You want it, we've got it. From pranayama to ParaYoga. From backbends to bhakti
yoga. From activism to Ashtanga. From secrets of sequencing to the Yoga Sutras.
Choose classes from today's yoga luminaries—Ana Forrest, Judith Hanson Lasater,
David Life, Rod Stryker, Rodney Yee, and more—to create your dream yoga weekend.
Saturday Morning Special Events
{4:30am-6:30am}
Kundalini Sadhana
Kundalini Sadhana is a daily spiritual practice to renew one’s spirit and open one’s connection to the divine. Join us for Kundalini Yoga and mantra meditation before the sunrise. This
practice produces a positive attitude, a happy disposition, and success!
Open to all.
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{7:00am-7:45am}
Morning Meditation
with Charu Rachlis
Open to all.
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Please choose one from Session 1:
Instructor: Seane Corn
Saturday, January 17
8:00am-10:00am: Session 1
Code: M1CORN
Intermediate
This physically invigorating and moderately paced vinyasa flow class will help you to initiate strength, flexibility, and stability. Come move through a creative and challenging sequence of Sun Salutations A and B, standing poses, backbends, and forward bends that will inspire your inner purpose. You'll leave feeling cleansed, strengthened, motivated, and standing in your power. Mostly asana.
Instructor: Jason Crandell
Saturday, January 17
8:00am-10:00am: Session 1
Code: M1CRAN
Intermediate
Learn to approach advanced poses with greater poise, awareness, and attention to detail. Develop your ability to explore Lotus, splits, arm balances, and backbends by relaxing and letting go of tension. This process will expand your edge, deepen your practice, and teach you to stay connected to your essence in challenging situations. Mostly asana.
Instructor: Nicki Doane Richard Freeman Eddie Modestini and David Swenson
Saturday, January 17
8:00am-10:00am: Session 1
Code: M1MYSO
Ashtanga
A Mysore-style class is the ideal format for the committed Ashtanga practitioner. It allows students of all degrees of experience to practice together in a supportive environment at their own level of ability. All four instructors will be present in the room and will offer corrections, adjustments, and individualized instruction based on the specific needs of each student. Mostly asana.
Instructor: Ana Forrest
Saturday, January 17
8:00am-10:00am: Session 1
Code: M1FORR
All Levels, Therapeutic
Create freedom and strength in the neck, shoulders, and hips. Learn to safely unlock the spots that habitually hold tension by using intensely focused breathwork and asana, including inversions, standing poses, and vinyasa. Strengthen and lengthen the muscles and create space in these areas so you can walk through your life with grace and freedom. The room will be heated. Mostly asana.
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. **This class has been approved by American Council on Exercise (ACE) for 0.2 CECs.**
Instructor: Brent Kessel
Saturday, January 17
8:00am-10:00am: Session 1
Code: M1KESS
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 and meditation.
Instructor: Gurmukh Kaur Khalsa
Saturday, January 17
8:00am-10:00am: Session 1
Code: M1KHAL
All Levels
As we grow, we often live in a state of hypnosis. First, we create a nuisance in our lives, then we cover our nuisance, then we create more nuisance, and cover that—and the layers build within. Break the Piscean trance of "I want to learn," and find the freedom to be, feel, and experience. Active yoga, meditation, chanting, and Savasana.
Instructor: David Life
Saturday, January 17
8:00am-10:00am: Session 1
Code: M1LIFE
Intermediate
Clinging to fear and depression can actually prevent yoga's beneficial effects. But turning our experience of the world upside down allows us to overcome fear and depression. We'll practice vigorous vinyasa warm-ups and arm balances, preparing ourselves to focus on several potent inversions that will give us the vision of an upsidedown world turned right-side up. Mostly asana.
Instructor: Tias Little
Saturday, January 17
8:00am-10:00am: Session 1
Code: M1LITT
All Levels
Freeing your side body in yoga is key to opening your core. If the side body is hemmed and bound, then the inner body has no room to expand and open. Beginning at the outer heel and moving along the outer leg, waist, trunk, neck, and skull, this class shows you how to release the sides of the body so that the interior can open. Sidebends and twists. Mostly asana.
