Explore the origins of yoga with prominent yoga scholars and enhance your teaching skills with our lineup of experienced teachers. RYTs can earn up to 20 contact hours of continuing education at the conference by attending all conference sessions. At breakfast each day we will host community forums where we welcome your ideas and feedback. The community forums are an opportunity for Yoga teachers to discuss pressing issues facing our community and create constructive advice for the future.
You may attend any session at the conference that interests you and pre-registration for sessions is not required. Please note, the schedule below is still subject to change and we will post updates of any schedule changes prior to the conference.
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7:00am |
Personal Practice |
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| Gentle Practice, Pat Bruno,E-RYT 500 |
Crystal B C |
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| Moderate Practice, Dharmashakti, E-RYT 200 |
Crystal H I |
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| Open Practice Room |
Monte Carlo |
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| 7:00am |
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8:00am |
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Breakfast / Community Forums |
Emerald 4 5 6 7 8 |
During these informal breakfast sessions, we ask you as Yoga teachers to offer opinions and insights on current trends and issues facing the Yoga community. Community Forums will focus on Yoga Alliance’s credentialing process and there will be facilitated discussions about implementing a compliance mechanism and strengthening continuing education requirements. Yoga Alliance will also focus on Yoga as healing and how to best incorporate this philosophy into our standards. Attendees will enjoy a delicious breakfast and juice bar, along with daily raffle prizes courtesy of our exhibitors and sponsors!
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12:00pm |
Session 1
(3 hours
with a
30 min break) |
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De-conditioning the Mind Through Meditation
ALV Kumar, E-RYT 500 |
Rhodes A B |
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Lecture & Practice:
Meditation is broadly divided into two categories, conditioning and de-conditioning, or in Sanskritpravritthi dharma and nivritthi dharma. De-conditioning is the process of purifying the deep-rooted negative patterns of the mind so that one can permanently experience ultimate happiness and peace. In this session, teachers will gain a clear understanding and overview of a variety of meditation practices, their purposes and effects
About the teacher:
Kumar has taught yoga to over 13,000 people around the world through public workshops and meditation retreats in the UK and India. He began studying yoga at age 12 and by 25, he had graduated from 26 traditional schools in northern India and 12 in the south. As a teacher, he offers his own vast yoga experience as well as an extensive scriptural knowledge of sacred texts.
www.traditionalyoga.co.uk |
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The Craft of Sequencing
Amy Cooper, E-RYT 500 |
Mountain View |
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Lecture & Practice:
Balanced posture sequences enhance class intention and structure and promote safe learning conditions and optimum growth for students. This
workshop will provide teachers with principles and skills to design appropriate and effective yoga class sequences to best serve their students.
About the teacher:
Amy received her certification from the Iyengar Yoga Institute in San Francisco and is currently the founding Director of the Shasta Yoga Center
and the VajraPani Yoga Teacher Training program. Amy has studied with BKS Iyengar, Pattabhi Jois, and TKV Desikachar, Judith Lasater and Kofi
Busia, as well as Buddhist teachers in the United States and Asia. Amy has been teaching yoga for 30 years and her style emphasizes breath and
alignment, mindfulness, moving from one’s core and cultivating one’s optimal experience for the benefit of all beings.
www.vajrapaniyoga.com |
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The Seven Spiritual Laws of Yoga
Claire Diab, E-RYT 500 |
Emerald 3 |
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Lecture & Practice:
The Seven Spiritual Laws of Yoga is for everyone, whether you have been practicing yoga for many years or it is your first time. It is a beautiful style of yoga which guides us into healing our body, mind and soul through movement, breathing, relaxation, mantra and meditation. You will deepen your yoga practice by deepening your relationship with yourself. Teachers will also learn how to incorporate the Seven Spiritual Laws into their yoga classes, helping their students to live their yoga on and off the mat.
About the teacher:
Claire Diab is founder of the American Yoga Academy and is an internationally renowned yoga therapist and fitness specialist with more than 18 years of experience. In addition, she is currently adjunct Professor of Asian Studies at Seton Hall University in New Jersey. For more than 10 years, she has taught and designed yoga programs for the Chopra Center's signature retreats and workshops.
www.clairediab.com |
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The Elusive Mula Bandha
Gracia Gimse McKinley, E-RYT 200, RYT 500 |
Malta A B |
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Lecture & Practice:
Gracia will provide teachers with tools to help bring clarity to their students regarding one of the most elusive and powerful aspects of yoga;
mula bandha. Learn how to guide students through visualizations, breath work and asana in ways that will help them gain control over the pelvic
floor muscles. Help students understand the energetic implications of this work and how to move energy harmoniously through the lowest
chakras in order to create an effective mula bandha.
About the teacher:
Gracia received her 200‐hour Hatha yoga teacher certification from the Temple of Kriya Yoga, her 500‐hour teacher training at Yoga North in
Duluth, Minnesota and completed two years of study in yoga theory and philosophy. She also completed a teacher training course in restorative
yoga with Judith Hanson Lasater. She was initiated into the Kriya yoga lineage and is a spiritual apprentice of Swami Enoch Dasa Giri.
www.inspiredlifeyoga.com |
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Assisting Hips, Twists and Forward Bends
Jill Abelson, E-RYT 500 |
Crystal H I |
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Lecture & Practice:
Ideal for both new and experienced teachers, this hands-on workshop will focus on the principals and techniques of yoga assists for hip openers, twists and forward bends. Learn how to assist students with confidence, optimize alignment and energy flow and ensure safety. Discussions will also cover student/teacher comfort, injury prevention and ethical considerations for assists.
About the teacher:
In her 13 years of teaching Vinyasa, Ashtanga and Jivamukti Yoga, Jill's precise, intuitive and compassionate assists have deepened the experience of yoga for literally thousands of yogis on both coasts. Students and teachers alike called her assists a "revelation" and the best they have ever had. This popular session brings together insights and techniques drawn from Jivamukti, Kripalu and Vinyasa styles of yoga. Considered a "teacher's teacher," Jill's knowledge, wonder, and an uncanny sense of the human body – cultivated over a lifetime of dance, athletics and yoga – will give participants a new found appreciation for hands-on assisting, with the joy and confidence to do it right.
www.yogaofliberation.com |
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Beyond Asana Classes at Organizations
Matthew Taylor, RYT 500 |
Sardinia |
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Lecture:
True transformational change through yoga demands we grow past a limited vision of purely physical asana‐based classes. During this session,
Matthew will share the results of a 2‐year study at a large health care organization which demonstrate cultural and qualitative change. The
science behind the study, the link between classical yoga and modern change theory for institutions and the "how to" will be presented in a fun,
fast paced interactive program culminating in action‐step development process to take back to communities for implementation. Participants
will learn the language, science and process of approaching institutions at home to engage more lucrative contracts, facilitate more dramatic
shifts in consciousness and positively affect community health in a variety of settings.
About the teacher:
Matthew is a highly accomplished and accredited physical and yoga therapist. He is the creator of The Dynamic Systems Rehabilitation (DSR)
Method™ and the first clinic to use this breakthrough therapy method to improve the lives of clients. Matthew holds board and advisory
positions with various organizations to learn from them and advance the DSR Method™ as a powerful process of creative transformation among
health and wellness providers worldwide.
www.drofyoga.com |
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Experiencing the Bhagavad Gita
Nayaswami Gyandev McCord, E-RYT 500 |
Emerald 1 2 |
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Lecture & Practice:
Explore—through your own direct experience—the Gita’s timeless keys to personal growth. Lively, captivating storytelling starts our session, as you learn how every character in the Gita represents part of your own mind. You’ll gain valuable insights into how to express the fullest aspect of your being. Then you’ll enjoy a variety of yoga mini-routines designed to deepen your experience of the Gita’s wisdom, your yoga practice and your inner life. You’ll also gain valuable ideas for helping your students experience the greater science of Yoga.
About the teacher:
Nayaswami Gyandev has taught all aspects of Yoga—including asana, meditation, and yoga philosophy—in the Ananda tradition since 1983. He is director of
Ananda Yoga worldwide and of Ananda Yoga Teacher Training at Ananda’s retreat center, The Expanding Light, near Nevada City, CA. He also
teaches throughout the U.S. as well as in Canada, India, and Europe.
