September 4 - 5
A Weekend of Workshops
Proceeds will go to help our local food bank: MANNA
All Workshops are $15 if you register online and $20 the day of, at the center.
Saturday, September 4 : Classical Yoga with Candra Tuit
8:30-10:30, Level 2/3 Register and Pay Now
This is Classical Yoga as handed down from the Dharma Mitra lineage, through Chandra Om, and into Candra. With these authentic and pure teachings of classical Yoga, meditation and purification will serve as a stairway to bliss, promoting harmony within all layers of the body, mind and soul. Using breathing techniques and intense, intricate postures designed to twist, stretch, manipulate and gain control of the body, you will strengthen and tone the muscles, glands and internal organs. With regular practice, health and stamina are attained and Self-realization can easily follow.
Saturday, September 4 : Partner Yoga with Lia Pardy
1:00 - 3:00pm, all levels, no partner necessary Register and Pay Now
Experience the joy of giving and receiving. Combining assisted yoga poses and traditional Thai Massage, you will be gently rocked into a state of bliss, rolled into yoga shapes, guided in techniques of Thai Massage, which is the sister art of yoga.
This playshop is appropriate for all levels, no experience is necessary. You and your partner will be guided through a sequence that has been designed to allow for immediate participation. Come with a companion or be paired up when you arrive.
Saturday, September 4 : 'Sugar Blues' Kundalini with Sierra Hollister (Ong Kar Kaur)
3:30-5:30pm, all levels Register and Pay Now
Our approach in this workshop is to strengthen the immune system, revitalize our internal organs and bring balance to the body's metabolic functions. A great kick-off to any efforts to address a sweet tooth! The typical American diet is LOADED with sugar. Even when you are managing to not indulge in sweet treats per se, you are probably still consuming lots of sugar. In yoga, we seek to take responsibility for every area of our lives. Proper diet as well as the elimination of sugar can play a key role in achieving a state of homeostasis.
Sunday, September 5 : Inversions with Jakub Holy
9-11:00am , all levels Register and Pay Now
Will be challenging...will challenge your viewpoints, turning life upside down (for a moment.) Arm balances are great poses for building core and upper body strength, as well as a wonderful way to increase self-awareness and cultivate courage and lightheartedness. By learning to support ourselves with our own two hands, we transcend the limitations of gravity and discover authentic personal power. In this workshop, students will have the opportunity to study the fundamentals of arm balances, as well as explore specific poses and variations in a way that will dissolve fear and create hopeful and playful space.
Sunday, September 5 : Yin/Yang with Anna Ferguson
11:30am-1:30pm, all levels Register and Pay Now
This workshop effortlessly blends the restorative and rejuvenating practice of yin yoga with the active and flowing movement of vinyasa yoga. We first focus on meditation and yin yoga postures which are held from 1 to 5 minutes, then transition into more traditional vinyasa flow yoga with sun salutations, focusing on core strengthening, alignment and FUN! All are welcome in this unique blend of deep, still and quiet postures that flow into bright, warming and strengthening asana. Combining these two approaches opens the body and mind for a well-rounded practice. Anna is a fun teacher with a sense of humor and a gentle, sensitive approach to asana. Come and learn the lessons on your mat that will empower you to live the life of your dreams!
Sunday, September 5 : Pranayama and Meditation with Michael and Stephanie Johnson
2-4:00pm, all levels Register and Pay Now
Join us for an afternoon of practice that will include:
- The five kinds of prana, when, how, and why to engage them
- The ten kinds of breath retention, daily practice guidelines, benefits, obstacles and antidotes
- The three main kinds of meditation, daily practice guidelines, benefits, obstacles and antidotes
Michael and Stephanie Johnson created Clearlight Yoga as a means of passing on what their kind and holy teachers have given them: a clear and direct means to achieve liberation in this lifetime through the practice of yoga.
Their teachings incorporate the rich wisdom of the lineages of Jivamukti Yoga, Tibetan Heart Yoga, Ashtanga Yoga and Restorative Yoga.
September 10 - 12, 2010 : Yin and Yang Yoga Teacher Training and Student Intensive with Paulie Zink
All Levels Welcome, teachers and students who want to explore the deeper aspects of yin/yang yoga.
