3/23 Yoga Therapy for Memory & Focus
2019-03-23 12:30 - 14:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | Be The Change Yoga, 14988 Sand Canyon Ave, Studio 5, Irvine, CA, 92618, United States
How Can Yoga Improve Memory and Cognition?

Yoga Therapists work with students one-on-one to assist them in creating positive change in all aspects of life. Whether the student is experiencing a specific health condition such as physical, mental, or emotional discomfort, or is looking to upgrade outdated habits; a Yoga Therapist is equipped to develop customized practices to meet the students needs, achieve goals, and faithfully oversee the students progress as they move out of imbalance and towards a state of optimal health and joy. In effect, Yoga Therapists assess and treat the whole person and are considered lifestyle management experts!
Join Maggie Hsu for an afternoon of sharpening your mind and senses! The world of Yoga Therapy provides many tools for improving your focus and mental clarity. She will teach pranayama and meditation techniques to improve cognition and memory.

Workshop Info

Saturday, March 23rd
12:30 – 2:30 pm
$20 pre-registration/ $25 day of

About Maggie

Maggie Hsu has trained in Power Vinyasa, Hot Yoga, and graduated our 850 hr Yoga Therapist program. Maggie was first introduced to Yoga philosophy and its history while studying at USC and has continued to take an interest in studying the knowledge imparted down from ancient civilizations.

In her flow-based classes, Maggie incorporates breath-work with mindful focus on muscle engagement and safe alignment. Students can expect to be challenged in a playful way through the physical expressions of inversions and arm balances. In her Sound Bath + Yoga classes, Maggie incorporates subtle body tools like healing sounds, breath practices, and mindful meditations.

4/6 Yoga Therapy for Digestion
2019-04-06 12:30 - 14:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | Be The Change Yoga, 14988 Sand Canyon Ave, Studio 5, Irvine, CA, 92618, United States
This Workshop is Open to All Students

Yoga Therapists work with students one-on-one to assist them in creating positive change in all aspects of life. Whether the student is experiencing a specific health condition such as physical, mental, or emotional discomfort, or is looking to upgrade outdated habits; a Yoga Therapist is equipped to develop customized practices to meet the students needs, achieve goals, and faithfully oversee the students progress as they move out of imbalance and towards a state of optimal health and joy. In effect, Yoga Therapists assess and treat the whole person and are considered lifestyle management experts!
Yoga offers several tools that help cleanse, stimulate, aid and encourage good digestive function. Digestive issues are common. There are many reasons why we may experience an imbalance, sensitive or painful gut. Yoga can help greatly by recalibrating the flight/fight/freeze response and create a better relationship between the brain in the gut and the brain in our head. If you suffer from any digestive issues, yoga can help alleviate symptoms, keep stress in check and prove your overall digestive health. This workshop is for anyone who has experienced symptoms related to the digestion or who want to learn more about yoga tools for simple, easy ways to help improve digestive health.

In this workshop, we will cover:

Understanding the importance of our “Agni” digestive fire and the roll it plays in our physical, energetic and emotional being.
The Vagus Nerve – Simple techniques to improve tone and its importance to digestion.
Breathing to tap into the parasympathetic nervous system of “rest and digest”.
Poses that focus on the abdominal area and digestive organs.
Stretching and twists that gently create natural movement and flow in areas that are either deplete or over stimulated to help restore balance.

Workshop Info

Saturday, April 6th
12:30 – 2:30 pm
$25 pre-registration/$35 day of

Alexandra Boggio

Alexandra, Certified Usui Reiki Master / Master Teacher, Certified RYT 500 ERYT 200 Yoga Instructor, CNC – Certified Nutritional Consultant and IFHI- Fellow of the Institute for Human Individuality, Energy Healer & Meditation Instructor. She facilities the Reiki Training classes, intern mentorships and ongoing Reiki Healing Group.
Alexandra believes that our Western society places a great emphasis towards treating illness and disease by means of pharmacology. “Where there are amazing lifesaving drugs, often we focus on the symptoms and not the root cause. This also often leaves out one important aspect of the human body – its amazing ability to heal itself when given the right conditions. This is where energy and Reiki comes in and can be a fantastic complimentary healing modality.” Through the means of Reiki, one gains a greater awareness and sense of empowerment towards healing.
Alexandra’s focus is on self-healing and on using Reiki to maintain balance in one’s life. Alexandra believes that each person can take responsibility for his or her own healing process and wellness. Her job is to help increase awareness of the subtle body, assist, guide, and provide tools to aid each person’s unique healing journey.
In addition, Alexandra also works with clients one-on-one. During a private Healing Session, Alexandra helps the client to identify where the root of the issue lies energetically and helps to develop a sustainable wellness plan. She works with releasing the blocked and traumatic energy of events from this life, past lives. Each session includes balancing physical and emotional aspects of the body, chakras (subtle energy centers of the body), clearing aura (also known as one’s energetic boundaries) and if necessary, removal of energetic attachments.

5/9 Shakti Fest
2019-05-09 08:00 - 2019-05-13 17:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Joshua Tree Retreat Center, 59700 29 Palms Hwy, Joshua Tree, CA, 92252, United States
We love Shakti Fest! Although we are not teaching this year, we strongly encourage our community to spend time on retreat in this beautiful yoga + music festival. It’s an annual event featuring workshops, intensives, a vendor village, and a healing sanctuary. We would love for you to sing, dance and practice Yoga with us for 3-days in Joshua Tree!
Shakti Fest celebrates the devotional paths of yoga, Kirtan (sacred music), and meditation and places a special emphasis on the Divine Feminine. Our festival is a drug and alcohol-free vehicle for evolution of human consciousness through a heart-centered revolution. Bring your yoga mats this coming May to the idyllic Joshua Tree Retreat Center, located in the beautiful region 2 hours east of Los Angeles. Practice with the best yoga teachers in the world, dance to sacred music by world-renown Kirtan artists, and take workshops with leaders in the field of personal growth. Camp out beneath the stars or stay at one of our many accommodations on and offsite; enjoy the swimming pool and free filtered drinking water; stop in at “Conscious Kids Land” and expose your children to other enlightened families; enjoy the best vegetarian food at any festival. We offer student, senior, and local resident discounts. We’re building sacred community—join us!
Details and schedule on the website.

6/2 Kirtan with Rob and Melissa
2019-06-02 19:00 - 20:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | Be The Change Yoga, 14988 Sand Canyon Ave, Studio 5, Irvine, CA, 92618, United States
This Special Event is Open to All Students
Kirtan (call and response chanting) is the heartbeat of Bhakti Yoga, the yoga of devotion. Rob and Melissa’s kirtan is a fresh take on an ancient practice and their heart-filled songs blend Sanskrit chants with modern, accessible melodies and lush harmonies. Their music has been described as “heart-opening bliss,” “joyful medicine,” and “love and devotion materialized!” Whether you’re new to kirtan or a life long devotee, Rob and Melissa create a fun, accessible and sacred space…the perfect setting for a joy-filled celebration of the divine!