Instructor: Jason Nemer and Jenny Sauer-Klein
Saturday, January 17
8:00am-10:00am: Session 1
Code: M1ACRO
All Levels
We all come from one divine spirit. Come explore—practicing in groups of twos, threes, or more— asanas, basic acrobatics, and pyramids. These magical moments spent collaborating as a community will weave a masterful web of what it means to work together toward a common goal, and to have fun on the way there! No partner necessary.
Instructor: Shiva Rea
Saturday, January 17
8:00am-10:00am: Session 1
Code: M1SREA
All Levels
Learn to cultivate 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), a 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: 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.
Instructor: Beth Shaw
Saturday, January 17
8:00am-10:00am: Session 1
Code: M1SHAW
All Levels
Explore the essentials of hatha yoga biomechanics and related anatomy to keep your body safe while practicing yoga. Come learn about YogaFit's Seven Principles of Alignment so you can build strength and flexibility safely during practice. Discussion and asana. **This class has been approved by American Council on Exercise (ACE) for 0.2 CECs.**
Instructor: Duncan Wong
Saturday, January 17
8:00am-10:00am: Session 1
Code: M1WONG
All Levels
Discover what the Warrior poses were originally designed for. From the ancient wisdom of the yogic warrior life, we'll explore a deeper awareness and appreciation of why we do Warrior poses. Mostly asana.
Instructor: Rodney Yee and Colleen Saidman
Saturday, January 17
8:00am-10:00am: Session 1
Code: M1RYCS
All Levels
When we open our hip joints evenly, they act as perfect gateways from our legs to our torso. Ideally, the thighbones are centered in the hip sockets, and the joints are fluid yet strong. Through myriad postures, sequenced with knowledge and intuition, we'll return to the true capacity of our hip joints. Mostly asana.
Please choose one from Session 2:
Instructor: Seane Corn
Saturday, January 17
10:30am-12:30pm: Session 2
Code: M2CORN
All Levels
Get inspired to become active in your local and global communities—effectively, powerfully, and joyfully. We'll start with a transformational vinyasa flow yoga sequence to uncover your deepest passion and motivation. Then we'll explore practical ways to bring your own unique purpose into the world with the support of your community. You'll leave inspired and engaged. Discussion and asana.
Instructor: Nicki Doane and Eddie Modestini
Saturday, January 17
10:30am-12:30pm: Session 2
Code: M2NDEM
All Levels, Ashtanga
Awaken the Divine in yourself in this dynamic vinyasa-style class, and see how a grounded practice can be the bridge between the spirit body and the physical body. Bring a towel and any desired props. Mostly asana. **This class has been approved by American Council on Exercise (ACE) for 0.2 CECs.**
Instructor: Ana Forrest
Saturday, January 17
10:30am-12:30pm: Session 2
Code: M2FORR
All Levels
Deepen your practice and ride the power of the breath. Learn how to relax your core and safely change fear into excitement. As we free ourselves from breathlessness, struggle, and panic, we'll learn to relate in a fresh, intelligent way to our challenging edges. Be prepared to sweat and to work in a whole new way. The room will be heated. Mostly asana.
Instructor: Richard Freeman
Saturday, January 17
10:30am-12:30pm: Session 2
Code: M2FREE
All Levels, Ashtanga
Learn to use drishti, bandha, and the continuous refinement of technique to awaken the core of the body. We'll play with the paradoxes of breathing to draw though the central axis of the body a kind of metaphorical milk; this allows us to turn our postures into mudras of feeling and expression. Mostly asana.
Instructor: Sharon Gannon
Saturday, January 17
10:30am-12:30pm: Session 2
Code: M2GANN
All Levels
Come explore what it means to be a yogini, allowing the divine feminine to come forth at this time of global crisis, rampant violence, environmental breakdown, and consciousness shift. Learn to become a leader, able to contribute to the healing of our disconnection with nature, the Divine, and ourselves. Bring a blanket. Women only. Mostly asana. **This class has been approved by American Council on Exercise (ACE) for 0.2 CECs.**
Instructor: Gurmukh Kaur Khalsa
Saturday, January 17
10:30am-12:30pm: Session 2
Code: M2KHAL
All Levels
When we can experience our Self through the experience of our own Divinity rather than through the projection of others, we can walk in confidence beyond the seesaw of emotions. The Reverse Adi Shakti is a highly technical meditation, which allows you to deeply bless yourself. Change your psyche, change your world. Active yoga, meditation, chanting, and Savasana.
