Bo Forbes is a clinical psychologist, yoga teacher, and integrative yoga therapist whose background includes training in biopsychology, behavioral medicine, sleep disorders, and stress management. She is the founder of Integrative Yoga Therapeutics, a system that specializes in the therapeutic application of yoga for anxiety, insomnia, depression, immune disorders, chronic pain, physical injuries, and athletic performance. Bo conducts teacher trainings and workshops internationally and writes frequently for Yoga Journal, Body + Soul, and the International Journal of Yoga Therapy. She is the author of Yoga for Emotional Balance: Simple Practices to Relieve Anxiety and Depression. Learn more at boforbes.com or take her online therapeutics training at boforbesyoga.com.

Restorative Yoga Therapeutics for Mental and Emotional Healing
Bo Forbes - Course ID: EVFORB

Friday, January 18 — 5:30pm - 7:00pm
Friday Evening Classes
Therapeutic / Mixed Levels

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.


What to bring: a bolster or two to three blankets, a strap, an eye pillow, and two blocks.
Asana, pranayama, restorative yoga, lecture.

Gut Wisdom: Awakening the Intelligence of the Core Body
Bo Forbes - Course ID: M2FORB

Saturday, January 19 — 11:00am - 1:00pm
Main Conference - Session 2
Continue Your Education / Mixed Levels

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.


What to bring: A blanket, a strap, an eye pillow, and two blocks.
Asana, pranayama, restorative yoga, and lecture.

Gateway to Prana: Empowering the Neck/Shoulder Axis in Vinyasa
Bo Forbes - Course ID: M4FORB

Sunday, January 20 — 8:00am - 10:00am
Main Conference - Session 4
Therapeutic / Mixed Levels

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.**

What to bring: Bring a blanket, a strap, one to two blocks, and an eye pillow.
Asana, pranayama, and lecture.

Neuroscience and Yoga: How Practice Creates Change
Bo Forbes - Course ID: M6FORB

Sunday, January 20 — 3:30pm - 5:30pm
Main Conference - Session 6
Mixed Levels

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.**

What to bring: A blanket, a strap, an eye pillow, and two blocks.
Asana, pranayama, restorative yoga, and lecture.

Lymphatic Web: Revitalizing the Immune System, Emotional Body, and Happiness Pathways
Bo Forbes - Course ID: AMFORB

Monday, January 21 — 9:00am - 4:30pm
Monday All-Day Intensives
Continue Your Education / Therapeutic / Mixed Levels

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.


What to bring: A bolster or two to three blankets, an eye pillow, and two blocks.
Asana, pranayama, restorative yoga, and lecture.