 |
     Conference VideoF.A.Q.s Galleries & Clips Event Sponsors Exhibitors Studio Partners CE Credits Scholarships Join our E-Newsletter Other YJ Conferences 
|
  Choose one class from each of the six sessions.
 Saturday Morning Special Events Please choose one from Session 1: Beryl Bender Birch - Course ID: M1BIRC Mixed Levels  Saturday, April 10 — 8:00am - 10:00amMain Conference - Session 1 Drawing from her new book, Boomer Yoga, Beryl will introduce a dynamic yoga practice that is uniquely designed to accommodate our changing bodies and minds. This is an opportunity to experience an energetic yet doable approach to asana practice that will rejuvenate and detoxify your system. Lifelong practitioners as well as those who are new to yoga will find this method to be a wonderful tool for staying healthy and fit. **This class has been approved by American Council on Exercise (ACE) for 0.2 CECs.** Mostly asana. Backbends: Tapping into the Fountain of Youth Claire Este-McDonald - Course ID: M1ESTE Mixed Levels Saturday, April 10 — 8:00am - 10:00amMain Conference - Session 1 Backbends are the gateway to vitality and self-expression. Doing them safely and enjoyably, however, requires an understanding of the spine and its relationship to the pelvis. Come experience a playful exploration of the biomechanics of moving into backbends from Upward Dog, flipped Dog into Wheel, and dropbacks. With this understanding, you'll gain freedom and confidence to move safely into backbends. Mostly asana with some anatomy. Gut Wisdom: Awakening the Intelligence of the Core Body | CE Bo Forbes - Course ID: M1FORB Therapeutic, Mixed Levels Saturday, April 10 — 8:00am - 10:00amMain Conference - Session 1 The core body holds us upright and is our central intelligence agency. We'll explore the anatomy and components of core body strength and feel how they work in concert to promote core strength, grace, and body intuition. Then we'll translate this knowledge into therapeutic asana designed to continue your journey into the center of your body. We'll finish with a brief restorative sequence to assimilate and integrate this knowledge into cellular memory. CE credits offered for psychologists and social workers. What to bring: Bring a bolster or two to three blankets, a strap, an eye pillow, and at least one block. Asana, pranayama, restorative, lecture. Working with Your Injuries in Your Practice Ana Forrest - Course ID: M1FORR Therapeutic, Mixed Levels Saturday, April 10 — 8:00am - 10:00amMain Conference - Session 1 Alleviating your own pain is tremendously empowering. We'll guide you in focusing your healing energy to wherever you need it by using the breath. Learn how to tailor your practice to release pain and bring healing to an injured area. Discover the attitudes that are part of the injury and how those attitudes may perpetuate the injury. We'll focus on common areas of injury: neck, shoulders, and back. By applying the tools of Forrest Yoga, pain and suffering becomes optional! What to bring: Bring a strap, a block, and two mats (or one mat and one blanket to roll up). The room will be heated. The Practice as a Meditative Flow Richard Freeman - Course ID: M1FREE Mixed Levels Saturday, April 10 — 8:00am - 10:00amMain Conference - Session 1 When the breath, bandhas, mudras, and drishti are joined together with a consistent flow within the postures, meditation spontaneously arises. Through standing, seated, and finishing postures of Ashtanga Yoga's primary series, students will be guided deeply into these core patterns with a continuous joining and separating of masculine and feminine movements as a means of discovering strength, flexibility, and clear focus of mind. Mostly asana. Kripalu Yoga Devarshi Steven Hartman - Course ID: M1HART Mixed Levels Saturday, April 10 — 8:00am - 10:00amMain Conference - Session 1 In this Kripalu Yoga class, you'll learn the foundational principles of teaching Kripalu Yoga that will change and inform how you do yoga. There are three stages: natural alignment, meditation in motion, and teaching from the koshas and vayus. Come get inspired! Asana practice. Teaching Individualized, Breath-Centered Group Yoga Practice: A Workshop for Teachers Leslie Kaminoff - Course ID: M1KAMI Continue Your Education Saturday, April 10 — 8:00am - 10:00amMain Conference - Session 1 Even in large group classes, there are many simple principles that, when applied, can give each student a very personal experience of their breath-based asana practice. We'll move through such a practice, with a special emphasis on varying the relationship between breath and movement--an approach that allows students to spontaneously discover the supporting action of the bandhas. Mostly practice with running commentary. Transformation for a Life That Flows Michael Lee - Course ID: M1MLEE Mixed Levels Saturday, April 10 — 8:00am - 10:00amMain Conference - Session 1 It doesn't need to take years of practice or adherence to dogma for yoga to change your life. In this experiential workshop, we'll learn how to change your life--and the lives of others--through a carefully designed yoga practice that incorporates principles from Phoenix Rising Yoga Therapy. You'll also learn what helps and hinders the transformational process, and how to design a practice that makes life simple and flowing. Discussion, lecture, and low key asana. Rooted Body, Infinite Heart Liz Owen - Course ID: M1OWEN Mixed Levels Saturday, April 10 — 8:00am - 10:00amMain Conference - Session 1 Experience a sequence of asanas that will help you to go deep into the ground and find your roots, actions that will support and create lightness in your body and mind. Then discover tools for self-transformation as you unlock your inner heart and experience the freedom, bliss, and oneness that unfold from within. Mostly asana. Prana Flow: Energetic Vinyasa Shiva Rea - Course ID: M1SREA Mixed Levels Saturday, April 10 — 8:00am - 10:00amMain Conference - Session 1 Experience the power of the five movements of prana underlying all of creation and the flow of yogasanas, bandhas, and pranayama. We'll learn specific navigation methods within Prana Flow, an energetic approach to vinyasa that releases the "doing" of yoga and brings greater ease and vitality into the "being" of yoga as the liberating key to living flow. Class includes Shiva's fluid Namaskars and experiencing a fully integrated Prana Flow yoga practice. **This class has been approved by American Council on Exercise (ACE) for 0.2 CECs.