Instructor: Gary Kraftsow
Saturday, January 17
10:30am-12:30pm: Session 2
Code: M2KRAF
All Levels, Therapeutic
The ancient chakra system is a complex model of the integrated human being in which deep dimensions of our personality are revealed. We'll explore the relationship between physical and emotional health using the chakra model and develop practices to restore equilibrium. Discussion and asana.
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. **This class has been approved by American Council on Exercise (ACE) for 0.2 CECs.**
Instructor: Aadil Palkhivala
Saturday, January 17
10:30am-12:30pm: Session 2
Code: M2PALK
Intermediate
Doing backbends safely requires a special movement of absorbing the back body into the shushumna nadi, the central spinal channel. Learn how to do backbends in the tradition of Purna Yoga, opening your throat, heart, and pelvic chakras. Bring a mat, foam block , and strap. At least six months' asana practice recommended.
Instructor: Sarah Powers
Saturday, January 17
10:30am-12:30pm: Session 2
Code: M2POWE
All Levels, Contemplative
Yin Yoga is an essential complement to more-active yoga styles and offers an opportunity to develop our contemplative nature. The flow practice helps maintain core stability while enhancing creative, active energy. We'll focus on the integration of these two states, creating a practice that values both vitality and insight. Suitable for anyone who has been practicing yoga for at least one year and has a strong interest in meditation.
Instructor: Shiva Rea
Saturday, January 17
10:30am-12:30pm: Session 2
Code: M2SREA
All Levels
Bring the extraordinary understanding of spanda (the divine vibration) into embodied experience through meditation, pulsation vinyasa, sahaja (spontaneous movement) chanting, and creative flow. Transformative for both students and teachers, our exploration gives a living reality to spanda as the great internal guidance system. **This class has been approved by American Council on Exercise (ACE) for 0.2 CECs.**
Instructor: Rod Stryker
Saturday, January 17
10:30am-12:30pm: Session 2
Code: M2STRY
Intermediate
Focus on refining pranayama to awaken its hidden potential and power. Through theory and guided practice, we'll explore how to approach this sacred science to still the mind and attract the forces of happiness, success, and fearlessness. Come walk through the stages of perfection of breath, retentions, and bandha. Two years' asana practice recommended.
Instructor: David Swenson
Saturday, January 17
10:30am-12:30pm: Session 2
Code: M2SWEN
All Levels, Ashtanga
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.
Instructor: Jai Uttal with Daniel Paul
Saturday, January 17
10:30am-12:30pm: Session 2
Code: M2JUDP
All Levels
Embark on a journey into the multicolored, many-roomed mansions of the heart through the practice of kirtan, or call-andresponse singing of the ecstatic songs of ancient India. Come explore the path of bhakti yoga, understand the vast beauty of the Indian raga and tala systems, and learn to create your own songs to the Divine. No previous experience needed. Mostly chanting.
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.
Saturday Afternoon Special Events
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{1:00pm-2:00pm}
Community Yoga Class with
Stephanie Snyder
Embrace Grace in Your Body,
Practice, and Life
Move through a soulful vinyasa
sequence with renowned yoga
teacher Stephanie Snyder.
Free and open to the public on a space available basis.
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{1:15pm-2:00pm}
Keynote address
by Matthew Sanford:
"Presence in Your Body"
Open to all.
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{2:15pm-3:15pm}
Yoga Tree
Teacher Training
Information Session
Open to all.
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Please choose one from Session 3:
Instructor: Jason Crandell
Saturday, January 17
3:30pm-5:30pm: Session 3
Code: M3CRAN
All Levels
You've finally unrolled your mat at home. Now what do you do? This workshop will answer that question by providing you with three accessible sequences: one for morning, one for afternoon, and one for night. You'll also gain the knowledge to craft your own sequences and bring greater balance into your day. Includes asana, lecture, and handouts.