Nayaswami Gyandev is a co‐founder of Yoga Alliance and currently serves on its board of directors. He has authored two videos (Yoga for Busy People and
Yoga to Awaken the Chakras), two yoga therapy books (Yoga Therapy for Headache Relief and Yoga Therapy for Overcoming Insomnia), and a
variety of CD’s. A disciple of Paramhansa Yogananda, he lives in the Ananda Village ashram in Northern California.
www.ExpandingLight.org |
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Mudra & Mantra Techniques
Siddhi Ellinghoven, E-RYT 200, RYT 500 |
Crystal B C |
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Lecture & Practice:
Chanting mantras is widely believed to activate acupressure points in the mouth, stimulate the neuro‐endocrine system and release old patterns
in the mind. The intentional use of healing mudras is a science that impacts all five elements within the human body. In this session, you will
learn specific mantra and mudra series and 20 mudras for the most common ailments like insomnia, depression, head and stomach issues and
mental disturbance.
About the teacher:
In the late 1970s, Siddhi found her spiritual master, Osho, who introduced her to meditation. Siddhi is a certified Kundalini, Naam and prenatal
yoga instructor and teaches weekly classes at Yoga Soup, Montecito Yoga, the Santa Barbara Yoga Center and in her home.
www.siddhisyoga.com |
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| 12:30pm |
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2:00pm |
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Opening Lunch With Speaker, Lilias Folan
Welcome Sangha with Lilias! |
Emerald 4 5 6 7 8 |
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During the opening sangha, Lilias will welcome our community and share inspiring stories from over four decades of teaching and practicing yoga. She will lead the group in song and celebration to kick off this historic gathering of yoga teachers.
About Lillas:
Recognized as the “First Lady of Yoga” since her ground breaking 1972 PBS television series, Lilias! Yoga and You, Lilias Folan is regarded as one of America’s most knowledgeable and beloved yoga teachers. TIME magazine called Lilias the “Julia Child of Yoga.” She has spent over forty years inspiring students and teachers throughout the U.S., Canada and Europe with the benefits of yoga for body, mind and spirit.
www.liliasyoga.com |
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| 2:30pm |
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4:00pm |
Session 2
(1.5 hours) |
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Yoga and Common Mental Disorders
Laura Santoro (Atmadarshan Saraswati), E-RYT 500 |
Sardinia |
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Lecture:
This year, more than 25% of all Americans are diagnosable for one or more mental disorders. Many of your yoga students are experiencing a psychiatric condition. In this session, learn about the most common conditions, Western versus yogic views of mental health and how to provide modifications to support the physical and mental well-being of your students.
About the teachers:
Atmadarshan worked in biological psychiatry and co-authored an article on medication response in people with chronic schizophrenia. She uses this experience to teach Yoga Psychology and the Bhagavad Gita with an enthusiasm that motivates her students. She is the Assistant Director for the Atma Center and the Course Coordinator for Yoga Academy of North America and has taught a variety of classes and workshops, including Yoga for Depression, Yoga & Death, Postnatal Yoga and Stressbusters Yoga.
www.atmacenter.com |
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Modern Moksha: Freedom and the Clash of Karmas
James Bailey, E-RYT 500 |
Crystal B C |
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Lecture & Practice:
In spiritual living a powerful duality often arises between the desire to transcend the limitations of the ordinary human body/mind, with the urge to maintain it, to care and heal the body and mind. In practice, yoga teaches us to dissolve karmas while our householder tendencies create and reinforce new karmas by necessity. As yogis become more skilled, tension often arises between the desire for moksha (liberation) and the responsibility for family and work in the world. This session is designed to help better integrate the impulse for liberation with the householder needs of the modern western yogi. Explore the narrative and nature of this overarching story in order to find the middle path where the two disciplines can share the wisdom of life.
About the teacher:
James is a third generation healer, CAM physician and yoga educator who has been living yoga and ayurveda for 25 years. He practices Ayurveda, Marma Therapies, Acupuncture and wellness counseling to aid patients towards their true nature of well being. James teaches Yoga, Ayurveda and meditation workshops worldwide. He is a contributing editor and former columnist for Yoga Journal, Light on Ayurveda, LA Yoga magazine and other wellness magazines. He served as an active Board member of the California Association of Ayurvedic Medicine (CAAM), and is founder of Sevanti Wellness in Santa Monica, CA.
web.mac.com/sevanti/Sevanti/Home.html |
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Yoga Activism, Compassion and Kindness
Jennifer Beckman, E-RYT 500 |
Malta A B |
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Lecture & Practice:
Today the world is filled with ethnic wars, religious wars, terrorism, disease, suffering and pain. In a world inundated by so much negativity, we all struggle with the modes of passion and ignorance. As yoga teachers, is it not our duty to teach yoga activism? Using ancient yoga techniques such as asana, pranayama, pratyahara and meditation, teachers can help students start a journey within that enables them to identify beyond the “self” and find compassion and kindness for others. Come to this session and be inspired to achieve a state of worldly compassion.
About the teacher:
A student of Hatha yoga for over 30 years and a teacher for over 14 years, Jennifer studied the Vedic arts under Dr. David Frawley and Dr. Vasant lad, and co-taught with Dr. Frawley his “Advanced Yoga and Ayurveda” seminars. She is a member of the International Yoga Therapists Association and Light on Ayurveda Educational Foundation. Jennifer’s numerous articles on practical Ayurveda, yoga and natural healing have appeared in print magazines in the US and UK.
www.vedicworld.org |
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Yoga Therapy for the Sacro-illiac Joint
Kevin Durkin, E-RYT 500 |
Mountain View |
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Lecture & Practice:
The sacro-illiac (SI) joint is the cornerstone of human movement and dysfunction in the SI joint can manifest as pain in any part of the body. This workshop will teach skills in assessing the position and function of the SI joint. Kevin will provide a series of neuromuscular exercises to restore correct SI joint function.
About the teacher:
Kevin is certified as an intermediate (junior) yoga teacher by the United States Iyengar Association. He has been to India five times to study with B.K.S., Geeta and Prashant Iyengar. In celebration of the Silver Jubilee of the Iyengar Institute, he was one of the 65 Americans invited to the Yoga Teachers Guidance Course taught by B.K.S. Iyengar in January, 2000. Kevin has taught workshops in the Czech Republic, Germany and Ireland and teaches specialty workshops regularly.
www.kevindurkinyoga.com |
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Being the Tortoise and Calming the Monkey Mind
Rhadeya Michael Plasha, E-RYT 500 |
Crystal H I |
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Lecture & Practice:
In this session, explore the fascinating bridge between pratyahara practices and meditation. Learn a range of techniques based on Ayurvedic and classical yoga philosophy to strengthen your skills as a teacher. Discuss and examine which practices are most effective for the students you serve, and then learn how to create related class themes while teaching asana to craft a meditative flow. Enhance your effectiveness as a teacher with these subtle, yet powerful ancient tools for transformation.
About the teacher:
Michael began teaching in 1982 and completed over 700 hours of training from Integral Yoga. He also has training in Iyengar, Kripalu, Viniyoga, Ashtanga, Christian contemplative practices, Zen and Vipassana meditation. His hatha teachings are informed by the psychological and spiritual practices of Raja, Jnana, Karma and Bhakti Yogas, Vedanta and Kashmir Shaivism philosophies.
www.plashayoga.com |
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Yoga for Children with ADHD and Autism
Shakta Khalsa, E-RYT 500 and Lisa Brodrick, E-RYT 500 |
Emerald 1 2 |
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Lecture & Practice:
In this session Shakta and Lisa will share brain-body balancing yoga exercises and poses for organizing the nervous system. Learn how to use music, meditation and yoga games for focus, self-honoring a self-regulation for children with special needs. Come away with valuable teaching tools for these special populations of children.
About the teachers:
Shakta is a certified Kundalini yoga teacher and trainer, a Montessori educator, author of five yoga books and an internationally recognized teacher of yoga for both adults and children. She travels extensively presenting Radiant Child Yoga. Her program has been recognized for continuing education credits in public and private schools and in professional therapy organizations. Lisa Brodrick is teacher and educator with over ten years of experience in the education field. She discovered yoga as an adolescent and considers it the conduit for joyfully bridging the body, mind and soul of all children and families. She has had the pleasure sharing yoga with many individuals including special needs students and at-risk youths.
www.childrensyoga.com |
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The Growing Market for Gentle,
Senior and Chair Yoga
Sherry Zak Morris, E-RYT 200 |
Rhodes A B |
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Lecture & Practice:
Learn how to adapt traditional yoga poses to accommodate people with physical limitations, mid‐lifers, seniors and desk‐bound or wheelchair
bound individuals. Create a well‐rounded yoga class using a modular approach to building pose sequences. Each attendee will receive a Gentle‐
Senior‐Chair Yoga Asana booklet that illustrates over 30 modifications to Hatha yoga poses to meet the needs of this audience.