** Mostly asana. Sun Salutations: Find Your Breath and Awaken Your Spine Natasha Rizopoulos - Course ID: M1RIZO Beginners Saturday, April 10 — 8:00am - 10:00amMain Conference - Session 1 In many yoga traditions, the Sun Salutes are used to warm up the body and connect to the breath. Explore the individual poses and breathing pattern that form the basis of these beautiful sequences and build to a gentle flow that connects mind and body. **This class has been approved by American Council on Exercise (ACE) for 0.2 CECs.** Mostly asana. Flying, Floating, and Handstanding David Swenson - Course ID: M1SWEN Mixed Levels Saturday, April 10 — 8:00am - 10:00amMain Conference - Session 1 One of the greatest challenges of the Ashtanga flow is the vinyasa. We'll explore the elements of handstands and arm balances, and break the vinyasa down into its components. Mostly asana with partner work. Practice of Tantric Yoga: My Personal Routine Pandit Rajmani Tigunait - Course ID: M1TIGU Intermediate Saturday, April 10 — 8:00am - 10:00amMain Conference - Session 1 In this workshop Pandit Tigunait will teach the version of yoga practiced by yogis in Himalayan caves for millennia, which he has been following for the past 30 years. The workshop includes classical asanas, bandhas, mudras, pranayamas, visualization, and mantra recitation--all held together by Tantric ideology. Recommended for experienced students and aspiring yogis. Balancing on the Bones Rodney Yee & Colleen Saidman Yee - Course ID: M1YEES Mixed Levels Saturday, April 10 — 8:00am - 10:00amMain Conference - Session 1 Every posture is a balance pose as we extend the muscles and stack the bones like sacred architecture to optimize the way our weight is carried. As the asanas breathe, we refine the balance through the center of the bones with nuance and minute adjustments. Come move through a multitude of asanas to learn how to play this game of balance. Mostly asana. Please choose one from Session 2: Barbara Benagh - Course ID: M2BENA Continue Your Education  Saturday, April 10 — 10:30am - 12:30pmMain Conference - Session 2 The ancient yogis created a technology to help us understand and refine our yoga practice with insights that come from the subtle core. The chakras (wheels) are psychic centers of circular motion located along the spine. Associated with different stages of life, they also influence emotions and behaviors. When these wheels are spinning along, life is balanced; when they're stuck, not so much! What to bring: Bring a mat. Lecture and asana. Empower Flow Seane Corn - Course ID: M2CORN Intermediate Saturday, April 10 — 10:30am - 12:30pmMain Conference - Session 2 Take a stand! In this physically invigorating and moderately paced vinyasa flow class, we'll crank the heat to initiate strength, flexibility, and stability in your practice. Come practice a creative and challenging sequence of Sun Salutations A and B, standing poses, backbends, and forward bends with grace, agility, and ease. Leave feeling cleansed, strengthened, motivated, and standing in your power. Mostly asana. Tantric Yoga: Survival, Sex, and Spirit Alan Finger - Course ID: M2FING Mixed Levels Saturday, April 10 — 10:30am - 12:30pmMain Conference - Session 2 Learn how to utilize the innate human powers of survival, sex, and spirit. For survival, discover the pathways that connect us to the unbound unified field of consciousness that helps us to cope with life's stresses and materialize our needs. For sex, unfold the body's dormant power that is usually trapped in the lower chakras only through intercourse and procreation. For spirit, learn to move your consciousness into the appropriate energetic spaces to experience your true soul in meditation. Some asana with pranayama and mediation. Gravity Surfing Ana Forrest - Course ID: M2FORR Advanced Saturday, April 10 — 10:30am - 12:30pmMain Conference - Session 2 Fascinated by weightlessness? Then ride the wave of gravity! Rejuvenate the mind and body with challenging inversions and arm balances. Learn the fundamentals for liftoff, surfing the air with grace, and landing nimbly with precision. This class will be fun and exceptionally amazing. The room will be heated. What to bring: Bring a strap, a block, and two mats (or one mat and one blanket to roll up. ) This class is not appropriate for pregnant woman or those with detached retinas, wrist injuries, or arm injuries. Anatomy for Beginners Julie Gudmestad - Course ID: M2GUDM Beginners Saturday, April 10 — 10:30am - 12:30pmMain Conference - Session 2 We'll begin with an introduction to the language that describes anatomy and movement, teaching you how to "see" the structures that lie beneath the skin. Then we'll put that knowledge into practice with poses that illustrate fundamental principles of movement and alignment. **This class has been approved by American Council on Exercise (ACE) for 0.2 CECs.