Instructor: Nicki Doane and Eddie Modestini
Saturday, January 17
3:30pm-5:30pm: Session 3
Code: M3NDEM
Contemplative, Ashtanga
An introduction to the profound work of Patanjali's Yoga Sutra, considered the yogi's road map. We'll discuss and chant the three sutras that relate to asana practice, as well as a few of Nicki's favorites. No chanting experience necessary, only a desire to deepen your practice. Discussion and chanting. **This class has been approved by American Council on Exercise (ACE) for 0.2 CECs.**
Instructor: Julie Gudmestad
Saturday, January 17
3:30pm-5:30pm: Session 3
Code: M3GUDM
All Levels, Therapeutic
The rotator cuff isn't a problem or an injury—it's an important part of your shoulder's structure. We'll find it, feel it, and work on poses to help keep it healthy and strong. Lecture and asana. **This class has been approved by American Council on Exercise (ACE) for 0.2 CECs.**
Instructor: Gary Kraftsow
Saturday, January 17
3:30pm-5:30pm: Session 3
Code: M3KRAF
All Levels, Contemplative
Bring the power of meditation into your life. First, learn how to reduce mental agitation and connect with our deeper self. Then, explore how to activate a personal meditation practice through developing your attention and breaking free from past conditioning. Come create a personal meditation ritual for insight into the possibility of peace. Meditation practice.
Instructor: Judith Hanson Lasater
Saturday, January 17
3:30pm-5:30pm: Session 3
Code: M3LASA
All Levels, Therapeutic
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: David Life
Saturday, January 17
3:30pm-5:30pm: Session 3
Code: M3LIFE
All Levels
The basis for life on Earth is DNA; the double helix of DNA strands intertwines like ida and pingala nadis. When we harmonize our bodies with this internal spiral code, we reach a new level of understanding about our connection to all of life. Twists can help detoxify the colon, internal organs, and lymphatic system, thus helping to reverse the effects of deadly consumeritis. Mostly asana.
Instructor: Tias Little
Saturday, January 17
3:30pm-5:30pm: Session 3
Code: M3LITT
All Levels, Contemplative
Explore the anatomical and spiritual center of the brain. Through asana and meditation, we'll practice quieting the mind while bringing greater wakefulness to the heart. Through light backbends and visualization practices, we can build resonance between the heart center and the cranial center to cultivate wisdom and compassion. Asana and meditation practice.
Instructor: Jason Nemer and Jenny Sauer-Klein
Saturday, January 17
3:30pm-5:30pm: Session 3
Code: M3ACRO
Intermediate, Advanced
Learn time-tested acrobatic training techniques to float, fly, and press in and out of Forearm Balance, Headstand, and Handstand. After solidifying spotting techniques, we'll progress to basic partner acrobatics, cultivating trust and communication. A playful, safe, and supportive environment will empower the whole room to be upside down! No partner necessary.
Instructor: Aadil Palkhivala
Saturday, January 17
3:30pm-5:30pm: Session 3
Code: M3PALK
All Levels
Padmasana grounds the legs and pelvis, creating a stable foundation for meditation and pranayama. Yet, Padmasana has caused more knee injuries than any other pose. Learn Purna Yoga techniques to open your hips so that your Padmasana comes from the hip joints, keeping your knees safe. Bring a mat, block , blanket, and strap. Discussion and asana.
Instructor: Sarah Powers
Saturday, January 17
3:30pm-5:30pm: Session 3
Code: M3POWE
All Levels, Contemplative
We have all heard about the benefits of meditation, and yet many yoga practitioners 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.
Instructor: Desirée Rumbaugh
Saturday, January 17
3:30pm-5:30pm: Session 3
Code: M3RUMB
All Levels
Create a space for stillness within your mind and body, and rest in the presence of your Self with Anusara Yoga. This class is open to all students and teachers and is especially helpful for those who have hip or knee problems that make sitting uncomfortable. Mostly asana.