About the teacher:
Sherry studied under the tutelage of octogenarian yoga teacher, Mary Cavanaugh who studied with Indra Devi. She is the owner of Yoga Vista
Studio in Vista, California and founder of Yoga Journey Productions, a video production company. Her short and full‐length videos are sold
worldwide and on her corporate wellness website.
www.gentle-senioryoga.com |
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6:00pm |
Session 3
(1.5 hours) |
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Dream Your Yoga Retreat into Being
Bryan Russell, E-RYT 200, RYT 500 |
Rhodes A B |
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Lecture:
Retreats inspire not only students, but also teachers, revitalizing enthusiasm in your yoga practice. Join Bryan Russell, a yoga teacher, retreat leader and yoga teacher trainer, as he shares from his experience leading yoga retreats around the world. Working from a “retreat template,” teachers will create their dream retreat and explore the steps and skills needed to make the retreat an overall success. Participants will walk away with the knowledge and confidence to plan and lead an international, multi-day yoga retreat.
About the teacher:
Bryan is co-owner of SchoolYoga Institute in New Hampshire. He is a lead facilitator of SchoolYoga Institute’s yoga teacher training programs, and has taught in China, Nicaragua, Peru and Guatemala. Bryan is an outdoor yoga guide for Raw Shakti Yoga, a yoga retreat and adventure company.
www.schoolyogainstitute.com |
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Ayurveda: Daily Tools for Optimal Health
Hilary Garivaltis, RYT 200 |
San Remo |
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Lecture:
Ayurveda is the world's oldest healthcare system and is rooted in the same Vedic philosophies from which yoga emerged. The goal of Ayurveda is to reconnect you with your innate intelligence to create a state of optimal health using the principles of nature. Learn important self-care techniques, healthy daily rhythms and rituals to cleanse the senses and create balance.
About the teacher:
Hilary Garivaltis, Dean of the Kripalu School of Ayurveda, has 12 years of experience teaching Ayurvedic daily living tools and Ayurvedic therapy techniques. She received her training at the New England Institute of Ayurvedic Medicine with advanced training in India from the Rishikesh College of Ayurveda and the Jiva Institute. Hilary continues to train with the world’s leading teachers in the United States and in India.
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Embodied Spirit: The Sacred Spine
Jana Titus, E-RYT 500 |
Crystal B C |
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Lecture & Practice
This session will explore the anatomy and physiology of the spine and of the cosmic energy within it. Through meditation, pranayama, mantra and asana discover the subtle sacred energy of the spine and viscerally experience its power. Jana will guide participants through Hatha yoga, Tibetan yoga and t’ai chi practices to promote connection to the spine and your psychic core. Experience the physical reality of the sacred spine so you can access its power in yoga practice and in daily life.
About the teacher:
Jana has studied many different styles of Yoga and meditation including Iyengar, Ashtanga, Integral, Zen, Insight Meditation and Vipassana. Wanting to gain the fullest understanding of the kinesiology involved in yoga movement, Jana studied the Alexander Technique and became a certified teacher in that method. She also practices CranioSacral Therapy, a profound approach to deep tissue release as a means of emotional and physical healing.
www.janascircle.com |
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Ask Lilias: Insight and Inspiration from a Beloved Teacher
Lilias Folan, E-RYT 500 |
Mountain View |
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Interactive Session:
Have you ever attended a workshop with a master teacher but were too afraid to approach them and ask that burning question about teaching yoga? In this interactive session, Lilias will draw on over four decades of yoga teaching and share her favorite teaching skills and tools. During this session, teachers will practice asana, pranayama and enjoy the insight and inspiration of Lilias’ lifetime of teaching. Lilias would love your input in shaping this session; we invite you to join the YA Community online and respond to our “Ask Lilias”thread with questions for Lilias. During her session, Lilias will respond directly your questions!
About Lillas:
Recognized as the “First Lady of Yoga” since her ground breaking 1972 PBS television series, Lilias! Yoga and You, Lilias Folan is regarded as one of America’s most knowledgeable and beloved yoga teachers. TIME magazine called Lilias the “Julia Child of Yoga.” She has spent over forty years inspiring students and teachers throughout the U.S., Canada and Europe with the benefits of yoga for body, mind and spirit.
www.liliasyoga.com/ |
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Addressing Students’ Needs with Meditation
Nina Priya Ma David, E-RYT 500 |
Emerald 1 2 |
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Lecture & Practice:
In this session, participants will learn a variety of meditation techniques suitable for different temperaments, personalities and life circumstances. If you currently use meditation in your teaching, this workshop will deepen your personal practice and offer insights into addressing specific student needs and class formatting. If your teaching focuses mostly on asana, this session will inform and inspire an investigation of the more subtle, incredibly profound and beneficial aspects of yoga.
About the teacher:
Nina Priya Ma David is a disciple of Swami Satchidananda and the founder and director of Creative Clinics/Creative Yoga Therapy. A senior teacher and presenter at Integral Yoga Institute in New York City and Satchidananda Ashram in Virginia, she has shared innovative adaptations of yoga science and philosophy for more than 25 years.
www.ninapriyadavid.com |
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Invite Patanjali to your Yoga Class
Shriram Sarvotham, E-RYT 200 |
Crystal H I |
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Lecture & Practice:
Very few students today are exposed to the teachings of Patanjali and how they relate to their yoga practice. This lecture will focus on how to bring Patanjali’s teachings alive in a yoga class. In this session explore Patanjali’s teachings on asana, pranayama and dhyana and how to apply the sutras in your personal practice and classes. Inspire your students to study classic texts such as Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras and benefit from this vast treasure of yogic wisdom.
About the teacher:
Shriram is a teacher with the Art of Living Foundation, and teaches the “Sri Sri Yoga" workshops. He began learning yoga at the age of ten and has been teaching for 19 years. His workshops offer a holistic experience of yoga with equal emphasis on postures, breath-work, meditation and wisdom from classic yoga texts such as Pantajali’s Yoga Sutras.
www.upwardogdownwardog.wordpress.com |
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The Yoga Teacher, the Pedestal and Ethics
Vyda Bielkus, E-RYT 500 |
Sardinia |
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Lecture:
In this intriguing talk with Vyda, come explore the intersection of ego, yoga, sex, teaching and ethical boundaries. Explore the yamas and niyamas as tools for creating healthy boundaries with students and examine the history of the "fallen gurus." Discuss our ethical responsibility as yoga students and teachers to be agents of change in a growing industry and community.
About the teacher:
Vyda is the founder of B1 Community a company offering yoga programs and health coach trainings. She was the former Chief Operating Officer at Baptiste Power Yoga Institute. Today, Vyda teaches workshops, interactive seminars and retreats world-wide. Through her teaching, coaching, speaking and writing she is dedicated to helping others see that it is only through self-transformation that the world around us will change.
www.vydabielkus.com |
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| 6:00pm |
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7:00pm |
Personal Practice |
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| Vigorous Practice, Marjorie Jean Monnier, E-RYT 200 |
Crystal B C |
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| Moderate Practice, Judy Mortellaro, E-RYT 500 |
Crystal H I |
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| Open Practice Room |
Monte Carlo |
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| 6:00pm |
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7:00pm |
Small Group Sessions |
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Online Learning Roundtable |
Toulon |
Join us for a roundtable session to evaluate current online learning offerings for Yoga training programs. Rena Palloff and Keith Pratt from Crossroads Consulting Group will lead this discussion and welcome your feedback about teacher training needs in the online learning environment. They will provide information on best practices in the online delivery of Yoga training programs. All conference attendees are welcome to attend.
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8:30pm |
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Dinner with Speaker, Philip Goldberg
The Great Transmission: Yoga Past, Present & Future |
Emerald 4 5 6 7 8 |
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For over 200 years, gurus, authors, artists and others have seeded America’s soul with the wisdom of Indian sages, making possible the blossoming of yoga today. With audio-visual help, we will meet the giants on whose shoulders we stand, illuminate the nuances of their legacy, and examine the implications of this ongoing transmission for the future. Never before has the culture been as ripe for yogic knowledge and practices, and never before have they been as needed. What are our responsibilities as custodians of this great heritage? How can we ensure that its full depth and profundity are preserved?
