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  + Bill Harper - Introduction: The Growth of Yoga in America  Introduction: The Growth of Yoga in AmericaInstructor: Bill Harper A look at the growth of the yoga market in America. Level: Thursday, January 28 — 9:00am - 9:30am Business of Yoga Workshop - Session Day 1 + Shannon Paige Schneider - Yoga Studio Ownership 101 Yoga Studio Ownership 101Instructor: Shannon Paige Schneider A successful yoga studio starts before you even open your studio doors. Learn step-by-step tips for starting a studio, including creating an intention, defining your market niche, growing a marketing plan, and signing a lease. Set yourself up for success and manifest your dream into a reality. Level: Thursday, January 28 — 9:30am - 10:30am Business of Yoga Workshop - Session Day 1 + Bob Murphy - Creating a Viable Studio Creating a Viable StudioInstructor: Bob Murphy Learn how to create a budget, analyze operating expenses, and determine key indices that reflect the health of your business. Level: Thursday, January 28 — 10:45am - 11:45am Business of Yoga Workshop - Session Day 1 + Lunchtime demo Lunchtime demoInstructor: How to use MINDBODY Business Management Software (optional) Level: Thursday, January 28 — 11:45am - 12:15pm Business of Yoga Workshop - Session Day 1 + Andy Dudnick - Common Legal Issues with Starting a Yoga Studio Common Legal Issues with Starting a Yoga StudioInstructor: Andy Dudnick Learn how to choose the proper entity (LLC, corporation, proprietorship); enter into contracts with employees, teachers, students, landlords and others; and obtain financing and insurance. Level: Thursday, January 28 — 1:30pm - 2:30pm Business of Yoga Workshop - Session Day 1 + Brent Kessel - Money Matters Money MattersInstructor: Brent Kessel Gain an understanding of your relationship with money; set up salaries and retirement accounts to secure your future; and learn to implement sound business practices. Level: Thursday, January 28 — 2:45pm - 3:45pm Business of Yoga Workshop - Session Day 1 + Beverly Murphy - Powerful Guerilla Marketing Techniques to Boost Your Bottom Line Powerful Guerilla Marketing Techniques to Boost Your Bottom LineInstructor: Beverly Murphy Guerilla marketing strategies are the most powerful and least expensive techniques you can use to grow your business. Learn how to create and use simple collateral, newsletters, e-blasts, and websites to increase your student base and grow your bottom line. Level: Thursday, January 28 — 4:00pm - 5:00pm Business of Yoga Workshop - Session Day 1 + Kathleen Holm - Building Community Building CommunityInstructor: Kathleen Holm Building community is a natural process that occurs when synergy and positive energy exist between teachers, staff, and students. Learn to spread your passion and love for yoga by hearing your community’s needs and by working to create unique offerings for them. Level: Friday, January 29 — 9:00am - 10:00am Business of Yoga Workshop - Session Day 2 + Julie Klienman - Growing Your Studio's Business Growing Your Studio's BusinessInstructor: Julie Klienman Build on your success by expanding your workshop offerings, bringing in master teachers, cultivating your existing instructors, launching a teacher-training program or designing off-site retreats. Level: Friday, January 29 — 10:15am - 11:15am Business of Yoga Workshop - Session Day 2 + Roxanne Banta - Online Marketing Online MarketingInstructor: Roxanne Banta Learn how to use email marketing services, and the latest techniques for producing compelling websites, newsletters, e-blasts, and search engine optimization. Level: Friday, January 29 — 11:30am - 12:30pm Business of Yoga Workshop - Session Day 2 + Lunchtime demo: Lunchtime demo:Instructor: How to use MINDBODY Business Management Software (optional) Level: Friday, January 29 — 12:30pm - 1:00pm Business of Yoga Workshop - Session Day 2 + Dave Farmar - Podcasting 101: Expand Your Message Beyond the Studio Walls (optional) Podcasting 101: Expand Your Message Beyond the Studio Walls (optional)Instructor: Dave Farmar The yoga world is moving rapidly into the world of new media. Podcasting (video or audio online sessions of classes or other information) can bring your message to a new and almost limitless audience. Learn how to expand your business and your teaching beyond just having a website. Level: Friday, January 29 — 1:00pm - 2:00pm Business of Yoga Workshop - Session Day 2 + Ted McDonald - Yoga Retreats: Dream It Up and Make It Happen! Yoga Retreats: Dream It Up and Make It Happen!Instructor: Ted McDonald You will learn how to create, organize, market and facilitate your dream yoga retreat. You will become more efficient with the endless details and make your retreat run smoother and safer, creating a better experience for all! Level: Friday, January 29 — 2:30pm - 3:30pm Business of Yoga Workshop - Session Day 2 + Wendy Klein - Greening Your Business Greening Your BusinessInstructor: Wendy Klein Increasingly more yoga studios are embracing the green movement, seeking to lessen the impact their businesses have on the environment and encourage others to follow suit. We’ll cover the three key aspects of going green: greening your space (whether you are building from scratch, remodeling, or fine-tuning), greening your operations (starting with how you communicate with your clients up through how you clean up after class), and greening your customers (with education and other resources). Level: Friday, January 29 — 3:45pm - 4:45pm Business of Yoga Workshop - Session Day 2 Notes: Notes and resources will be provided to attendees electronically afterward. + Networking Reception Networking ReceptionInstructor: 
YogaWorks hosts this dedicated "meet and greet" for all participants and presenters in the Yoga Journal business conference. It's the perfect opportunity to get to know each other, network, and discuss potential shared opportunities in an informal setting. Light hors d'oeuvres and wine will be served.
Level: Friday, January 29 — 5:00pm - 6:30pm Business of Yoga Workshop - Session Day 2  + 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 and birth. 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.
Level: Continue Your Education Friday, January 29 — 9:00am - 4:30pm Friday All-Day Intensives What to bring: A blanket, block, notebook, and pen. Notes: Lecture, discussion, and asana. Yoga teachers, practitioners, and pregnant women welcome. + Scott Blossom - Yoga and Ayurveda for Detoxification and Rejuvenation Yoga and Ayurveda for Detoxification and RejuvenationInstructor: Scott Blossom Both the Ayurvedic and yoga traditions view life as a continual search for physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual food. Our health is based as much on being able to digest, assimilate, and utilize the ingredients of our lives as it is on regular elimination of metabolic, energetic, and psychological waste products and toxins. We'll focus on yoga practice and Ayurveda for guidance on making wise dietary choices, maintaining seasonal cleansings, and living a life that nourishes us on all levels. Level: Mixed Levels Friday, January 29 — 9:00am - 4:30pm Friday All-Day Intensives + Seane Corn - Vinyasa Flow Intensive Vinyasa Flow IntensiveInstructor: Seane Corn Vinyasa, which means linking movement with breath, is a dynamic and creative form of yoga designed to strengthen, tone, and stimulate the various systems of the body while creating a sacred environment for healing and insight to occur. We'll break down the various components of the physical practice while addressing the spiritual and mystical opportunities beyond the body. Level: Mixed Levels Friday, January 29 — 9:00am - 4:30pm Friday All-Day Intensives Notes: Asana and discussion. Experience with Sun Salutations A and B is helpful. + Jason Crandell - Shoulders, Hips, Breath Shoulders, Hips, BreathInstructor: Jason Crandell Learn how to align, open, and strengthen your shoulders and hips. We'll explore pelvic alignment and deep hip openers that will leave you feeling spacious and calm; shoulder alignment and arm balances that will create a sense of strength and empowerment; and a well-rounded series of standing poses, twists, sidebends, and forward bends that will sensitize you to the subtle inner workings of your shoulders and hips. Level: Mixed Levels Friday, January 29 — 9:00am - 4:30pm Friday All-Day Intensives Notes: Asana and brief discussion. Handouts included. + Ana Forrest - Tracking Transformation Tracking TransformationInstructor: Ana Forrest What if you were able to track the process of transformation? This means becoming aware of all the things that are happening to you during a transformative moment or time. Learn to create a heightened sense of awareness through breath and asanas. Tracking what is happening in your yoga poses can be applied to tracking and guiding transformation in other parts of your life. Level: Mixed Levels Friday, January 29 — 9:00am - 4:30pm Friday All-Day Intensives What to bring: A strap, a block, and two mats (or one mat and one blanket to roll up.) Notes: The room will be heated. + Gary Kraftsow and Rod Stryker and Pandit Rajmani Tigunait - The Transformative Power of Tantra The Transformative Power of TantraInstructor: Gary Kraftsow & Rod Stryker & Pandit Rajmani Tigunait An experiential workshop designed to explore the vast wisdom of kundalini, Tantra, yoga, and Sri Vidya traditions. We'll cover how to integrate Tantric traditions such as pranayama, mudras, bandhas, visualization, mantras, and herbs into your current yoga practice. We'll also explore how to master the forces of the first two chakras (muladhara and svadhisthana) that govern the forces of hunger, sleep, sex, and self-preservation-and how to reconnect with our own vast inner potential, atma shakti, also known as kundalini shakti. Level: Mixed Levels Friday, January 29 — 9:00am - 4:30pm Friday All-Day Intensives Notes: Lecture and practice. + Dharma Mittra - Journey of Dharma Yoga Absorption Journey of Dharma Yoga AbsorptionInstructor: Dharma Mittra Learn Dharma Mittra's graceful and powerful Shiva Namaskara vinyasa posture flow, which integrates prana into the metabolic and physical bodies. Move through a purifying Yoga Nidra, cultivating the mind with invaluable and profound sacred teachings on the ethical rules, yama and niyama, karma, yogic diet, ancient breathing practices, and sound techniques. Quiet the turbulent mind and attain peace, contentment, and realization of the divinity within. Level: Mixed Levels Friday, January 29 — 9:00am - 4:30pm Friday All-Day Intensives Notes: Morning asana practice, afternoon purification practices, and lecture. + Aadil Palkhivala - Upper Back, Neck, Shoulders, and Wrists Upper Back, Neck, Shoulders, and WristsInstructor: Aadil Palkhivala The mind communicates with the body through the neck. Tension in the neck constricts this communication and restricts expression through speech. Learn Purna Yoga sequences that release tension in the neck, shoulders, upper back, and wrists to relieve mental fatigue, headaches, and carpel tunnel syndrome and allow your mind to feel fresh and young again. Level: Therapeutic, Mixed Levels Friday, January 29 — 9:00am - 4:30pm Friday All-Day Intensives What to bring: A mat, a block, a wooden dowel approximately three feet long, and two straps. + Sarah Powers - Insight Yoga: Integrating Yin and Yang Yoga with Mindfulness Meditation Insight Yoga: Integrating Yin and Yang Yoga with Mindfulness MeditationInstructor: Sarah Powers Yin Yoga is an essential complement to more active yoga styles and offers an opportunity to develop our contemplative nature. A slow alignment-based flow practice helps maintain core stability while enhancing creative, active energy. We'll focus on the integration of these two methods, ending each session with mindfulness meditation. Level: Mixed Levels Friday, January 29 — 9:00am - 4:30pm Friday All-Day Intensives Notes: Suitable for anyone who has been practicing yoga for at least one year and has a strong interest in meditation. + Shiva Rea and Christopher Tompkins - The Sacred Flow: Breathing Consciousness The Sacred Flow: Breathing ConsciousnessInstructor: Shiva Rea & Christopher Tompkins The simplest yet also most advanced yoga is a realization and transformation of ordinary respiration into a moment-by-moment sacred receiving of breathing consciousness that is available to everyone at any time. Enjoy a daylong immersion into Tantric meditations upon the sacred flow of breathing as the sublime organizing rhythm of living yoga and practice. Level: Mixed Levels Friday, January 29 — 9:00am - 4:30pm Friday All-Day Intensives Notes: Includes sacred vinyasa flows, meditation, sutra reading, and relaxation. + Desiree Rumbaugh and Sianna Sherman - Anusara Yoga: The Alchemy of Transformation Anusara Yoga: The Alchemy of TransformationInstructor: Desiree Rumbaugh & Sianna Sherman Experience the everyday healing magic and miracles of Anusara Yoga. Learn how working deeply in the basic poses can make challenging postures more accessible. Together we will create supportive space to ignite the core of our practice with the fire of love. Come experience a harmonious blend of backbends, arm balances, hip openers, twists, and inversions offered in a creative and uplifting way. Level: Mixed Levels Friday, January 29 — 9:00am - 4:30pm Friday All-Day Intensives Notes: Mostly asana. + David Swenson - Through the Eyes of a Teacher Through the Eyes of a TeacherInstructor: David Swenson There is much to learn about our own practice through assisting and observing others. Learn to view your practice from a teacher’s perspective as we explore the oppositional forces at play in each asana. Through partner work and observation, we’ll look at methods of creating a balance between these directions of energy flow in order to facilitate alignment from the inside out. Level: Continue Your Education, Mixed Levels Friday, January 29 — 9:00am - 4:30pm Friday All-Day Intensives Notes: Open to all levels of practitioners from the full spectrum of yoga styles; one need not be a teacher to attend.  + Seane Corn and Michael Franti - Vinyasa Yoga Workshop | SOLD OUT - (sold out) Vinyasa Yoga Workshop | SOLD OUTInstructor: Seane Corn & Michael Franti In this 2 hour celebration, join two spirited artists and committed activists - Seane Corn and Michael Franti - for an interactive night of yoga, song and dance. This will be a hatha vinyasa flow yoga class for all levels, guided by Seane, and enriched with Michael's songs, culminating into an off-the-grid dance jam. Together, they will fuse their alchemy to raise the roof, inspire, move and activate you! This event is sold out. To be placed on the waiting list, please email yoga@horizonconferences.com Level: Friday, January 29 — 7:00pm - 9:00pm Evening Class Notes: $40 advance / $50 at the door + Mynx Inatsugu - Body, Breath & Mind: Essentials for Your Yoga Journey Body, Breath & Mind: Essentials for Your Yoga JourneyInstructor: Mynx Inatsugu The wisdom of yoga guides us toward realizing our highest potential as human beings. Whatever walk of life we come from, whatever condition our bodies are in, and whatever our state of mind, yoga offers us the means to enrich our lives, reconnect, and move toward meaning. In this experiential class, we'll explore fundamental principles of practice for your body, breath, and mind in order to reconnect with what really matters.
