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   + Baron Baptiste - Master Class  Master ClassInstructor: Baron Baptiste Join world-renowned teacher and author Baron Baptiste for an extended, juicy, and powerful practice each morning of the Baptiste Power Flow Immersion. Experience the energy and freedom that comes from immersing yourself fully in this powerful and effective practice. Deepen your understanding and further embody the Baptiste flow and methodology and experience new levels of vitality, connection, and self-expression by opening and strengthening your body, mind, and spirit. Through practice, discussion, and meditation, expand your practice and celebrate the possibilities that emerge. Level: Mixed Levels Monday, September 19 — 9:00am - 1:00pm Baptiste - Session Master Class 1 Notes: The room will be heated. Mostly asana. + Lisa Black and Mark White - Lead a Revolution: A 40-Days-to-Personal-Revolution Blueprint Lead a Revolution: A 40-Days-to-Personal-Revolution BlueprintInstructor: Lisa Black & Mark White We are honored to share with you the golden nuggets learned through years of experience of how to implement a successful Baptiste Yoga Personal Revolution in just 40 days. In our blueprint, we'll explore how to do design and planning, market and promote effectively, leverage key digital technologies, and impart the essentials of coaching that will create results and an empowered community in your communities at home or abroad. Create a revolution. Level: For teachers, studio owners, and managers Monday, September 19 — 3:00pm - 5:30pm Baptiste - Session Day 1 Break-out Notes: Discussion with Q & A. + Brandon Compagnone - Awakening the Spiritual Athlete Awakening the Spiritual AthleteInstructor: Brandon Compagnone The body becomes compromised from years of competition and intensive training. Baptiste Yoga offers a healthy way for athletes to rediscover the intensity they thrive on, restore their inner fire, and reclaim power without the degenerative effects of competition and overtraining. This demanding flow class, which will explore and unleash the athleticism of the Baptiste Yoga sequence, is geared toward the intermediate student who seeks intensity. Level: Intermediate Monday, September 19 — 3:00pm - 5:30pm Baptiste - Session Day 1 Break-out Notes: The room will be heated. Mostly asana. + Elizabeth Corley - Listening with Commitment, Speaking with Power Listening with Commitment, Speaking with PowerInstructor: Elizabeth Corley Bring the disciplines of your asana practice to your communication. Build awareness of your automatic listening style and learn new ways to listen that generate greater power, possibilities, and partnership in all of your relationships. Develop awareness and take ownership for the communication patterns that limit you. Then learn to release them and replace them with new perspectives and practices that create a breakthrough in your expression, relationships, and results. Level: Mixed Levels Monday, September 19 — 3:00pm - 5:30pm Baptiste - Session Day 1 Break-out Notes: Discussion + Paige Elenson - The Yoga of Service in Action: Lessons from the Africa Yoga Project The Yoga of Service in Action: Lessons from the Africa Yoga ProjectInstructor: Paige Elenson Explore ways to empower yourself, your practice, and your community through the yoga of service and self-empowerment. Employing real-life examples from the powerful and life-changing work of the Africa Yoga Project, we'll move through a Baptiste asana practice and discussion that revolves around the Africa Yoga Project's fundamental call for creating service through yoga practice in action. Level: Mixed Levels Monday, September 19 — 3:00pm - 5:30pm Baptiste - Session Day 1 Break-out Notes: The room will be heated. Asana and discussion. + Claire Este-McDonald - Backbends: Tapping into the Fountain of Youth Backbends: Tapping into the Fountain of YouthInstructor: Claire Este-McDonald Backbends are the gateway to vitality and self-expression. We'll explore backbends, the spine, and its relationship to the pelvis, and learn about specific breathing practices that stimulate and awaken the three main nadis. We'll also playfully discover 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 any and all backbends. Level: Mixed Levels Monday, September 19 — 3:00pm - 5:30pm Baptiste - Session Day 1 Break-out Notes: The room will be heated. Mostly asana. + Kelly Heath and Kinndli McCollum - Empowered Moms Empowered MomsInstructor: Kelly Heath & Kinndli McCollum The Empowered Mom immersion is one of self-discovery and celebration of the wonderful, weird, confusing, joyful journey into motherhood. The energy we put out as moms to nurture and hold it all together can be exhilarating and exhausting, to the point that we can lose connection to our center. This session will help mamas find the breath and intention necessary to keep balanced and strong amid the glorious chaos of modern motherhood. Together, we'll explore rebuilding the pelvic floor and building core strength, releasing the shoulders and upper back from mama-specific tensions, sculpting and reshaping mama areas of the body, finding consistent self-care and practice, and maintaining a healthy, focused power as caregiver and nurturer. By cultivating a calm mind, empowered body, and awakened spirit, you will find a new sense of presence, clarity, and energy. Level: Mixed Levels Monday, September 19 — 3:00pm - 5:30pm Baptiste - Session Day 1 Break-out Notes: The room will be heated. Asana and discussion. + Kiersten Mooney - The Physiology of Baptiste Power Vinyasa Yoga: Why It Works The Physiology of Baptiste Power Vinyasa Yoga: Why It WorksInstructor: Kiersten Mooney Explore why and how the Baptiste Power Yoga practice makes physiological sense, tapping into all major components of fitness in your body for maximum strength, flexibility, and power. Learn how one pose opens the body up for the next pose in a continuous flow of breath and body movement, and how this practice uses both the aerobic and anaerobic systems. Through meditation, discussion, journaling, and yoga practice, learn why the Baptiste sequence and philosophy impacts and transforms millions of people around the world. Level: Mixed Levels Monday, September 19 — 3:00pm - 5:30pm Baptiste - Session Day 1 Break-out Notes: The room will be heated. Asana and discussion. + Gregor Singleton - The Foundational Principles for Teaching a Baptiste Basics Class The Foundational Principles for Teaching a Baptiste Basics ClassInstructor: Gregor Singleton Ensure that your students feel successful and empowered as you guide them through the elemental building blocks of the power vinyasa practice. Look at all the components that make up a challenging and educational basics class that is focused on breath, presence, precision, and power. Learn the key principles of the practice as well as proper alignment. Level: For Teachers Monday, September 19 — 3:00pm - 5:30pm Baptiste - Session Day 1 Break-out Notes: The room will be heated. Asana and anatomy.  + Baron Baptiste - Master Class Master ClassInstructor: Baron Baptiste Join world-renowned teacher and author Baron Baptiste for an extended, juicy, and powerful practice each morning of the Baptiste Power Flow Immersion. Experience the energy and freedom that comes from immersing yourself fully in this powerful and effective practice. Deepen your understanding and further embody the Baptiste flow and methodology and experience new levels of vitality, connection, and self-expression by opening and strengthening your body, mind, and spirit. Through practice, discussion, and meditation, expand your practice and celebrate the possibilities that emerge. Level: Mixed Levels Tuesday, September 20 — 9:00am - 1:00pm Baptiste - Session Master Class 2 Notes: The room will be heated. Mostly asana. + Lisa Black and Elizabeth Corley - Taking Your Seat as a Teacher: Discover Your Authentic Voice Taking Your Seat as a Teacher: Discover Your Authentic VoiceInstructor: Lisa Black & Elizabeth Corley Express the power and possibility of the Baptiste practice in your voice and teaching. Explore the gap between how others experience you as a teacher and how you intend to be heard, and learn new tools and skills to close that gap. Get ready to stand tall, empower your voice, and let your light shine brightly! A balance of asana practice, lecture, discussion, and practice teaching. Level: For Teachers Tuesday, September 20 — 3:00pm - 5:30pm Baptiste - Session Day 2 Break-out Notes: A balance of asana practice, lecture, discussion, and practice teaching. + Brandon Compagnone - Backbending and Twists Backbending and TwistsInstructor: Brandon Compagnone Asanas are a powerful metaphor for who we are in the world. Often in backbends and twists, we find ourselves resorting to strategies that are well tried but not necessarily well chosen. It is easy to resort to strain, effort, and struggle. Explore the backbending and twisting families as poses that become a platform for generating ease and relief within their fiery intensity. Level: Mixed Levels Tuesday, September 20 — 3:00pm - 5:30pm Baptiste - Session Day 2 Break-out Notes: The room will be heated. Asana and anatomy. + Paige Elenson - Yoga with Anyone, Anywhere: Teaching to Special Populations Yoga with Anyone, Anywhere: Teaching to Special PopulationsInstructor: Paige Elenson Yoga is a practice of universal adaptability. As teachers, we need to be comfortable with our own practice changing and shifting with our age, injury, and environment before we can teach this to another. Come for a playful and informative practice that will call you to get creative in adapting, changing, and modifying for the different seasons of life. Level: For Teachers Tuesday, September 20 — 3:00pm - 5:30pm Baptiste - Session Day 2 Break-out Notes: The room will be heated. Asana and discussion. + Claire Este-McDonald and Gregor Singleton - Healing Through Daily Asana Practice Healing Through Daily Asana PracticeInstructor: Claire Este-McDonald & Gregor Singleton The body is the vehicle for transformation; through it we access our connection to life and our spiritual evolution. Learn how the Baptiste Power Yoga practice offers limitless therapeutic health benefits, sequencing, and modifications that access the physiological domains on a cellular level. Learn how to make the practice accessible through supportive alignment, bandhas, pranayama, and modifications that foster independence and continually deepen the spiritual connection to life. Level: Mixed Levels Tuesday, September 20 — 3:00pm - 5:30pm Baptiste - Session Day 2 Break-out What to bring: Two blocks and a strap. Notes: The room will be heated. Asana, pranayama, and meditation. + Kelly Heath - Inversions: Floating with Ease Inversions: Floating with EaseInstructor: Kelly Heath Lightness comes not by adding more, but through releasing what does not belong. Inversions challenge us to face our fears and develop our courage. Breathe, be light, and bring compassion to yourself as you tap into and cultivate your core strength and experiment with various inversions and arm balances-working with forearm stand and handstand at the core. Experience the freedom and possibility that comes when we bring courage, ease, and play to inversions. Level: Mixed Levels Tuesday, September 20 — 3:00pm - 5:30pm Baptiste - Session Day 2 Break-out Notes: The room will be heated. Mostly asana. + Kinndli McCollum - Power Flow Power FlowInstructor: Kinndli McCollum Come get rinsed and renewed in this Baptiste Yoga class as you learn to reveal the blocks and limiting beliefs that stand in your way from living the life you love--the life you are meant to lead. It is only when we are challenged to our edge, in poses and in life, that growth can occur. Tap into what is possible when you live and create from the present moment and let go of physical and emotional resistance. Step into the realm where everything is possible! Level: Mixed Levels Tuesday, September 20 — 3:00pm - 5:30pm Baptiste - Session Day 2 Break-out Notes: The room will be heated. Asana practice. + Kiersten Mooney - Restore and Revitalize Restore and RevitalizeInstructor: Kiersten Mooney Experience and learn how to teach "the softer side" of Baptiste Power Yoga with slower movements, longer holds, and supportive, restorative poses for maximum revitalization. Applying the powerful Baptiste principles to a restorative practice, we'll experience and release the barriers that block vitality. In this space of deep release, come witness the layers of density that keep us from living to our full potential. From there,release old patterns, see new possibilities, and open to the miracles of life that surround you. Level: Mixed Levels Tuesday, September 20 — 3:00pm - 5:30pm Baptiste - Session Day 2 Break-out Notes: The room will be heated. Discussion and asana. + Mark White - Creating Cohesion and Celebration in Your Community Creating Cohesion and Celebration in Your CommunityInstructor: Mark White Explore why it's important as a yoga teacher or for a studio to grow a cohesive community beyond the four walls of your studio. We'll discuss the principles of building relationships rather than numbers, and find impactful ways to interact and connect with your community, both locally and globally. Come examine concrete examples of communities working together to the greater good, as well as infusing lightness and celebration into your classes and culture. Experience the power of bringing people together. Level: For teachers, studio owners, and managers Tuesday, September 20 — 3:00pm - 5:30pm Baptiste - Session Day 2 Break-out Notes: The room will be heated. Asana practice and discussion.  + Baron Baptiste - Master Class Master ClassInstructor: Baron Baptiste Join world-renowned teacher and author Baron Baptiste for an extended, juicy, and powerful practice each morning of the Baptiste Power Flow Immersion. Experience the energy and freedom that comes from immersing yourself fully in this powerful and effective practice. Deepen your understanding and further embody the Baptiste flow and methodology and experience new levels of vitality, connection, and self-expression by opening and strengthening your body, mind, and spirit. Through practice, discussion, and meditation, expand your practice and celebrate the possibilities that emerge. Level: Mixed Levels Wednesday, September 21 — 9:00am - 1:00pm Baptiste - Session Master Class 3 Notes: The room will be heated. Mostly asana. + Lisa Black - Five Pillars of Baptiste Yoga Five Pillars of Baptiste YogaInstructor: Lisa Black The Five Pillars--breath, energy lock, gaze, flow, and heat--provide a powerful foundation and help you unleash your potential. Learn how to incorporate energizing breath, strong core, steady gaze, flowing transitions, and your inner fire. This comprehensive practice includes Sun Salutations, standing poses, twists, balancing, backward and forward bending, hip opening, and inversions. Level: Mixed Levels Wednesday, September 21 — 3:00pm - 5:30pm Baptiste - Session Day 3 Break-out Notes: The room will be heated. Mostly asana. + Brandon Compagnone - 12 Laws of Transformation 12 Laws of TransformationInstructor: Brandon Compagnone This workshop is an exploration of the 12 Laws of Transformation, as described in Baron Baptiste's book, 40 Days to Personal Revolution. We'll spark our own personal revolution as we digest the laws of transformation, and bring them from concept to reality through asana. With a strong philosophical foundation, experience firsthand how these 12 laws can help you drop self-defeating habits by adjusting the inner workings of the mind. Level: Mixed Levels Wednesday, September 21 — 3:00pm - 5:30pm Baptiste - Session Day 3 Break-out Notes: The room will be heated. Mostly asana. + Elizabeth Corley - Creating Commitment-Based Culture Creating Commitment-Based CultureInstructor: Elizabeth Corley Learn the fundamental practices that will allow you to create a culture in your studio based on commitment, possibility, responsibility, and support--a culture that results in a powerful team achieving extraordinary results. Explore how to give feedback in a way that strengthens your relationships, and build a culture in which your teachers and students come to you with questions and concerns directly, responsibly, and with an intention to reach resolution. Level: For studio owners and managers Wednesday, September 21 — 3:00pm - 5:30pm Baptiste - Session Day 3 Break-out Notes: Discussion. + Paige Elenson and Kinndli McCollum - Art of Assisting Art of AssistingInstructor: Paige Elenson & Kinndli McCollum Discover how Baptiste philosophies utilize the art of assisting to awaken new possibilities and experiences through confident and intuitive touch. We'll dive deep into the art of powerful assisting by learning concrete skills for safe, effective hands-on assists, and experience principles of alignment with a deepened awareness. Gain confidence and tools in delivering assists that are direct, clear, and powerful. Watch your assists show up in your students both on and off their mats. Level: For Teachers Wednesday, September 21 — 3:00pm - 5:30pm Baptiste - Session Day 3 Break-out Notes: The room will be heated. Asana and discussion. + Claire Este-McDonald - Twists: Fire & Digestion Twists: Fire & DigestionInstructor: Claire Este-McDonald Twists are the gateway to freedom in the physical body. They detoxify the internal organs and promote deep therapeutic release that makes us look and feel younger, promotes healthy eating habits, and enhances digestion and the absorption of nutrients. Ignite deep internal fire from within through an understanding of accessible alignment, pranayama, and bandhas that tap into the direct channels where twists have the greatest impact for promoting health and well-being. Level: Mixed Levels Wednesday, September 21 — 3:00pm - 5:30pm Baptiste - Session Day 3 Break-out Notes: The room will be heated. Mostly asana. + Kiersten Mooney - Reveal Your Purpose; Unleash Your Power Reveal Your Purpose; Unleash Your PowerInstructor: Kiersten Mooney Challenge yourself to see how you are showing up in the world, and then tap into your authentic power by creating your true life purpose. Explore what is holding you back, what drives you, and how you can create an impactful mission statement for your teaching and your life. Experience the freedom and inspiration that comes from aligning your being, your values, and your mission. Level: For Teachers Wednesday, September 21 — 3:00pm - 5:30pm Baptiste - Session Day 3 Break-out Notes: Discussion, journaling, meditation, and asana + Gregor Singleton - Storytelling: Bring the Narrative of Yoga to Life Storytelling: Bring the Narrative of Yoga to LifeInstructor: Gregor Singleton The understanding of yoga was originally presented in story form. As a teacher, your job as a storyteller is to bring the narrative of yoga to life. Step out of your own personal story so that you can be yoga, an expression of life that values trust, community, and respect. Take your students out of the claustrophobia of their personal stories and into the direct experience of reality that is shaped by this potent practice. Use the same skills that bring a story to life: pacing, language, metaphor, analogy, and the spirit of the narrative to breathe new life into your classes. Level: For Teachers Wednesday, September 21 — 3:00pm - 5:30pm Baptiste - Session Day 3 Break-out Notes: The room will be heated. Asana, pranayama, and discussion. + Mark White - Digital Tools For Today's Yoga Teacher Digital Tools For Today's Yoga TeacherInstructor: Mark White Building your career as a yoga teacher today takes more than delivering powerful and inspired classes in the studio. We'll explore the tried and true best practices in digital marketing for Baptiste Yoga teachers and studio owners. Learn to leverage social media, marketing, podcasts, videos, and other digital avenues to better promote yourself, your teachers, and your studio. Raise your visibility and shine! Level: For teachers, studio owners, and managers Wednesday, September 21 — 3:00pm - 5:30pm Baptiste - Session Day 3 Break-out Notes: Discussion.  + Lisa Black and Paige Elenson - Art of Assisting Art of AssistingInstructor: Lisa Black & Paige Elenson Powerful, solid, and compassionate adjustments and assists are hallmarks of Baptiste Yoga. Through hands-on assisting, you'll deepen your own understanding of asana in your body, take your practice to the next level, and acquire the skill set and aptitude to support and grow the practice of others. Come gain confidence and tools for delivering assists that are direct, clear, and powerful--and discover a new perspective of your personal practice and a deeper understanding of energetic flow. Level: Continue Your Education, Mixed Levels Thursday, September 22 — 9:00am - 4:30pm All-Day Intensives Notes: Asana practice, discussion, and partner work. + Seane Corn - Three Realms of Consciousness Three Realms of ConsciousnessInstructor: Seane Corn A vinyasa flow intensive that explores the Three Realms of Consciousness: physical/mental, energetic/emotional, and psychic/symbolic. In these three realms, asana, chakra exploration, meditation, reflection, and prayer create a ritualistic journey initiating the mystical into the practical to bond body, mind, and Spirit. The intention of this day is to reconnect to our bodies, gain emotional insight, explore our individual Soul's purpose, and cultivate skills--both physically and psychically--to spiritually assist each other and the planet we inhabit. Level: Mixed Levels Thursday, September 22 — 9:00am - 4:30pm All-Day Intensives Notes: Discussion and asana. + Jason Crandell - Finding Ease at Your Edge: How to Advance Your Practice with Skill, Composure, and Relaxation Finding Ease at Your Edge: How to Advance Your Practice with Skill, Composure, and RelaxationInstructor: Jason Crandell Learn to approach challenging poses with greater poise, awareness, and attention to detail. You'll develop your ability to approach Lotus, splits, inversions, and backbends by letting go of tension and overeffort. This process will expand your edge, deepen your practice, and help you stay connected to your essence in challenging situations. By emphasizing sustainability, contentment, and longevity in your practice, you'll create a template for moving toward these virtues off the mat. Level: Mixed Levels Thursday, September 22 — 9:00am - 4:30pm All-Day Intensives Notes: Mostly asana. + Bo Forbes - Lymphatic Web: Revitalizing the Immune System, Emotional Body, and Happiness Pathways | CE Lymphatic Web: Revitalizing the Immune System, Emotional Body, and Happiness Pathways | CEInstructor: Bo Forbes The immune system is part of an intricate web whose filaments reach deep into the nervous system and emotional body. Stimulating the lymph boosts the immune system, activates parasympathetic channels, calms the brain, improves sleep, strengthens positive emotional pathways, and builds resistance to negative emotions. We'll use breathwork, mindful asana practice, postural alignment, and restorative poses that flush toxins from all components of the lymphatic web, enhancing physical and energetic life force and creating the blueprint for emotional well-being. CE credits offered for psychologists and social workers Elemental Yoga is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Elemental Yoga maintains responsibility for this program (ALFORB) and its content. This program offers three (3) CE hours for psychologists. This program is also approved by the National Association of Social Workers (Provider #886459124) for six (6) continuing education contact hours. Level: Therapeutic, Continue Your Education, Mixed Levels Thursday, September 22 — 9:00am - 4:30pm All-Day Intensives What to bring: A bolster or 2 to 3 blankets (or the equivalent), an eye pillow, and 2 blocks. Notes: Asana, pranayama, restorative yoga, and lecture. + Gary Kraftsow - Viniyoga Therapy for Emotional Healing Viniyoga Therapy for Emotional HealingInstructor: Gary Kraftsow Discover the yoga therapy perspective and methods for working with anxiety and depression. We'll explore psychological aspects of the human system, models of the integrated personality that emerge from Vedic teachings, and the science of meditation that the ancients developed for reducing suffering and cultivating our higher human potential. In the morning, we'll focus on working with anxiety, and in the afternoon, we'll focus on depression. Level: Therapeutic, Mixed Levels Thursday, September 22 — 9:00am - 4:30pm All-Day Intensives Notes: Discussion and asana practice. + Jason Magness and Team YogaSlackers - Yoga and Rock Climbing Yoga and Rock ClimbingInstructor: Jason Magness & Team YogaSlackers Push beyond your boundaries and explore the world at the edge of gravity as you experience the beautiful realm of "vertical yoga." We'll start with a morning asana practice, then hike to a nearby cliff for a day of rock climbing. As dusk approaches, we'll finish with a short session of introspective yoga and meditation outdoors. No experience is necessary, although you should be in good general health. All equipment and a bag lunch will be provided. Be prepared for various weather conditions and wear good hiking shoes. All climbers must sign a release-of-liability waiver. Thursday, September 22 — 8:00am - 5:00pm All-Day Intensives What to bring: A yoga mat for the morning yoga session. Be prepared for various weather conditions and wear good hiking shoes. Notes: Asana practice followed by hiking and rock-climbing. + Jason Magness and Team YogaSlackers - Yoga and Rock Climbing Yoga and Rock ClimbingInstructor: Jason Magness & Team YogaSlackers Push beyond your boundaries and explore the world at the edge of gravity as you experience the beautiful realm of "vertical yoga." We'll start with a morning asana practice, then hike to a nearby cliff for a day of rock climbing. As dusk approaches, we'll finish with a short session of introspective yoga and meditation outdoors. No experience is necessary, although you should be in good general health. All equipment and a bag lunch will be provided. Be prepared for various weather conditions and wear good hiking shoes. All climbers must sign a release-of-liability waiver. Friday, September 23 — 8:00am - 5:00pm All-Day Intensives What to bring: A yoga mat for the morning yoga session. Be prepared for various weather conditions and wear good hiking shoes. Notes: Asana practice followed by hiking and rock-climbing. + Kiersten Mooney and Gregor Singleton - Journey into Transformation Journey into TransformationInstructor: Kiersten Mooney & Gregor Singleton Challenge yourself to radically evolve your body and awaken your soul. This workshop is an immersion into the 12 Laws of Transformation as outlined in Baron Baptiste's world-renowned book, 40 Days to Personal Revolution. Learn how these laws can directly impact your life by awakening you to patterns and behaviors that limit you, and then supporting you in breaking through to create an inspired life. This journey facilitates the discovery of freedom of spirit and total transformation of mind and body. Level: Mixed Levels Thursday, September 22 — 9:00am - 4:30pm All-Day Intensives Notes: Mostly asana. + Anne O'Brien and Kasha Rigby - Yoga and Hiking Yoga and HikingInstructor: Anne O'Brien & Kasha Rigby  What better setting than the majestic Rockies to join two delicious activities: yoga and hiking. We'll start out with a morning meditation, pranayama, and asana practice sequenced to prepare us for the climbs and descents. Then, we'll trade bare feet on yoga mats for hiking boots on trails and set off to explore the spectacular scenery, sounds, and silence of Emerald Mountain. Mid-day we will stop along the way to enjoy lunch, rest, and savor the grandeur of our surroundings. A post-lunch yoga stretch prepares us for the return to the valley floor, where we complete the day with a restorative asana sequence to rejuvenate our backs, legs, and hips and glide to a blissful savasana. No experience is necessary, although you should be in good general health. Bag lunches will be provided.
Level: Mixed Levels Thursday, September 22 — 9:00am - 4:30pm All-Day Intensives What to bring: For yoga, bring a mat and a strap. For hiking, wear good hiking shoes/boots, bring water, and be prepared for various weather conditions. + Shiva Rea - Rhythmic Vinyasa: Synchronizing with the Flow of Yoga Rhythmic Vinyasa: Synchronizing with the Flow of YogaInstructor: Shiva Rea One of the core definitions of vinyasa is as a wave, a rhythmic cycle. Within yoga, understanding these cycles is key to creating flow within one's body and life. We'll do a practice dedicated to rhythmic syncopation within the body to help you understand the healing power of rhythm. Based on Krishnamacharya's teaching, Ayurveda, and Tantra, we will learn methods developed within the class Prana Flow: Energetic Vinyasa to embody rhythmic vinyasa at all levels of practice as a technique of optimal flow to a way of life healing. Level: Mixed Levels Thursday, September 22 — 9:00am - 4:30pm All-Day Intensives Notes: Discussion and asana practice. + Desiree Rumbaugh - Anusara Yoga: Stepping into the Currents of Grace Anusara Yoga: Stepping into the Currents of GraceInstructor: Desiree Rumbaugh The combination of Anusara Yoga's Shiva/Shakti Tantric philosophy and its Universal Principles of Alignment reveals our own intrinsic goodness, unlimited freedom, and creative power. Learn how to create change in body and mind that ultimately leads to greater peace and joy. In the morning we'll celebrate heart-opening backbends; in the afternoon we'll practice soothing hip openers and turn inward with forward bends and meditation. Level: Mixed Levels Thursday, September 22 — 9:00am - 4:30pm All-Day Intensives Notes: Mostly asana. + Rod Stryker - Kundalini Shakti: Awakening the Sacred Power of Yoga Kundalini Shakti: Awakening the Sacred Power of YogaInstructor: Rod Stryker According to the Tantric yoga tradition, kundalini shakti is the force responsible for all spiritual experience, the very thing that allows us to touch the sublime and be it through creativity, fearlessness, and spiritual illumination. Kundalini shakti is the essence of yoga, since "awakening it" is the ultimate aim of practice. Using asana and the science of hatha yoga as our foundation, we'll decode the myths and lay out the principles of how to access it to empower your practice, unlock your dormant potentials, and enliven your connection to the sacred. Level: Mixed Levels Thursday, September 22 — 9:00am - 4:30pm All-Day Intensives Notes: Recommended: 3 years minimum previous yoga experience. Practice(s) and lecture. + David Swenson - Inside and Out: Seeking Harmony and Union in Practice and Life Inside and Out: Seeking Harmony and Union in Practice and LifeInstructor: David Swenson There is a way to seek a balance between the gross and subtle forces of alignment, the mechanics of flow, and the subtle internal and invisible world of prana, bandhas, and pranayama. Come on a guided tour to find the harmonious balance between them. Whether you are a newbie or an aficionado, you'll find a wealth of practical information and insightful nuances that can be applied within the realms of whatever your level of practice. Even if you don't practice Ashtanga, you'll find a multitude of powerful and useful information to apply within your personal journey of yoga. Level: Mixed Levels Thursday, September 22 — 9:00am - 4:30pm All-Day Intensives Notes: Mostly asana, with some discussion.   + Seane Corn - Vinyasa Flow Yoga: Establishing a Strong Foundation Vinyasa Flow Yoga: Establishing a Strong FoundationInstructor: Seane Corn Learn the foundations of a solid practice through alignment, core awareness, and breathing techniques. Understand the basic principles of Sun Salutations A and B, and how this is the cornerstone of every vinyasa practice. Discover the preparation, inner cues, and dissection of the fundamentals of standing poses, backbends, twists, and inversions. Great for beginners! **This class has been approved by American Council on Exercise (ACE) for 0.2 CECs.** Level: Beginners, Mixed Levels Friday, September 23 — 8:00am - 10:00am Main Conference - Session 1 Notes: Asana, discussion, and demonstration. + Paige Elenson - The Yoga of Offering The Yoga of OfferingInstructor: Paige Elenson How do we realize the abundance in our lives and offer it up as our yoga practice? Through Baptiste Yoga, we'll explore and identify the abundance that surrounds us and outline tangible steps to create more peace personally and globally. This practice is about the activation of the individual to influence and support positive shifts in the world. Level: Mixed Levels Friday, September 23 — 8:00am - 10:00am Main Conference - Session 1 Notes: The room will be heated. Mostly asana. + Richard Freeman - Practice as Meditative Flow Practice as Meditative FlowInstructor: Richard Freeman When the breathing, bandhas, mudra, and drishti are joined together with a consistent flow within the postures, meditation spontaneously arises. Through the 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. Level: Mixed Levels Friday, September 23 — 8:00am - 10:00am Main Conference - Session 1 Notes: Asana practice. + Amy Ippoliti - Anusara Yoga: Upside Down You're Turning Me Anusara Yoga: Upside Down You're Turning MeInstructor: Amy Ippoliti Discover how Anusara's Universal Principles of Alignment can help you perform inversions with ease, grace, and prowess. You'll learn tricks for balancing without using the wall and for opening your shoulders, boosting your confidence, and connecting to your playful spirit. Level: Intermediate Friday, September 23 — 8:00am - 10:00am Main Conference - Session 1 Notes: Mostly asana. + Tias Little - Anatomy of Breathing Anatomy of BreathingInstructor: Tias Little Many people breathe in a way that's out of sync with the body's natural rhythm, which is called inverse breathing. By understanding the structure and function of respiration through yogic practices, people can change their respiratory rhythm. We'll detail the key structures involved in breathing--the diaphragm, the intercostal muscles, the ribs--and practice sequences that open the chest cavity. Through combining breath with movement, and through practicing more passive chest openers, we'll release the diaphragm. **This class has been approved by American Council on Exercise (ACE) for 0.2 CECs.** Level: Continue Your Education, Mixed Levels Friday, September 23 — 8:00am - 10:00am Main Conference - Session 1 What to bring: A block, a blanket, and a strap. Notes: Discussion and asana. + Kia Miller - Fire of Transformation Fire of TransformationInstructor: Kia Miller When we ignite the inner fire in our yoga practice, we leave the head behind and enter the realm of the heart. This two-hour Kundalini Yoga workshop applies the principles of heat, pressure, and time in order to bring about transformation and purification. Expand your inner vital life-force energy and burn away anything holding you back. Live in the freedom of presence. Level: Mixed Levels Friday, September 23 — 8:00am - 10:00am Main Conference - Session 1 Notes: Asana, pranayama, and meditation. Live music by Aykanna. + Kiersten Mooney - The Eight Universal Principles for Stepping Up to Your Edge The Eight Universal Principles for Stepping Up to Your EdgeInstructor: Kiersten Mooney Get ready to risk being powerful on and off your mat. We'll explore the eight universal principles for stepping up to your edge, as laid out in Baron Baptiste's book Journey into Power. Take accountability with the Baptiste methodology as your guide, as we move through a fun, interactive, and sweaty advanced class. **This class has been approved by American Council on Exercise (ACE) for 0.2 CECs.** Level: Mixed Levels Friday, September 23 — 8:00am - 10:00am Main Conference - Session 1 Notes: The room will be heated. Discussion and asana. + Subtle Body Tune-Up: Tune Into Freedom Subtle Body Tune-Up: Tune Into FreedomInstructor: Narayani Ever wonder why you feel so much better after a good asana practice? Explore the map of the subtle body--the chakras, the subtle energy channels called nadis, and the prana that flows through them. We'll examine how they work together in the asana practice to bring about the powerful transformation in body, mind, and spirit--that magical evolution from ordinary to extraordinary that is the Jivanmukta. We'll practice a classic Jivamukti asana series that activates the chakras from the root to the crown, while chanting bija mantras and focusing on specific karmic causes that might be contributing to pain and tightness in the physical body and stress in the emotional body. Level: Mixed Levels Friday, September 23 — 8:00am - 10:00am Main Conference - Session 1 What to bring: Bring a blanket. Notes: Informative introduction followed by asana. + Tina Porter - Let the Truth Be Heard Let the Truth Be HeardInstructor: Tina Porter Sometimes we fear doing the work--not knowing what we'll uncover. On the mat, our potential is a mystery as is our energy. The work we do is challenging and can represent difficult situations we confront daily. Our breath represents our reactions to these moments, and with an emphasis on exhalations we learn how to more easily surrender. Through the flowing poses, we learn to work through these difficult moments with more grace and acceptance. Level: Mixed Levels Friday, September 23 — 8:00am - 10:00am Main Conference - Session 1 Notes: Mostly asana. + Rod Stryker - Tantra Yoga Vinyasa: Asana, Bandha, Mudra Tantra Yoga Vinyasa: Asana, Bandha, MudraInstructor: Rod Stryker Tantra Yoga views the body as a sacred altar and teaches that "worship" means learning to gradually master the dormant force in the spine called shakti. Come learn about and experience the progression of Tantric principles and techniques. We'll start with accessible asanas, then build to bandhas, and finally to mudras, all of which lead us to ultimate freedom and exaltation by activating the body's latent forces. **This class has been approved by American Council on Exercise (ACE) for 0.2 CECs.** Level: Mixed Levels Friday, September 23 — 8:00am - 10:00am Main Conference - Session 1 Notes: Mostly asana. + David Swenson - Yoga Chikitsa: A Fully Conducted Primary Series Class Yoga Chikitsa: A Fully Conducted Primary Series ClassInstructor: David Swenson Designed for those already familiar with the First Series of Ashtanga Yoga, this class will continuously move from the opening Sun Salutations to the closing sequence, with time at the end to enjoy a deep relaxation. Level: Mixed Levels Friday, September 23 — 8:00am - 10:00am Main Conference - Session 1 Notes: Mostly asana. + Mas Vidal - The Royal Path: Yoga & Ayurveda The Royal Path: Yoga & AyurvedaInstructor: Mas Vidal Experience a dynamic approach to practicing the eight-limbed system of raja yoga while embracing the universal energetic principles of tridosha in Ayurveda. This asana-based practice includes a variety of postures and sequences infused with specialized breathing techniques, relaxation, and meditation. Learn how powerful asana and pranayama combinations can remove physical, mental, and emotional obstacles caused by the doshas. Feel the inspiration of a mystical system that heals your body, frees your mind, and opens your heart. **This class has been approved by American Council on Exercise (ACE) for 0.2 CECs.** Level: Mixed Levels Friday, September 23 — 8:00am - 10:00am Main Conference - Session 1 Notes: Asana and meditation.  + Aurora - Therapeutics for the Lower Back Therapeutics for the Lower BackInstructor: Aurora Pain in the lower back is one of the most common complaints in our society, yet simple therapeutic postures and techniques are an incredibly powerful way to realign the lower back and relieve its pain. Build a toolbox of simple physical, mental, emotional, and nutritional strategies you can use at home or work to make quick, significant changes in your lower back whenever you need relief. Level: Therapeutic, Mixed Levels Friday, September 23 — 10:30am - 12:30pm Main Conference - Session 2 What to bring: A mat, strap, and block. Notes: Asana, discussion, and some meditation. + Baron Baptiste - Foundations in Action Foundations in ActionInstructor: Baron Baptiste Immerse yourself into the foundational Baptiste Power vinyasa asana practice. No matter what your level of experience as a teacher or practitioner, come and explore this powerful and effective practice--and build your foundation on a rock! **This class has been approved by American Council on Exercise (ACE) for 0.2 CECs.** Level: Mixed Levels Friday, September 23 — 10:30am - 12:30pm Main Conference - Session 2 Notes: The room will be heated. Mostly asana. + Lisa Black - Backbends and Twists Backbends and TwistsInstructor: Lisa Black Asanas are a powerful metaphor for who we are in the world. Often in backbends and twists, we find ourselves resorting to strategies that are well tried but not necessarily well chosen. It is easy to resort to strain, effort, and struggle. Explore the backbending and twisting families as poses that become a platform for generating ease and relief within their fiery intensity. Level: Mixed Levels Friday, September 23 — 10:30am - 12:30pm Main Conference - Session 2 Notes: The room will be heated. Mostly asana. + Roger Cole - Yoga Anatomy for Beginners Yoga Anatomy for BeginnersInstructor: Roger Cole This introduction to anatomy explains what makes various yoga postures work. We'll learn to see, feel, and understand the asanas from the inside out, making practice safer and more effective. Then we'll translate what we've learned into action. **This class has been approved by American Council on Exercise (ACE) for 0.2 CECs.** Level: Beginners, Mixed Levels Friday, September 23 — 10:30am - 12:30pm Main Conference - Session 2 Notes: Lecture and asana. + Jason Crandell - Awaken Your Core for Greater Steadiness and Integration Awaken Your Core for Greater Steadiness and IntegrationInstructor: Jason Crandell Awaken deep sensations and intelligence in the core of your body. Instead of doing 10,000 sit-ups or crunches, you'll examine how your feet, legs, and abdominals work together to create greater strength, integration, and ease in all of your poses. You can expect plenty of abdominal work woven into Sun Salutations, standing poses, twists, and an occasional arm balance or two. **This class has been approved by American Council on Exercise (ACE) for 0.2 CECs.** Level: Mixed Levels Friday, September 23 — 10:30am - 12:30pm Main Conference - Session 2 Notes: Mostly asana. + Bo Forbes - Gateway to Prana: Empowering the Neck/Shoulder Axis in Vinyasa | CE Gateway to Prana: Empowering the Neck/Shoulder Axis in Vinyasa | CEInstructor: Bo Forbes  The neck/shoulder axis is a gateway to pranic regulation and emotional health. Freedom in this axis helps the front body and heart area to open. Limited mobility or stability can lead to "Closed Heart Syndrome" and pranic dysreglation. When this happens, the cervical spine and rotator cuff become vulnerable to injury, and the emotional body to anxiety and depression. In this class, we'll learn postural alignment cues and fascial techniques for to stabilize and release the neck/shoulder axis and regulate prana. We'll also explore asana adaptations for neck and shoulder injury prevention. These tools will help you increase pranic flow, regulate the nervous system, enhance emotional well-being, and facilitate self-expression.CE credits are offered for psychologists Elemental Yoga is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Elemental Yoga maintains responsibility for this program (M2FORB) and its content. This program offers one (1) CE hour for psychologists. **This class has been approved by American Council on Exercise (ACE) for 0.2 CECs.** Please note that this class will not offer CEU credits to social workers. Level: Therapeutic, Mixed Levels Friday, September 23 — 10:30am - 12:30pm Main Conference - Session 2 What to bring: A blanket, a strap, 1 to 2 blocks, and an eye pillow. Notes: Asana, pranayama, and lecture. + Amy Ippoliti - Anusara Yoga: Toning Your Butt Can Be Spiritual! Anusara Yoga: Toning Your Butt Can Be Spiritual!Instructor: Amy Ippoliti Learn how strengthening the largest muscle groups in your body--the gluteus medius, gluteus maximus, and hamstrings--can transform your yoga practice, setting the stage for more freedom, ecstasy, and opening in all aspects of your life. Level: Mixed Levels Friday, September 23 — 10:30am - 12:30pm Main Conference - Session 2 Notes: Mostly asana. + Brent Kessel - The Yoga of Money: Don’t Let Your Finances Tie You Up in Knots The Yoga of Money: Don’t Let Your Finances Tie You Up in KnotsInstructor: Brent Kessel Learn to apply the yogic practices of breath (pranayama), self-inquiry (svadhyaya), truthfulness (asteya), and nonviolence (ahimsa) to money. Applied skillfully, these practices can have a dramatic impact on your income, spending, and investing success. Level: Mixed Levels Friday, September 23 — 10:30am - 12:30pm Main Conference - Session 2 Notes: Interactive lecture. + Gary Kraftsow - Harnessing the Power of the Breath Harnessing the Power of the Breath Instructor: Gary Kraftsow Pranayama practice is one of the greatest and most unique methods developed by the yoga and Tantric traditions, helping us create sympathetic/parasympathetic balance and thereby optimize our physiological well-being. In the context of the integrated practices of yoga and Tantra, pranayama offers even more than this valuable physiological optimization. Come explore how the ancients conceived of pranayama as a means to help us gain control over our mind's ever-changing thoughts and emotions. Level: Mixed Levels Friday, September 23 — 11:00am - 1:00pm Main Conference - Session 2 Notes: Discussion and integrated practice including asana and pranayama. + Tias Little - Every Pose is a Mountain Every Pose is a MountainInstructor: Tias Little Tadasana, or Mountain Pose, is the foundation for all the poses in yoga. We'll practice embodying the Mountain within each pose in order to achieve stability, ease, and spaciousness within. Learn to bring the Mountain into the feet, pelvis, spine, and skull and explore the ways that the mountain in yoga is a metaphor for steadfastness and change. **This class has been approved by American Council on Exercise (ACE) for 0.2 CECs.** Level: Mixed Levels Friday, September 23 — 11:00am - 1:00pm Main Conference - Session 2 What to bring: A block, a blanket, and a strap. Notes: Mostly asana. + Elise Miller - Teaching and Sequencing for Inversions Teaching and Sequencing for InversionsInstructor: Elise Miller Have you ever wondered what is the best sequence in which to introduce Headstand or Shoulderstand? How about arm or elbow balances? Whether you are struggling or just need a refresher, come learn how to sequence such inversions. **This class has been approved by American Council on Exercise (ACE) for 0.2 CECs.