About Philip:
Philip Goldberg is a spiritual counselor, meditation teacher and ordained Interfaith Minister. The author or coauthor of 19 books, he lectures and leads workshops throughout the country. A novelist and screenwriter as well, he lives in Los Angeles, where he founded Spiritual Wellness and Healing Associates (SWAHA). He is Director of Outreach for SpiritualCitizens.net and blogs regularly on the Huffington Post and Intent.com.
www.philipgoldberg.com |
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10:00pm |
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Kirtan with Yogis and Friends |
Rose Lawn |
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If you aren't familiar with kirtan, it is a meditative and high energy call and response style of music born of the Bhakti Yoga tradition. Bhakti is the yoga of love, devotion, and music. In kirtan, we combine our voices, minds, hearts and breath with music to build an ecstatic energy virtually impossible to duplicate. There is no line between band and audience as we become one entity with the vibrations. No prior singing experience is necessary. Come, share the bhakti and beautiful voices!
www.YogisAndFriends.com
PremDasTablas.com |
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| 6:00am |
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7:00am |
Personal Practice |
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| Vigorous Practice, Stacy McCarthy, E-RYT 500 |
Crystal B C |
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| Moderate Practice, Janaki (Jeanne) Wheat, E-RYT 500 |
Crystal H I |
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| Open Practice Room |
Monte Carlo |
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| 7:00am |
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8:00am |
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Breakfast / Community Forums |
Emerald 4 5 6 7 8 |
During these informal breakfast sessions, we ask you as Yoga teachers to offer opinions and insights on current trends and issues facing the Yoga community. Community Forums will focus on Yoga Alliance’s credentialing process and there will be facilitated discussions about implementing a compliance mechanism and strengthening continuing education requirements. Yoga Alliance will also focus on Yoga as healing and how to best incorporate this philosophy into our standards. Attendees will enjoy a delicious breakfast and juice bar, along with daily raffle prizes courtesy of our exhibitors and sponsors!
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10:00am |
Session 4
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Yoga, Animals and Ecology
Dennis Eagan, E-RYT 500 |
Sardinia |
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Lecture & Practice:
What does a furry, little marine mammal have to do with Yoga? With its influence on history, economies and the environment, the sea otter models the flow of energy between all species. As far back as the pre-Vedic era, animals have been teaching humans about the sanctity of life and the connection between all things. The plethora of deities and yoga postures named after animals is not mere symbolism, but an indication of the deep respect the early yogis had for the creatures in their environment. Come meet the local hero of California's coastal waters ecosystem and discover the link between ancient yoga philosophy and today’s challenging environmental issues.
About the teacher:
Whether in the yoga studio or on a retreat in the wilderness, Dennis weaves his love of nature into his yoga teaching. He relates the mythology of ancient India to current ecological concerns to share his passion for Yoga and the environment with others. He is director of Advanced Studies at the Bo Tree Yoga Studio in Davis, California and also at Balanced Rock in Yosemite National Park. Dennis offers workshops, teacher trainings and wilderness retreats throughout the west from Baja to Alaska.
www.wildyoga.com |
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Yoga Sweat
Beth Shaw, E-RYT 500 |
Malta A B |
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Practice:
Join Beth Shaw for a heated yoga class where you will learn how to safely and effectively teach in a heated environment. Added heat prepares muscles and connective tissue for deeper stretches and facilitates perspiration. In this class, learn how to modify a heated practice for various medical conditions, beginners and special populations and when to avoid heat altogether.
About the teacher:
Beth Shaw, is the president and founder of YogaFit Training Systems Inc. Shaw is an internationally known fitness expert and the author of Beth Shaw’s YogaFit and the publisher of Anglesmagazine, which is distributed to yoga fitness enthusiasts and instructors. She has more than 30 DVD’s including YogaButt, YogaStrength and YogaCore. Her nonprofit organization, Visionary Women in Fitness, awards scholarships and grants women in need.
www.yogafit.com |
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The Essence of the Bhagavad Gita
Devarshi Steven Hartman, E-RYT 500 |
Rhodes A B |
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Lecture:
In this inspiring session, Devarshi will guide you through the ancient and epic tale of the Bhagavad Gita. Through powerful interpretation, storytelling, and personal insights, Devarshi will shed light on the many layers of teachings that are presented in this short yet sometimes perplexing text. He will provide practical tools and applications to apply the wisdom of the Gita to your own life and teaching.
About the teacher:
Devarshi Steven Hartman, Dean of the Kripalu School of Yoga, has been a yoga student and teacher for 30 years and is a former Kripalu resident. Devarshi is the creator of the best-selling audio series The Essence of the Bhagavad-Gita. He leads workshops and retreats throughout the country and, in addition to teaching yoga, is a healing arts practitioner and a body worker.
www.stevenhartman.com |
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Locating and Using the Core
Hope Zvara, E-RYT 500 |
Mountain View |
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Lecture & Practice:
In our fitness crazed world, six pack abs are the holy grail for some students. What is really meant by the core and why is it so important to our
yoga practice? This session will educate teachers on the proper way to use the core, locate the muscles of the core and incorporate that
knowledge into their yoga classes. Learn neutral and proper core‐based breathing and explore the core from an anatomical and functional basis.
You will leave this session with a better understanding of your own core and how to help your students find theirs.
About the teacher:
Hope is the owner of Copper Tree Yoga Studio & Wellness Center and the director of the HOPE School of Yoga & Pilates Teacher Trainings. She is
a national conference presenter and ordained minister. Her classes are motivational, compassionate, challenging and creative.
www.hopezvara.com |
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Comfort and Mobility in the Pelvis for Pre
and Post-Natal Students
Linda Trumpfheller, E-RYT 500 |
Emerald 1 2 |
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Lecture & Practice:
The pelvis opens and changes a great deal during pregnancy due to the hormone, relaxin, which softens the connective tissues in the body. The effects of relaxin can show up in a manner of symptoms and last for months postpartum. In this session, we will look at various tips and tricks to help guide pregnant and postpartum women through a safe and comfortable yoga practice. Learn techniques to prevent hip and sciatic issues and sleeping positions for maximum comfort. Discover how to help your students to stay focused, relaxed and progress through their birth efficiently and effectively, and prepare for the postpartum adjustments.
About the teachers:
Linda has worked with yoga students of all ages and experience for over 14 years. She trains yoga teachers in pre and post-natal yoga. She is also certified as a Hypnobabies Childbirth Hypnosis Instructor and Perinatal Support Specialist through Birth Wisdom. Linda continues to study and explore new techniques to help her students during pregnancy, delivery and beyond.
www.yogamamas.com |
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The Path of the Boddhisattva
Molly Lannon Kenny, E-RYT 500 |
San Remo |
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Lecture:
From as early as Krishna’s admonishment to Arjuna to “see all beings in Atman and Atman in all beings,” we have been called
to social action through yoga. But how does this individual transformation actually lead us to lasting social change? Come hear about thriving
community yoga programs for underserved and marginalized communities. Find out what makes these programs work and what each of us can
do to change our own prejudices and see our commitment to social justice as part of our commitment to yoga.
About the teacher:
Molly has been teaching yoga to all levels of practitioners for over ten years. She has worked tirelessly to create outreach
programs for people who would otherwise not have the opportunity to experience the timeless teachings of yoga. She has written and taught
extensively on the topics of yoga as therapy and yoga as a means to individual and social change.
www.mollylannonkenny.com |
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Assessing, Aligning and Assisting Intermediate and Advanced Asana
Suzanne Leitner-Wise, E-RYT 500 |
Crystal B C |
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Lecture & Practice:
Through hands on partner work, understand how to better assess, align and assist your students. Suzanne will share key alignment principles for intermediate and advanced poses such as, trikonasana, adha chandrasana, urdhva dhanurasana, sirsasana and sarvangasana. Learn how to better assess each student and understand what assists, whether verbal, passive or physical, are appropriate for the student’s needs.
About the teacher:
Suzanne’s teaching style is based on the precise postural alignment of Iyengar Yoga. She teaches internationally and has the natural ability to adapt postures to suit each individual’s capability.She completed a two-year Iyengar training program in Surrey, England and also studied with David Swenson, Shakta Kaur Khalsa and Swami Saradananda.
www.us1yoga.com |
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12:00pm |
Session 5
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Meditation: Reflections on the Self
Jenna Ratna Sturz, E-RYT 500 |
Emerald 3 |
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Lecture & Practice:
Meditation practice offers us numerous ways to turn within. Regardless of the method, Yoga scripture reminds us that the results of meditation are gradual degrees of peace as well as knowledge. In this session, we will discuss meditation as a way to inquire into the Self, consider obstacles to that process (according to the Yoga Sutras) and end with a guided meditation on the five koshas which veil us from our true Self.
