Featuring
Jane AustinBaron Baptiste
Baxter Bell
Kathryn Budig
Deborah Burkman
Annie Carpenter
Jnani Chapman
Deepak Chopra
Seane Corn
Jason Crandell
Nikki Estrada
Maty Ezraty
Bo Forbes
Ana Forrest
Richard Freeman
Amanda Giacomini
Julie Gudmestad
Kate Holcombe
Gurmukh Kaur Khalsa
Gurushabd Singh Khalsa
Eric Kipp
Gary Kraftsow
Judith Hanson Lasater
Cyndi Lee
Les Leventhal
Tias Little
Janet MacLeod
Giselle Mari
Vinnie Marino
Kelly McGonigal
Richard Miller
Dharma Mittra
Eric Monkhouse
Eric Paskel
Shiva Rea
Wesleigh Roeca
Richard Rosen
Desiree Rumbaugh
Jenny Sauer-Klein
Eric Shaw
Sianna Sherman
Jeremy Simon
David Swenson
Jasmine Tarkeshi
Mas Vidal
Rusty Wells
Colleen Saidman Yee
Rodney Yee
MC Yogi
San Francisco Yoga Classes
+ Baron Baptiste - Being of Power
Being of Power Instructor: 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 integration, precision, alignment and flow, which give us 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 emerge from this inspired and embodied practice of Baptiste Yoga.
Course ID: AFBAPT -- Level: Mixed Levels
Friday, January 18 — 9:00am - 4:30pm
Friday All-Day Intensives
Notes: Mostly asana.
+ Seane Corn - Understanding the Realms of Consciousness: A Toolbox for Self-Discovery and Empowerment
Understanding the Realms of Consciousness: A Toolbox for Self-Discovery and EmpowermentInstructor: Seane Corn
Take a deeper look into how to read and map the body symbolically and creatively. Using the tools of yoga, the chakra system, and shadow work, we'll learn to locate, see, listen, and interpret the struggles and weaknesses we experience in our mind and body, and turn them into wisdom, power, truth, and understanding. Through an embodied yoga practice, in addition to emotional and creative processing, we can learn how to read our own bodies and "see" more clearly into our body energy and wisdom, bringing all realms into greater balance.
Course ID: AFCORN -- Level: Mixed Levels
Friday, January 18 — 9:00am - 4:30pm
Friday All-Day Intensives
Notes: Part asana, part discussion.
+ Ana Forrest - Develop and Deepen Your Relationship to Spirit
Develop and Deepen Your Relationship to SpiritInstructor: Ana Forrest
We often live in a way that entraps our Spirit and confines it to a small space within our body. Learn how to use Forrest Yoga, with breath and asanas, to create a safe space for your Spirit to live more freely and fully in your body. Strengthen your relationship with your Spirit and walk through life as your Spirit dictates.
Course ID: AFFORR -- Level: Mixed Levels
Friday, January 18 — 9:00am - 4:30pm
Friday All-Day Intensives
What to bring: Water, a strap (at least 6'), a block, 2 mats (OR 1 mat and a large beach towel or blanket.)
Notes: Mostly asana. The room will be heated.
+ Amanda Giacomini & Sianna Sherman & MC Yogi - Mythic Yoga Lounge
Mythic Yoga LoungeInstructor: Amanda Giacomini & Sianna Sherman & MC Yogi
Come on a mythic journey with yoga practices that embody alignment, Tantric philosophy, and stories of the gods and goddesses. With specific asana sequences for each deity, along with their myths, mudras, and mantras, we'll learn how to incorporate these archetypal energies into practical understanding for everyday life. In the morning, we'll have an up-tempo practice, with backbends and arm balances. Afternoon asana will dive into hip openers, twists, pranayama, and meditation. Join this sacred pilgrimage into the temple of your own being.
Course ID: AFGIAC -- Level: Mixed Levels
Friday, January 18 — 9:00am - 4:30pm
Friday All-Day Intensives
What to bring: Your mat, friendly props, a journal/notebook, and your mythic self.
Notes: Discussion, asana, pranayama, and meditation practices.
+ Tias Little - Prajna Yoga: The Sacrum-Skull Polarity
Prajna Yoga: The Sacrum-Skull PolarityInstructor: Tias Little
Explore the dynamic balance between the two poles of the spine--the sacrum and the occiput. The aim of vinyasa yoga and asana practice is to balance the motion between these two. Come discover how yoga techniques such as Mula and Uddiyana Bandhas involve the sacrum, and how these movements relate to the brain and sensory organs within the skull. We'll look at the anatomical structures involved in the sacrum-skull polarity in poses such as Downward Dog, Headstand, and Wheel, and practice postures that benefit sacral-iliac imbalances.
Course ID: AFLITT -- Level: Therapeutic, Mixed Levels
Friday, January 18 — 9:00am - 4:30pm
Friday All-Day Intensives
What to bring: A strap, block, and blanket.
Notes: The morning session is devoted to hip and sacral openers, the afternoon to inversions and pranayama.
+ Dharma Mittra - Dharma Yoga: The Eight Limbed Universal Power Behind All Action
Dharma Yoga: The Eight Limbed Universal Power Behind All Action Instructor: Dharma Mittra
Learn the divine foundation of the Dharma Yoga Method, which has evolved after 50 years of intensive practice. These challenging and therapeutic practices help the turbulent mind remove obstacles and become quiet, thus allowing one to become the best expression of humanity possible. In the morning, we'll have a lecture and will practice Dharma Shiva Namaskara Vinyasa and Deep Healing relaxation. The afternoon includes another lecture, as well as cleansing and spiritual practices. Throughout the day, we'll experience deeply inspiring lessons of love, peace, and unity needed to maintain a connection to God in all actions.
Course ID: AFMITT -- Level: Mixed Levels
Friday, January 18 — 9:00am - 4:30pm
Friday All-Day Intensives
Notes: Lecture, asana, and meditation.
+ Shiva Rea - Fluid Creative Core: Sacred Belly Sadhana
Fluid Creative Core: Sacred Belly Sadhana Instructor: Shiva Rea
Experience a daylong intensive to enter a healing transformative practice to awaken, heal, embrace, and live from your creative power. This five-part sadhana includes your reflecting on your Inner Process (liberating your her-story of your belly and deconditioning cultural stereotypes), morning practice of massage and nauli kriya, Shiva's Fluid Creative Core Practice, activating your movement passion, and sacred belly nutrition based upon Ayurveda.
Course ID: AFSREA -- Level: Mixed Levels
Friday, January 18 — 9:00am - 4:30pm
Friday All-Day Intensives
Notes: For women only. Discussion and asana practice.
+ Desiree Rumbaugh - Taking the Seat of the Teacher
Taking the Seat of the TeacherInstructor: Desiree Rumbaugh
Take the time to dive even more deeply into the art of teaching yoga and learn how to create better connections with your students and other teachers. In the morning, we'll practice both verbal and manual adjustments that safely and properly align the students and make their experience of yoga more valuable. In the afternoon, we'll discuss sequences, themes, and therapeutics as well as dynamics of the yoga workplace that affect your job.
Course ID: AFRUMB -- Level: Continue Your Education
Friday, January 18 — 9:00am - 4:30pm
Friday All-Day Intensives
Notes: Discussion, asana, and partner work.
+ Rodney Yee & Colleen Saidman Yee & Richard Rosen - Philosophy, History, Asana, Pranayama, and Meditation
Philosophy, History, Asana, Pranayama, and MeditationInstructor: Rodney Yee & Colleen Saidman Yee & Richard Rosen
Join us for a full day of investigating the full spectrum of yoga. We'll dispel some of the common misunderstandings and misconceptions of yoga history and philosophy, as well as harmful asana, pranayama, and meditation instruction and practices. And in their place, we'll build knowledge that is based on tried and true research, both academic and experiential, to help you bring your practice into alignment with the best of two yoga worlds, the traditional and the modern.
Course ID: AFROYE -- Level: Mixed Levels
Friday, January 18 — 9:00am - 4:30pm
Friday All-Day Intensives
Notes: Discussion, asana, pranayama, and meditation practices.
+ Bo Forbes - Restorative Yoga Therapeutics for Mental and Emotional Healing
Restorative Yoga Therapeutics for Mental and Emotional Healing Instructor: Bo Forbes
Learn carefully sequenced, artfully propped restorative yoga postures designed to balance the nervous system and emotional body. These therapeutic postures also deepen the relaxation response, reduce anxiety and stress, alleviate depression, and enhance immunity. We'll start with a brief outline of the science behind why restorative yoga works so powerfully. In the restorative practice that follows, we'll learn poses that are ideal for decreasing anxiety, insomnia, and depression, and improving lymphatic flow. You'll also experience basic breathwork techniques and guided meditation to help access your mind-body network and awaken your innate wisdom and healing capacity.
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 (FVFORB) 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 1.5 continuing education contact hours.
Course ID: EVFORB -- Level: Therapeutic, Mixed Levels
Friday, January 18 — 5:30pm - 7:00pm
Friday Evening Classes
What to bring: a bolster or two to three blankets, a strap, an eye pillow, and two blocks.
Notes: Asana, pranayama, restorative yoga, lecture.
+ Eric Kipp - Hiking Yoga
Hiking YogaInstructor: Eric Kipp
Hiking yoga brings fresh air and a new spirit of exploration to our practices. We'll sweat and breathe up and down the hills of San Francisco. Then we'll settle into four different yoga stations designed to stretch, open, and challenge our bodies. This unique 90-minute workout integrates the cardio of hiking with the power of yoga. We'll be outdoors, so wear comfortable layers and walking/running shoes.
Course ID: EVHIKE
Friday, January 18 — 5:30pm - 7:00pm
Friday Evening Classes
Notes: Rain or shine. Mats will be provided. For an optimal experience, the group will be capped at 20.
+ Gary Kraftsow - Meditation for Modern Life: The Phenomenon of Attention
Meditation for Modern Life: The Phenomenon of AttentionInstructor: Gary Kraftsow
Bring the power of meditation into your life by learning the steps to create a personal meditation ritual for insight into the possibility of peace. We'll focus on reducing mental agitation, shifting attention away from distractions, developing the capacity for attention, and breaking identification with past conditioning. Using ancient insights for modern healing, we'll learn how to abandon superficial distractions and become more deeply who we are.
Course ID: EVKRAF -- Level: Contemplative, Mixed Levels
Friday, January 18 — 5:30pm - 7:00pm
Friday Evening Classes
Notes: Discussion and meditation.
+ Vinnie Marino - Rock 'n' Roll Flow
Rock 'n' Roll Flow Instructor: Vinnie Marino
Come enjoy Vinnie's signature flow class and enjoy the power of music and yoga united. This class is a moving meditation set to an amazing soundtrack of your favorite music, from classic rock to trance.
Course ID: EVMARI -- Level: Mixed Levels
Friday, January 18 — 5:30pm - 7:00pm
Friday Evening Classes
What to bring: A towel.
Notes: Mostly asana.
+ Baron Baptiste - Foundations in Action
Foundations in ActionInstructor: Baron Baptiste
Immerse yourself in pure vinyasa flow while staying dialed in to the foundation of each asana. No matter what your experience as a teacher or practitioner, come explore this powerful, enlivening Baptiste Yoga flow and build your foundation on a rock! **This class has been approved by American Council on Exercise (ACE) for 0.2 CECs.**
Course ID: M1BAPT -- Level: Mixed Levels
Saturday, January 19 — 8:00am - 10:00am
Main Conference - Session 1
Notes: Mostly asana.
+ Jason Crandell - Flow Survival Guide
Flow Survival GuideInstructor: Jason Crandell
Have you ever been in a flow yoga class and wished the teacher would slow down so you could figure out what was happening? Have you ever been stupefied by that strange, whispery sound that everyone seemed to be making? Or wondered how to step your foot all the way to your hands from Down Dog? Have you been faking Chaturanga so long that you actually think you're making it? If so--or if you want to avoid all of these pitfalls and learn how to do vinyasa yoga the right way--this is your class! **This class has been approved by American Council on Exercise (ACE) for 0.2 CECs.**
Course ID: M1CRAN -- Level: Beginners, Mixed Levels
Saturday, January 19 — 8:00am - 10:00am
Main Conference - Session 1
Notes: Discussion and asana practice.
+ Maty Ezraty - Reading Bodies and Hands-On Adjustments
Reading Bodies and Hands-On Adjustments Instructor: Maty Ezraty
Reading bodies and giving hands-on adjustments are fundamental tools for both students and teachers. Come develop your ability to see and touch effectively. We'll learn to be sensitive with our hands, see when a posture could benefit from an adjustment, and make those adjustments safely and effectively. This class will provide essential training for all who wish to deepen and refine their asana practice and teaching skills.
Course ID: M1EZRA -- Level: Continue Your Education, Mixed Levels
Saturday, January 19 — 8:00am - 10:00am
Main Conference - Session 1
Notes: Discussion, asana, and partner work.
+ Ana Forrest - Celebrate Your Practice
Celebrate Your PracticeInstructor: Ana Forrest
Rekindle the fires of passion and pleasure with Forrest Yoga. Learn to reconnect to your energy, while you delight in your strength. Bring healing and inspiration into your personal practice. This Forrest Yoga workshop helps you cultivate and embrace a sense of compassion and make your practice exhilarating and delicious. **This class has been approved by American Council on Exercise (ACE) for 0.2 CECs.**
Course ID: M1FORR -- Level: Mixed Levels
Saturday, January 19 — 8:00am - 10:00am
Main Conference - Session 1
What to bring: Water, a strap (at least 6'), a block, 2 mats (OR 1 mat and a large beach towel or blanket.)
Notes: Mostly asana. The room will be heated.
+ Richard Freeman - Mula Bandha is Not What You "Think"
Mula Bandha is Not What You "Think"Instructor: Richard Freeman
To flow gracefully and effortlessly in and out of poses, it's essential to stay vibrant and grounded in the breath. Come study the essential and elusive activity of Mula Bandha and the strong, grounding effect of correct Ujjayi Pranayama. The actual Mula Bandha is a conjunction of complimentary movement patterns, which open the central axis of the body right up through the root of the palate. We'll flow seamlessly through these movement patterns, following the thread of the central axis.
Course ID: M1FREE -- Level: Mixed Levels
Saturday, January 19 — 8:00am - 10:00am
Main Conference - Session 1
Notes: Mostly asana.
+ Kate Holcombe - Introduction to Sanskrit and Chanting of Patanjali's Yoga Sutra
Introduction to Sanskrit and Chanting of Patanjali's Yoga Sutra Instructor: Kate Holcombe
The study of the Yoga Sutra was originally transmitted from teacher to student by first learning to chant the sutras from memory. Come discover how chanting the Yoga Sutra can bring about a deeper and richer relationship to the text and a fuller experience of the sutras in your practice and your life. We'll learn the rules and guidelines for chanting, how to pronounce each of the Sanskrit letters, and practice chanting the Yoga Sutra from the Sanskrit Devanagari, as well as English transliteration.
Course ID: M1HOLC -- Level: Contemplative, Mixed Levels
Saturday, January 19 — 8:00am - 10:00am
Main Conference - Session 1
Notes: Lecture and chanting.
+ Gurmukh Kaur Khalsa & Gurushabd Singh Khalsa - A New Light on Abundance
A New Light on AbundanceInstructor: Gurmukh Kaur Khalsa & Gurushabd Singh Khalsa
Abundance flows with love, happiness, prosperity, and success, which leads to vibrant good health. In order to live with abundance in the Aquarian Age, we must embrace the consciousness of abundance. What does this mean? Breathing, thinking, talking, and acting as Beloved Children of God, and knowing that we will always be supported. Then watch the manifestation of the laws of abundance in your life. Let us experience and embrace abundance through an amazing kriya for breaking all blocks. Imprint it forever within.
Course ID: M1KHAL -- Level: Mixed Levels
Saturday, January 19 — 8:00am - 10:00am
Main Conference - Session 1
Notes: Active yoga, meditation, chanting, and Savasana.
+ Tias Little - Unfolding the Psoas for Pranayama
Unfolding the Psoas for PranayamaInstructor: Tias Little
The psoas muscle is thought to be the most core muscle of the body and key to stabilizing the lower spine. This muscle also attaches directly to the respiratory diaphragm. By creating length and space in the abdomen, we'll discover how to cultivate the breath within. **This class has been approved by American Council on Exercise (ACE) for 0.2 CECs.**
Course ID: M1LITT -- Level: Therapeutic, Mixed Levels
Saturday, January 19 — 8:00am - 10:00am
Main Conference - Session 1
What to bring: A strap, block, and blanket.
Notes: Discussion, asana, and pranayama practice.
+ Janet MacLeod - A Well-Rounded Iyengar Yoga Class
A Well-Rounded Iyengar Yoga ClassInstructor: Janet MacLeod
Unlike other systems, Iyengar Yoga doesn't have set sequences or asanas, and classes therefore often focus on one type of pose. These factors make it hard for students to know how to approach creating a home practice. We'll cover asanas from all categories—standing, forward extensions/twists, backward extensions, and inversions—helping you to form an ideal daily home practice.
Course ID: M1MACL -- Level: Mixed Levels
Saturday, January 19 — 8:00am - 10:00am
Main Conference - Session 1
What to bring: A mat, a long belt, a block and three blankets
Notes: Mostly asana.
+ Giselle Mari - The Yogi's Soul Train
The Yogi's Soul TrainInstructor: Giselle Mari
This class offers you a unique and powerful opportunity to explore and deconstruct your vinyasa practice. We'll investigate our habituated and sometimes unconscious approach to our yoga practice through the use of pranayama, meditation, and Surya Namaskar. Glean a deeper awareness of the rhythm of conscious, ordered placement of body and breath, and the power of intention for a complete experience of integration. Once you tap into the cosmic soul train and fluidity of this technique, magic happens and your practice will never be the same.
Course ID: M1GIMA -- Level: Mixed Levels
Saturday, January 19 — 8:00am - 10:00am
Main Conference - Session 1
What to bring: A blanket.
Notes: Knowledge of Surya Namaskar A&B is recommended. Lecture and asana.
+ Vinnie Marino - Wake Up & Flow
Wake Up & Flow Instructor: Vinnie Marino
Get up and start your day with an invigorating vinyasa flow practice—a moving meditation set to an amazing soundtrack. Be prepared to go to the edge.
Course ID: M1MARI -- Level: Mixed Levels
Saturday, January 19 — 8:00am - 10:00am
Main Conference - Session 1
What to bring: A towel.
Notes: Mostly asana.
+ Dharma Mittra - Dharma Maha Sadhana: The One Great Whole and Complete Practice
Dharma Maha Sadhana: The One Great Whole and Complete PracticeInstructor: Dharma Mittra
Sri Dharma Mittra is a master at helping students develop the confidence to surrender on and off the mat. Dharma III-IV Shiva Namaskara Vinyasa is a challenging, meditative, and unique sequence designed to unfold complete movement of the spine, unleash prana throughout the body, restore radiant health, and bring clarity to the mind and power behind your thoughts. These spiritual discourses will illuminate the path for practitioners on the laws of karma and reincarnation, concluding with a joyous asana Satsang Jam, which instills compassion and dedication.