Event Info

Sunday, June 2nd
7:00 – 8:30 pm Kirtan
$15 pre-reg / $20 day of even

About Rob + Melissa

Rob and Melissa are Bhakti yogis, teachers, and kirtan singers devoted to celebrating the divine through the practice of kirtan (call and response chanting). Their latest CD, Tejase, was produced by award-winning mantra music producer Ben Leinbach (Jai Uttal, Deva Premal, and many more) and has been described as “heart-opening bliss,” “joyful medicine,” and “love and devotion materialized!” Learn more about them, and listen to their music at: robandmelissa.com

8/10 Yoga Therapy for Addiction
2019-08-10 12:30 - 18:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | Be The Change Yoga, 14988 Sand Canyon Ave, Studio 5, Irvine, CA, 92618, United States
This Course is Open to All Students: August 10th, 2019
Learn about the nature of addiction from a wellness-based perspective rather than a disease-based model. Veteran Yoga Therapist, Robert Birnberg seamlessly interweaves the time-tested wisdom of the Yoga Sutras, along with the evidence-based practices of positive psychology to offer a holistic model for understanding and treating addiction.
This one-day workshop is open to all students curious in understanding addiction from this particular lens or yoga teachers / therapists looking to work with clients dealing with addiction issues.

Additional Information

Saturday, 8/10 12:30 – 6:30pm
$115, included in 850 HR Autopay

Robert Birnberg has been a student of the Yoga Sutras for over four decades. For the past twenty years, he has studied this brilliant work with teachers in the lineage of T.Krishnamacharya, the father of modern Yoga. He is one of a handful of people personally certified by Krishnamacharya’s son, T.K.V. Desikachar to train teachers. Robert is dedicated to mining the Sutra’s timeless truths for common sense life-skills, leading to increased optimism, better health, more satisfying relationships, and measurably enhanced wellbeing. He teaches private, therapeutic Yoga, trains teachers in the U.S and abroad and is on the faculty of the Loyola Marymount Yoga Therapy Program. Robert is also a certified Positive Psychology Coach, allowing him to effectively combine Yoga’s tools with proven Positive Psychology interventions.

8/11 Coaching Parameters for Yoga Teachers
2019-08-11 12:00 - 18:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Be The Change Yoga, 14988 Sand Canyon Ave, Studio 5, Irvine, CA, 92618, United States
This Course is Open to Yoga Teachers: August 11th, 2019
Yoga has always been practiced in a one-on-one format, where the teacher / therapist holds space for the student to explore and reflect upon all aspects of their life with the goal of creating positive change that leads to more sustained joy.
In this very special workshop, led by veteran Yoga Therapist, Robert Birnberg, you will learn the parameters of wellness coaching utilizing the timeless tools of the Yoga Sutras, coupled with the evidence-based research of modern-day positive psychology practices.
This one-day workshop is open to yoga teacher looking to enhance their skill sets in working with clients in a one-on-one setting.

Additional Information

Sunday, 8/11 12:00 – 5:45pm
$115, included in 850 HR Autopay

Robert Birnberg has been a student of the Yoga Sutras for over four decades. For the past twenty years, he has studied this brilliant work with teachers in the lineage of T.Krishnamacharya, the father of modern Yoga. He is one of a handful of people personally certified by Krishnamacharya’s son, T.K.V. Desikachar to train teachers. Robert is dedicated to mining the Sutra’s timeless truths for common sense life-skills, leading to increased optimism, better health, more satisfying relationships, and measurably enhanced wellbeing. He teaches private, therapeutic Yoga, trains teachers in the U.S and abroad and is on the faculty of the Loyola Marymount Yoga Therapy Program. Robert is also a certified Positive Psychology Coach, allowing him to effectively combine Yoga’s tools with proven Positive Psychology interventions.

8/16 Dance / Movement Sangha - Spiritual Night Life
2019-08-16 19:30 - 21:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Be The Change Yoga, 14988 Sand Canyon Ave, Studio 5, Irvine, CA, 92618, United States
Dance. Movement. Spiritual Nightlife
In this exclusive event, join Cheri for a guided adventure within your own body and creativity – an evening of dance, improvisation, and community. Step off your mat, build community, explore creative expression and switch on with this new ‘spiritual nightlife’ offering at Be The Change.
We begin with a brief circle to set intentions, then move through guided warmups, improvisation prompts and into total freestyle bliss – flow state through movement and music. We end by returning to stillness, gathering for a brief closing circle, and depart feeling free, light and satisfied.
Consider loose layers, long pants/sleeves, and socks to take you through stillness, rolling/floor work, moving through space, and back into stillness and rest.
This workshop is appropriate for students of all levels and backgrounds.

Friday, August 16th, 2019
7:30 – 9:00 pm
$15-$25 sliding scale donation
Bare feet or socks recommended or dance shoes only (no street shoes please)
Substance-free event
Email Cheri with questions – dostalcheri@gmail.com

8/31 Roll + Restore Workshop
2019-08-31 12:30 - 14:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | Be The Change Yoga, 14988 Sand Canyon Ave, Studio 5, Irvine, CA, 92618, United States
This Workshop is Open to Students of All Levels and Backgrounds

Tune up your tissues by rolling them out. We will be rolling from head to toe, covering areas of the body in which most people carry tension. We all hold tightness in various places in the body and rolling helps to:

• Release tension
• Help to rehydrate tissues
• Provide greater ease of movement
• Increase your proprioception, knowing where your body is in space
• Activate your relaxation response
Learn the skills to do your own rolling. Students will leave feeling refreshed and at ease. We will conclude our rolling time with a restorative relaxation pose at then end. No prior rolling experience is necessary.

Workshop Info

Saturday, August 31st, 12:30 – 2:30
$45 prior to August 24th, $50 afterwards or CLICK TO REGISTER / PURCHASE
$60 Tune-up balls included prior to August 24th, $65 afterwards CLICK TO REGISTER / PURCHASE

About Susan

Susan Kjesbo is a Therapeutic yoga teacher focusing on the healing aspects of yoga, she works to help her students connect the mind, body and spirit by creating a compassionate environment during class. Yoga for bone strength and reducing stress are two of her specialities. She has trained with Loren Fishman and is currently participating in the International Study, Yoga vs. Osteoporosis being conducted by Loren Fishman. www.susankjesbo.com

9/9 The Business of Yoga for Teachers
2019-09-09 19:00 - 20:30 UTC | Be The Change Yoga, 14988 Sand Canyon Ave, Studio 5, Irvine, CA, 92618, United States
You Have a Yoga Business: Learn How to Foster Growth

A workshop for yoga teachers and trainees
Most of us in the yoga world function as entrepreneurs – meaning, we need to know how to talk about what we offer, and generate opportunities and income. We work hard to get certified, but we don’t always receive business mentoring to set us up for success.
Even if we want our work to focus on hands on, in person teaching, we know the web plays a role in how we connect with and nurture our students.
In this introductory business workshop, you’ll get clear on the following:

Who you want to teach and why
How to reach your specific audience
How to start cultivating an online presence
Why capturing an email is more important than social media followers
How to venture into offering online programs

Workshop Info

Monday, September 9th
7:00 – 8:30 pm
$30 Pre-Registration before September 2nd/ $35 week of
Space limited

About Cheri
Cheri Dostal Ryba is Co-Director of our Yoga Therapist Training. She is a Yoga Therapist Specializing in Musculoskeletal Ailments, and a Franklin Method Movement Educator. Cheri has been teaching movement and embodiment for 15 years.

Cheri started practicing Yoga as a dance student, and completed her B.A. Dance Degree. She then trained in New Zealand with Donna Farhi’s Advanced Yoga Teacher Training program. After a decade in the fitness industry as a Certified Personal Trainer through NASM, Cheri turned her training and energy toward more therapeutic outcomes through embodiment. Yoga, meditation and running helped her navigate personal trauma and rebuild her immune function, hope and resilience. Cheri deeply believes in the power of embodied movement practice.
Anatomy is often at the core of her lessons, giving students what Cheri playfully calls ‘x-ray vision’. She blends yoga, dance, developmental movement patterns, The Franklin Method, restorative yoga and fitness education. As a Movement and Yoga Therapist, she’s helped people with chronic pain, sacroiliac joint and pelvic, neck and back injuries, mental health/anxiety and to improve digestive health. Cheri’s contagious enthusiasm inspires you to reconnect with the joy of movement.