About the teacher:
Ratna began her studies of yoga over thirty-five years ago. Her primary training has been under the guidance of Baba Hari Dass, a silent Monk from India and the inspiration behind Mount Madonna Center in Santa Cruz, California. A founding member and resident of Mount Madonna, Ratna has taught at Mount Madonna Yoga Teacher Training programs and retreats for decades, primarily in areas of pranayama, meditation and yoga philosophy. Recently, she completed the American Viniyoga Institute (AVI) Teacher Training program led by Gary Kraftsow. She has particular interest in adapting Yoga for modern times while staying anchored in tradition.
www.mountmadonna.org/yoga/ytt_bios.html
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Incorporating Archetypes in Your Teaching
Jennifer Buergermeister E-RYT 200 |
Malta A B |
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Lecture & Practice:
Explore the various embodiments of the Goddess Shakti along with other representations of the Divine through meditation, story-telling, lecture and asana. Learn how to incorporate these various archetypes into your teaching. In a playful practice you’ll awaken dormant shakti energies and expand your concept of yoga beyond asana.
About the teacher:
Jenny is the current president and founder of One Yoga USA, the Texas Yoga Association and Texas Yoga Conference.
She completed her masters in Transpersonal Psychology at the Institute of Transpersonal Psychology in Palo Alto, CA, specializing in archetypes and transitions through life’s stages and spirituality. She has been practicing yoga since 1992 and studied with Swami Vidyadhishananda Giri, David Williams, Robert Boustany, Jonny Kest, Shiva Rea, John Friend and Ana Forrest.
www.curayoga.com |
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Integrating Pregnant & Postpartum Women into Class
Jennifer Wolfe, RYT 500, RPYT |
Crystal B C |
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Lecture & Practice:
Every teacher should know the basic warning signs and precautions for integrating pregnant women into class. In this session, Jennifer will share
unique modifications that allow pregnant women to practice alongside their non‐pregnant classmates. Explore a number of typical vinyasa poses
and sequences and their prenatal modifications. Participants will get a chance to wear the empathy belly to see how the poses feel to pregnant
women. Attendees will also learn precautions every yoga instructor needs to know before postnatal students return to class.
About the teacher:
During her own pregnancy, Jennifer developed a system of prenatal vinyasa yoga which allowed her to continue her flow style while
incorporating her belly and her baby. Jennifer uses her knowledge as a doula, childbirth educator and yoga instructor to help women feel strong
and powerful in their birth experiences. She trains yoga Instructors around the world to teach prenatal vinyasa yoga and incorporate pregnant
women into their existing flow classes.
www.jenniferwolfeyoga.com |
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Marketing Ideas to Increase Revenue for the Yoga Professional
Laura Erdman‐Luntz, E-RYT 500 |
Rhodes A B |
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Lecture:
Do you have trouble earning money doing what you love? Perhaps you are a studio owner struggling to meet your overhead or a teacher
teaching too many classes just to make ends meet. Attend this session to learn the many ways you can market yourself for free and earn money
without adding another class to your busy schedule. Laura will provide a number of innovative marketing ideas to inspire your yoga business.
About the teacher:
Laura is a yoga teacher, life coach and business entrepreneur. She uniquely blends her life coaching knowledge and yoga
experience to create programs, classes and workshops that bring mind and body together for positive change. She has taught over 500
workshops and inspired hundreds of clients to live their most authentic life.
www.muselaura.com |
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Asana for Back Health
Linda Rowe, E-RYT 500 |
Crystal H I |
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Practice:
Join senior YogaFit teacher, Linda Rowe, for a vinyasa class designed to improve back health, strengthen the core and relieve back stress and discomfort. Learn proper and safe alignment for asanas that aid in back health. Linda will also share general guidelines for common back issues, poses for different stages of back pain and modifications for students with back discomfort.
About the teacher:
Dr. Linda Rowe, DC, CCSP, is a licensed chiropractor and has had chiropractic practices in Southern California and Oregon. She is a senior YogaFit master trainer, co-founder of YogaFitness University and developer of the YogaFitness 300 hour therapy program. Linda is the author of YogaFit's YogaBack and YogaFitness Therapy 1 trainings.
www.yogafit.com |
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Yoga as a Healing Art
Molly Lannon Kenny, E-RYT 500 |
Mountain View |
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Lecture & Practice:
You can read a book on yoga for just about any condition, but no book can prepare you for the variety of people who will enter your class. In a fascinating and practical workshop, attendees will choose a “special condition” and then immediately take a class geared toward that condition, taught by an expert in the field of yoga therapy.
About the teacher:
Molly is the founder The Samarya Center, a 501(c)(3) non‐profit organization dedicated to individual transformation and radical social change. She created Integrated Movement Therapy®, a clinically based, empirically sound therapy approach, rooted in the philosophy, practice and spirit of yoga. Molly serves on the board of directors of the International Association of Yoga Therapists.
www.samaryacenter.org |
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The Ongoing Transmission: Preserving the Legacy
Philip Goldberg |
San Remo |
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Lecture:
In this workshop we will dive deeper into the spiritual transformation of America brought on by the mainstream assimilation of Vedanta and Yoga. The implications of this shift in consciousness are far-reaching, and the need to advance that evolutionary process is great. Only the full yogic repertoire can foster the awareness, compassion and energy our planetary crisis demands. We will pay special attention to two challenges: bringing out the deepest teachings by giving the public what it needs as well as what it wants; preserving the integrity of tradition while also adapting to modern times.
About the teacher:
Philip Goldberg is a spiritual counselor, meditation teacher and ordained Interfaith Minister. The author or coauthor of 19 books, he lectures and leads workshops throughout the country. A novelist and screenwriter as well, he lives in Los Angeles, where he founded Spiritual Wellness and Healing Associates (SWAHA). He is Director of Outreach for SpiritualCitizens.net and blogs regularly on the Huffington Post and Intent.com.
www.philipgoldberg.com |
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Lunch with Speaker, David Frawley, E-RYT 500
The Greater Yoga Tradition and its Manifestation in the West |
Emerald 4 5 6 7 8 |
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Yoga is an ancient spiritual and healing tradition with a global relevance. It is important that we embrace the depth and breadth of this greater
Yoga tradition, along with its universal orientation. This means honoring all the branches of Yoga including Raja, Hatha, Jnana (knowledge),
Bhakti (devotion) and Karma (service) and related disciplines of Ayurvedic medicine and Vedic astrology. We will explore how all these aspects of
Yoga have developed in the West and where they are likely to go for the future, aiming at strengthening their interconnections.
About David:
David Frawley (Vamadeva) is one of the few westerners recognized as an authentic Vedic teacher or Acharya in India. He is the author of more
than forty books on Raja Yoga, Ayurvedic medicine, Vedic astrology, Vedanta and the Vedic sciences, which have been published worldwide over
the past thirty years. He has translated and commented on traditional Sanskrit texts going back to the Rigveda and Upanishads relative to their
deeper Yoga practices. He emphasizes a comprehensive and integral approach to Yoga and the Vedic sciences. Currently he is the director of the
American Institute of Vedic Studies in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
www.vedanet.com |
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6:00pm |
Session 6
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The Greater Yoga Tradition and its Manifestation in the West
Acharya David Frawley, E-RYT 500 and Yogini Shambhavi |
Rhodes A B |
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Lecture:
Our workshop will explore in greater detail the subject of the greater yoga Tradition introduced in the keynote talk. We will highlight the role of
Yoga as a spiritual practice for healing the mind and heart including the use of ritual, pranayama, mantra and meditation, along with the
relevance of Ayurvedic medicine and Vedic astrology. Yogini Shambhavi will emphasize the role of the Yoga Shakti as the key factor in higher
yoga practices and how it enters into different Yoga approaches and methods.
About the teachers:
Acharya David Frawley is an author of more than forty books published on the greater Yoga and Vedic traditions including Ayurvedic medicine
and Vedic astrology. His book Yoga and Ayurveda, after more than ten years in print remains the most widely studied book on these two related
topics. His latest book is Mantra Yoga and Primal Sound, which shows a detailed approach to the use of seed mantras in both Yoga and
Ayurveda.