Course ID: M1MITT -- Level: Intermediate, Advanced
Saturday, January 19 — 8:00am - 10:00am
Main Conference - Session 1
Notes: Mostly asana with pranayama, deep relaxation, and spiritual lessons.
+ Eric Monkhouse - Promethean Flow
Promethean FlowInstructor: Eric Monkhouse
Prometheus stole fire from the heavens in order to liberate humans from the power of the gods. He ignites our impulse toward radical change, defiance of authority, and the urge to transcend limitations. Applying these Promethean principles, we'll blow out the cobwebs with a state-of-the-art sound system and revolutionary deconstruction of the yoga practice. Artfully mixing the skills of electronic/acoustic music, vinyasa flow yoga, chanting, dancing, and creative visualization, experience an epic journey of self-discovery. We'll relinquish the yoga mat and explore a larger more playful terrain, leaving no stone unturned.
Course ID: M1MONK -- Level: Mixed Levels
Saturday, January 19 — 8:00am - 10:00am
Main Conference - Session 1
What to bring: No mat required.
Notes: Mostly asana.
+ Shiva Rea - Rhythmic Vinyasa: Synching with the Natural Pulse
Rhythmic Vinyasa: Synching with the Natural Pulse Instructor: Shiva Rea
Our ancient attunement to the flow of nature is woven within our cells. Yet the fragmenting rhythms of stress encroach on daily life. Based on T. Krishnamacharya's teachings, Tantra, and Shiva's 20 years of teaching, you'll learn Prana Flow techniques to bring your state into rhythmic balance that can be applied to practice, creativity, relationships, and living vinyasa.
Course ID: M1SREA -- Level: Mixed Levels
Saturday, January 19 — 8:00am - 10:00am
Main Conference - Session 1
Notes: Mostly asana.
+ Wesleigh Roeca - Hiking Yoga
Hiking YogaInstructor: Wesleigh Roeca
Hiking yoga brings fresh air and a new spirit of exploration to our practices. We'll sweat and breathe up and down the hills of San Francisco. Then we'll settle into four different yoga stations designed to stretch, open, and challenge our bodies. This unique 120-minute workout integrates the cardio of hiking with the power of yoga. We'll be outdoors, so wear comfortable layers and walking/running shoes.
Course ID: M1HIKE
Saturday, January 19 — 8:00am - 10:00am
Main Conference - Session 1
Notes: Rain or shine. Mats will be provided. For an optimal experience, the group will be capped at 20.
+ Sianna Sherman - Hanuman: Hips and Heart
Hanuman: Hips and Heart Instructor: Sianna Sherman
Hanuman, the great mythic monkey, has many famous stories that relate the teachings of yoga in a playful and accessible way. In this hip-opening, heart-enlivening sequence, experience the power of aligning your hips with the prayer of your heart for true fulfillment in your life. Sianna will narrate the stories through the lens of Tantra and apply skillful Tantric technology to access the depth and power of the body, mind, and heart. We'll practice a standing flow to open the body, followed by slow, deep openings into the holy seat of your hips, then meditation, and a luxurious Savasana.
Course ID: M1SHER -- Level: Mixed Levels
Saturday, January 19 — 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 and integral approach to practicing the eight-limbed system of raja vinyasa yoga while embracing the universal energetic principles of tridosha in Ayurveda. This asana-based practice will include a variety of postures and sequences infused with a variety of specialized breathing techniques combined with the art of inner relaxation and meditation. Learn how powerful asana and pranayama combinations can remove physical, mental, and emotional obstacles caused by the doshas and feel the inspiration of a mystical system that heals your body, frees your mind, and opens your heart.
Course ID: M1VIDA -- Level: Mixed Levels
Saturday, January 19 — 8:00am - 10:00am
Main Conference - Session 1
Notes: Asana and meditation.
+ Rodney Yee & Colleen Saidman Yee - Twists to Backbends to Arm Balances
Twists to Backbends to Arm BalancesInstructor: Rodney Yee & Colleen Saidman Yee
Articulate and wake up every part of your spine through a series of twists to prepare for backbending. Then, feel your spine open like water into backbends, transitioning through neutral poses to arm balances to balance out your energy for meditation. A vigorous class that will leave you with a quiet internal buzz. **This class has been approved by American Council on Exercise (ACE) for 0.2 CECs.**
Course ID: M1YEES -- Level: Intermediate
Saturday, January 19 — 8:00am - 10:00am
Main Conference - Session 1
Notes: Mostly asana.
+ Baron Baptiste - Empowered Athlete: Dristi and Vinyasa
Empowered Athlete: Dristi and VinyasaInstructor: Baron Baptiste
Conditioning for athletes is a continuous process that needs to evolve all the time. Come engage in a Power vinyasa practice and dance with key athletic elements that are simple, specific, and will integrate body and mind to take you to your athletic edge and give access to the "zone." We'll explore body integrity, core connectedness, and drishti to expand your awareness, agility, and power. Whether you're going to the Olympics or just playing games with your kids, create an embodied vision and vinyasa fusion of your authentic empowered athlete.
Course ID: M2BAPT -- Level: Mixed Levels
Saturday, January 19 — 11:00am - 1:00pm
Main Conference - Session 2
Notes: Mostly asana.
+ Baxter Bell - Yoga for Healthy Eating
Yoga for Healthy EatingInstructor: Baxter Bell
Come learn about your digestive system and how you can use yoga to foster healthy eating habits. A tailored asana practice can help you maintain, or improve, your digestion. Stress-reduction techniques, including restoratives and breathwork, reduce the stress hormones that may cause poor digestion or trigger stress eating. Mindfulness practices help you tune in to your body, and can help you learn to eat the foods that are best for your particular needs and circumstances.
Course ID: M2BELL -- Level: Mixed Levels
Saturday, January 19 — 11:00am - 1:00pm
Main Conference - Session 2
Notes: Discussion and asana.
+ Kathryn Budig - Find a Comfortable Seat: Hip Openers
Find a Comfortable Seat: Hip Openers Instructor: Kathryn Budig
Yogis are pros at finding comfort in the uncomfortable. We know that nothing is permanent and that flexibility of the mind and body frees us from fear and expectation. We'll nurture the hips back into a place of space and surrender so we can exorcise discomfort or anything blocking our way. Let go of the past and move into the present—joyful, open, and comfortable.
Course ID: M2BUDI -- Level: Mixed Levels
Saturday, January 19 — 11:00am - 1:00pm
Main Conference - Session 2
What to bring: One or two blankets, a block, and a strap.
Notes: Mostly asana.
+ Seane Corn - Vinyasa Flow Yoga: Establishing a Strong Foundation
Vinyasa Flow Yoga: Establishing a Strong FoundationInstructor: Seane Corn
Learn the foundation of a solid practice through alignment, core awareness, and breathing techniques. Understand the basic principles of Sun Salutations A and B and how they are the cornerstones of every vinyasa practice. We'll also discuss the preparation, inner queues, and dissection of the fundamentals of standing poses, backbends, twists, and inversions. **This class has been approved by American Council on Exercise (ACE) for 0.2 CECs.**
Course ID: M2CORN -- Level: Beginners, Mixed Levels
Saturday, January 19 — 11:00am - 1:00pm
Main Conference - Session 2
Notes: Asana, discussion, and demonstration.
+ Maty Ezraty - Take Flight: Get Grounded in Arm Balancing
Take Flight: Get Grounded in Arm Balancing Instructor: Maty Ezraty
As we build our confidence and strength in our arms, going upside down becomes uplifting and joyful. Come learn the tools you need to refine the practice of arm-balancing poses. We'll explore poses that will strengthen and prepare you for arm balances, build basic shoulder alignment through simpler poses, and then allow you to soar in full arm balances. When we achieve our potential in these poses, we become empowered and confident. It is recommended that you are able to do Handstand at the wall.
Course ID: M2EZRA -- Level: Mixed Levels
Saturday, January 19 — 11:00am - 1:00pm
Main Conference - Session 2
What to bring: A strap. A block is optional.
Notes: Mostly asana.
+ Bo Forbes - Gut Wisdom: Awakening the Intelligence of the Core Body
Gut Wisdom: Awakening the Intelligence of the Core BodyInstructor: 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 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 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 program is also approved by the National Association of Social Workers (Provider #886459124) for two (2) continuing education contact hours.
Course ID: M2FORB -- Level: Continue Your Education, Mixed Levels
Saturday, January 19 — 11:00am - 1:00pm
Main Conference - Session 2
What to bring: A blanket, a strap, an eye pillow, and two blocks.
Notes: Asana, pranayama, restorative yoga, and lecture.
+ Ana Forrest - Working with Your Injuries in Your Practice
Working with Your Injuries in Your Practice Instructor: Ana Forrest
Alleviating your own pain is tremendously empowering. Using the breath, learn to focus your healing into whatever area you personally need it. Learn how to tailor your breath and poses to release pain and bring healing to an injured area, as well as to explore how the attitudes that are part of the injury may perpetuate the injury. This session also focuses on common areas of injury: the neck, shoulders, and back. By applying the tools of Forrest Yoga, pain and suffering becomes optional! **This class has been approved by American Council on Exercise (ACE) for 0.2 CECs.**
Course ID: M2FORR -- Level: Therapeutic, Mixed Levels
Saturday, January 19 — 11:00am - 1:00pm
Main Conference - Session 2
What to bring: Water, a strap (at least 6'), a block, 2 mats (OR 1 mat and a large beach towel or blanket.)
Notes: Mostly asana. The room will be heated.
+ Amanda Giacomini & MC Yogi - Good Karma
Good KarmaInstructor: Amanda Giacomini & MC Yogi
Learn the ancient yogic secrets of how to cultivate good karma. An uplifting asana practice, interwoven with philosophy, mythology, and an inspiring world-music soundtrack will help you to transform your mind into a prayer wheel, creating and generating high-vibration thoughts with the goal of creating happiness and health for all beings everywhere.
Course ID: M2GAIC -- Level: Mixed Levels
Saturday, January 19 — 11:00am - 1:00pm
Main Conference - Session 2
Notes: Mostly asana.
+ Julie Gudmestad - Anatomy for Beginners
Anatomy for BeginnersInstructor: Julie Gudmestad
We'll begin with an introduction to the language that describes anatomy and movement, teaching you how to "see" the structures that lie beneath the skin. Then we'll put that knowledge into practice with poses that illustrate fundamental principles of movement and alignment. **This class has been approved by American Council on Exercise (ACE) for 0.2 CECs.**
Course ID: M2GUDM -- Level: Beginners
Saturday, January 19 — 11:00am - 1:00pm
Main Conference - Session 2
What to bring: A mat, blanket, strap, and block.
Notes: Lecture and asana practice.
+ Gurmukh Kaur Khalsa & Gurushabd Singh Khalsa - Developing Courage: The Way of the Spiritual Warrior
Developing Courage: The Way of the Spiritual Warrior Instructor: Gurmukh Kaur Khalsa & Gurushabd Singh Khalsa
We live in a global community, and feel each other as never before. That sensitivity brings a responsibility to step up and find our inner strength, for the sake of ourselves as well as others. We have been told by many teachers and guides that times will get rough as we head toward the dawning of the Aquarian Age. Now is the time to develop the strength, courage, and wisdom to sail over any chaos. This is the time to live for each other so that we can live in peace globally, in the highest possible viewpoint for all. Join us in the practice of Kundalini Yoga and meditation kriyas that will broaden our perspectives to see how much we really do affect one another, and can ultimately heal and uplift one another.
Course ID: M2KHAL -- Level: Mixed Levels
Saturday, January 19 — 11:00am - 1:00pm
Main Conference - Session 2
Notes: Active yoga, meditation, chanting, and Savasana.
+ Eric Kipp - Hiking Yoga
Hiking YogaInstructor: Eric Kipp
Hiking yoga brings fresh air and a new spirit of exploration to our practices. We'll sweat and breathe up and down the hills of San Francisco. Then we'll settle into four different yoga stations designed to stretch, open, and challenge our bodies. This unique 120-minute workout integrates the cardio of hiking with the power of yoga. We'll be outdoors, so wear comfortable layers and walking/running shoes.
Course ID: M2HIKE
Saturday, January 19 — 11:00am - 1:00pm
Main Conference - Session 2
Notes: Rain or shine. Mats will be provided. For an optimal experience, the group will be capped at 20.
+ Gary Kraftsow - Common Aches and Pains: The Upper Back, Neck, and Shoulders
Common Aches and Pains: The Upper Back, Neck, and Shoulders Instructor: 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. **This class has been approved by American Council on Exercise (ACE) for 0.2 CECs.**
Course ID: M2KRAF -- Level: Therapeutic, Mixed Levels
Saturday, January 19 — 11:00am - 1:00pm
Main Conference - Session 2
Notes: Lecture and asana practice.
+ Richard Miller - Pranayama and Mudra: Breathing in Breathing Out, Peace and Well Being
Pranayama and Mudra: Breathing in Breathing Out, Peace and Well BeingInstructor: Richard Miller
This class offers an exciting, experiential exploration into the ancient art and science of pranayama. Come explore in-depth practices that nourish and refresh your body and mind, increase your health and vitality, and serve as direct pointers to awakening to your true nature. You'll learn techniques to increase concentration, develop mindfulness, strengthen your immune system, and enhance your physical, psychological, and spiritual well-being. Come discover how to use the breath as a portal for awakening to your essential nature as timeless Being.
Course ID: M2MILL -- Level: Therapeutic, Mixed Levels
Saturday, January 19 — 11:00am - 1:00pm
Main Conference - Session 2
Notes: Gentle asana and pranayama practice.
+ Shiva Rea - Tantric Vinyasa: The Flow of Consciousness
Tantric Vinyasa: The Flow of Consciousness Instructor: Shiva Rea
Vinyasa within Tantra is the awakening of the "sequence of consciousness," the unfolding of sacred embodiment, the realization of the breath inside the breath, the mover behind the movement. We will explore vital pathways for awakening the inner essence of vinyasa within practice and daily life, including mantra, mudra, pranayama, and meditations from the Vijnana Bhairva Tantra that are accessible for everyone and reverberate for a lifetime. **This class has been approved by American Council on Exercise (ACE) for 0.2 CECs.**
Course ID: M2SREA -- Level: Mixed Levels
Saturday, January 19 — 11:00am - 1:00pm
Main Conference - Session 2
Notes: Mostly asana.
+ Desiree Rumbaugh - How to Love Backbends
How to Love BackbendsInstructor: Desiree Rumbaugh
Backbends are actually good for your back--and they are not only for extremely flexible people. If backbends are not your favorite poses, the reason could be as simple as your chronic stiffness getting in the way. Gain more understanding about your back and learn some simple techniques that will teach you to use your strength to help you gain flexibility. **This class has been approved by American Council on Exercise (ACE) for 0.2 CECs.**
Course ID: M2RUMB -- Level: Mixed Levels
Saturday, January 19 — 11:00am - 1:00pm
Main Conference - Session 2
Notes: Mostly asana.
+ David Swenson - Through the Eyes of a Teacher: See the Invisible World of Energy Lines and Flow Patterns
Through the Eyes of a Teacher: See the Invisible World of Energy Lines and Flow PatternsInstructor: David Swenson
Learn how to begin to recognize patterns of energy flow in someone else. We'll do this through hands-on adjusting techniques to enhance the inherent energy patterns at play within specific asanas. By helping others, students will then try to recognize the same energy flow patterns within their own body and personal practice. We'll explore the dynamics of Downward Dog, followed by a sampling of asanas from the standing sequence as well as some seated postures. Whether or not you teach, it's valuable to learn to recognize and feel lines of energy that pulse within our body and swirl throughout the world around us. **This class has been approved by American Council on Exercise (ACE) for 0.2 CECs.**
Course ID: M2SWEN -- Level: Continue Your Education
Saturday, January 19 — 11:00am - 1:00pm
Main Conference - Session 2
Notes: Discussion and asana practice with partner work.
+ Rodney Yee & Colleen Saidman Yee - Yoga Dialogues
Yoga Dialogues Instructor: Rodney Yee & Colleen Saidman Yee
When in you are practicing your yoga poses, what questions are you attempting to answer? We'll practice an all-around balanced sequence while we explore some fundamental yoga questions such as "What is Mula Bandha?" "Where is my center?" and "What is the relationship between breath and posture?" The ability to live your questions through your practice often leads to aha moments. Come learn how to turn your practice into an inquiry and a playground.
Course ID: M2YEES -- Level: Mixed Levels
Saturday, January 19 — 11:00am - 1:00pm
Main Conference - Session 2
Notes: Mostly asana.
+ Annie Carpenter - SmartFLOW Yoga: Forward Bending for Happy Hamstrings
SmartFLOW Yoga: Forward Bending for Happy HamstringsInstructor: Annie Carpenter
Whether your hamstrings are very loose, supertight, or even injured, this practice is for you. Slowly and steadily, you'll engage and stabilize where necessary, and soften and stretch where you can to create true hip flexion. Come find deep hip and hamstring opening that's safe and calming.
Course ID: M3CARP -- Level: Mixed Levels
Saturday, January 19 — 3:30pm - 5:30pm
Main Conference - Session 3
What to bring: Two blocks.
Notes: Mostly asana.
+ Seane Corn - Mystics on the Mat
Mystics on the MatInstructor: Seane Corn
Intention and prayer, when used in the right context, are powerful cultivators of action and change. Move through an uplifting and spiritually centered vinyasa flow yoga class that speaks to the beauty and mystery of Spirit within and beyond. Together, we'll use our body, breath, and unified intentions to contribute to individual healing and universal peace.
Course ID: M3CORN -- Level: Mixed Levels
Saturday, January 19 — 3:30pm - 5:30pm
Main Conference - Session 3
Notes: Mostly asana.
+ Richard Freeman - Inversions and the Palate
Inversions and the PalateInstructor: Richard Freeman
Learn to refine Ashtanga Yoga's finishing poses (inversions and sitting posture) by working the subtle movements of the shoulders, arms, neck, head, spine, tongue, and palate. Like a perfect dessert after a fine meal, these gentle subtleties will aid in making pranayama and meditation natural.
Course ID: M3FREE -- Level: Intermediate
Saturday, January 19 — 3:30pm - 5:30pm
Main Conference - Session 3
Notes: Asana and discussion.