$190 all weekend Register
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Friday, September 10, 6:00 - 9:00 pm Yin Yang Class
Saturday, September 11, 2:00 - 6:00 pm session one
Sunday, September 12, 12:00 pm - 3:00 pm session two
Session One,
THE FIVE ELEMENTS BIRTHING CYCLE
Topics:
- The Five Elements: Theory, Energetic qualities, The cycle of transmutation
- Philosophy of Taoist yoga- the concept of non-interference
- Relationship of the microcosmic self to the macrocosmic universe
- The natural breath cycle and the circulation of energy
- Taoist meditations for grounding and relaxation
Session Two,
THE FIVE ELEMENTS YIELDING CYCLE
Topics:
- The Five Elements: The Yin and Yang aspects, Health and balance of the emotions and internal organ
- The Taoist way of spontaneity and receptivity
- Being in harmony with our individual Tao
- Relaxing the thinking mind to awaken to our primal and intuitive natures
- How to grow the body supple
- Taoist visualizations for deepening your practice
In this workshop we will explore
Yin Yoga- Postures of stillness for promoting growth, clearing energetic blockages, and enhancing circulation.
Yang Yoga- Postures for developing core strength and muscle tone, balance, and stamina.
Flow Yoga- Including both Yin and Yang yoga, Taoist Flow is more than just a sequence of postures. In Taoist Flow the process of transition from pose to pose is as much a part of the practice as the postures themselves.
Taoist movement incorporates continuous, smooth and circular motion that promotes relaxed confidence, fluidity and grace in the body.
Taoist Alchemy- Cultivating and harmonizing the five elemental energies contained in the body and its energetic field.
Certificate:
Participants who complete the two or three day seminar and its requirements earn a 12 hour teacher training certificate applicable towards teacher certification in Taoist- Yin and Yang Yoga.
Requirements:
To earn a certificate, students must attend all days of the workshop plus read two translations of the Tao Te Ching and write a personal reflection of at least 100 words on a chapter of their choice. Attendees who do not wish to earn the certificate are not required to write an essay.
Master Paulie Zink is the founder of Yin yoga. He received intensive private training for ten years as the sole protege of Chinese Taoist yoga and Kung fu Master Cho Chat Ling. A three time international martial arts grand-champion, Paulie is renowned for his fluidity, flexibility and artistry of motion. Through his many years of practice and study he has evolved the ancient Taoist tradition into his own unique style he calls Yin and Yang yoga. With his relaxed and playful demeanor, students find him to be a very approachable and enjoyable teacher. He brings to his teaching over 30 years experience and a profound knowledge he conveys with a simple clarity that comes from true understanding.
more at www.PaulieZink.com
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September 17 - 19, 2010 : Senior Yoga Teacher Training and Immersion
Taught by Stephanie Keach and Wendy Gilliland, with guest appearance by Libby Hinsley
$305 Register
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REQUIRED READING:
Easy Does It Yoga by Alice Christensen $15 + $4 s/h Buy
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Yoga as Medicine by Timothy McCall $15 + $4 s/h Buy
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Seniors 65 and older are the fastest growing population right now. These baby boomers are in desperate need of yoga and education to help them adapt to their older bodies, minds and spirits.
Come join us as we address such issues as Chair yoga, Deep Breathing, osteoporosis, arthritis, heart disease, chronic pain, menopause, prostate health, depression, insomnia, joint replacement, parkinson's, MS, and more.
Hours:
friday, September 17: 8:30 am - 12:30 pm and 1:30 - 6:30 pm
saturday, September 18, 8:30 am - 12:30 pm and 2:00 - 6:30 pm
sunday, September 19, 8:30 - 11:30 pm and 12:30 - 3:30 pm
All Levels Welcome, teachers, seniors and all the rest! You will receive credit for the Asheville Yoga Center's 500 hr. program after attending this weekend.
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September 24-26 : Mindfulness Practices with Shala Worsley
Advanced Studies and 500 YA hour credit *YA
500
Friday, Sept. 24, 6:00 - 8:30 pm
Saturday, Sept. 25, 8:30 - 10:30 am
Saturday, Sept. 25, 2:30 - 5:00 pm
Sunday, Sept. 26, 9:30 - 12:00
optional: Sunday, Sept. 26, 1:00 - 3:30 Shala Seasonal Flow
All Levels Welcome, $165
$190 including optional Shala's Seasonal Flow, Sunday, Sept. 26, 1:00 - 3:30 pm
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REQUIRED READING:
Miracle of Mindfulness, by Thich Nhat Hanh $14 + $4 s/h Buy
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One of the most difficult things we can do in life is to live it fully - to be fully present - for ourselves and for the people we love and care about. So many times, at the end of the day, we say, "Where did the time go?" Years can go by in this manner. Your precious life is worth fully inhabiting. Learn how to become present for your life through the art of meditation. In this three day intensive you will learn specific techniques that will help you slow down, embrace mindfulness, and enter the gentle bliss of the present moment.