** Lecture and asana. The Essence of the Bhagavad Gita Devarshi Steven Hartman - Course ID: M2HART Contemplative Saturday, April 10 — 10:30am - 12:30pmMain Conference - Session 2 Explore one of the most revered and timeless pieces of literature on the planet, the Bhagavad Gita, and learn what it has to say about yoga. Devarshi Steven Hartman is an inspired speaker who makes this ancient text come alive. Interactive. The Breath and the Bandhas Gary Kraftsow - Course ID: M2KRAF Therapeutic, Mixed Levels Saturday, April 10 — 10:30am - 12:30pmMain Conference - Session 2 We'll systematically examine how the bandhas can purify our systems and strengthen our will. Then we'll practice a sequence of asanas designed to prepare the body for pranayama, followed by a breathing practice that will lead us to the complete transformational practice of the bandhas. Releasing the Neck Tias Little - Course ID: M2LITT Therapeutic, Mixed Levels Saturday, April 10 — 10:30am - 12:30pmMain Conference - Session 2 Neck pain frequently results in headaches, insomnia, jaw strain, and fatigue. Given that the neck is so tied in to the shoulders, we'll address the ways that neck tension is coupled with shoulder restriction. We'll use nonforce techniques to unwind tension in the neck, particularly with spiral movements for the neck and shoulders. Discussion and asana. Rasa: The Yoga of Liberating Love Shiva Rea - Course ID: M2SREA Mixed Levels Saturday, April 10 — 10:30am - 12:30pmMain Conference - Session 2 Learn to cultivate sringara rasa (the sensual experience of the Divine) as the union of the beloved and lover at the heart of the yogic universe. Class includes heart salutations (hridaya namaskar), a liberating backbending vinyasa flow, meditation, and visualization to liberate our natural, healing alchemy of love. **This class has been approved by American Council on Exercise (ACE) for 0.2 CECs.** Mostly asana. Joyous Backbends: Set Your Spine Free Natasha Rizopoulos - Course ID: M2RIZO Mixed Levels Saturday, April 10 — 10:30am - 12:30pmMain Conference - Session 2 Backbends can be some of the most liberating and exhilarating poses in yoga. Sometimes, however, they create feelings of compression and discomfort instead of openness and freedom. The solution is learning how to take pressure off the spine. Using a sequence of progressively more challenging backbends, we'll explore the alignment and preparatory poses that allow the spine to move freely so that you can experience the true bliss of these transformative postures. **This class has been approved by American Council on Exercise (ACE) for 0.2 CECs.** Mostly asana. Anusara Yoga: Stepping into the Flow with a Fun Vinyasa Class Desiree Rumbaugh - Course ID: M2RUMB Mixed Levels Saturday, April 10 — 10:30am - 12:30pmMain Conference - Session 2 You'll love your vinyasa practice even more when you learn how the Universal Principles of Alignment can help you flow with Grace in an ever-expanding spiral toward your highest level of awareness in joy. Mostly asana. The Art of Partner Work and Adjusting Matthew Sanford - Course ID: M2SANF Continue Your Education, Mixed Levels Saturday, April 10 — 10:30am - 12:30pmMain Conference - Session 2 A well-delivered adjustment is the yogic equivalent of the adage "a picture is worth a thousand words." Explore the energetic exchange that occurs during adjustments and the role they play in yogic realization. Instead of focusing on particular therapeutic adjustments, we'll focus on the art of how adjustments are given and received. This class if for any student or teacher interested in adjustments and partner work No partner necessary. Asana and discussion. Yoga and Ayurveda: The Vital Essences Rod Stryker - Course ID: M2STRY Mixed Levels Saturday, April 10 — 10:30am - 12:30pmMain Conference - Session 2 The three vital essences (prana, tejas, and ojas) provide guiding principles that allow us to approach yoga as alchemy. These subtle forces are a basis to heal as well as transform body and mind. We'll review these key yogic teachings of Ayurveda and the yoga practices that increase and balance each of the vital essences. Practice and lecture. Balancing the Hip Joints with Arm Balances Rodney Yee & Colleen Saidman Yee - Course ID: M2YEES Intermediate Saturday, April 10 — 10:30am - 12:30pmMain Conference - Session 2 Each arm balance requires a specific hip opening. Learn to center your thighbones into their hip sockets through a variety of arm balances. With good sequencing, arm balances and other hip openers will create balanced hip joints. Come and play! Mostly asana. Saturday Afternoon Special Events
1:00pm - 2:00pm - Free Community Yoga Class with Coral Brown and Shannon Paige Schneider - Free and open to all on a space-available basis.
1:30pm - 2:30pm - Keynote by Pandit Rajmani Tigunait - Open to all. 2:00pm - 3:15pm - Aromatherapy and Yoga - Open to all. Please choose one from Session 3: Barbara Benagh - Course ID: M3BENA Intermediate  Saturday, April 10 — 3:30pm - 5:30pmMain Conference - Session 3 The effort of an active asana practice develops strength and vitality; it is refreshing. The practice becomes balanced when that intensity is influenced by self-compassion and the insights of the subtle sensation. Learn to create a strategy for finding balance between stability and mobility in the spine, shoulders, and hips. What to bring: Bring a mat, block, strap, and blanket. Asana practice. What Is This Thing Called Yoga? Beryl Bender Birch - Course ID: M3BIRC Beginners Saturday, April 10 — 3:30pm - 5:30pmMain Conference - Session 3 People often say that yoga has changed their life. This is your opportunity to find out how and why this ancient practice can change yours. Is it an exercise regime, or a religion? What should you expect, and how can you get started? In this fun, down-to-earth class, you'll find the answers! **This class has been approved by American Council on Exercise (ACE) for 0.2 CECs.** Asana, breathwork, discussion, and Q&A. The Yoga Teacher Coral Brown - Course ID: M3BROW Continue Your Education Saturday, April 10 — 3:30pm - 5:30pmMain Conference - Session 3 Yoga is now recommended as an alternative treatment for depression, PTSD, anxiety, and more. As a result, our roles as teachers have expanded, and our teaching "toolkit" must expand accordingly. It is essential that we know how to hold space for students as they move through the transformation that yoga initiates. Learn how to support students seeking guidance during emotional breakthroughs, while maintaining your own boundaries and adhering to yoga's ethics. **This class has been approved by American Council on Exercise (ACE) for 0.2 CECs.