9/18 - 9/22 Neurogenic Yoga + TRE Teacher Training
2019-09-18 12:30 - 2019-09-22 17:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | Be The Change Yoga, 14988 Sand Canyon Ave, Studio 5, Irvine, CA, 92618, United States
Neurogenic Yoga + TRE Training
We are excited to announce our 2019 West Coast Neurogenic Yoga & Tension and Trauma Releasing Exercises Global Certification Program! You will be expertly guided through two face-to-face training modules facilitated by the Neurogenic Yoga and TRE Trainer, Jennica Mills. Plus, one-on-one online supervisions designed to deepen your experience and provide you with professional feedback as you integrate Neurogenic Yoga and TRE into your personal and professional practice.

We look forward to an exciting journey with you!
Neurogenic Yoga™ is a revolutionary technique in trauma healing and stress reduction.This practice combines yoga asana and pranayama with the body’s natural, therapeutic shaking response. This shaking response in humans, much the same as the instinctual shaking in animals, is the nervous system’s way of discharging long-held tension and trauma, or unconscious muscle contraction in order to restore the body to wholeness. When the nervous system identifies threat, vibration or shaking in the body is designed to occur automatically. However, negative social constructs and beliefs around what it means to allow ourselves to shake, tremor, or show vulnerability, condition us out of this innate release mechanism at a very early age. Neurogenic Yoga reawakens our body’s intrinsic release mechanism for optimal health.Neurogenic Yoga is a simple, gentle and profound practice that facilities the lengthening and relaxation of the psoas muscle and the release of physical and emotional stress and tension. During a Neurogenic Yoga™ practice, we safely self induce therapeutic vibration using yoga postures and breath. Often vibration begins in the legs and may spread throughout the entire body. This method is based on Dr. David Berceli’s technique of Trauma Releasing Exercises® (TRE®).
Neurogenic Yoga™ is a technique under the umbrella of Tension and Trauma Releasing Exercises ® (TRE®) as developed by Dr. David Berceli.
David Berceli, Ph.D. is an international expert in the areas of trauma intervention and conflict resolution. He is also the energetic and creative founder and CEO of Trauma Recovery Services (1998). For the past 22 years he has lived and worked in nine countries providing trauma relief workshops and designing recovery programs for international organizations around the world. Dave has lived and worked extensively in Israel/Palestine, Sudan, Uganda, Kenya, Yemen, Egypt, and Lebanon. Fluent in English and Arabic, David brings a keen understanding of the intertwining dynamics of religion and ethnic customs and has developed specific processes to enable people to manage personal trauma as well as bring healing and reconciliation between diverse groups. He is the creator of a revolutionary and unique set of Trauma Releasing Exercises (TRE™) that help release the deep chronic tension created in the body during a traumatic experience. David continues to be involved in trauma recovery programs not solely for the sake of reducing the suffering caused by trauma but because he has recognized globally that trauma possesses unique possibilities of transformation in the individual if they pursue their recovery process to its ultimate end.
For more information about Dr. David Berceli and Tension and Trauma Releasing Excercises (TRE) please visit: www.TraumaPrevention.com

Module 1 Training

Dates: September 18-22nd, 2019
Wednesday and Thursday both modules: 12:30 – 5:00 pm
Friday, Saturday, and Sunday both modules: 12:30 – 8:30 pm

Please send all of your questions and application information via email to Jennica Mills at Jennica@NeurogenicYoga.com. Questions by phone or text (480) 223-8686.

About Jennica

Jennica Mills, MSW, E-RYT has extensive experience in facilitation of body-based therapies, trauma recovery, and sexual wellness. Her techniques give way to a unique perspective on how we can experience physical, emotional, and mental freedom.
Guided by the premise that we already contain the power to heal, be inspired, and experience connectedness, Jennica’s approach is designed to tap into the body’s innate intelligence to release stress and tension patterns that inhibit us from experiencing our fullness.
She holds a Masters in Social Work and is the co-founder of Neurogenic Yoga. She is an experienced Yoga Teacher, Sexual Wellness Coach, TRE Global Provider, and Tantra teacher. Jennica travels the globe leading certification trainings in Neurogenic Yoga and facilitates workshops in sexual wellness and trauma recovery. She maintains a private practice working with individuals and couples in Southern California.
Jennica is known for creating an easeful and safe environment for deep and powerful work while providing innovative tools and methods for transformation.

10/21 Treating Adrenal Fatigue
2019-10-21 19:00 - 20:30 UTC | Be The Change Yoga, 14988 Sand Canyon Ave, Studio 5, Irvine, CA, 92618, United States
Why are we so tired?

Please join Dr. Dhurga Reddy for a discussion on Adrenal Fatigue, a condition many of us in our busy, fast-paced world suffer from. Adrenal Fatigue not only causes a general feeling of tiredness, but it can also affect hormone balance, weight management, and mood. In our workshop, we will talk about how to tell if you have Adrenal Fatigue and how to address it using a natural and mindful approach. Please bring your questions! We look forward to seeing you.

Monday, October 21st
7:00 – 8:30 pm
$25 pre-registration/ $35 day of event

About Dhurga

Dr. Dhurga Reddy is a Naturopathic Doctor practicing at Coastal Acupuncture and Natural Health Center in Costa Mesa, CA. She sees patients of all ages, with a particular focus on hormone balancing and pediatrics. She is passionate about educating and empowering her patients to live mindfully in order to help them achieve their highest level of health.

11/23 The Yoga Sutras and You
2019-11-23 12:30 - 14:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | Be The Change Yoga, 14988 Sand Canyon Ave, Studio 5, Irvine, CA, 92618, United States
This Course is Open to All Students
Composed over 2,300 years ago, the Sutras present Yoga as a complete system of spiritual psychology and philosophy. This wisdom offers profound insights on the nature of the mind, as well as a wealth of resources for reducing suffering and cultivating more sustained joy. Familiarity with the Sutras is essential for the most effective practice of Yoga as well as a deeper understanding of Yoga psychology. Studying these timeless truths with a qualified teacher (one with whom you resonate) is a journey deep into the human heart and mind.

In the Krishnamacharya lineage, the teachings outlined in the Yoga Sutras are presented with a therapeutic lens. We look to the Sutras to identify which patterns are no longer working and to help us create newer, better ones!
Ashley is passionate about diving deeper into this work on a one-on-one basis, and is excited to provide an overview of usable tools to get you started in this new direction! Please bring a journal and a pen.
In this workshop, you will learn:

A Brief History of Yoga
How to identify vasanas and samskaras (our deep conditioning)
Why Yoga is “Replacement Therapy”
How to implement new habits using vinyasa krama
To create a bhavana
Which Tools from the 8 Limbs of Yoga work best for you

Workshop Info

Saturday, 11/23 12:30 – 2:30 pm
Pre-Registration Pricing $30
Same Day Pricing $40

About Ashley
Ashley Arroliga, C-IAYT, RYT-500, views yoga as a healing art. She completed her 200 HR, 300 HR, and Yoga Therapist trainings here at Be the Change Yoga. Ashley has a great love of holistic healing methods. She has a Bachelor’s in Psychology from Thomas Edison State University, and loves combining this background with the Yoga Sutras in practice.