You don’t have to be a teacher, nor even desire to become a teacher to attend this course. Your Yoga practice will reach new heights as you become more grounded and peaceful through this ancient practice.
Come prepared to learn:
- How to sit more comfortably for seated meditation
- How to achieve a state of the deep calm through mindful breathing
- How to work with thoughts as they arise while meditating
- How to access greater peace and joy throughout your day
- How to be more compassionate with yourself and others
- How to integrate specific meditation techniques into your daily life that help you live from a place of intention
- How to meditate meditate while seated, in motion, and in yin yoga postures
- How to teach these three styles of meditation (seated, in motion, in yin postures)
- Expand and deepen your meditation practice
- Review and renew your definition of meditation
- Compare yoga meditation vs. other practices
- Practice seated meditation, walking meditation, meditation in motion, yin postures & meditation
- Get inspired by new and various methods of obtaining one-pointed focus
- Focus on yoga postures which prepare the body for sitting
- Explore various traditional and non-traditional meditation postures
- Dress comfortably for sitting, some asana, and a short walk outside
According to ancient Indian mythology, there have been four ages before now, each one characterized and then destroyed by one of the four elements: Earth, Fire, Water, and Air. The same mythology suggests that we are currently in the age of Motion, appropriately labeling this era of technology which encourages up to live faster and busier lives. There is the possibility that, like the four ages before us, we could allow ourselves to be destroyed by this Motion, this Busy-ness. OR, we can slow down and learn to surf the Motion with Mindfulness, allowing us to live fully present, awake, and aware lives in these modern times.
You will receive credit for the Asheville Yoga Center's 500 hr. program after attending this weekend.
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September 26, 2010 : Shala's Seasonal Flow
Sunday, 1:00-3:30 pm, $35
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Each Season has its own personality, mood and energy which effects us on a very deep level. Come join me for reflection on how this seasonal change is resonating within ourselves and throughout our lives. Through our yoga practice, let’s synchronize our internal rhythms to match those of the Earth!
Seasonal Flow Yoga is a dynamic flow class for advanced beginners to intermediate practitioners who want to celebrate the change of seasons in their practice. The two-and-a-half-hour class will include asana, pranayama, and meditation practices and more.
Shala Worsley is a certified yoga instructor. She has been teaching Flow Yoga since 1998 and currently owns the Asheville School of Massage and Yoga. She is one of Asheville’s most popular teachers, and currently teaches sold out classes at the Asheville Yoga Center.
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October 1-3, 2010 : Breathing and Anatomy Workshop with Leslie Kaminoff
Advanced Studies and 500 YA hour credit *YA
500
Fri., October 1, 6:00 - 8:30 pm
Sat., October 2, 8:30 - 10:30 am
Sat., October 2, 2:00 - 6:00 pm
Sun., October 3, 9:00 - 12:00 pm
Sun., October 3, 1:00 - 3:30 pm
$230 Register
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Leslie Kaminoff is a yoga educator inspired by the tradition of T.K.V. Desikachar. He is an internationally recognized specialist with over twenty nine years’ experience in the fields of yoga and breath anatomy. He leads anatomy and yoga methodology workshops for many of the leading yoga associations, schools and training programs in the world.
Leslie's new book Yoga Anatomy, published by Human Kinetics, sold out its first print run of 19,000 within one month of its June 2007 release, and has been the #1 yoga book on Amazon since then. There are currently 100,000 copies of the book in print.
required reading:
Yoga Anatomy by Leslie Kaminoff
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it now for $22.00 includes s/h or pick one up at studio.
You don’t have to be a teacher, nor even desire to become a teacher to attend this course. Your Yoga practice will reach new heights as you become more grounded and peaceful through this ancient practice.
Leslie is the founder of The Breathing Project, a non-profit educational corporation dedicated to the teaching of individualized, breath-centered yoga practice and education. The Breathing Project currently teaches classes and advanced training programs out of its studio in New York City. From October to June, Leslie can be found teaching his highly respected year-long course in Yoga Anatomy and the Application of Breath-Centered Yoga (ABC's) at The Breathing Project in NYC.
Leslie has also helped to organize international yoga conferences while serving as Vice-President of Unity in Yoga, and was part of the ad-hoc committee that established national standards for yoga teacher training. Prior to the formation of The Yoga Alliance, Leslie was a strong voice in the ensuing national debate regarding the application of those certification standards. This dialogue resulted in the creation of e-Sutra, an influential e-mail list and blog that has an active worldwide membership.