** Discussion and lecture. Vinyasa Flow: Building the Foundation Seane Corn - Course ID: M3CORN Beginners, Mixed Levels Saturday, April 10 — 3:30pm - 5:30pmMain Conference - Session 3 Learn the foundation of a solid practice through alignment, core awareness, and breathing techniques. Understand the basic principles of Sun Salutations A and B and how they are the cornerstone of every vinyasa practice. Discover preparation, inner cues, and dissection of the fundamentals of standing poses, backbends, twists, and inversions. Asana, discussion, and demonstration. Kriya Yoga: Purifying and Transitioning One's Consciousness from Unconscious to Superconscious Alan Finger - Course ID: M3FING Mixed Levels Saturday, April 10 — 3:30pm - 5:30pmMain Conference - Session 3 Most human beings live reacting to situations from their unconscious patterning, which manifests as instinctive behavior. But living in the unconscious inhibits us from obtaining insight and bliss in each moment. Explore how to live in your superconscious so that you can be in tune with your spirit. We'll move through the practice of ancient kriya (purification) techniques that will free you from the unconscious so that you can access the superconscious, which is unbound and unlimited. Asana, pranayama, and meditation. Integrated Core Alignment of Balancing Richard Freeman - Course ID: M3FREE Intermediate Saturday, April 10 — 3:30pm - 5:30pmMain Conference - Session 3 Whether you are practicing Headstand, doing an advanced arm balance, or simply standing in Samasthiti, the principles are the same: finding core strength and an integrating internal alignment with external forms in order to allow your natural intelligence to rest easily along the central axis of your body. Learn a gradual and intelligent method of developing the core strength needed for doing arm balances by working with the rhythm of the breath to cultivate complimentary internal and external movements that make arm balancing and headstanding a healing part of the practice. Mostly asana. Getting to Know Your Rotator Cuff Julie Gudmestad - Course ID: M3GUDM Therapeutic, Continue Your Education, Mixed Levels Saturday, April 10 — 3:30pm - 5:30pmMain Conference - Session 3 The rotator cuff isn't a problem or an injury--it's an important part of your shoulder's structure. We'll find it, feel it, and work on poses to help keep it healthy and strong. **This class has been approved by American Council on Exercise (ACE) for 0.2 CECs.** Mostly asana. Myths of the Asanas: Falling in Love with Form Alanna Kaivalya - Course ID: M3KAIV Mixed Levels Saturday, April 10 — 3:30pm - 5:30pmMain Conference - Session 3 Who is the warrior behind 1, 2, and 3? Why are Hanumanasana, Virasana, and Anjaneyasana all poses dedicated to Hanuman? What is the poison-removing power behind Mayurasana? Learn the stories of the asanas to align with the inner wisdom they present, which will be revealed through an invigorating Jivamukti vinyasa practice. Mostly asana. Exploring the Chakras for Emotional Health Gary Kraftsow - Course ID: M3KRAF Therapeutic, Mixed Levels Saturday, April 10 — 3:30pm - 5:30pmMain Conference - Session 3 The ancient chakra system is a complex model of the integrated human being in which deep dimensions of our personality are revealed. We'll explore the relationship between physical and emotional health using the chakra model and develop practices to restore equilibrium. Discussion with an integrated practice with asana, pranayama, chanting and meditation. The Wonder of Meditation Carlos Pomeda - Course ID: M3POME Contemplative, Mixed Levels Saturday, April 10 — 3:30pm - 5:30pmMain Conference - Session 3 Did you know that meditation has always been the core of yoga practice? Throughout history, all the various systems of yoga developed in India considered meditation their most central practice. In the modern world, as more and more scientific research confirms the profound benefits of meditation, this wonderful practice is increasingly becoming more mainstream. Through guided sessions, discussions and questions and answers, we will explore the various building blocks and facets of meditation. Whatever your level of expertise, this workshop is designed to take your practice to the next level. Lecture and meditation practice. Anusara Yoga: Say Good-bye to Back Pain Desiree Rumbaugh - Course ID: M3RUMB Therapeutic, Mixed Levels Saturday, April 10 — 3:30pm - 5:30pmMain Conference - Session 3 Got back pain? Anusara Yoga's Universal Principles of Alignment can help. Through simple and clear instruction that anyone can use, these principles make back pain a thing of the past and contentment an expression of the present. Mostly asana. Refining Your Base Matthew Sanford - Course ID: M3SANF Mixed Levels Saturday, April 10 — 3:30pm - 5:30pmMain Conference - Session 3 Advancement in yoga is all too often associated with the ability to perform increasingly complex poses. Another measure of advancement is the ability to refine and deepen the quality of your base--that is, the grounding elements in each yoga pose, including where your body is in contact with the ground, your center of gravity, your sense of your body in space, and your level of physical exertion. Explore the nature and sensation of your base in a variety of poses and examine its essential relationship to strength, balance, and flexibility. Mostly asana. Tantra Vidya, Kundalini, and the Subtle Body Rod Stryker - Course ID: M3STRY Mixed Levels Saturday, April 10 — 3:30pm - 5:30pmMain Conference - Session 3 Through theory and practice, we'll explore the science of Tantra as the most comprehensive and complete approach to yoga. We'll highlight the journey of this ancient tradition's approach to asana and beyond, while exploring Tantra's vision of where and how the worlds of mind, body, and spirit meet. **This class has been approved by American Council on Exercise (ACE) for 0.2 CECs.** Discussion, asana, pranayama, bandha, and meditation. Backbends into Center Rodney Yee & Colleen Saidman Yee - Course ID: M3YEES Mixed Levels Saturday, April 10 — 3:30pm - 5:30pmMain Conference - Session 3 We can address our fears by practicing backbends, whether they are restorative or dropbacks. We'll approach difficulty by taking incremental steps and by anchoring ourselves in our center and to Mother Earth. As we dialogue by balancing around our center and on the earth, our backbends can bring us sustainable openness. Mostly asana.  