** Level: Continue Your Education, Mixed Levels Friday, September 23 — 11:00am - 1:00pm Main Conference - Session 2 What to bring: A mat, a blanket, 2 blocks, and a belt. Notes: This class is appropriate for students and teachers who want to begin an inversion practice and for those who want to refine their inversions. Recommended: 6 months of asana training. Discussion and asana. + Anne O and Kasha Rigby - Yoga and Hiking - (sold out) Yoga and HikingInstructor: Anne O & Kasha Rigby Join us for a delicious blend of yoga and hiking in the majestic Rockies. This two-and-a-half hour session begins with an asana practice sequenced to prepare us for the climbs and descents. We'll explore the spectacular trails, streams, flora, fauna, sounds, and silence of the Emerald Mountain area. Weather allowing, we'll find just the right spot for an outdoor meditation before we head back to the lodge. A short post-hike yoga sequence will rejuvenate our backs, legs and hips, leading to a sweet Savasana.This class is sold out; however there is still room in the Yoga and Hiking Thursday All-Day Intensive. Level: Mixed Levels Friday, September 23 — 10:30am - 1:00pm Main Conference - Session 2 What to bring: For yoga, please bring a mat and a strap. For hiking, wear sturdy hiking shoes/boots, bring water, and be prepared for various weather conditions. + Tina Porter - Time for emPOWERment Time for emPOWERmentInstructor: Tina Porter Throughout our practice, we learn to reignite our intuition and fire ourselves up through organic emPOWERment. We get to rewire the way we think when stepping onto the mat, and realize that the decisions we make right now are not about anything other than how it feels. And when it feels good, we'll be supported in those decisions with full and free breaths, otherwise known as our safety net and conscience. Through rigorous asana and deep-seated meditation, we get to listen. And when we do, we'll know whether it's right to engage in that drama, or to simply stand firmly and silently in our own truth. Level: Mixed Levels Friday, September 23 — 11:00am - 1:00pm Main Conference - Session 2 Notes: Mostly asana. + Shiva Rea - Kalari Flow: An Introduction to the Yoga of Kalarippayatu Kalari Flow: An Introduction to the Yoga of KalarippayatuInstructor: Shiva Rea Experience a dynamic introduction to the ancient Indian martial art form Kalarippayatu, or Kalari, and its intertwined roots within yoga and Ayurveda. Based in the lineage form, we'll explore the spiral fluidity, core power, and internal meditation with Kalari through foundation vaidavus (asana), body mudras, namskaram, and Kalari vinyasa--a sequence to prepare and activate the prana flow in yoga and Kalari. **This class has been approved by American Council on Exercise (ACE) for 0.2 CECs.** Level: Mixed Levels Friday, September 23 — 11:00am - 1:00pm Main Conference - Session 2 Notes: Asana and movement. + Desiree Rumbaugh - The Lightness of Being: A Vinyasa Flow Class to Connect to Your Heart The Lightness of Being: A Vinyasa Flow Class to Connect to Your HeartInstructor: Desiree Rumbaugh An energizing and safe vinyasa flow class to bring more joy and less fear to your backbend practice. **This class has been approved by American Council on Exercise (ACE) for 0.2 CECs.** Level: Mixed Levels Friday, September 23 — 11:00am - 1:00pm Main Conference - Session 2 Notes: Mostly asana. + David Swenson - Ashtanga's Greatest Hits Ashtanga's Greatest HitsInstructor: David Swenson Explore some of the most dynamic and fun asanas in the Ashtanga system. Take a special guided tour of select asanas from the Primary, Intermediate, and Advanced Series. By breaking them down into their basic components, even the most advanced asanas can become more accessible. If you aren't familiar with the more challenging asanas, don't fear! Modifications will be offered for any level. Level: Mixed Levels Friday, September 23 — 11:00am - 1:00pm Main Conference - Session 2 Notes: Mostly asana.  + Aurora - Meditation & Yogic Poetry Meditation & Yogic PoetryInstructor: Aurora In the modern world, true poetry is practically a lost art because of the difficult and time-consuming nature of writing it with rhyme and meter. Yet it is the musicality of true poetry that speaks to the heart and helps awaken it, which is the very essence of yoga. In guided meditation, hear and absorb the beauty of yogic poetry designed to awaken the memory of the soul. Level: Contemplative, Mixed Levels Friday, September 23 — 3:30pm - 5:30pm Main Conference - Session 3 What to bring: Props so you can sit comfortably. Notes: Discussion and meditation. + Baron Baptiste - Journey into Power Journey into PowerInstructor: Baron Baptiste Access a new depth of power in this Baptiste Power vinyasa flow. Prepare to energize, awaken, and open up to something sacred in this Baptiste Yoga practice. Baptiste brings an intensity, insight, and compassion that will leave you cleansed, inspired, and empowered.**This class has been approved by American Council on Exercise (ACE) for 0.2 CECs.** Level: Mixed Levels Friday, September 23 — 3:30pm - 5:30pm Main Conference - Session 3 Notes: The room will be heated. Mostly asana. + Roger Cole - Hips and Knees: Anatomy and Practice Hips and Knees: Anatomy and PracticeInstructor: Roger Cole Explore a powerful sequence of yoga postures to safely mobilize, align, and strengthen the knees and hips. We'll combine clear anatomical explanations with thorough practice. **This class has been approved by American Council on Exercise (ACE) for 0.2 CECs.** Level: Therapeutic, Continue Your Education, Mixed Levels Friday, September 23 — 3:30pm - 5:30pm Main Conference - Session 3 Notes: Asana and lecture. + Seane Corn - Everyday Miracles Everyday MiraclesInstructor: Seane Corn As seekers on the path, we are often looking for signs, symbols, and intuitive guidance to point us toward a more definitive direction. However, we often fail to recognize the fantastic in the mundane, the possibilities within the practical, and the inherent mystery in all moments. This class will illuminate the miracles that exist in each moment and remind us how Spirit conspires to give us exactly what we need, revealing that which is both obvious and sometimes impossible to discern. Come remember that the answers to our prayers are often right in front of us or, more to the point, directly within. **This class has been approved by American Council on Exercise (ACE) for 0.2 CECs.** Level: Mixed Levels Friday, September 23 — 3:30pm - 5:30pm Main Conference - Session 3 Notes: Vinyasa practice with some discussion. + Paige Elenson - Stand on Your Hands Stand on Your HandsInstructor: Paige Elenson Life is full of ups and downs--and so is your yoga practice. By taking a stand (on your hands!), rewire your nervous system and how it responds to the ever-present waves of life. Working with partners for support, we'll take a variety of Handstand variations to energize, rewire, and re-create what is possible on our mat and in our lives. Level: Mixed Levels Friday, September 23 — 3:30pm - 5:30pm Main Conference - Session 3 Notes: The room will be heated. Asana practice with partner work. + Richard Freeman - Backbending on the Current of Breath Backbending on the Current of BreathInstructor: Richard Freeman Come discover 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, abdominal wall, shoulders, and arms--we'll construct a series of deep backbends that are grounded, open, and free of pain. Level: Intermediate Friday, September 23 — 3:30pm - 5:30pm Main Conference - Session 3 Notes: Asana practice. + Sally Kempton - Karma, Relationship and Transformation Karma, Relationship and TransformationInstructor: Sally Kempton What is a karmic relationship? What draws us toward partners who are karmically linked to us? How can such relationships delude us and block us, and how can they be transformed? Based on the teachings of the Yoga Sutra and the Indian and Buddhist Tantra, we'll move beyond the usual view of karma and see how to work with it creatively. Level: Contemplative, Mixed Levels Friday, September 23 — 3:30pm - 5:30pm Main Conference - Session 3 Notes: Lecture and meditation. + Gary Kraftsow - Viniyoga Therapy: The Upper Back, Neck, and Shoulders Viniyoga Therapy: The Upper Back, Neck, and ShouldersInstructor: Gary Kraftsow Many people come to yoga looking for relief from common aches and pains. We'll explore the biomechanics of the upper back, neck, and shoulders, and the types of problems that can affect these areas. Then we'll develop and practice a sequence of adapted asanas designed to relieve stress as well as strengthen weaker areas. Level: Therapeutic, Mixed Levels Friday, September 23 — 3:30pm - 5:30pm Main Conference - Session 3 Notes: Discussion and asana practice. + Elise Miller - Ageless Yoga Ageless YogaInstructor: Elise Miller Come learn a safe, effective way to approach poses that will give support, enhance alignment, and create more ease and balance. Celebrate the journey and enjoy a sense of youthfulness as you explore poses that reverse the aging process. Teachers will learn how to apply props such as the chair, blocks, and belts for students with limited mobility, and students can learn to use the props to approach poses that are more challenging. Level: Continue Your Education, Mixed Levels Friday, September 23 — 3:30pm - 5:30pm Main Conference - Session 3 What to bring: A mat, 2 blankets, 2 blocks, and a belt. Notes: Discussion and asana. + Kia Miller - Intuition and Insight: A Yogic Path to Self-Awareness and Liberation Intuition and Insight: A Yogic Path to Self-Awareness and LiberationInstructor: Kia Miller There are things in this world that we cannot know except through intuition and pure experience. To live intuitively is to live in purpose and on purpose. And yet we are often disconnected from our impulse to access and listen to our inner wisdom. Kundalini Yoga opens the inner channels and connects us with our intuitive power. Through kriyas, pranayama, and deep meditation, we'll give you the tools to tap into and utilize intuition. Level: Mixed Levels Friday, September 23 — 3:30pm - 5:30pm Main Conference - Session 3 Notes: Asana, pranayama, and meditation. Live music by Aykanna. + Achieving Balance to Become an Everyday Hero Achieving Balance to Become an Everyday HeroInstructor: Narayani  Unruffle your feathers, get grounded, and celebrate your connection to the earth from your toes to the top of your head. In the process, you'll set free a revived lightness so you can move in harmony with the world. Come explore equilibrium through asana and breath, using inner strength to achieve outer balance. Find freedom in stability--and then dare to dream, become expansive, aspire to greatness, and achieve it! The class features an energetic flowing sequence, infused with an inspiring and uplifting musical soundtrack.
Level: Mixed Levels Friday, September 23 — 3:30pm - 5:30pm Main Conference - Session 3 What to bring: Please bring a blanket. Notes: Mostly asana. + Saul David Raye - The Power of Om: Sacred Sound Healing Experience The Power of Om: Sacred Sound Healing Experience Instructor: Saul David Raye Journey into the sacred healing power of Om for self and planetary healing. Om is the primordial, cosmic sound current, present at the beginning of creation and continuing to vibrate as the essence of all things. Om gives life, energy, and sustenance to all of creation. Come explore the deeper meaning of Om and how it relates to different states of consciousness. We'll have a discussion, meditation, and chanting of the sacred syllable, and learn how to use the mantra for healing. Come experience something beyond words. Level: Contemplative, Mixed Levels Friday, September 23 — 3:30pm - 5:30pm Main Conference - Session 3 Notes: Discussion, meditation, and chanting. + Shiva Rea - Energy Flow: Consciousness in Action Yoga Energy Activism: Learning How to Unplug, Tune In, and Regenerate Energy Flow: Consciousness in Action Yoga Energy Activism: Learning How to Unplug, Tune In, and RegenerateInstructor: Shiva Rea In the West, we waste more energy than we use. Conservation and renewable energy choices are natural ways we can harness the abundance of energy that can be generated in positive ways. Yoga Energy Activism (YEA) is a call to yoga practitioners to sign up for Energy Re-Generation Days, including an "energy fast" to highlight how we can green our homes, yoga studios, and communities. Get informed and experience a practice that can empower you to energize your life and community to see how even small energy savings can have a powerful collective ripple effect. **This class has been approved by American Council on Exercise (ACE) for 0.2 CECs.** Level: Mixed Levels Friday, September 23 — 3:30pm - 5:30pm Main Conference - Session 3 Notes: Discussion and asana. + Desiree Rumbaugh - Standing Poses for Beginnners Standing Poses for BeginnnersInstructor: Desiree Rumbaugh Standing poses, the foundation of a yoga practice, can be very liberating and healing. Learn some great tricks of the trade from the Anusara method to make these poses more accessible and enjoyable. **This class has been approved by American Council on Exercise (ACE) for 0.2 CECs.** Level: Beginners, Mixed Levels Friday, September 23 — 3:30pm - 5:30pm Main Conference - Session 3 Notes: Mostly asana. + Janet Stone - Maha Bhutas: Flowing within the Five Elements Maha Bhutas: Flowing within the Five ElementsInstructor: Janet Stone The interplay of prana (life force) and movement creates a fierce expression of beauty inside and out. We'll experience the five elements--earth, water, air, fire, and ether--through a dynamic sequence that reminds of our true nature. When we bring these elements into harmony, we discover a new edge where we can return to our still point and radiate compassion to those around us. **This class has been approved by American Council on Exercise (ACE) for 0.2 CECs.** Level: Mixed Levels Friday, September 23 — 3:30pm - 5:30pm Main Conference - Session 3 Notes: Mostly asana. + Rod Stryker - Yoga Nidra: The Science of Destiny and The Yoga of Fulfillment Yoga Nidra: The Science of Destiny and The Yoga of FulfillmentInstructor: Rod Stryker Yoga Nidra is the sublime science of complete relaxation. Because of its unique capacity to transform all of the layers that the soul inhabits (physical, mental, energetic, and causal bodies), Yoga Nidra is both a comprehensive method for maximizing health and vitality as well as one of the tradition's most profound and accessible ways to positively shape our destiny. We'll outline the theory of sankalpa, how we bring thought into form, the practice of Yoga Nidra, and how both relate to the concept of dharma. **This class has been approved by American Council on Exercise (ACE) for 0.2 CECs.** Level: Mixed Levels Friday, September 23 — 3:30pm - 5:30pm Main Conference - Session 3 What to bring: Bring what you will need (blankets, a pillow, a thick mat, etc.) so that you will be warm and comfortable and able to rest on your back for the better part of one hour. Notes: Lecture and practice. + Mas Vidal - The Tempo of Yoga Therapy with Ayurveda The Tempo of Yoga Therapy with AyurvedaInstructor: Mas Vidal When combined with the wisdom of yoga, Ayurveda is a complete system of healing the physical, mental, and emotional bodies. This therapeutic approach to yoga adapts the sacred rhythms of the elements into asana and pranayama to release attachment to the body and truly heal from the inside out. Experience how yoga and Ayurveda are timeless rasayanas (rejuvenations) that can make your practice and your life a transcendental experience. **This class has been approved by American Council on Exercise (ACE) for 0.2 CECs.** Level: Therapeutic, Mixed Levels Friday, September 23 — 3:30pm - 5:30pm Main Conference - Session 3 Notes: Mostly asana with some pranayama.  + Baron Baptiste - Ignite and Inspire Ignite and InspireInstructor: Baron Baptiste Through a powerful asana practice, explore how you can expand your yoga practice and get into action, developing an avenue to new levels of personal expression, contribution, and empowerment. Ignite and inspire your life, both on and off your mat. **This class has been approved by American Council on Exercise (ACE) for 0.2 CECs.