April 2020
4/4 & 4/5 Principles of Pranayama for Yoga Therapy
For Yoga Teachers: April 4 - 5th, 2020 This 11.75 hour Weekend Intensive is led by Yoga Therapist Juris Zinbergs. This intensive lays down the foundation for trainees in all levels of our programming to gain a correct and thorough understanding of the energetic body, as well as tools and practices towork with this layer. Trainees willlearn the proper techniques of various pranayama practices that range from the most basic to the most advanced; as well as the discernment of…
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5/2 & 5/3 Foundations of Meditation for Yoga Therapy
For Yoga Teachers This 2-part Weekend Intensive is led by Yoga Therapist Megan McCarver and provides the foundation for understanding different types of meditation practices and how to teach them to groups or individual students. This intensive will explore the nature of the mind and dive into different types of mental patterns and how to remedy them with specific meditation practices. This intensive will focus on assessing and understanding various mental states which include: mudha (stupefied/dull), kshipta (disturbed), vikshipta (alternating between distraction…
Find out more »5/3 Level 2 Reiki Training
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…
Find out more »5/9 Explore Your Core
Health and Vitality for Your Center If you would you like to relieve back pain and improve your balance and stability, look no further than your beautiful core! In this workshop you will take a 360 degree tour of your core to unblock the power of your center. You will uncover the layers of your core system with self-massage techniques with Yoga Tune Up® therapy balls and then learn a series of deep abdominal exercises that will help build your strength…
Find out more »5/17 Level 4 Reiki Training
Reiki is a Japanese technique for stress reduction and relaxation that also promotes healing. It is administered by “laying on hands or hands hovering right above your body” and is based on the idea that an unseen “life force energy” flows through us and is what causes us to be alive. If one’s “life force energy” is low, then we are more likely to get sick or feel stress, and if it is high, we are more capable of being…
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7/11 & 7/12 Proprioception and Use of Ethical Touch
For Yoga Teachers: July 11 - 12th, 2020 The intention of this weekend intensive is to provide additional tools yoga teachers and yoga therapist trainees can use to assess and support their clients. We will discuss ethics and consent, hand placement and quality of touch, longevity and safety for the Yoga Therapist as related to transference and body mechanics, and how clear verbal and visual cues can provide a similar result without using touch when it may be contraindicated. Touch…
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8/22 & 8/23 The Yoga of Relationships
This Course is Open to All Students: August 22 - 23rd, 2020 Relationships can serve as a primary source of suffering or joy. This intensive will give students an in-depth study of yogic philosophy and how it applies to relationships. Yoga is about transformation. As we learn to improve communication, we are empowered, and we begin to change. As we interact with others, this change can start to permeate the lives of others. If Your Relationships are Improving, Your Practice is Working - TKV Desikachar…
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9/19 & 9/20 Basic Principles of a Therapeutic Relationship
For Yoga Teachers: September 19th - 20th, 2020 This 11.75-hour weekend is led by Yoga Therapist Cheri Dostal Ryba. It provides the foundations that the yoga therapist – client relationship is the basis, the very core, of all yoga therapy treatment approaches regardless of the specific aim. It introduces the fundamentals of the very first process between yoga therapist and client that the yoga therapist is entering into a relationship with the client that essentially is safe, confidential, reliable, and…
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10/4 Mantras, Mudras, and Meditation for Yoga Therapy
For Yoga Teachers: October 4th, 2020 This class will provide an introduction to subtle body tools to be used in a therapeutic session. Students will be introduced to tools such as: guided meditation practices, mantras, mudras and affirmations. For each tool presented, the instructor will explain the value of each tool, when it is to be used, the benefits, how to assess clients before offering this tool and how to create a goal-oriented practice with each tool to meet the…
Find out more »10/17 – 10/18 Common Pathologies of Human Systems
For Yoga Teachers: October 17 - 18th, 2020 Led by Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT) Tess O'Hern, this 2-day intensive will focus on adapting yogic practices to meet the needs of students in the second half of life, those over 50. As we age things change, physically, intellectually, spiritually and emotionally, and as we change so does our yoga practice. This section explores the functions of each physiological system in the body and provides a review of general terminology associated…
Find out more »10/31 & 11/1 Tools and Techniques for Teaching Students with Injuries
For Yoga Teachers: October 31st - November 1st, 2020 This weekend will offer you a deeper understanding for teachers on the yoga therapy path supporting and instructing students with an injury. You will not only achieve more confidence utilizing yoga and breath exercises for students with presenting problems, but also embrace skillfully your responsibilities to balance stabilization with strength and safety techniques, taking away knowledge for every student’s unique challenge. Tools and Techniques for Teaching Students with Injuries will ignite…
Find out more »November 2020
11/14 & 11/15 Ayurveda as Lifestyle Medicine
It is the regularity of our day to day actions and habits that can either provide the foundation of wellness or dis-ease. Discover Ayurveda, the planet’s oldest, nature-based, medical system and the sister science of Yoga. In this 11.75 hour workshop, for the curious and yoga teachers we will look at The Ayurvedic paradigm as it relates to the three body types or doshas and formulate ways to individualize the tools of yoga to support each student in their practice…
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