Ashley teaches all levels of yoga, from therapeutic practices to intermediate vinyasa and hatha flow classes. She specializes in yoga for anxiety and stress management, has designed programs for first responders, children, and seniors, and is passionate about working with pregnant mothers. She is a Viniyoga practitioner, meeting her students where they are and designing practices specific to their needs. She builds strong connections with her students and loves taking on private clients to delve deeper into the many tools yoga offers.

1/5 Meditation for Non-Meditators
2020-01-05 12:00 - 14:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | Be The Change Yoga, 14988 Sand Canyon Ave, Studio 5, Irvine, CA, 92618, United States
This Workshop is Open to Students of All Levels and Backgrounds

We all want happiness. The causes of happiness lives within our minds, deep within our hearts. The methods for achieving happiness presented in this 2-part workshop can be applied at any time, any place and anywhere.Practicing meditation will increase positive development in your attitudes (empathy in your heart) and mental clarity displayed by mindful choices (compassion in action) towards people, places, events, and life situations. Learn introspectional self-analysis, concentration and deep contemplation, life-changing tools for your own personal happiness and healthy relationships with others.
Part One: Following the Breath, Purification and Motivation Meditation, and
Clarity of the Mind Meditation
Part Two: Equanimity Meditation, Forgiveness and Loving Kindness Meditation,
and A Meditation for the Non-Meditator for Happiness
Price includes a complimentary phone call follow up with teacher.

Workshop Info

Part 1: Sunday, January 5th 12:00 – 2:30 pm
Part 2: Sunday, March 22nd 12:00 – 2:30 pm
$40 pre-registration / $50 day of for 1 class
$75 pre-registration / $85 day of for both classes (recommended)

About Megan
Megan McCarver’s advance trainings are comprised of a Master’s Degree in Marriage Family Counseling, Completion of Yoga Therapy Rx, a Certification from YogaWorks, E-RYT-500 Yoga Alliance, and over 1008 hours of Formal Yoga Teacher Trainings and Self Care.
Her advanced yoga education and experience in teaching Wellness and Yoga for Pain Management offers her talents to customize a program for the patients individualized goals. Megan co-founded Santa Monica Yoga in California in 1993 and is currently teaching here at Be the Change and at YogaWorks in Mission Viejo, CA. In addition, she is the Wellness Consultant at Orange County Pain and Wellness as well as seeing patients privately at the Ayurvedic Garage in San Juan Capistrano.
See more at: www.meganmccarver.com

1/27 Mothers Circle
2020-01-27 19:00 - 21:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Be The Change Yoga, 14988 Sand Canyon Ave, Studio 5, Irvine, CA, 92618, United States
This Course is Open to All Students
“Holding Mom” is a 10 month journey designed for mothers and care-givers to experience more nourishment and a deeper sense of belonging. This is an opportunity to unite through our diverse experiences of daughterhood and motherhood, to bear witness to each other and drink from the well of sisterhood. We’ll meet once a month for two hours in an intimate group setting to explore a unique theme that will build week by week.
Within the safe container of our circle, we’ll come to know ourselves better through self-inquiry practices and the experience of being mirrored by others. We’ll use the framework of universal archetypes to do this deep dive into our own relationship with The Feminine and how that plays out in our interpersonal relationships. We’ll explore the intricate tapestry of our mind-body system; witnessing how our anatomy, physiology, psychology, sexuality and spirituality impact our daily life.
Our time together will be a blend of movement, breath work, discussion, and creative exercises aimed at providing opportunities for you to practice being on the receiving end of love, from yourself and from the group. You’ll learn the art of self-mothering and have a safe place to share your victories and your challenges to others on the same path toward wholeness. This circle is open to all, regardless of gender identify or relationship to motherhood.

Dates
Monday Evenings

1/27/20

2/17/20

3/16/20

4/20/20

5/18/20

6/15/20

7/20/20

8/17/20

9/21/20

10/26/20

Pricing

$200 Pre-Registration before January 20th, 2020
$225 After January 20th, 2020

About Kelsey

Kelsey Delane, E-RYT 500, is a Doula, Yoga Mentor, & Reiki Master who guides fellow Yogis, Yoga Teachers, and mothers toward more sustained joy using time-tested, practical tools. She is especially enthusiastic about teaching the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali through one on one mentorship, online platforms and in-person workshops. Kelsey also shares her love of Yoga by training upcoming teachers throughout Orange County, and working with teen girls through UPLIFT Yoga Foundation.
Kelsey has over 1000 hours of formal training ranging from power yoga to trauma informed yoga which equip her with a wide range of tools for meeting her students where they are in the journey. She believes that the key to optimal health is balance, and strives to live this out in the way she cares for her body, mind and relationships. When she is not teaching or practicing Yoga, you’ll find Kelsey curled up with a book alongside her husband, two daughters and sweet pup, Cooper.

2/9 Level 1 Reiki Training
2020-02-09 12:30 - 17:30 UTC | Be The Change Yoga, 14988 Sand Canyon Ave, Studio 5, Irvine, CA, 92618, United States
These courses are intended for those new to Reiki or for individuals who want to take their practice to the next level. By learning and understanding this course material, students will also have the opportunity to heal and grow personally in order to better serve others. You will learn about Reiki, a universal energy that has been used successfully all over the world to heal emotional, physical and energetic imbalances.
The classes are a combination of lecture, discussion, demonstration and practice time. Each student experiences giving and receiving treatments and the hand placement system.
Level 1 Training
This beginning training is one of the most thorough and comprehensive available. It includes both a combination of the Japanese style as taught by Dr. Usui and Western style as introduced by Mrs. Takata. In Level 1 of this course you will be introduced to Reiki. We concentrate on open the physical body to accept energetic life force energy channels. An attunement of First Degree Reiki raises the vibratory rate of the four energy centers in the upper part of the body and in the hands. The channel is then sealed. Once you are attuned to the Reiki energy, it will never go away and you will retain it for life. Upon receiving the Level 1 attunement, you will be able to channel Reiki for healing self and others.

February 9th, 2020
Sunday 12:30 – 5:30 pm
Usui Reiki Level 1 Cost: $249

About Karen

A yogi practitioner for 30 years and a teacher for 10, Karen Duganier believes we all contain an innate ability to heal. Pursuing her passion in energy work and as a natural complement to her yoga practice, Karen became a Certified Reiki Master trained in the Usui tradition with an additional Karuna® Reiki Master Certification. Using an intuitive approach ushering the client’s energy toward its own natural state of healing and ease, Karen often blends the use stones and essential oils into her healing sessions. Holding space for each individual, Karen approaches every session with compassion and strives toward making her on table technique unique and meaningful for your life that day, guiding the body toward balance and peace.

2/22 Business of Yoga - Part 1
2020-02-22 12:30 - 16:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Be The Change Yoga, 14988 Sand Canyon Ave, Studio 5, Irvine, CA, 92618, United States
A special 2-part workshop for Yoga Teachers looking to gain the entrepreneurial skills to develop a thriving yoga career. Led by Katie Allen and Cheri Dostal Ryba, with guest lecturer Krystal Thomas of the UC Berkeley School of Business.