** Level: Mixed Levels Saturday, September 24 — 8:00am - 10:00am Main Conference - Session 4 Notes: The room will be heated. Mostly asana. + Amy Ippoliti - Anusara Yoga: Backbending for Beginners Anusara Yoga: Backbending for BeginnersInstructor: Amy Ippoliti Backbends are supposed to be ecstatic, blissful, and totally possible. By unlocking the doors of your heart and hips, experience new levels of freedom and self-expression in your backbends while learning to revel in all of your poses. Level: Beginners Saturday, September 24 — 8:00am - 10:00am Main Conference - Session 4 Notes: Mostly asana. + Jason Magness - Jedi Training Jedi TrainingInstructor: Jason Magness Haven't you always wanted to be a Jedi? To tap into The Force? To develop greater consciousness, stronger will, deeper compassion? Jedi training is an experience unlike any other, where the power of the mind is truly tested and unleashed. Equal parts meditation, Tibetan ritual, Kundalini, Ashtanga, and Power Yin Yoga, this journey is the first step to understanding the incredible link between the mind and the body. A truly humbling and empowering journey. Level: Mixed Levels Saturday, September 24 — 8:00am - 10:00am Main Conference - Session 4 Notes: Challenging, but all levels welcome. Mostly asana. + Elise Miller - Yoga for the Back: A Healthy Balance for the Imbalanced Yoga for the Back: A Healthy Balance for the ImbalancedInstructor: Elise Miller Whether we have muscle imbalances, scoliosis, kyphosis, or lordosis, Iyengar Yoga can bring an awareness to such imbalances to facilitate transformation to a more balanced state both physically and mentally. The workshop will include information on different back conditions, time to explore our imbalances in depth, and how to adapt the asanas for any asymmetry--whether it be a major structural scoliosis or a minor imbalance. Teachers and students of all levels may attend. Level: Continue Your Education, Mixed Levels Saturday, September 24 — 8:00am - 10:00am Main Conference - Session 4 What to bring: A mat, 2 blankets or a bolster, 2 blocks, and a belt. Notes: Discussion and asana. + Jivamukti Yoga: Hot, Hip,and Holy! Jivamukti Yoga: Hot, Hip,and Holy!Instructor: Narayani Spicy Jivamukti sequences keep this class movin' and shakin'. The music is new, but the practices are ancient. Expect the full Jivamukti package of tradition, music, meditation, bhakti, and challenging asana, with a taste of outrageousness. This is a yoga class with a serious passion for life, nature, and love designed to get you out of your "stuff, " and back into the groove. Level: Mixed Levels Saturday, September 24 — 8:00am - 10:00am Main Conference - Session 4 What to bring: Bring a blanket. Notes: Mostly asana. + Saul David Raye - Accessing the Power, Energy, and Light of Your Being: An Atma Yoga Experience Accessing the Power, Energy, and Light of Your Being: An Atma Yoga ExperienceInstructor: Saul David Raye Atma in Sanskrit means the inner self, soul, or spirit. It is the essence of who we are and the source of our energy, light, and power. Atma Yoga is a holistic, heart-centered approach to yoga and spiritual awakening that recognizes each of us as sacred channels of cosmic energy. Experience this deep practice that is rooted in yoga, Tantra, bhakti, and ancient wisdom that joins dynamic asana, breathwork, meditation, chanting, music, intuitive movement, and heart wisdom teachings to experience the overflowing energy at the center of your being. Level: Mixed Levels Saturday, September 24 — 8:00am - 10:00am Main Conference - Session 4 Notes: Asana, meditation, chanting, and more. + Shiva Rea - Prana Flow: Energetic Vinyasa Prana Flow: Energetic VinyasaInstructor: Shiva Rea 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 "being" yoga as the liberating key to living flow. The class includes Shiva's fluid Namaskars and a fully integrated Prana Flow yoga practice. **This class has been approved by American Council on Exercise (ACE) for 0.2 CECs.** Level: Mixed Levels Saturday, September 24 — 8:00am - 10:00am Main Conference - Session 4 Notes: Mostly asana. + Janet Stone - Chid Rasa: Liquid Awakening Chid Rasa: Liquid AwakeningInstructor: Janet Stone Take the rigidity out of the body and move into a more fluid approach to practice and life. We'll dive into the water element as we embark on a rhythmic, joyful, playful journey. When we flow into our liquid nature we allow softening in the brittle places that form when we allow habit to rule our practice and being. Breath and body feed each other as we reawaken the flowing essence of consciousness-as-play.**This class has been approved by American Council on Exercise (ACE) for 0.2 CECs.** Level: Mixed Levels Saturday, September 24 — 8:00am - 10:00am Main Conference - Session 4 Notes: Mostly asana. + Rod Stryker - The Secrets of Pranayama The Secrets of PranayamaInstructor: Rod Stryker Learn the secrets to refining and mastering your breath. Through theory and guided practice, you'll experience the power of the sacred science of breath. When the breath can be used to still the mind, you'll discover how to dissolve the unconscious and attract the forces of happiness and success. **This class has been approved by American Council on Exercise (ACE) for 0.2 CECs.** Level: Mixed Levels Saturday, September 24 — 8:00am - 10:00am Main Conference - Session 4 Notes: Discussion and accessible pranayama practices. A minimum of two years of asana practice recommended. + David Swenson - Flying, Floating, and Handstanding Flying, Floating, and HandstandingInstructor: David Swenson In this fun-filled exploration of vinyasa and arm balances, we'll break down the vinyasa into its components and explore handstands and arm balances through the avenue of partner work. All levels can attend--even if you've never done a handstand. Level: Mixed Levels Saturday, September 24 — 8:00am - 10:00am Main Conference - Session 4 Notes: Asana practice with partner work. + Mas Vidal - Detox Yoga & Ayurveda Detox Yoga & AyurvedaInstructor: Mas Vidal Immersing yourself in a detoxifying yoga practice is an Ayurvedic approach to hot yoga--but the heat comes from with in. Learn how to awaken your inner fires (agnis) to cleanse each morsel of your physical and energetic body. Experience a mindful Ayurvedic yoga approach to purifying your body of toxins, excess fat, and phlegm. We'll move through a powerful yoga practice infused with special combinations of postures, sequences, and breathing exercises in a warm body. Experience how asana and pranayama can be interwoven to enhance the quality of your yoga practice according to your body-mind type. **This class has been approved by American Council on Exercise (ACE) for 0.2 CECs.** Level: Mixed Levels Saturday, September 24 — 8:00am - 10:00am Main Conference - Session 4 Notes: Mostly asana.  + Aurora - The Upper Body Spa The Upper Body SpaInstructor: Aurora The upper body represents creativity and the joy of giving and receiving. But too often it carries burden and stress. Releasing tension in the jaw, neck, shoulders, upper back, wrists, and hands allows greater access to self-expression and the fulfilling flow of the heart's energy through the body. Learn sequences and individual and partner work to open up this amazing part of your body. Level: Therapeutic, Mixed Levels Saturday, September 24 — 10:30am - 12:30pm Main Conference - Session 5 What to bring: A mat, block, strap, and blanket. Notes: Asana and discussion. Class includes individual and partner work. + Baron Baptiste - Being of Power Being of PowerInstructor: Baron Baptiste Explore being of power on and off the mat in this uplifting and invigorating workshop consisting of powerful asana practice and lively group discussion. Power on the mat comes from empowering our physicality through acceptance, precision, alignment and flow, resulting in freedom, full expression, and new possibilities. These same principles apply to being of power in our lives. Learn how to land your intentions into reality and experience the freedom and effectiveness that emerges from this inspired and embodied practice of Baptiste Yoga. **This class has been approved by American Council on Exercise (ACE) for 0.2 CECs.** Level: Mixed Levels Saturday, September 24 — 10:30am - 12:30pm Main Conference - Session 5 Notes: The room will be heated. Mostly asana. + Roger Cole - Science Meets Practice: Backbends Science Meets Practice: BackbendsInstructor: Roger Cole Learn to apply anatomy, physiology, neuroscience, and Patanjali's principles to experience deep, transformative backbends. **This class has been approved by American Council on Exercise (ACE) for 0.2 CECs.** Level: Mixed Levels Saturday, September 24 — 10:30am - 12:30pm Main Conference - Session 5 Notes: Mostly asana practice, some lecture. + Seane Corn - Shakti Flow Shakti FlowInstructor: Seane Corn Come and celebrate your body and challenge yourself to a new and exciting edge of your asana practice. In this strong and dynamic vinyasa flow class geared toward intermediate/advanced students, we'll start with a powerful series of fluid Sun Salutations. Then we'll move into a provocative blend of standing poses, twists, arm balances, backbends, and hip openers. Not recommended for individuals who are more than six months pregnant, injured, or in need of therapeutic yoga. **This class has been approved by American Council on Exercise (ACE) for 0.2 CECs.** Level: Intermediate, Advanced Saturday, September 24 — 10:30am - 12:30pm Main Conference - Session 5 Notes: All asana. + Jason Crandell - Taking Refuge: Sidebends, Twists, and Forward Bends Taking Refuge: Sidebends, Twists, and Forward BendsInstructor: Jason Crandell If you like having dessert first, register for this class immediately! Instead of leaving you gasping for breath, we'll work on unraveling tension from your side body, shoulders, and spine to leave you feeling clear, grounded, and content. As advertised, you can expect a long, slow, deep practice of sidebends, twists, and forward bends. **This class has been approved by American Council on Exercise (ACE) for 0.2 CECs.** Level: Mixed Levels Saturday, September 24 — 10:30am - 12:30pm Main Conference - Session 5 Notes: Mostly asana. + Bo Forbes - Mind-Body Flow: Crafting a Therapeutic Vinyasa Practice | CE Mind-Body Flow: Crafting a Therapeutic Vinyasa Practice | CEInstructor: Bo Forbes Yoga is inherently therapeutic on physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual levels. When we weave together yoga's most therapeutic elements into a cohesive practice, we enhance its healing impact. This vinyasa class will be infused with therapeutics that you can add to your existing practice, including simple pranayama, postural adjustments, mindful transitions, blockwork, isometrics, and restorative poses. We'll use these elements to create space in the body, calm the mind, stimulate lymphatic flow, and build inner awareness and integration.CE credits are offered for psychologists and social workers Elemental Yoga is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Elemental Yoga maintains responsibility for this program (M5FORB) and its content. This program offers one (1) CE hour for psychologists. This program is also approved by the National Association of Social Workers (Provider #886459124) for two (2) continuing education contact hours. **This class has been approved by American Council on Exercise (ACE) for 0.2 CECs.** Level: Continue Your Education, Therapeutic, Mixed Levels Saturday, September 24 — 10:30am - 12:30pm Main Conference - Session 5 What to bring: A blanket, a strap, an eye pillow, and 2 blocks. Notes: Asana, pranayama, restorative yoga, and lecture. + Richard Freeman - The Basics of Pranayama The Basics of PranayamaInstructor: Richard Freeman Come weave together the internal aspects of an integrated practice through the breath. Working with the basics of form and alignment that allow for clear, unobstructed breathing, students will learn a beginning pranayama practice that introduces an understanding of the breathing patterns that prepare the mind and body for meditation practice. Class includes techniques for balancing internal and external alignment so that pranayama is safe and effective. Participants must be able to sit with a straight spine and must have a burning interest in cultivating meditative awareness in both movement and stillness. Level: Beginners, Mixed Level Saturday, September 24 — 10:30am - 12:30pm Main Conference - Session 5 Notes: Pranayama practice. + Sally Kempton - Dancing with the Divine Feminine: A Workshop on Tantric Psychology Dancing with the Divine Feminine: A Workshop on Tantric PsychologyInstructor: Sally Kempton The Indian goddess traditions offer us a profoundly integral view of the divine feminine, both in women and in men. Once we discover the internal divine feminine, we find ourselves in tune with the inner powers of self-actualization, divine love, and wisdom. Come explore the goddess energies in our lives, the fiercely transformative energies like Kali and Durga, and the powers of abundance and wisdom like energies of Laksmi and Saraswati. We'll work with story, meditation, contemplative practices, and movement to uncover how the goddess expresses herself through our body, our energy, and our feelings, and to invoke the highest expression of these energies within ourselves. Level: Contemplative, Mixed Levels Saturday, September 24 — 10:30am - 12:30pm Main Conference - Session 5 Notes: Lecture and meditation. + Tias Little - Tao of Yoga Tao of YogaInstructor: Tias Little The Tao suggests the natural evolution of things that occurs over time. The essential spirit of the Way is inseparable from the natural world -- the currents of rivers, the erosion of mountains, and the formation of snowflakes. We'll bring together the discipline of yoga practice with the ease and naturalness of the Tao so that we embody naturalness, playfulness, and ease in our approach to yoga practice. Level: Mixed Levels Saturday, September 24 — 11:00am - 1:00pm Main Conference - Session 5 What to bring: A block, a blanket, and a strap. Notes: Discussion and asana. + Jason Magness and Team YogaSlackers - The Slackline Series The Slackline SeriesInstructor: Jason Magness & Team YogaSlackers The Slackline Series is a unique practice that redefines your sense of balance and mental focus. Great for yogis, climbers, and athletes of all kinds, the technique teaches complete body awareness. This practice will improve your focus and alignment for yoga and your overall strength and balance. We'll learn the basics of the Slackasana series, including standing and walking on the line, kneeling, sitting, arm balancing, and even going upside down. Level: Mixed Levels Saturday, September 24 — 11:00am - 1:00pm Main Conference - Session 5 Notes: Mostly practice. + Kia Miller - A Life of Connection: Living in the Flow of Spirit A Life of Connection: Living in the Flow of SpiritInstructor: Kia Miller Most of us want to feel connected to something greater than ourselves. Through the path of yoga and learning to "hold the pose," we move beyond the layers of separation into a deeper connection with all that is. Come experience the power of Kundalini Yoga--specifically the use of kriya, pranayama, and mantra to move from the place of unknowing to knowing--and experience a state of grace. Level: Mixed Levels Saturday, September 24 — 11:00am - 1:00pm Main Conference - Session 5 Notes: Asana, pranayama, and meditation. Live music by Aykanna. + Inspiring Your Passions by Opening your Heart, Mind and Body Inspiring Your Passions by Opening your Heart, Mind and BodyInstructor: Narayani Want to open your heart and your body? Join us for a playful, Jivamukti-style vinyasa flow focusing on backbends, one of the most challenging yet rewarding of all the poses. It's common to feel resistance to these challenging poses, but a safe and gentle backbend can energize your practice and revive confidence, paving the way for you to move forward with a sense of adventure.