Sunday Morning Special Events Please choose one from Session 4: Beryl Bender Birch - Course ID: M4BIRC Mixed Levels  Sunday, April 11 — 8:00am - 10:00amMain Conference - Session 4 Experience an active, rajasic asana practice with sweat, breath, and bandhas as a powerful form of detoxification.?This will cleanse the vital organs and rid the body and mind of tension, toxins, and obstacles, leading to longevity, better health, transformation, and clear seeing. This is the yoga experience itself, which expands our awareness from small mind to Global Mind. **This class has been approved by American Council on Exercise (ACE) for 0.2 CECs.** Vinyasa flow, breathing, and meditation. Mostly asana. Anahata Flow: Exploring the Fourth Chakra Seane Corn - Course ID: M4CORN Mixed Levels Sunday, April 11 — 8:00am - 10:00amMain Conference - Session 4 Explore the source of where we love. Through a beautiful and soft vinyasa flow sequence focusing on backbends, forward folds, and hip openers, we'll address the issues of the fourth chakra and how they play into our realm of loving. Through this work, we'll discover the source of our affinity for ourselves, others, and the whole of humanity. Mostly asana, some discussion. ISHTA Sweat and Samadhi Alan Finger - Course ID: M4FING Mixed Levels Sunday, April 11 — 8:00am - 10:00amMain Conference - Session 4 Samadhi is the state of yoga, or nondualistic consciousness. According to Tantric philosophy, this is our true nature and birthright. Through a strong asana practice taught by Sarah Platt-Finger, we'll burn out the impurities trapped in the physical body that keep us from experiencing this state. Then we'll follow a series of restorative postures, which will calm the nervous system. Alan will close with pranayama techniques and an 18-minute meditation so that we can experience pure consciousness. Rigorous asana with pranayama and mediation. Backbends: Free Your Spine Ana Forrest - Course ID: M4FORR Mixes Levels Sunday, April 11 — 8:00am - 10:00amMain Conference - Session 4 Learn to do backbends with a quality of attention that frees energy and strengthens your mindfulness. Explore how to warm up and warm down for backbends to stay injury-free. Create a whole new dimension of delicious depths to explore in your yoga practice. What to bring: Bring a strap, a block, and two mats (or one mat and one blanket to roll up). The room will be heated. Kundalini Yoga: Piercing the Veil of our Conditioning G.H. Geyer - Course ID: M4GEYE Mixed Levels Sunday, April 11 — 8:00am - 10:00amMain Conference - Session 4 We do not see things as they are, but as we are. As humans, EVERYTHING we experience is filtered through the biological medium of our nervous system, and the nervous system learns through feedback. These perpetual and incessant feedback loops eventually condition our perception of reality. Just like Pavlov's dogs, we find ourselves responding to every internal and external stimulus we perceive, and something or someone is always ringing our bell. As a result of this biological design, we can easily become reactive, unsettled, and unclear. Kundalini Yoga dissolves our neural triggers from the inside out through the practice of pranayama, kriya, mudra, and mantra. In this practice our minds become steadier, our perception becomes clearer, and our hearts become more loving and strong. The Power of Breath Devarshi Steven Hartman - Course ID: M4HART Mixed Levels Sunday, April 11 — 8:00am - 10:00amMain Conference - Session 4 Explore the power of the breath through a variety of unique pranayama practices that are sure to leave you renewed, energized, and deeply relaxed. This is pranayama like you have never experienced it before! Come get inspired and guided into profound Nidra. Pranayama practice. The Art of Physical Adjustments Alanna Kaivalya - Course ID: M4KAIV Continue Your Education Sunday, April 11 — 8:00am - 10:00amMain Conference - Session 4 Learn the principles of adjustments that can be applied with any yoga student, and practice hands-on adjustments with partners. We'll cover various types of adjusting, from light to moderate, for a variety of poses. Lecture and asana. The Warrior Series Leslie Kaminoff - Course ID: M4KAMI Mixed Levels Sunday, April 11 — 8:00am - 10:00amMain Conference - Session 4 If you like a strong, flowing, breath-centered yoga practice but have done a few too many Down Dogs, Up Dogs, and Chaturangas, then this is the class for you. Come move through a vinyasa class that strongly works the legs, opens the hips, and moves the spine in all possible directions--all without putting any body weight on your hands. The sequence will be taught twice: first with detailed written instructions and alignment cues, and again with an emphasis on flowing continuously with the breath. Mostly asana with some explanatory lecture. The Art of Inverting Tias Little - Course ID: M4LITT Continue Your Education, Mixed Levels Sunday, April 11 — 8:00am - 10:00amMain Conference - Session 4 Because of the way the organs of the heart and lungs are nourished, going upside down is an invaluable way to elevate one's spirit. We'll lay a stable foundation for students so they can then build the confidence and self-trust to do inversions safely; yoga teachers will learn a sequence to prepare their own students for inversions. What to bring: Bring a strap, a block, and two blankets. Discussion and asana. Get More from Your Core with Yoga Sadie Nardini - Course ID: M4NARD Mixed Levels Sunday, April 11 — 8:00am - 10:00amMain Conference - Session 4 Use your yoga practice to spark a transformation at your center. You'll get more strength, flexibility, and body-toning benefits from your yoga in less time when you re-integrate the root and core. This vigorous and empowering flow includes the full spectrum of asana to ignite and transform your core strength using Sadie's Core Principles of Alignment, signature core poses, energetics, and breath. A great addition to any yoga style. Mostly asana. Anusara Yoga: Laying a Strong Foundation with Standing Poses Desiree Rumbaugh - Course ID: M4RUMB Beginners Sunday, April 11 — 8:00am - 10:00amMain Conference - Session 4 Standing poses are the cornerstone of a balanced yoga practice. Come learn how to use your legs and feet more effectively to create more stability and therefore more freedom in your hips, back, neck, and shoulders. Mostly asana. ParaYoga Vinyasa: Awakening the Fire Rod Stryker - Course ID: M4STRY Mixed Levels Sunday, April 11 — 8:00am - 10:00amMain Conference - Session 4 Fire practice, from the view of the ancient tradition, means activating the dormant forces in the spine. This inner fire, or shakti, is the force behind all spiritual experience. Learn the principles and techniques prescribed by the ancient teachings to access the sacred fire. Learn how doing accessible yet powerful asanas sequenced with bandhas leads to exaltation and illumination. **This class has been approved by American Council on Exercise (ACE) for 0.2 CECs.