in the Yoga Sutras.
Through asana, pranayama, mantra, meditation, and self-study, sadhana becomes the means by which we transform knowledge into direct experience. It is the ongoing commitment to show up, refine awareness, and live the philosophy of yoga rather than simply study it.
Why Practice Seasonally?
Because you are not the same person in January that you are in July.
Your energy changes with light, weather, work, stress, grief, joy, and health. The practice that supports you in one season might be the wrong tool in another.
Seasonal sadhana honors that truth.
Each season, we highlight a different traditional yogic approach and pair it with the energy of that time of year. Rather than practicing the same way all year long, you learn how yoga shifts when your needs shift, physically, energetically, and mentally.
This allows yoga to become something you can rely on through every season and phase of life.
How the Seasonal Sadhana Challenge Works
Each season includes:
- A seasonal theme and energetic focus
- A weekly anchor class to ground the practice (Mondays at 6 p.m.)
- Simple micro challenges that support consistency
- A physical tracking card to keep the practice tangible (with raffle prizes!)
This is meant to integrate into your life, not take it over.
Raffles and Prizes
Yes, there are prizes.
Each challenge you complete earns you one raffle ticket.
At the end of each season, we’ll draw winners for multiple prizes, ranging from yoga mats and studio apparel to class passes, memberships, and tickets to larger offerings like retreats and the yoga fest.
The more challenges you complete, the more entries you earn.
It’s a way to build consistency and have some fun with it. Every small step—showing up for class, rolling out your mat at home, or trying a new pose—adds up. The more you practice, the more natural it feels, and that’s where the real magic of dedication starts to show.
The Year at a Glance
Winter: Fire in the Quiet
January 12 – March 20
Spring: Rise & Root
March 20 – June 21
Summer: Wild Expansion
June 21 – September 22
Fall: Release & Reflect
September 22 – December 21
December is an integration month with no formal sadhana. Just grounding, softer events, and space to digest the year before beginning again.
Each season supports the next. Nothing overlaps awkwardly. The year is designed to feel steady and supportive.
Winter Sadhana: Fire in the Quiet
January 12 – March 20
Winter asks us to slow down, but it also asks us to practice differently.
In winter, energy naturally turns inward. This season focuses on cultivating tejas, inner heat and steadiness, through repetition, mantra, and classical Hatha yoga.
These practices are stabilizing and supportive when momentum is low and consistency matters most.
Our winter focus includes:
- Classical Hatha yoga as a steady, grounding physical practice
- Mantra and repetition as tools for focus and mental resilience
- Working with the Manipura chakra, the energetic center of will and digestion
- A seasonal book companion, Ancient Science of Mantras, used as a practical reference rather than a study assignment
*I need to mention that this is an affiliate link. If you purchase this book, then I make a small commission at no cost to you. And that commission allows me to keep offering affordable Yoga to the community of Anaconda, which I think is a really beautiful thing.
The book serves as a background framework. Concepts will be woven directly into class so mantra is experienced, not intellectualized.
This season is not about pushing harder or becoming a better version of yourself. It’s about learning how yoga works, and when to use certain practices to support your energy, nervous system, and attention, especially in quieter seasons of life.
Each week, a dedicated Seasonal Sadhana class on Mondays at 6 p.m. will anchor the practice. From there, you’ll integrate it through simple micro challenges.
Winter Micro Challenges
- Attend class two times per week
- Complete a 10 day practice streak
- Complete a 21 day practice streak
- A fire building pose challenge using Chair, Plank, or Boat, recorded at the beginning and end of the season
You’ll receive a physical tracking card to mark your progress.
Each completed challenge earns you a raffle ticket.
At the end of the winter season, we’ll draw winners for one larger prize and several smaller prizes, including mats, apparel, memberships, and tickets to bigger events.
Ready to Begin?
If you’ve ever wondered how yoga is meant to change across seasons, or how to make your practice feel more relevant to real life, this is your invitation.
Winter Sadhana begins January 12. Join us in Fire in the Quiet.