Topics Covered

What does it really take to be an entrepreneur?
Building business confidence
Secrets/keys to pitching yourself and your ideas
Business administration 101
Time Management / Scheduling
Finding your niche / setting yourself apart
Pricing Your Services
Marketing basics: website, social media, email lists

Workshop Info

Saturday February 22nd – 12:30 – 4:00 pm
Saturday February 29th – 12:30 – 4:00 pm
$99 pre-registration or $115 day of for both
$55 pre-registration or $60 day of for single day
Included in Levels 2/3 Yoga Therapist Training and Alumni

Krystal Jalene Thomas MFA, BS is a Continuing Lecturer and member of the Professional Faculty at Berkeley Haas. She holds degrees from Berkeley Haas and the USC School of Cinematic Arts, Peter Stark Producing Program. A regular on the “Haas Club Six” list of faculty achieving high student ratings, Thomas has been consistently recognized for her teaching work in marketing and communications. Her first book “Office Hours: How to Go from School to World Rule” was released by Sentia in 2018. Read More

Katie Allen MPH, C-IAYT co-founded Be The Change Yoga and is the School Director for the 300-hour Teacher Training Program and 850-hour Yoga Therapist Training. She received her Master’s degree in Public Health from Tulane University and wrote her thesis on Yoga’s Ability to Prevent and Treat Chronic Diseases.
Since then, her mission is to use her public health lens as a means of advancing the field of Yoga Therapy. She develops yoga therapy program for hospitals, health systems and founded AlcheMe Yoga Therapy, a professional yoga therapy organization consisting of education, research, program implementation and job creation.

Cheri Dostal Ryba C-IAYT, Franklin Method Movement Educator and Yoga Therapist, has been teaching movement for 15 years, full time since 2007. She started practicing Yoga as a student in a B.A. Dance degree program, and began teaching and studying Yoga more formally in 2007.
Studying and teaching about the human body and brain is her lifelong passion. Anatomy is often at the core of her lessons, giving students what she playfully calls ‘x-ray vision’. She blends yoga, dance, Franklin Method, and fitness education to address your goals.
Cheri offers one on one private sessions to adults. As a yoga therapist, she’s helped people with chronic pain, sacroiliac joint and back injuries, stroke survivor, mental health/anxiety, TMJ and neck issues, digestive health, pelvic pain and incontinence.

2/23 Level 3 Reiki Training
2020-02-23 12:30 - 17:30 UTC | Be The Change Yoga, 14988 Sand Canyon Ave, Studio 5, Irvine, CA, 92618, United States
These courses are intended for those new to Reiki or for individuals who want to take their practice to the next level. By learning and understanding this course material, students will also have the opportunity to heal and grow personally in order to better serve others. You will learn about Reiki, a universal energy that has been used successfully all over the world to heal emotional, physical and energetic imbalances.
The classes are a combination of lecture, discussion, demonstration and practice time. Each student experiences giving and receiving treatments and the hand placement system.

Level 3 Training

In Level 3, is the highest level and ability to access Reiki energies this attunement will amplify the ability to access and channel the Reiki energies to the fullest degree. You will learn how and perform attunements on others wanting to utilize Reiki for themselves. This is designed for those who wish to practice at the highest degree as a practitioner and become a Reiki Master.

February 23rd, 2020
12:30 – 5:30 pm
Usui Reiki Level 1 Cost: $249

About Karen

A yogi practitioner for 30 years and a teacher for 10, Karen Duganier believes we all contain an innate ability to heal. Pursuing her passion in energy work and as a natural complement to her yoga practice, Karen became a Certified Reiki Master trained in the Usui tradition with an additional Karuna® Reiki Master Certification. Using an intuitive approach ushering the client’s energy toward its own natural state of healing and ease, Karen often blends the use stones and essential oils into her healing sessions. Holding space for each individual, Karen approaches every session with compassion and strives toward making her on table technique unique and meaningful for your life that day, guiding the body toward balance and peace.

2/29 Business of Yoga - Part 2
2020-02-29 12:30 - 16:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Be The Change Yoga, 14988 Sand Canyon Ave, Studio 5, Irvine, CA, 92618, United States

3/16 Business Mentorship Series for Yoga Teachers
2020-03-16 19:00 - 20:30 UTC | Be The Change Yoga, 14988 Sand Canyon Ave, Studio 5, Irvine, CA, 92618, United States
This Series is Open to Yoga Teachers

Sit in sangha and accelerate your growth with a monthly, virtual mentorship focused on building a sustainable business as a Yoga entrepreneur. Each month, we’ll assess 3 key areas: our personal wellbeing, our business goals and growth, and how to best support clients by sharing case studies. Special training topics to be determined based on needs of participants. You’ll leave each session with key action steps for the weeks ahead, keeping you on track and more motivated than doing this all alone. We’ll celebrate your wins each month, too, because that’s fuel for our fire!

Your guide for this mentorship experience is Cheri Dostal Ryba, C-IAYT, faculty and Co-Director of AlcheMe Yoga Therapy. She’s proud to have reinvented herself as an entrepreneur many times since 2007 – teaching in parks, private homes, her own studio space, hospitals and more, through cross country moves, early motherhood, and by befriending online offerings and virtual teaching. Sustaining teachers means supporting the much needed ripple effect we can make in this world – let’s work together toward your success.

Series Information
Mondays 7:00 – 8:30pm PST virtual meetings once per month by Zoom

March 16
April 20
May 11
June 15
July 20
August 24

Participants must enroll for and commit to all 6 months. Live participation is truly best, although a recording will also be sent to the group.
Pricing
$229 for series when registering by Monday, March 9 ($38/month
$269 for series when registering on or after March 10 ($45/month)

About Cheri
Cheri Dostal Ryba is Co-Director of our Yoga Therapist Training. She is a Yoga Therapist Specializing in Musculoskeletal Ailments, and a Franklin Method Movement Educator. Cheri has been teaching movement and embodiment for 15 years.

Cheri started practicing Yoga as a dance student, and completed her B.A. Dance Degree. She then trained in New Zealand with Donna Farhi’s Advanced Yoga Teacher Training program. After a decade in the fitness industry as a Certified Personal Trainer through NASM, Cheri turned her training and energy toward more therapeutic outcomes through embodiment. Yoga, meditation and running helped her navigate personal trauma and rebuild her immune function, hope and resilience. Cheri deeply believes in the power of embodied movement practice.
Anatomy is often at the core of her lessons, giving students what Cheri playfully calls ‘x-ray vision’. She blends yoga, dance, developmental movement patterns, The Franklin Method, restorative yoga and fitness education. As a Movement and Yoga Therapist, she’s helped people with chronic pain, sacroiliac joint and pelvic, neck and back injuries, mental health/anxiety and to improve digestive health. Cheri’s contagious enthusiasm inspires you to reconnect with the joy of movement.

5/3 Level 2 Reiki Training
2020-05-03 12:30 - 17:30 UTC | Be The Change Yoga, 14988 Sand Canyon Ave, Studio 5, Irvine, CA, 92618, United States
These courses are intended for those new to Reiki or for individuals who want to take their practice to the next level. By learning and understanding this course material, students will also have the opportunity to heal and grow personally in order to better serve others. You will learn about Reiki, a universal energy that has been used successfully all over the world to heal emotional, physical and energetic imbalances.
The classes are a combination of lecture, discussion, demonstration and practice time. Each student experiences giving and receiving treatments and the hand placement system.
Level 2 Training

In Level 2 of this course you will learn how to perform Reiki from a distance as well as how to use aspects of the Reiki energy to clear unwanted habits and manifest your goals. This is a quantum leap in the ability to access the Reiki energies. Second Degree Reiki emphasis is on adjusting the emotional energy body, rather than the physical body, differing from the primary focus of First Degree. You will learn how to draw the Reiki symbols, activate and use them. Their many uses are explained and their inner meaning is discussed. Practice time is given so students know from experience how the energy of each symbols feels and the results each symbol produces.