Level: Mixed Levels Saturday, September 24 — 11:00am - 1:00pm Main Conference - Session 5 What to bring: Please bring a blanket. Notes: Mostly asana. + Saul David Raye - Activating the Sacred: Healing Ourselves, Healing Our World Activating the Sacred: Healing Ourselves, Healing Our WorldInstructor: Saul David Raye We'll have a peaceful world only when enough of us have inner peace. Yoga practice is one of the greatest tools given by the ancients for the purpose of true freedom in body, mind, and spirit. We must go beyond words and ideas and truly embody the sacred to heal our world and ourselves. Activate the next level of your consciousness with a deep, healing, and transformative practice that unites essential heart teachings, dynamic asana, breathwork, meditation, chanting, and more. Now is the time, and we are the ones. Level: Mixed Levels Saturday, September 24 — 11:00am - 1:00pm Main Conference - Session 5 Notes: Asana, meditation, chanting, and more. + Shiva Rea - Primal Vinyasa: Awakening the Instinctual Body Primal Vinyasa: Awakening the Instinctual BodyInstructor: Shiva Rea Join an experiential journey into our instinctual body through the primal vinyasas of Prana Flow Yoga, flowing forms that awaken a deeper, nonverbal connection to core movements found in animal forms. In three different pathways, we'll explore the power of the cobra, tiger, and monkey through primary movements, asanas, bandhas, and sound to release a more vibrant, flowing way of moving in formal practice and in life. **This class has been approved by American Council on Exercise (ACE) for 0.2 CECs.** Level: Mixed Levels Saturday, September 24 — 11:00am - 1:00pm Main Conference - Session 5 Notes: Mostly asana. + Desiree Rumbaugh - Balancing Act: A Vinyasa Flow Class to Sweep You Off Your Feet Balancing Act: A Vinyasa Flow Class to Sweep You Off Your FeetInstructor: Desiree Rumbaugh When was the last time you got swept off your feet? Come and join in the fun as we practice together using hip openers and arm balances. Learn some of the secrets that yogis use to give themselves a little lift. **This class has been approved by American Council on Exercise (ACE) for 0.2 CECs.** Level: Mixed Levels Saturday, September 24 — 11:00am - 1:00pm Main Conference - Session 5 Notes: Mostly asana. + Janet Stone - Svaha Vinyasa: Fire & Fly Svaha Vinyasa: Fire & FlyInstructor: Janet Stone Igniting our life force in this fiery vinyasa flow, we offer our fears into the fire of transformation and fly into arm balances and inversions. Releasing old habits into the flames, we spark the fire of renewal by establishing a deep connection to our core to light us through transitions. The ritual of fire-tending transforms us, reminding us that we share our luminosity with all around us. **This class has been approved by American Council on Exercise (ACE) for 0.2 CECs.** Level: Mixed Levels Saturday, September 24 — 11:00am - 1:00pm Main Conference - Session 5 Notes: Mostly asana.  + Lisa Black - The Five Pillars of Baptiste Yoga The Five Pillars of Baptiste YogaInstructor: Lisa Black The Five Pillars of Baptiste Yoga provide a powerful foundation and help you unleash your potential. Learn how to incorporate energizing breath, strong core, steady gaze, flowing transitions, and building your inner fire. This comprehensive practice includes Sun Salutations, standing poses, twists, balancing, backward and forward bending, hip opening, and inversions. Level: Mixed Levels Saturday, September 24 — 3:30pm - 5:30pm Main Conference - Session 6 Notes: The room will be heated. Mostly asana. + Roger Cole - Stretching: Physiology and Practice Stretching: Physiology and PracticeInstructor: Roger Cole Learn how to use stretch reflexes and other principles of physiology to safely and efficiently increase muscle length and strength. We'll alternate between physiological explanation and active practice, progressing from the molecular structure of muscles to complex control of movement by the brain. Level: Mixed Levels Saturday, September 24 — 3:30pm - 5:30pm Main Conference - Session 6 Notes: Two-thirds slide-illustrated lecture and one-third asana practice. + Seane Corn - Yoga for a Broken Heart Yoga for a Broken HeartInstructor: Seane Corn In the course of our lives, we will experience heartache--whether it is through unforeseen setbacks, the ending of a relationship, or the death of a loved one. Often these experiences are hard to move through because of the lingering effects of grief on one's soul. In this inspirational class, you'll learn to see beyond the grief, loss, and confusion. We'll work on being in the mystery of life so that we can stand powerfully in this journey with gratitude, reconciliation, understanding and peace of mind. A wonderful opportunity to shift your resistance into surrender, your judgment into compassion, and your fear into faith. **This class has been approved by American Council on Exercise (ACE) for 0.2 CECs.** Level: Mixed Levels Saturday, September 24 — 3:30pm - 5:30pm Main Conference - Session 6 Notes: Practice and discussion. + Jason Crandell - Finding Your Voice: Learn to Communicate Effectively Finding Your Voice: Learn to Communicate EffectivelyInstructor: Jason Crandell Good communication is the key to effective teaching. As yoga teachers, you can use your words, your tone of voice, your demonstration skills, and your hands to communicate skillfully with your students. Learn how to use these tools more effectively. We'll discuss general principles, and then examine how to verbalize, demonstrate, and adjust key standing poses, forward bends, twists, and backbends. Level: Continue Your Education Saturday, September 24 — 3:30pm - 5:30pm Main Conference - Session 6 Notes: Discussion with some asana. + Richard Freeman - Integrated Core Alignment of Balancing Integrated Core Alignment of BalancingInstructor: Richard Freeman Whether in a Headstand, an advanced arm balance, or even just standing in Samasthiti, the principles are the same: finding core strength and an integrating internal alignment with external forms to allow the natural intelligence to rest easily along the central axis of the body. Come learn a gradual and intelligent method of developing the core strength needed for arm balances. We'll learn how to work with the rhythm of the breath to cultivate internal and external movements that make arm balancing and headstanding a healing part of the practice. Level: Intermediate Saturday, September 24 — 3:30pm - 5:30pm Main Conference - Session 6 Notes: Asana practice. + Daren Friesen - Hands-on Adjustments for Standing Poses Hands-on Adjustments for Standing PosesInstructor: Daren Friesen With a focus on asanas in standing poses such as Triangle and Pyramid, we'll incorporate a short practice with unique and innovative hands-on adjustment instruction. Come learn key principles that safely guide the body to its most expressive posture in each pose, both physically and energetically. Level: Continue Your Education, Mixed Levels Saturday, September 24 — 3:30pm - 5:30pm Main Conference - Session 6 Notes: Asana practice, discussion, and partner work. + Sally Kempton - Practical Enlightenment Practical EnlightenmentInstructor: Sally Kempton Enlightened awareness is not just a one-time awakening. It's a deep reorientation of your being, involving two separate but equally important movements in consciousness. Based on key verses of the Shiva Sutras and other texts, using voice dialogue processes as well as meditation, partner work, and self-inquiry, we'll discover how to walk through the doorways into enlightened awareness. Level: Contemplative, Mixed Levels Saturday, September 24 — 3:30pm - 5:30pm Main Conference - Session 6 Notes: Lecture and meditation. + Gary Kraftsow - Viniyoga Therapy: The Lower Back, Sacrum, and Hips Viniyoga Therapy: The Lower Back, Sacrum, and HipsInstructor: Gary Kraftsow 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. **This class has been approved by American Council on Exercise (ACE) for 0.2 CECs.** Level: Therapeutic, Mixed Levels Saturday, September 24 — 3:30pm - 5:30pm Main Conference - Session 6 Notes: Lecture, demonstration, and asana. + Tias Little - The Art of Savasana The Art of SavasanaInstructor: Tias Little Savasana requires profound letting go of one's body-mind, and of all the yoga poses, it is the most essential to embody in order to remain relaxed inside. You would think that Savasana is simply about lying down on the floor. Yet in order to effectively let go, much preparation is needed. We'll practice movements and openings that prepare for Savasana, emphasizing release within the joints (especially around the spine), dropping the bones, softening the breath and emptying the mind. **This class has been approved by American Council on Exercise (ACE) for 0.2 CECs.** Level: Continue Your Education, Beginners, Mixed Levels Saturday, September 24 — 3:30pm - 5:30pm Main Conference - Session 6 What to bring: A block, a blanket, and a strap. Notes: Asana practice. + Jason Magness - Developing a Personal Practice Developing a Personal PracticeInstructor: Jason Magness Establishing and maintaining a personal practice is one of the most profound shifts a yogi can make. Through anecdotes, personal insight, and sample practices, you'll get set on your way to a dynamic, challenging, and sustaining home practice. Learn how to safely expand into more advanced poses and practices (whatever your level) while practicing alone. Level: Mixed Levels Saturday, September 24 — 3:30pm - 5:30pm Main Conference - Session 6 Notes: Discussion and asana. + Elise Miller - Iyengar Vinyasa Iyengar VinyasaInstructor: Elise Miller This class presents a progressive vinyasa sequence that moves slowly and integrates alignment with fluidity. Focusing on alignment not only prevents injury, but also brings more focus (dharana) and balance to your life. We'll utilize slow movement with breath awareness to find inner stillness within. We'll include Sun Salutations in the Iyengar tradition, standing poses, backbends, inversions, balances, and twists. Expect an energized, challenging, and fun class. **This class has been approved by American Council on Exercise (ACE) for 0.2 CECs.** Level: Mixed Levels Saturday, September 24 — 3:30pm - 5:30pm Main Conference - Session 6 What to bring: A mat, blanket, block, and belt. Notes: Mostly asana. + Kia Miller - Quieting the Mind, Leading with the Heart Quieting the Mind, Leading with the HeartInstructor: Kia Miller The spiritual path takes us from a head-centric to heart-centric existence. Quieting the chatter of the mind, we break through into "the present moment." Come practice kriyas, pranayama, and meditations to cultivate a neutral mind and rest in the expansive wisdom of the heart. This class is an inspiring journey, encouraging you to live beyond the mind and let the heart rule. Level: Mixed Levels Saturday, September 24 — 3:30pm - 5:30pm Main Conference - Session 6 Notes: Asana, pranayama, and meditation. Live music by Aykanna. + Kiersten Mooney - Yoga for Athletes Yoga for AthletesInstructor: Kiersten Mooney 
Gain direct tools to train your student athletes to take them to their edge. Yoga is multidimensional and challenges the body in all planes of motion and integrates core strength and stability to provide a strong foundation. The practice of yoga increases the ability to be aware of where your body is in relation to time and space, which is your kinesthetic awareness and is an essential component for most competitive sports. Yoga brings in the elements of focus and intentionality for what we are actually doing with our bodies, which is also key for athletes to stay in their zone. Student athletes want to win and are willing to do most anything to gain the competitive edge; therefore, many are recognizing the potent fusion of muscular strength, endurance, flexibility, balance, coordination, speed, agility, and body awareness that yoga has to contribute to their success. Implement key elements of yoga to make a powerful difference in your athlete's performance. We will also review electrolyte replacement and what actually makes your muscles sore. **This class has been approved by American Council on Exercise (ACE) for 0.2 CECs.**
Level: Mixed Levels Saturday, September 24 — 3:30pm - 5:30pm Main Conference - Session 6 Notes: The room will be heated. Mostly asana. + Desiree Rumbaugh - Anusara Yoga: No Pain, All Gain for Stiff Hips Anusara Yoga: No Pain, All Gain for Stiff HipsInstructor: Desiree Rumbaugh If it seems like your hips will never open up, this class is for you. Anusara Yoga's Universal Principles of Alignment make yoga more enjoyable and accessible for even the most reluctant hips and lower backs. **This class has been approved by American Council on Exercise (ACE) for 0.2 CECs.** Level: Mixed Levels Saturday, September 24 — 3:30pm - 5:30pm Main Conference - Session 6 Notes: Mostly asana. + David Swenson - Inversions, Backbends, and Sitting with Your Breath Inversions, Backbends, and Sitting with Your BreathInstructor: David Swenson 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 self-exploration. Develop a relationship with your lifelong companion, the breath. Level: Intermediate Saturday, September 24 — 3:30pm - 5:30pm Main Conference - Session 6 Notes: Mostly asana. + Mas Vidal - Yoga and Ayurveda for Weight Loss Yoga and Ayurveda for Weight LossInstructor: Mas Vidal Learn the key principles of managing your weight through diet, herbs, yoga, and lifestyle. We'll address the concept of balanced weight (or "loss" as is used in the West), according to the science of tridosha. Then we'll explore various Ayurvedic remedies that can be applied, according to dosha type. Learn how yogic techniques can be incorporated to enhance the balance of the digestive system, and how lifestyle factors can provide an integral approach to health, wellness, and spiritual development. **This class has been approved by American Council on Exercise (ACE) for 0.2 CECs.** Level: Mixed Levels Saturday, September 24 — 3:30pm - 5:30pm Main Conference - Session 6 Notes: Asana, pranayama, and discussion.  + Aurora - Open and Unite Your Heart and Hips Open and Unite Your Heart and HipsInstructor: Aurora The heart holds the energy of love, while the hips hold the energy of action and creation. However, blocks in these areas impede our ability to feel joy and move forward in life. Learn asana, meditation, and breathing techniques to open, unite, and more fully enjoy these two powerful regions of your body. Level: Mixed Levels Sunday, September 25 — 10:00am - 12:00pm Main Conference - Session 7 What to bring: A mat, block, strap, and blanket. Notes: Asana and some meditation. + Jason Crandell - Replacing Force with Understanding: Arm Balances with Greater Ease Replacing Force with Understanding: Arm Balances with Greater EaseInstructor: Jason Crandell The grace of arm balancing, as with so many things in life, comes from balance not force. Similarly, the hips, which often hold the key to arm balancing, respond best to smooth, slow unfolding rather than brief bursts of zealous pushing. Come untie those knots in your hips and learn how to approach arm balances with patience and ease. **This class has been approved by American Council on Exercise (ACE) for 0.2 CECs.