What is Rational Yoga?
Leslie’s work has been evolving a rational — non-mystical — approach to Yoga and Yoga Therapy. Leslie uses the immediate reality of human anatomy as a starting point for exploring issues of support and release, stability and freedom, space and boundaries. This process clarifies and validates much traditional wisdom while exposing many long-standing misconceptions and myths.
By relating fundamental yogic concepts to their anatomical origins, Leslie's approach resolves many doctrinal and philosophical differences between schools of Yoga.yogaanatomy.org breathingproject.org
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October 16 : Harmony in Transformation: Fall Seasonal Detox with Anna Ferguson
Saturday, 2-5 p.m. $30 Register
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As the leaves change, so do we. Come and learn the methods of metamorphosis through yoga blended with Chinese medicine Five Element Theory. Fall is the season of the Lungs/Large Intestine - our energetic focus in this workshop designed to help you shed unnecessary layers - mental, physical and spiritual. All levels are welcome to celebrate the change of the seasons and bring out your radiant inner self. The 3 hour class will offer asana, pranayama, meditation and detoxification methods, in addition to a powerful singing bowl meditation.
To maximize benefits from this class, it is recommended to:
1. Avoid refined sugars and junk foods for 24-48 hours prior to the workshop (alcohol, candy, etc.)
2. Start hydrating the day before by drinking 6-8 glasses of water (8 fl. oz. each).
3. Avoid or reduce caffeine consumption. (Green tea is always a good option!)
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October 17, 2010 :
Conscious Partnering: Listening to Ourselves and Each Other Through the Body
A Workshop for Couples based on the principles of Phoenix Rising Yoga Therapy
with Ruth and Jay Jacobson
$100 per couple Register
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10:00 am - 4:00 pm
During this day, we will practice a yoga-based partner work with dialogue that will support:
--accessing the wisdom of the body
-- exploration of giving and receiving
--deep listening
--bringing loving presence to ourselves and each other as we are
--spacious awareness of patterns and stuck places in the relationship
--transformation
The work is based on the principles and techniques of Phoenix Rising Yoga Therapy, adapted for working with couples. The day will offer an opportunity to explore self in relationship. Any partners, including friends as well as romantic or intimate couples may attend.
Ruth Jacobson, Ph.D. is a marriage and family therapist in private practice for over 20 years, a Phoenix Rising Yoga therapy practitioner and instructor, and yoga teacher. Working with intimate relationship as an integral part of spiritual practice has been her personal and professional focus.
Jay Jacobson, Ph.D. is a retired environmental scientist and has studied Phoenix Rising Yoga Therapy.
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October 22 - 24 : Andrey Lappa Universal Yoga Workshop
Friday, 6:00 - 9:00 pm Universal Vinyasa Yoga
Saturday, 7:30 - 10:30 am Universal Asana Yoga
Saturday, 2:00 - 5:00 pm Universal Tantric Hatha Yoga
Sunday, 9:30 - 12:30 pm Universal Mandala Yoga
Price $200 Register
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or $60 an individual session Register
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All Levels Welcome
Universal Vinyasa Yoga
Theory (1 hour): Presentation of different types and groups of Vinyasas for different purposes in Universal Yoga. Description of complete practice, including explanation of attention control for beginners using Vinyasas. Using Universal Vinyasa Yoga techniques to create energetic links between any asanas in a sequence.
Practice (2 hours): Complete Universal Vinyasa Yoga practice: a perfectly balanced multi-dimensional sequence of Asanas and Vinyasas. Presentation of new, effective Asanas and Vinyasas. Static-dynamic sub-style.
Class Notes:
Each student will need to have two yoga mats for this class.
Universal Asana Yoga
Theory (1 hour 30 minutes): Presentation on Marmas: energetic zones of human body. Demonstration of unique Asanas for the arms and all limbs of the body, focusing on special corresponding postures between arms and legs. Principles of energy control during practice, applying knowledge about Marmas within Asanas for all directions of movement of the joints.
Practice (1 hour 30 minutes): Passive-static substyle to illustrate conscious influence at energy zones (Marmas) using special Asanas, followed by relaxation, Pranayama, Mantras and Meditation.
Class Notes:
Each student will need to have two yoga mats for this class.
Universal Tantric Hatha Yoga
Theory (1 hour 30 minutes): Explanation of subtle, esoteric aspects of breath and energy control exercises in Tantric Hatha Yoga including goals and benefits. Complete explanation of primary breath control (Pranayamas), energy locks (Bandhas) and conditions (Mudras). Description of Shakti energy activation and development using Asanas like Mudras and Energy Micro-orbits and Macro-orbits during practice.
