Craft your dream yoga weekend! Ease tension in your shoulders, study the philosophy,
detox your body, or finally learn how to kick up into Handstand. With over 100 classes to
choose from, you can flow, breathe, stretch, sweat, and learn to your heart's content.
Please choose class one from Session 1:
Instructor: Lisa Black
Friday, September 26
8:00am-10:00am: Main Conference - Session 1
Code: M1BLAC
Advanced Beginners
Experience a challenging yet accessible practice that weaves in essential philosophy for your life. Learn how to use this practice to encourage your authentic self, and let your true light shine! Suggested minimum of six months' vinyasa yoga experience. Mostly asana.
Instructor: Kofi Busia
Friday, September 26
8:00am-10:00am: Main Conference - Session 1
Code: M1BUSI
All Levels
Viewed from Western anatomy, the body consists of trillions of intricately connected living cells. Yoga maintains clear lines of communication between them. Practice a range of asanas to stimulate a free flow of mindfulness energy through this web. Discussion and asana.
Instructor: Roger Cole
Friday, September 26
8:00am-10:00am: Main Conference - Session 1
Code: M1COLE
All Levels/Therapeutic/Continue Your Education
Yoga can be a challenge when recovering from a disk injury in the lower back. We'll learn the anatomy of the injury and a wide selection of modified postures to provide recovering students a satisfying and potentially therapeutic asana practice. Most of the asanas in the class aren't appropriate for acute or severe injuries. Bring several blankets, a strap, and a block. Lecture and asana. **This class has been approved by American Council on Exercise (ACE) for 0.2 CECs.**
Instructor: Seane Corn
Friday, September 26
8:00am-10:00am: Main Conference - Session 1
Code: M1CORN
Intermediate
Learn a challenging vinyasa sequence using compression, decompression, and twists to cleanse the vital organs and stimulate purification. Includes Sun Salutations A and B, a detox standing pose sequence, breathing exercises, and meditation. Discussion and asana.
Instructor: Jason Crandell
Friday, September 26
8:00am-10:00am: Main Conference - Session 1
Code: M1CRAN
All Levels
Free your breath by aligning, stabilizing, and unlocking your shoulders and hips. Learn how these pieces of your body's puzzle fit together—and how to shift them in ways that create more space, ease, and freedom, using a wide array of standing poses, hip openers, shoulder openers, and basic pranayama. Mostly asana.
Instructor: Richard Freeman
Friday, September 26
8:00am-10:00am: Main Conference - Session 1
Code: M1FREE
All Levels
Join us on an energetic exploration of the body patterns found in backbending and a revisioning of the essentials of finishing postures. With emphasis on the details that make them feel really good, we'll let them lead us into pranayama and bandha practice as a natural awakening of intelligence. Mostly asana.
Instructor: James Higgins
Friday, September 26
8:00am-10:00am: Main Conference - Session 1
Code: M1HIGG
Advanced Beginners
Spaciousness and freedom feel good, especially in our bodies! Enjoy your body as pure energy, feel into it—and appreciate it more. Mostly asana.
Instructor: Amy Ippoliti
Friday, September 26
8:00am-10:00am: Main Conference - Session 1
Code: M1IPPO
All Levels/Therapeutic
Explore ways to provide therapeutic relief to a wide variety of limitations and injuries of the upper body such as neck, rotator cuff, tendonitis, and carpal tunnel syndrome. Even if you aren't challenged with these conditions, you'll learn to open up your neck, shoulders, arms, and hands like never before. Mostly asana.
Instructor: Alanna Kaivalya
Friday, September 26
8:00am-10:00am: Main Conference - Session 1
Code: M1KAIV
All Levels
The Ramayana is one of the most beloved stories of the yogic tradition, and the monkey deity Hanuman is one of its central characters. Come on a journey that illustrates this story through asana, chanting, meditation, and philosophical discourse. If you love the idea of being a peaceful warrior, this story is already written in your heart. Mostly asana with chanting and meditaion.
Instructor: Gurmukh Kaur Khalsa
Friday, September 26
8:00am-10:00am: Main Conference - Session 1
Code: M1KHAL
All Levels
It is your birthright to inherit our destiny. The rarely taught Platinum Meditation will open you up cosmically and imprint a victory pattern on your energy system. Your chakra system will awaken, and you will experience the gift of your own inherent power. After the meditation, we'll relax to the Sacred Gong and awaken refreshed and transformed.
Instructor: Ross Rayburn
Friday, September 26
8:00am-10:00am: Main Conference - Session 1
Code: M1RAYB
Continue Your Education
Learn how to structure a class for students interested in applying yoga principles to their favorite sport. We'll explore how the Anusara Universal Principles of Alignment can directly improve an athlete's performance and how to articulate the spiritual underpinnings of yoga in an inspirational way to new students. Discussion and asana.
Instructor: Saul David Raye
Friday, September 26
8:00am-10:00am: Main Conference - Session 1
Code: M1RAYE
All Levels
All of life is connected through the pulse and power of movement. Ritam, "cosmic rhythm," is the power and movement of life itself and the basis of yoga. To understand ritam is to understand the movement of yoga, life, and consciousness. Align with the power and the pulse of the universe with this holistic, integrated practice. Some experience suggested. Mostly asana.
