Workshops
Have you ever wanted to know more but haven’t had the time to explore topics in a public class setting? With workshops, we dive into specific segments, whether anatomy, the mind, or philosophy, and learn how to incorporate yoga for each topic.
When you leave a workshop, you’ll feel like you just had the best day at school ever!
Kosha Yin
An exploration through the sheaths
Join Amanda Madhu Whiting for an experience of yin through the five Koshas. The koshas are like sheaths of the body that, once explored, can access our true form: bliss. Together we will traverse through the physical layer, energetic layer, mind layer, wisdom layer, and finally the bliss layer through use of yin postures, visualization, meditation and quiet introspection.
Kosha yin was developed by Amanda Madhu as a way to strengthen the connection of body, mind and beyond.
Please bring with you a journal for notes.
Yoga For Stress And Anxiety
During this intensive you will:
- Understand anxiety and stress from the perspective of the nervous system and how yoga shift states of mind through body and breath
- Gain in-depth knowledge of specific yoga asanas, pranayama and meditations that regulate and balance emotions
- Cultivate self compassion, loving kindness and forgiveness
- Reconnect with oneself and with life
A manual will be provided. There is no required reading prior to this intensive.
This course provided a succinct explantation of stress, anxiety & trauma, the effects on the body and how yoga can be incorporated to help individuals in need.
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With Jeanette Ward & Amanda Whiting
Stillpoint & The Power of Yin
Yin practice escorts practitioners to the liminal edge of the unconscious and conscious mind, the outer dense body and the subtle meridians underlying this form. Travel within to the dynamic balance of chaos and order through which the energy body is made available to support the journey into wholeness.
Learn more on Yin theory and why a yin practice helps you to profoundly release long stored emotions and limiting beliefs, opening new spaciousness in your body/mind.
In this workshop, we’ll dive into emotions and the mind, and the correlation with organ and meridian theory. We will be practicing during the workshop, so please have your mat set up! You may need: blocks (you can use books if you don’t have them), bolster (or a pillow or rolled up towel), and perhaps an eye pillow (or scarf to drape over your eyes).
Yin & Yoga Nidra
Rest. Renew. Rejuvenate.
“Life is a balance of holding on and letting go.” ~ Rumi
Dive deep into the heart with a soft yin practice focussed on opening into possibility, followed by the practice of yoga nidra. Together, the two practices will leave you more in tune with your body, mind and soul, and with a deep awareness of your importance in your own life.
Yin yoga is a practice of stillness of the body, where we use long holds to tap into meridian lines. Yin allows us to explore what arises within, and through mindfulness, to observe what moves without judgement. Yoga nidra is the practice of deep yogic sleep – where the body is physically relaxed and the mind remains in a state of conscious awareness. Yoga nidra opens us to the ability to shift deeply rooted patterns and to allow the body to heal from within.
Cost $45
Yoga For Mental Stability
In the west, we are often in a state of constant fight or flight. Our Sympathetic nervous system is activated multiple times a day. Because of this, stress levels are higher, mental illness is more prevalent and anxiety/depression are more common than not.
In this workshop, learn techniques for mental health stability. Using meditation, yoga poses, breath work, hand mudras and more, we will create a tool kit for you to access in heightened periods of stress.
Please bring an open mind, a journal and a mat.
Yoga For Resiliency And Self-Compassion
With Prem Robin Campbell and Amanda Madhu Whiting
The second module in the Emotional Wellbeing Series, this intensive is designed for yoga teachers and practitioners to deepen their capacity to support students and themselves for emotional health and wellbeing. Together we will explore yoga philosophy as it applies to mental health, and practical ways to support yourself and others through emotional difficulty. Topics that will be explored include shame, vulnerability, resiliency, compassion and boundaries. This experiential weekend will leave you equipped with more confidence in holding space for students and yourself when going through emotional difficulty.
During this intensive you will:
- Gain a deeper understanding of the interconnection between psychology, neuroscience and yoga philosophy and practices for emotional wellbeing
- Gain in-depth knowledge of specific yoga asanas, pranayama and meditations that regulate and balance emotions
- Learn how to set and support your boundaries in relationship with students or people in your life
- Explore key yoga concepts for mental health, such as samskaras (conditioned patterns), dukkha (suffering) and the kleshas (forms of suffering) from the Yoga Sutras
- Explore the concepts of vulnerability, shame and ways to dissolve the barriers to self-acceptance
- Discover ways to cultivate self compassion, loving kindness and forgiveness
- Explore spiritual concepts from the Upanishads and Tantric texts that guide to expansive states of being
There are no prerequisites for this course. We recommend reading Daring Greatly by Brene Brown prior to the course, but it is not required. This course counts as 25 hours of CEUs.
This course opens you to the possibility that there is relief from anxiety & depression. This relief can be completely self-accessed if desired. It is also something that can be shared for the benefit of others.
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