Practice (1 hour 30 minutes): Practice of Asanas like Mudras with Pranayamas, Bandhas and energy orbit visualizations.
Universal Mandala Yoga
Theory (1 hour): Building of the best Yoga sequences. Description of Mandala Yoga methods and examples of training sequences using specific energy schemes and space models. Theory on creating the most effective ways to balance energy flow and expand consciousness. Includes Pranayama and Vyanayama explanation.
Practice (2 hours): Mandala Asana Vinyasa Yoga™ - multidimensional sequence of Asanas, Vinyasas, Pranayamas, Mantras and Visualizations. Example of the best sequence of Mandala Yoga - beautiful, effective and perfectly balanced.
Class Notes:
Each student will need to have two yoga mats for this class.
Andrey Lappa is one of the most qualified and influential masters and professional teachers of yoga in all of the ex-soviet territory. All his life he has traveled and lived in eastern countries: Mongolia, India, Nepal, Tibet, China, Burjatia, Siberia and others, where he developed skills with world known teachers, as well as learned from concealed from general attention but unusually vigorous ezotheric-practitioners. His books: "Dynamic practices in classical yoga" and "Yoga: Tradition of Unification" became best sellers in 1999-2000 in ex-soviet countries. Andrey is also a good computer programmer and he has designed programs for teaching yoga which have proven to be very useful for his many students.
Having exceptional psychic/energy abilities and possesing key principals of Yoga he uses in his practice, the powerful and effective Universal Style. This Style unites best sides of other existing styles and foundations, as well as all life experience, which is tied to Yoga. In the base of this Style lies a continuously developing model, taking any precious practical information which comes from anyone and anywhere. Therefore practicing this Style can be various and can vary methodical in the precise way of an individual's starting motivations and goals. The ractice of Universal Style underlies the growth of Power of Spirit, Knowledge, Awareness and struggle to Freedom of the practitioner. But first of all Universal Style is oriented on the Moral and Spiritual perfection of yoga practitioner.
Much more at universal-yoga.com
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October 29 - 31, 2010
A Weekend for Healing & Balance with Heather Tiddens -also included are 2 Special Sessions of "The Art of Adjusting a Yoga Pose"
All Levels Welcome to any and all sessions
Entire weekend: $180 (includes 500hr YA credit) Register
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Healing & Balance Sessions only: $110 (Fri pm, Sat pm, Sun pm only) Register
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Drop in sessions: $40 each Register
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Friday, Oct 29, 6:00 - 8:30 pm
Yoga for Healing and Balance: a holistic approach to yoga practice that
addresses the fullness of our health and well being through a combination of
challenging Yang (powerful flow) Yoga, quiet and introspective Yin Yoga, and
mindfulness meditation techniques.
Saturday, Oct 30, 8:00 - 10:30 am
The Art of Adjusting: Learning and practicing safe and appropriate hands on
assisting, to better understand alignment in asana.
Saturday, Oct 30, 2:00 - 4:30 pm
Yoga for Healing and Balance: a holistic approach to yoga practice that
addresses the fullness of our health and well being through a combination of
challenging Yang (powerful flow) Yoga, quiet and introspective Yin Yoga, and
mindfulness meditation techniques.
Sunday, Oct 31, 9:00 - 11:30 am
The Art of Adjusting II: Learning and practicing safe and appropriate hands on
assisting, to better understand alignment in asana.
Sunday, Oct 31, 1:00 - 3:30 pm
Yoga for Healing and Balance: a holistic approach to yoga practice that
addresses the fullness of our health and well being through a combination of
challenging Yang (powerful flow) Yoga, quiet and introspective Yin Yoga, and
mindfulness meditation techniques.
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November 10 - 14 : Doug Swenson: 5 Day Sadhana Yoga Teacher Training
Full details here Doug Swenson: 5 Day Sadhana Yoga Teacher Training
November 20 - 27 Maya Tulum Retreat with Stephanie Keach
A RETREAT IN PARADISE
Flow Yoga Through the Chakras with Stephanie Keach
Optional 500hr YA credit available.
All levels flow, from gentle and meditative to vigorous and sweaty.
More info at youryoga.com/ayc/~mayatulum.html
Visit http://mayatulum.com/ Please contact Maya Tulum directly to make your reservations: 1-888-515-4580 x 231 or email reservations@mayatulum.com.
