• Himalayan Institute Buffalo

    Promoting health and self-awareness through Yoga and Meditation.

    Join us for classes, workshops, and teacher trainings.

  • Courses and Workshops

    We offer community-centered single event workshops or longer courses to enhance and deepen your practice.

  • Training Programs

    Become a certified yoga instructor or simply focus on expanding your own practice by immersing yourself in our professional training programs.

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Inner Peace Through Yoga and Meditation

Our mission is to enhance health, self-awareness, and spiritual well-being through yoga practice and teachings. Our programs are open to everyone, with no membership required to join our classes.

Discover Our Offerings

We offer classes, workshops, and events year-round. We’re involved in community outreach, giving presentations at businesses, schools, health fairs, and employee assistance programs. We also support local charitable initiatives.

Yoga & Meditation
in Buffalo, N.Y.

The Himalayan Institute of Buffalo is a not-for-profit organization founded in 1974. Our aim is to promote health, self-awareness, and spiritual well-being through the practice and teachings of yoga.

Upcoming Events

March 28, 2026

Meditation and Mantra

We will then recite the Maha Mrityunjaya mantra 108 times as a group. Chanting out loud creates a very special vibration in the personal and collective mindfield. The Maha Mrityunjaya mantra is a Vedic mantra for healing and releasing fear. There will be some instruction prior to chanting and a handout to follow. No worries if this is new to you!

April 17-18, 2026

Wisdom and Action

We must keep the body strong, the heart resilient, and the mind clear in order to act in the world for the upliftment of humanity. Join us for this weekend program (Fri & Sat) rooted in asana and the timeless teachings of Yoga. See the world clearly, love it more deeply, and act from this foundation.

March 22, 2026

Digesting Our Life:
Tending the Fire of Agni

Join Julia for a morning practice and contemplation on agni, the fire principle that when tended, helps us digest our experiences and find meaning, direction, and purpose in life. Through asana, pranayama, meditation, visualization, and contemplation, we will invoke, stoke, and sustain the fire element that brings warmth, revelation, and inner guidance.

Yoga is for Every Body

The Himalayan Institute's mission statement invites all who seek their full potential to join us. With this inclusive outlook, we welcome everyone - regardless of race, religion, sexual or gender identity. We believe people's capacities grow when they seek to learn. They are more fulfilled when in service to the world. They thrive when living in a diverse community. Our students, teachers, and volunteers live, serve, and engage each other with mutual respect, as we grow and find our strength together.

Mission Driven, Community Supported

We operate by the spiritual and financial support of extraordinary individuals like yourself. Your financial contributions and consistent monthly support make our mission possible.