Level: Mixed Levels Friday, January 29 — 6:30pm - 8:00pm Evening Class + Saul David Raye - Thai Yoga Massage: Hands-on Healing Partner Class Thai Yoga Massage: Hands-on Healing Partner ClassInstructor: Saul David Raye Thai Yoga Massage is an ancient and sacred system of healing with roots in yoga, Ayurveda, and Buddhism. It combines massage, acupressure, twisting, stretching, and meditation to create wholeness of body, mind, and spirit in both giver and receiver. You'll be guided through giving and receiving a relaxing and therapeutic Thai Yoga Massage session-guaranteed to release tension and lift your spirit. Level: Mixed Levels Friday, January 29 — 6:30pm - 8:00pm Evening Class What to bring: A mat and blanket. Notes: No prior experience required. Bring a friend or come alone. + Stephanie Snyder - Yoga for Strength Yoga for StrengthInstructor: Stephanie Snyder Rediscover your inner power and resources through this dynamic and challenging vinyasa practice. Cultivate core strength, awaken upper-body power, and develop a strong and stable lower body. A wonderful opportunity to learn how to stand in the heat of the moment with power and grace. Level: Mixed Levels Friday, January 29 — 6:30pm - 8:00pm Evening Class Notes: Mostly asana.   + Scott Blossom - Samavesha: Sequencing Vinyasa Yoga for Meditation Samavesha: Sequencing Vinyasa Yoga for MeditationInstructor: Scott Blossom The ancient Tantric texts offer direct and effective suggestions about how to sequence asana, pranayama, and chanting to produce spontaneous states of meditation. Join Scott for an experiential class that explores the time-tested pathways to samavesha, which means immersion into the divine. Level: Continue Your Education Saturday, January 30 — 8:00am - 10:00am Main Conference - Session 1 Notes: Discussion and practice. + Roger Cole - Introduction to Stretching: Physiology and Practice Introduction to Stretching: Physiology and PracticeInstructor: Roger Cole Learn the basics of using stretch reflexes and other principles of physiology to safely and efficiently increase muscle length and strength. We'll alternate between physiological explanation and active practice. No prior knowledge of physiology needed. **This class has been approved by American Council on Exercise (ACE) for 0.2 CECs.** Level: Continue Your Education, Mixed Levels Saturday, January 30 — 8:00am - 10:00am Main Conference - Session 1 Notes: Two-thirds lecture and one-third asana practice. + 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. Seane will take you 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, and motivated and standing in your power. Level: Mixed Levels Saturday, January 30 — 8:00am - 10:00am Main Conference - Session 1 Notes: Mostly asana. + Angela Farmer and Victor van Kooten - Ganesha's Seat Ganesha's SeatInstructor: Angela Farmer & Victor van Kooten Muladhara, the root chakra, brings us back home to our place on this planet and opens us to the energy that both nourishes us and rises through our bodies to the sky. Understanding our roots and deep connection to the Earth, we'll explore the many different directions in which this energy can be guided to broaden and ease our practice. Level: Mixed Levels Saturday, January 30 — 8:00am - 10:00am Main Conference - Session 1 Notes: Asana with discussion. + Lilias Folan - Yoga Is for Every B-O-D-Y Yoga Is for Every B-O-D-YInstructor: Lilias Folan An enjoyably paced class that focuses on key postures, builds endurance, and teaches you pain-free ways to stretch, breathe, and relax. Connect with your anandamaya, the bliss body. All sizes and shapes welcome! Handouts given. Level: Beginners Saturday, January 30 — 8:00am - 10:00am Main Conference - Session 1 Notes: Teachers welcome to take notes. + Ana Forrest - Hips, Neck, and Shoulders Hips, Neck, and ShouldersInstructor: Ana Forrest Create freedom and strength in the hips, neck, and shoulders. Learn to safely unlock these habitual tension spots through intensely focused breathwork and asana, including inversions, standing poses, and vinyasa. Strengthen and lengthen the muscles around these joints, and create space in these areas. Walk through your life with grace and freedom. Level: Therapeutic, Mixed Levels Saturday, January 30 — 8:00am - 10:00am Main Conference - Session 1 What to bring: A strap, a block, and two mats (or one mat and one blanket to roll up.) Notes: The room will be heated. + James Higgins - Pillars of Alignment—Pathways of Perfection Pillars of Alignment—Pathways of PerfectionInstructor: James Higgins Alignment comes in many forms. When the physical foundation is grounded and secure in safe technique, the subtle bodies come into harmonious alignment, allowing for more conscious expansion and spiritual connection. Come deepen the ability to listen to the subtle bodies (or koshas), where energies that create and sustain all matter are awakened. This is where we refine our practice and find a richer connection to the greater good. Level: Mixed Levels Saturday, January 30 — 8:00am - 10:00am Main Conference - Session 1 Notes: Asana and meditation. + David Life - Lines of Force: Yoga of the Energy Body Lines of Force: Yoga of the Energy BodyInstructor: David Life The pranamaya kosha is your energy body. Asana practice directly affects the energy body, and vice versa. Experience these energetic pathways through visualization, mudra, and asana in a Jivamukti Yoga class. Level: Mixed Levels Saturday, January 30 — 8:00am - 10:00am Main Conference - Session 1 Notes: Part discussion, part asana. + Sarana Miller - Learn to Use Your Core Strength in Everything You Do Learn to Use Your Core Strength in Everything You DoInstructor: Sarana Miller Learn how Tadasana (Mountain Pose) accesses basic principles of core engagement and alignment. We'll explore how core engagement will make your entire asana practice safer and help you with your off-the-mat activities such as driving your car, going for a walk, or lifting a toddler. As you learn to rely on your core strength, you'll find yourself moving through your life with more awareness, poise, ease, and confidence. Level: Mixed Levels Saturday, January 30 — 8:00am - 10:00am Main Conference - Session 1 Notes: Mostly asana. + Dharma Mittra - The Divine Secrets of Backbends The Divine Secrets of BackbendsInstructor: Dharma Mittra Dharma Mittra, a master of backbends and inversions, will mystify you with this physically and mentally challenging practice. Learn how to establish proper placement, alignment, and spiritual intention of each pose. Let Dharma ignite one pointedness of mind and fierce determination that will have you doing poses you never thought you could. Level: Intermediate, Advanced Saturday, January 30 — 8:00am - 10:00am Main Conference - Session 1 Notes: Mostly asana. + Saul David Raye - Yoga LIVE! Yoga LIVE!Instructor: Saul David Raye Yoga's essence is oneness, where we transcend the limits of our beliefs, conditioning, and intellect and experience the tremendous energy at the core of our being. Join Saul David Raye and special guest world musicians in sacred space for this all-levels yoga vinyasa experience, integrating healing yoga asana, breathing, dynamic meditation, chanting, and live music. Level: Mixed Levels Saturday, January 30 — 8:00am - 10:00am Main Conference - Session 1 + Desirée Rumbaugh - Anusara Yoga Handstands: Love Is Stronger Than Fear Anusara Yoga Handstands: Love Is Stronger Than FearInstructor: Desirée Rumbaugh The grip of fear can be strong. But it is no match for the greatness and the power of love. Learn how to approach Handstands and other inversions supported by your heart. Move away from lower back pain and the fear of falling and into long-lasting strength and freedom. Level: Mixed Levels Saturday, January 30 — 8:00am - 10:00am Main Conference - Session 1 Notes: Mostly asana. + Stephanie Snyder - Cleanse, Calm, Clarify Cleanse, Calm, ClarifyInstructor: Stephanie Snyder Feeling sluggish? Unclear? This sequence is specifically designed to detoxify and cleanse the body. Stoke the internal flame as we flow through a soulful vinyasa practice. We'll move through deep hip openers to clear the pelvis and boost the immune system and twists to wring out the internal organs and support healthy digestion. This is a deep practice that will result in a cleansed, calm, and clear body and mind. Level: Mixed Levels Saturday, January 30 — 8:00am - 10:00am Main Conference - Session 1 Notes: Not appropriate for those who are pregnant. + 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. Please be familiar with the Primary Series. Level: Mixed Levels Saturday, January 30 — 8:00am - 10:00am Main Conference - Session 1 Notes: Mostly asana. + Pandit Rajmani Tigunait - Yoga and the Healing Power of Breath Yoga and the Healing Power of BreathInstructor: Pandit Rajmani Tigunait Learn techniques based on the Yoga Sutra and the Tantric texts to design your personal routine of healthy living, boost your stamina, and make your body more flexible and energetic. We'll give special attention to strengthening the lower back and hips and energizing the abdominal region and navel center. Level: Therapeutic, Mixed Levels Saturday, January 30 — 8:00am - 10:00am Main Conference - Session 1 Notes: Lecture and practice. + Christopher Tompkins - The Tantric Origins of Hatha Yoga The Tantric Origins of Hatha YogaInstructor: Christopher Tompkins The modern practice of derives yoga largely from the mystical rituals of India’s medieval Tantric traditions. In these rituals, yoga was the primary vehicle to spiritual liberation, experienced as the expansion of awareness into the glorious state of self-recognition, wherein the Divine Consciousness (Shiva) and power of the entire Universe (Shakti) were perceived as a blissful point of pulsation emanating from within the practitioner’s own heart. Discover the imagery and practices of Tantric yoga as edited and translated directly from Tantric manuscripts, which were composed at least 700 years before the hatha yoga tradition began. Level: Contemplative, Mixed Levels Saturday, January 30 — 8:00am - 10:00am Main Conference - Session 1 Notes: Lecture and discussion.  + Scott Blossom - Introduction to Shadow Yoga Introduction to Shadow YogaInstructor: Scott Blossom Shadow Yoga, founded by Zhander Remete, is a hatha yoga system that helps free the body of energetic obstructions and ignites your inner fire for healing and meditation. This practice consists of doing spiraling, circular, and linear movements designed to integrate yoga asana, martial arts, South Indian dance, and Ayurvedic medicine. Level: Intermediate, Advanced Saturday, January 30 — 10:30am - 12:30pm Main Conference - Session 2 Notes: Active practice. + Jason Crandell - Introduction to Sun Salutations and Linking Breath with Movement Introduction to Sun Salutations and Linking Breath with MovementInstructor: Jason Crandell Learn safe asana alignment and key elements to linking postures in a series of fluid, dynamic movements. Explore why Surya Namaskar is the basic foundation of most yoga classes. Level: Beginners Saturday, January 30 — 10:30am - 12:30pm Main Conference - Session 2 Notes: Mostly asana. + Angela Farmer - Inner Voices Inner VoicesInstructor: Angela Farmer Early abuse, trauma, and injury hide deep within our cells. These lost or unloved parts of us hold the stories of our lives. We'll reveal some of the most profound aspects of yoga, exploring ways to reconnect with ourselves and our surroundings that are deeply empowering and help stabilize us during difficult situations in life. Level: Mixed Levels Saturday, January 30 — 10:30am - 12:30pm Main Conference - Session 2 Notes: Asana with discussion. + Ana Forrest - Gravity Surfing Gravity SurfingInstructor: Ana Forrest Fascinated by weightlessness? Then ride the wave of gravity! Rejuvenate the mind and body with challenging inversions and arm balances. Learn the fundamentals for liftoff, surfing the air with grace, and landing nimbly with precision. This class will be fun and exceptionally amazing. Level: Advanced Saturday, January 30 — 10:30am - 12:30pm Main Conference - Session 2 What to bring: A strap, a block, and two mats (or one mat and one blanket to roll up.) Notes: The room will be heated. This class is not appropriate for pregnant woman or those with detached retinas, wrist injuries, or arm injuries. + Sharon Gannon - Back to the Future Back to the FutureInstructor: Sharon Gannon On a psychokinetic level, backbending moves us into the future. We'll explore how to apply yogic principles to backbending so we can safely, fearlessly, and confidently move into the future with a sense of adventure. Includes a vigorous vinyasa warm-up that will prepare us to focus on several backbending asanas, progressing from simple to more advanced poses. **This class has been approved by American Council on Exercise (ACE) for 0.2 CECs.