Instructor: Shiva Rea
Friday, September 26
8:00am-10:00am: Main Conference - Session 1
Code: M1SREA
All Levels
Bring the extraordinary understanding of spanda (the divine vibration) into embodied experience through meditation, pulsation vinyasa, spontaneous movement, chanting, and creative flow. This exploration gives a living reality to spanda as the great internal guidance system. Mostly asana. **This class has been approved by American Council on Exercise (ACE) for 0.2 CECs.**
Instructor: Sianna Sherman
Friday, September 26
8:00am-10:00am: Main Conference - Session 1
Code: M1SHER
Intermediate
Leap with love into arm balances with a playful sequence of hip openers to pave the way. Be ready to rise to the challenge with laughter and love. Mostly asana.
Instructor: David Swenson
Friday, September 26
8:00am-10:00am: Main Conference - Session 1
Code: M1SWEN
All Levels
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. Mostly asana.
Please choose one class from either Session 2a or 2b:
Instructor: Lisa Black
Friday, September 26
10:30am-12:30pm: Main Conference - Session 2a
Code: M2BLAC
All Levels/Advanced Beginners
A sweaty and inspiring yoga adventure based on the dynamic style created by Baron Baptiste. Come and learn how to apply the Five Pillars (breath, energetic lock, gaze, flow, and heat) through the postures—and see how letting go of past expectations allows you to move forward into your untapped potential. Suggested minimum of six months' vinyasa yoga experience. Mostly asana.
Instructor: Kofi Busia
Friday, September 26
10:30am-12:30pm: Main Conference - Session 2a
Code: M2BUSI
Intermediate/Advanced
Using more advanced asanas, we'll consider how the movement of our outer limbs enables us to communicate more fully with the interconnected unity of our body's web of cells. Mostly asana.
Instructor: Jason Crandell
Friday, September 26
10:30am-12:30pm: Main Conference - Session 2a
Code: M2CRAN
All Levels/Continue Your Education
Like the order of notes in a melody, the sequence of poses creates specific emotional, mental, and physical effects. Develop your teaching skills and personal practice with this in-depth exploration of the art of sequencing, including ways to construct an effective and balanced class, and how to develop authentic sequences for a home practice. Discussion and asana.
Instructor: John Douillard
Friday, September 26
10:30am-12:30pm: Main Conference - Session 2a
Code: M2DOUI
All Levels/Therapeutic
Learn how to powerfully, yet gently, remove toxins from your body and old behavioral patterns from your mind using the 5,000- year-old science of Ayurveda. Herbs, diet, pranayama, treatments, and meditation will be discussed. Lecture.
Instructor: John Friend
Friday, September 26
10:30am-12:30pm: Main Conference - Session 2a
Code: M2JFRI
All Levels
Discover the magic of the Universal Principles of Alignment to open the chest, upper back, and shoulders in a variety of rocking backbends. This lively class will melt your heart and blow your mind to reveal the stainless light of your core. Mostly asana.
Instructor: James Higgins
Friday, September 26
10:30am-12:30pm: Main Conference - Session 2a
Code: M2HIGG
Advanced Beginners
Within everyone is a natural rhythm where great ease and well-being reside. In yoga we call this our True Nature. Let's explore and experience the magical laws of nature within the body, mind, and ultimately, the heart. Mostly asana.
Instructor: Gurmukh Kaur Khalsa
Friday, September 26
10:30am-12:30pm: Main Conference - Session 2a
Code: M2KHAL
All Levels
When we realign with the subtle voice within, we realign our destiny. Through Kundalini Yoga, your body becomes a divination tool that is intrinsically receptive to hearing the Well of Divine Consciousness within. Through asana, chanting, dancing, meditation, and Sacred Gong, we'll celebrate the fulfillment of our divine connection to Truth, Spirit, and Destiny.
Instructor: Aadil Palkhivala
Friday, September 26
10:30am-12:30pm: Main Conference - Session 2a
Code: M2PALK
All Levels
Twists churn, cleanse, and remove tension from the region of the abdomen. Learn how to teach twists with alignment and subtle inner, energetic work to protect the spine, release the spinal muscles, and reveal the correct physiological and psychological effects in the abdominal organs. For students with six months' experience. Bring a mat, strap, and block. Mostly asana.
Instructor: Rod Stryker
Friday, September 26
10:30am-12:30pm: Main Conference - Session 2a
Code: M2STRY
Intermediate
We'll focus on the subtle techniques of pranayama practice that access its greatest potential and power. Through theory and guided practice, we'll explore how this sacred science stills mind and attracts the forces of happiness, success, and fearlessness. We'll walk through the stages of perfection of breath, retentions, and bandha. Two years' asana practice recommended. Discussion and pranayama practice.
Instructor: Brent Kessel
Friday, September 26
11:00am-1:00pm: Main Conference - Session 2b
Code: M2KESS
All Levels
Learn to apply the yogic practices of awareness, truthfulness, and balance to money, an area with virtually unmatched ability to spark our attachment, hope, aversion, envy, and fear. This workshop is the result of Brent's quest to integrate the wisdom of the spiritual and financial worlds, including what he's learned from meeting with Thich Nhat Hanh, the Dalai Lama, and leading financial experts. Lecture.
