This one is quite far out of town.

The Healing Approach of Yoga: Frameworks on Applying Asana and Pranayama in the Therapeutic Context
at Agama Yoga Centre, Melbourne
October 22 - 31
with Kausthub Desikachar

Through this intensive seminar participants will learn the fundamentals frameworks on adapting and evolving asana and pranayama practices in the context of yoga therapy. The course is also strongly recommended for all those interested in pursuing the KHYF Yoga Therapy training at a future date, as well as those who are interested in the practice of Yoga Therapy.

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Holistic Lifestyle and Adaptive Yoga for People with Multiple Sclerosis and Similar Conditions
October 13 - 17
at Kripalu
with Chaya Sharon Heller

This workshop is for people with MS, caregivers, yoga teachers, and health professionals. Participants will relax, renew, and restore in this unique retreat designed with the needs of those with MS in mind. This workshop will include: safe yoga postures for increased flexibility, strength, and movement without pain; postures, breathing, meditation, restoratives, deep relaxation, and yoga nidra; wholesome and fun daily routines; tools for awareness, managing stress, optimal diet, and self-care; skills to restore balance and empower you to make clear decisions about your life; and opportunities to gain insight into yourself and your health.

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This is one of the few yoga teacher trainings that actively supports training teachers who have specific needs!

A Gentle Way offers gentle yoga—including yoga for plus sizes, seniors, and the health challenged—in San Diego, CA. They have been systematically modifying traditional yoga in a way that is relaxing, fun, and doable for people of all sizes and ages as well as the health challenged since 1996.

They are offering 200-hour (Yoga Alliance certified) east coast trainings in South Carolina. (They also offer other 200-hour formats, see below.) The focus of the training is learning how to work with people with health challenges, whether they be the aging, plus size, those with chronic illness even the beginner of less flexible healthy student, but you also will be able to lead a satisfying slow but deep traditional class, or active but doable and joyful vinyasa flow classes. They also host Relax & Renew® trainings, and will be offering 500-hour training.

Gentle Yoga Teacher Training, Session #1 (of 5)
Wednesday - Sunday, October 8 - 12
Session #2: April 29 - May 3
Session #3: September 30 - October 4
Sessions $ & 5: 2010
in Myrtle Beach, SC

Gentle Yoga Teacher Training 200-hr. - 28 Day Summer Intensive
July 12 - August 8, 2009
in San Diego

Gentle Yoga Teacher Training 200-hr. - 16 Month, Sunday Local Training: ongoing in San Diego

Note that they recommend a weekend at their San Diego studio for out-of-towners considering their training (and other students, too). These weekends are designed for: out of town students who need help beginning a yoga practice, learning about how to find the best yoga center and teacher in their city, or how to set up a home practice; students interested in becoming a yoga teacher; yoga teachers interested in taking their teacher training; and alumni who want time with Lanita and a refresher course.

Weekend with Lanita
December 5 - 7
in San Diego
with Lanita Varshell and AGW staff

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Here's another Kripalu workshop and another one for artistic types.

Art and Kundalini Yoga Retreat
September 28 – October 3
at Kripalu
with Hari Kirin Kaur Khalsa

Workshop participants will: deepen their yoga practice through image making, movement, and writing; be introduced to a variety of art materials that are safe for you and the environment; share their artwork in a supportive community setting; learn creative and collaborative activities to share with your community, yoga center, or family; and return home with completed artwork and a plan for daily yoga and art practice. Each session of the retreat will include Kundalini yoga, meditation, and creative work. The workshop is designed for everyone with an interest in the healing power of art and yoga. Seasoned artists, teachers, and healers will work alongside beginners.

Note this is not specifically an adaptive yoga workshop. Those with specific needs should make sure they can be accommodated prior to signing up.

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I'm still getting caught up on the Kripalu workshops. This one's for all the meditators.

The Buddhist Path to Freedom: Breaking the Addiction to the Mind
September 26 - 28
at Kripalu
with Noah Levine

Open to all levels of experience, this weekend will provide an opportunity to learn and practice several different forms of Buddhist meditation oriented specifically toward breaking free of old ways of thinking. People in 12-step recovery programs are especially welcome.

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Prime Time Yoga with Vandita: Radiant Health After 50
September 12-14
at Kripalu
with Vandita Kate Marchesiello

This Kripalu Yoga workshop will help you get motivated for success in aging gracefully. The weekend will include mindful walks in nature, gentle yoga stretching from the inside out for beginners and seasoned practitioners alike, creative visualization, journaling, deep relaxation (yoga nidra), and conscious eating experiences to enhance your diet. "Relax, refresh, rejuvenate, and bring a friend or family member you want to introduce to yoga. Supporting each other when you return home will make a world of difference."