** Level: Mixed Levels Saturday, January 30 — 10:30am - 12:30pm Main Conference - Session 2 What to bring: A blanket. Notes: Mostly asana. + Judith Hanson Lasater - Freedom of the Hip Joint Freedom of the Hip JointInstructor: Judith Hanson Lasater While practicing, we'll focus on hip movements and deal with problems with this core joint in asana. **This class has been approved by American Council on Exercise (ACE) for 0.2 CECs.** Level: Therapeutic, Mixed Levels Saturday, January 30 — 10:30am - 12:30pm Main Conference - Session 2 Notes: Lecture and asana. + Sally Kempton - The Art of Tantric Meditation The Art of Tantric MeditationInstructor: Sally Kempton At some point, most of us realize that the secret of yogic transformation lies in the junction point of the physical and subtle bodies. Tantric meditation teaches us to transform ourselves by unfolding the landscape of the subtle body. We'll combine Tantric theory with a series of guided meditations to unfold the geography of the subtle body. Level: Contemplative, Mixed Levels Saturday, January 30 — 10:30am - 12:30pm Main Conference - Session 2 Notes: Lecture and meditation. + Gary Kraftsow - Transformational Healing: Anandamaya Kosha Transformational Healing: Anandamaya KoshaInstructor: Gary Kraftsow Explore life's primary spiritual challenges, such as how to find purpose in life, experience happiness in the present moment, and cultivate meaning in the face of suffering, impermanence, and death. We'll use yogic teachings and practices to explore these issues and find a path toward our own happiness and ultimate fulfillment. Level: Contemplative, Mixed Levels Saturday, January 30 — 10:30am - 12:30pm Main Conference - Session 2 Notes: Lecture and discussion, with a short integrated practice using asana, pranayama, chanting, and meditation. + David Life - Virabhadra: The Warrior Stances Virabhadra: The Warrior StancesInstructor: David Life The central element of tragic story of the marriage of Shiva and Sati was the birth of Virabhadra. We'll reenact this myth in an integrated sequence of movements related to Virabhadrasana. This familiar sequence of movements is our own journey from lower levels of consciousness to higher levels of consciousness. Level: Mixed Levels Saturday, January 30 — 10:30am - 12:30pm Main Conference - Session 2 Notes: Part discussion, part asana. + Elise Miller - Yoga for the Lower Back Yoga for the Lower BackInstructor: Elise Miller Yoga is a powerful tool for relieving back pain. We'll identify and practice postures that emphasize both strength and flexibility of the spine and discuss anatomy as it pertains to the poses. **This class has been approved by American Council on Exercise (ACE) for 0.2 CECs.** Level: Therapeutic, Mixed Levels Saturday, January 30 — 10:30am - 12:30pm Main Conference - Session 2 Notes: Lecture and asana. + Jason Nemer and Jenny Sauer-Klein - The Art and Science of Handstands The Art and Science of HandstandsInstructor: Jason Nemer & Jenny Sauer-Klein The journey of 1,000 miles begins with the first step. Handstand is a posture that can teach us a lot about patience, focus, and precision. Acrobatic training techniques will pave the way for yogis to reinvent how to be upside down with ease, control, and grace. Level: Advanced Saturday, January 30 — 10:30am - 12:30pm Main Conference - Session 2 Notes: For yogis who have a free Headstand practice and can do Handstand against the wall. No partner needed. + Sarah Powers - The Architecture of Yoga Postures: Standing Poses The Architecture of Yoga Postures: Standing PosesInstructor: Sarah Powers Discover how to use hands-on adjustments to bring a greater awareness to the stable part of standing poses. This class will benefit teachers who work hands-on with their students, and anyone who is interested in developing a greater acuity of attention in the yoga postures. Level: Continue Your Education Saturday, January 30 — 10:30am - 12:30pm Main Conference - Session 2 What to bring: A notebook and pen to write down the adjustments for future reference. + Saul David Raye - Holistic Yoga LIVE! Experience All Your Dimensions Holistic Yoga LIVE! Experience All Your DimensionsInstructor: Saul David Raye We are by our nature whole, but this wholeness needs to be unlocked. Come and experience rare dynamic meditations from yoga, Tantra, and other sacred traditions to unlock the energy at each level of being. Then experience the healing power of a practice that honors each level of being and connects to the overflowing energy at our core. Level: Mixed Levels Saturday, January 30 — 10:30am - 12:30pm Main Conference - Session 2 Notes: Live music, chanting, asana, breathing, and dynamic meditations. + Shiva Rea - Fire and Flow: Agni Namaskar Fire and Flow: Agni NamaskarInstructor: Shiva Rea 
Experience an elemental namaskar that is a part of the 27 Sun Salutations developed by Shiva as an offering to the unifying power of movement meditation for whole-body realization. Agni Namaskar is an empowering sequence that awakens, channels, and expresses your inner fire in service to your sva dharma-your unique purpose in life. **This class has been approved by American Council on Exercise (ACE) for 0.2 CECs.**
Level: Mixed Levels Saturday, January 30 — 10:30am - 12:30pm Main Conference - Session 2 Notes: Mostly asana. + Beth Shaw - Sequencing for Success Sequencing for SuccessInstructor: Beth Shaw Explore what it takes to create a smoothly sequenced class that flows and inspires. Discover the importance of a good warm-up in hatha yoga, especially if you teach in a fitness environment, and learn YogaFit's Three Mountain format and five foundational and transitional YogaFit poses. **This class has been approved by American Council on Exercise (ACE) for 0.2 CECs.** Level: Continue Your Education Saturday, January 30 — 10:30am - 12:30pm Main Conference - Session 2 + Rod Stryker - ParaYoga Vinyasa: Awakening the Fire ParaYoga Vinyasa: Awakening the FireInstructor: Rod Stryker Fire practice, from the view of the ancient tradition, means activating the dormant forces in the spine. This inner fire, or shakti, is the force behind all spiritual experience. Learn the principles and techniques prescribed by the ancient teachings to access the sacred fire. Learn how doing accessible yet powerful asanas sequenced with bandhas leads to exaltation and illumination. Level: Mixed Levels Saturday, January 30 — 10:30am - 12:30pm Main Conference - Session 2 Notes: Practice with introductory lecture.  + Roger Cole - Breathing: Physiology and Practice Breathing: Physiology and PracticeInstructor: Roger Cole Learn the basics of breathing science, from the molecular level to its effects on consciousness. We'll explore and practice breathing mechanics and physiology that apply directly to both pranayama and everyday life. **This class has been approved by American Council on Exercise (ACE) for 0.2 CECs.** Level: Mixed Levels Saturday, January 30 — 3:30pm - 5:30pm Main Conference - Session 3 Notes: Lecture and breathing practice. + Seane Corn - The Body and Beyond The Body and BeyondInstructor: Seane Corn Explore the multifaceted dynamics of vinyasa flow yoga, including proper alignment, pranayama, meditation, reflection, and prayer. Through the integration of asana, breathing techniques, and conscious intention, we'll learn how to experience the creative and powerful practice of vinyasa flow as a devotional expression of life. Experience with Sun Salutations A and B is recommended. Level: Mixed Levels Saturday, January 30 — 3:30pm - 5:30pm Main Conference - Session 3 Notes: Mostly asana. + Sharon Gannon - Forward into the Past Forward into the PastInstructor: Sharon Gannon On a psychokinetic level, forward bending takes us into our past. It gives us opportunities to resolve deep psychological issues that have become lodged in the musculature of our bodies, resulting in physical and emotional restrictions that can inhibit our creative and sexual expression. We'll explore how the practice of forward bending can heal emotional traumas, helping to free us from negative past experiences and move more freely into our future. **This class has been approved by American Council on Exercise (ACE) for 0.2 CECs.** Level: Mixed levels Saturday, January 30 — 3:30pm - 5:30pm Main Conference - Session 3 What to bring: A blanket and a belt. Notes: Mostly asana. + Judith Hanson Lasater - What Is This Thing Called Yoga? What Is This Thing Called Yoga?Instructor: Judith Hanson Lasater What is yoga, and why do we do it? We'll help answer these questions by introducing the basic philosophy of asana and the wider practice of yoga. We'll also discuss what we gain from the practice and why it affects us so strongly. **This class has been approved by American Council on Exercise (ACE) for 0.2 CECs.** Level: Beginners Saturday, January 30 — 3:30pm - 5:30pm Main Conference - Session 3 Notes: Lecture and discussion. + James Higgins - Trust and Grace Trust and GraceInstructor: James Higgins Experiencing peace is a life-long journey in letting go and finding composure while everything in life continues to change. This vinyasa and meditation class will serve as a skillful means to assist in experiencing trust as the foundation for your practice. Trust is the way to release limiting beliefs and patterns we may hold in the body, mind, or emotional field. Grace fills the spaces we open within ourselves and allows more of our authentic selves to shine. Level: Intermediate Saturday, January 30 — 3:30pm - 5:30pm Main Conference - Session 3 Notes: Asana and meditation. + Sally Kempton - Befriending the Mind Dragons: A Yoga-Tantra Approach to Emotional Transformation Befriending the Mind Dragons: A Yoga-Tantra Approach to Emotional TransformationInstructor: Sally Kempton Yoga and Tantra created a radical approach to emotional turmoil: Find the creative energy within the turmoil, and the suffering will free itself. Learn the core Tantric principles for freeing ourselves from painful emotional habits. Explore the reasons we remain immobilized in counterproductive emotional patterns, and work with a series of meditations for redirecting the energy. Level: Contemplative, Mixed Levels Saturday, January 30 — 3:30pm - 5:30pm Main Conference - Session 3 Notes: Lecture and meditation. + Gary Kraftsow - Common Aches and Pains: The Upper Back, Neck, and Shoulders Common Aches and Pains: The Upper Back, Neck, and ShouldersInstructor: Gary Kraftsow Many 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 and strengthen these areas. Level: Therapeutic, Mixed Levels Saturday, January 30 — 3:30pm - 5:30pm Main Conference - Session 3 Notes: Lecture and asana. + Tias Little - Unwinding the Ribs Unwinding the RibsInstructor: Tias Little Releasing strain in the ribs is difficult, because there are so many of them and they are an integral part of our movements. Typically the rib basket is shifted to one side, rotated, or pulled downward. Come free up these restrictions to help release tightness around the organs and compression around the diaphragm. Our aim will be to open the ribs as preparation for deep breathing, or pranayama. Level: Therapeutic, Mixed Levels Saturday, January 30 — 3:30pm - 5:30pm Main Conference - Session 3 Notes: Practice and discussion. + Elise Miller - Chair Yoga: How to Adapt Yoga for All Ages and Abilities Chair Yoga: How to Adapt Yoga for All Ages and AbilitiesInstructor: Elise Miller Create a safe, effective way to approach poses that will give support, enhance alignment, and create more ease and balance. Teachers will learn how to apply the chair for students with limited mobility, and continuing students can learn to use the chair to approach more advanced poses. **This class has been approved by American Council on Exercise (ACE) for 0.2 CECs.