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.
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.
Instructor: David Swenson
Saturday, January 17
3:30pm-5:30pm: Session 3
Code: M3SWEN
All Levels, Ashtanga
Chakrasana and Jumping Back are two challenging maneuvers of Ashtanga Yoga. We will look at their basic components and, through partner work, explore safe, practical methods for both Chakrasana and Jumping Back that can be applied within any practice. Mostly asana.
Instructor: Rodney Yee and Colleen Saidman
Saturday, January 17
3:30pm-5:30pm: Session 3
Code: M3RYCS
All Levels
We can address our fear through backbends, whether restorative or drop backs. We'll approach difficulty by taking incremental steps and by anchoring ourselves in our center and to Mother Earth. As we dialog by balancing around our center and on the earth, our backbends can bring us sustainable openness. Mostly asana.
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{7:30pm}
The Call: Sacred Activation through Kirtan and Yoga Trance
Dance with
Jai Uttal, Shiva Rea, DJ Dragonfly and You!
Join us for an evening of sacred activation of voice, body, breath, movement, and dance. We’ll harness the energy behind our
individual and collective power in support of The 1,008,000 Tree Planting Project with Trees for the Future. Doors open with
kirtan with Jai Uttal, followed by Sacred Activation with Shiva Rea. End the evening with free-form spin with DJ Dragonfly.
$15 for conference attendees; $25 for general public.
Net proceed benefit Trees for the Future.
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Sunday Morning Special Events
{4:30am-6:30am}
Kundalini Sadhana
Kundalini Sadhana is a daily
spiritual practice to renew
one’s spirit and open one’s
connection to the divine.
Join us for Kundalini Yoga
and mantra meditation
before the sunrise. This
practice produces a positive
attitude, a happy disposition,
and success!
Open to all.
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{7:00am-7:45am}
Morning Pranayama with
Yoga Journal contributing
editor Richard Rosen.
Open to all.
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Please choose one from Session 4:
Instructor: Katchie Ananda
Sunday, January 18
8:00am-10:00am: Session 4
Code: M4ANAN
All Levels
Every human being longs to make a contribution that will leave the world a better place. We'll draw from yogic and Buddhist teachings to empower ourselves to find our purpose in life—and discover how we can make a real difference in the world. Mostly asana.
Instructor: Sherri Baptiste
Sunday, January 18
8:00am-10:00am: Session 4
Code: M4BAPT
All Levels
Experience a dynamic exploration of the chakras as a path to yogic transformation, healing, and selfrealization. This class includes a hatha yoga session designed and sequenced to awaken the spirit and balance the chakras. We'll practice visualization, color-breathing techniques, and meditation to stimulate subtle awareness and bring balance to the chakras, leaving you with an overall sense of well-being. Bring a mat, blanket, and block or sitting cushion.
Instructor: Nicki Doane Richard Freeman Eddie Modestini and David Swenson
Saturday, January 17
8:00am-10:00am: Session 4
Code: M4MYSO
Ashtanga
A Mysore-style class is the ideal format for the committed Ashtanga practitioner. It allows students of all degrees of experience to practice together in a supportive environment at their own level of ability. All four instructors will be present in the room and will offer corrections, adjustments, and individualized instruction based on the specific needs of each student.
Mostly asana.
Instructor: Ana Forrest
Sunday, January 18
8:00am-10:00am: Session 4
Code: M4FORR
All Levels
Create a spacious home in your body where your spirit can roam freely. Forrest Yoga teaches how to cultivate and strengthen your relationship with your spirit through intense breath, focus, and asana. Be prepared for an invigorating and challenging experience. The room will be heated. Mostly asana.
Instructor: Sharon Gannon
Sunday, January 18
8:00am-10:00am: Session 4
Code: M4GANN
All Levels
On a psychokinetic level, backbending moves us into the future. Come learn how to apply yogic principles to backbending— allowing you to move safely, fearlessly, and confidently into the future with a sense of adventure. Includes a vigorous vinyasa warm-up in preparation for several backbends. Bring a blanket. Mostly asana. **This class has been approved by American Council on Exercise (ACE) for 0.2 CECs.**
Instructor: Kate Holcombe
Sunday, January 18
8:00am-10:00am: Session 4
Code: M4HOLC
All Levels, Contemplative
Patanjali's Yoga Sutra clearly explains how yoga refines the quality of mind, clears negative emotions, creates positive habits, improves relationships, and brings forth profound spiritual experiences. After learning about this authoritative yoga 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. Lecture.