+ Julie Gudmestad - Psoas & Hip Flexors
Psoas & Hip FlexorsInstructor: Julie Gudmestad
They are mentioned often in yoga classes, but where exactly are psoas and hip flexors? And why are they important in yoga poses? After a brief look at them anatomically, we'll practice poses that strengthen and stretch them. **This class has been approved by American Council on Exercise (ACE) for 0.2 CECs.**
Course ID: M3GUDM -- Level: Continue Your Education
Saturday, January 19 — 3:30pm - 5:30pm
Main Conference - Session 3
What to bring: A mat, blanket, strap, and block.
Notes: Mostly asana with some lecture.
+ Eric Kipp - Hiking Yoga
Hiking YogaInstructor: Eric Kipp
Hiking yoga brings fresh air and a new spirit of exploration to our practices. We'll sweat and breathe up and down the hills of San Francisco. Then we'll settle into four different yoga stations designed to stretch, open, and challenge our bodies. This unique 120-minute workout integrates the cardio of hiking with the power of yoga. We'll be outdoors, so wear comfortable layers and walking/running shoes.
Course ID: M3HIKE
Saturday, January 19 — 3:30pm - 5:30pm
Main Conference - Session 3
Notes: Rain or shine. Mats will be provided. For an optimal experience, the group will be capped at 20.
+ Gary Kraftsow - Tantra, Chakra, and Emotional Health
Tantra, Chakra, and Emotional HealthInstructor: Gary Kraftsow
The ancient chakra system is a complex model of the integrated human being, in which deep dimensions of our personality are revealed. Using this system as a guide, we will explore the Tantric means and methods for cultivating qualities of such as tranquility, courage, compassion, and joy. **This class has been approved by American Council on Exercise (ACE) for 0.2 CECs.**
Course ID: M3KRAF -- Level: Mixed Levels
Saturday, January 19 — 3:30pm - 5:30pm
Main Conference - Session 3
Notes: Includes lecture and practice that uses asana, pranayama, mantra, and specialized tantric techniques such as sankalpa and nyasa.
+ Judith Hanson Lasater - The Shoulder: How to Open, Strengthen, and Repair
The Shoulder: How to Open, Strengthen, and Repair Instructor: Judith Hanson Lasater
We'll learn the basic principles of the rotator cuff through a presentation of the anatomy and kinesiology of the shoulder. We'll then focus on poses that open and strengthen the shoulder joint. **This class has been approved by American Council on Exercise (ACE) for 0.2 CECs.**
Course ID: M3LASA -- Level: Therapeutic, Mixed Levels
Saturday, January 19 — 3:30pm - 5:30pm
Main Conference - Session 3
What to bring: A mat, an eye cover, and two or more blankets.
Notes: Lecture and asana practice.
+ Cyndi Lee - Yoga as Wake Up Call
Yoga as Wake Up CallInstructor: Cyndi Lee
Chogyam Trungpa said, "Lean into your resistance." Irritation, aversion, or grumpiness can be the ground for transformation if we include them in our whole experience. In yoga, this is called "tapas." This class will include all categories of poses--the ones you like, the ones you don't like, and those that feel neutral to you. Leaning into our all of experiences, including those that chafe, helps us wake up to our own patterns of attachment and aversion as well as the truth of impermanence. **This class has been approved by American Council on Exercise (ACE) for 0.2 CECs.**
Course ID: M3CLEE -- Level: Mixed Levels
Saturday, January 19 — 3:30pm - 5:30pm
Main Conference - Session 3
Notes: Mostly asana with meditation.
+ Tias Little - Restoring Kidney Chi
Restoring Kidney ChiInstructor: Tias Little
It is essential not to allow the kidney region to become restricted, locked, or dehydrated. This happens as a result of muscular tension in the low back, fear, and emotional holding on. We'll regard the kidneys as huge aquifers that provide endurance and homeostasis to the entire body. Come investigate the anatomical position of the kidneys and identify the ways that the kidneys support the lungs and the flow of prana. This practice includes twists, forward bends, and supported backbends that are invaluable to balancing kidney chi. **This class has been approved by American Council on Exercise (ACE) for 0.2 CECs.**
Course ID: M3LITT -- Level: Therapeutic, Mixed Levels
Saturday, January 19 — 3:30pm - 5:30pm
Main Conference - Session 3
What to bring: A strap, block, and blanket.
Notes: Discussion and asana.
+ Vinnie Marino - Arm Balance Flow
Arm Balance FlowInstructor: Vinnie Marino
Learn how to balance on your hands and fly. To do these postures you need your whole body--core, arms, and legs. Challenge yourself to lift off. This fun, playful class will leave you happy and energized. **This class has been approved by American Council on Exercise (ACE) for 0.2 CECs.**
Course ID: M3MARI -- Level: Mixed Levels
Saturday, January 19 — 3:30pm - 5:30pm
Main Conference - Session 3
What to bring: A towel.
Notes: Mostly asana.
+ Richard Miller - Introduction to Integrative Restoration: iRest Yoga Nidra
Introduction to Integrative Restoration: iRest Yoga Nidra Instructor: Richard Miller
Integrative Restoration, or iRest, is a transformative practice derived from the ancient teachings of Tantric yoga that leads to psychological, physical, and spiritual health and well-being. Learn the tools to heal unresolved issues, traumas, and wounds present in the body, mind, and senses while revealing and restoring yourself to your innate and unconditioned peace of mind. Come experience this ancient tool for health, healing, and awakening that you can integrate into your practice and your life.
Course ID: M3MILL -- Level: Therapeutic, Mixed Levels
Saturday, January 19 — 3:30pm - 5:30pm
Main Conference - Session 3
Notes: Interactive lecture, discussion, and meditation.
+ Dharma Mittra - Maha Shakti: The Illumined Path of Dharma Yoga
Maha Shakti: The Illumined Path of Dharma Yoga Instructor: Dharma Mittra
Sri Dharma Mittra shares a lifetime of experience within his Dharma II-III Shiva Namaskara Vinyasa Asana Series for all practitioners. These powerful yet subtle practices help bring radiant health, fitness, and self-knowledge quickly to all students. This regenerative and invigorating graceful posture practice purifies the physical and causal bodies of toxic impurities, evoking sattvic thoughts and leading to higher states of health. Class includes a dharma talk on practical and spiritual philosophical methodology, discourses on karma, yogic diet, and classical breathing techniques.
Course ID: M3MITT -- Level: Mixed Levels
Saturday, January 19 — 3:30pm - 5:30pm
Main Conference - Session 3
Notes: Mostly asana, breathwork, and lecture.
+ Shiva Rea - Kalari Vinyasa
Kalari VinyasaInstructor: Shiva Rea
Experience a dynamic introduction to the ancient Indian martial art form kalaripayattu, or kalari, and its shared roots within yoga and Ayurveda. We'll explore the fluid spiral strength of kalari, which includes Shiva's integration with Prana Flow vinyasa forms for embodying the instinctual shakti of yoga.
Course ID: M3SREA -- Level: Mixed Levels
Saturday, January 19 — 3:30pm - 5:30pm
Main Conference - Session 3
Notes: Mostly asana.
+ Jenny Sauer-Klein & Jeremy Simon - AcroYoga Inversions Technique for Teachers
AcroYoga Inversions Technique for Teachers Instructor: Jenny Sauer-Klein & Jeremy Simon
Explore a linear, progressive system for learning and teaching Headstand, Forearmstand, and Handstand to all levels, creating a solid foundation for new students and key refinements for experienced students. Teachers will learn how to help students build confidence by integrating acrobatic techniques and manifest a greater sense of ease upside down with a supportive partner as a spotter. Give the gift of empowerment by helping each other to overcome fear and balance in the middle of the room. All levels welcome.
Course ID: M3SKSI -- Level: Continue Your Education, Mixed Levels
Saturday, January 19 — 3:30pm - 5:30pm
Main Conference - Session 3
Notes: Discussion and asana.
+ Eric Shaw - The Reimagination of Yoga by Women: A History
The Reimagination of Yoga by Women: A HistoryInstructor: Eric Shaw
Discover how women have redirected the course of yoga's global evolution. Women were ancient Tantric gurus, early adapters of yoga in the 1890s and intial supporters of Swami Vivekananda when he brought yoga to the West. Other female workers in the field created flow yoga flow in the early 20th century and made care for community a main pillar of yoga's current philosophy. Come learn about women's powerful imprint on yoga, from ancient to modern times.
Course ID: M3SHAW -- Level: Contemplative, Mixed Levels
Saturday, January 19 — 3:30pm - 5:30pm
Main Conference - Session 3
Notes: Lecture.
+ David Swenson - Ashtanga Yoga: An Introduction—Discovering Fundamentals, Insights and Fun
Ashtanga Yoga: An Introduction—Discovering Fundamentals, Insights and FunInstructor: David Swenson
This class is an introduction to Ashtanga Yoga, and is open to all levels of experience or lack thereof. We'll explore the building blocks of Ashtanga Yoga through what David refers to as the Five Elements of Practice. Class begins with a short discussion followed by an introductory flow through an abbreviated sequence from the First Series. We'll end with a guided deep relaxation. Join us for a fun, flowing, and user-friendly adventure. **This class has been approved by American Council on Exercise (ACE) for 0.2 CECs.**
Course ID: M3SWEN -- Level: Beginners, Mixed Levels
Saturday, January 19 — 3:30pm - 5:30pm
Main Conference - Session 3
Notes: Mostly asana.
+ Rodney Yee & Colleen Saidman Yee - The Seed Ingredients of Lotus
The Seed Ingredients of LotusInstructor: Rodney Yee & Colleen Saidman Yee
Learn all about the fundamental elements necessary to work on this auspicious pose. More than just getting into or not getting into the pose, it is important to understand the energetic patterns that make up this sacred matrix. By learning the components separately and then layering them together in a harmonic sequence everyone can get the essence of this architecture. When nurtured properly this pose supports our spine effortlessly without violence.
Course ID: M3YEES -- Level: Mixed Levels
Saturday, January 19 — 3:30pm - 5:30pm
Main Conference - Session 3
Notes: Mostly asana.
+ Kathryn Budig - Spice Up Your Practice!
Spice Up Your Practice!Instructor: Kathryn Budig
Love yoga but feel like you're in a bit of a slump? Freshen up your routine and add some spice to your mat! This dynamic workshop explores new and exciting Sun Salutation variations, fun transitions, vigorous vinyasa, and new exit strategies. Add life to your yoga practice through an energetic class that gets the pulse and laughter flowing. Come with an open mind, a hungry appetite for excitement, and a towel to mop it all down. **This class has been approved by American Council on Exercise (ACE) for 0.2 CECs.**
Course ID: M4BUDI -- Level: Mixed Levels
Sunday, January 20 — 8:00am - 10:00am
Main Conference - Session 4
What to bring: A block.
Notes: Mostly asana.
+ Deborah Burkman - Foundations of Vinyasa Yoga
Foundations of Vinyasa YogaInstructor: Deborah Burkman
Join us for an in-depth look at Sun Salutations and a deepened understanding of breath, bandha, and drishti. We'll begin with a short lecture focusing on Patanjali's definition of "yoga," the results of practicing, and asana's context within the larger goals of yoga. Then we'll practice asana, focusing on Ujjai breathing, bandha, drishti, and an-in depth study of Sun Salutations A and B, including transitions and modifications.
Course ID: M4BURK -- Level: Beginners, Mixed Levels
Sunday, January 20 — 8:00am - 10:00am
Main Conference - Session 4
What to bring: A block.
Notes: Mostly asana.
+ Annie Carpenter - SmartFLOW Yoga: Twist and Shout!
SmartFLOW Yoga: Twist and Shout! Instructor: Annie Carpenter
This strong flow practice will move layer by layer, kosha by kosha--through your body to squeeze, flush, detox, and renew your body, mind, and heart. Annie will guide you through an intelligent sequence that combines just the right amount of juicy movement, pranayama, and clear, structurally sound instruction.
Course ID: M4CARP -- Level: Mixed Levels
Sunday, January 20 — 8:00am - 10:00am
Main Conference - Session 4
What to bring: A block.
Notes: Mostly asana.
+ Seane Corn - Empower Flow
Empower FlowInstructor: Seane Corn
Take a Stand! This physically invigorating and moderately paced vinyasa flow yoga class will get the heat cranked and initiate strength, flexibility, and stability in your practice. We'll move through a creative and challenging sequence of Sun Salutations A and B, standing poses, backbends, and forward bends with grace, agility, and ease, while inspiring inner power and purpose. Leave feeling cleansed, strengthened, motivated, and poised in your power and grace. **This class has been approved by American Council on Exercise (ACE) for 0.2 CECs.**
Course ID: M4CORN -- Level: Intermediate, Advanced
Sunday, January 20 — 8:00am - 10:00am
Main Conference - Session 4
Notes: Mostly asana.
+ Nikki Estrada - The Power of the Breath: Creating Dharana and Depth Through Your Breathing
The Power of the Breath: Creating Dharana and Depth Through Your BreathingInstructor: Nikki Estrada
Find out how to cultivate a satisfying practice that emphasizes your breath. The ancient yogis discovered that breath is the link between the spiritual and physical selves. When we feel distracted and scattered, it's the breath that will bring us back to center. Leading with the breath creates deep focus and leaves us calm and clear. Let's allow the breath to guide us through our practice and back to clarity and focus.
Course ID: M4ESTR -- Level: Mixed Levels
Sunday, January 20 — 8:00am - 10:00am
Main Conference - Session 4
Notes: Mostly asana with some pranayama and meditation.
+ Bo Forbes - Gateway to Prana: Empowering the Neck/Shoulder Axis in Vinyasa
Gateway to Prana: Empowering the Neck/Shoulder Axis in VinyasaInstructor: 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. Having either limited mobility or stability can lead to "closed-heart syndrome" and pranic dysregulation, in which the cervical spine and rotator cuff become vulnerable to injury, and the emotional body to anxiety and depression. We'll learn postural-alignment cues and fascial techniques to stabilize and release the neck-shoulder axis and regulate prana. Then we'll explore asana adaptations to help prevent injury to the neck and shoulders in your asana practice. 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 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 (M4FORB) 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.**
Course ID: M4FORB -- Level: Therapeutic, Mixed Levels
Sunday, January 20 — 8:00am - 10:00am
Main Conference - Session 4
What to bring: Bring a blanket, a strap, one to two blocks, and an eye pillow.
Notes: Asana, pranayama, and lecture.
+ Ana Forrest - Therapeutic Benefits of Backbends
Therapeutic Benefits of Backbends Instructor: Ana Forrest
Experience the therapeutic benefits of a Forrest Yoga backbend class. Create profound and freeing changes through intelligent hands-on adjustments. Feel the sequencing of a safe class, including how to warm up and warm down for backbends to stay injury-free. **This class has been approved by American Council on Exercise (ACE) for 0.2 CECs.**
Course ID: M4FORR -- Level: Therapeutic, Mixed Levels
Sunday, January 20 — 8:00am - 10:00am
Main Conference - Session 4
What to bring: Water, a strap (at least 6'), a block, 2 mats (OR 1 mat and a large beach towel or blanket.)
Notes: Mostly asana. The room will be heated.
+ Gurmukh Kaur Khalsa & Gurushabd Singh Khalsa - All the Answers Are Within You
All the Answers Are Within YouInstructor: Gurmukh Kaur Khalsa & Gurushabd Singh Khalsa
Sidestep the ego and tune in to the guidance of your higher self, transmitting the truth of your soul through intuition and heightened awareness. Connect to your higher purpose through the ancient technology of Kundalini Yoga and meditation. Learn to relax the control of the rational mind and release yourself from the cycle of worry, anxiety, and fear that obstruct your connection to your Truth.
Course ID: M4KHAL -- Level: Mixed Levels
Sunday, January 20 — 8:00am - 10:00am
Main Conference - Session 4
Notes: Active yoga, meditation, chanting, and Savasana.
+ Les Leventhal - Yoga & Recovery: The 12 Steps
Yoga & Recovery: The 12 StepsInstructor: Les Leventhal
Come explore behavior patterns that lead to destructive behavior, and connect with how distractions such as drugs, alcohol, food, smoking, sex, and shopping separate us from attaining our true, uncluttered nature. Using the 12 steps of recovery, the yamas, and the niyamas as guides, we'll gain insight into our old habits, samskaras. Then we'll move through a sequence that allows us to practice maintaining our awareness as we cycle through the 12 steps and their manifestation in our lives on and off the mat.
Course ID: M4LEVE -- Level: Mixed Levels
Sunday, January 20 — 8:00am - 10:00am
Main Conference - Session 4
Notes: Whether you are in a 12-step recovery program or not, you are welcome to attend. Mostly asana.
+ Tias Little - Establishing the Central Core
Establishing the Central CoreInstructor: Tias Little
Build core stability by strengthening the musculature and ligaments along the spine. We'll focus on bringing lightness and lift to the core body without tightening or causing constriction, and moving from the ilio-psoas and the inside sheath of the leg. **This class has been approved by American Council on Exercise (ACE) for 0.2 CECs.**
Course ID: M4LITT -- Level: Mixed Levels
Sunday, January 20 — 8:00am - 10:00am
Main Conference - Session 4
What to bring: A strap, block, and blanket.
Notes: Discussion and asana.
+ Janet MacLeod - Penetrate More Deeply With Props
Penetrate More Deeply With PropsInstructor: Janet MacLeod
BKS Iyengar initially designed props for weak or unwell students to assist them in the practice of asanas. Over the years, this original use has extended into the use of props for all. Skillful use of props can strengthen, stretch, support, open, create resistance, give a sense of direction, develop awareness, and give confidence. Come learn how to use props—and bring your practice to a new level.
Course ID: M4MACL -- Level: Continue Your Education
Sunday, January 20 — 8:00am - 10:00am
Main Conference - Session 4
What to bring: A mat, a long belt, a block and three blankets
+ Dharma Mittra - Extreme Maha Raja: The Foundation is Being Receptive to Grace
Extreme Maha Raja: The Foundation is Being Receptive to GraceInstructor: Dharma Mittra
Everything of this world starts as a thought, and then comes to be. Sri Dharma Mittra will begin with his renowned purification techniques series and continue into practical and spiritual lessons to help change your life today. Through these teachings you'll gain clarity, which leads to freedom (vairagya), removes toxins from the body noninvasively, and opens the chakra centers. Positive thinking becomes the foundation that leads one to travel the road of being receptive to Grace.
Course ID: M4MITT -- Level: Contemplative, Mixed Levels
Sunday, January 20 — 8:00am - 10:00am
Main Conference - Session 4
Notes: Lecture; includes spiritual techniques, cleansing practices, and spiritual discourses.
+ Eric Paskel - Yoga Rocks
Yoga RocksInstructor: Eric Paskel
This class will make you rethink what a yoga class can be like: refreshing, inspiring, awakening, heartfelt, loud, and lots of fun. Join us for a kick-your-asana kind of class, and some satsang to boot. This class is for anyone who isn't perfect, and wants to let it all hang out. Please bring lighters and wear your concert T's; no flash photography.