Instructor: Tias Little
Friday, September 26
11:00am-1:00pm: Main Conference - Session 2b
Code: M2LITT
All Levels
In Zen practice the frog is the quintessential form—flexible, open hips, and an unruffled mind. The yoga posture devoted to the frog—Bhekasana—is a powerful pose to free restrictions in the hip, low back, and shoulders. Come and learn to embody the elasticity and the silence of the Frog. Bring a strap and block. Mostly asana.
Instructor: Jason Magness
Friday, September 26
11:00am-1:00pm: Main Conference - Session 2b
Code: M2MAGN
All Levels
Doing yoga on a slackline (essentially a slightly elastic tightrope) has been described as "distilling the essence of yogic concentration." Slacklining can be learned through perseverance —and added to your yoga practice. Learn all the basic needed to get started. Mostly practice.
Instructor: Elise Miller
Friday, September 26
11:00am-1:00pm: Main Conference - Session 2b
Code: M2MILL
All Levels/Therapeutic/Continue Your Education
Let go of all the burdens on your shoulders and upper back. We'll emphasize poses to address poor posture, tightness, reversed neck curve, shoulder dislocation, scoliosis, and kyphosis of the upper back. Fly high with new wings of freedom. Lecture and asana. **This class has been approved by American Council on Exercise (ACE) for 0.2 CECs.**
Instructor: Ross Rayburn
Friday, September 26
11:00am-1:00pm: Main Conference - Session 2b
Code: M2RAYB
All Levels
A fun and challenging class exploring how the Anusara Universal Principles of Alignment can make every asana into the well-loved and transformational poses often referred to as "hip openers." Mostly asana.
Instructor: Desirée Rumbaugh
Friday, September 26
11:00am-1:00pm: Main Conference - Session 2b
Code: M2RUMB
All Levels
You'll love your vinyasa practice even more when you learn how the Universal Principles of Alignment can help you flow with Grace in an ever-expanding spiral toward your highest level of awareness in joy. Mostly asana.
Instructor: David Swenson
Friday, September 26
11:00am-1:00pm: Main Conference - Session 2b
Code: M2SWEN
Intermediate
Turn your world upside down in order to explore the dynamics of inverting the body. Backbends will be redefined as front openings, and sitting quietly will be explored as an active participation in selfexploration through developing a relationship with our lifelong companion, the breath. Mostly asana.
Instructor: Rodney Yee
Friday, September 26
11:00am-1:00pm: Main Conference - Session 2b
Code: M2RYEE
All Levels
What are the neurological patterns of forward bends? What is the proper alignment of the bones in forward bends? Come and change your understanding and perspective of these profound inward-turning postures. Mostly asana.
Please choose one class from Session 3:
Instructor: Roger Cole
Friday, September 26
3:30pm-5:30pm: Main Conference - Session 3
Code: M3COLE
All Levels/Therapeutic
Discover practical, drug-free techniques to alleviate insomnia. We'll highlight a scientifically proven self-help program and a yoga approach specifically tailored to this program. Recommended for anyone who wants a better night's sleep. Bring several blankets and an eye cover. Includes slide-illustrated lecture, gentle asana, and relaxation. **This class has been approved by American Council on Exercise (ACE) for 0.2 CECs.**
Instructor: Seane Corn
Friday, September 26
3:30pm-5:30pm: Main Conference - Session 3
Code: M3CORN
All Levels
It's a challenge to maintain a conscious, holistic perspective in a world that supports violence over peace and corruption over truth. Yet actions we take have far-reaching effects. In this powerful vinyasa flow class, we'll explore personal responsibility, collective consciousness, and global change. Discussion and asana.
Instructor: John Douillard
Friday, September 26
3:30pm-5:30pm: Main Conference - Session 3
Code: M3DOUI
All Levels
As brother and sister sciences, yoga and Ayurveda have always been practiced together: Ayurveda to purify the mind and body, and yoga to redirect subtle energy into the appropriate channels for spiritual progress. Learn basic Ayurvedic principles, body typing, diet, exercise, and a daily routine in harmony with nature's cycles. Lecture.
Instructor: Richard Freeman
Friday, September 26
3:30pm-5:30pm: Main Conference - Session 3
Code: M3FREE
All Levels
How does the Mulabandha really work in relation to alignment, breath, thought, and meditation? What exactly is it? We'll explore the subtleties of yoga practice to release the deeper threads of our feelings and thought processes into the present. Mostly asana.
Instructor: John Friend
Friday, September 26
3:30pm-5:30pm: Main Conference - Session 3
Code: M3JFRI
All Levels/Contemplative
Explore a variety of basic pranayama and meditation techniques that you can incorporate into your daily yoga practice. We'll also explore the principles of improving your sitting posture to help relieve common body pain and mental distractions. Pranayama and meditation practice.
Instructor: Amy Ippoliti
Friday, September 26
3:30pm-5:30pm: Main Conference - Session 3
Code: M3IPPO
Intermediate/Advanced
Find the key to the doors of your heart and hips. Experience new levels of freedom, fuller self-expression, and major heart-opening artistry in a full spectrum of hand balancing and intermediate backbends. With the convergence of the Universal Principles of Alignment and the expansive vision of Tantric philosophy, anything is possible. Mostly asana.