May 3rd, 2020
12:30 – 5:30 pm
Usui Reiki Level 1 Cost: $249

About Karen

A yogi practitioner for 30 years and a teacher for 10, Karen Duganier believes we all contain an innate ability to heal. Pursuing her passion in energy work and as a natural complement to her yoga practice, Karen became a Certified Reiki Master trained in the Usui tradition with an additional Karuna® Reiki Master Certification. Using an intuitive approach ushering the client’s energy toward its own natural state of healing and ease, Karen often blends the use stones and essential oils into her healing sessions. Holding space for each individual, Karen approaches every session with compassion and strives toward making her on table technique unique and meaningful for your life that day, guiding the body toward balance and peace.

5/9 Self Care for Moms
2020-05-09 10:00 - 11:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | Be The Change Yoga, 14988 Sand Canyon Ave, Studio 5, Irvine, CA, 92618, United States
This workshop is open to students of all levels and backgrounds

Life is challenging, even without other humans needing our attention and time. While we juggle the needs and demands of life from home, it is even more important to prioritize our own self-care. Yoga offers us fabulous tools to manage these challenges. Whether you are awaiting the arrival of your little one, or have sent them off into the world already, these tools can be of benefit to mothers of all kinds.

In this workshop we are so excited to share some simple yoga tools designed to help each of us get through our day with more grace and calm. Each tool will take from 5-20 minutes to practice, and require no extra props or supplies.

Workshop Info

Saturday, May 9th
10:00 – 11:30 am
$20 pre-registration, $25 day of workshop

Meet Linda

Linda Trumpfheller completed her Yoga Therapist Training here at Be The Change. She assists in our 200 HR Teacher Training Program, and has been teaching for over 20 years! Linda loves working with mamas as she teaches our Prenatal yoga classes. Linda also teaches our evening Be-Ginners, as well as Yin Yoga + Reiki classes. She is passionate about self care and female empowerment.

5/27 Expressive Arts for Healing
2020-05-27 18:00 - 19:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Be The Change Yoga, 14988 Sand Canyon Ave, Studio 5, Irvine, CA, 92618, United States
Healing Through Expression
Movement and Creativity are important tools we can all use to develop and strengthen the social-emotional skills we need to move through our day. Join Eve for an hour of guided visualization, embodiment, and artistic practices. Participants will be invited to express themselves using color, texture, and shape.
We will delve into the ways that we can be creative using a variety of art materials. All are welcome to participate with whatever items they have at hand. Feel free to work with crayons, markers, colored pencils or pens, or paint. You’ll need two sheets of paper to work on as well. Though the exercises are done in a virtual group setting, each student will have a deeply personal experience. Students are guided through the creative process.
No previous art experience necessary.

Workshop Info

May 27th
6:00 – 7:00 pm
Suggested Donation: $20 If you are able to pay $5, $10, or something else, that works too!

About Eve

Eve Andry, RYT 500, is an artist and therapeutic art facilitator. Eve was first introduced to art as a healing modality as a teenager. After transforming her own trauma through art and movement she became focused on creating opportunities for others to do the same. She is certified as a Social Emotional Arts Instructor through UCLArts and Healing and is also certified as an Art4Healing facilitator. Eve is passionate about creating safe spaces for people to express their feelings using color and abstract expression. She currently facilitates at several agencies with small children, at-risk youth and underserved populations.
Eve believes in the healing power of art and movement. After experiencing a trauma-informed yoga class and creating a powerful connection with her body, she became certified as a trauma-informed yoga teacher in 2016. Eve’s goal is to create opportunities for students to feel completely in charge of their bodies and their practice. Through the use of empowering language and carefully crafted prompts, Eve encourages participants to feel strong and confident in their bodies. Her goal is to fuse both art and yoga as healing in one space to promote presence, self-awareness and healing.

10/16 Yoga Nidra + The 5 Senses
2020-10-16 19:00 - 20:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | Be The Change Yoga, 14988 Sand Canyon Ave, Studio 5, Irvine, CA, 92618, United States
This workshop is open to all students.

Engage in a beautiful sensory experience! In order for our systems to heal and reset, we require deep, peaceful rest. This workshop will include guided meditation, aromatherapy, self massage, and restorative yoga. Yoga Nidra restores our energy and brings balance to the body, the spirit, and the mind.
Suggestions for what to bring for creating a sacred, comfortable environment:

Yoga mat
Eye pillow or wash cloth
Bolster(s) and/or bed pillows
2 blankets or towels

Workshop Info

Friday, October 16th
7:00 – 8:30pm
$40 pre-registration / $50 day of event

About Your Teacher: Julie

Yoga is Julie’s life, passion and purpose. She teaches a variety of styles from Gentle Restorative and Traditional Indian Hatha to Advanced Vinyasa Flow. She strives to make her classes compassionate, creative, professional and authentic. The safety and comfort of her students is her highest priority. Julie has been practicing consistently for 20 years and teaching since 2012. Originally a tree-climbing tomboy from St. Charles, Illinois, when she graduated from NIU, moved west in the 90’s and discovered the yoga community and its open-hearted people, it was true love from the get-go. She enjoyed an exciting 11 year career as a marketing executive followed by 7 years as a regional leader for a global charity. Her dedicated yoga practice sustained her through life’s ups and downs. Life tested her limits in 2010 when she lost both parents and a sister. During this time, she personally cared for her mother who suffered from cancer and dementia while simultaneously caring for her small children at ages 1, 3 and 5. She believes it was her yoga that gave her the strength and peace to navigate that incredibly difficult time Julie made a vow to dedicate the rest of her life fully to yoga and sharing it with as many people as possible. Now at 47, when she is not busy caring for her family of 5 in Mission Viejo, CA, she spends most of her spare time teaching, practicing or studying yoga. She humbly admits she feels whole. She breathes gratitude, love and respect for her teachers, students and all yogis.

10/30 Yoga Nidra + Sound Healing
2020-10-30 19:00 - 20:30 UTC | Be The Change Yoga, 14988 Sand Canyon Ave, Studio 5, Irvine, CA, 92618, United States
This workshop is open to all students.

Settle in and soothe your system. As you rest in comforting postures, enjoy gentle sounds blended together to create a healing, peaceful environment. This workshop will include guided meditation, sound therapy, and restorative yoga. Yoga Nidra helps us to enter a slow, rhythmic brain wave frequency which restores our energy and brings balance to the body, the spirit, and the mind.
Suggestions for what to bring for creating a sacred, comfortable environment:

Yoga mat
Eye pillow or wash cloth
Bolster(s) and/or bed pillows
2 blankets or towels

Workshop Info

Friday, October 30th
7:00 – 8:30pm
$40 pre-registration / $50 day of event

About Your Teacher: Jonah
When Jonah Montes had first unrolled his yoga mat, he would’ve never imagined he was just beginning to unravel a path to a life long journey of self discovery. In the 5 years of being a student of the practice, Jonah used yoga and meditation to overcome his struggles with insomnia. Jonah now hopes to use his past experience as a lense to help guided those who may be coping with issues of sleep, stress, and anxiety. Jonah is also a naturally talented musician who combines his love for music with guided imagery meditation to provide a unique healing experience for all to enjoy!