Course ID: M4PASK -- Level: Mixed Levels
Sunday, January 20 — 8:00am - 10:00am
Main Conference - Session 4
Notes: Asana with a splash of chanting and discussion.
+ Wesleigh Roeca - Hiking Yoga
Hiking YogaInstructor: Wesleigh Roeca
Hiking yoga brings fresh air and a new spirit of exploration to our practices. We'll sweat and breathe up and down the hills of San Francisco. Then we'll settle into four different yoga stations designed to stretch, open, and challenge our bodies. This unique 120-minute workout integrates the cardio of hiking with the power of yoga. We'll be outdoors, so wear comfortable layers and walking/running shoes.
Course ID: M4HIKE
Sunday, January 20 — 8:00am - 10:00am
Main Conference - Session 4
Notes: Rain or shine. Mats will be provided. For an optimal experience, the group will be capped at 20.
+ Richard Rosen - Modern Energy Circuits and Pranayama
Modern Energy Circuits and PranayamaInstructor: Richard Rosen
In traditional hatha yoga, vital energy or prana is said to circulate through the body in subtle channels called nadis. Because they are subtle, they're difficult to contact. But modern yogis have discovered an equivalent network of energetic "circuits," lines of imaginary force that mostly run along the surface of the body. They are thus much more accessible to the student, whether in performing a successful asana or as "seeds" for meditation. We'll trace, in an asana sequence, the major "modern nadis" of the legs and arms, torso, and head, then apply what we've learned to a beginning pranayama practice
Course ID: M4ROSE -- Level: Mixed Levels
Sunday, January 20 — 8:00am - 10:00am
Main Conference - Session 4
Notes: Discussion, asana, and pranayama.
+ Desiree Rumbaugh - Standing Poses for Beginners
Standing Poses for BeginnersInstructor: Desiree Rumbaugh
Standing poses can be very liberating and healing. Often, beginners find them challenging or even painful. With the introduction of a few simple principles of biomechanics and alignment, you will feel empowered in your practice to make these poses more accessible and even enjoyable. **This class has been approved by American Council on Exercise (ACE) for 0.2 CECs.**
Course ID: M4RUMB -- Level: Beginners
Sunday, January 20 — 8:00am - 10:00am
Main Conference - Session 4
Notes: Mostly asana.
+ David Swenson - All Aboard the Ashtanga Train: A Fully Conducted Primary Series Class
All Aboard the Ashtanga Train: A Fully Conducted Primary Series ClassInstructor: David Swenson
This class is designed for those already familiar with the First Series of Ashtanga Yoga. It will be conducted like a train ride that will continue moving from the opening Sun Salutations to the closing sequence. There will be time at the end of the flow to enjoy a deep relaxation. **This class has been approved by American Council on Exercise (ACE) for 0.2 CECs.**
Course ID: M4SWEN -- Level: Intermediate
Sunday, January 20 — 8:00am - 10:00am
Main Conference - Session 4
Notes: Please be familiar with the Primary Series. Asana.
+ Mas Vidal - Detox Yoga & Ayurveda: Cleanse, Enlighten, and Celebrate Unity
Detox Yoga & Ayurveda: Cleanse, Enlighten, and Celebrate UnityInstructor: Mas Vidal
This class takes a detoxifying Ayurvedic approach to hot yoga, in which the heat comes from within. Learn how to awaken your inner fires (agnis) to cleanse every morsel of your physical and energetic body. Experience a mindful Ayurvedic yoga approach to purifying your body of toxins, excess fat, and phlegm through a multi dynamic yoga practice infused with special combinations of postures and sequences and powerful breathing exercises in a warm body.
Course ID: M4VIDA -- Level: Mixed Levels
Sunday, January 20 — 8:00am - 10:00am
Main Conference - Session 4
Notes: Mostly asana and purifying breathwork
+ Kathryn Budig - Aim True
Aim TrueInstructor: Kathryn Budig
Set every practice, day, and breath with the power of your intention. Come learn to tap into what it means to "aim true" in our lives and to conquer fear to reach love. Find your inner archer and physically manifest through asana what it means to be empowered, aware, and compassionate. Creative sequencing will help you to tackle the poses that you dread so you can come out stronger and fearless. Come join the hunt for our authentic selves. **This class has been approved by American Council on Exercise (ACE) for 0.2 CECs.**
Course ID: M5BUDI -- Level: Mixed Levels
Sunday, January 20 — 11:00am - 1:00pm
Main Conference - Session 5
What to bring: A strap, a block, a pad of paper, and a writing utensil.
Notes: Lecture followed by flow.
+ Deborah Burkman - Focus on Backbending
Focus on Backbending Instructor: Deborah Burkman
Backbends can be invigorating. Come learn how to practice them safely and effectively. We'll begin with Sun Salutations to warm the body. Then we'll turn our attention to backbending, learning basic anatomy of the spine and the importance of the shoulders, core, and leg strength as they relate to these poses. We'll explore all types of backbending--on our stomachs, on our knees, on our backs, and standing--and wind down with a series of forward folds and inversions to counter the effects of backbending and calm the body.
Course ID: M5BURK -- Level: Intermediate
Sunday, January 20 — 11:00am - 1:00pm
Main Conference - Session 5
What to bring: A block and a strap.
Notes: Mostly asana.
+ Annie Carpenter - Introduction to Yogic Back Care: Neck and Shoulders
Introduction to Yogic Back Care: Neck and ShouldersInstructor: Annie Carpenter
In this slow flow therapeutic practice, we'll address stabilizing the shoulder girdle, opening the chest, strengthening the upper back, and releasing the neck. The practice will be deep and strong but accessible to all levels. This class will be especially interesting for anyone with upper back or neck issues, as well as for teachers.
Course ID: M5CARP -- Level: Therapeutic, Mixed Levels
Sunday, January 20 — 11:00am - 1:00pm
Main Conference - Session 5
What to bring: A strap.
Notes: Discussion and asana.
+ Seane Corn - Yoga Light FM
Yoga Light FMInstructor: Seane Corn
Take a yogic journey through classic soft-rock hits from the '70s and '80s'. Tap into your inner lover, and reminisce on the songs that helped you through breakups and made you cry in your high school (or middle school) bathroom--all as you move through the asanas. This fun, lighthearted, and soulful vinyasa class is a celebration of who you were then, and how you've grown into deeper love now--with your body, in your relationships, and with your life.
Course ID: M5CORN -- Level: Mixed Levels
Sunday, January 20 — 11:00am - 1:00pm
Main Conference - Session 5
Notes: Mostly asana.
+ Jason Crandell - Injury Prevention and Management in the Classroom
Injury Prevention and Management in the Classroom Instructor: Jason Crandell
Helping students manage their injuries in a public class--and, ensuring that you are creating a skillful environment that decreases the potential for new injuries--requires ongoing practice and education. Learn a big-picture approach for dealing with injuries that uses a specific protocol for responding to students' pain in a responsible, appropriate way. We'll also cover common knee, hip, back, and shoulder challenges and provide a few accessible ways that students with these challenges can still thrive in a group class. **This class has been approved by American Council on Exercise (ACE) for 0.2 CECs.**
Course ID: M5CRAN -- Level: Continue Your Education
Sunday, January 20 — 11:00am - 1:00pm
Main Conference - Session 5
Notes: For teachers. Mostly discussion and lecture, some asana.
+ Nikki Estrada - Savasana: The Ultimate Pose!
Savasana: The Ultimate Pose!Instructor: Nikki Estrada
Savasana is arguably the most important posture we practice. It's when we reset and balance the physical, mental, and energy bodies. Most of us are too busy, overscheduled, and overdoing. We land on the mat but often can't turn off the thinking mind or fully let go when we get to Savasana. Through a flowing series of challenging postures organized to facilitate a deep letting go, we'll make our way to this ultimate posture. Come and move your way into a deeply satisfying and restorative Savasana.
Course ID: M5ESTR -- Level: Mixed Levels
Sunday, January 20 — 11:00am - 1:00pm
Main Conference - Session 5
What to bring: Your favorite Savasana props (eye pillow, blanket, etc.)
Notes: Mostly asana.
+ Maty Ezraty - Protect, Unwind, and Strengthen the Lower Back
Protect, Unwind, and Strengthen the Lower BackInstructor: Maty Ezraty
Having a healthy lower back is paramount to a healthy lifestyle. Come work on the key underlining principles that emphasize how to heal, strengthen, and protect the lower back using a variety of poses including standing, simple backbending, seated, and supine poses.
Course ID: M5EZRA -- Level: Beginners, Therapeutic, Mixed Levels
Sunday, January 20 — 11:00am - 1:00pm
Main Conference - Session 5
What to bring: A block is optional.
Notes: Mostly asana. Teachers welcome.
+ Richard Freeman - Detailed Meditative Flow
Detailed Meditative FlowInstructor: Richard Freeman
Come for an intricate exploration of the internal forms of Ashtanga Yoga based on postures of the primary series. The universal form of internally integrated yoga posture will be experienced as a continuous joining and separating of masculine and feminine movements. Students will learn to pay close attention to the meditative quality of form and movement as a means of bringing refinement to their practice. Paying detailed attention to subtle technique will prove to be the way of avoiding injury and integrating obstacles. **This class has been approved by American Council on Exercise (ACE) for 0.2 CECs.**
Course ID: M5FREE -- Level: Mixed Levels
Sunday, January 20 — 11:00am - 1:00pm
Main Conference - Session 5
Notes: Mostly asana.
+ Julie Gudmestad - Upper Body Strength for Wimps
Upper Body Strength for WimpsInstructor: Julie Gudmestad
Poses that bear weight on the arms can be a real challenge for students who come to yoga with weak upper bodies. We'll offer a gently progressive series of poses to build strength in the arms, chest and shoulders, setting the stage for challenging poses like Urdhva Mukha Svanasana (Upward-Facing Dog) and inversions. Neck and shoulder alignment will be emphasized to avoid injury while building strength. Each student will leave with the knowledge of what they need to work on to progress to the next level. **This class has been approved by American Council on Exercise (ACE) for 0.2 CECs.**
Course ID: M5GUDM
Sunday, January 20 — 11:00am - 1:00pm
Main Conference - Session 5
What to bring: Bring a mat, blanket, and strap and two blocks.
Notes: Mostly asana.
+ Eric Kipp - Hiking Yoga
Hiking YogaInstructor: Eric Kipp
Hiking yoga brings fresh air and a new spirit of exploration to our practices. We'll sweat and breathe up and down the hills of San Francisco. Then we'll settle into four different yoga stations designed to stretch, open, and challenge our bodies. This unique 120-minute workout integrates the cardio of hiking with the power of yoga. We'll be outdoors, so wear comfortable layers and walking/running shoes.
Course ID: M5HIKE
Sunday, January 20 — 11:00am - 1:00pm
Main Conference - Session 5
Notes: Rain or shine. Mats will be provided. For an optimal experience, the group will be capped at 20.
+ Judith Hanson Lasater - Practicing From the Root: Moving From the Pelvic Floor in Asana
Practicing From the Root: Moving From the Pelvic Floor in AsanaInstructor: Judith Hanson Lasater
The pelvic floor supports the base of the pelvis, and thus the spine, and affects our ability to move in asana. This workshop will be a practice session focusing on how to create an introspective and enjoyable practice of all types of asana, while coordinating breathing with pelvic-floor movements. **This class has been approved by American Council on Exercise (ACE) for 0.2 CECs.**
Course ID: M5LASA -- Level: Mixed Levels
Sunday, January 20 — 11:00am - 1:00pm
Main Conference - Session 5
Notes: Asana and discussion. Some prior yoga experience recommended.
+ Cyndi Lee - Sweet Sweaty Sukha Flow
Sweet Sweaty Sukha FlowInstructor: Cyndi Lee
You know that feeling at the end of a great yoga class? That is sukha, or "good space." This is the opposite of dukha, our day-to-day experiences of chafing, dis-ease, or struggle. Yoga, meditation, and pranayama are time-tested antidotes to dukha because they reverse the momentum of our habits. Come for a creative and fun practice to help you find a personal path toward a more sukha-filled life. Pop quizzes, minihomework, and some jokes may arise. **This class has been approved by American Council on Exercise (ACE) for 0.2 CECs.**
Course ID: M5CLEE -- Level: Mixed Levels
Sunday, January 20 — 11:00am - 1:00pm
Main Conference - Session 5
Notes: Mostly asana and some meditation.
+ Giselle Mari - Hot, Hip & Holy
Hot, Hip & Holy Instructor: Giselle Mari
Are you ready to be free? In this rebellious yet reverential Jivamukti Yoga class, you'll go on a unique spiritual journey using sound, touch, and movement accompanied by music that uplifts and inspires you to realize your highest potential. Prepare yourself for a vigorous practice replete with classic Jivamukti sequences that will tap into your past, present, future, and maybe even your wild side. If you have an open mind, a sense of humor, and are interested in your enlightenment, this class is for you.
Course ID: M5GIMA -- Level: Mixed Levels
Sunday, January 20 — 11:00am - 1:00pm
Main Conference - Session 5
Notes: Mostly asana.
+ Eric Paskel - Relationship Revelations
Relationship RevelationsInstructor: Eric Paskel
Perfect relationship, according to the Vedas, is no relationship at all. The moment there is a "you" and "I" there is a sense of "otherness" and the moment there is otherness the relationship is spoiled. Come learn the four golden rules to perfecting your relationships. A pose can't help you stretch beyond your ignorance; only knowledge can. In this interactive lecture, there will be no place to hide.
Course ID: M5PASK -- Level: Contemplative, Mixed Levels
Sunday, January 20 — 11:00am - 1:00pm
Main Conference - Session 5
Notes: Interactive lecture.
+ Jenny Sauer-Klein & Jeremy Simon - Fly Free in the AcroYoga Playground!
Fly Free in the AcroYoga Playground!Instructor: Jenny Sauer-Klein & Jeremy Simon
This joyful practice creates a safe environment to explore trust, connection, and playfulness in the spirit of coming together. We'll play with all the disciplines that AcroYoga offers, combining yoga, acrobatics, and Thai Yoga Massage. Through this process of conscious interaction, we'll build trust, fly free, and enjoy the beauty we can create with our bodies as a community of yogis.
Course ID: M5SKSI -- Level: Mixed Levels
Sunday, January 20 — 11:00am - 1:00pm
Main Conference - Session 5
Notes: No partner needed.
+ Sianna Sherman - Vinyasa: Sustainable, Powerful and Evolutionary
Vinyasa: Sustainable, Powerful and Evolutionary Instructor: Sianna Sherman
Be in the flow with skillful alignment techniques to increase insight, endurance, and commitment with every practice. This intermediate vinyasa flow will explore a full terrain of asana including arm balances and backbends. When alignment is present in the deep friendship of breath and self-love, then every practice will generate a positive reservoir of life-force energy to sustain you in the most powerful and evolutionary way.
Course ID: M5SHER -- Level: Intermediate
Sunday, January 20 — 11:00am - 1:00pm
Main Conference - Session 5
Notes: Mostly asana.
+ 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. **This class has been approved by American Council on Exercise (ACE) for 0.2 CECs.**
Course ID: M5SWEN -- Level: Mixed Levels
Sunday, January 20 — 11:00am - 1:00pm
Main Conference - Session 5
Notes: Asana practice with partner work.
+ Mas Vidal - The Spirit of Ayurveda & Yoga
The Spirit of Ayurveda & YogaInstructor: Mas Vidal
Experience what makes Ayurveda a spiritual healing system, and how it can bring great power and healing to your yoga practice. We'll embrace the theme of transcendence through a creative yogic practice that combines asanas as sacred gestures to the forces of nature for healing the body and mind. Special energy mantras and pranayama will also be combined to guide us into the heart, the spirit of both Ayurveda and yoga. Wisdom of the Bhagavad Gita, practice, and healing are woven into the class through some discussion and metaphors to make yoga and Veda...One, for You!
Course ID: M5VIDA -- Level: Therapeutic, Contemplative, Mixed Levels
Sunday, January 20 — 11:00am - 1:00pm
Main Conference - Session 5
Notes: Discussion and asana.
+ Jane Austin - Juicing the Hips
Juicing the HipsInstructor: Jane Austin
Hydrating the hips is essential for the healthy functioning of our physical, mental, and emotional bodies. Come explore the relationship of the muscles of the hips and pelvis. Through breathwork and asana, we'll first locate the muscle of the "true core" and begin to nourish and hydrate it. Through subtle and not-so-subtle practices, we'll open up a dialogue with that place deep within. Come prepared to meet your psoas and other friends of your pelvic floor. Let the juicing begin!
Course ID: M6AUST -- Level: Mixed Levels
Sunday, January 20 — 3:30pm - 5:30pm
Main Conference - Session 6
Notes: For men and women. Asana and meditation with some discussion and live harp music.
+ Baxter Bell - Yoga for Arthritis
Yoga for ArthritisInstructor: Baxter Bell
Osteoarthritis can affect any joint in the body, from the toes all the way on up through the neck. Come learn more about osteoarthritis and how yoga can help you maintain, and perhaps even increase, your mobility in affected joints, while at the same time managing your pain. We'll move though all the important joints of the body, using simple, accessible yoga asanas to strengthen the muscles around joints and maintain flexibility and mobility while nourishing the joints themselves.
Course ID: M6BELL -- Level: Continue Your Education, Mixed Levels
Sunday, January 20 — 3:30pm - 5:30pm
Main Conference - Session 6
Notes: Discussion and asana.
+ Jason Crandell - Building Sustainable Strength
Building Sustainable StrengthInstructor: Jason Crandell
Learn accessible, effective ways to build balanced strength throughout your entire body. You will discover lasting ways to make minor alterations to your practice that will successfully target your core, legs, hips, and upper body. Come fine-tune your body, learn about efficient strength building, and discover greater stability in your practice for years to come. **This class has been approved by American Council on Exercise (ACE) for 0.2 CECs.**
Course ID: M6CRAN -- Level: Mixed Levels
Sunday, January 20 — 3:30pm - 5:30pm
Main Conference - Session 6
Notes: Mostly asana.
+ Maty Ezraty - Earth Power: From the Ground Up Leading to Deep Relaxation
Earth Power: From the Ground Up Leading to Deep RelaxationInstructor: Maty Ezraty
Standing poses are the heart of a yoga practice—an invaluable gift that yoga has to offer. They build stability and confidence, develop mental focus, open the hips, protect the low back, and create stability and overall strength in the body. Learn to use standing poses to develop deep focus leading into breathwork and deep relaxation. Leave feeling refreshed, light, and yet grounded.
Course ID: M6EZRA -- Level: Mixed Levels
Sunday, January 20 — 3:30pm - 5:30pm
Main Conference - Session 6
Notes: Asana and meditation.