Yogini Shambhavi is a traditional teacher of Shakti Sadhana or the worship of the Goddess from the Himalayan region of India. She is the author
of two books, Yogic Secrets of the Dark Goddess and Yogini: Unfolding the Goddess Within and an important mantra CD, Shakti Mantras Unfold
the Divine Within. Shambhavi is noted for her direct, engaging and inspiring teaching style. She teaches along with David Frawley in various
programs and retreats worldwide.
www.vedanet.com |
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Teaching the Higher Limbs of Yoga
Elizabeth Neuse, E-RYT 500 |
Crystal H I |
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Lecture & Practice:
As yoga teachers we face the challenge of delivering a safe and interesting asana class to our movement hungry students. But many of us want to offer more than just anatomical direction. How do we incorporate the subtler aspects of Yoga into our asana classes while maintaining the integrity of the physical practice? In this session, Elizabeth will offer guidance on teaching pranayama, pratyahara, dharana and dhyana in asana classes as a way to lead students towards Samadhi.
About the teacher:
Elizabeth took her first teacher training with At One Yoga in Scottsdale, AZ in 2001. She then completed residential study at the Sivananda Ashrams in Kerala, India and in San Francisco, where she also worked as an editorial assistant at the Yoga Journal Magazine. In 2002 she completed a nine-month, 1,100-hour training with Yoga Arts in Byron Bay, Australia. She also completed the Road to Om Training with Cyndi Lee in 2005. She is a Senior Yoga Works teacher and maintains a private therapeutic Yoga practice.
www.ejneuse.com
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How to Share your Deepest Intentions with your Class
Ella Luckett, E-RYT 200 |
Emerald 3 |
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Lecture & Practice:
In this session designed to reacquaint teachers with their source, re-experience your own yoga journey as a witness and begin to recognize the origins of your bliss. Uncover how to translate your personal yoga experience for your students. Using the techniques of Niyama, Dharana and Dyhana, Ella will re-ignite your deepest intentions so you can be a more effective and skillful guide for your students.
About the teacher:
For eight years Ella has been teaching yoga classes on both the east and west coasts. She is passionate about learning as well as teaching and her classes are filled with inspiration. She recently founded Jai Yoga Arts in Brooklyn, NY where she teaches weekly classes.
www.jaiyogaarts.com |
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Healing our Backs with Yoga
Lillah Schwartz, E-RYT 500 |
Mountain View |
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Lecture & Practice:
Discover the principles of self-applied back care using alignment-based yoga to relieve pain and build neuromuscular balance and strength. Lillah will share techniques for evaluating the origin of a student’s back pain. Explore the anatomy of common back injuries and learn how to guide students to self-manage pain. Participants will practice a comprehensive and reliable series of poses to alleviate pain and improve long-term functional ability.
About the teacher:
Lillah Schwartz, brings the science and spirit of yoga wisdom to thousands each year using her extensive training with world-renowned Yogacharya BKS Iyengar, Aadil Palkhivala, Eric Small and others. Never more at home than in front of a group of students with diverse body issues, Lillah shares her insight and 30 years experience, assisting students to connect with their hearts and their potential. Experience her mentorship first hand. Lillah held an Iyengar teaching certificate for 23 years and produced two therapeutic yoga DVD's recommended by Yoga Journal, Dr. Andrew Weil, and Prevention magazine. She is the founder and director of Lighten Up Yoga and Teacher Training Center in Asheville, North Carolina.
www.lightenupyoga.com |
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Techniques for Teaching Inversions
Liz Owen, E-RYT 500 |
Crystal B C |
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Practice:
Learn how to create a joyful and safe experience in inverted postures for students of all levels. In this experiential asana practice attendees will
explore headstand, handstand, shoulderstand and plough pose. Learn the physical and energetic alignments of these inversions and how to
prepare students to go upside down. Liz will also share restorative inversions, modifications for physical limitations, prop usage and hands‐on
assists in inversions.
About the teacher:
Liz has been teaching yoga since 1990 and is known for her innovative and transformative classes. Liz was on the faculty of the BKS Iyengar Yoga
Center of Greater Boston and currently leads classes, teacher trainings and workshops throughout New England. She is co‐author of a National
Institutes of Health funded study at Boston University Medical Center studying yoga as a healing modality for depression and anxiety.
www.lizowenyoga.com |
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Asana for your Doshas
Rammohan Rao, RYT 200 |
Malta A B |
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Lecture & Practice:
Learn the Ayurvedic approach to asana practice in this informative session about doshas. Rammohan will share information on the three dosha types: vata, pitta and kapha and will explain the connection between the doshas and the physiology and psychology of an individual. Find out how certain asanas affect the different dosha types and how to create doshic balance in the body. This session is recommended for teachers with limited knowledge of the principles of Ayurveda.
About the teacher:
Rammohan comes from a family of Ayurvedic practitioners and Vedic teachers in India tracing back to the illustrious Vedic-acharya and ascetic Rishi Kaundinya. His research on Ayurveda and yoga has been published in LA Yoga Magazine and The Ayurvedic Oracle. He is a dedicated yoga practitioner and teacher at Front Street Yoga in Novato, CA.
www.frontstreetyoga.com |
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Making the Transition: Helping Instructors to Teach Online
Rena Palloff and Keith Pratt, Crossroads Consulting Group |
San Remo |
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Lecture:
The online classroom is a potentially powerful teaching and learning arena in which new practices and new relationships can make significant contributions to learning. In order to successfully navigate the power of this medium for use in training and education, instructors must be trained not only to use technology, but also to shift the ways in which they organize and deliver material. This shift can maximize the potential for learners to take charge of their own learning process and can facilitate the development of a sense of community among the learners. This session will focus on the skills necessary to make the transition from face-to-face instruction to online instruction and will present best practices for online teaching.
About the teachesr:
Rena Palloff and Keith Pratt are the managing partners of Crossroads Consulting Group, working with academic institutions and business and professional organizations in the development and delivery of effective online education and training programs. Their latest book, The Excellent Online Instructor, was published in early 2011. The books are comprehensive guides to the development of an online environment that helps promote successful learning outcomes while fostering collaboration and building a sense of community among the learners. Drs. Palloff and Pratt have been presenting their work across the United States and internationally since 1994.
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Keep it Fun and Keep it Yoga for Children
Shakta Khalsa, E-RYT 500 and Lisa Brodrick, E-RYT 500 |
Emerald 1 2 |
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Lecture & Practice:
Learn how to engage children and youth, from tots to teens, in a meaningful and enlightened exploration of yoga. Discover how to guide children to quiet and focus the mind through breathing and relaxation techniques. Shakta and Lisa will share valuable songs, games and other techniques for engaging children in the practice of yoga. Attendees will also learn how to incorporate children's yoga into their current class offerings.
About the teachers:
Shakta is a certified Kundalini yoga teacher and trainer, a Montessori educator, author of five yoga books and an internationally recognized teacher of yoga for both adults and children. She travels extensively presenting Radiant Child Yoga. Her program has been recognized for continuing education credits in public and private schools and in professional therapy organizations. Lisa Brodrick is teacher and educator with over ten years of experience in the education field. She discovered yoga as an adolescent and considers it the conduit for joyfully bridging the body, mind and soul of all children and families. She has had the pleasure sharing yoga with many individuals including special needs students and at-risk youths.
www.childrensyoga.com |
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7:00pm |
Personal Practice |
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| Vigorous Practice, Judiann Cesta, E-RYT 200 |
Crystal B C |
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| Moderate Practice, Sharon Kripke, E-RYT 200, RYT 500 |
Crystal H I |
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| Open Practice Room |
Monte Carlo |
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7:00pm |
Small Group Sessions |
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Online Learning Roundtable |
Toulon |
Join us for a roundtable session to evaluate current online learning offerings for Yoga training programs. Rena Palloff and Keith Pratt from Crossroads Consulting Group will lead this discussion and welcome your feedback about teacher training needs in the online learning environment. They will provide information on best practices in the online delivery of Yoga training programs. All conference attendees are welcome to attend.
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Meet and Greet with Registered Yoga Schools |
St. Tropez |
Meet and greet representatives from Registered Yoga Schools (RYSs) to learn about their current and future program offerings, products and services. All attendees are welcome to attend this informal session and raffle prizes will be awarded to some lucky winners.