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December 9-12
Therapeutics Yoga Teacher Training and Intensive with Doug Keller
Advanced Studies and 500 YA hour credit *YA
500
Thursday, December 9, 9:00 am - 12:00 pm and 2:30 pm - 6:30 pm
Friday, December 10, 9:00 am - 12:00 pm and 2:30 pm - 6:30 pm
Saturday, December 11, 8:30 am - 11:00 am and 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Sunday, December 12, 9:30 am - 12:30 pm
$340 for entire training Register
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no books required, just strongly recommended: Yoga As Therapy manual by Doug Keller, purchase at doyoga.com
- All Levels Welcome Full attendance required for YA 500 hr credit
- Full tuition of $340
ADVANCED YOGA AS THERAPY
Each of the four days will include asana, pranayama and meditation practices in addition to the training sessions. The training sessions will go deep into the anatomy of major therapeutic problem areas in the body and will look at precise
alignment and adjustment training for yoga asanas designed to address these problems. Though the focus will mainly
be on structural therapeutic problems having to do with muscles and joints, we will also look at sequencing and the role of pranayama and meditation in therapy. There will also be sessions that look at the Ayurvedic perspective
including therapeutic problem assessment and an introduction to pulse diagnosis. The training will provide a healthy
and valuable balance between broad perspective and closely focused training for teachers in the emerging realm of
yoga therapy.
From Doug-
I focus on the yoga of 'Swatantrya,' the yoga of one's own inner expansion and awakening. Yoga concerns our own relationship to the Self from whom we came. It is deeply personal, experiential, and ultimately unmediated by any system of conceptual thought. The teachings of yoga simply provide us with the introduction to our own Self. Our philosophies provide the contemplation and focus that help us to aim more deeply into the experience. In the end, the 'breakthrough' we experience is what the Christian mystic Meister Eckhart described as the breakthrough into our own heart, where the Divine most fully dwells. This is the teaching I want to share, along with the practices and means offered by yoga to support that inward journey.
I travel nationally and internationally offering workshops and teacher trainings. I've traveled from one end of the United States to the other, and my international travels have included teacher trainings and workshops in England, India, Switzerland, Germany and Italy.
www.doyoga.com
You don’t have to be a teacher, nor even desire to become a teacher to attend this course. Your Yoga practice will reach new heights as you become more grounded and peaceful through this ancient practice.
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December 31 - January 2, 2011, New Years Chakra Retreat Shala Worsley
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March 4 - 6, 2011 : Forrest Yoga Teacher Intensive and Practice Sessions with Steve Emmerman and Talya Ring
All levels welcome.
This event consists of teacher training sessions and practice sessions. YA 500hr. Elective Credit granted for full attendance only. You can attend just the practice sessions.
$275 entire training Register
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$195 for all four practice sessions Register
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$55 individual practice sessions Register
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Teacher Training sessions can not be taken individually.
Come grow your knowledge of yourself and your practice. You can join us for the asana and guided journalling meditations, or you can go even deeper and add the teacher training too. The teacher training experience, which encompasses the entire weekend, is not meant only for teachers. It is designed to help you develop or deepen your personal practice.
Forrest Yoga is designed to take you to that raw place where your shields come down. From this place of vulnerability the guided journalling meditations first help you get clear about what in your life needs to shift, and then give you the tools to take action.
Times
| Friday March 4 |
5:00 - 8:00PM - Practice |
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8:00 - 9:00PM - Teacher Training |
| Saturday, March 5 |
8:00 - 10:30AM - Practice |
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1:00 - 3:00PM - Practice |
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3:00 - 7:00PM - Teacher Training |
| Sunday, March 6 |
9:00 am - 12:30PM - Practice |
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1:30 - 4:00PM - Teacher Training |
Teacher Training:
These sessions are appropriate for teachers interested in honing their skills and for anyone wanting to develop or deepen their personal practice. The sessions include sequencing wisdom, teaching exercise (non-teachers: having to teach and speak what you know deepens your awareness & insight of the poses), hands-on assists, working with injuries & pregnancy, and ceremony. (YA 500hr. Elective Credit granted for full attendance only)
Practice Sessions
Friday, March 4, 5:00 - 8:00PM
Forrest Yoga Asana & Guided Journalling Meditation
Exploring the Mystery: a 2 hour asana + a 1 hour guided meditation session designed to help you uncover all that lives just below your skin – that vast internal landscape.
Saturday, March 5, 8:00 - 10:30AM:
Forrest Yoga Asana and Teacher Training
Connecting to Feeling – a 2.5 hour asana session. Learn how to shift gears from thinking into feeling. Practice using your feelings to get valuable information and insights.