** Level: Continue Your Education, Therapeutic, Mixed Levels Saturday, January 30 — 3:30pm - 5:30pm Main Conference - Session 3 Notes: Discussion and asana. + Dharma Mittra - Maha Sadhana: The One Great Eternal Practice-Dharma III and IV Maha Sadhana: The One Great Eternal Practice-Dharma III and IVInstructor: Dharma Mittra Develop the confidence to surrender on and off the mat. Dharma III and IV are challenging, meditative, and unique sequence variations that involve complete movement of the spine in order to unleash the life force within it. With regular practice, you'll bring an end to weight problems and disease, attain health and stamina, and gain the opportunity to attain self-realization. Guided deep relaxation, pranayama, dharma talk, and Dharma's Asana Satsang Jam. Level: Intermediate, Advanced Saturday, January 30 — 3:30pm - 5:30pm Main Conference - Session 3 Notes: Mostly asana. + Jason Nemer and Jenny Sauer-Klein - Love, Light, and Flight Love, Light, and FlightInstructor: Jason Nemer & Jenny Sauer-Klein Using the tools of metta (lovingkindness) and gravity, we'll support our partners in therapeutic flying to free up tension in the body, mind, and heart. The flyer receives spinal and muscular release, while the base receives the practice of Thai massage. We'll work in teams of three people for safety and support, and everyone will have the opportunity to base and to fly. Level: Intermediate Saturday, January 30 — 3:30pm - 5:30pm Main Conference - Session 3 Notes: No partner necessary. + Aadil Palkhivala - Ethics and Professional Boundaries as a Teacher Ethics and Professional Boundaries as a TeacherInstructor: Aadil Palkhivala The yamas and niyamas lay the groundwork for the ethical guidelines in yoga, yet the student-teacher relationship is so much more than understanding boundaries. Come explore the delicate balance between the sacredness of the intimacy of the student-teacher relationship and having limitations within that relationship. Level: Continue Your Education Saturday, January 30 — 3:30pm - 5:30pm Main Conference - Session 3 Notes: Lecture and discussion. + Sarah Powers - Insight Yoga: Exploring How and Why to Meditate Insight Yoga: Exploring How and Why to MeditateInstructor: Sarah Powers We've all heard about the benefits of meditation, and yet many yogis still feel this practice is too daunting and difficult. This class will give you an opportunity to prepare the body for sitting with a few Yin poses, and then practice simple and clear methods of meditation that can open the doorway for you to begin sitting in meditation regularly. Level: Contemplative, Mixed Levels Saturday, January 30 — 3:30pm - 5:30pm Main Conference - Session 3 Notes: Mostly meditation practice. + Shiva Rea - Primal Vinyasa: Awakening the Instinctual Body Primal Vinyasa: Awakening the Instinctual BodyInstructor: Shiva Rea Join an experiential journey into our instinctual body through the primal vinyasas of Prana Flow Yoga, flowing forms that awaken a deeper, nonverbal connection to core movements found in animal forms. In three different pathways, we'll explore the coiled power of the cobra, tiger, and monkey through primary movements, asanas, bandhas, and sound to release a more vibrant, flowing way of moving in formal practice and in life. **This class has been approved by American Council on Exercise (ACE) for 0.2 CECs.** Level: Mixed Levels Saturday, January 30 — 3:30pm - 5:30pm Main Conference - Session 3 Notes: Mostly asana. + Rod Stryker - Yoga and Ayurveda: The Vital Essences Yoga and Ayurveda: The Vital EssencesInstructor: Rod Stryker The three vital essences (prana, tejas, and ojas) provide guiding principles that allow us to approach yoga as alchemy. These subtle forces are a basis to heal as well as transform body and mind. We'll review these key yogic teachings of Ayurveda and the yoga practices that increase and balance each of the vital essences. Level: Mixed Levels Saturday, January 30 — 3:30pm - 5:30pm Main Conference - Session 3 Notes: Practice and lecture. + Victor van Kooten - A Willingness to Shift A Willingness to ShiftInstructor: Victor van Kooten Exploring the body with the help of visualizations will turn us deep inside and make us more receptive to our personal needs of the moment. Asana practice can become soft, like a flowing brook, or strong, like a thundering waterfall; as long as it emerges from your inner need, it is the right way. Level: Mixed Levels Saturday, January 30 — 3:30pm - 5:30pm Main Conference - Session 3 Notes: Asana with discussion.  + Scott Blossom - Tending the Fire: Ayurveda and Yoga for Balancing Your Inner Fire Tending the Fire: Ayurveda and Yoga for Balancing Your Inner FireInstructor: Scott Blossom Fire is humankind's oldest religion. Ayurveda and yoga descend from a spiritual tradition that sees life as a ritual of tending to our inner fire, or agni. Join Scott for yoga practice and discussion about how we tend our inner fire with asana, pranayama, and mantra. Level: Continue Your Education, Therapeutic, Mixed Levels Sunday, January 31 — 8:00am - 10:00am Main Conference - Session 4 Notes: Active practice. + Roger Cole - Yoga Anatomy for Beginners Yoga Anatomy for BeginnersInstructor: Roger Cole This introduction to anatomy will explain what makes various yoga postures work. We'll learn to see, feel, and understand the asanas from the inside out, making practice safer and more effective. Then we'll translate what we've learned into action. **This class has been approved by American Council on Exercise (ACE) for 0.2 CECs.** Level: Beginners Sunday, January 31 — 8:00am - 10:00am Main Conference - Session 4 Notes: Lecture and asana. + Dana Flynn - Shiva's Gospel Shiva's GospelInstructor: Dana Flynn Shiva is the original yogi and Shiva’s Gospel represents the rhythmic movement of the entire cosmos. Through this dynamic dance of transformation—merging movement, mantras, and music—we will turn our bodies into an instrument of intense devotion and awesome self-discovery, freeing our souls to commune directly with Spirit. Level: Mixed Levels Sunday, January 31 — 8:00am - 10:00am Main Conference - Session 4 Notes: Mostly asana. + Lilias Folan - The Joy Is in the Journey The Joy Is in the JourneyInstructor: Lilias Folan Practicing hatha yoga does more than just free the body. It's connecting with your heart, mind, and spirit. Moving at an enjoyable pace, we'll explore pain-free stretching and energy breathing. Enhance balance and confidence and learn new yoga skills to manage life's stressful moments. Level: Mixed Levels Sunday, January 31 — 8:00am - 10:00am Main Conference - Session 4 What to bring: Handouts given. Teachers welcome to take notes. + Ana Forrest - Backbends: Free Your Spine Backbends: Free Your SpineInstructor: Ana Forrest Learn to do backbends with a quality of attention that frees energy and strengthens your mindfulness. Explore how to warm up and warm down for backbends to stay injury-free. Create a whole new dimension of delicious depths to explore in your yoga practice. Level: Mixed Levels Sunday, January 31 — 8:00am - 10:00am Main Conference - Session 4 What to bring: A strap, a block, and two mats (or one mat and one blanket to roll up.) Notes: The room will be heated. + Sharon Gannon - Chakra Purification Through Asana and Mantra Chakra Purification Through Asana and MantraInstructor: Sharon Gannon Each asana corresponds to a chakra and a mantra. We'll practice an asana series that activates the chakras from the root to the crown, while chanting bija mantras and focusing on the specific karmic causes that might be contributing to pain and stress in the body. **This class has been approved by American Council on Exercise (ACE) for 0.2 CECs.** Level: Mixed Levels Sunday, January 31 — 8:00am - 10:00am Main Conference - Session 4 What to bring: A blanket. Notes: Introduction followed by asana. + James Higgins - True Strength True StrengthInstructor: James Higgins Ultimately true strength chooses love over fear and responds to life with what Mahatma Gandhi championed in non-violence. Dr. Martin Luther King called this our “Soul Force.” This vinyasa and meditation class will explore the universal truth of empowerment through non-violence. An integrated vinyasa practice brings clarity, caring, and courage. It also develops the ability to be fearless and powerful when needed. Level: Mixed Levels Sunday, January 31 — 8:00am - 10:00am Main Conference - Session 4 + Kate Holcombe - Yoga Therapy: Yoga as a Holistic Approach Yoga Therapy: Yoga as a Holistic ApproachInstructor: Kate Holcombe Yoga's holistic approach takes into consideration all of its dimensions: body, breath, mind, personality, emotions, and spirit. Using the Pancamaya model from the Upanisads, we'll discuss the overlapping nature of these dimensions and explore how the various tools of yoga can be used to influence many dimensions at once. This is the foundational principle for the therapeutic application of yoga. Level: Therapeutic, Mixed Levels Sunday, January 31 — 8:00am - 10:00am Main Conference - Session 4 Notes: Lecture with practice. + Tias Little - Unwinding the Neck Unwinding the NeckInstructor: Tias Little Neck pain frequently results in headaches, insomnia, jaw strain, and fatigue. We'll address the ways that neck tension is coupled with shoulder restriction and use nonforce techniques to unwind tension in the neck, particularly with spiral movements for the neck and shoulders. Level: Therapeutic, Mixed Levels Sunday, January 31 — 8:00am - 10:00am Main Conference - Session 4 Notes: Practice and discussion. + Elise Miller - Intermediate Iyengar Yoga Intermediate Iyengar YogaInstructor: Elise Miller This class is designed for students who have practiced and understand the beginning yoga postures and wish to explore new horizons. The focus will be on more advanced standing poses, backbends, and seated forward bends. **This class has been approved by American Council on Exercise (ACE) for 0.2 CECs.** Level: Intermediate Sunday, January 31 — 8:00am - 10:00am Main Conference - Session 4 Notes: Mostly asana. + Dharma Mittra - Maha Shakti: The Illumined Path of Dharma Yoga Maha Shakti: The Illumined Path of Dharma YogaInstructor: Dharma Mittra Dharma Mittra shares a lifetime of experience with these powerful yet subtle practices to help bring radiant health, fitness, and self-knowledge quickly to all students. This regenerative and invigorating practice purifies the physical and causal body of toxic impurities, evokes sattvic thoughts, and leads to higher states of health. It includes a dharma talk on practical and spiritual philosophy and discourses on karma and reincarnation, yogic diet, and classical breathing techniques. Level: Mixed Levels Sunday, January 31 — 8:00am - 10:00am Main Conference - Session 4 Notes: Lecture and asana. + Richard Rosen - Stand on Your Own One Foot: The Standing Balancing Poses Stand on Your Own One Foot: The Standing Balancing PosesInstructor: Richard Rosen Level: Mixed Levels Sunday, January 31 — 8:00am - 10:00am Main Conference - Session 4 What to bring: A block. Notes: Discussion and asana. + Desirée Rumbaugh - Anusara Yoga: Change Your Body, Change Your Mind Anusara Yoga: Change Your Body, Change Your MindInstructor: Desirée Rumbaugh Find lasting inner peace by reprogramming your body, mind, and heart through your yoga practice. Work smarter and get better, more long-lasting results with Anusara's Universal Principles of Alignment. Even though it's not always easy, life should be fun, and enlightenment should therefore also mean to lighten up! Level: Mixed Levels Sunday, January 31 — 8:00am - 10:00am Main Conference - Session 4 Notes: Mostly asana. + Janet Stone - Radiant Flow Uprising Radiant Flow UprisingInstructor: Janet Stone Awaken to new possibilities where the flow of life energy (prana) and movement become a fierce expression of what is beautiful inside and out. Owning our creative power is one of the great benefits of a Mula Bandha practice. As we access core strength and let go of our old patterns, we realize that it's possible to let go of our habitual methods of safety. Melt your fears and rise up to meet the fierce joy of life as it is. Level: Mixed Levels Sunday, January 31 — 8:00am - 10:00am Main Conference - Session 4 Notes: Mostly asana. + Rod Styker - Pranayama: Yoga’s Bridge to Self-Mastery Pranayama: Yoga’s Bridge to Self-MasteryInstructor: Rod Styker Deepen your practice by learning how to refine pranayama and increase its power methodically. We'll start with pace, tone, and distribution, and then culminate in focused internal awareness and retention. Experience your breath as the bridge between asana and the perfection of soul. Level: Continue Your Education Sunday, January 31 — 8:00am - 10:00am Main Conference - Session 4 Notes: Previous asana practice recommended. + David Swenson - Flying, Floating, and Handstanding Flying, Floating, and HandstandingInstructor: David Swenson In this fun-filled exploration of vinyasa and arm balances, we’ll break down the vinyasa into its components and explore handstands and arm balances through the avenue of partner work. All levels can attend—even if you’ve never done a handstand. Level: Mixed Levels Sunday, January 31 — 8:00am - 10:00am Main Conference - Session 4 Notes: Mostly asana.  + Roger Cole - Inversions from the Ground Up Inversions from the Ground UpInstructor: Roger Cole Dramatically enhance your inversions by improving their foundation and then working up your body to align your whole posture. Poses will include Headstand, Shoulderstand, Handstand, and Forearm Balance. Preparatory poses or alternatives will be offered for students who have limitations. **This class has been approved by American Council on Exercise (ACE) for 0.2 CECs.** Level: Intermediate Sunday, January 31 — 10:30am - 12:30pm Main Conference - Session 5 Notes: Asana practice. + Seane Corn - Detox Flow Detox FlowInstructor: Seane Corn A unique and challenging class focusing on cleansing the vital organs through a special vinyasa sequence that utilizes three internal components of compression, decompression, and twists to stimulate the purification process within the body. Includes Sun Salutations A and B, a detox standing-pose sequence, breathing exercises, and meditation. Level: Mixed Levels Sunday, January 31 — 10:30am - 12:30pm Main Conference - Session 5 Notes: Mostly asana. + Jason Crandell - Finding Your Voice: Teaching from Your Practice, Experience, and Intuition Finding Your Voice: Teaching from Your Practice, Experience, and IntuitionInstructor: Jason Crandell One of the greatest challenges in teaching is finding your voice. All too often we sound like an amalgamation of our teachers and have trouble separating ourselves from them. This workshop will provide you with specific skills and practices to develop your own authenticity and teach clearly, effectively, and honestly. Level: Continue Your Education Sunday, January 31 — 10:30am - 12:30pm Main Conference - Session 5 + Angela Farmer and Victor van Kooten - Nadi Sodhana: Alternate-Nostril Breathing Nadi Sodhana: Alternate-Nostril BreathingInstructor: Angela Farmer & Victor van Kooten With the help of internal awareness, gravity, and visualization, we'll uncover the ease and natural control of alternate-nostril breathing. There's no need to disturb the balance of the delicate nostril membranes by placing our fingers on our nose when trying to discover some of the many channels that connect breath to each and every part of our body. Level: Mixed Levels Sunday, January 31 — 10:30am - 12:30pm Main Conference - Session 5 Notes: Breath awareness with some asana. + Lilias Folan - Awaken Yoga in Midlife Awaken Yoga in MidlifeInstructor: Lilias Folan Midlife is the ideal time to connect with what is really important in your life, and to restore health, renew joy, and inspire your spiritual journey. Awaken your sacred witness Self through key asanas and pain-free stretching, breathing, and relaxation. Connect with your anandamaya, or bliss body. Leave the class feeling refreshed, positive, and heart centered. Level: Mixed Levels Sunday, January 31 — 10:30am - 12:30pm Main Conference - Session 5 What to bring: Handouts given. Teachers welcome to take notes. + Ana Forrest - Working with Your Injuries in Your Practice Working with Your Injuries in Your PracticeInstructor: Ana Forrest Alleviating your own pain is tremendously empowering. We'll guide you in focusing your healing energy to wherever you need it by using the breath. Learn how to tailor your practice to release pain and bring healing to an injured area. Discover the attitudes that are part of the injury and how those attitudes may perpetuate the injury. We'll focus on common areas of injury: neck, shoulders, and back. By applying the tools of Forrest Yoga, pain and suffering becomes optional! Level: Therapeutic, Mixed Levels Sunday, January 31 — 10:30am - 12:30pm Main Conference - Session 5 What to bring: A strap, a block, and two mats (or one mat and one blanket to roll up.) Notes: The room will be heated. + Sally Kempton - Karma, Relationship, and Transformation Karma, Relationship, and TransformationInstructor: Sally Kempton What is a karmic relationship? What draws us toward partners who are karmically linked to us? How can such relationships delude us-and how can they be transformed? Following the teachings of the Yoga Sutra and the Indian and Buddhist Tantra, we'll go beyond the usual view of karma and learn how to work with it creatively. Level: Contemplative, Mixed Levels Sunday, January 31 — 10:30am - 12:30pm Main Conference - Session 5 Notes: Lecture and meditation. + Gary Kraftsow - Secrets of Sequencing Secrets of SequencingInstructor: Gary Kraftsow Learn the principles for creating a personalized asana practice. We'll remove doubts about what we do, discover what's useful or harmful, and learn to modify poses according to our needs. We'll then develop sequences for different physical and mental conditions, times of the day, and even seasons. Level: Continue Your Education Sunday, January 31 — 10:30am - 12:30pm Main Conference - Session 5 Notes: Lecture, discussion, and practice. + David Life - Time Warp: The Happening Time Warp: The HappeningInstructor: David Life Peace, love, and music were the themes of the '60s, and we will warp these same themes into a Jivamukti Yoga class for Mixed Levels. The messages of kindness and compassion, and the joyous feeling of vibration are the cornerstones of this Jivamukti Yoga class. Level: Mixed Levels Sunday, January 31 — 10:30am - 12:30pm Main Conference - Session 5 Notes: Part discussion, part asana. + Elise Miller - Iyengar Yoga for Beginners Iyengar Yoga for BeginnersInstructor: Elise Miller Learn basic beginning yoga postures, with an emphasis on correct body alignment as well as strength, flexibility, stamina, and balance. Discover breathing and relaxation techniques to reduce stress in your daily life. **This class has been approved by American Council on Exercise (ACE) for 0.2 CECs.** Level: Beginners Sunday, January 31 — 10:30am - 12:30pm Main Conference - Session 5 Notes: Mostly asana practice. + Aadil Palkhivala - Detox and Recharge: Twists and Backbends in Purna Yoga Detox and Recharge: Twists and Backbends in Purna YogaInstructor: Aadil Palkhivala Twists detoxify the digestive system and release the tiny muscles along the spine, freeing it for backbends. When done correctly, backbends bring joy, strength, and power. Learn how to do beginning backbends safely and enjoy the benefits without injury. Minimum six months' experience. Level: Mixed Levels Sunday, January 31 — 10:30am - 12:30pm Main Conference - Session 5 What to bring: A mat, block, and strap. Notes: Discussion and asana. + Sarah Powers - Sweet Surrender: Integrating Yin Yoga Sweet Surrender: Integrating Yin YogaInstructor: Sarah Powers Yin Yoga, which consists of passive postures held for lengthy amounts of time, is an essential complement to the more active styles of yoga. It keeps the body supple at its core while encouraging stagnate chi (prana) to flow throughout the joints and meridians, restoring and revitalizing the organ system. Suitable for all people interested in taking their practice to an increased level of awareness and stillness, both inside and out. Level: Mixed Levels Sunday, January 31 — 10:30am - 12:30pm Main Conference - Session 5 + Saul David Raye - Thai Yoga Massage: Hands-on Healing Partner Class Thai Yoga Massage: Hands-on Healing Partner ClassInstructor: Saul David Raye Thai Yoga Massage is an ancient and sacred system of healing with roots in yoga, Ayurveda, and Buddhism. It combines massage, acupressure, twisting, stretching, and meditation to create wholeness of body, mind, and spirit in both giver and receiver. You'll be guided through giving and receiving a relaxing and therapeutic Thai Yoga Massage session-guaranteed to release tension and lift your spirit. No prior experience required. Bring a friend or come alone. Level: Therapeutic, Mixed Levels Sunday, January 31 — 10:30am - 12:30pm Main Conference - Session 5 What to bring: A mat and blanket. + Shiva Rea - Kalari Shakti: The Yoga of Embodying Power Kalari Shakti: The Yoga of Embodying PowerInstructor: 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. **This class has been approved by American Council on Exercise (ACE) for 0.2 CECs.** Level: Mixed Level Sunday, January 31 — 10:30am - 12:30pm Main Conference - Session 5 Notes: Mostly asana. + Sianna Sherman - Anusara Yoga: Gypsy Heart Yoga Flow with Backbends Anusara Yoga: Gypsy Heart Yoga Flow with BackbendsInstructor: Sianna Sherman Come aboard the gypsy caravan of backbends to celebrate the power of the heart in community. Together we'll unleash our full potential in backbends and soar to new heights with the Universal Principles of Alignment as our guide. Prerequisite: proficiency in Urdhva Dhanurasana. Level: Intermediate Sunday, January 31 — 10:30am - 12:30pm Main Conference - Session 5 Notes: Mostly asana. + Pandit Rajmani Tigunait - Meditation: Cultivating a Clear, Calm, and Tranquil Mind Meditation: Cultivating a Clear, Calm, and Tranquil MindInstructor: Pandit Rajmani Tigunait Learn the dynamics of meditation and the role of asana, breathing, mantra, and visualization in calming the mind and turning it inward. This technique of meditation is taught and practiced by the Himalayan yogis and is one of the core specialties of the Himalayan Institute. Level: Contemplative, Mixed Levels Sunday, January 31 — 10:30am - 12:30pm Main Conference - Session 5 Notes: Lecture and practice.  + Seane Corn - Body Prayer: Entering the Temple Body Prayer: Entering the TempleInstructor: Seane Corn Intention and prayer, when used in the right context, are powerful cultivators of self-awareness and personal transformation. Come move through an uplifting and spiritually centered vinyasa flow yoga class that speaks to the beauty and mystery of Spirit. Together, we'll use our body, breath, and unified intentions to contribute to healing and peace within our relationships and ourselves. Level: Mixed Levels Sunday, January 31 — 3:30pm - 5:30pm Main Conference - Session 6 Notes: Mostly asana. + Jason Crandell - Home Practices for Restful Sleep, Greater Energy, and Mental Clarity Home Practices for Restful Sleep, Greater Energy, and Mental ClarityInstructor: Jason Crandell Achieve a better quality of life with five accessible home practices for sleep, energy, and clarity. You'll get tips on how to keep your home practice consistent, fresh, and effective, while learning to create your own sequences to help soothe, energize, and transform your body and mind. Level: Therapeutic, Mixed Levels Sunday, January 31 — 3:30pm - 5:30pm Main Conference - Session 6 Notes: Asana and discussion. + Angela Farmer - Happy Kidneys Happy KidneysInstructor: Angela Farmer Holding toxins, grief, or sadness in our already overworked kidneys can deplete our energy and cause disease. We'll find ways to reenergize these vital organs and joyfully engage them in our practice to move more deeply and with greater ease in asana. Level: Mixed Levels Sunday, January 31 — 3:30pm - 5:30pm Main Conference - Session 6 Notes: Includes asana, meditation, and breath awareness. + Sharon Gannon - The Diet of Enlightenment The Diet of EnlightenmentInstructor: Sharon Gannon An insightful, optimistic, and nonjudgmental exploration into Patanjali's five yamas. We'll look at how they relate to the food we eat, and how that affects issues of violence, self-esteem, wealth and poverty, and physical health-as well as identity issues arising from our perception of our past, present, and future. Lecture is drawn from the book Yoga and Vegetarianism. Bring something to sit on. Feel free to tape record or take notes. Everyone who eats food is welcome: meat eaters, vegetarians, and vegan! **This class has been approved by American Council on Exercise (ACE) for 0.2 CECs.