+ Bo Forbes - Neuroscience and Yoga: How Practice Creates Change
Neuroscience and Yoga: How Practice Creates ChangeInstructor: Bo Forbes
Discover the five most important findings from emerging research in neuroscience, yoga, and mindfulness and see how to translate this research into practice, creating a yogic learning laboratory for healing. We'll play with the "infrastructure interventions" that change the very nature of how we practice, and then use these interventions to construct several cutting-edge practices and embodied experiences that shift the patterns of anxiety, depression, and chronic stress. Through subtle yet deeply powerful tools from the yoga and mindfulness traditions, we'll learn how to soothe the mind, regulate the nervous system, pranify the physical body, and enhance immunity, forging a direct path to optimal functioning.
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 (M6FORB) 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.**
Course ID: M6FORB -- Level: Mixed Levels
Sunday, January 20 — 3:30pm - 5:30pm
Main Conference - Session 6
What to bring: A blanket, a strap, an eye pillow, and two blocks.
Notes: Asana, pranayama, restorative yoga, and lecture.
+ Amanda Giacomini & MC Yogi - Yoga as Pilgrimage
Yoga as Pilgrimage Instructor: Amanda Giacomini & MC Yogi
A pilgrimage is taking a journey to a sacred place while having a specific purpose, generally one that benefits something or someone you love. Weaving together asana, pranayama, poetry, storytelling, music, and art, MC Yogi and Amanda Giacomini guide you through a flowing yoga practice designed to be a pilgrimage into the heart of yoga.
Course ID: M6GIAC -- Level: Mixed Levels
Sunday, January 20 — 3:30pm - 5:30pm
Main Conference - Session 6
Notes: Previous yoga experience recommended. Mostly asana.
+ Eric Kipp - Hiking Yoga
Hiking YogaInstructor: Eric Kipp
Hiking yoga brings fresh air and a new spirit of exploration to our practices. We'll sweat and breathe up and down the hills of San Francisco. Then we'll settle into four different yoga stations designed to stretch, open, and challenge our bodies. This unique 120-minute workout integrates the cardio of hiking with the power of yoga. We'll be outdoors, so wear comfortable layers and walking/running shoes.
Course ID: M6HIKE
Sunday, January 20 — 3:30pm - 5:30pm
Main Conference - Session 6
Notes: Rain or shine. Mats will be provided. For an optimal experience, the group will be capped at 20.
+ Gary Kraftsow - Meditation, Contemplation, and Transformation
Meditation, Contemplation, and TransformationInstructor: Gary Kraftsow
Meditation begins as we master the fluctuation of attention and can begin to direct our minds. Self-reflection helps us bring our unconscious patterns, motivations, and tendencies into conscious awareness. Once we begin to gain this control, we can set a new direction for our lives, rather than being pushed and pulled along. Mantra japa and contemplation help us gain insight and understanding into the deeper mystery of ourselves and the broader meaning of life. We'll use self-reflective meditation, mantra japa, and contemplation to support our inner journey. **This class has been approved by American Council on Exercise (ACE) for 0.2 CECs.**
Course ID: M6KRAF -- Level: Beginners, Contemplative, Mixed Levels
Sunday, January 20 — 3:30pm - 5:30pm
Main Conference - Session 6
Notes: Discussion and meditation.
+ Judith Hanson Lasater - Restorative Yoga
Restorative Yoga Instructor: Judith Hanson Lasater
Explore the theory and the practice of restorative yoga. Props are essential to this practice. **This class has been approved by American Council on Exercise (ACE) for 0.2 CECs.**
Course ID: M6LASA -- Level: Therapeutic, Mixed Levels
Sunday, January 20 — 3:30pm - 5:30pm
Main Conference - Session 6
What to bring: At least three blankets, an eye cover, a strap, and, if possible, a bolster. The more props, the more relaxation.
Notes: Mostly practice.
+ Cyndi Lee - May I Be Happy
May I Be HappyInstructor: Cyndi Lee
This class offers you an integrated practice of active vinyasa and maitri, lovingkindness practice. The first path toward finding a life full of love and joy, and free of resentment must be to cultivate appreciation of our own goodness. This integrated practice will help shift our neurological patterns of negative self-judgment toward imprints of kindness, self-compassion, caring, and acceptance. **This class has been approved by American Council on Exercise (ACE) for 0.2 CECs.**
Course ID: M6CLEE -- Level: Mixed Levels
Sunday, January 20 — 3:30pm - 5:30pm
Main Conference - Session 6
Notes: Mostly asana and some meditation.
+ Les Leventhal - Beyond Barriers
Beyond BarriersInstructor: Les Leventhal
Many of us are bound by stereotypes, cultural expectations, and sometimes even law. Similarly, we have physical and psychological limitations, injuries, and edges in our yoga practice. Come deconstruct our boundaries, on and off the mat. We'll use asana to foster action, pranayama to create space, and meditation to reframe the way we sit with the lines that society has drawn for us. We'll cultivate expansiveness and openness, so that rather than confine ourselves to the boundaries we've internalized, we can practice, feel, think, and act in an authentic way.
Course ID: M6LEVE -- Level: Mixed Levels
Sunday, January 20 — 3:30pm - 5:30pm
Main Conference - Session 6
Notes: Mostly asana with some pranayama and meditation.
+ Janet MacLeod - Heavenly Hanumanasana
Heavenly HanumanasanaInstructor: Janet MacLeod
The key to getting into a more advanced pose safely and with relative ease is skillful sequencing. Come learn a series of postures that will prepare you for Hanumanasana, also known as "the splits." Experience a balance of steadiness and ease as described in Patanjali's Yoga Sutra, perhaps even getting into a pose you never thought you could. **This class has been approved by American Council on Exercise (ACE) for 0.2 CECs.**
Course ID: M6MACL -- Level: Mixed Levels
Sunday, January 20 — 3:30pm - 5:30pm
Main Conference - Session 6
What to bring: A mat, a long strap, a block and three blankets
Notes: Mostly asana.
+ Giselle Mari - The Inner Light Bright: Chakra Tuning Workshop
The Inner Light Bright: Chakra Tuning WorkshopInstructor: Giselle Mari
The chakras are portals through which we perceive reality. We'll explore the attributes of each of these seven colorful energetic wheels from the root to the crown through mantra, asana, and high intention. By energetically inhabiting each of these centers, we're able to address our karmas (past actions) and home in on possible root causes of our emotional, mental, and physical challenges. This practice has the power to instigate healing, ignite your inner light, and change your perception to make way for discovering your true nature.
Course ID: M6GIMA -- Level: Mixed Levels
Sunday, January 20 — 3:30pm - 5:30pm
Main Conference - Session 6
What to bring: A blanket.
Notes: Lecture and asana.
+ Desiree Rumbaugh - Cultivating a Home Practice
Cultivating a Home PracticeInstructor: Desiree Rumbaugh
Classes and workshops are essential to learning how to have a yoga practice that will keep you safe, strong, and centered. But when it is time for you to begin practicing on your own, many students feel apprehensive and unsure about how to begin. Come learn how to be your own teacher and to design practices that serve you in any capacity including restorative, therapeutic, strengthening, and increasing flexibility. **This class has been approved by American Council on Exercise (ACE) for 0.2 CECs.**
Course ID: M6RUMB -- Level: Mixed Levels
Sunday, January 20 — 3:30pm - 5:30pm
Main Conference - Session 6
Notes: Discussion and asana.
+ Jenny Sauer-Klein & Jeremy Simon - Thai Yoga Massage Assists
Thai Yoga Massage AssistsInstructor: Jenny Sauer-Klein & Jeremy Simon
Cultivate self-love with an asana sequence that helps you embody Thai Yoga Massage techniques and stances. From this place of overflowing joy and ease, we'll give and receive a guided Thai Yoga Massage sequence infused with lovingkindness that can assist us in deepening our own yoga practice. Special attention will be given to delightful restorative assists that can be given in Savasana.
Course ID: M6SKSI -- Level: Continue Your Education, Mixed Levels
Sunday, January 20 — 3:30pm - 5:30pm
Main Conference - Session 6
Notes: Thai massage with partner work. Recommended for teachers.
+ Eric Shaw - Why the Buddha Burns: Actions and Anatomies of the Yoga Subtle Body
Why the Buddha Burns: Actions and Anatomies of the Yoga Subtle BodyInstructor: Eric Shaw
From the earliest times, yogis explored altered states to discover anatomies hidden from normal eyes. They saw auras, subtle breaths, and energy wheels, and called them koshas, pranas, and chakras. As yogis built regimens for health and realization, they learned to transform neediness into openness and love. Leveraging the inner anatomy, they burned through desire with the agnis: the flames of an open heart. Come discover how your inner world is structured and how it is used for transformation on the yoga path.
Course ID: M6SHAW -- Level: Contemplative, Mixed Levels
Sunday, January 20 — 3:30pm - 5:30pm
Main Conference - Session 6
Notes: Lecture.
+ Sianna Sherman - Therapeutics: Health and Freedom for the Upper Body
Therapeutics: Health and Freedom for the Upper BodyInstructor: Sianna Sherman
Come discover radiant health in the shoulders, neck, and upper body. We'll explore optimal alignment principles, basic anatomy, and therapeutic asana in an interactive, hands-on approach. Deepen your understanding of the power of asana to heal the body and learn skillful adjustments. Please come with a willingness to support and help each other.
Course ID: M6SHER -- Level: Therapeutic, Mixed Levels
Sunday, January 20 — 3:30pm - 5:30pm
Main Conference - Session 6
Notes: Mostly asana with partner work.
+ Rusty Wells - Bhakti Flow: Love, American Style
Bhakti Flow: Love, American StyleInstructor: Rusty Wells
This freestyle vinyasa class is all about devotion in motion. We'll place strong focus on various backbends, inversions, and twists. A bhakti flow experience sets the stage for spontaneous meditation to occur. It is a prayer-filled dance to the Beloved. Come prepared to sing, sweat, sweat some more, and flow!
Course ID: M6WELL -- Level: Intermediate, Advanced
Sunday, January 20 — 3:30pm - 5:30pm
Main Conference - Session 6
Notes: Mostly asana.
+ Jane Austin - Teaching Yoga to Pregnant Women
Teaching Yoga to Pregnant WomenInstructor: Jane Austin
Learn how yoga can support women through the transformation of pregnancy, birth, and beyond. This class includes information on pregnancy's physiological changes, posture modifications, therapeutics, and contraindications. We'll also explore yoga as a preparation for birth, focusing on the physical, mental, and spiritual aspects of becoming a mother.
Course ID: AMAUST -- Level: Continue Your Education
Monday, January 21 — 9:00am - 4:30pm
Monday All-Day Intensives
+ Baxter Bell - Yoga for Healthy Aging
Yoga for Healthy Aging Instructor: Baxter Bell
Yoga is a powerful tool for fostering healthy aging. In the morning portion of this class, you'll learn how to maintain strength, flexibility, balance, and agility as you age by focusing your asana practice. In the afternoon, we'll focus on stress management and cultivating equanimity. Supported inversions, restorative yoga, and deep relaxation foster physical health and spiritual well-being. Mindfulness practices and yoga philosophy enable us to face life's vicissitudes with grace and composure.
Course ID: AMBELL -- Level: Mixed Levels
Monday, January 21 — 9:00am - 4:30pm
Monday All-Day Intensives
Notes: Discussion and asana.
+ Jnani Chapman - The Nonphysical Practices of Yoga Therapy for Healing in Medical Settings
The Nonphysical Practices of Yoga Therapy for Healing in Medical Settings Instructor: Jnani Chapman
Discover the nonphysical practices of yoga that assist people in mobilizing their inner resources for healing when faced with chronic or life-threatening conditions, including cancer, heart, and autoimmune diseases. We'll discuss bringing these practices into medical settings from a body organs and systems perspective. Topics include the physiology of breath and movement, common symptoms and side effects, yoga texts, pratyahara, imagery, meditation and pranayama.
Course ID: AMCHAP -- Level: Continue Your Education, Therapeutic, Mixed Levels
Monday, January 21 — 9:00am - 4:30pm
Monday All-Day Intensives
Notes: For health professionals and health care administrators, yoga teachers, caregivers, and people who have been diagnosed with cancer or stable chronic conditions. Lecture & discussion interspersed with easy asana, pranayama, imagery, and meditation.
+ Bo Forbes - Lymphatic Web: Revitalizing the Immune System, Emotional Body, and Happiness Pathways
Lymphatic Web: Revitalizing the Immune System, Emotional Body, and Happiness Pathways Instructor: 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. Using Integrative Yoga Therapeutics, we'll explore ways to flush toxins from all components of the Lymphatic Web, enhancing physical, emotional, 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 (AMFORB) 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.
Course ID: AMFORB -- Level: Continue Your Education, Therapeutic, Mixed Levels
Monday, January 21 — 9:00am - 4:30pm
Monday All-Day Intensives
What to bring: A bolster or two to three blankets, an eye pillow, and two blocks.
Notes: Asana, pranayama, restorative yoga, and lecture.
+ Julie Gudmestad - Muscle Imbalances and Back Pain
Muscle Imbalances and Back Pain Instructor: Julie Gudmestad
Muscle imbalances around the hips and spine can contribute to back pain and injuries. We'll study the anatomy of important antagonists, including the hamstrings versus the psoas, and the abdominals versus the erector spinae. Then we'll practice yoga poses and sequences to help correct imbalances, improve pelvic and spinal alignment, and relieve back pain.
Course ID: AMGUDM -- Level: Continue Your Education, Therapeutic, Mixed Levels
Monday, January 21 — 9:00am - 4:30pm
Monday All-Day Intensives
Notes: Discussion, asana, and partner work.
+ Gary Kraftsow - Evidence-Based Viniyoga Therapy for Stress Management
Evidence-Based Viniyoga Therapy for Stress Management Instructor: Gary Kraftsow
Stress and disturbing emotions play a primary role in contributing to disease. Yoga has tremendous potential for assisting the general population with reducing stress and the effects of stress-related diseases. Come learn the techniques that Gary used in a 12-week multiregion study on stress management for Aetna Insurance Company. The intervention introduced tools for managing stress including asana, breathing techniques, relaxation, mental techniques, and education. The data analysis showed statistically significant results in reducing stress. Through lecture and practice, Gary will cover methods used in the study to relieve musculoskeletal tension and headaches, improve sleep, increase feelings of well-being, and improve coping strategies for dealing with stressful events and the subsequent negative symptoms.
Course ID: AMKRAF -- Level: Therapeutic, Mixed Levels
Monday, January 21 — 9:00am - 4:30pm
Monday All-Day Intensives
Notes: Lecture and practice.
+ Judith Hanson Lasater - Stop Tucking Your Tailbone!
Stop Tucking Your Tailbone!Instructor: Judith Hanson Lasater
We were meant to have curves in our spine. Learn why (through anatomy) and how (with asana) to stop tucking and begin to love your curved lower back. Tucking in standing does not "strengthen the back." Actually, it weakens it. Tucking does not "tone" the abdominal muscles—it weakens them. Learn the anatomical facts about why virtually no one you know has a "swayback," and how many people have become pain-free when they allow their natural curves to remain.
Course ID: AMLASA -- Level: Continue Your Education, Therapeutic, Mixed Levels
Monday, January 21 — 9:00am - 4:30pm
Monday All-Day Intensives
Notes: Lecture and asana practice.
+ Kelly McGonigal - The Science of Willpower
The Science of WillpowerInstructor: Kelly McGonigal
Learn how to create and commit to a yoga practice that strengthens the courage, focus, self-compassion, and mindfulness we all need to overcome challenges and make difficult changes. Explore the biggest myths about willpower and the latest research on how mind-body practices can support everything from weight loss to recovering from addiction, anxiety, and other patterns that can keep you from living your best, most authentic life. Leave with new ideas and practices to support your path of personal transformation, or to share with others.
Course ID: AMMCGO -- Level: Mixed Levels
Monday, January 21 — 9:00am - 4:30pm
Monday All-Day Intensives
Notes: Active and gentle asana practice, pranayama, relaxation, meditation, self-reflection, lecture, and discussion.
+ Jenny Sauer-Klein - Evolutionary Leadership: Personal Transformation through Teaching Yoga
Evolutionary Leadership: Personal Transformation through Teaching YogaInstructor: Jenny Sauer-Klein
Calling all trailblazers, truth seekers, and leading-edge creators! Embrace the path of teaching as a reciprocal process of evolution, in which both teacher and student are transformed through mutual reflection and empowerment. In an atmosphere of pure positive support, come discover, reveal, and embody the unique living truth of who you are as your greatest offering and most potent teaching. We'll use guided movement, interactive exercises, contemplation, ceremony, journaling, dialogue, and embodied practices to allow your highest vision to manifest in a way that is meaningful and joyful.
Course ID: AMSKLE -- Level: Continue Your Education
Monday, January 21 — 9:00am - 4:30pm
Monday All-Day Intensives
Notes: Guided movement, interactive exercises, contemplation, ceremony, journaling, dialogue, and embodied practices.
+ Desiree Rumbaugh - Taking the Seat of the Teacher
Taking the Seat of the TeacherInstructor: Desiree Rumbaugh
Take the time to dive even more deeply into the art of teaching yoga and learn how to create better connections with your students and other teachers. In the morning, we'll practice both verbal and manual adjustments that safely and properly align the students and make their experience of yoga more valuable. In the afternoon, we'll discuss sequences, themes, and therapeutics as well as dynamics of the yoga workplace that affect your job.
Course ID: AFRUMB -- Level: Continue Your Education
Friday, January 18 — 9:00am - 4:30pm
Friday All-Day Intensives
Notes: Discussion, asana, and partner work.
+ Maty Ezraty - Reading Bodies and Hands-On Adjustments
Reading Bodies and Hands-On Adjustments Instructor: Maty Ezraty
Reading bodies and giving hands-on adjustments are fundamental tools for both students and teachers. Come develop your ability to see and touch effectively. We'll learn to be sensitive with our hands, see when a posture could benefit from an adjustment, and make those adjustments safely and effectively. This class will provide essential training for all who wish to deepen and refine their asana practice and teaching skills.
Course ID: M1EZRA -- Level: Continue Your Education, Mixed Levels
Saturday, January 19 — 8:00am - 10:00am
Main Conference - Session 1
Notes: Discussion, asana, and partner work.
+ Bo Forbes - Gut Wisdom: Awakening the Intelligence of the Core Body
Gut Wisdom: Awakening the Intelligence of the Core BodyInstructor: 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 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 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 program is also approved by the National Association of Social Workers (Provider #886459124) for two (2) continuing education contact hours.
Course ID: M2FORB -- Level: Continue Your Education, Mixed Levels
Saturday, January 19 — 11:00am - 1:00pm
Main Conference - Session 2
What to bring: A blanket, a strap, an eye pillow, and two blocks.
Notes: Asana, pranayama, restorative yoga, and lecture.