Saturday, March 5, 1:00 - 3:00PM
Forrest Yoga Asana: Child's Play
Inversions & Arm balances bring up fear in many adults. Children, unhindered by self imposed limitations, go giddy at the prospect of going upside-down. Call up your inner child, and learn to play while destroying your "I can't's"
Sunday, March 6, 9:00 am - 12:30PM
Forrest Yoga Asana & Guided Journalling Meditation
The Warrior Heart: a 2.5 hour asana + a 1 hour ceremony. The Warrior has the courage to look at the unworkable patterns in their life and take action to unweave them. The Warrior does this sacred work with deep self-love and compassion. Learn to use your Warrior Heart to Hold Yourself with love as you work through the stuck places in your life.
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January 14 - 16, 2011 : Yin Teacher Training with Shala Worsley
Details at the Yin Page.
January 21 - 23, 2011 : Prenatal/postnatal TT with Stephanie Keach
Details at the Prenatal Page.
January 28 - 30, 2011 : Yoga and the Sutras with Michael Johnson
Details at the Sutras Page.
February 11 - 13, 2011 : LifeForce Yoga® To Manage Your Mood
A WEEKEND with Amy Weintraub, MFA, E-RYT 500
Author of Yoga for Depression
CEU’s Yoga Alliance
For thousands of years, yogis have understood what current research in neurobiology and clinical observations are demonstrating—that working with a body and breath-based practice, we can manage our moods. LifeForce Yoga interweaves the power of an ancient discipline with current scientific findings to help you release what’s no longer serving you—without a story attached! In this inspiring workshop, you will learn and practice breathing exercises, easy postures, guided meditations, and other experiential yogic tools for managing your mood that are not often taught in regular yoga classes.
We’ll practice:
- Pranayama and kriya breathing techniques that regulate the emotions
- Meditations that lift the mood
- Creating Affirmation (sankalpa)
- LifeForce Yoga Bhavana (Imagery)
- LifeForce Yoga Chakra Clearing Meditation
- LifeForce Yoga Nidra
- Tones that regulate the emotions (mantras)
- Yoga asanas suitable for multilevel practitioners
You will leave this feeling refreshed, renewed, and excited about returning to your at-home or teaching practice with new tools to bring balance to the emotional and physical body.
Psychotherapists, health professionals, and yoga teachers will learn techniques they can use to help their clients focus, relax, and have greater access to their feelings.
Yoga Alliance CEU’s.
Amy Weintraub, MFA, E-RYT 500, author of Yoga for Depression and founder and director of the LifeForce Yoga Healing Institute,is a leader in the field of yoga and mental health. She offers professional trainings and workshops and speaks at medical and psychological conferences internationally. Amy’s evidence-based yoga protocol is featured on the award-winning DVD series LifeForce Yoga to Beat the Blues. And the LifeForce Yoga® CD series. www.yogafordepression.com.
Suggested for Practice: Yoga for Depression: A Compassionate Guide to Relieve Suffering Through Yoga (Broadway Books), LifeForce Yoga to Beat the Blues – level 1 & level 2 (DVD) LifeForce Yoga® CD Series. www.yogafordepression.com
Class Descriptions:
LifeForce Yoga to Manage Your Mood: Clearing the Space
Friday Evening, 7:30 to 9:30pm
Breathe your way through these challenging times. Learn 3 Yogic strategies to strengthen your emotional resilience. Based on ancient practices and current scientific findings, Amy will incorporate breath, sound, movement and visualization to help you meet and manage your mood.
LifeForce Yoga to Get You off the Couch!
Saturday
Learn an embodied practice to meet the lethargic or depressed mood. No matter what challenges you are facing now, Amy promises that you’ll leave with a lighter heart and a clearer mind or your money back! We’ll practice the LifeForce Yoga Chakra Clearing Meditation, a technique that incorporates mantra, mudra and breath to clear the central energy channel of the body. Then we’ll build to a stronger, more dynamic practice, energizing the body mind and spirit. We’ll end with a restorative practice of LifeForce Yoga Nidra.
LifeForce Yoga to Meet Anxiety
Sunday
Learn a practice that promotes a calm mind and an open heart. Evolution has favored an anxiety gene, and for many of us, it’s our default. Meet your monkey mind with an embodied practice and a meditation technique that gives the busy mind a bone.
On both days, experience the power of LifeForce Yoga Nidra, a form of meditative self-inquiry that, while relaxing the body, opens the mind to greater self-awareness, and the heart to love and acceptance of what is.
Poses will be accessible for all levels, including beginners. Please do not eat for two hours before the workshop begins.