Instructor: Alanna Kaivalya
Friday, September 26
3:30pm-5:30pm: Main Conference - Session 3
Code: M3KAIV
Continue Your Education
Learn the principles of adjustments that can be applied with any yoga student, and practice hands-on adjustments with partners. We'll cover various types of adjusting, from light to moderate, for a variety of poses. Lecture and asana.
Instructor: Sally Kempton
Friday, September 26
3:30pm-5:30pm: Main Conference - Session 3
Code: M3KEMP
All Levels/Contemplative
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. Lecture and meditation.
Instructor: Judith Hanson Lasater
Friday, September 26
3:30pm-5:30pm: Main Conference - Session 3
Code: M3LASA
All Levels
Are your triceps nonexistent? Do you slip out of class when it's time for Chaturanga? We'll practice challenging poses in a fun and easy way, learning how to slowly build strength in your arms and shoulders. Bring a block , two blankets, and a strap. Mostly asana. **This class has been approved by American Council on Exercise (ACE) for 0.2 CECs.**
Instructor: Elise Miller
Friday, September 26
3:30pm-5:30pm: Main Conference - Session 3
Code: M3MILL
All Levels/Therapeutic
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. Lecture and asana. **This class has been approved by American Council on Exercise (ACE) for 0.2 CECs.**
Instructor: Aadil Palkhivala
Friday, September 26
3:30pm-5:30pm: Main Conference - Session 3
Code: M3PALK
All Levels
The Purna Power Yoga Series comprises smooth, flowing movements coordinated with the breath with a thoughtfully arranged set of poses. This series will help remove blockages and cultivate external strength and internal power. Prepare to work deeply and rest deeply afterward. For students with six months' experience. Bring a mat, strap, and block. Mostly asana.
Instructor: Saul David Raye
Friday, September 26
3:30pm-5:30pm: Main Conference - Session 3
Code: M3RAYE
All Levels
Thai Yoga Massage is an ancient system of healing that combines massage, acupressure, twisting, stretching, and meditation to create wholeness of body, mind, and spirit. You'll be guided through giving and receiving a healing and relaxing Thai Yoga Massage session. Come alone or with a friend. Bring a mat and a blanket.
Instructor: Shiva Rea
Friday, September 26
3:30pm-5:30pm: Main Conference - Session 3
Code: M3SREA
All Levels/Therapeutic
Experience the cultivation of sringara rasa (the sensual experience of the Divine) as the union of the beloved and lover at the heart of the yogic universe. Includes heart salutations (hridaya namaskar); liberating, backbending vinyasa flow; meditation; and visualization to cultivate the natural, healing alchemy of love. Mostly asana. **This class has been approved by American Council on Exercise (ACE) for 0.2 CECs.**
Instructor: Dinabandhu Sarley
Friday, September 26
3:30pm-5:30pm: Main Conference - Session 3
Code: M3SARL
All Levels/Contemplative
A radical take on karma yoga, this class will help you increase your power to manifest your full potential. We'll explore how the principles of skillfulness in action and character development help us achieve states of thriving such as prosperity, intimacy, right livelihood, healthy personality development, and spiritual freedom. Lecture and discussion.
Instructor: Sianna Sherman
Friday, September 26
3:30pm-5:30pm: Main Conference - Session 3
Code: M3SHER
All Levels
Come and be ignited with Grace and Breath leading the way in this Anusara Yoga Vinyasa Flow. A dynamic, up-tempo practice that is sure to light the fire of your heart! Mostly asana.
Instructor: Rod Stryker
Friday, September 26
3:30pm-5:30pm: Main Conference - Session 3
Code: M3STRY
All Levels
Rajas is the activating and transformative aspect of light—the attribute that empowers lasting transformation and dissolves all limitations. Practice focuses on backbends, twists, bandhas, sequencing, and breathwork to awaken this light in the heart. Mostly asana.
Instructor: Rodney Yee
Friday, September 26
3:30pm-5:30pm: Main Conference - Session 3
Code: M3RYEE
All Levels
The arms and legs are powerful conduits to the spine when the alignment is good. Find out how to plug the arms and legs into the torso to create integration and strength, and how to use them properly in backbends so that they are the pillars of the spine. We'll practice a progression of backbends, culminating in Upward Facing Bow pose. Mostly asana.
Please choose one class from Session 4:
Instructor: Lisa Black
Saturday, September 27
8:00am-10:00am: Main Conference - Session 4
Code: M4BLAC
All Levels/Advanced Beginners
Get ready for a sweaty, inspiring yoga adventure! Based on the popular and dynamic style created by Baron Baptiste, this class includes creative modifications and intermediate variations. Leave old fears and limitations behind, and prepare to challenge your physical and mental edges! Suggested minimum of six months' vinyasa yoga experience. Mostly asana.
Instructor: Kofi Busia
Saturday, September 27
8:00am-10:00am: Main Conference - Session 4
Code: M4BUSI
All Levels
Many of our lives are mired in the struggles of daily life while we long for a richer spirituality. Through philosophy and asana, we'll illuminate how the totality of life is the profound spiritual practice we are seeking. Mostly asana.