** Level: Intermediate Sunday, September 25 — 10:00am - 12:00pm Main Conference - Session 7 Notes: Mostly asana. + Paige Elenson - Transformation Through Asana Transformation Through AsanaInstructor: Paige Elenson Often our greatest challenges prompt a transformational shift. Yet a transformational experience must be supported and anchored in the body, as the gravitational pull back into the old pattern is strong. With Baptiste Yoga as our vehicle, we'll anchor our transformation in our bodies and come alive in our being. Level: Mixed Levels Sunday, September 25 — 10:00am - 12:00pm Main Conference - Session 7 Notes: The room will be heated. Mostly asana. + Bo Forbes - Gut Wisdom: Awakening the Intelligence of the Core Body | CE Gut Wisdom: Awakening the Intelligence of the Core Body | CEInstructor: Bo Forbes Did you know that your gut has a mind of its own? The core body not only holds us upright, but is also our central intelligence agency. Come learn about the enteric nervous system--your belly brain--and and its role as a channel for the mind-body network. Discover the anatomy and actions of the foundational elements of core body strength and awareness. We'll explore the core body through Sun Salutations, standing poses, seated postures, and balancing poses, and finish with a brief restorative sequence. CE credits are offered for psychologists and social workers Level: Continue Your Education, Mixed Levels Sunday, September 25 — 10:00am - 12:00pm Main Conference - Session 7 What to bring: A blanket, a strap, an eye pillow, and 2 blocks. Notes: Asana, pranayama, restorative yoga, and lecture. + Daren Friesen - Hands-on Adjustments for Sun Salutations Hands-on Adjustments for Sun SalutationsInstructor: Daren Friesen Adjustments create correct alignment and a stable state of being. With a focus on asanas in Sun Salutations A and B, we'll incorporate a short flow practice with unique and innovative hands-on adjustment instruction. Come learn how to give manual adjustments, explain them to others, and enjoy a deeper awareness of alignment in your own practice. Level: Continue Your Education, Mixed Levels Sunday, September 25 — 10:00am - 12:00pm Main Conference - Session 7 Notes: Previous yoga flow experience recommended. Demonstration and asana. + Amy Ippoliti - Anusara Yoga: Therapeutic Euphoria for the Hips and Low Back Anusara Yoga: Therapeutic Euphoria for the Hips and Low BackInstructor: Amy Ippoliti Uncover ways to provide therapeutic relief to a wide variety of limitations and injuries of the lower body such as sciatica, hip issues, and problems with the lower back, knees, feet, and more. Even if you aren't challenged with these issues, you'll learn to open your lower body safely and easily. Level: Therapeutic, Mixed Levels Sunday, September 25 — 10:00am - 12:00pm Main Conference - Session 7 Notes: Mostly asana. + Snatam Kaur - Sound of the Heart Sound of the HeartInstructor: Snatam Kaur Through the sacred science of Naad Yoga, Snatam Kaur and Ramesh Kannan will take you on a journey to hear the sound of the heart. When we hear the sound of the heart and sing from this powerful place, all obstacles are removed and peace is obtained from within. Enjoy powerful Kundalini Yoga, soul-stirring chanting, and even a little dancing in this special workshop. Level: Mixed Levels Sunday, September 25 — 10:00am - 12:00pm Main Conference - Session 7 Notes: Mostly chanting. + Sally Kempton - Meditation for the Love of It Meditation for the Love of ItInstructor: Sally Kempton True meditation will put us in touch with the deep stillness at the center of our being. Yet to meditate successfully, it's important that we enjoy it. This class gives both beginning and intermediate meditators practices for deep meditation, as well as powerful and practical tips for creating a practice that is pleasurable, sustainable, and juicy. Level: Beginners, Contemplative, Mixed Levels Sunday, September 25 — 10:00am - 12:00pm Main Conference - Session 7 Notes: Lecture and meditation. + Gary Kraftsow - Harnessing the Power of Intention and OneSelf Harnessing the Power of Intention and OneSelf Instructor: Gary Kraftsow Our intention is affected by our thoughts, feelings, and desires--which, in turn, are affected by our conditioning. As we begin to gain control of our mind, we develop the determination and strength to overcome our conditioning and continue the inner journey to OneSelf. Come learn how the ancients developed ritualized actions (such as nyasa, or gestures) and objects (such as yantra), believing that as attachments are loosened, the inner light begins to illumine our minds and the True Self emerges. Level: Contemplative, Mixed Levels Sunday, September 25 — 10:00am - 12:00pm Main Conference - Session 7 Notes: Asana, pranayama, mantra, meditation, and ritual. + Jason Magness and Team YogaSlackers - The Slackline Series The Slackline SeriesInstructor: Jason Magness & Team YogaSlackers The Slackline Series is a unique practice that redefines your sense of balance and mental focus. Great for yogis, climbers, and athletes of all kinds, the technique teaches complete body awareness. This practice will improve your focus and alignment for yoga and your overall strength and balance. We'll learn the basics of the Slackasana series, including standing and walking on the line, kneeling, sitting, arm balancing, and even going upside down. Level: Mixed Levels Sunday, September 25 — 10:00am - 12:00pm Main Conference - Session 7 Notes: Mostly practice. + Kiersten Mooney - Breakthrough to YES! Breakthrough to YES!Instructor: Kiersten Mooney Based upon the principles of Baptiste Yoga, we'll explore the power of inquiry, ownership, and adaptation as a platform to breaking through limiting beliefs and patterns in your practice and life. Unearth your inner YES!, release old patterns, and open to renewed personal power and inspiration. Level: Mixed Levels Sunday, September 25 — 10:00am - 12:00pm Main Conference - Session 7 Notes: The room will be heated. Mostly asana. + Rod Stryker - Yoga and Ayurveda: The Vital Essences Yoga and Ayurveda: The Vital EssencesInstructor: Rod Stryker 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 learn these key yogic teachings of Ayurveda and review the yoga practices that increase and balance each of them. **This class has been approved by American Council on Exercise (ACE) for 0.2 CECs.** Level: Mixed Levels Sunday, September 25 — 10:00am - 12:00pm Main Conference - Session 7 Notes: Lecture and some practice.  + Lisa Black and Paige Elenson - Art of Assisting Art of AssistingInstructor: Lisa Black & Paige Elenson Powerful, solid, and compassionate adjustments and assists are hallmarks of Baptiste Yoga. Through hands-on assisting, you'll deepen your own understanding of asana in your body, take your practice to the next level, and acquire the skill set and aptitude to support and grow the practice of others. Come gain confidence and tools for delivering assists that are direct, clear, and powerful--and discover a new perspective of your personal practice and a deeper understanding of energetic flow. Level: Continue Your Education, Mixed Levels Thursday, September 22 — 9:00am - 4:30pm All-Day Intensives Notes: Asana practice, discussion, and partner work. + Bo Forbes - Lymphatic Web: Revitalizing the Immune System, Emotional Body, and Happiness Pathways | CE Lymphatic Web: Revitalizing the Immune System, Emotional Body, and Happiness Pathways | CEInstructor: Bo Forbes The immune system is part of an intricate web whose filaments reach deep into the nervous system and emotional body. Stimulating the lymph boosts the immune system, activates parasympathetic channels, calms the brain, improves sleep, strengthens positive emotional pathways, and builds resistance to negative emotions. We'll use breathwork, mindful asana practice, postural alignment, and restorative poses that flush toxins from all components of the lymphatic web, enhancing physical and energetic life force and creating the blueprint for emotional well-being. CE credits offered for psychologists and social workers Elemental Yoga is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Elemental Yoga maintains responsibility for this program (ALFORB) and its content. This program offers three (3) CE hours for psychologists. This program is also approved by the National Association of Social Workers (Provider #886459124) for six (6) continuing education contact hours. Level: Therapeutic, Continue Your Education, Mixed Levels Thursday, September 22 — 9:00am - 4:30pm All-Day Intensives What to bring: A bolster or 2 to 3 blankets (or the equivalent), an eye pillow, and 2 blocks. Notes: Asana, pranayama, restorative yoga, and lecture. + Tias Little - Anatomy of Breathing Anatomy of BreathingInstructor: Tias Little Many people breathe in a way that's out of sync with the body's natural rhythm, which is called inverse breathing. By understanding the structure and function of respiration through yogic practices, people can change their respiratory rhythm. We'll detail the key structures involved in breathing--the diaphragm, the intercostal muscles, the ribs--and practice sequences that open the chest cavity. Through combining breath with movement, and through practicing more passive chest openers, we'll release the diaphragm. **This class has been approved by American Council on Exercise (ACE) for 0.2 CECs.** Level: Continue Your Education, Mixed Levels Friday, September 23 — 8:00am - 10:00am Main Conference - Session 1 What to bring: A block, a blanket, and a strap. Notes: Discussion and asana. + Elise Miller - Teaching and Sequencing for Inversions Teaching and Sequencing for InversionsInstructor: Elise Miller Have you ever wondered what is the best sequence in which to introduce Headstand or Shoulderstand? How about arm or elbow balances? Whether you are struggling or just need a refresher, come learn how to sequence such inversions. **This class has been approved by American Council on Exercise (ACE) for 0.2 CECs.** Level: Continue Your Education, Mixed Levels Friday, September 23 — 11:00am - 1:00pm Main Conference - Session 2 What to bring: A mat, a blanket, 2 blocks, and a belt. Notes: This class is appropriate for students and teachers who want to begin an inversion practice and for those who want to refine their inversions. Recommended: 6 months of asana training. Discussion and asana. + Roger Cole - Hips and Knees: Anatomy and Practice Hips and Knees: Anatomy and PracticeInstructor: Roger Cole Explore a powerful sequence of yoga postures to safely mobilize, align, and strengthen the knees and hips. We'll combine clear anatomical explanations with thorough practice. **This class has been approved by American Council on Exercise (ACE) for 0.2 CECs.** Level: Therapeutic, Continue Your Education, Mixed Levels Friday, September 23 — 3:30pm - 5:30pm Main Conference - Session 3 Notes: Asana and lecture. + Elise Miller - Ageless Yoga Ageless YogaInstructor: Elise Miller Come learn a safe, effective way to approach poses that will give support, enhance alignment, and create more ease and balance. Celebrate the journey and enjoy a sense of youthfulness as you explore poses that reverse the aging process. Teachers will learn how to apply props such as the chair, blocks, and belts for students with limited mobility, and students can learn to use the props to approach poses that are more challenging. Level: Continue Your Education, Mixed Levels Friday, September 23 — 3:30pm - 5:30pm Main Conference - Session 3 What to bring: A mat, 2 blankets, 2 blocks, and a belt. Notes: Discussion and asana. + Elise Miller - Yoga for the Back: A Healthy Balance for the Imbalanced Yoga for the Back: A Healthy Balance for the ImbalancedInstructor: Elise Miller Whether we have muscle imbalances, scoliosis, kyphosis, or lordosis, Iyengar Yoga can bring an awareness to such imbalances to facilitate transformation to a more balanced state both physically and mentally. The workshop will include information on different back conditions, time to explore our imbalances in depth, and how to adapt the asanas for any asymmetry--whether it be a major structural scoliosis or a minor imbalance. Teachers and students of all levels may attend. Level: Continue Your Education, Mixed Levels Saturday, September 24 — 8:00am - 10:00am Main Conference - Session 4 What to bring: A mat, 2 blankets or a bolster, 2 blocks, and a belt. Notes: Discussion and asana. + Bo Forbes - Mind-Body Flow: Crafting a Therapeutic Vinyasa Practice | CE Mind-Body Flow: Crafting a Therapeutic Vinyasa Practice | CEInstructor: Bo Forbes Yoga is inherently therapeutic on physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual levels. When we weave together yoga's most therapeutic elements into a cohesive practice, we enhance its healing impact. This vinyasa class will be infused with therapeutics that you can add to your existing practice, including simple pranayama, postural adjustments, mindful transitions, blockwork, isometrics, and restorative poses. We'll use these elements to create space in the body, calm the mind, stimulate lymphatic flow, and build inner awareness and integration.CE credits are offered for psychologists and social workers Elemental Yoga is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Elemental Yoga maintains responsibility for this program (M5FORB) and its content. This program offers one (1) CE hour for psychologists. This program is also approved by the National Association of Social Workers (Provider #886459124) for two (2) continuing education contact hours. **This class has been approved by American Council on Exercise (ACE) for 0.2 CECs.** Level: Continue Your Education, Therapeutic, Mixed Levels Saturday, September 24 — 10:30am - 12:30pm Main Conference - Session 5 What to bring: A blanket, a strap, an eye pillow, and 2 blocks. Notes: Asana, pranayama, restorative yoga, and lecture. + Jason Crandell - Finding Your Voice: Learn to Communicate Effectively Finding Your Voice: Learn to Communicate EffectivelyInstructor: Jason Crandell Good communication is the key to effective teaching. As yoga teachers, you can use your words, your tone of voice, your demonstration skills, and your hands to communicate skillfully with your students. Learn how to use these tools more effectively. We'll discuss general principles, and then examine how to verbalize, demonstrate, and adjust key standing poses, forward bends, twists, and backbends. Level: Continue Your Education Saturday, September 24 — 3:30pm - 5:30pm Main Conference - Session 6 Notes: Discussion with some asana. + Daren Friesen - Hands-on Adjustments for Standing Poses Hands-on Adjustments for Standing PosesInstructor: Daren Friesen With a focus on asanas in standing poses such as Triangle and Pyramid, we'll incorporate a short practice with unique and innovative hands-on adjustment instruction. Come learn key principles that safely guide the body to its most expressive posture in each pose, both physically and energetically. Level: Continue Your Education, Mixed Levels Saturday, September 24 — 3:30pm - 5:30pm Main Conference - Session 6 Notes: Asana practice, discussion, and partner work. + Tias Little - The Art of Savasana The Art of SavasanaInstructor: Tias Little Savasana requires profound letting go of one's body-mind, and of all the yoga poses, it is the most essential to embody in order to remain relaxed inside. You would think that Savasana is simply about lying down on the floor. Yet in order to effectively let go, much preparation is needed. We'll practice movements and openings that prepare for Savasana, emphasizing release within the joints (especially around the spine), dropping the bones, softening the breath and emptying the mind. **This class has been approved by American Council on Exercise (ACE) for 0.2 CECs.** Level: Continue Your Education, Beginners, Mixed Levels Saturday, September 24 — 3:30pm - 5:30pm Main Conference - Session 6 What to bring: A block, a blanket, and a strap. Notes: Asana practice. + Bo Forbes - Gut Wisdom: Awakening the Intelligence of the Core Body | CE Gut Wisdom: Awakening the Intelligence of the Core Body | CEInstructor: Bo Forbes Did you know that your gut has a mind of its own? The core body not only holds us upright, but is also our central intelligence agency. Come learn about the enteric nervous system--your belly brain--and and its role as a channel for the mind-body network. Discover the anatomy and actions of the foundational elements of core body strength and awareness. We'll explore the core body through Sun Salutations, standing poses, seated postures, and balancing poses, and finish with a brief restorative sequence. CE credits are offered for psychologists and social workers Level: Continue Your Education, Mixed Levels Sunday, September 25 — 10:00am - 12:00pm Main Conference - Session 7 What to bring: A blanket, a strap, an eye pillow, and 2 blocks. Notes: Asana, pranayama, restorative yoga, and lecture. + Daren Friesen - Hands-on Adjustments for Sun Salutations Hands-on Adjustments for Sun SalutationsInstructor: Daren Friesen Adjustments create correct alignment and a stable state of being. With a focus on asanas in Sun Salutations A and B, we'll incorporate a short flow practice with unique and innovative hands-on adjustment instruction. Come learn how to give manual adjustments, explain them to others, and enjoy a deeper awareness of alignment in your own practice. Level: Continue Your Education, Mixed Levels Sunday, September 25 — 10:00am - 12:00pm Main Conference - Session 7 Notes: Previous yoga flow experience recommended. Demonstration and asana.  + Seane Corn - Vinyasa Flow Yoga: Establishing a Strong Foundation Vinyasa Flow Yoga: Establishing a Strong FoundationInstructor: Seane Corn Learn the foundations of a solid practice through alignment, core awareness, and breathing techniques. Understand the basic principles of Sun Salutations A and B, and how this is the cornerstone of every vinyasa practice. Discover the preparation, inner cues, and dissection of the fundamentals of standing poses, backbends, twists, and inversions. Great for beginners! **This class has been approved by American Council on Exercise (ACE) for 0.2 CECs.