** Practice with introductory lecture. Parallels of Yoga and Mental Health Treatment Michelle Walsh - Course ID: M4WALS Therapeutic, Mixed Levels Sunday, April 11 — 8:00am - 10:00amMain Conference - Session 4 Research has shown yoga to be effective in working with mental health issues such as depression, anxiety, post-traumatic stress, and substance-use disorders, among others. We'll look at the approaches of yoga therapy and mental health treatment and discuss why yoga can be an effective treatment method for emotional well-being. Lecture and discussion. Vinyasa the YogaKids Way Marsha Wenig - Course ID: M4WENI Mixed Levels Sunday, April 11 — 8:00am - 10:00amMain Conference - Session 4 Experience what a YogaKids class is all about. You'll be introduced to the 14 YogaKids Elements and understand the different learning styles of children as we eviscerate like starfish, shimmy like squids, and sail into Savasana with a fun and sweaty sequence. Mostly asana. Please choose one from Session 5: Barbara Benagh - Course ID: M5BENA Beginners  Sunday, April 11 — 10:30am - 12:30pmMain Conference - Session 5 Backbends are wonderful poses to look at and practice. They revitalize the body, contribute to a healthy spine, and make the eyes glow. But in the beginning they can be scary and even painful. We'll explore how developing patience and proper technique can make backbends joyful and inviting. Be sure to bring a blanket to class. What to bring: Bring a mat, block, strap, and blanket. Asana practice. Body Prayer: Entering the Temple Seane Corn - Course ID: M5CORN Intermediate Sunday, April 11 — 10:30am - 12:30pmMain Conference - Session 5 Intention and prayer, when used in the right context, are powerful cultivators of action and change. Be inspired by this uplifting and spiritually centered vinyasa flow yoga class that speaks to the beauty and mystery of Spirit within and beyond. Together, we'll use our body, breath, and unified intentions to contribute to individual healing and universal peace. Mostly asana. The Lymphatic Web: Revitalize Your Immune System, Emotional Body, and Happiness Pathways | CE Bo Forbes - Course ID: M5FORB Therapeutic, Mixed Levels Sunday, April 11 — 10:30am - 12:30pmMain Conference - Session 5 The immune system is part of an intricate web whose filaments reach deep into the nervous system and emotional body. Flushing the lymph activates parasympathetic channels, boosts the immune system, calms the brain, improves sleep, strengthens positive emotional pathways, and builds resistance to negative emotions. Using Integrative Yoga Therapeutics, we'll explore ways to flush toxins from all components of the lymphatic web, enhancing the life force and creating the blueprint for emotional well-being. CE credits offered for psychologists and social workers. What to bring: Bring a bolster or two to three blankets, a strap, an eye pillow, and least one block. Some lecture; mostly asana and restorative. Backbending on the Current of Breath Richard Freeman - Course ID: M5FREE Intermediate Sunday, April 11 — 10:30am - 12:30pmMain Conference - Session 5 An energetic exploration of integrated whole-body patterns found in backbending. We'll work with the internal alignment mirrored in the pelvic floor as it moves around the central axis of the body. Using these patterns--combined with integrated muscular patterns within the hamstrings, spine, shoulders, and arms--we'll construct a series of deep backbends, which are encouraged to blossom easily on the current of the breath. Mostly asana. Core Strengthening Julie Gudmestad - Course ID: M5GUDM Mixed Levels Sunday, April 11 — 10:30am - 12:30pmMain Conference - Session 5 Yogis were doing core work before it became a fad. Learn poses to strengthen your abdominal, back, side-waist, and hip muscles, which will contribute to a healthier and happier low back. **This class has been approved by American Council on Exercise (ACE) for 0.2 CECs.** Discussion and asana. The Essence of the Chakras Alanna Kaivalya - Course ID: M5KAIV Mixed Levels Sunday, April 11 — 10:30am - 12:30pmMain Conference - Session 5 The chakra system allows us to discover where we are holding on to false beliefs and how to explore our fullest potential as spiritual beings. By working through corresponding asanas and mantras, you'll tap into your energy centers and uncover the spirit that lies within! Mostly asana. Viniyoga Therapy: The Upper Back, Neck, and Shoulders Gary Kraftsow - Course ID: M5KRAF Therapeutic, Mixed Levels Sunday, April 11 — 10:30am - 12:30pmMain Conference - Session 5 Explore the biomechanics of the upper back, neck, and shoulders, as well as the types of problems that affect them. We'll develop and practice a sequence of asanas designed to relieve stress and strengthen these important areas of the body. Lecture, demonstration, and asana. Freeing the Foundation: Your Feet, Ankles, and Knees Tias Little - Course ID: M5LITT Therapeutic, Continue Your Education, Mixed Levels Sunday, April 11 — 10:30am - 12:30pmMain Conference - Session 5 Most yoga practice begins with the feet, the foundation to the temple of the body. We'll guide students to activate their feet, initially lying on the back and then in standing poses. We'll explore the architecture of the foot and review common strain patterns that reside in the feet and ankles. This class is invaluable for yoga