Instructor: Seane Corn
Saturday, September 27
8:00am-10:00am: Main Conference - Session 4
Code: M4CORN
All Levels
Bring yoga's myths and traditions to life as we explore the Bhagavad Gita. Through asana, we'll find parallels in its teachings and take a physical journey through the sacred stories. Come and discover how the moral and ethical messages in this ancient text apply in today's world. Discussion and asana.
Instructor: Fred DeVito and Elisabeth Halfpapp
Saturday, September 27
8:00am-10:00am: Main Conference - Session 4
Code: M4DEHA
All Levels
Bring your body to a higher level of fitness. Core Fusion develops strength and flexibility in the foundational center—abdomen, pelvis, pelvic floor, hips, lower back, and thighs. A strong core allows you to stay relaxed and use only the necessary muscles, eliminating unnecessary compensation from other muscle groups. With core support, all aspects of your practice will benefit. Mostly asana. **This class has been approved by American Council on Exercise (ACE) for 0.2 CECs.**
Instructor: James Higgins
Saturday, September 27
8:00am-10:00am: Main Conference - Session 4
Code: M4HIGG
Advanced Beginners
How can we make a powerful contribution to the greater good of humanity? By practicing yoga! This inspiring class will assist you in experiencing your connection to the extraordinary within and all around you. Mostly asana.
Instructor: Gurmukh Kaur Khalsa
Saturday, September 27
8:00am-10:00am: Main Conference - Session 4
Code: M4KHAL
All Levels
As we grow, we are taught to live within our emotional realms. As a result, we live in a state of hypnosis. This class will break us from our hypnosis and help set us free. Once we do, we'll realize that we are god.
Instructor: Tias Little
Saturday, September 27
8:00am-10:00am: Main Conference - Session 4
Code: M4LITT
All Levels/Therapeutic
Lower back strain is frequently due to pulling in the hamstring, outer leg, and buttock. We'll map patterns of strain in the legs and apply dynamic and supported postures as remedies for the torque and compression that compromise the sacrum and lower back. Bring a strap and a block. Discussion and asana.
Instructor: Elise Miller
Saturday, September 27
8:00am-10:00am: Main Conference - Session 4
Code: M4MILL
All Levels/Therapeutic/Continue Your Education
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. Discussion and asana. **This class has been approved by American Council on Exercise (ACE) for 0.2 CECs.**
Instructor: Saul David Raye
Saturday, September 27
8:00am-10:00am: Main Conference - Session 4
Code: M4RAYE
All Levels
Awaken the healer within! Deepen your power of conscious touch for healing the body, directing the mind, and awakening prana. We'll discuss yoga's holistic model for healing, peace, and spiritual awakening, and learn powerful techniques for self-healing and working with others. Discussion and asana.
Instructor: Desirée Rumbaugh
Saturday, September 27
8:00am-10:00am: Main Conference - Session 4
Code: M4RUMB
All Levels
Take the stress out of your inversions, and turn your world upside down by aligning with Nature. Come and experience a whole new world of possibilities that Anusara Yoga's Loops and Spirals can bring to your practice. Mostly asana.
Instructor: Sianna Sherman
Saturday, September 27
8:00am-10:00am: Main Conference - Session 4
Code: M4SHER
Intermediate
Come ready to unleash your full potential in backbends, and soar to new heights with the Universal Principles of Alignment as your guide. Must have proficiency in Urdhva Dhanurasana. Mostly Asana.
Instructor: Rod Stryker
Saturday, September 27
8:00am-10:00am: Main Conference - Session 4
Code: M4STRY
Continue Your Education
Bandha empowers asana. Perfection of bandha builds creative and healing energy, internalizes attention, and awakens the force of illumination. Through theory, we'll explore the what and why of bandha. Then through practice, we'll experience their effect on heightening practice. Discussion and asana.
Instructor: David Swenson
Saturday, September 27
8:00am-10:00am: Main Conference - Session 4
Code: M4SWEN
Intermediate/Advanced
The Second Series of Ashtanga Yoga is known as Nadi Shodana, Nerve Cleansing. We'll start with an introductory discussion of the Second Series. Then we'll practice a portion of the First Series, which acts as a springboard into as much of the Second Series as seems appropriate. Students should have a regular practice of the First Series. Mostly asana.
Instructor: Rodney Yee
Saturday, September 27
8:00am-10:00am: Main Conference - Session 4
Code: M4RYEE
Intermediate
The sacrum is the gem of our skeletal system. Let us learn how to find its feet in a multitude of places. From standing poses to inversions, from backbends to forward bends, from twists to restoratives, learn to focus and transform your awareness and the placement of your sacrum. Mostly asana.
Please choose one class from either Session 5a or 5b:
Instructor: Kofi Busia
Saturday, September 27
10:30am-12:30pm: Main Conference - Session 5a
Code: M5BUSI
All Levels
When we let go of our focus on the outer world and bring awareness within, we can find lasting joy. Using the Yoga Sutra and asana, we'll discover practical ways to shift our perspective and feel the life flowing within. Discussion and asana.
Instructor: Jason Crandell
Saturday, September 27
10:30am-12:30pm: Main Conference - Session 5a
Code: M5CRAN
All Levels
We demand a lot of our shoulders. But shoulders are complicated, sensitive structures that are prone to injury when not well cared for. Learn how to work the shoulders safely in a wide-range of poses that will deepen your experience of standing poses, twists, backbends, and forward bends. Mostly asana.