+ David Swenson - Through the Eyes of a Teacher: See the Invisible World of Energy Lines and Flow Patterns
Through the Eyes of a Teacher: See the Invisible World of Energy Lines and Flow PatternsInstructor: David Swenson
Learn how to begin to recognize patterns of energy flow in someone else. We'll do this through hands-on adjusting techniques to enhance the inherent energy patterns at play within specific asanas. By helping others, students will then try to recognize the same energy flow patterns within their own body and personal practice. We'll explore the dynamics of Downward Dog, followed by a sampling of asanas from the standing sequence as well as some seated postures. Whether or not you teach, it's valuable to learn to recognize and feel lines of energy that pulse within our body and swirl throughout the world around us. **This class has been approved by American Council on Exercise (ACE) for 0.2 CECs.**
Course ID: M2SWEN -- Level: Continue Your Education
Saturday, January 19 — 11:00am - 1:00pm
Main Conference - Session 2
Notes: Discussion and asana practice with partner work.
+ Julie Gudmestad - Psoas & Hip Flexors
Psoas & Hip FlexorsInstructor: Julie Gudmestad
They are mentioned often in yoga classes, but where exactly are psoas and hip flexors? And why are they important in yoga poses? After a brief look at them anatomically, we'll practice poses that strengthen and stretch them. **This class has been approved by American Council on Exercise (ACE) for 0.2 CECs.**
Course ID: M3GUDM -- Level: Continue Your Education
Saturday, January 19 — 3:30pm - 5:30pm
Main Conference - Session 3
What to bring: A mat, blanket, strap, and block.
Notes: Mostly asana with some lecture.
+ Jenny Sauer-Klein & Jeremy Simon - AcroYoga Inversions Technique for Teachers
AcroYoga Inversions Technique for Teachers Instructor: Jenny Sauer-Klein & Jeremy Simon
Explore a linear, progressive system for learning and teaching Headstand, Forearmstand, and Handstand to all levels, creating a solid foundation for new students and key refinements for experienced students. Teachers will learn how to help students build confidence by integrating acrobatic techniques and manifest a greater sense of ease upside down with a supportive partner as a spotter. Give the gift of empowerment by helping each other to overcome fear and balance in the middle of the room. All levels welcome.
Course ID: M3SKSI -- Level: Continue Your Education, Mixed Levels
Saturday, January 19 — 3:30pm - 5:30pm
Main Conference - Session 3
Notes: Discussion and asana.
+ Janet MacLeod - Penetrate More Deeply With Props
Penetrate More Deeply With PropsInstructor: Janet MacLeod
BKS Iyengar initially designed props for weak or unwell students to assist them in the practice of asanas. Over the years, this original use has extended into the use of props for all. Skillful use of props can strengthen, stretch, support, open, create resistance, give a sense of direction, develop awareness, and give confidence. Come learn how to use props—and bring your practice to a new level.
Course ID: M4MACL -- Level: Continue Your Education
Sunday, January 20 — 8:00am - 10:00am
Main Conference - Session 4
What to bring: A mat, a long belt, a block and three blankets
+ Jason Crandell - Injury Prevention and Management in the Classroom
Injury Prevention and Management in the Classroom Instructor: Jason Crandell
Helping students manage their injuries in a public class--and, ensuring that you are creating a skillful environment that decreases the potential for new injuries--requires ongoing practice and education. Learn a big-picture approach for dealing with injuries that uses a specific protocol for responding to students' pain in a responsible, appropriate way. We'll also cover common knee, hip, back, and shoulder challenges and provide a few accessible ways that students with these challenges can still thrive in a group class. **This class has been approved by American Council on Exercise (ACE) for 0.2 CECs.**
Course ID: M5CRAN -- Level: Continue Your Education
Sunday, January 20 — 11:00am - 1:00pm
Main Conference - Session 5
Notes: For teachers. Mostly discussion and lecture, some asana.
+ Baxter Bell - Yoga for Arthritis
Yoga for ArthritisInstructor: Baxter Bell
Osteoarthritis can affect any joint in the body, from the toes all the way on up through the neck. Come learn more about osteoarthritis and how yoga can help you maintain, and perhaps even increase, your mobility in affected joints, while at the same time managing your pain. We'll move though all the important joints of the body, using simple, accessible yoga asanas to strengthen the muscles around joints and maintain flexibility and mobility while nourishing the joints themselves.
Course ID: M6BELL -- Level: Continue Your Education, Mixed Levels
Sunday, January 20 — 3:30pm - 5:30pm
Main Conference - Session 6
Notes: Discussion and asana.
+ Jenny Sauer-Klein & Jeremy Simon - Thai Yoga Massage Assists
Thai Yoga Massage AssistsInstructor: Jenny Sauer-Klein & Jeremy Simon
Cultivate self-love with an asana sequence that helps you embody Thai Yoga Massage techniques and stances. From this place of overflowing joy and ease, we'll give and receive a guided Thai Yoga Massage sequence infused with lovingkindness that can assist us in deepening our own yoga practice. Special attention will be given to delightful restorative assists that can be given in Savasana.
Course ID: M6SKSI -- Level: Continue Your Education, Mixed Levels
Sunday, January 20 — 3:30pm - 5:30pm
Main Conference - Session 6
Notes: Thai massage with partner work. Recommended for teachers.
+ Jane Austin - Teaching Yoga to Pregnant Women
Teaching Yoga to Pregnant WomenInstructor: Jane Austin
Learn how yoga can support women through the transformation of pregnancy, birth, and beyond. This class includes information on pregnancy's physiological changes, posture modifications, therapeutics, and contraindications. We'll also explore yoga as a preparation for birth, focusing on the physical, mental, and spiritual aspects of becoming a mother.
Course ID: AMAUST -- Level: Continue Your Education
Monday, January 21 — 9:00am - 4:30pm
Monday All-Day Intensives
+ Jnani Chapman - The Nonphysical Practices of Yoga Therapy for Healing in Medical Settings
The Nonphysical Practices of Yoga Therapy for Healing in Medical Settings Instructor: Jnani Chapman
Discover the nonphysical practices of yoga that assist people in mobilizing their inner resources for healing when faced with chronic or life-threatening conditions, including cancer, heart, and autoimmune diseases. We'll discuss bringing these practices into medical settings from a body organs and systems perspective. Topics include the physiology of breath and movement, common symptoms and side effects, yoga texts, pratyahara, imagery, meditation and pranayama.
Course ID: AMCHAP -- Level: Continue Your Education, Therapeutic, Mixed Levels
Monday, January 21 — 9:00am - 4:30pm
Monday All-Day Intensives
Notes: For health professionals and health care administrators, yoga teachers, caregivers, and people who have been diagnosed with cancer or stable chronic conditions. Lecture & discussion interspersed with easy asana, pranayama, imagery, and meditation.
+ Bo Forbes - Lymphatic Web: Revitalizing the Immune System, Emotional Body, and Happiness Pathways
Lymphatic Web: Revitalizing the Immune System, Emotional Body, and Happiness Pathways Instructor: 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. Using Integrative Yoga Therapeutics, we'll explore ways to flush toxins from all components of the Lymphatic Web, enhancing physical, emotional, 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 (AMFORB) 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.
Course ID: AMFORB -- Level: Continue Your Education, Therapeutic, Mixed Levels
Monday, January 21 — 9:00am - 4:30pm
Monday All-Day Intensives
What to bring: A bolster or two to three blankets, an eye pillow, and two blocks.
Notes: Asana, pranayama, restorative yoga, and lecture.
+ Julie Gudmestad - Muscle Imbalances and Back Pain
Muscle Imbalances and Back Pain Instructor: Julie Gudmestad
Muscle imbalances around the hips and spine can contribute to back pain and injuries. We'll study the anatomy of important antagonists, including the hamstrings versus the psoas, and the abdominals versus the erector spinae. Then we'll practice yoga poses and sequences to help correct imbalances, improve pelvic and spinal alignment, and relieve back pain.
Course ID: AMGUDM -- Level: Continue Your Education, Therapeutic, Mixed Levels
Monday, January 21 — 9:00am - 4:30pm
Monday All-Day Intensives
Notes: Discussion, asana, and partner work.
+ Judith Hanson Lasater - Stop Tucking Your Tailbone!
Stop Tucking Your Tailbone!Instructor: Judith Hanson Lasater
We were meant to have curves in our spine. Learn why (through anatomy) and how (with asana) to stop tucking and begin to love your curved lower back. Tucking in standing does not "strengthen the back." Actually, it weakens it. Tucking does not "tone" the abdominal muscles—it weakens them. Learn the anatomical facts about why virtually no one you know has a "swayback," and how many people have become pain-free when they allow their natural curves to remain.
Course ID: AMLASA -- Level: Continue Your Education, Therapeutic, Mixed Levels
Monday, January 21 — 9:00am - 4:30pm
Monday All-Day Intensives
Notes: Lecture and asana practice.
+ Jenny Sauer-Klein - Evolutionary Leadership: Personal Transformation through Teaching Yoga
Evolutionary Leadership: Personal Transformation through Teaching YogaInstructor: Jenny Sauer-Klein
Calling all trailblazers, truth seekers, and leading-edge creators! Embrace the path of teaching as a reciprocal process of evolution, in which both teacher and student are transformed through mutual reflection and empowerment. In an atmosphere of pure positive support, come discover, reveal, and embody the unique living truth of who you are as your greatest offering and most potent teaching. We'll use guided movement, interactive exercises, contemplation, ceremony, journaling, dialogue, and embodied practices to allow your highest vision to manifest in a way that is meaningful and joyful.
Course ID: AMSKLE -- Level: Continue Your Education
Monday, January 21 — 9:00am - 4:30pm
Monday All-Day Intensives
Notes: Guided movement, interactive exercises, contemplation, ceremony, journaling, dialogue, and embodied practices.
+ Tias Little - Prajna Yoga: The Sacrum-Skull Polarity
Prajna Yoga: The Sacrum-Skull PolarityInstructor: Tias Little
Explore the dynamic balance between the two poles of the spine--the sacrum and the occiput. The aim of vinyasa yoga and asana practice is to balance the motion between these two. Come discover how yoga techniques such as Mula and Uddiyana Bandhas involve the sacrum, and how these movements relate to the brain and sensory organs within the skull. We'll look at the anatomical structures involved in the sacrum-skull polarity in poses such as Downward Dog, Headstand, and Wheel, and practice postures that benefit sacral-iliac imbalances.
Course ID: AFLITT -- Level: Therapeutic, Mixed Levels
Friday, January 18 — 9:00am - 4:30pm
Friday All-Day Intensives
What to bring: A strap, block, and blanket.
Notes: The morning session is devoted to hip and sacral openers, the afternoon to inversions and pranayama.
+ Bo Forbes - Restorative Yoga Therapeutics for Mental and Emotional Healing
Restorative Yoga Therapeutics for Mental and Emotional Healing Instructor: Bo Forbes
Learn carefully sequenced, artfully propped restorative yoga postures designed to balance the nervous system and emotional body. These therapeutic postures also deepen the relaxation response, reduce anxiety and stress, alleviate depression, and enhance immunity. We'll start with a brief outline of the science behind why restorative yoga works so powerfully. In the restorative practice that follows, we'll learn poses that are ideal for decreasing anxiety, insomnia, and depression, and improving lymphatic flow. You'll also experience basic breathwork techniques and guided meditation to help access your mind-body network and awaken your innate wisdom and healing capacity.
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 (FVFORB) 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 1.5 continuing education contact hours.
Course ID: EVFORB -- Level: Therapeutic, Mixed Levels
Friday, January 18 — 5:30pm - 7:00pm
Friday Evening Classes
What to bring: a bolster or two to three blankets, a strap, an eye pillow, and two blocks.
Notes: Asana, pranayama, restorative yoga, lecture.
+ Tias Little - Unfolding the Psoas for Pranayama
Unfolding the Psoas for PranayamaInstructor: Tias Little
The psoas muscle is thought to be the most core muscle of the body and key to stabilizing the lower spine. This muscle also attaches directly to the respiratory diaphragm. By creating length and space in the abdomen, we'll discover how to cultivate the breath within. **This class has been approved by American Council on Exercise (ACE) for 0.2 CECs.**
Course ID: M1LITT -- Level: Therapeutic, Mixed Levels
Saturday, January 19 — 8:00am - 10:00am
Main Conference - Session 1
What to bring: A strap, block, and blanket.
Notes: Discussion, asana, and pranayama practice.
+ Ana Forrest - Working with Your Injuries in Your Practice
Working with Your Injuries in Your Practice Instructor: Ana Forrest
Alleviating your own pain is tremendously empowering. Using the breath, learn to focus your healing into whatever area you personally need it. Learn how to tailor your breath and poses to release pain and bring healing to an injured area, as well as to explore how the attitudes that are part of the injury may perpetuate the injury. This session also focuses on common areas of injury: the neck, shoulders, and back. By applying the tools of Forrest Yoga, pain and suffering becomes optional! **This class has been approved by American Council on Exercise (ACE) for 0.2 CECs.**
Course ID: M2FORR -- Level: Therapeutic, Mixed Levels
Saturday, January 19 — 11:00am - 1:00pm
Main Conference - Session 2
What to bring: Water, a strap (at least 6'), a block, 2 mats (OR 1 mat and a large beach towel or blanket.)
Notes: Mostly asana. The room will be heated.
+ Gary Kraftsow - Common Aches and Pains: The Upper Back, Neck, and Shoulders
Common Aches and Pains: The Upper Back, Neck, and Shoulders Instructor: 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. **This class has been approved by American Council on Exercise (ACE) for 0.2 CECs.**
Course ID: M2KRAF -- Level: Therapeutic, Mixed Levels
Saturday, January 19 — 11:00am - 1:00pm
Main Conference - Session 2
Notes: Lecture and asana practice.
+ Richard Miller - Pranayama and Mudra: Breathing in Breathing Out, Peace and Well Being
Pranayama and Mudra: Breathing in Breathing Out, Peace and Well BeingInstructor: Richard Miller
This class offers an exciting, experiential exploration into the ancient art and science of pranayama. Come explore in-depth practices that nourish and refresh your body and mind, increase your health and vitality, and serve as direct pointers to awakening to your true nature. You'll learn techniques to increase concentration, develop mindfulness, strengthen your immune system, and enhance your physical, psychological, and spiritual well-being. Come discover how to use the breath as a portal for awakening to your essential nature as timeless Being.
Course ID: M2MILL -- Level: Therapeutic, Mixed Levels
Saturday, January 19 — 11:00am - 1:00pm
Main Conference - Session 2
Notes: Gentle asana and pranayama practice.
+ Judith Hanson Lasater - The Shoulder: How to Open, Strengthen, and Repair
The Shoulder: How to Open, Strengthen, and Repair Instructor: Judith Hanson Lasater
We'll learn the basic principles of the rotator cuff through a presentation of the anatomy and kinesiology of the shoulder. We'll then focus on poses that open and strengthen the shoulder joint. **This class has been approved by American Council on Exercise (ACE) for 0.2 CECs.**
Course ID: M3LASA -- Level: Therapeutic, Mixed Levels
Saturday, January 19 — 3:30pm - 5:30pm
Main Conference - Session 3
What to bring: A mat, an eye cover, and two or more blankets.
Notes: Lecture and asana practice.
+ Tias Little - Restoring Kidney Chi
Restoring Kidney ChiInstructor: Tias Little
It is essential not to allow the kidney region to become restricted, locked, or dehydrated. This happens as a result of muscular tension in the low back, fear, and emotional holding on. We'll regard the kidneys as huge aquifers that provide endurance and homeostasis to the entire body. Come investigate the anatomical position of the kidneys and identify the ways that the kidneys support the lungs and the flow of prana. This practice includes twists, forward bends, and supported backbends that are invaluable to balancing kidney chi. **This class has been approved by American Council on Exercise (ACE) for 0.2 CECs.**
Course ID: M3LITT -- Level: Therapeutic, Mixed Levels
Saturday, January 19 — 3:30pm - 5:30pm
Main Conference - Session 3
What to bring: A strap, block, and blanket.
Notes: Discussion and asana.
+ Richard Miller - Introduction to Integrative Restoration: iRest Yoga Nidra
Introduction to Integrative Restoration: iRest Yoga Nidra Instructor: Richard Miller
Integrative Restoration, or iRest, is a transformative practice derived from the ancient teachings of Tantric yoga that leads to psychological, physical, and spiritual health and well-being. Learn the tools to heal unresolved issues, traumas, and wounds present in the body, mind, and senses while revealing and restoring yourself to your innate and unconditioned peace of mind. Come experience this ancient tool for health, healing, and awakening that you can integrate into your practice and your life.
Course ID: M3MILL -- Level: Therapeutic, Mixed Levels
Saturday, January 19 — 3:30pm - 5:30pm
Main Conference - Session 3
Notes: Interactive lecture, discussion, and meditation.
+ Bo Forbes - Gateway to Prana: Empowering the Neck/Shoulder Axis in Vinyasa
Gateway to Prana: Empowering the Neck/Shoulder Axis in VinyasaInstructor: 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. Having either limited mobility or stability can lead to "closed-heart syndrome" and pranic dysregulation, in which the cervical spine and rotator cuff become vulnerable to injury, and the emotional body to anxiety and depression. We'll learn postural-alignment cues and fascial techniques to stabilize and release the neck-shoulder axis and regulate prana. Then we'll explore asana adaptations to help prevent injury to the neck and shoulders in your asana practice. 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 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 (M4FORB) 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.**
Course ID: M4FORB -- Level: Therapeutic, Mixed Levels
Sunday, January 20 — 8:00am - 10:00am
Main Conference - Session 4
What to bring: Bring a blanket, a strap, one to two blocks, and an eye pillow.
Notes: Asana, pranayama, and lecture.
+ Ana Forrest - Therapeutic Benefits of Backbends
Therapeutic Benefits of Backbends Instructor: Ana Forrest
Experience the therapeutic benefits of a Forrest Yoga backbend class. Create profound and freeing changes through intelligent hands-on adjustments. Feel the sequencing of a safe class, including how to warm up and warm down for backbends to stay injury-free. **This class has been approved by American Council on Exercise (ACE) for 0.2 CECs.**
Course ID: M4FORR -- Level: Therapeutic, Mixed Levels
Sunday, January 20 — 8:00am - 10:00am
Main Conference - Session 4
What to bring: Water, a strap (at least 6'), a block, 2 mats (OR 1 mat and a large beach towel or blanket.)
Notes: Mostly asana. The room will be heated.
+ Annie Carpenter - Introduction to Yogic Back Care: Neck and Shoulders
Introduction to Yogic Back Care: Neck and ShouldersInstructor: Annie Carpenter
In this slow flow therapeutic practice, we'll address stabilizing the shoulder girdle, opening the chest, strengthening the upper back, and releasing the neck. The practice will be deep and strong but accessible to all levels. This class will be especially interesting for anyone with upper back or neck issues, as well as for teachers.