11/7 Āyurveda and Viruses (Zoom)
2020-11-07 13:00 - 15:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Be The Change Yoga, 14988 Sand Canyon Ave, Studio 5, Irvine, CA, 92618, United States
This Workshop is Open to Students of All Levels and Backgrounds

In the Caraka Samhita Āyurveda text, Janapada Uddhvāsana can be translated as the appearance and spread of a pandemic. In this discussion style workshop, we will look at some of the ways Āyurveda has viewed epidemics and pandemics historically. We will then look at simple protocols arising from both yoga and Āyurveda to help us move through these challenging times.
Workshop Info

Saturday November 7th, 2020
1:00 pm – 3:00 pm
$25 pre-registration/$30 day of
Zoom Workshop

Meet Your Teacher

Arun Deva, DASc, AYT, E-RYT(500), C-IAYT, YTRx is a NAMA certified senior āyurvedic practitioner, āyurvedic yoga therapist and an IAYT certified yoga therapist and YA certified teacher of vinyāsa krama yoga in the Kriśnamacārya tradition (E-RYT500) He has had the privilege of serving on both the National and State Āyurvedic Associations’ Boards. Currently he also chairs NAMA’s Committee for Āyurvedic Yoga Therapy. Arun teaches internationally, lectures at Conferences, writes for different publications; including peer reviewed Āyurveda Journals, and has been featured on both radio and television. He is director of Āyurveda for yoga studies at Loyola Marymount University. Born and raised in India where he began his yogic studies, Arun Deva has made his home in Los Angeles since 1977.

12/16 Roll & Restore: Self Massage Workshop
2020-12-16 19:00 - 20:15 UTC | Be The Change Yoga, 14988 Sand Canyon Ave, Studio 5, Irvine, CA, 92618, United States
This workshop is open to students of all levels and backgrounds

Have you been missing your massage therapist? Feeling tense? Work out your knots with gentle and effective self-executed myofascial release, tapping, and movement with Cheri Dostal Ryba! No experience necessary. Most of this workshop will entail laying down and resting, drooling optional. 😉

If you’ve attended earlier workshops with Cheri, and have a green or orange pair of franklin method balls, you can bring your own (use code BYOB at checkout for $35 pricing) and register at the workshop only price. This workshop is online, so otherwise work with what you have (tennis balls are an alternative). Then roll yourself right into bed after!

Workshop Info

7:00 pm – 8:15 pm
$35 pre-registration pricing by December 14th/$40 after no Therapy Balls needed (Add to Cart, Then Use Discount Code BYOB)
$45 pre-registration pricing by December 14th/$50 after including Therapy Balls

About Cheri
Cheri Dostal Ryba is Co-Director of our Yoga Therapist Training. She is a Yoga Therapist Specializing in Musculoskeletal Ailments, and a Franklin Method Movement Educator. Cheri has been teaching movement and embodiment for 15 years.

Cheri started practicing Yoga as a dance student, and completed her B.A. Dance Degree. She then trained in New Zealand with Donna Farhi’s Advanced Yoga Teacher Training program. After a decade in the fitness industry as a Certified Personal Trainer through NASM, Cheri turned her training and energy toward more therapeutic outcomes through embodiment. Yoga, meditation and running helped her navigate personal trauma and rebuild her immune function, hope and resilience. Cheri deeply believes in the power of embodied movement practice.
Anatomy is often at the core of her lessons, giving students what Cheri playfully calls ‘x-ray vision’. She blends yoga, dance, developmental movement patterns, The Franklin Method, restorative yoga and fitness education. As a Movement and Yoga Therapist, she’s helped people with chronic pain, sacroiliac joint and pelvic, neck and back injuries, mental health/anxiety and to improve digestive health. Cheri’s contagious enthusiasm inspires you to reconnect with the joy of movement.

Yoga, Nutrition, and Accountability Course
2021-01-09 09:00 - 2021-02-13 10:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | Be The Change Yoga, 14988 Sand Canyon Ave, Studio 5, Irvine, CA, 92618, United States
Start the Year off Right!
This series is all about learning to customize your unique goals and aspirations for the mind and body you want. This program is a valuable and innovate approach towards exploring science based tools to untangle, discern and learn the complex world of diet and nutrition. Together with the mindful aspects of yoga we will learn to claim a holistic approach to food, weight management and a balanced life.
We will explore healthy new approaches to diet and nutrition such as eating with the seasons, dietary lifestyle practices and yoga as a therapy to harmonize all of these modalities for real and lasting results.
This is a novel approach that is not only sustainable but far more approachable then the usual deprivation diets. We will learn to eat mindfully and feel satiated. Appreciate and love our bodies through yoga movement and go deeper creating a discipline that weaves a strong, resilient and vibrant new you in the new year!
Accountability is the number one thing most people Say they need to keep on track for long term weight loss and wellness success. It is much easier to stay motivated when you have the support of friends as a community who are all on the same mindset. Each week we will learn and discuss topics, grow knowledge, practice together and support each other. Keeping each other motivated and celebrating each other’s achievements!

Week 1 – Welcome! Journey Into a Brand New You.

Overview of program, weight bhavana, small goals, practice, meditation

Week 2 – Get Moving

The science of movement, weight loss and yoga, practice, meditation

Week 3 – Stress and Weight Management

Manage your stress, lose more weight, practice, meditation

Week 4 – Mindful Eating

Science behind mindful eating and how to eat and never feel deprived, practice, meditation

Week 5 – Eating Seasonally

Set up your kitchen for weight Loss, practice, mediation

Week 6 – Conquer Cravings

How to avoid emotional eating. Being present. Recap weight loss goals and achievements, practice meditation

Course Info

Saturday’s 9:00 – 10:30 am
January 9th – February 13th
6 in-person studio slots and Zoom option
$499

Alexandra Boggio, Yoga Therapist, RYT 500, YACEP is a Certified Nutritional Consultant (CNC) and a Blood Type Practitioner from the Institute of Human Individuality trained under Dr. D’Adamo. Her expertise is customizing plans adapted to client physical, biological and emotional diverse needs. She strives to provide education and lifestyle coaching emphasizing simple modifications that translate into maximum long-term health benefits. Adhering to the philosophy, “Let food be thy medicine.”
As a Reiki Master Teacher, she has developed and trained Reiki and energy modalities and delivers educational programs on administering therapeutic healing and wellness. She helps clients to create positive, calm, balanced mental and physical states, reducing stress, and promoting subtle energy shifts in the mind and body.

2/21 Yoga Sutras Course
2021-02-21 12:30 - 18:15 UTC | Be The Change Yoga, 14988 Sand Canyon Ave, Studio 5, Irvine, CA, 92618, United States
This Course is Open to All Students
The only course of its kind in Orange County! Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras remains the single most important text on Yoga. Composed over 2,300 years ago, the Sutras present Yoga as a complete system of spiritual psychology. This great work offers profound insights on the nature of the mind, as well as a pharmacopeia of suggestions for reducing suffering and cultivating More Sustained Joy. Familiarity with the Sutras is essential for the most effective practice of Yoga, a deeper understanding of Yoga psychology, and honoring this ancient wisdom provided by India. Studying these timeless truths with a qualified teacher (one with whom you resonate) is a journey deep into the human heart and mind.