Instructor: Fred DeVito and Elisabeth Halfpapp
Saturday, September 27
10:30am-12:30pm: Main Conference - Session 5a
Code: M5DEHA
All Levels
Experience Core Energy Flow, a series of nonstop, heat-building movements set to energetic music. We'll incorporate Sun Salutations, qi gong energy work, precise core conditioning, and push-ups for a powerpacked and challenging flow. Mostly asana. **This class has been approved by American Council on Exercise (ACE) for 0.2 CECs.**
Instructor: John Douillard
Saturday, September 27
10:30am-12:30pm: Main Conference - Session 5a
Code: M5DOUI
All Levels/Therapeutic
In our stressed-out society, many of us suffer from anxiety and depression. Ayurveda teaches us to create ease and balance by honoring our natural cycles and disarming the fight-or-flight response. Along with using mild herbs and treatments, learn lifestyle changes that allow you to float naturally downstream instead of going against the current. Lecture.
Instructor: Richard Freeman
Saturday, September 27
10:30am-12:30pm: Main Conference - Session 5a
Code: M5FREE
Intermediate
Learn a gradual and intelligent way to develop the core strength needed for arm balances. We'll then apply the resulting strength and sensation patterns to the internal practices of mudras and bandha. Mostly asana.
Instructor: Alanna Kaivalya
Saturday, September 27
10:30am-12:30pm: Main Conference - Session 5a
Code: M5KAIV
All Levels
The chakra system allows us to discover where we are holding onto false beliefs and to explore our fullest potential as spiritual beings. By working through corresponding asanas and mantras, you'll tap into your energy centers and uncover the spirit that lies within. Mostly asana.
Instructor: Sally Kempton
Saturday, September 27
10:30am-12:30pm: Main Conference - Session 5a
Code: M5KEMP
All Levels/Contemplative
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. Lecture and meditation.
Instructor: Gurmukh Kaur Khalsa
Saturday, September 27
10:30am-12:30pm: Main Conference - Session 5a
Code: M5KHAL
All Levels
Kundalini Yoga has the power to reveal possibility, destiny, and an inner knowingness. We'll journey through the earth, slipping off the cause and effect of karma, so that we realize that we need only ourselves. Through the sounds of the gong, chanting, meditation, dancing, breath walking, sweating, and laughing, we'll understand the words "Let It Be."
Instructor: Tias Little
Saturday, September 27
10:30am-12:30pm: Main Conference - Session 5a
Code: M5LITT
All Levels
Freeing the side body in yoga is key to opening the core. If the side body is hemmed and bound, the inner body has no room to expand and open. Beginning at the outer heel, along the outer leg, waist, trunk, neck, and skull, we'll aim to release the sides of the body in order to allow the interior to open. Bring a strap and a block. Mostly asana.
Instructor: Jason Magness
Saturday, September 27
10:30am-12:30pm: Main Conference - Session 5a
Code: M5MAGN
Intermediate/Advanced
The ancient yogis gleaned much of their practices from emulating nature. Reconnect with this creative and playful attitude with an intense practice that includes inversions, balancing, arm balancing, dynamic backbending, unique vinyasa, and lots of fun. Students should be able to do Urdhva Dhanurasana, Headstand, Shoulderstand, and Handstand at the wall. Mostly asana.
Instructor: Aadil Palkhivala
Saturday, September 27
11:00am-1:00pm: Main Conference - Session 5b
Code: M5PALK
Continue Your Education
The power of pranayama must be respected since its dangers are many. Learn about the three Ayurvedic constitutions and how the pranayama must be modified for each one. Teach pranayama safely and effectively so that students don't simply get a temporary high but strengthen and nourish their nervous system. Bring a mat, strap, and two blankets. Discussion and practice.
Instructor: Deva Premal and Miten
Saturday, September 27
11:00am-1:00pm: Main Conference - Session 5b
Code: M5PREM
All Levels
When was the last time you opened your voice in joy and sang from your heart? This workshop is for people with a longing in their hearts to sing "yes!" to life. Even if you have never sung communally before, this is a safe environment to connect with your voice without judgment and doubt. Bring a blanket or cushion.
Instructor: Shiva Rea
Saturday, September 27
11:00am-1:00pm: Main Conference - Session 5b
Code: M5SREA
All Levels
In this increasingly gridlike world, experience the healing power of a mandala (sacred circle) within a namaskar, or moving meditation vinyasa. Learn four salutation sequences that unfold in an integrated flow. Includes mandala, mudra, meditation, and visualization. Mostly asana. **This class has been approved by American Council on Exercise (ACE) for 0.2 CECs.**
Instructor: Desirée Rumbaugh
Saturday, September 27
11:00am-1:00pm: Main Conference - Session 5b
Code: M5RUMB
All Levels/Therapeutic
If it seems like your hips will never open up, this class is for you. Anusara Yoga's Universal Principles of Alignment make yoga more enjoyable and accessible for even the most reluctant hips and lower backs. Mostly asana.
Instructor: Dinabandhu Sarley
Saturday, September 27
11:00am-1:00pm: Main Conference - Session 5b
Code: M5SARL
All Levels/Contemplative
Yoga works on subtle energetic levels, affecting our biochemistry and activating a process of personal evolution. When we understand how our every action leaves a biochemical marker in its wake, we learn to recognize and affect the body's neurobiology and subtle energy systems to achieve greater levels of personal development. Lecture and discussion.