** Level: Contemplative, Mixed Levels Sunday, January 31 — 3:30pm - 5:30pm Main Conference - Session 6 + Judith Hanson Lasater - Restorative Yoga Restorative YogaInstructor: Judith Hanson Lasater Explore the theory and the practice of restorative yoga. **This class has been approved by American Council on Exercise (ACE) for 0.2 CECs.** Level: Mixed Levels Sunday, January 31 — 3:30pm - 5:30pm Main Conference - Session 6 What to bring: Props are essential to this practice! Bring at least three blankets, an eye cover, a strap, and if possible, a bolster. The more props, the more relaxation. + Kate Holcombe - The Yoga Sutras for Daily Living The Yoga Sutras for Daily LivingInstructor: Kate Holcombe Patanjali's Yoga Sutra clearly explains how yoga refines the quality of the mind, clears negative emotions, creates positive habits, and brings forth profound spiritual experiences. After learning about this authoritative text, we'll explore how its teachings apply to the everyday world and how they can help us to live happier, healthier, and more fulfilling lives. Level: Contemplative, Mixed Levels Sunday, January 31 — 3:30pm - 5:30pm Main Conference - Session 6 Notes: Lecture and discussion. + Sally Kempton - Meditation Essentials for Beginners Meditation Essentials for BeginnersInstructor: Sally Kempton Sally guides you through the basic techniques for unfolding a powerful, ongoing meditation practice and for holding balance in the midst of busy days. Level: Beginners Sunday, January 31 — 3:30pm - 5:30pm Main Conference - Session 6 Notes: Lecture and meditation. + David Life - Geometrics of Asana: The Point, the Line, and the Bouncing Ball Geometrics of Asana: The Point, the Line, and the Bouncing BallInstructor: David Life The underlying geometry of asana reveals magical ratios and relationships within the body. In this Jivamukti Yoga class, we'll practice asanas with an awareness of these special relationships in the microcosm and explore that relationship to the macrocosm. Level: Mixed Levels Sunday, January 31 — 3:30pm - 5:30pm Main Conference - Session 6 Notes: Part discussion, part asana. + Tias Little - Unwinding the Low Back Unwinding the Low BackInstructor: Tias Little Eighty-five percent of our society suffers from low-back pain at some point in their lives. Typically this pain is caused by asymmetrical strain patterns, such as excess tightness on one side of the body. We'll release constriction in the lumbar and sacral areas through gliding, rocking, and stretching movements to unglue the tightness in the muscles, tendons, and ligaments. Level: Therapeutic, Mixed Levels Sunday, January 31 — 3:30pm - 5:30pm Main Conference - Session 6 Notes: Practice and discussion. + Jason Nemer and Jenny Sauer-Klein - Harmony: Thai Massage and Partner Yoga Harmony: Thai Massage and Partner YogaInstructor: Jason Nemer & Jenny Sauer-Klein For thousands of years, yogis have learned how to cultivate peace and harmony between body, mind, and spirit. In community we'll cocreate an atmosphere of lovingkindness through chanting, partner yoga, and the ancient art of Thai massage. Through divine partnership, together we can walk the path toward peace. Level: Mixed Levels Sunday, January 31 — 3:30pm - 5:30pm Main Conference - Session 6 + Aadil Palkhivala - Joy and Light of the Heart Joy and Light of the HeartInstructor: Aadil Palkhivala Opening the upper back opens up the heart chakra, which expresses itself through the hands. The hands give and receive energy every day and are often the means for the heart to express itself in the physical world. Learn how to give and receive love more freely by doing specific asana for opening up your heart center. Allow light to enter your heart center and joy to infuse your life. Level: Mixed Levels Sunday, January 31 — 3:30pm - 5:30pm Main Conference - Session 6 What to bring: A mat, block, and strap. + Saul David Raye - Follow Your Bliss: Life Bliss Meditation (Nithya Dhyan) Follow Your Bliss: Life Bliss Meditation (Nithya Dhyan)Instructor: Saul David Raye Meditation is for everyone. Transform your relationship and experience of yoga's sacred science with Life Bliss Meditation (LBM), a revolutionary technique created by modern master and mystic Paramahamsa Nithyananda. It is a simple and natural technique to connect to our vast inner reservoir of creativity, energy, intelligence, and bliss. Level: Contemplative, Mixed Levels Sunday, January 31 — 3:30pm - 5:30pm Main Conference - Session 6 Notes: Discussion, theory, and practice of Nithya Dhyan. + Desirée Rumbaugh - Anusara Yoga: Adjustments That Align with Nature Anusara Yoga: Adjustments That Align with NatureInstructor: Desirée Rumbaugh Anusara Yoga offers an elegant and grace-filled method of teaching yoga that helps instructors train their students to listen to their own inner wisdom. Come and feel for yourself the magical and radically liberating application of the Universal Principles of Alignment, which you can apply to your own practice and teaching. Level: Continue Your Education Sunday, January 31 — 3:30pm - 5:30pm Main Conference - Session 6 + Sianna Sherman and MC Yogi - Anusara Yoga and Mythic Yoga Flow: Leap of Love! Anusara Yoga and Mythic Yoga Flow: Leap of Love!Instructor: Sianna Sherman & MC Yogi Get ready to make the Great Leap of Love with yoga, music, storytelling, peace prayers, and community vision. Sianna and MC Yogi will tell stories about the monkey Hanuman, whose adventurous and devoted spirit inspires us with insight and power in our own lives. Together we'll make the leap with fun, courage, and love. Be prepared for an abundance of hip openers and backbends to celebrate life. Level: Mixed Levels Sunday, January 31 — 3:30pm - 5:30pm Main Conference - Session 6 Notes: Mostly asana. + David Swenson - Inversions, Backbends, and Sitting with Your Breath Inversions, Backbends, and Sitting with Your BreathInstructor: David Swenson Turn your world upside down! Learn inversions by building a solid foundation from which to grow. Redefine backbends as front openings. Explore sitting quietly as an active participation in self-exploration. Develop a relationship with your lifelong companion, the breath. Level: Intermediate Sunday, January 31 — 3:30pm - 5:30pm Main Conference - Session 6 Notes: Mostly asana. + Jasmine Tarkeshi - Exploratorium: A Divine Exploration Exploratorium: A Divine ExplorationInstructor: Jasmine Tarkeshi Through the cosmic vehicles of asana, pranayama, mantra, mudra, and meditation, we'll journey within our own universe through the sacred freeway of the great sushumna channel as the way to freedom. On the way, we'll discover the vast landscape of who we are by visiting each chakra as our inner states of being. In this way, we'll become more intimate with all of creation to experience oneness with all. Level: Mixed Levels Sunday, January 31 — 3:30pm - 5:30pm Main Conference - Session 6 Notes: Mostly asana.  + Jnani Chapman - Medical Yoga Therapy with Cancer and Chronic Illness Medical Yoga Therapy with Cancer and Chronic IllnessInstructor: Jnani Chapman In this informative class, we’ll review cell biology, body organs and systems, cancer, heart disease, chronic stress, and inflammation. Then we’ll discuss treatments, side effects, and symptoms. Finally, we’ll practice adaptive yoga, including breath, movement, chant, meditation, imagery, and relaxation in order to elicit symptom relief and improve well-being. Level: Therapeutic, Mixed Levels Monday, February 1 — 9:00am - 4:30pm Monday All-Day Intensives Notes: Lecture, discussion, and practice. + Kate Holcombe and Chase Bossart - The Individualized Application of Yoga for Healing The Individualized Application of Yoga for HealingInstructor: Kate Holcombe & Chase Bossart Yoga has a wealth of therapeutic tools that can be used to address the different needs of an individual at every level—physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual. In this intensive, we’ll explore the therapeutic process as taught by Mr. T.K.V. Desikachar, including how to take a holistic approach that includes body, breath, mind, personality, emotions, and spirit (the Pancamaya model); how to conduct a proper intake; and how to treat each individual based on his or her unique needs and conditions. Level: Therapeutic, Mixed Levels Monday, February 1 — 9:00am - 4:30pm Monday All-Day Intensives Notes: Lecture and discussion. + Leslie Howard - The Female Pelvic Floor The Female Pelvic FloorInstructor: Leslie Howard The pelvic floor is the foundation for every movement of the body. Contrary to popular belief, it takes more than doing Kegel exercises to maintain a healthy female pelvis. A weak or gripped pelvic area can lead to lumbar sacroiliac instability, hip and sciatic pain, bladder weakness, and menstrual and sexual difficulties. Learn specific poses and exercises to isolate, soften, and strengthen the muscles of the pelvic floor to increase their flexibility, strength, and coordination. Level: Therapeutic, Mixed Levels Monday, February 1 — 9:00am - 4:30pm Monday All-Day Intensives What to bring: Bring a blanket, strap, and block. Notes: Women only. + Gary Kraftsow - Yoga for Emotional Health: Focus on Anxiety and Depression Yoga for Emotional Health: Focus on Anxiety and DepressionInstructor: Gary Kraftsow Modern science is beginning to confirm what the ancient yogis have known for thousands of years: that emotional states powerfully impact the health of the body. We'll explore the complex interaction between thought, emotion, and physiology, as well as examine the yoga practices that can be used to restore equilibrium, including asana, pranayama, chanting, and meditation. Level: Therapeutic, Mixed Levels Monday, February 1 — 9:00am - 4:30pm Monday All-Day Intensives + Judith Hanson Lasater - Experiential Anatomy Experiential AnatomyInstructor: Judith Hanson Lasater Deeply understanding anatomy and movement principles is an invaluable tool for yoga teachers and serious students. Not only does it help your teaching, but it also enriches your own practice. We'll integrate asana practice with learning about anatomy, an essential part of working therapeutically with yourself and others. Level: Continue Your Education, Therapeutic, Mixed Levels Monday, February 1 — 9:00am - 4:30pm Monday All-Day Intensives Notes: Recommended reading: Yogabody: Anatomy, Kinesiology, and Asana by Judith Hanson Lasater, PhD, PT. + Tias Little - Unwinding the Spine Unwinding the SpineInstructor: Tias Little Ideally, a yoga practice aligns the spine for a free flow of nerve impulse through the spinal cord. All too often, however, the vertebrae are twisted, rotated, or stuck forward or backward due to compression and tightness. We'll focus on releasing the musculature around the spine and unwinding compression in the small ligaments and tendons that hold the vertebrae together in order to bring fluidity, greater buoyancy, and support to the intervertebral disks. Level: Therapeutic, Mixed Levels Monday, February 1 — 9:00am - 4:30pm Monday All-Day Intensives Notes: Practice and discussion. + Elise Miller - A Healthy Balance for the Imbalanced A Healthy Balance for the ImbalancedInstructor: Elise Miller Whether we have muscle imbalances or a major scoliosis, Iyengar Yoga can bring awareness to such imbalances to facilitate transformation to a more balanced state, both physically and mentally. Elise will include information on scoliosis, allow time to explore imbalances, and explain how to adapt the asanas for any asymmetry-whether a major structural scoliosis or minor imbalance. Level: Continue Your Education, Therapeutic, Mixed Levels Monday, February 1 — 9:00am - 4:30pm Monday All-Day Intensives Notes: Mixed Levels of students and teachers welcome.  + 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 and birth. 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.
