Past attendees have requested more choices in our Continuing Education for Teachers program. This year, we have incoporated a new track of classes called Continue Your Education that runs throughout the All-Day Intensives and Main Conference.

The choice is yours—the classes on this page are our suggestions for teachers. You are free to select any classes that appeal to you.

Friday All Day Intensives | Main Conference Classes | Monday All-Day Intensives

Sacred Skull Instructor: Tias Little Friday, January 16 9:00am-4:30pm: All-Day Intensive Code: AILITT Continue Your Education Explore the dynamic equilibrium of the skull in yoga, meditation, and asana practice. We’ll discuss the jaw, tongue, inner ear, sagittal suture, and fontanelles, and will examine their importance in releasing cranial compression. We’ll review conditions such as migraine headaches, insomnia, and TMJ, which can be caused by cranial compression. Includes inversions, forward bends, and twists. For yoga teachers, manual therapists, and experienced yoga practitioners. Vinyasa Krama: The Energetics of Sequencing Instructor: Rod Stryker Friday, January 16 9:00am-4:30pm: All-Day Intensive Code: AISTRY Continue Your Education Integrating the wisdom of yoga, anatomy, Ayurveda, and Tantra, the energetics of sequencing is the science that teaches us how to fulfill the potential of our practice and reach our top capacity as teachers. Exploration the dynamic combinations of asana, bandha, and breath to shape how we want to transform our body and mind, and beyond. Discussion and asana. Problem Solving: Backbends Instructor: Julie Gudmestad Saturday, January 17 8:00am-10:00am: Session 1 Code: M1GUDM Continue Your Education Why is the low back so vulnerable to compression and discomfort? Questions about knee pain, shoulder pinching, and other common problems will be addressed. After studying applicable anatomy, we’ll practice poses to help prepare your students for safe and pain-free backbends. Lecture and asana. Anusara Yoga: Adjustments That Align with Nature Instructor: Desirée Rumbaugh Saturday, January 17 8:00am-10:00am: Session 1 Code: M1RUMB Continue Your Education 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. How to Teach Any Pose to Any Body Instructor: Cyndi Lee Saturday, January 17 10:30am-12:30pm: Session 2 Code: M2CLEE Continue Your Education Many different asanas have certain common patterns. We’ll take some complicated poses and deconstruct them using consistent yoga principles so that you can discover how to teach any body any pose—without causing stress or injury. We’ll also look at how to create beginner sequences that will lead toward more advanced poses. Bring a block , belt, and blanket. Balancing on the Bones Instructor: Rodney Yee and Colleen Saidman Saturday, January 17 10:30am-12:30pm: Session 2 Code: M2RYCS Continue Your Education Every posture is a balance pose as we extend the muscles and stack the bones like sacred architecture to optimize the way our weight is carried. As the asanas breathe, we refine the balance through the center of the bones with nuance, and minute adjustments. Come move through a multitude of asanas to learn how to play this game of balance. Mostly asana. Asana Backwards Instructor: Matthew Sanford Saturday, January 17 3:30pm-5:30pm: Session 3 Code: M3SANF Continue Your Education The study of asana usually travels from the physical performance of poses toward their energetic depth. Here, Matthew draws upon his unique experience of practicing yoga with paralysis to give a deeply focused experience of asana in the other direction—from its inward sensation toward the physical action. The resulting insights are a boon to teachers who hope to share yoga with students of all abilities. Discussion and asana. ParaYoga: Theory and Application of Bandha Instructor: Rod Stryker Saturday, January 17 3:30pm-5:30pm: Session 3 Code: M3STRY Continue Your Education Bandha, the next step after asana, is the gateway to mastering the energetics of yoga. Perfection of bandha can be used to heal and balance, steady the mind, build creative power, and lead to the culmination of practice—abiding in the presence of soul. We’ll define and clarify the practice of bandha and its applications. Class includes some practice. The Front of the Back Instructor: Tias Little Sunday, January 18 8:00am-10:00am: Session 4 Code: M4LITT Continue Your Education The front of the back holds the deepest and most core structures of the body: the iliopsoas, the kidneys, and the respiratory diaphragm. This class investigates ways to stretch and strengthen these areas to be more spacious, open, and lifted along the front of the back. Discussion and asana. The Architecture of Yoga Postures: Standing Poses Instructor: Sarah Powers Sunday, January 18 8:00am-10:00am: Session 4 Code: M4POWE Continue Your Education 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. Bring a notebook and pen to write down the adjustments for future reference. Forrest Yoga Sequencing Instructor: Ana Forrest Sunday, January 18 10:30am-12:30pm: Session 5 Code: M5FORR Continue Your Education Forrest Yoga gives you the knowledge to sequence your classes for optimal benefits, including healing, self-discovery, and inspiration. With a precise practice of sequencing, learn how to give your students a thorough warm-up, an exciting apex (highlight poses), and a group of relevant warm-down poses for a safe and challenging class. Mostly asana. Common Aches and Pains: The Upper Back, Neck, and Shoulders Instructor: Gary Kraftsow Sunday, January 18 10:30am-12:30pm: Session 5 Code: M5KRAF All Levels, Continue Your Education Many come to yoga looking for relief from common aches and pains. We will explore the biomechanics of the upper back, neck, and shoulders, and the types of problems that can affect these areas, then develop and practice a sequence of adapted asanas designed to relieve stress as well as strengthen them. Lecture and asana. The Breath of Life: Teaching Pranayama Instructor: Aadil Palkhivala Sunday, January 18 10:30am-12:30pm: Session 5 Code: M5PALK Continue Your Education Pranayama focuses mental energy and calms the nerves, but it can damage the nervous system when done improperly. Teaching pranayama requires an understanding of its effects on the mind and nerves. Learn how to safely and effectively teach the basic practices of pranayama so that you and your students breathe easier. Mostly asana. What to Consider Before Quitting Your Day Job Instructor: Jason Crandell Sunday, January 18 3:30pm-5:30pm: Session 6 Code: M6CRAN Continue Your Education The road to becoming a financially solvent, full-time yoga teacher can be confusing, bumpy, and plenty twisted. This workshop will give you a practical guide to managing the common challenges that new teachers face—including how to price private sessions, understand taxes, and market yourself—so you can afford to do what you love. Mostly discussion with some asana. Sacroiliac Joint: Twists and Forward Bends Without Pain Instructor: Judith Hanson Lasater Sunday, January 18 3:30pm-5:30pm: Session 6 Code: M6LASA Continue Your Education Learn to move in twists and forward bends to avoid causing sacroiliac pain. Some lecture, with practice. The Architecture of Yoga Postures: Backbends Instructor: Sarah Powers Sunday, January 18 3:30pm-5:30pm: Session 6 Code: M6POWE Continue Your Education Discover how to use hands-on adjustments to bring a greater awareness to the stable part of backbends. 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. Bring a notebook and pen to write down the adjustments for future reference. Body Mechanics and Yoga Instructor: Julie Gudmestad Monday, January 19 9:00am-4:30pm: All-Day Intensive Code: AMGUDM Continue Your Education Protect yourself and your students from common injuries and strains. We’ll discuss gravity’s effects on the body and how certain positions put leverage and strenuous loads on the spine and other joints. Then we’ll work on poses and teaching techniques so teachers can use proper body mechanics as they demonstrate and adjust students. We also recommend any of the Yoga as Medicine Intensives for teachers.