BIO:
Amy Weintraub, MFA, E-RYT 500, author of Yoga for Depression and founder and director of the LifeForce Yoga Healing Institute,is a leader in the field of yoga and mental health. She offers professional trainings and workshops and speaks at medical and psychological conferences internationally. Amy’s evidence-based yoga protocol is featured on the award-winning DVD series LifeForce Yoga to Beat the Blues. And the LifeForce Yoga® CD series. www.yogafordepression.com.
Here are some quotes that may be used on promotional material for events:
Amy Weintraub's work is some of the most important in our world today for helping humanity understand more deeply the significance of the mind-body connection. Her insights are inspirational for yoga teachers and all readers. Her in-depth understanding of her subject is an important basis for personal, as well as societal transformation.
—Rama Jyoti Vernon, Founder, American Yoga College
Amy Weintraub’s Yoga for Depression offers us a powerful and comprehensive guidebook that provides the reader with a precise path for healing from depression. This book belongs in the hands of every person who experiences depression and in the library of every therapist who works with people suffering from depression.
—Richard C. Miller, PhD, author of Yoga Nidra: The Meditative Heart of Yoga and founding editor of The International Journal of Yoga Therapy
"YOGA FOR DEPRESSION is a godsend: beautifully written, medically accurate, and very practical. I highly recommend it!" -- Christiane Northrup, M.D., author of Women's Bodies, Women's Wisdom and The Wisdom of Menopause
"Weintraub has written…a sensitive, intelligent, painstaking exploration of the deeper psychospiritual issues that make up the complex experience of depression." -- Phil Catalfo, Yoga Journal
It is rare to find such a generous soul, willing to embrace all approaches to yoga, unbiased and yet having intelligent discernment and advice for those searching for help. Amy offers many guidelines and solutions through yoga, to both those who suffer from depression and to yoga teachers working with them.
—Angela Farmer, internationally known master Yoga teacher
Student Testimonials:
I learned lots of ways to reduce the anxiety and depression of my patients and myself. –Aviva Sinvany-Nubel, PhD, APN, CNSC, RN, psychotherapist, Bridgewater, N.J.
My life is already changed! I will use the tools I learned in my own practice and in my work. I feel safe and seen.—Susan Andrea Weiner, MA, teacher/expressive arts facilitator, El Cerrito, CA.
This workshop has changed so much—my self-image and my life. My own heart’s desire is 100% clear. I gained tools to help myself and others to live life fully.—Marcia Siegel, Yoga teacher, therapist, Carlsbad, CA.
My personal practice will change, as well as my yoga classes. I have a better understanding of yoga!—Andrea Gattuso, RYT, Yoga Teacher, Hackettstown, N.J.
I have gained a softer heart, more receptive mind, and tools to enrich both personal and professional aspects of my life. –Regina Trailweaver, LICSW, clinical social worker, Hancock, VT.
I gained tools for working with my own depression and with my clients’ depressions.—Robert Sgona, LCSW, RYT, psychotherapist, Yoga teacher, Camden, ME.
Words do not do justice to all that I learned. This workshop changed my life! —Jen Nolan, Teacher, Cortland, NY
Following Amy’s path will certainly change mine and many lives. —Vici Williams, therapist, Newport, R.I.
February 25 - 27 : Childrens Yoga Teacher Training with Jane Anne
Details on the Childrens Teacher Training page.
March 25 - 27, 2011 Bryan Kest Power Yoga Weekend Workshop
All Levels Welcome
$255 for entire weekend (no partial attendance)
Friday, March 25, 7:00 - 9:00 pm
Orientation to a Bryan Kest Power Yoga class.
One Hour Discussion/One Hour Yoga Class.
Saturday March 26, 9:30 am - 12:00 pm
Power Yoga Class
A well-rounded flowing asana practice.
Saturday March 26, 4:30 pm - 6:30 pm
Long, Slow and Deep Stretch Class
A series of deep stretches that open the body, while challenging the mind.
Sunday March 27, 9:30 am - 12:00 pm
Power Yoga class/Wrap Up
Bryan Kest has been practicing yoga for more than 30 years. He initially studied in Hawaii with David Williams, the first person to bring Ashtanga yoga to America. He then studied in India with K. Pattabhi Jois, the main proponent of Ashtanga yoga. Kest has been teaching yoga for 24 years. “My primary objective”, says Kest, “besides turning more and more people on to a healthier, more peaceful lifestyle that continually challenges them to grow, is to teach a system of exercise that fully integrates the body, mind, and spirit.
Don’t wait, this workshop will fill up fast!!
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