Course ID: M5CARP -- Level: Therapeutic, Mixed Levels
Sunday, January 20 — 11:00am - 1:00pm
Main Conference - Session 5
What to bring: A strap.
Notes: Discussion and asana.
+ Maty Ezraty - Protect, Unwind, and Strengthen the Lower Back
Protect, Unwind, and Strengthen the Lower BackInstructor: Maty Ezraty
Having a healthy lower back is paramount to a healthy lifestyle. Come work on the key underlining principles that emphasize how to heal, strengthen, and protect the lower back using a variety of poses including standing, simple backbending, seated, and supine poses.
Course ID: M5EZRA -- Level: Beginners, Therapeutic, Mixed Levels
Sunday, January 20 — 11:00am - 1:00pm
Main Conference - Session 5
What to bring: A block is optional.
Notes: Mostly asana. Teachers welcome.
+ Mas Vidal - The Spirit of Ayurveda & Yoga
The Spirit of Ayurveda & YogaInstructor: Mas Vidal
Experience what makes Ayurveda a spiritual healing system, and how it can bring great power and healing to your yoga practice. We'll embrace the theme of transcendence through a creative yogic practice that combines asanas as sacred gestures to the forces of nature for healing the body and mind. Special energy mantras and pranayama will also be combined to guide us into the heart, the spirit of both Ayurveda and yoga. Wisdom of the Bhagavad Gita, practice, and healing are woven into the class through some discussion and metaphors to make yoga and Veda...One, for You!
Course ID: M5VIDA -- Level: Therapeutic, Contemplative, Mixed Levels
Sunday, January 20 — 11:00am - 1:00pm
Main Conference - Session 5
Notes: Discussion and asana.
+ Judith Hanson Lasater - Restorative Yoga
Restorative Yoga Instructor: Judith Hanson Lasater
Explore the theory and the practice of restorative yoga. Props are essential to this practice. **This class has been approved by American Council on Exercise (ACE) for 0.2 CECs.**
Course ID: M6LASA -- Level: Therapeutic, Mixed Levels
Sunday, January 20 — 3:30pm - 5:30pm
Main Conference - Session 6
What to bring: At least three blankets, an eye cover, a strap, and, if possible, a bolster. The more props, the more relaxation.
Notes: Mostly practice.
+ Sianna Sherman - Therapeutics: Health and Freedom for the Upper Body
Therapeutics: Health and Freedom for the Upper BodyInstructor: Sianna Sherman
Come discover radiant health in the shoulders, neck, and upper body. We'll explore optimal alignment principles, basic anatomy, and therapeutic asana in an interactive, hands-on approach. Deepen your understanding of the power of asana to heal the body and learn skillful adjustments. Please come with a willingness to support and help each other.
Course ID: M6SHER -- Level: Therapeutic, Mixed Levels
Sunday, January 20 — 3:30pm - 5:30pm
Main Conference - Session 6
Notes: Mostly asana with partner work.
+ Jnani Chapman - The Nonphysical Practices of Yoga Therapy for Healing in Medical Settings
The Nonphysical Practices of Yoga Therapy for Healing in Medical Settings Instructor: Jnani Chapman
Discover the nonphysical practices of yoga that assist people in mobilizing their inner resources for healing when faced with chronic or life-threatening conditions, including cancer, heart, and autoimmune diseases. We'll discuss bringing these practices into medical settings from a body organs and systems perspective. Topics include the physiology of breath and movement, common symptoms and side effects, yoga texts, pratyahara, imagery, meditation and pranayama.
Course ID: AMCHAP -- Level: Continue Your Education, Therapeutic, Mixed Levels
Monday, January 21 — 9:00am - 4:30pm
Monday All-Day Intensives
Notes: For health professionals and health care administrators, yoga teachers, caregivers, and people who have been diagnosed with cancer or stable chronic conditions. Lecture & discussion interspersed with easy asana, pranayama, imagery, and meditation.
+ Bo Forbes - Lymphatic Web: Revitalizing the Immune System, Emotional Body, and Happiness Pathways
Lymphatic Web: Revitalizing the Immune System, Emotional Body, and Happiness Pathways Instructor: 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. Using Integrative Yoga Therapeutics, we'll explore ways to flush toxins from all components of the Lymphatic Web, enhancing physical, emotional, 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 (AMFORB) 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.
Course ID: AMFORB -- Level: Continue Your Education, Therapeutic, Mixed Levels
Monday, January 21 — 9:00am - 4:30pm
Monday All-Day Intensives
What to bring: A bolster or two to three blankets, an eye pillow, and two blocks.
Notes: Asana, pranayama, restorative yoga, and lecture.
+ Julie Gudmestad - Muscle Imbalances and Back Pain
Muscle Imbalances and Back Pain Instructor: Julie Gudmestad
Muscle imbalances around the hips and spine can contribute to back pain and injuries. We'll study the anatomy of important antagonists, including the hamstrings versus the psoas, and the abdominals versus the erector spinae. Then we'll practice yoga poses and sequences to help correct imbalances, improve pelvic and spinal alignment, and relieve back pain.
Course ID: AMGUDM -- Level: Continue Your Education, Therapeutic, Mixed Levels
Monday, January 21 — 9:00am - 4:30pm
Monday All-Day Intensives
Notes: Discussion, asana, and partner work.
+ Gary Kraftsow - Evidence-Based Viniyoga Therapy for Stress Management
Evidence-Based Viniyoga Therapy for Stress Management Instructor: Gary Kraftsow
Stress and disturbing emotions play a primary role in contributing to disease. Yoga has tremendous potential for assisting the general population with reducing stress and the effects of stress-related diseases. Come learn the techniques that Gary used in a 12-week multiregion study on stress management for Aetna Insurance Company. The intervention introduced tools for managing stress including asana, breathing techniques, relaxation, mental techniques, and education. The data analysis showed statistically significant results in reducing stress. Through lecture and practice, Gary will cover methods used in the study to relieve musculoskeletal tension and headaches, improve sleep, increase feelings of well-being, and improve coping strategies for dealing with stressful events and the subsequent negative symptoms.
Course ID: AMKRAF -- Level: Therapeutic, Mixed Levels
Monday, January 21 — 9:00am - 4:30pm
Monday All-Day Intensives
Notes: Lecture and practice.
+ Judith Hanson Lasater - Stop Tucking Your Tailbone!
Stop Tucking Your Tailbone!Instructor: Judith Hanson Lasater
We were meant to have curves in our spine. Learn why (through anatomy) and how (with asana) to stop tucking and begin to love your curved lower back. Tucking in standing does not "strengthen the back." Actually, it weakens it. Tucking does not "tone" the abdominal muscles—it weakens them. Learn the anatomical facts about why virtually no one you know has a "swayback," and how many people have become pain-free when they allow their natural curves to remain.
Course ID: AMLASA -- Level: Continue Your Education, Therapeutic, Mixed Levels
Monday, January 21 — 9:00am - 4:30pm
Monday All-Day Intensives
Notes: Lecture and asana practice.
+ Gary Kraftsow - Meditation for Modern Life: The Phenomenon of Attention
Meditation for Modern Life: The Phenomenon of AttentionInstructor: Gary Kraftsow
Bring the power of meditation into your life by learning the steps to create a personal meditation ritual for insight into the possibility of peace. We'll focus on reducing mental agitation, shifting attention away from distractions, developing the capacity for attention, and breaking identification with past conditioning. Using ancient insights for modern healing, we'll learn how to abandon superficial distractions and become more deeply who we are.
Course ID: EVKRAF -- Level: Contemplative, Mixed Levels
Friday, January 18 — 5:30pm - 7:00pm
Friday Evening Classes
Notes: Discussion and meditation.
+ Kate Holcombe - Introduction to Sanskrit and Chanting of Patanjali's Yoga Sutra
Introduction to Sanskrit and Chanting of Patanjali's Yoga Sutra Instructor: Kate Holcombe
The study of the Yoga Sutra was originally transmitted from teacher to student by first learning to chant the sutras from memory. Come discover how chanting the Yoga Sutra can bring about a deeper and richer relationship to the text and a fuller experience of the sutras in your practice and your life. We'll learn the rules and guidelines for chanting, how to pronounce each of the Sanskrit letters, and practice chanting the Yoga Sutra from the Sanskrit Devanagari, as well as English transliteration.
Course ID: M1HOLC -- Level: Contemplative, Mixed Levels
Saturday, January 19 — 8:00am - 10:00am
Main Conference - Session 1
Notes: Lecture and chanting.
+ Eric Shaw - The Reimagination of Yoga by Women: A History
The Reimagination of Yoga by Women: A HistoryInstructor: Eric Shaw
Discover how women have redirected the course of yoga's global evolution. Women were ancient Tantric gurus, early adapters of yoga in the 1890s and intial supporters of Swami Vivekananda when he brought yoga to the West. Other female workers in the field created flow yoga flow in the early 20th century and made care for community a main pillar of yoga's current philosophy. Come learn about women's powerful imprint on yoga, from ancient to modern times.
Course ID: M3SHAW -- Level: Contemplative, Mixed Levels
Saturday, January 19 — 3:30pm - 5:30pm
Main Conference - Session 3
Notes: Lecture.
+ Dharma Mittra - Extreme Maha Raja: The Foundation is Being Receptive to Grace
Extreme Maha Raja: The Foundation is Being Receptive to GraceInstructor: Dharma Mittra
Everything of this world starts as a thought, and then comes to be. Sri Dharma Mittra will begin with his renowned purification techniques series and continue into practical and spiritual lessons to help change your life today. Through these teachings you'll gain clarity, which leads to freedom (vairagya), removes toxins from the body noninvasively, and opens the chakra centers. Positive thinking becomes the foundation that leads one to travel the road of being receptive to Grace.
Course ID: M4MITT -- Level: Contemplative, Mixed Levels
Sunday, January 20 — 8:00am - 10:00am
Main Conference - Session 4
Notes: Lecture; includes spiritual techniques, cleansing practices, and spiritual discourses.
+ Eric Paskel - Relationship Revelations
Relationship RevelationsInstructor: Eric Paskel
Perfect relationship, according to the Vedas, is no relationship at all. The moment there is a "you" and "I" there is a sense of "otherness" and the moment there is otherness the relationship is spoiled. Come learn the four golden rules to perfecting your relationships. A pose can't help you stretch beyond your ignorance; only knowledge can. In this interactive lecture, there will be no place to hide.
Course ID: M5PASK -- Level: Contemplative, Mixed Levels
Sunday, January 20 — 11:00am - 1:00pm
Main Conference - Session 5
Notes: Interactive lecture.
+ Mas Vidal - The Spirit of Ayurveda & Yoga
The Spirit of Ayurveda & YogaInstructor: Mas Vidal
Experience what makes Ayurveda a spiritual healing system, and how it can bring great power and healing to your yoga practice. We'll embrace the theme of transcendence through a creative yogic practice that combines asanas as sacred gestures to the forces of nature for healing the body and mind. Special energy mantras and pranayama will also be combined to guide us into the heart, the spirit of both Ayurveda and yoga. Wisdom of the Bhagavad Gita, practice, and healing are woven into the class through some discussion and metaphors to make yoga and Veda...One, for You!
Course ID: M5VIDA -- Level: Therapeutic, Contemplative, Mixed Levels
Sunday, January 20 — 11:00am - 1:00pm
Main Conference - Session 5
Notes: Discussion and asana.
+ Gary Kraftsow - Meditation, Contemplation, and Transformation
Meditation, Contemplation, and TransformationInstructor: Gary Kraftsow
Meditation begins as we master the fluctuation of attention and can begin to direct our minds. Self-reflection helps us bring our unconscious patterns, motivations, and tendencies into conscious awareness. Once we begin to gain this control, we can set a new direction for our lives, rather than being pushed and pulled along. Mantra japa and contemplation help us gain insight and understanding into the deeper mystery of ourselves and the broader meaning of life. We'll use self-reflective meditation, mantra japa, and contemplation to support our inner journey. **This class has been approved by American Council on Exercise (ACE) for 0.2 CECs.**
Course ID: M6KRAF -- Level: Beginners, Contemplative, Mixed Levels
Sunday, January 20 — 3:30pm - 5:30pm
Main Conference - Session 6
Notes: Discussion and meditation.
+ Eric Shaw - Why the Buddha Burns: Actions and Anatomies of the Yoga Subtle Body
Why the Buddha Burns: Actions and Anatomies of the Yoga Subtle BodyInstructor: Eric Shaw
From the earliest times, yogis explored altered states to discover anatomies hidden from normal eyes. They saw auras, subtle breaths, and energy wheels, and called them koshas, pranas, and chakras. As yogis built regimens for health and realization, they learned to transform neediness into openness and love. Leveraging the inner anatomy, they burned through desire with the agnis: the flames of an open heart. Come discover how your inner world is structured and how it is used for transformation on the yoga path.
Course ID: M6SHAW -- Level: Contemplative, Mixed Levels
Sunday, January 20 — 3:30pm - 5:30pm
Main Conference - Session 6
Notes: Lecture.
+ Jason Crandell - Flow Survival Guide
Flow Survival GuideInstructor: Jason Crandell
Have you ever been in a flow yoga class and wished the teacher would slow down so you could figure out what was happening? Have you ever been stupefied by that strange, whispery sound that everyone seemed to be making? Or wondered how to step your foot all the way to your hands from Down Dog? Have you been faking Chaturanga so long that you actually think you're making it? If so--or if you want to avoid all of these pitfalls and learn how to do vinyasa yoga the right way--this is your class! **This class has been approved by American Council on Exercise (ACE) for 0.2 CECs.**
Course ID: M1CRAN -- Level: Beginners, Mixed Levels
Saturday, January 19 — 8:00am - 10:00am
Main Conference - Session 1
Notes: Discussion and asana practice.
+ Seane Corn - Vinyasa Flow Yoga: Establishing a Strong Foundation
Vinyasa Flow Yoga: Establishing a Strong FoundationInstructor: Seane Corn
Learn the foundation of a solid practice through alignment, core awareness, and breathing techniques. Understand the basic principles of Sun Salutations A and B and how they are the cornerstones of every vinyasa practice. We'll also discuss the preparation, inner queues, and dissection of the fundamentals of standing poses, backbends, twists, and inversions. **This class has been approved by American Council on Exercise (ACE) for 0.2 CECs.**
Course ID: M2CORN -- Level: Beginners, Mixed Levels
Saturday, January 19 — 11:00am - 1:00pm
Main Conference - Session 2
Notes: Asana, discussion, and demonstration.
+ Julie Gudmestad - Anatomy for Beginners
Anatomy for BeginnersInstructor: Julie Gudmestad
We'll begin with an introduction to the language that describes anatomy and movement, teaching you how to "see" the structures that lie beneath the skin. Then we'll put that knowledge into practice with poses that illustrate fundamental principles of movement and alignment. **This class has been approved by American Council on Exercise (ACE) for 0.2 CECs.**
Course ID: M2GUDM -- Level: Beginners
Saturday, January 19 — 11:00am - 1:00pm
Main Conference - Session 2
What to bring: A mat, blanket, strap, and block.
Notes: Lecture and asana practice.
+ David Swenson - Ashtanga Yoga: An Introduction—Discovering Fundamentals, Insights and Fun
Ashtanga Yoga: An Introduction—Discovering Fundamentals, Insights and FunInstructor: David Swenson
This class is an introduction to Ashtanga Yoga, and is open to all levels of experience or lack thereof. We'll explore the building blocks of Ashtanga Yoga through what David refers to as the Five Elements of Practice. Class begins with a short discussion followed by an introductory flow through an abbreviated sequence from the First Series. We'll end with a guided deep relaxation. Join us for a fun, flowing, and user-friendly adventure. **This class has been approved by American Council on Exercise (ACE) for 0.2 CECs.**
Course ID: M3SWEN -- Level: Beginners, Mixed Levels
Saturday, January 19 — 3:30pm - 5:30pm
Main Conference - Session 3
Notes: Mostly asana.
+ Deborah Burkman - Foundations of Vinyasa Yoga
Foundations of Vinyasa YogaInstructor: Deborah Burkman
Join us for an in-depth look at Sun Salutations and a deepened understanding of breath, bandha, and drishti. We'll begin with a short lecture focusing on Patanjali's definition of "yoga," the results of practicing, and asana's context within the larger goals of yoga. Then we'll practice asana, focusing on Ujjai breathing, bandha, drishti, and an-in depth study of Sun Salutations A and B, including transitions and modifications.
Course ID: M4BURK -- Level: Beginners, Mixed Levels
Sunday, January 20 — 8:00am - 10:00am
Main Conference - Session 4
What to bring: A block.
Notes: Mostly asana.
+ Desiree Rumbaugh - Standing Poses for Beginners
Standing Poses for BeginnersInstructor: Desiree Rumbaugh
Standing poses can be very liberating and healing. Often, beginners find them challenging or even painful. With the introduction of a few simple principles of biomechanics and alignment, you will feel empowered in your practice to make these poses more accessible and even enjoyable. **This class has been approved by American Council on Exercise (ACE) for 0.2 CECs.**
Course ID: M4RUMB -- Level: Beginners
Sunday, January 20 — 8:00am - 10:00am
Main Conference - Session 4
Notes: Mostly asana.
+ Maty Ezraty - Protect, Unwind, and Strengthen the Lower Back
Protect, Unwind, and Strengthen the Lower BackInstructor: Maty Ezraty
Having a healthy lower back is paramount to a healthy lifestyle. Come work on the key underlining principles that emphasize how to heal, strengthen, and protect the lower back using a variety of poses including standing, simple backbending, seated, and supine poses.
Course ID: M5EZRA -- Level: Beginners, Therapeutic, Mixed Levels
Sunday, January 20 — 11:00am - 1:00pm
Main Conference - Session 5
What to bring: A block is optional.
Notes: Mostly asana. Teachers welcome.
+ Gary Kraftsow - Meditation, Contemplation, and Transformation
Meditation, Contemplation, and TransformationInstructor: Gary Kraftsow
Meditation begins as we master the fluctuation of attention and can begin to direct our minds. Self-reflection helps us bring our unconscious patterns, motivations, and tendencies into conscious awareness. Once we begin to gain this control, we can set a new direction for our lives, rather than being pushed and pulled along. Mantra japa and contemplation help us gain insight and understanding into the deeper mystery of ourselves and the broader meaning of life. We'll use self-reflective meditation, mantra japa, and contemplation to support our inner journey. **This class has been approved by American Council on Exercise (ACE) for 0.2 CECs.**
Course ID: M6KRAF -- Level: Beginners, Contemplative, Mixed Levels
Sunday, January 20 — 3:30pm - 5:30pm
Main Conference - Session 6
Notes: Discussion and meditation.