This section provides a comprehensive perspective of Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras as an influential work on yoga philosophy and guidelines for therapeutic practice. By studying the source text of Yoga through the lens of yoga therapy, trainees will gain an understanding of the causes of suffering, the nature of the mind, and myriad tools available to the yoga therapist. In the Krishnamacharya lineage, the teachings outlined in the Yoga Sutras are presented with a therapeutic lens to assist clients in achieving their health-related goals. Trainees will learn the proper application of tools based on the teachings of T. Krishnamacharya that can be used in yoga therapy sessions with their clients as well as the parameters to apply such tools.

The Format
This in-depth course will present a majority of the four Chapters of the Yoga Sutras and will discuss the different levels of meaning in each sutra and the various applications which follow from each interpretation. This course is open to the public, for those who would like to learn more about Yoga philosophy and how to integrate it into daily life. This course is also included in our 300 hour Yoga Teacher Training Program. Yoga Teachers can complete all four chapters and apply the 30 hours to their certification.

2/21/21 – Sunday 12:30 – 6:15 pm – Yoga Sutras Chapter 1
5/2/21 – Sunday 12:30 – 6:15 pm – Yoga Sutras Chapter 1 contd.
6/13/21 – Sunday 12:30 – 6:15 pm – Yoga Sutras Chapter 2
8/22/21 – Sunday 12:30 – 6:15 pm – Yoga Sutras Chapter 2 contd.
10/3/21 – Sunday 12:30 – 6:15 pm – Yoga Sutras Chapter 3 & 4 + Review

Pricing

Students can drop in for a single class at $115 per class (Chapters 1 & 2 Only)
Students can purchase all 5 classes for $500
If enrolled in the 300hr training, this course is included in the AutoPay program

About Ashley

Ashley Arroliga, C-IAYT, E-RYT 500, views yoga as a healing art. She completed her 200 HR, 300 HR, and Yoga Therapist trainings here at Be the Change Yoga. Ashley has a great love of holistic healing methods. She has a Bachelor’s in Psychology from Thomas Edison State University, and loves combining this background with the Yoga Sutras in practice.
Ashley teaches therapeutic group classes at BTC and Hoag, and is a lead trainer in our 200 HR training. She specializes in healing for anxiety, depression, and PTSD especially for those in recovery from Disordered Eating, and for those in the LGTBQIA+ communities. She is a Viniyoga practitioner, meeting her students where they are and designing practices specific to their needs. She builds strong connections with her students and loves taking on private clients to delve deeper into the many tools yoga offers.

About Kelsey
Kelsey Delane, E-RYT 500, is a Yoga Mentor & Reiki Master who guides fellow Yogis & Yoga Teachers toward more sustained joy using time-tested, practical tools. She is especially enthusiastic about teaching the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali through one on one mentorship, online platforms, and in-person workshops. Kelsey also shares her love of Yoga by training upcoming teachers throughout Orange County, working with teen girls through UPLIFT Yoga Foundation, and working with pre and postnatal students.

Kelsey has over 1000 hours of formal training ranging from power yoga to trauma informed yoga which equip her with a wide range of tools for meeting her students where they are in the journey. She believes that the key to optimal health is balance, and strives to live this out in the way she cares for her body, mind and relationships. When she is not teaching or practicing Yoga, you’ll find Kelsey curled up with a book alongside her husband, daughters, and sweet pup, Cooper.

2/27 Yoga Therapy: Ayurveda & Your Immune System (Zoom)
2021-02-27 12:00 - 13:30 UTC | Be The Change Yoga, 14988 Sand Canyon Ave, Studio 5, Irvine, CA, 92618, United States
This workshop is open to all students.

Strengthen your immune system & your relationship with your health through the practice of Ayurveda. Translating to “knowledge of life”, Ayurveda is a nature-based system of medicine and lifestyle practices to optimize health & promote life-long vitality. Practiced for thousands of years, Ayurveda has provided support for strong immune systems, improved energy/sleep, longevity & so much more across the world. Join Stacey Tropple, Ayurvedic Health counselor in training & herbalist, to learn about some surprisingly simple yet powerful ways to cultivate your health everyday to promote a healthy body, effective immune system & peace of mind.
Ancient Wisdom for cultivating health & resilience in busy modern lives.

Workshop Info

Saturday, February 27th
12:00 – 1:30 pm
$35 Pre-Registration by February 20th, 2021
$45 Regular Price

Meet Stacey

Stacey Tropple, E-RYT 500, is a passionate yoga teacher, educator, and Ayurvedic Health Counselor in training with a background in Positive Psychology from Concordia University. She’s taught yoga & meditation classes throughout Orange County since 2014, and she shares specialty workshops ranging from Women’s Empowerment to Ayurveda for Daily Wellness, and Thrive Yoga for Stress Relief. Stacey believes that yoga is the key to unlocking the healer within us all.

“In a world of chronic stress, depression and anxiety, yoga gave me the tools, and ultimately the freedom, to feel amazing for the first time in my life. Yoga is not about doing poses until we have a perfect life, but rather connecting deeply to our bodies, minds & spirits with non-judgement and grace. I have seen yoga change the lives of thousands – and it would be my honor to work alongside you as you connect to the inner healer and freedom within you.” – S

5/22 Being The Change 5.0
2021-05-22 13:00 - 14:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | Be The Change Yoga, 14988 Sand Canyon Ave, Studio 5, Irvine, CA, 92618, United States
BEING THE CHANGE 5.0 WORKSHOP
Who Am I Choosing To Be As A Daily Experience?

​Join us for a very special community workshop on Saturday, May 22nd 1:00 PM PST with Share Necessities Founder, Arjuna O’Neal and BTC Co-Founder, Katie Allen. A donation-based workshop with all proceeds going to Share Necessities.
A deeper dive into what being the change looks like for the betterment of our future (children). In an informal discussion, we’ll be addressing practices of self-care, self-reflection, and self-refinement, through the lens of creating a healthier, brighter future for all living beings, especially our children. Join us for a cathartic conversation to share your insights, personal practices, and tools to upgrade every aspect of your being and staying grounded while navigating through this ever-changing world.

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Arjuna O'Neal
This workshop is co-led by Arjuna O’Neal. Arjuna was born and raised on the east side of Detroit, Michigan with two siblings and just his mother to care for them. His surroundings were governed by violence, drugs and gangs, which negatively influenced his perspective on life. At the age of 19, he was shot in his femoral artery, leaving him with the experience of death first-hand. After being paralyzed from the waist down for a year, he went into depression from his endless self blame and shame. But he was always reminded by his supportive mother that life could still change for the better but only if he changed his story. Moving forward -he spent the next 10 years working on how to develop a genuine self-love relationship and approach to the trauma.
Arjuna now holds a Master Degree in Business Administration (MBA), and a deep passion for spreading awareness about conscious parenting and the urgency for conscious youth development. In addition to raising his own children, Arjuna runs his nonprofit that focuses on empowering today’s youth to understand the importance of leading a balanced, loving and mindful lifestyle. His latest achievement is his new business called Mind Elevation, which focuses on helping people rewrite the traumas and painful experiences in life that keep them stuck for living in their full potential and highest vibration.

Katie Allen
This workshop is co-led by Katie Allen. She co-founded Be The Change Yoga and is the School Director for the 300-hour Teacher Training Program and 850-hour Yoga Therapist Training. She received her Master’s degree in Public Health from Tulane University and wrote her thesis on Yoga’s Ability to Prevent and Treat Chronic Diseases.
Since then, her mission is to use her public health lens as a means of advancing the field of Yoga Therapy. She develops yoga therapy program for hospitals, health systems and founded AlcheMe Yoga Therapy, a professional yoga therapy organization consisting of education, research, program implementation and job creation.