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8:30pm |
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Dinner with Speaker, Mark Singleton
Yoga Body: Historical Contexts for Modern Asana Practice |
Emerald 4 5 6 7 8 |
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It's often said that yoga is a 5000 year old tradition from India. In some respects this is true. But what about the practices we do today? Is there
really a direct link to the ancient past, or is the story more complicated? Today yoga is virtually synonymous in the West with the practice of
āsana. And yet, in spite of the immense popularity of yoga worldwide, there is little evidence that āsana has ever been the primary aspect of any
Indian yoga practice tradition—including the medieval, body‐oriented hatha yoga. How did this strange situation come about? What can we
learn from the modern history of āsana? And what does it mean for our practice today?
About Mark:
Mark Singleton has a Ph.D in Divinity from Cambridge University. He has published extensively on modern yoga, including the first collection of
scholarship on the topic, Yoga in the Modern World (2008), and the ground‐breaking study of the modern history of āsana, Yoga Body, The
Origins of Modern Posture Practice. He is a yoga teacher in the Iyengar and Satyananda traditions. His opinions on yoga have appeared (among
other places) in the New York Times and Yoga Journal.
www.modernyogaresearch.org |
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Community Jam Night with Yogis and Friends |
Rose Lawn |
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Bring your musical talents and your spirit of learning something new to the Community Jam Night. Yogis and Friends will lend drums and percussion for the musically inclined. Instruments will be available but feel free to bring your own along with an open heart and mind. However the melody unfolds it will surely create a space of joy and good intentions.
www.YogisAndFriends.com
PremDasTablas.com |
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7:00am |
Personal Practice |
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| Gentle Practice, Richard Hammer, E-RYT 200 |
Crystal B C |
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Moderate Practice, Felicia Tomasko, E-RYT 500
and Frank Fitzpatrick, RYT 200 |
Crystal H I |
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| Open Practice Room |
Monte Carlo |
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Breakfast / Community Forums |
Emerald 4 5 6 7 8 |
During these informal breakfast sessions, we ask you as Yoga teachers to offer opinions and insights on current trends and issues facing the Yoga community. Community Forums will focus on Yoga Alliance’s credentialing process and there will be facilitated discussions about implementing a compliance mechanism and strengthening continuing education requirements. Yoga Alliance will also focus on Yoga as healing and how to best incorporate this philosophy into our standards. Attendees will enjoy a delicious breakfast and juice bar, along with daily raffle prizes courtesy of our exhibitors and sponsors!
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You may choose to attend one of the 3-hour sessions listed directly below at this time,
OR two of the 1.5-hour sessions beneath. These sessions run concurrently. |
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12:00pm |
Session 7a
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General Principles of Modification for Common Medical Conditions
Beverly Roberts Singh (Swami Atmarupa), E-RYT 500 |
Rhodes A B |
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Lecture:
When students have common medical conditions such as cardiovascular disease, back disorders, diabetes, arthritis or respiratory disease, do you know how asana, pranayama or other yoga practices can benefit or harm them? In this session, expand your understanding of commonly encountered medical conditions and learn how yoga practices can be modified to keep your students safe. This session is designed for all yoga teachers and is not a yoga therapy workshop.
About the teacher:
Swami Atmarupa began studying Satyananda Yoga in the early 1980’s and is one of 22 emissaries worldwide named in 2004 to represent the yoga teachings of the Bihar School of Yoga in India. She is the founder and director of the Atma Center, an award winning Satyananda Yoga center in Cleveland Heights, OH. For nearly three decades, she has traveled regularly to India in search of a deep spiritual connection, which she found through her guru, Swami Niranjanananda Saraswati.
www.atmacenter.com
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Pantanjali’s Yoga Sutras for Yoga Teachers
Devarshi Steven Hartman E-RYT 500 |
Crystal B C |
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Lecture & Practice:
How do the teachings of the yoga sutras apply practically to being a yoga teacher today? How can the key concepts presented in this ancient text guide you in sharing the depth of yoga asana, pranayama and meditation with others? Through experiencing the simple yet profound practices presented in Patanjali’s Sutras, you will be led into provocative and lively discussion that will reveal Patanjali’s luminous and gradient approach to unveiling consciousness. Be inspired in your personal practice and teaching by this quintessential yoga scripture of Patanjali, the brilliant seer.
About the teacher:
Devarshi Steven Hartman, Dean of the Kripalu School of Yoga, has been a yoga student and teacher for 30 years and is a former Kripalu resident. Devarshi is the creator of the best-selling audio series The Essence of the Bhagavad-Gita. He leads workshops and retreats throughout the country and, in addition to teaching yoga, is a healing arts practitioner and a body worker.
www.stevenhartman.com |
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Leave No Student Behind in a Mixed Level Class
Kate Hillman Garland, E-RYT 500 |
Crystal H I |
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Lecture & Practice:
The wise yoga teacher has an arsenal of simple sequences that can easily be adjusted to meet a variety of students needs. Learn how to manage students with varying abilities and physical limitations in the same group class. Through group discussion and hands on practice, Kate will demonstrate how to properly assess and manage a diverse class.
About the teacher:
Kate is a yoga therapist, self-care specialist and life-skills educator based in Los Angeles. Kate has been teaching for over ten years, completed the prestigious two-year Yoga Therapy Rx program at Loyola Marymount University and studies with her teacher, Robert Birnberg. In 2006, she founded Kate Yoga, a boutique yoga studio and private yoga therapy practice.
www.kateyoga.com |
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How to Breathe: Teaching Yoga as Life
Lynn Kelley-Piper, E-RYT 500 |
Emerald 1 2 |
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Lecture & Practice:
Breath is our original healing source. Safe, fluid movement originates with full-body breathing, without distorted patterns and limitations. Through progressive inquiry into how we breathe, participants will explore their own breathing patterns individually and with partners. Learn how to detect distortions in breath and how to modify or eliminate asanas for students while teaching a group class or private lesson. We will look at the mind/breath connection with emphasis on the student practicing breathing meditation and techniques on and off the yoga mat. This session will benefit yoga teachers, yoga therapists, medical professionals, meditation practitioner and any being who breathes.
About the teacher:
Lynn’s yoga path started in India, at age 14, where she began her practice with Sri T. Krishnamacharya. She studied with Krishnamacharya until she began teaching at age 22. Lifelong study with yoga and meditation masters such as Indra Devi, Menaka Desikachar, BKS Iyengar, Pema Chodron, Thich Naht Hanh, David Frawley, and the Dalai Lama led Lynn to establish yoga schools in Canada and the US. Lynn is owner of A World View Yoga School, RYS 200 and RYS 500. She teaches Life Enhancement and ViniYoga Teacher Training Programs at the 200, 300 and 500-Hour levels to beginner and senior Yoga teachers in Southern California.
www.lynnkelleypiperryt500.com |
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Articulate Instruction for Yoga Teachers
Joanna Dunn, E-RYT 200, RYT 500 |
Malta A B |
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Lecture & Practice:
The most powerful tool we have as teachers is our ability to communicate clearly and effectively with our students. As teachers, we can easily
fall into language ruts, using the same phrases habitually. In this session, we will unpack familiar phrases, develop thoughtful verbal instructions,
explore the use of humor and the importance of silence. Participants will emerge with a toolbox to breathe life into their ability to give clear,
concise and enlivening instruction.
About the teacher:
Joanna teaches restorative and alignment‐based yoga as well as an innovative vinyasa flow. She received her 200‐Hour training from Kripalu,
her 500‐Hour training from Pacific Yoga and trained in yoga therapeutics with Susie Hatley Aldous. Joanna is the Director of Teacher Training at
Snowcreek Yoga Studio in Leavenworth, WA.
www.joannadunn.com |
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10:00am |
Session 7b
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Creating a Viable Studio
Amber Sandoval, RYT 200, MINDBODY |
Sardinia |
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Lecture:
Analyze the health of your studio and improve profitability with tried and true management techniques. Learn how to use high-level strategic planning to create an annual budget and identify simple metrics that lead to business success. Techniques will be shared to help analyze your operating expenses, incentivize your teachers and easily evaluate your efforts from month to month.
About the teacher:
Amber Sandoval is the backbone of MINDBODY's permission marketing efforts. A graduate of the University of Hawaii, Amber's experience in marketing, managing retail and running her own yoga business led her to MINDBODY in 2007. Specializing in marketing automation, email marketing and brand management, Amber executes campaigns that reach audiences around the globe.
www.mindbodyonline.com |
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What is the 'Modern' in 'Modern Yoga' and what does it Matter?
Mark Singleton |
San Remo |
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Lecture & Practice:
This session will focus on the modern history of yoga. What does it mean to think of particular kinds of yoga as "modern"? Isn't yoga always and
simply yoga? What do we gain from understanding the historical roles of yoga in the globalizing world?