Instructor: Gurmukh Kaur Khalsa
Sunday, January 18
8:00am-10:00am: Session 4
Code: M4KHAL
All Levels
When we open to the understanding of Grace, we are kissed by God. Through Kundalini Yoga and meditation, learn to rise above all situations into a realization of true, pure, exalted oneness with Divinity. Our real power is beyond power—it is Grace. Chant, dance, meditate, and receive all-empowering blessings of a new consciousness. Active yoga, meditation, chanting, and Savasana.
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.
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.
Instructor: Desirée Rumbaugh
Sunday, January 18
8:00am-10:00am: Session 4
Code: M4RUMB
All Levels
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"! Mostly asana.
Instructor: Sianna Sherman
Sunday, January 18
8:00am-10:00am: Session 4
Code: M4SHER
All Levels
Opening the hips through alignment, storytelling, and playfulness can bring immense opening into the breath of the heart. Learn about the monkey called Hanuman, whose adventurous and devoted spirit inspires us. Together, we will make the leap with fun, with courage, and—most of all—with Love! Mostly asana.
Instructor: Rod Stryker
Sunday, January 18
8:00am-10:00am: Session 4
Code: M4STRY
All Levels
Come awaken your inner fire. This practice focuses on activating the dormant forces within the spine, using a combination of accessible yet powerful asanas, bandhas, and mudras to build the inner strength and absorption that lead to auspiciousness. Previous pranayama experience recommended.
Instructor: Duncan Wong
Sunday, January 18
8:00am-10:00am: Session 4
Code: M4WONG
All Levels
Awaken the way to "float" in and out of the poses, break down the biomechanics with "slides" and "jumps" from the ground up to the wall, and discover that it's OK to fall. Come and experience a correct and beginner-friendly approach. Mostly asana.
Please choose one from Session 5:
Instructor: Seane Corn
Sunday, January 18
10:30am-12:30pm: Session 5
Code: M5CORN
All Levels
This unique and challenging class focuses on cleansing the vital organs through a special vinyasa sequence that utilizes three internal components— 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.
Instructor: Nicki Doane and Eddie Modestini
Sunday, January 18
10:30am-12:30pm: Session 5
Code: M5NDEM
All Levels, Ashtanga
The practice of backbending can be exhilarating, terrifiying, and incredibly fulfilling. Nicki and Eddie will prepare the body, mind, and spirit in a safe, supportive manner to practice these amazing poses in a deep, powerful way. Please bring any yoga props you may need. Mostly asana. **This class has been approved by American Council on Exercise (ACE) for 0.2 CECs.**
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. The room will be heated. Mostly asana.
Instructor: Richard Freeman
Sunday, January 18
10:30am-12:30pm: Session 5
Code: M5FREE
Intermediate, Ashtanga
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: Gurmukh Kaur Khalsa
Sunday, January 18
10:30am-12:30pm: Session 5
Code: M5KHAL
All Levels
Exploring our previous incarnations can bring a healing that allows you to live with clarity. Once you are free, the karma that attracted past suffering and depression will be erased. Through Kundalini Yoga, meditation, and the sound of the sacred gong, unleash the imprint from the past and open yourself to your soul's journey. Active yoga, meditation, chanting, and Savasana.
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.