Please choose one class from Session 6:
Instructor: Roger Cole
Saturday, September 27
3:30pm-5:30pm: Main Conference - Session 6
Code: M6COLE
Continue Your Education
Essential training for all teachers. We'll learn to see when a student's pose could benefit from adjustments—and then learn how to make those adjustments safely and effectively using words, visual guidance, hands, or props. This is essential training for all teachers and valuable for nonteachers who wish to refine and deepen their asana practice. Discussion and asana. **This class has been approved by American Council on Exercise (ACE) for 0.2 CECs.**
Instructor: John Douillard
Saturday, September 27
3:30pm-5:30pm: Main Conference - Session 6
Code: M6DOUI
All Levels/Therapeutic
Using the 5,000-year-old principles explained in The 3-Season Diet, Dr. John Douillard offers an effortless, permanent, "diet-free" solution to chronic weight gain, anxiety, depression, fatigue, and insomnia—and teaches you how to adjust the imbalances that cause these conditions in the first place. Lecture.
Instructor: Richard Freeman
Saturday, September 27
3:30pm-5:30pm: Main Conference - Session 6
Code: M6FREE
All Levels
Explore the basics of internal breathing, the energy connections, the alignment, and the subtle wave movements that compose the two varieties of the Sun Salutation. Open to experienced students who want to get back to basics. Mostly asana.
Instructor: John Friend
Saturday, September 27
3:30pm-5:30pm: Main Conference - Session 6
Code: M6JFRI
All Levels
Open your hips to grow a Lotus pose through the magical fertilizer of the Universal Principles of Alignment. If you have never been able to get into Lotus before, this class will help you astound friends and family. All shapes and colors of lotuses welcome. Mostly asana.
Instructor: James Higgins
Saturday, September 27
3:30pm-5:30pm: Main Conference - Session 6
Code: M6HIGG
Advanced Beginners
Get centered and grounded on the Earth by taking this wonderful journey into the calm center of your physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual worlds. Mostly asana.
Instructor: Alanna Kaivalya
Saturday, September 27
3:30pm-5:30pm: Main Conference - Session 6
Code: M6KAIV
All Levels
According to science and yoga philosophy, we are vibration. Experience positive vibrations through chanting, kirtan, asana, and meditation. Feel the power of sound, and learn how deep listening can create harmony in body, mind, spirit, and the world. Asana and chanting with live music.
Instructor: Sally Kempton
Saturday, September 27
3:30pm-5:30pm: Main Conference - Session 6
Code: M6KEMP
All Levels/Contemplative
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. Lecture and meditation.
Instructor: Judith Hanson Lasater
Saturday, September 27
3:30pm-5:30pm: Main Conference - Session 6
Code: M6LASA
All Levels
Explore the theory and the practice of restorative yoga. Bring at least three blankets, an eye cover, a strap, and if possible, a bolster. The more props, the more relaxation. **This class has been approved by American Council on Exercise (ACE) for 0.2 CECs.**
Instructor: Aadil Palkhivala
Saturday, September 27
3:30pm-5:30pm: Main Conference - Session 6
Code: M6PALK
Intermediate
Backbends compel us to face our fears and reveal the hidden yesterdays locked within. Learn the relationship between the coccyx and the pubis in backbends, and how to direct this inner power to transform an external practice into an internal one. Bring a mat, strap, and block. Mostly asana.
Instructor: Saul David Raye
Saturday, September 27
3:30pm-5:30pm: Main Conference - Session 6
Code: M6RAYE
All Levels/Therapeutic
Thai Yoga Massage is an ancient system of healing that combines massage, acupressure, twisting, stretching, and meditation to create wholeness of body, mind, and spirit. You'll be guided through giving and receiving a healing and relaxing Thai Yoga Massage session. Come alone or with a friend. Bring a mat and a blanket.
Instructor: Shiva Rea
Saturday, September 27
3:30pm-5:30pm: Main Conference - Session 6
Code: M6SREA
All Levels
Beginning with prana yoga, or prana-initiating yogasanas, yoga trance dance flows into an exploration of free-form, breathdriven movement to liberate one's creative life force and cultivate embodied freedom. Experience the latest spin of meditative and high-energy world music. Mostly asana. **This class has been approved by American Council on Exercise (ACE) for 0.2 CECs.**
Instructor: Dinabandhu Sarley
Saturday, September 27
3:30pm-5:30pm: Main Conference - Session 6
Code: M6SARL
All Levels/Contemplative
Yoga promises to turn an ordinary life into an extraordinary one. In this interactive lecture, we'll explore the core principles and techniques that underpin the art and science of all branches of yoga—an understanding that is essential for a full and rich practice. Lecture.
Instructor: Rod Stryker
Saturday, September 27
3:30pm-5:30pm: Main Conference - Session 6
Code: M6STRY
All Levels/Contemplative
The defining text of the yoga tradition, Patanjali's Yoga Sutra provides guidance and inspiration at every turn. This workshop is an appreciation, from the practitioner's view, of the key principles that transform practice, teaching, and life. Lecture.