About the teacher:
Mark Singleton has a Ph.D in Divinity from Cambridge University. He has published extensively on modern yoga, including the first collection of
scholarship on the topic, Yoga in the Modern World (2008), and the ground‐breaking study of the modern history of āsana, Yoga Body, The
Origins of Modern Posture Practice. He is a yoga teacher in the Iyengar and Satyananda traditions. His opinions on yoga have appeared (among
other places) in the New York Times and Yoga Journal.
www.modernyogaresearch.org |
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Biomechanical Analysis of “Harmful” Yoga Postures
Virginia Cowen, E-RYT 200 and Megan Todd, E-RYT 200 |
Mountain View |
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Lecture & Practice:
This session will analyze the “harmful yoga poses” released by the American Council on Exercise in March 2011. A biomechanical analysis reveals why these – and other yoga postures – are identified by exercise physiologists as potentially dangerous. Explore how a working understanding of biomechanics and kinesiology can provide insights into modifications.
About the teachers:
Virginia S. Cowen, PhD is an E-RYT who holds multiple nationally-recognized fitness certifications including: National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA), American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM), American Council on Exercise (ACE). and the Pilates Method Alliance. Dr. Cowen has published original research on yoga, massage, and physical activity and is the author of Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork for Autism Spectrum Disorders and What Students Learned in Gym Class. She is a New York State licensed and NCBTMB certified massage therapist who maintains a small bodywork practice in the New York metro area.
Megan Todd, PhD brings together her eclectic training in, dance, pilates, massage, Yoga, fitness and wellness to provide synergistic expertise and skill in teaching and working with students. In addition, she is invested in on-going performance-based research projects in the areas of social justice and wellness. She is a published author and has produced and written curriculum for socio-cultural and movement based practices in higher education. She continues to be inspired in practice, teaching and in life through the eloquent practices and wisdom shared by her teacher Rod Stryker, founder of ParaYoga.
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12:00pm |
Session 7c
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The Latest Tech Trends in Yoga Management
Christy Wenning, MINDBODY |
San Remo |
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Lecture:
Every personal service imaginable will soon be found, compared, scheduled and paid for online or via smartphone. Is your studio ready? Learn how the latest online and mobile tech trends can attract new students to your studio and keep them coming back for more. Online or on-the-go, these tech advances will help you manage and grow your yoga business.
About the teacher:
Christy Wenning is MINDBODY’s regional sales manager, leading a team of over 20 sales specialists at MINDBODY’s headquarters in San Luis Obispo, CA. Christy is a social science graduate of Cal Poly San Luis Obispo and a certified yoga instructor. Christy has a passion for helping businesses in the health and wellness industry make a difference in the world through technology.
www.mindbodyonline.com |
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Yoga for Underserved Populations
Michael Sapiro, E-RYT 200, RYT 500 |
Sardinia |
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Lecture:
This workshop will introduce the practice of intrapersonal introspection needed for yoga teachers to authentically connect with underserved people in challenging populations such as prisons, rehab, homeless and youth centers. Michael will guide you through a compassionate examination of your own beliefs and judgments about underserved populations. He will use several of the eight limbs as ethical and moral standards for serving students in challenging environments. Attendees will gain teaching skills to encourage students to connect, accept and forgive the deeper aspects of Self.
About the teacher:
Michael trained extensively in the disciplines of Zen and Theravada Buddhism, Raja and Hatha Yoga and is the founding director of Maitri House Yoga. He received certification as an Ayurvedic Life-Style Counselor with David Frawley and serves on the Board of Directors for the Institute for Spirituality and Psychology. Michael is currently working toward his PsyD in Clinical Psychology at JFK University and teaches Buddhist Dharma for free to underserved populations in prisons, homeless centers and youth organizations.
www.maitrihouseyoga.com |
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Yoga For Releasing Trauma and the Psoas
Mimi Solaire, E-RYT 500 |
Mountain View |
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Lecture & Practice:
Trauma Release Yoga, based on the work of David Bercelli, is a gentle effective technique that facilitates the lengthening and relaxation of the psoas muscle to release physical and emotional tension, stress and trauma. Yoga poses that focus on strengthening and stretching the psoas, trigger a shaking response and release emotional tension held in the psoas. This mind-body practice may help to release chronic muscular tension, symptoms of sciatica and decrease other pains and tensions in the body. Participants will learn simple yoga poses to induce the tremoring mechanism and release the psoas.
About the teacher:
Mimi Solaire has an eclectic style informed by her training in yoga, dance, performance, the aerial arts and her certification in Trauma Release Yoga. Her greatest teacher was a neck injury sustained in a car accident that healed through Yoga and Eastern healing techniques. She teaches at Life Power in Scottsdale and Phoenix, Arizona, and leads retreats throughout the world. Mimi has produced three highly acclaimed DVDs: Back in Shape, Prenatal Yoga and Deep Stretch/Yin Yoga.
www.mimisolaire.com |
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2:00pm |
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Closing Lunch With Speaker,
Nayaswami Gyandev McCord
Future Directions for Yoga in the West |
Emerald 4 5 6 7 8 |
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The ancient Yoga teachings have much to say about where yoga — and for that matter, our entire world — has been and is now heading. They
suggest that the future promises ever‐wider acceptance of yoga and unprecedented opportunity to affect positive change in the world. Yet with
acceptance and opportunity come pitfalls and challenges. Gyandev will share thoughts on the role of the yoga community in these changes, and
how we yogis can participate in the unfolding drama.
About Gyandev:
Nayaswami Gyandev has taught all aspects of Yoga—including asana, meditation, and yoga philosophy—in the Ananda tradition since 1983. He is director of
Ananda Yoga worldwide and of Ananda Yoga Teacher Training at Ananda’s retreat center, The Expanding Light, near Nevada City, CA. He also
teaches throughout the U.S. as well as in Canada, India, and Europe.
Nayaswami Gyandev is a co‐founder of Yoga Alliance and currently serves on its board of directors. He has authored two videos (Yoga for Busy People and
Yoga to Awaken the Chakras), two yoga therapy books (Yoga Therapy for Headache Relief and Yoga Therapy for Overcoming Insomnia), and a
variety of CD’s. A disciple of Paramhansa Yogananda, he lives in the Ananda Village ashram in Northern California.
www.ExpandingLight.org |
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YA+ House of Delegates (HOD) Meeting* |
Mountain View |
Please join HOD members for discussions on the future directions of Yoga Alliance, YA+ and Yoga in the West. This afternoon working group will be presided over by the President of YA+, John Matthews. Come and hear the President’s Report, which will review Yoga Alliance’s and YA+’s activities from the past year and plans for 2012. HOD members will develop recommendations that will be presented by the President to the Board of Directors. Learn more about the HOD or apply to become a member on the YA+ website.
- 2:30-3:30pm President’s Report
- 3:30-3:45pm Q & A
- 3:45-4:00pm Break
- 4:00-5:15pm Working Groups
- 5:15-5:30pm Break
- 5:30-6:00pm Recommendations
*All conference attendees are invited to attend
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YA+ House of Delegates Dinner with speaker,
John Hagelin
The Neurophysiology of Enlightenment: Modern Science Sheds New Light on the Ancient Practice of Yoga |
Emerald 4 5 6 7 8 |
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Since ancient times, the cherished goal of Yoga has been the attainment of Moksha—Nirvikalpa Samadhi—Enlightenment. In recent times, the Western scientific research community has focused on the more pedestrian but practical goals of improved physical and mental wellbeing. However, recent scientific studies on long-term Yoga practitioners are starting to report an interesting and potentially important “side effect” of sustained yoga practice: evidence of higher states of consciousness beyond waking, dreaming and deep sleep. These published findings provide empirical support for the Yogic hypothesis of higher states of consciousness, and impact substantially our basic understanding of the nature of consciousness and the limits of human potential.
About John:
John Hagelin, Ph.D., is a world-renowned quantum physicist, educator, public policy expert, and leading proponent of peace. Dr. Hagelin received his A.B. summa cum laude from Dartmouth College and his M.A. and Ph.D. from Harvard University, and conducted pioneering research at CERN (the European Center for Particle Physics) and SLAC (the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center). His scientific contributions in the fields of electroweak unification, grand unification, supersymmetry and cosmology include some of the most cited references in the physical sciences. He is responsible for the development of a highly successful Grand Unified Field Theory based on the Superstring—a theory that was featured in a cover story of Discover magazine.
http://www.mum.edu/faculty/hagelin_john.html |
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