teachers who want to learn to help students activate the arches and stabilize the knees. What to bring: Bring a strap and a block. Discussion and asana. The Joy of Sanskrit Carlos Pomeda - Course ID: M5POME Contemplative, Mixed Levels Sunday, April 11 — 10:30am - 12:30pmMain Conference - Session 5 This class gives you an entryway into the joy of the Sanskrit language. We'll include an introduction to Sanskrit language and history, instruction and practice of the correct pronunciation of Sanskrit sounds, translation of texts and mantras, and pronunciation of common yoga terms. This will be a lively seminar for anyone interested in deepening their experience of the yoga scriptures by reading directly from significant passages. Lecture. Take Flight: Arm Balances Natasha Rizopoulos - Course ID: M5RIZO Mixed Levels Sunday, April 11 — 10:30am - 12:30pmMain Conference - Session 5 For many of us, arm balances seem like a family of poses designed for another species. As we start to understand them, however, the love affair begins. Combining strength, flexibility, focus, and poise, these postures become our greatest teachers as we learn to explore them from a place of curiosity and enthusiasm. Bring your curiosity and get ready to surprise yourself. **This class has been approved by American Council on Exercise (ACE) for 0.2 CECs.** Mostly asana. Anusara Yoga Handstands: Love Is Stronger Than Fear Desiree Rumbaugh - Course ID: M5RUMB Mixed Levels Sunday, April 11 — 10:30am - 12:30pmMain Conference - Session 5 The grip of fear can be strong. But it is no match for the greatness and the power of love. Supported by your heart, learn how to approach Handstands and other inversions. Move away from lower back pain and the fear of falling, and into long-lasting strength and freedom. Mostly asana. Effortless Integration Matthew Sanford - Course ID: M5SANF Mixed Levels Sunday, April 11 — 10:30am - 12:30pmMain Conference - Session 5 Alignment and precision integrate mind and body without muscular action, an essential insight that guides the realization of a nonviolent yoga practice. Explore the subtle connections between alignment, precision, prana, and physical exertion through a variety of asanas and adjustments. Mostly asana. Equality of Opposition and the Six Directions: Seeking Lines of Energy and Feeling the Flow David Swenson - Course ID: M5SWEN Continue Your Education, Mixed Levels Sunday, April 11 — 10:30am - 12:30pmMain Conference - Session 5 Everything within this universe is composed of opposing forces: up/down, right/left, day/night, birth/death. The word yoga means "unity," or balance between opposites. By applying awareness of the inherent lines of energy present within any asana, we can find greater freedom and more stability with less effort. Learn to see and feel these energy flows through partner work and individual practice. Both students and teachers can benefit from recognizing these natural flowing lines of prana and gain insight into riding the flow. Agni Sara: Activating the Healing Power of the Solar Plexus Pandit Rajmani Tigunait - Course ID: M5TIGU Mixed Levels Sunday, April 11 — 10:30am - 12:30pmMain Conference - Session 5 Agni sara, one of the master techniques of yoga, takes us directly to our second and third chakras (svadhisthana and manipura), energizing the organs in that region, including the ovaries, testes, uterus, colon, kidneys, pancreas, and spleen. Experience how this practice can help you restore and sustain your vitality and youthfulness at the physical level and boost your willpower and self-confidence at the psychological level. Come with an empty stomach. Sunday Afternoon Special Events
1:00pm - 2:00pm - Free Community Yoga Class with Deborah Williamson - Free and open to all on a space-available basis.
1:30pm - 3:00pm - Panel Discussion - Open to all. 2:15pm - 3:15pm - Goal-Coaching Workshop - Open to all. Please choose one from Session 6: Barbara Benagh - Course ID: M6BENA Therapeutic, Mixed Levels  Sunday, April 11 — 3:30pm - 5:30pmMain Conference - Session 6 If you're one of those folks who carries all your worries and stress in your neck and shoulders, this workshop is for you. Spend two hours undoing tight muscles and finding relief. Some of the poses we'll practice will be supported, so you must bring a blanket with you to class. What to bring: Bring a mat, block, strap, and blanket. Asana practice. Classical Raja Yoga Training for Teachers Beryl Bender Birch - Course ID: M6BIRC Continue Your Education Sunday, April 11 — 3:30pm - 5:30pmMain Conference - Session 6 Yoga teachers are increasingly being called upon by students to take their yoga practice to the next level. Many are teaching asana, but few are teaching the complete eight-limbed path of classical (raja) yoga, or the royal path. Teachers need to provide the spiritual guidance for a global shift in consciousness. Beryl's teachings of this brilliant methodology will help you discover the secret teaching of classical yoga's inner limbs, which are encoded in the Yoga Sutra. **This class has been approved by American Council on Exercise (ACE) for 0.2 CECs.** Discussion and lecture. The Science of Yoga Nidra Alan Finger - Course ID: M6FING Mixed Levels Sunday, April 11 — 3:30pm - 5:30pmMain Conference - Session 6 Yoga Nidra means "yogic sleep." The practice allows us to tune in to brain rhythms that are not normally available to us in the waking state. Learn the science behind Yoga Nidra and how to access the different states of waking, relaxation, dream, and deep sleep, which are all associated with the different brain rhythms. Then discover a practical experience of these states, which will enable you to deal with the different levels of consciousness in life. Light asana with pranayama and meditation. Mula Bandha Is Not What You Think Richard Freeman - Course ID: M6FREE Mixed Levels Sunday, April 11 — 3:30pm - 5:30pmMain Conference - Session 6 To flow gracefully and effortlessly in and out of poses, it's essential to stay vibrant and grounded in the breath. This class is based on a study of the essential and elusive activity of Mula Bandha and the strong grounding effect