Instructor: Rodney Yee
Saturday, September 27
3:30pm-5:30pm: Main Conference - Session 6
Code: M6RYEE
Intermediate/Advanced
Learn to center your thigh bones into their hip sockets through a variety of arm balances. Each arm balance requires a specific hip opening. With good sequencing, the arm balances and other hip openers will create balanced hip joints. Come and play! Mostly asana.
Please choose one class from Session 7:
Instructor: Lisa Black
Sunday, September 28
10:00am-12:00pm: Main Conference - Session 7
Code: M7BLAC
Intermediate
Come on a journey of freestyle Power Vinyasa Yoga. Through a dynamic, flowing series of sequences, you'll awaken your innate physical power and emotional freedom while challenging your body and mind In new ways. Arm balances and inversions included; for students with at least six months' experience in Power Vinyasa. Mostly asana.
Instructor: Roger Cole
Sunday, September 28
10:00am-12:00pm: Main Conference - Session 7
Code: M7COLE
All Levels/Continue Your Education
Learn how to use stretch reflexes and other principles of physiology to safely and efficiently increase muscle length and strength. We'll alternate between physiological explanation and active practice, progressing from the molecular structure of muscles to complex control of movement by the brain. No prior knowledge of physiology needed. Two-thirds slide-illustrated lecture and onethird asana practice. **This class has been approved by American Council on Exercise (ACE) for 0.2 CECs.**
Instructor: Seane Corn
Sunday, September 28
10:00am-12:00pm: Main Conference - Session 7
Code: M7CORN
All Levels
A women-only class to explore the feminine aspect of spirituality. We'll look at the roles of women today as seeker, householder, worker, and activist, and learn how to use vinyasa to support an inner journey toward healing, acceptance, and empowerment. Discussion and asana. Women only.
Instructor: Jason Crandell
Sunday, September 28
10:00am-12:00pm: Main Conference - Session 7
Code: M7CRAN
All Levels
Awaken deep sensations and intelligence in the body's core. We'll start with abdominal work, developing strength and awareness. Then we'll channel this work into standing poses, twists, forward bends, mild backbends, and inversions. In doing so, we'll experience how core strength creates integrated alignment and sets the stage for greater steadiness and ease. Mostly asana.
Instructor: John Friend
Sunday, September 28
10:00am-12:00pm: Main Conference - Session 7
Code: M7JFRI
Intermediate/Advanced
Take your practice to a whole new level of dynamic fun and Freedom with an intermediate/ advanced Anusara Yoga vinyasa practice. Mostly asana.
Instructor: Alanna Kaivalya
Sunday, September 28
10:00am-12:00pm: Main Conference - Session 7
Code: M7KAIV
All Levels
Demystify the art of the jump back, jump forward, and how to coordinate the breath with the movement as one seamless action. Learn what the true meaning of vinyasa is and how to unlock it's magic through rhythm and time to discover the "art and soul" of the practice. Mostly asana.
Instructor: Judith Hanson Lasater
Sunday, September 28
10:00am-12:00pm: Main Conference - Session 7
Code: M7LASA
All Levels/Therapeutic
While practicing, we will focus on hip movements and deal with problems with this core joint in asana. Lecture and asana. **This class has been approved by American Council on Exercise (ACE) for 0.2 CECs.**
Instructor: Tias Little
Sunday, September 28
10:00am-12:00pm: Main Conference - Session 7
Code: M7LITT
All Levels
Learn how the lift in the arch of the foot, inner knee, and groin can achieve greater lift in the abdomen. We'll map the interior leg and its relation to the core spine, and practice opening this most interior channel in the body. Bring a strap and a block. Discussion and asana.
Instructor: Jason Magness
Sunday, September 28
10:00am-12:00pm: Main Conference - Session 7
Code: M7MAGN
All Levels
Doing yoga on a slackline (essentially a slightly elastic tightrope) has been described as "distilling the essence of yogic concentration." Slacklining can be learned through perseverance —and added to your yoga practice. Learn all the basic needed to get started. Mostly practice.
Instructor: Dinabandhu Sarley
Sunday, September 28
10:00am-12:00pm: Main Conference - Session 7
Code: M7SARL
All Levels/Contemplative
Yoga works on subtle energetic levels, affecting our biochemistry and activating a process of personal evolution. When we understand how our every action leaves a biochemical marker in its wake, we learn to recognize and affect the body's neurobiology and subtle energy systems to achieve greater levels of personal development. Lecture and discussion.
Instructor: Sianna Sherman
Sunday, September 28
10:00am-12:00pm: Main Conference - Session 7
Code: M7SHER
All Levels/Therapeutic
Anusara's Universal Principles of Alignment are powerful tools for understanding the health of the lower back in asana and in everyday life activities. This interactive class is for anyone who wishes to gain access to radiant lower back health. Mostly asana.
Instructor: David Swenson
Sunday, September 28
10:00am-12:00pm: Main Conference - Session 7
Code: M7SWEN
All Levels
The word mantra means "to free the mind." In Ashtanga Yoga, the mantra is the sound of our breath, Ujjayi. We'll focus on the mantra of Ujjayi within asana practice as well as some basic pranayama as the pathway to deepening our personal practice and, ultimately, our lives. Asana and pranyama practice.
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