Instructor: Judith Hanson Lasater
Sunday, January 18
10:30am-12:30pm: Session 5
Code: M5LASA
All Levels, Therapeutic
The knee is a complicated and vulnerable joint that is crucial to our life and our practice. In this workshop, we'll learn the three principles of knee health, and then practice asana with them in mind. Bring a belt and a small, firm, tennis-size ball. Short lecture, mostly practice. **This class has been approved by American Council on Exercise (ACE) for 0.2 CECs.**
Instructor: Cyndi Lee
Sunday, January 18
10:30am-12:30pm: Session 5
Code: M5CLEE
Intermediate
One of the most valuable effects of asana is its power to unblock the flow of natural power, confidence, and health. Through an active, uplifting asana practice, we'll raise our energy up the spine, creating a sense of strength and lightness. To balance that work, we'll work back down the spine with a purifying earthward-moving sequence. Mostly asana.
Instructor: David Life
Sunday, January 18
10:30am-12:30pm: Session 5
Code: M5LIFE
All Levels
Visionaries, poets, and artists have always been better at communicating with the people than politicians have. Jivamukti's fun sequencing will warm you up and keep you cookin'. Come prepared for an upbeat session with great music and sequences. This is classic Jivamukti—original, vigorous, sequential, inspired with spirit, and a little wild. Mostly asana.
Instructor: Tias Little
Sunday, January 18
10:30am-12:30pm: Session 5
Code: M5LITT
All Levels, Therapeutic
The most important muscle used to stabilize the low back is called the quadratus lumborum. A foreshortened QL can pull the ribs out of place, create scoliosis in the spine, and cause the pelvis to jack upward. Many people with lower-back pain have a tight QL. We'll investigate this key structure and practice a sequence of poses— mainly front bends, sidebends, and front-bend and sidebend hybrids— designed to free restrictions there. Discussion and asana.
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.
Instructor: Shiva Rea
Sunday, January 18
10:30am-12:30pm: Session 5
Code: M5SREA
All Levels
Experience the power of the five movements of prana underlying all of creation. We'll learn specific navigation methods within Prana Flow, an energetic approach to vinyasa that releases the "doing" of yoga and brings greater ease and vitality into "being" yoga. Includes fluid namaskars, backbends, arm balances, and hip openers. **This class has been approved by American Council on Exercise (ACE) for 0.2 CECs.**
Instructor: Matthew Sanford
Sunday, January 18
10:30am-12:30pm: Session 5
Code: M5SANF
All Levels
The effect of gravity often deepens and expands a student's inward energetic experience in an asana and thereby helps reveal its inner workings. Matthew uses his unique experience with yoga and paralysis to explore the subtle influence of gravity and how it teaches in a variety of asanas. Mastery of inversions is not required. Mostly asana.
Instructor: Sianna Sherman
Sunday, January 18
10:30am-12:30pm: Session 5
Code: M5SHER
Intermediate
Unleash your full potential in backbends and soar to new heights using Anusara Yoga's Universal Principles of Alignment as your guide. With this transformative practice, you'll expand your boundaries and raise the vibration of your life! Mostly asana.
Instructor: Jai Uttal with Daniel Paul
Sunday, January 18
10:30am-12:30pm: Session 5
Code: M5JUDP
All Levels
Embark on a journey into the multicolored, many-roomed mansions of the heart through the practice of kirtan, or call-andresponse singing of the ecstatic songs of ancient India. Come explore the path of bhakti yoga, understand the vast beauty of the Indian raga and tala systems, and learn to create your own songs to the Divine. No previous experience needed.
Sunday Afternoon Special Events
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Instructor: Sherri Baptiste
Sunday, January 18
3:30pm-5:30pm: Session 6
Code: M6BAPT
All Levels, Contemplative
Physicians, psychologists, and other professionals endorse meditation as a powerful tool for relieving stress, maintaining health, and promoting creativity and vitality. Learn how to use important guided visualization, silent meditation, and sequencingto elicit the Relaxation Response. Bring a mat, blanket, and block or sitting cushion.
Instructor: Seane Corn
Sunday, January 18
3:30pm-5:30pm: Session 6
Code: M6CORN
All Levels
This uplifting class explores the feminine aspect of spirituality; the roles of women today as seeker, householder, worker, and activist; and self-responsibility as a key to transcendence. Learn to use the vinyasa practice to cultivate an inner journey toward healing, acceptance, and empowerment. Women only. Discussion and asana.
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.