+ Alice Tarkeshi - Morning Medtiation with Alice Tarkeshi: Cultivating Courage and Compassion
Morning Medtiation with Alice Tarkeshi: Cultivating Courage and CompassionInstructor: Alice Tarkeshi
This morning meditation practice is focused on awakening bravery. Come learn to work with your own mind and open your heart to experience the peace you long for.
Alice Tarkeshi has been a student of Shambhala Buddhism for countless years, and teaches Meditation with a special appreciation of its relationship to the psychology of Creative Process. She is an artist and a yoga teacher.
Course ID: SP_FRI_AMMED
Friday, January 18 — 8:00am - 8:30am
Special Events
What to bring: Something to sit on.
Notes: Free & open to all. Includes a brief discussion, sitting, and walking meditation.
+ Rodney Yee & Colleen Saidman Yee - Urban Zen Integrative Therapy Information Session
Urban Zen Integrative Therapy Information SessionInstructor: Rodney Yee & Colleen Saidman Yee
Join Rodney Yee and Colleen Saidman Yee as they introduce the Urban Zen Integrative Therapy (UZIT) program, part of YogaWorks' Continuing Education Program. UZIT integrates Eastern healing techniques with Western medicine, and the course is designed for yogis and health care practitioners for both self-care and the care of others. Students will briefly experience the five healing modalities: yoga, Reiki, essential-oil therapy, nutrition, and contemplative care—all of which are taught in the full program at YogaWorks Studios.
Course ID: SP_FRI_UZEN
Friday, January 18 — 1:00pm - 1:30pm
Special Events
What to bring: Bring your own brown bag lunch; tea provided by YogaWorks.
Notes: Free and open to all.
+ Les Leventhal - Demo: Stretch Armstrong with Les Leventhal
Demo: Stretch Armstrong with Les LeventhalInstructor: Les Leventhal
Course ID: SP_FRI_LEVE
Friday, January 18 — 1:00pm - 1:30pm
Special Events
+ Fly with AcroYoga
Fly with AcroYogaInstructor:
Certified AcroYoga teachers will give short therapeutic flying sessions open to the public. Come experience the sweet surrender for yourself!
Course ID: SP_FRI_ACRO
Friday, January 18 — 1:30pm - 2:30pm
Special Events
+ Deepak Chopra - An Evening with Deepak Chopra
An Evening with Deepak ChopraInstructor: Deepak Chopra
Super Brain: Unleashing the Explosive Power of Your Mind to Maximize Health, Happiness, and Spiritual Well-Being
Join Deepak Chopra as he shares age-old spiritual wisdom and new insights from his most recent book Super Brain, linking the latest breakthroughs in neuroscience with aspirations for health, well-being, and spiritual realization. Learn how you can use your brain instead of letting it use you, create the ideal lifestyle for a healthy brain, reduce the risks of aging, overcome the most common challenges such as memory loss, depression, anxiety, obesity, and more. deepakchopra.com
Meet & Greet Reception with Deepak Chopra: 6:00pm - 7:00pm (Sold Out)
Lecture: 7:30pm (Sold Out)
Book signing to follow
Course ID: SP_FRI_CHOPRA
Friday, January 18 — 7:30pm - 9:30pm
Special Events
Notes: Click here for more details.
+ Gurushabd Singh Khalsa - Kundalini Sadhana
Kundalini SadhanaInstructor: Gurushabd Singh Khalsa
Sadhana or daily spiritual practice is the foundation of all spiritual endeavor. The Aquarian Sadhana is practiced by Kundalini Yoga communities across the world. Yogi Bhajan gave us the Aquarian Sadhana in 1992 to take us through the transition into the Aquarian Age. This Sadhana prepares our psyches to excel in the new environments in the decades that follow. During the "ambrosial hours" (the two and a half hours just before sunrise), before you face the world each day, do yourself a favor and tune up your nervous system and attune yourself to your highest inner self. To cover all your bases, Sadhana includes exercise, meditation, and prayer.
Course ID: SP_SAT_SADHANA
Saturday, January 19 — 4:30am - 6:30am
Special Events
Notes: Free and open to all.
+ Kate Holcombe - Morning Medtiation with Kate Holcombe
Morning Medtiation with Kate HolcombeInstructor: Kate Holcombe
Course ID: SP_SAT_AMMED
Saturday, January 19 — 7:00am - 7:30am
Special Events
Notes: Free and open to all.
+ Fly with AcroYoga
Fly with AcroYogaInstructor:
Certified AcroYoga teachers will give short therapeutic flying sessions open to the public. Come experience the sweet surrender for yourself!
Course ID: SP_SAT_ACRO
Saturday, January 19 — 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Special Events
+ Eric Paskel - Community Class with Eric Paskel
Community Class with Eric Paskel Instructor: Eric Paskel
Funky FusionCome laugh, sweat, and sing in this sweet and juicy slow flow combined with a hard-hitting power flow. In this funky fusion based on Eric's unique style, you'll be sure to leave saying, "I never thought a yoga class could be that way!"
Course ID: SP_SAT_COMMUN
Saturday, January 19 — 1:30pm - 2:30pm
Special Events
Notes: Free and open to all.
+ Kathryn Budig & Cyndi Lee & Les Leventhal & Kaitlin Quistgaard Panel Discussion: May I Be Happy
Panel Discussion: May I Be HappyInstructor: Kathryn Budig & Cyndi Lee & Les Leventhal & Kaitlin Quistgaard
Yoga asana practice offers us a healthy, positive way of relating to our body that is based on how we feel, not how we look. But when we come to the mat, we bring our mind along with our body, which can often include old patterns of insecurity, self-judgment, and wishful thinking that our body were different. How does the yoga media propagate unrealistic body images? Can the practice of yoga really offer us the contentment, or santosha, promised in classic yoga philosophy?
Join Kathryn Budig, Cyndi Lee, Les Leventhal, and Kaitlin Quistgaard as they explore how yoga's focus on the body can stir up feelings of low self-esteem, but can also help people feel better about their bodies--and themselves--than ever before.
Course ID: SP_SAT_PANEL
Saturday, January 19 — 1:45pm - 3:00pm
Special Events
Notes: Free and open to all.
+ Create a Life You Love
Create a Life You LoveInstructor:
"Goal setting" is a powerful tool, but without a meaningful vision to live into, goals alone can become a checklist at their best, and stale or "hollow" at their worst. Spend some time with us looking into the future in order to set your personal vision; one that is grounded in your passions and unique gifts, gets you excited (maybe even nervous?), and leaves a legacy you love.
Course ID: SP_SAT_GOAL
Saturday, January 19 — 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Special Events
Notes: Free and open to all.
+ Ann Dyer - Ancient Indian Vocal Techniques with Vak Choir & Ann Dyer
Ancient Indian Vocal Techniques with Vak Choir & Ann DyerInstructor: Ann Dyer
Join Ann Dyer & the Vak Choir for a sonic journey exploring the sound, chant and music of the yoga tradition. The Vak Choir was formed to perform in a newly-commissioned, contemporary piece rooted in naada yoga to be performed at San Francisco's Yerba Buena Center for the Arts this fall. Half-way to their goal of 108 "everyday" voices, the choir welcomes you to join their indepth exploration of the power and beauty of yogic sound culminating onstage at the the YBCA! www.songofbecoming.org. Everyone welcome!
Course ID: SP_SAT_VOC
Saturday, January 19 — 2:15pm - 2:45pm
Special Events
+ Eric Paskel - Uplifting Kirtan with Eric Paskel of Yoga Shelter
Uplifting Kirtan with Eric Paskel of Yoga ShelterInstructor: Eric Paskel
Course ID: SP_SAT_PASK
Saturday, January 19 — 5:30pm - 6:15pm
Special Events
+ Bollywood Night: A Non Stop Bhangra Dance Party
Bollywood Night: A Non Stop Bhangra Dance PartyInstructor:
Imagine a scene from a Bollywood movie—swirling colors, the rhythm of pounding feet, & the relentless energy of brilliant beats—that's NON STOP BHANGRA! Highlighting the ancestral roots of Punjabi dance while pushing boundaries with contemporary influences, Non Stop Bhangra is a genre-busting elixir of North Indian Bhangra music and dance, mixed with reggae, hip-hop, and electronica. Featuring dance lessons and performances with Dholrhythms Dance Company, and music by DJ Jimmy Love.
Doors open at 7:30pm; dance lesson at 8:00pm
$20 advance; $25 at the door
Course ID: SP_SAT_BHANGRA
Saturday, January 19 — 8:00pm - 11:30pm
Special Events
Notes: Click here for more details.
+ Gurushabd Singh Khalsa - Kundalini Sadhana
Kundalini SadhanaInstructor: Gurushabd Singh Khalsa
Sadhana or daily spiritual practice is the foundation of all spiritual endeavor. The Aquarian Sadhana is practiced by Kundalini Yoga communities across the world. Yogi Bhajan gave us the Aquarian Sadhana in 1992 to take us through the transition into the Aquarian Age. This Sadhana prepares our psyches to excel in the new environments in the decades that follow. During the "ambrosial hours" (the two and a half hours just before sunrise), before you face the world each day, do yourself a favor and tune up your nervous system and attune yourself to your highest inner self. To cover all your bases, Sadhana includes exercise, meditation, and prayer.
Course ID: SP_SUN_SADHANA
Sunday, January 20 — 4:30am - 6:30am
Special Events
Notes: Free and open to all.
+ Richard Rosen - Morning Pranayama with Richard Rosen
Morning Pranayama with Richard RosenInstructor: Richard Rosen
Course ID: SP_SUN_AMPRANA
Sunday, January 20 — 7:00am - 7:30am
Special Events
Notes: Free and open to all.
+ Fly with AcroYoga
Fly with AcroYogaInstructor:
Certified AcroYoga teachers will give short therapeutic flying sessions open to the public. Come experience the sweet surrender for yourself!
Course ID: SP_SUN_ACRO
Sunday, January 20 — 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Special Events
+ Tonya Sisco - Community Class with Tonya Sisco
Community Class with Tonya SiscoInstructor: Tonya Sisco
Lotus Flow 101: Discipline, Dance, and Devotion
Merge the mystic movement, mantra, mudra, and meditation of the yogic art of discipline as a sacred ceremony. Come celebrate the union of body, mind, and spirit in the world within and around you.
Course ID: SP_SUN_COMM
Sunday, January 20 — 1:30pm - 2:30pm
Special Events
Notes: Free and open to all.
+ Charlynn Avery - Connecting Mind-Body-Spirit With Essential Oils
Connecting Mind-Body-Spirit With Essential OilsInstructor: Charlynn Avery
If we seek to nurture our whole selves, we should be looking for the connections that help us feel whole. In this class, Charlynn Avery will discuss using essential oils and aromatherapy as a connecting bridge to assist in finding our balance in everyday moments. By engaging our senses with nature’s aromas, we can turn daily life into a transformative experience. Examples will be given for uses of essential oils within the context of the practice of yoga and meditation—and many will translate over to daily life use as well. At the end of class, be prepared to relax with a guided aroma meditation.
Course ID: SP_SAT_AROMA
Sunday, January 20 — 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Special Events
Notes: Free and open to all.
+ Yoga Tree Teacher Training Info Session
Yoga Tree Teacher Training Info SessionInstructor:
This panel discussion is suitable for those interested in becoming a yoga teacher, those seeking an in-depth study of yoga and also for seasoned teachers who are passionate about developing the skills to take their teaching, and ultimately their students, to the next level. Join our discussion as we share details about our Yoga Alliance 200-hour certification programs covering vinyasa and sequencing, philosophy, methodology, anatomy, restorative yoga, prenatal yoga and more.
Course ID: SP_SUN_YTTEACH
Sunday, January 20 — 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Special Events
Notes: Free and open to all.
+ Sound Healing Concert with Amber Field & Sam Jackson
Sound Healing Concert with Amber Field & Sam JacksonInstructor:
Experience a healing sound bath of crystal bowls, didgeridoo, percussion, and ethereal vocals that vibrate your cells to the core. This uplifting and calming concert will transport you to other worlds as you relax into deeper states of consciousness. Featured in San Francisco Magazine's Best of the Bay for yoga music, you don't want to miss this special event!
Course ID: SP_SUN_HEAL
Sunday, January 20 — 2:00pm - 2:30pm
Special Events
+ Deb Burkman - Demo: Demystifying Bandha with Deb Burkman
Demo: Demystifying Bandha with Deb BurkmanInstructor: Deb Burkman
Course ID: SP_SUN_BANDHA
Sunday, January 20 — 2:30pm - 3:00pm
Special Events
+ MC Yogi - Closing Gathering
Closing GatheringInstructor: MC Yogi
Join MC Yogi and a few of his friends for a lively closing send-off ceremony to encapsulate your weekend at the conference and connect with fellow attendees before returning home.
Course ID: SP_SUN_CLOSE
Sunday, January 20 — 5:45pm - 6:30pm
Special Events
Notes: Free and open to all.
+ Tim Dale & Tara` Dale - Yoga Studio Ownership 101
Yoga Studio Ownership 101Instructor: Tim Dale & Tara` Dale
Learn step-by-step tips for starting a studiofrom leases and special packages to designing your curriculum to recruiting and training your teachers.
Course ID: BIZ101
Thursday, January 17 — 9:00am - 10:15am
Business of Yoga - Session Day 1
+ Nicole Chetaud - Creating A Viable Studio
Creating A Viable StudioInstructor: Nicole Chetaud
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.
Course ID: BIZ102
Thursday, January 17 — 10:30am - 11:45am
Business of Yoga - Session Day 1
+ Lunchtime Demo
Lunchtime DemoInstructor:
How to use MINDBODY Business Management Software (optional)
Course ID: BIZ103
Thursday, January 17 — 11:45am - 12:15pm
Business of Yoga - Session Day 1
+ Joshua Cooper - Yogic Accounting: How To Live Your Life As a Tax Deduction
Yogic Accounting: How To Live Your Life As a Tax DeductionInstructor: Joshua Cooper
Come discuss the connections between yoga and accounting. We'll learn techniques to approach and organize accounting, as well as bookkeeping practices related to running a business in an easy and stress-free manner. We'll cover issues including the tax implications of different types of business formations, startup companies, individual tax strategies, using bookkeepers, and how to live your life as a tax deduction.
Course ID: BIZ104
Thursday, January 17 — 1:00pm - 2:15pm
Business of Yoga - Session Day 1
+ Ron Weikers & Ann Weikers - Common Legal Issues with Starting a Yoga Studio
Common Legal Issues with Starting a Yoga StudioInstructor: Ron Weikers & Ann Weikers
Opening and running a yoga studio requires sound legal preparation, in order to protect your tremendous investment of time, money and energy. In this lively and informative class, we will discuss choosing a business entity type; banking; contracting with teachers, employees, students, business partners, and landlords; complying with state and federal rules and regulations; obtaining insurance; protecting copyrights, trademarks, and trade secrets; and, hiring a lawyer.
Course ID: BIZ105
Thursday, January 17 — 2:30pm - 3:45pm
Business of Yoga - Session Day 1
+ Kathleen Holm - How to Market Your Studio
How to Market Your StudioInstructor: Kathleen Holm
Having great teachers, a sacred space, and a caring staff are essential to retaining your student base. But how do we get students in the door in the first place? We'll examine the effectiveness of traditional marketing strategies and guerilla marketing techniques and creative ways to market your company with Facebook, Twitter, e-blast campaigns, and more. Then we'll discuss how to get your best asset--your teachers--to bring more students through the door.
Course ID: BIZ106
Thursday, January 17 — 4:00pm - 5:15pm
Business of Yoga - Session Day 1
+ Bill Harper - Growth of Yoga
Growth of YogaInstructor: Bill Harper
A look at the growth of the yoga market in America including the 2012 Yoga in America study.
Course ID: BIZ201
Friday, January 18 — 9:00am - 9:30am
Business of Yoga - Session Day 2
+ Megan Hunt - Building Community
Building Community Instructor: Megan Hunt
Building a sangha, or community, is the art and practice of coming together with people with a shared purpose of and commitment to a spiritual path. Communities provide a sacred space for inner growth, nourish us, and teach us valuable lessons about living. Learn the incredible gifts and joys of creating and providing a sacred space of transformation, and explore practical and creative tools to work with many challenges of the business of building a community. Create your space of tremendous power to celebrate spiritual life--for both individual growth and realizing a peaceful and positive change in society. This session will be taught by Megan Hunt, Marketing Manager from Laughing Lotus.
Course ID: BIZ201
Friday, January 18 — 9:45am - 11:00am
Business of Yoga - Session Day 2
+ Valentine Matrat - Grow Your Local Customer Base with Online Tools
Grow Your Local Customer Base with Online ToolsInstructor: Valentine Matrat
Building a sense of belonging and community is crucial to the success of your studio. Creating an online strategy can help, although it can also seem daunting. Using Google's suite of products—particularly video, social, and local features—we'll explore how to engage with your clients, consolidate your community, and acquire new clients. Our discussion will include paid and free products that can be used together or individually, such as YouTube, Google+, Mobile, and local listings, and how they can fit within your other online and offline initiatives.
Course ID: BIZ204
Friday, January 18 — 11:15am - 12:30pm
Business of Yoga - Session Day 2
+ Lunchtime Demo
Lunchtime DemoInstructor:
How to use MINDBODY Business Management Software (optional)
Course ID: BIZ203
Friday, January 18 — 12:30pm - 1:00pm
Business of Yoga - Session Day 2
+ Kaitlin Yount - Alternative Revenue Streams
Alternative Revenue StreamsInstructor: Kaitlin Yount
A thriving yoga studio is built around a hub of drop-in classes. But to keep your students' commitment to their practice growing and to make your business really hum, things like retail, workshops, events, retreats, and trainings must orbit that dynamic center. Learn the why's and how's of adding ancillary revenue streams to your studio's core business.
Course ID: BIZ205
Friday, January 18 — 2:00pm - 3:15pm
Business of Yoga - Session Day 2
+ Richard Rosen - How to Create a Social Bottom Line for Your Yoga Studio: Piedmont Yoga Studio—A Case Study
How to Create a Social Bottom Line for Your Yoga Studio: Piedmont Yoga Studio—A Case StudyInstructor: Richard Rosen
Learn ways that your studio can bring yoga to underserved people in your community. Explore how to implement an inclusive way of doing yoga business through developing an accessible space for practice, seeking out teachers that can carry your mission forward, and finding creative ways to partner with the nonprofit world to seek out appropriate support for the programs you want to develop. By adapting the yoga practice to underserved groups in your community, you'll find that the result is a sustainable yoga community that is continually fed by the powerful gifts of service and inclusion. Our panel presentation with JoAnn Lyons (who works with physically challenged students), Vickie Russell Bell (who has developed a program for students with Parkinson's Disease), and Cheryl Fenner-Brown (who teaches classes for cancer survivors) will be moderated by Richard Rosen.
Course ID: BIZ206
Friday, January 18 — 3:30pm - 4:45pm
Business of Yoga - Session Day 2