Level: Continue Your Education Friday, January 29 — 9:00am - 4:30pm Friday All-Day Intensives What to bring: A blanket, block, notebook, and pen. Notes: Lecture, discussion, and asana. Yoga teachers, practitioners, and pregnant women welcome. + David Swenson - Through the Eyes of a Teacher Through the Eyes of a TeacherInstructor: David Swenson There is much to learn about our own practice through assisting and observing others. Learn to view your practice from a teacher’s perspective as we explore the oppositional forces at play in each asana. Through partner work and observation, we’ll look at methods of creating a balance between these directions of energy flow in order to facilitate alignment from the inside out. Level: Continue Your Education, Mixed Levels Friday, January 29 — 9:00am - 4:30pm Friday All-Day Intensives Notes: Open to all levels of practitioners from the full spectrum of yoga styles; one need not be a teacher to attend. + Scott Blossom - Samavesha: Sequencing Vinyasa Yoga for Meditation Samavesha: Sequencing Vinyasa Yoga for MeditationInstructor: Scott Blossom The ancient Tantric texts offer direct and effective suggestions about how to sequence asana, pranayama, and chanting to produce spontaneous states of meditation. Join Scott for an experiential class that explores the time-tested pathways to samavesha, which means immersion into the divine. Level: Continue Your Education Saturday, January 30 — 8:00am - 10:00am Main Conference - Session 1 Notes: Discussion and practice. + Roger Cole - Introduction to Stretching: Physiology and Practice Introduction to Stretching: Physiology and PracticeInstructor: Roger Cole Learn the basics of using stretch reflexes and other principles of physiology to safely and efficiently increase muscle length and strength. We'll alternate between physiological explanation and active practice. No prior knowledge of physiology needed. **This class has been approved by American Council on Exercise (ACE) for 0.2 CECs.** Level: Continue Your Education, Mixed Levels Saturday, January 30 — 8:00am - 10:00am Main Conference - Session 1 Notes: Two-thirds lecture and one-third asana practice. + Sarah Powers - The Architecture of Yoga Postures: Standing Poses The Architecture of Yoga Postures: Standing PosesInstructor: Sarah Powers Discover how to use hands-on adjustments to bring a greater awareness to the stable part of standing poses. This class will benefit teachers who work hands-on with their students, and anyone who is interested in developing a greater acuity of attention in the yoga postures. Level: Continue Your Education Saturday, January 30 — 10:30am - 12:30pm Main Conference - Session 2 What to bring: A notebook and pen to write down the adjustments for future reference. + Beth Shaw - Sequencing for Success Sequencing for SuccessInstructor: Beth Shaw Explore what it takes to create a smoothly sequenced class that flows and inspires. Discover the importance of a good warm-up in hatha yoga, especially if you teach in a fitness environment, and learn YogaFit's Three Mountain format and five foundational and transitional YogaFit poses. **This class has been approved by American Council on Exercise (ACE) for 0.2 CECs.** Level: Continue Your Education Saturday, January 30 — 10:30am - 12:30pm Main Conference - Session 2 + Elise Miller - Chair Yoga: How to Adapt Yoga for All Ages and Abilities Chair Yoga: How to Adapt Yoga for All Ages and AbilitiesInstructor: Elise Miller Create a safe, effective way to approach poses that will give support, enhance alignment, and create more ease and balance. Teachers will learn how to apply the chair for students with limited mobility, and continuing students can learn to use the chair to approach more advanced poses. **This class has been approved by American Council on Exercise (ACE) for 0.2 CECs.** Level: Continue Your Education, Therapeutic, Mixed Levels Saturday, January 30 — 3:30pm - 5:30pm Main Conference - Session 3 Notes: Discussion and asana. + Aadil Palkhivala - Ethics and Professional Boundaries as a Teacher Ethics and Professional Boundaries as a TeacherInstructor: Aadil Palkhivala The yamas and niyamas lay the groundwork for the ethical guidelines in yoga, yet the student-teacher relationship is so much more than understanding boundaries. Come explore the delicate balance between the sacredness of the intimacy of the student-teacher relationship and having limitations within that relationship. Level: Continue Your Education Saturday, January 30 — 3:30pm - 5:30pm Main Conference - Session 3 Notes: Lecture and discussion. + Scott Blossom - Tending the Fire: Ayurveda and Yoga for Balancing Your Inner Fire Tending the Fire: Ayurveda and Yoga for Balancing Your Inner FireInstructor: Scott Blossom Fire is humankind's oldest religion. Ayurveda and yoga descend from a spiritual tradition that sees life as a ritual of tending to our inner fire, or agni. Join Scott for yoga practice and discussion about how we tend our inner fire with asana, pranayama, and mantra. Level: Continue Your Education, Therapeutic, Mixed Levels Sunday, January 31 — 8:00am - 10:00am Main Conference - Session 4 Notes: Active practice. + Rod Styker - Pranayama: Yoga’s Bridge to Self-Mastery Pranayama: Yoga’s Bridge to Self-MasteryInstructor: Rod Styker Deepen your practice by learning how to refine pranayama and increase its power methodically. We'll start with pace, tone, and distribution, and then culminate in focused internal awareness and retention. Experience your breath as the bridge between asana and the perfection of soul. Level: Continue Your Education Sunday, January 31 — 8:00am - 10:00am Main Conference - Session 4 Notes: Previous asana practice recommended. + Jason Crandell - Finding Your Voice: Teaching from Your Practice, Experience, and Intuition Finding Your Voice: Teaching from Your Practice, Experience, and IntuitionInstructor: Jason Crandell One of the greatest challenges in teaching is finding your voice. All too often we sound like an amalgamation of our teachers and have trouble separating ourselves from them. This workshop will provide you with specific skills and practices to develop your own authenticity and teach clearly, effectively, and honestly. Level: Continue Your Education Sunday, January 31 — 10:30am - 12:30pm Main Conference - Session 5 + Gary Kraftsow - Secrets of Sequencing Secrets of SequencingInstructor: Gary Kraftsow Learn the principles for creating a personalized asana practice. We'll remove doubts about what we do, discover what's useful or harmful, and learn to modify poses according to our needs. We'll then develop sequences for different physical and mental conditions, times of the day, and even seasons. Level: Continue Your Education Sunday, January 31 — 10:30am - 12:30pm Main Conference - Session 5 Notes: Lecture, discussion, and practice. + Desirée Rumbaugh - Anusara Yoga: Adjustments That Align with Nature Anusara Yoga: Adjustments That Align with NatureInstructor: Desirée Rumbaugh Anusara Yoga offers an elegant and grace-filled method of teaching yoga that helps instructors train their students to listen to their own inner wisdom. Come and feel for yourself the magical and radically liberating application of the Universal Principles of Alignment, which you can apply to your own practice and teaching. Level: Continue Your Education Sunday, January 31 — 3:30pm - 5:30pm Main Conference - Session 6 + Judith Hanson Lasater - Experiential Anatomy Experiential AnatomyInstructor: Judith Hanson Lasater Deeply understanding anatomy and movement principles is an invaluable tool for yoga teachers and serious students. Not only does it help your teaching, but it also enriches your own practice. We'll integrate asana practice with learning about anatomy, an essential part of working therapeutically with yourself and others. Level: Continue Your Education, Therapeutic, Mixed Levels Monday, February 1 — 9:00am - 4:30pm Monday All-Day Intensives Notes: Recommended reading: Yogabody: Anatomy, Kinesiology, and Asana by Judith Hanson Lasater, PhD, PT. + Elise Miller - A Healthy Balance for the Imbalanced A Healthy Balance for the ImbalancedInstructor: Elise Miller Whether we have muscle imbalances or a major scoliosis, Iyengar Yoga can bring awareness to such imbalances to facilitate transformation to a more balanced state, both physically and mentally. Elise will include information on scoliosis, allow time to explore imbalances, and explain how to adapt the asanas for any asymmetry-whether a major structural scoliosis or minor imbalance. Level: Continue Your Education, Therapeutic, Mixed Levels Monday, February 1 — 9:00am - 4:30pm Monday All-Day Intensives Notes: Mixed Levels of students and teachers welcome.  + Lilias Folan - Yoga Is for Every B-O-D-Y Yoga Is for Every B-O-D-YInstructor: Lilias Folan An enjoyably paced class that focuses on key postures, builds endurance, and teaches you pain-free ways to stretch, breathe, and relax. Connect with your anandamaya, the bliss body. All sizes and shapes welcome! Handouts given. Level: Beginners Saturday, January 30 — 8:00am - 10:00am Main Conference - Session 1 Notes: Teachers welcome to take notes. + Jason Crandell - Introduction to Sun Salutations and Linking Breath with Movement Introduction to Sun Salutations and Linking Breath with MovementInstructor: Jason Crandell Learn safe asana alignment and key elements to linking postures in a series of fluid, dynamic movements. Explore why Surya Namaskar is the basic foundation of most yoga classes. Level: Beginners Saturday, January 30 — 10:30am - 12:30pm Main Conference - Session 2 Notes: Mostly asana. + Judith Hanson Lasater - What Is This Thing Called Yoga? What Is This Thing Called Yoga?Instructor: Judith Hanson Lasater What is yoga, and why do we do it? We'll help answer these questions by introducing the basic philosophy of asana and the wider practice of yoga. We'll also discuss what we gain from the practice and why it affects us so strongly. **This class has been approved by American Council on Exercise (ACE) for 0.2 CECs.** Level: Beginners Saturday, January 30 — 3:30pm - 5:30pm Main Conference - Session 3 Notes: Lecture and discussion. + Roger Cole - Yoga Anatomy for Beginners Yoga Anatomy for BeginnersInstructor: Roger Cole This introduction to anatomy will explain what makes various yoga postures work. We'll learn to see, feel, and understand the asanas from the inside out, making practice safer and more effective. Then we'll translate what we've learned into action. **This class has been approved by American Council on Exercise (ACE) for 0.2 CECs.** Level: Beginners Sunday, January 31 — 8:00am - 10:00am Main Conference - Session 4 Notes: Lecture and asana. + Elise Miller - Iyengar Yoga for Beginners Iyengar Yoga for BeginnersInstructor: Elise Miller Learn basic beginning yoga postures, with an emphasis on correct body alignment as well as strength, flexibility, stamina, and balance. Discover breathing and relaxation techniques to reduce stress in your daily life. **This class has been approved by American Council on Exercise (ACE) for 0.2 CECs.** Level: Beginners Sunday, January 31 — 10:30am - 12:30pm Main Conference - Session 5 Notes: Mostly asana practice. + Sally Kempton - Meditation Essentials for Beginners Meditation Essentials for BeginnersInstructor: Sally Kempton Sally guides you through the basic techniques for unfolding a powerful, ongoing meditation practice and for holding balance in the midst of busy days. Level: Beginners Sunday, January 31 — 3:30pm - 5:30pm Main Conference - Session 6 Notes: Lecture and meditation.  + James Higgins - Morning Meditation with James Higgins Morning Meditation with James HigginsInstructor: James Higgins Level: Friday, January 29 — 8:00am - 8:45am Special Events Notes: Open to all. + Fly with the AcroYogis: Interactive Lunchtime Demos Fly with the AcroYogis: Interactive Lunchtime DemosInstructor: Certified AcroYoga teachers will give short therapeutic flying sessions open to the public. Come experience the sweet surrender for yourself! Level: Friday, January 29 — 12:30pm - 1:30pm Special Events Notes: Open to all. + Dave Farmar - Podcasting 101: Expand Your Message Beyond the Studio Walls with Dave Farmar Podcasting 101: Expand Your Message Beyond the Studio Walls with Dave FarmarInstructor: Dave Farmar The yoga world is moving rapidly into the world of new media. Podcasting (video or audio online sessions of classes or other information) can bring your message to a new and almost limitless audience. Learn how to expand your business and your teaching beyond just having a website. Dave Farmar is a Certified Baptiste Power Vinyasa Yoga teacher, an assistant to Seane Corn, and publisher of one of iTunes' top-rated yoga podcasts. Level: Friday, January 29 — 1:00pm - 2:00pm Special Events Notes: Open to all. + Vinyasa Yoga Workshop with Seane Corn & Michael Franti | SOLD OUT - (sold out) Vinyasa Yoga Workshop with Seane Corn & Michael Franti | SOLD OUTInstructor: In this 2 hour celebration, join two spirited artists and committed activists - Seane Corn and Michael Franti - for an interactive night of yoga, song and dance. This will be a hatha vinyasa flow yoga class for all levels, guided by Seane, and enriched with Michael's songs, culminating into an off-the-grid dance jam. Together, they will fuse their alchemy to raise the roof, inspire, move and activate you! Click here for more details. This event is sold out. To be placed on the waiting list, please email yoga@horizonconferences.com. Level: Friday, January 29 — 7:00pm - 9:00pm Special Events + Japa Kaur - Kundalini Sadhana Kundalini SadhanaInstructor: Japa Kaur The Aquarian Sadhana, as taught by Yogi Bhajan, begins with the reading of Japji, a Sikh prayer that balances the ten bodies and aligns one with his or her own spiritual destiny. This is followed by a gentle Kundalini Yoga kriya to stretch and awaken the physical body. The morning Sadhana concludes with a set of chants, given specifically to help us transition from the Piscean to the Aquarian Age. Japa Kaur is a professional musician, author and healer who lives in the Bay Area and travels extensively to share her healing gifts with the world. She is a certified Kundalini Yoga Teacher and Sat Nam Rasayan practitioner who teaches and performs interfaith musical kirtans locally as well as abroad. Level: Saturday, January 30 — 4:30am - 6:30am Special Events Notes: Open to all. + Lilias Folan - Greeting the Day in a Sacred Way: Meditation, Contemplation, and Movement with Lilias Folan Greeting the Day in a Sacred Way: Meditation, Contemplation, and Movement with Lilias FolanInstructor: Lilias Folan Gather in the sacred circle of morning stillness and friendship. Wake up your chakras and koshas with a poetic "meditation in movement." Dance, chant, move, and sing to raise the sun and light in your life. This morning ritual holds the vibrations of Asian tai chi, Indian Brahma Muhurta, and Native American traditions. The class ends with guided meditation and pranayama to connect us to the heart light within. Level: Saturday, January 30 — 6:45am - 7:45am Special Events Notes: Open to all. + Nicki Estrada - Free Community Class: Grace in Practice with Nikki Estrada Free Community Class: Grace in Practice with Nikki EstradaInstructor: Nicki Estrada 
Get ready for a deep practice in this hourlong vinyasa flow class that focuses on zobha, which means "grace" in Sanskrit. Grace is beauty in action, poise under pressure, a rise to life challenges. Come discover how our yoga practice can provide the perfect opportunity to face our with grace challenges on the mat.
Level: Mixed Levels Saturday, January 30 — 1:00pm - 2:00pm Special Events Notes: Open to all. + Manoj Chalam - Gods, Goddesses, and the Gita with Manoj Chalam Gods, Goddesses, and the Gita with Manoj ChalamInstructor: Manoj Chalam In this unique workshop, Manoj will bring in statues and relate the symbolism of Hindu & Buddhist deities to archetypes within us. Discover how knowing and working with your Archetypes profoundly shifts you in your personal life and yogic awakening. Discover the secret symbolism encoded in the Mahabharata and the Bhagavad Gita and learn to interpret their timeless teachings in your day-to-day life. Dr. Manoj Chalam uses humor, stories, and everyday experiences in his talks on mythology, Vedanta and Tantra. Indian-born Manoj has given keynote lectures and workshops at yoga festivals conferences. He is a scientist with a doctorate in Chemical Physics from Cornell University and has compiled a book on Hindu and Buddhist symbolism. Level: Saturday, January 30 — 1:00pm - 2:00pm Special Events Notes: Open to all. + Pandit Rajmani Tigunait - Keynote by Pandit Rajmani Tigunait Keynote by Pandit Rajmani TigunaitInstructor: Pandit Rajmani Tigunait Tantra: The Opening of a New Frontier of Yoga The very core of Tantra is balance and integration. This is the legacy left behind by the great masters Krishna, Buddha, Patanjali, Goraknatha, and Milarepa. We are the lucky custodians of their Tantric wisdom, which represents the full range of yoga. But today, many of us practice yoga in fragments. Come learn how to bring back the ancient model of Tantra by nurturing yoga and reconnecting it with its Tantric roots. Level: Saturday, January 30 — 1:30pm - 2:30pm Special Events Notes: Open to all. + Fly with the AcroYogis: Interactive Lunchtime Demos Fly with the AcroYogis: Interactive Lunchtime DemosInstructor: Certified AcroYoga teachers will give short therapeutic flying sessions open to the public. Come experience the sweet surrender for yourself! Level: Saturday, January 30 — 2:00pm - 3:00pm Special Events Notes: Open to all. + Aromatherapy and Yoga Aromatherapy and YogaInstructor: Learn how Young Living Therapeutic Grade (YLTG) essential oils create an environment that supports deeper yoga practice. This workshop focuses on the science of aromatherapy and educates participants about techniques for incorporating pure, potent essential oils into their yoga practice. Learn how the unique properties of YLTG essential oils can increase energy, relaxation, and focus, decrease stress, and deepen meditation. Level: Saturday, January 30 — 2:15pm - 3:15pm Special Events Notes: Open to all. + Dr. Gaetano Morello - "Assaulted by Hidden Toxins? Secrets to Restoring Pure Health" with Dr. Gaetano Morello "Assaulted by Hidden Toxins? Secrets to Restoring Pure Health" with Dr. Gaetano MorelloInstructor: Dr. Gaetano Morello 
Level: Saturday, January 30 — 5:45pm - 6:30pm Special Events Notes: Open to all. + Donna DeLory and Shiva Rea - Saturday Night Ignites with Donna De Lory, MC Yogi, Shiva Rea and DJ Dragonfly Saturday Night Ignites with Donna De Lory, MC Yogi, Shiva Rea and DJ DragonflyInstructor: Donna DeLory & Shiva Rea Ignite Your Passion--Yoga Journal's 6th Annual Trance Dance Join us for an amazing four-hour immersive rite into the power of community, intention, and inspiration. Through music, movement, and thought we will call upon ourselves to remember, re-ignite, and release our passion. Donna De Lory, MC Yogi, Shiva Rea, DJ Dragonfly and visual artist Jonathan Singer lead you on a journey through spacious beauty, soulful grooves, intentional movement, and hip shaking world beats. Level: Saturday, January 30 — 7:30pm - 11:30pm Special Events Notes: $20 for conference attendees; $25 for general public + Japa Kaur - Kundalini Sadhana Kundalini SadhanaInstructor: Japa Kaur The Aquarian Sadhana, as taught by Yogi Bhajan, begins with the reading of Japji, a Sikh prayer that balances the ten bodies and aligns one with his or her own spiritual destiny. This is followed by a gentle Kundalini Yoga kriya to stretch and awaken the physical body. The morning Sadhana concludes with a set of chants, given specifically to help us transition from the Piscean to the Aquarian Age. Japa Kaur is a professional musician, author and healer who lives in the Bay Area and travels extensively to share her healing gifts with the world. She is a certified Kundalini Yoga Teacher and Sat Nam Rasayan practitioner who teaches and performs interfaith musical kirtans locally as well as abroad. Level: Sunday, January 31 — 4:30am - 6:30am Special Events Notes: Open to all. + Richard Rosen - Morning Pranayama with Richard Rosen Morning Pranayama with Richard RosenInstructor: Richard Rosen Get your day off on the right breath. This early morning breathe-in breathe-out is open to students of all levels. Level: Sunday, January 31 — 7:00am - 7:45am Special Events Notes: Open to all. + Janet Stone - Free Community Class with Janet Stone Free Community Class with Janet StoneInstructor: Janet Stone 
Through this class Janet will guide you in a dynamic, juicy, and deeply nurturing flow. We'll focus on opening the heart, creating a radiant flow of energy (prana) within the body, stilling the mind and moving towards abhaya (freedom from fear). Discover how asana can release tension and old patterns while awakening your Divine nature. Embrace life through a fluid, vigorous vinyasa practice.
Level: Sunday, January 31 — 1:00pm - 2:00pm Special Events Notes: Open to all. + Sally Kempton and Sianna Sherman and Rod Stryker - Panel Discussion Panel DiscussionInstructor: Sally Kempton & Sianna Sherman & Rod Stryker Living Joyfully: What Tantra Teaches Us About Life On and Off the Mat with Sally Kempton, Sianna Sherman, and Rod Stryker Level: Sunday, January 31 — 1:30pm - 3:00pm Special Events Notes: Open to all. + Fly with the AcroYogis: Interactive Lunchtime Demos Fly with the AcroYogis: Interactive Lunchtime DemosInstructor: Certified AcroYoga teachers will give short therapeutic flying sessions open to the public. Come experience the sweet surrender for yourself! Level: Sunday, January 31 — 2:00pm - 3:00pm Special Events Notes: Open to all. + Teacher Training: Taking It to the Next Level Teacher Training: Taking It to the Next LevelInstructor: 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 in Vinyasa, Anusara, Restorative yoga and more; as well as a variety of immersions into yogic philosophy, anatomy and sequencing. Level: Sunday, January 31 — 2:15pm - 3:15pm Special Events Notes: Open to all. + David Swenson - Closing Event: Guided Meditation and Group Savasana with David Swenson Closing Event: Guided Meditation and Group Savasana with David SwensonInstructor: David Swenson Savasanaaaaahhhhhhh! Savasana is much more than a deep sleep: it's an opportunity to let go of fatigue, assimilate the benefits from your yoga practice, and adopt a state of profound meditation. You'll be guided through a simple inward journey designed to show you how to relax, release, and unwind while drinking deep from the internal glow of prana after a weekend of yoga immersion. All levels welcome-including Savasana snorers! Level: Sunday, January 31 — 6:00pm - 6:30pm Special Events Notes: Open to all. |
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