Instructor: Richard Freeman
Sunday, January 18
3:30pm-5:30pm: Session 6
Code: M6FREE
All Levels, Ashtanga
How does the Mula Bandha 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: Sharon Gannon
Sunday, January 18
3:30pm-5:30pm: Session 6
Code: M6GANN
All Levels, Contemplative
Join us for an insightful, optimistic, and nonjudgmental exploration into Patanjali's five yamas. We'll discuss how they relate to the food we eat, and how that in turn affects issues including violence, self-esteem, wealth and poverty, physical health, and even who we are. Everyone—meat eaters, vegetarians, and vegans— is welcome. Bring something to sit on. Lecture.
Instructor: Julie Gudmestad
Sunday, January 18
3:30pm-5:30pm: Session 6
Code: M6GUDM
All Levels
The arches of your feet are the foundation of your standing poses and the icing on the cake for your inversions. Using anatomy instruction and asana practice, we'll work on lifting, strengthening, and balancing your arches—even if they're dropped. Lecture and asana. **This class has been approved by American Council on Exercise (ACE) for 0.2 CECs.**
Instructor: Gary Kraftsow
Sunday, January 18
3:30pm-5:30pm: Session 6
Code: M6KRAF
All Levels, Therapeutic
Experience the successful National Institutes of Health recognized Viniyoga protocol for low-back pain as we investigate the biomechanics of the lower back, sacrum, and hips, and learn about the types of problems that can affect these areas. Develop a sequence of adapted asana designed to relieve stress and strengthen this important area of the body. Lecture and asana.
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. **This class has been approved by American Council on Exercise (ACE) for 0.2 CECs.**
Instructor: Cyndi Lee
Sunday, January 18
3:30pm-5:30pm: Session 6
Code: M6CLEE
All Levels, Contemplative
Meditation is studying our own mind as a path toward seeing the nature of interdependence. By practicing mindfulness meditation, we can gel that understanding in our bones and create an internal environment of kindness and calm, which we then can take out into our world. Discussion and meditation. **This class has been approved by American Council on Exercise (ACE) for 0.2 CECs.**
Instructor: Aadil Palkhivala
Sunday, January 18
3:30pm-5:30pm: Session 6
Code: M6PALK
All Levels, Therapeutic
The mind communicates with the body through the neck. A flexible and strong neck is crucial to that communication, but because we hold tension in our neck, upper back, and shoulders, we often have pain, headache, and mental fatigue. Learn Purna Yoga to release tension in the neck, shoulders, and upper back—and make your mind feel young again. Discussion and asana.
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.
Instructor: Desirée Rumbaugh
Sunday, January 18
3:30pm-5:30pm: Session 6
Code: M6RUMB
All Levels
Power Yoga is not just for kids. If you have come to the practice later in life, been injured, or never felt very strong on your mat, it is possible to regain full range of motion of your body, mind, and spirit. Come and experience the power of Anusara Yoga and be prepared to work intelligently and laugh loudly. Mostly asana.
Instructor: Matthew Sanford
Sunday, January 18
3:30pm-5:30pm: Session 6
Code: M6SANF
All Levels
Alignment and precision integrate mind and body without muscular action, a yogic insight made clear by Matthew's experience with yoga and paralysis. Explore the energetic connections between alignment, precision, and prana through basic asanas and simple adjustments. Mostly asana.
Instructor: David Swenson
Sunday, January 18
3:30pm-5:30pm: Session 6
Code: M6SWEN
All Levels, Contemplative, Ashtanga
How does yoga apply within the context of daily living? Underlying the mystery and complexity of Patanjali's description of yoga exists a truly profound simplicity. We'll discuss the eight limbs and talk about how we can use them in our modern lives. Lecture.
Instructor: Duncan Wong
Sunday, January 18
3:30pm-5:30pm: Session 6
Code: M6WONG
All Levels
Experience the art of sacred touch through asana adjustments and Thai massage partner work. In this straight-up interactive situation, we'll emphasize the anatomy of hand and foot stance structure, and how to countersupport though dynamic contact. Mostly asana.
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Closing Remarks by David Life:
"Spiritual Activism: Inner Revolution"
Open to all.
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