** Level: Beginners, Mixed Levels Friday, September 23 — 8:00am - 10:00am Main Conference - Session 1 Notes: Asana, discussion, and demonstration. + Roger Cole - Yoga Anatomy for Beginners Yoga Anatomy for BeginnersInstructor: Roger Cole This introduction to anatomy explains what makes various yoga postures work. We'll learn to see, feel, and understand the asanas from the inside out, making practice safer and more effective. Then we'll translate what we've learned into action. **This class has been approved by American Council on Exercise (ACE) for 0.2 CECs.** Level: Beginners, Mixed Levels Friday, September 23 — 10:30am - 12:30pm Main Conference - Session 2 Notes: Lecture and asana. + Desiree Rumbaugh - Standing Poses for Beginnners Standing Poses for BeginnnersInstructor: Desiree Rumbaugh Standing poses, the foundation of a yoga practice, can be very liberating and healing. Learn some great tricks of the trade from the Anusara method to make these poses more accessible and enjoyable. **This class has been approved by American Council on Exercise (ACE) for 0.2 CECs.** Level: Beginners, Mixed Levels Friday, September 23 — 3:30pm - 5:30pm Main Conference - Session 3 Notes: Mostly asana. + Amy Ippoliti - Anusara Yoga: Backbending for Beginners Anusara Yoga: Backbending for BeginnersInstructor: Amy Ippoliti Backbends are supposed to be ecstatic, blissful, and totally possible. By unlocking the doors of your heart and hips, experience new levels of freedom and self-expression in your backbends while learning to revel in all of your poses. Level: Beginners Saturday, September 24 — 8:00am - 10:00am Main Conference - Session 4 Notes: Mostly asana. + Richard Freeman - The Basics of Pranayama The Basics of PranayamaInstructor: Richard Freeman Come weave together the internal aspects of an integrated practice through the breath. Working with the basics of form and alignment that allow for clear, unobstructed breathing, students will learn a beginning pranayama practice that introduces an understanding of the breathing patterns that prepare the mind and body for meditation practice. Class includes techniques for balancing internal and external alignment so that pranayama is safe and effective. Participants must be able to sit with a straight spine and must have a burning interest in cultivating meditative awareness in both movement and stillness. Level: Beginners, Mixed Level Saturday, September 24 — 10:30am - 12:30pm Main Conference - Session 5 Notes: Pranayama practice. + Tias Little - The Art of Savasana The Art of SavasanaInstructor: Tias Little Savasana requires profound letting go of one's body-mind, and of all the yoga poses, it is the most essential to embody in order to remain relaxed inside. You would think that Savasana is simply about lying down on the floor. Yet in order to effectively let go, much preparation is needed. We'll practice movements and openings that prepare for Savasana, emphasizing release within the joints (especially around the spine), dropping the bones, softening the breath and emptying the mind. **This class has been approved by American Council on Exercise (ACE) for 0.2 CECs.** Level: Continue Your Education, Beginners, Mixed Levels Saturday, September 24 — 3:30pm - 5:30pm Main Conference - Session 6 What to bring: A block, a blanket, and a strap. Notes: Asana practice. + Sally Kempton - Meditation for the Love of It Meditation for the Love of ItInstructor: Sally Kempton True meditation will put us in touch with the deep stillness at the center of our being. Yet to meditate successfully, it's important that we enjoy it. This class gives both beginning and intermediate meditators practices for deep meditation, as well as powerful and practical tips for creating a practice that is pleasurable, sustainable, and juicy. Level: Beginners, Contemplative, Mixed Levels Sunday, September 25 — 10:00am - 12:00pm Main Conference - Session 7 Notes: Lecture and meditation.  + Baron Baptiste - Welcome to Baptiste Power Flow Immersion Welcome to Baptiste Power Flow ImmersionInstructor: Baron Baptiste Join Baron Baptiste, many of his most experienced teachers and the Baptiste team at the opening reception to celebrate community, Baptiste Yoga, and to launch the Baptiste Power Flow Immersion Sunday, September 18 — 7:00pm - 8:00pm Special Events Notes: Open to all. + Baptiste Yoga Rejuvenation Practice Baptiste Yoga Rejuvenation PracticeInstructor: Explore the softer side of the Baptiste Yoga practice in this all-levels asana class with deep and healing restorative poses. Based on the Baptiste Journey into Power flow, this slower vinyasa practice invites you to go inward, release, and rejuvenate. Come, open up, and experience Baptiste Yoga in a new way. Monday, September 19 — 7:30pm - 9:30pm Special Events Notes: Open to all. + Africa Yoga Project Panel and Documentary Screening Africa Yoga Project Panel and Documentary ScreeningInstructor: The Africa Yoga Project operates globally and is changing lives locally through the transformative power of Baptiste Yoga. Baron Baptiste and Paige Elenson, the cofounders of the Africa Yoga Project, have been leading and tracking the powerful transformation of the young people leading the change in Kenya and their communities. Join Baron Baptiste, Paige Elenson, Africa Yoga Project Teachers, and key team members making this amazing project happen, and learn more about the life-changing work of the Africa Yoga Project, which is based on the principles of peace, unity, and possibility. Tuesday, September 20 — 7:30pm - 9:30pm Special Events Notes: Open to all. + DJ Yoga Party and Shiva’s Fire DJ Yoga Party and Shiva’s FireInstructor: Let your mat become the dance floor at the Baptiste DJ Yoga Party, featuring a live DJ and freestyle, asana-shaking yoga led by a team of senior Baptiste teachers. This playful, energizing twist on Baptiste Yoga, with soul-inspiring world beats mixed live, creates an energy of camaraderie, fun, and challenge. Wednesday, September 21 — 7:30pm - 9:30pm Special Events Notes: Open to all. + Sally Kempton - Main Conference Opening Keynote by Sally Kempton Main Conference Opening Keynote by Sally KemptonInstructor: Sally Kempton Turning Poison into Nectar: Tantra and the Transformation of the Heart Thursday, September 22 — 7:00pm - 8:00pm Special Events Notes: Open to all. + Saul David Raye and Kia Miller - Ananda Kirtan--Ecstatic Chanting Ananda Kirtan--Ecstatic ChantingInstructor: Saul David Raye & Kia Miller Singing and dancing have long been sacred healing practices to awaken the life force, connect us to spirit, and embody an ecstatic connection to the divine force that sustains all life. Following Sally Kempton's opening keynote, join Saul David Raye, Kia Miller, and AKYANNA as we come together as one for a soulful evening of ecstatic chanting, prayer, meditation, dance, and heart wisdom teachings to create a sacred space for connection, celebration, and overflowing love. AYKANNA is a stunning musical duo created by Sukhdev and Grammy-nominated percussionist Akahdahmah Jackson. Together they merge devotional chants with uplifting Soul music. Sukhdev’s Soul and Jazz upbringing and Akahdahmah’s West African percussive influences seasoned with Afro-Cuban, New York City funk blends into an infectious, inspiring sacred sound system. Thursday, September 22 — 8:00pm - 9:00pm Special Events Notes: Open to all. + Cara Ferrick - Community Yoga Class with Cara Ferrick Community Yoga Class with Cara FerrickInstructor: Cara Ferrick CorePower Yoga: Ready to Sweat?  Experience the challenging and dynamic postures of CorePower Yoga's signature Power Vinyasa flow. We'll explore how the strengthening postures in a CorePower Yoga sequence can awaken your core, create internal heat and energize the body, mind and spirit. Come ready to sweat and flow.
Friday, September 23 — 1:15pm - 2:15pm Special Events Notes: Open to all. + Goal-Coaching Workshop Goal-Coaching WorkshopInstructor: It's not about figuring it all out; it's about creation. You have 30,000 days to live. Your life is up to you. Friday, September 23 — 1:30pm - 2:30pm Special Events Notes: Open to all. + Tias Little - Dharma Talk by Tias Little Dharma Talk by Tias LittleInstructor: Tias Little Yoga and the Quest for the Im/Perfect Pose Friday, September 23 — 2:00pm - 3:00pm Special Events What to bring: Something to sit on. Notes: Open to all. + Pre-LUNAFEST Wine & Cheese Reception Pre-LUNAFEST Wine & Cheese ReceptionInstructor: Friday, September 23 — 6:30pm - 7:30pm Special Events + LUNAFEST Film Festival LUNAFEST Film FestivalInstructor: LUNAFEST, presented by LUNA, makers of The Whole Nutrition Bar for Women, is a traveling film festival of notable and award-wining short films by, for, and about women. Established in 2000, LUNAFEST promotes women filmmakers, raises awareness for women's issues, and supports women's nonprofit organizations. Each season, films tour 150+ venues and screen in front of 20,000 people across the U.S. and Canada. 100% of LUNAFEST proceeds go to nonprofit organizations - 15% are donated to the Breast Cancer Fund, the leading national organization focused on preventing breast cancer before it starts, and 85% to local community nonprofits. To date, LUNAFEST has featured over 83 women filmmakers, raised over $363,000 for the Breast Cancer Fund and over $570,000 for nonprofit organizations. Friday, September 23 — 7:30pm - 9:00pm Special Events Notes: Suggested $10 donation to the Breast Cancer Fund + Friday Evening Classes Friday Evening ClassesInstructor: Unwind on Friday night in one of our two evening classes:
Friday, September 23 — 7:30pm - 9:00pm Special Events Notes: $25 for conference attendees; $40 for general public + Eric Paskel - Community Class with Eric Paskel Community Class with Eric PaskelInstructor: Eric Paskel Yoga Rocks Raw Yoga is not about posing--in fact, yoga is not for posers at all. It is for those who want to strip away facades and reveal their real Self. In this one-hour class, we won't get there entirely, but we will kick some serious asana like never before. This class will be unlike any you have had and is open for all open minds.
Saturday, September 24 — 1:15pm - 2:15pm Special Events Notes: Open to all. + Seane Corn and Gary Kraftsow and David Swenson - Panel Discussion: Yoga of Relationship Panel Discussion: Yoga of RelationshipInstructor: Seane Corn & Gary Kraftsow & David Swenson Yoga has a profound affect on not only on your own life, but on the lives you share with others. In this panel discussion, Seane Corn, Gary Kraftsow, and David Swenson discuss how yoga can bring clarity and greater ease to all your relationships, whether it’s with your partner, your colleagues, or your children. Moderated by Yoga Journal Editor in Chief, Kaitlin Quistgaard Saturday, September 24 — 1:45pm - 3:00pm Special Events Notes: Open to all. + Tim Blakley - Aromatherapy & Yoga Aromatherapy & YogaInstructor: Tim Blakley  Tim Blakley, Aura Cacia aromatherapist and educator, will be teaching a FREE class on essential oils and aromatherapy. He will be covering the basics about essential oils - from sourcing and sustainability to practical, everyday uses including incorporating essential oils into your yoga practice. The first 50 people will receive a goody bag filled with Aura Cacia products. Get ready to experience 100% pure essential oils that are truly Mother Nature's gift to us!
Saturday, September 24 — 2:00pm - 3:00pm Special Events + Shiva Rea - Movers and Shakers Project - Collective Movement Meditation for YEA - Yoga Energy Activism Movers and Shakers Project - Collective Movement Meditation for YEA - Yoga Energy ActivismInstructor: Shiva Rea catalyzed by Shiva Rea 
Be a Mover and a Shaker. Come for a shaking meditation journey to soul-stirring world music with hundreds of shaker eggs. These seeds of change awaken the mover and the shaker in each one of us and the power of collective entrainment. Each egg donation is capable of carbon-offsetting your energy use. Be inspired to take an Energy Sabbath Retreat - a positive challenge towards a day of natural energy, zero waste, and water care towards a green energy future.
Synchronized with Earthdance and 100's of events around the world Saturday, September 24 — 2:30pm - 3:05pm Special Events + Snatam Kaur - Kirtan Concert with Snatam Kaur Kirtan Concert with Snatam KaurInstructor: Snatam Kaur Join us for an unforgettable event--equal parts chantfest, musical group meditation, and yoga class in melody--that combines Punjabi Sikh musical tradition with a decidedly Western flavor. With Snatam on vocals and harmonium, the concert will be done in the call-and-response kirtan tradition, which builds an energetic momentum that palpably fills each concert space. Snatam often leads audiences in a round of pranayama (yogic breathing) or gets everyone on their feet for a stretching exercise that soon becomes a sacred dance. By the end of the night, you will be let in on a great cosmic secret: devotional music is fun! Saturday, September 24 — 7:30pm - 9:30pm Special Events Notes: $25 conference attendees; $35 general public + Paige Elenson - Main Conference Closing Event with Paige Elenson Main Conference Closing Event with Paige ElensonInstructor: Paige Elenson Yoga of Service in Action--Lessons from the Africa Yoga Project Explore ways to empower yourself, your practice, and your community through the yoga of service and self-empowerment. Employing real-life examples from the powerful and life-changing work of the Africa Yoga Project, we'll move through a Baptiste asana practice and discussion that revolves around the Africa Yoga Project's fundamental call for creating service through yoga practice in action. Sunday, September 25 — 8:30am - 9:30am Special Events Notes: Open to all.  + Shannon Paige Schneider - Yoga Studio 101 Yoga Studio 101Instructor: Shannon Paige Schneider A successful yoga studio starts before you even open your studio doors. Learn step-by-step tips for starting a studio, including creating an intention, defining your market niche, growing a marketing plan, and signing a lease. Set yourself up for success and manifest your dream into a reality. Thursday, September 22 — 9:00am - 10:15am Business of Yoga Workshop + Roxanne Banta - Creating A Viable Studio Creating A Viable StudioInstructor: Roxanne Banta Learn how to use high-level strategic planning to create an annual budget and identify simple metrics to gauge the health of your business. Come discover how to analyze your operating expenses, incentivize your teachers, and easily evaluate your efforts from month to month. Thursday, September 22 — 10:30am - 11:45am Business of Yoga Workshop + Lunchtime Demo Lunchtime DemoInstructor: How to use MINDBODY Business Management Software (optional) Thursday, September 22 — 11:45am - 12:15pm Business of Yoga Workshop + Ron Weikers - Legal Issues Underlying Yoga Studio Creation and Management Legal Issues Underlying Yoga Studio Creation and ManagementInstructor: Ron Weikers Opening and running a yoga studio requires sound legal preparation. In this informative class, we'll discuss how to form business entities; contract with teachers, employees, students, web/ad consultants, business partners, and landlords; comply with labor, workers compensation, taxes, and consumer protection agencies; obtain insurance; and protect trademarks and trade secrets. Thursday, September 22 — 1:15pm - 2:30pm Business of Yoga Workshop + Brent Kessel - Money Matters Money MattersInstructor: Brent Kessel Gain an understanding of your relationship with money; set up salaries and retirement accounts to secure your future; and learn to implement sound business practices. Thursday, September 22 — 2:45pm - 4:00pm Business of Yoga Workshop + Eric Paskel - Online & Social Media Marketing Online & Social Media MarketingInstructor: Eric Paskel Allow your business to soar! We'll cover the many ways to market a yoga business from relationship-building and word-of-mouth marketing to social-media, online, and other authentic forms of marketing to grow your business and reach more people. We'll look at traditional marketing campaigns as well as new tools like Groupon, Facebook, Twitter, blogging, interactive websites, eblasts, and more. Create new paths for people to find yoga and join your community. Thursday, September 22 — 4:15pm - 5:30pm Business of Yoga Workshop |
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