of practicing correct Ujjayi Pranayama. The actual Mula Bandha is a conjunction of complementary movement patterns that open the central axis of the body right up through the root of the palate. We'll flow seamlessly through these movement patterns, following the thread of the central axis through the flow of the postures. Mostly asana. Kundalini Yoga: Working at the Root-Changing at the Core G.H. Geyer - Course ID: M6GEYE Mixed Levels Sunday, April 11 — 3:30pm - 5:30pmMain Conference - Session 6 Do you have some maladaptive habits and self-sabotaging patterns of behavior that seem impossible to change? Do you have emotionally devastating bouts of depression, anger, sadness, or anxiety? If we understand the human organism, we know that the mind alone cannot heal the mind. We cannot just decide to be happy and find that suddenly all of our destructive moods, unhealthy habits, and negative emotional disturbances have disappeared. Recurring physiological states become enduring psychological traits. This is how our cells become selves. Kundalini Yoga pulls you up at your root and cuts through the Gordian knot of your most stubborn and resistant neural blockages. Through the powerful practice of Kundalini Yoga's pranayama, kriya, and mantra we can release ourselves from the clutches of our kleshas. Yoga and Arthritis Julie Gudmestad - Course ID: M6GUDM Continue Your Education Sunday, April 11 — 3:30pm - 5:30pmMain Conference - Session 6 What is arthritis? Is yoga good for it? Which poses should we emphasize, modify, or avoid altogether? Using lecture, demonstration, and poses, Julie addresses these and other questions, with a focus on the neck, lower back, and hips. **This class has been approved by American Council on Exercise (ACE) for 0.2 CECs.** The Anatomy of Sound: The Healing Power of Sanskrit Phonetics Leslie Kaminoff - Course ID: M6KAMI Mixed Levels Sunday, April 11 — 3:30pm - 5:30pmMain Conference - Session 6 Asana practice is a complete way to exercise, repattern, and integrate the physical body. Chanting Sanskrit syllables yields the same benefits for the mental, emotional, and spiritual bodies. Come learn a simple, accessible, yet profound method of transformational chanting, utilizing the five locations of human sound production inscribed in the Sanskrit alphabet. After experiencing this powerful approach to mastering the creative power of sound, your voice will never be the same! Mostly chanting practice with brief lecture and some movement. Viniyoga Therapy: The Lower Back, Sacrum, and Hips Gary Kraftsow - Course ID: M6KRAF Therapeutic, Mixed Levels Sunday, April 11 — 3:30pm - 5:30pmMain Conference - Session 6 Experience the successful National Institutes of Health?recognized Viniyoga protocol for lower back pain as we investigate the biomechanics of the lower back, sacrum, and hips, and learn about the types of problems that can affect these areas. Lecture, demonstration, and asana. Core Strength Vinyasa Yoga: the Intensive Sadie Nardini - Course ID: M6NARD Mixed Levels Sunday, April 11 — 3:30pm - 5:30pmMain Conference - Session 6 Not sure if you're doing the "right" poses for your body? Use Sadie's simple Core Template to find out how your unique structure works best in different postures. We'll move through a mind-blowing flow sequence designed to show your optimal bone, joint, and muscle positioning in the most commonly misunderstood poses: the vinyasa, Warrior Poses, arm balances, backbends, inversions, and more. Gain more power and freedom in your practice. Mostly asana. The Tantric Universe Carlos Pomeda - Course ID: M6POME Contemplative, Mixed Levels Sunday, April 11 — 3:30pm - 5:30pmMain Conference - Session 6 The teachings of Tantric yoga philosophy are supremely suited for contemporary life. Departing from earlier notions of asceticism and dry scholarship, Tantra presents a sublimely inspiring view of the world and of human existence that incorporates all aspects of human existence: the heart, intellect, body, and environment. Explore Tantra and what is perhaps its most refined formulation, Kashmir Shaivism, from a perspective that is both inspirational and entirely applicable to our daily lives. Lecture. Wring It Out: the Thrill of Twisting Natasha Rizopoulos - Course ID: M6RIZO Mixed Levels Sunday, April 11 — 3:30pm - 5:30pmMain Conference - Session 6 Stabilize your base and free your soul. Twists are some of the most invigorating poses in yoga. Learn to establish a steady base, and then let your spirit soar as you awaken your spine through a series of standing and seated postures that will leave you feeling alert, spacious, and detoxified. **This class has been approved by American Council on Exercise (ACE) for 0.2 CECs.** Mostly asana. Yoga and Meditation Rod Stryker - Course ID: M6STRY Beginners, Mixed Levels Sunday, April 11 — 3:30pm - 5:30pmMain Conference - Session 6 Meditation is the heart of yoga. Through practice, theory, and discussion, we'll explore the richness and diversity of yoga's meditation tradition. Learn how all meditation techniques are not alike, which ones may be the most relevant for you, and why. **This class has been approved by American Council on Exercise (ACE) for 0.2 CECs.** Discussion and meditation practice. Inversions, Backbends, and Sitting with Your Breath David Swenson - Course ID: M6SWEN Intermediate Sunday, April 11 — 3:30pm - 5:30pmMain Conference - Session 6 Turn your world upside down! Learn inversions by building a solid foundation from which to grow. Redefine backbends as front openings. Explore sitting quietly as an active participation in selfexploration. Develop a relationship with your lifelong companion, the breath. Mostly asana. The Eclectic Child Marsha Wenig - Course ID: M6WENI Mixed Levels Sunday, April 11 — 3:30pm - 5:30pmMain Conference - Session 6 In today's fast-paced world, we continually find new diagnoses for and challenges with our youth. Learn fun and loving solutions through yoga and experience powerful techniques that come from a place of love and compassion, not pathology, to bring joy to these children and yourself. Discussion and asana. Sunday Evening Special Events |