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In case you needed an excuse to go to Hawaii or can't make the The Samarya Center's upcoming Hawaii trip, a portion of the proceeds from this workshop will be donated to YogaHope.

Note that this is not an adaptive-focused workshop, so people with specific needs should make sure that they can be accommodated before signing up.

Hawaii Winter Solstice Yoga Retreat
with Ana Forrest
at Kalani Oceanside Retreat (Hawaii)
December 12 - 17

Each morning begins with an invigorating 3 hour yoga practice. Afternoons are free for excursions and Hawaii adventures. Late afternoons offer 1 ½ hours of Q&A and light yoga. The workshop culminates with a powerful Winter Solstice ceremony.

About Forrest Yoga ...
"... Forrest Yoga challenges you to heal, grow and welcome your Spirit home. Forrest Yoga does not require strength or flexibility; it only requires that you bring a willingness to learn how to feel authentically and respond honestly. Learning to work honestly at your edges, you develop effective tools to deal with fear and struggle. This makes it possible for integrity, self awareness and playful curiosity to become part of your daily life."

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For those of you who are meditation and yoga nidra fans, there are a few out-of-town workshops in October that might be of interest.

Yoga and Deep Relaxation Retreat - The Gift of Yoga Nidra
October 13 - 17
at Kripalu
with Jennifer Reis

Moving between activity and deep relaxation, you will learn to stimulate your body’s natural relaxation response, alleviating not only muscular tension but also mental and emotional stress. This week includes invigorating yoga sessions (i.e., those with specific needs might want to make sure you can be accommodated), breath work, meditation, and guided relaxation (yoga nidra). Yoga nidra explorations will include body scanning, guided imagery, breath awareness, integration of opposites, and healing visualization.

Introduction to Integrative Restoration iRest Yoga Nidra
October 3 -5
in Ohio

Level I Integrative Restoration iRest Yoga Nidra Training
October 5 - 10
in Ohio

Both an introductory and Level 1 course are being offered. The 12-hour Introductory weekend provides an overview of the practice of i-Rest, and includes lectures, experiential sessions and interactive dialogue. In the 42-hour, Level I training, participants explore Yoga Nidra as a transformative personal practice as well as an adjunctive tool for use with individuals and groups in yoga practice, psychotherapy, and clinical, hospital, and class settings. The in-depth learning environment includes talks, interactive dialogue and experiential sessions. Completion of Levels I and II, plus certification coursework, lead to certification as a CTB iRest Teacher.

If you are interested in learning i-Rest, you might want to listen to Richard Miller's Yoga Spirit workshops, read his book, etc.

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The Lineage Project teaches at-risk and incarcerated New York City teenagers awareness-based practices, such as yoga and meditation, to help consciously manage stress, increase self-awareness, and cultivate compassion and commitment to nonviolent engagement with their communities. By creating a safe environment where youth can have their own experience of these practices, we encourage them to investigate their emotional, physical and spiritual selves, to develop strong and healthy bodies; increase concentration, focus and attention; and build self-esteem and confidence.

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Lineage Project Professional Training Program - Level 1: Working With At Risk Youth
October 12 – 17
at Omega Institute

Through lecture and experiential activities, participants will explore the myriad of issues facing youth today with an emphasis on trauma and its residual effects; we will share techniques for making content accessible, planning and structuring exercises/classes including modifications for yoga and meditation and practice basic reflective communication and group facilitation strategies. Each participant will be asked to draw upon their own experiences, particularly the practices that
have been most meaningful to their personal growth.

This workshop is appropriate for anyone currently working with or interested in working with youth. Participants should have an established yoga and/or meditation practice and a desire to join a growing community of individuals who believe that all youth can know the great wisdom and compassion that exists within.

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Prime of Life Yoga: Optimum Health for the Second Half of Life
November 14 - 16
at Esalen (in CA)
with Larry Payne & David Allen

Prime of Life Yoga reflects the adaptations recommended for people in the second half of life. The workshop will have a balanced format of lecture and movement. This year's lecture topics, taught by Allen, include the latest concepts on nutrition, mind-body medicine, and longevity. The Yoga, taught by Payne, offers a safe, gentle, breath-oriented approach, based on the needs of participants and inspired by the teachings of T.K.V. Desikachar. The workshop also will include stress-reduction techniques, breathing methods, biomechanical reeducation, healthy lifestyle tools, and guided meditation.

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Yoga for Well Being is offering a 500-hour teacher training course, starting in September in Florida, NY (which is accessible from NYC, MA or CT) with Fran Ubertini and others. The school is is associated with the Krishnamacharya Healing and Yoga Foundation and the training is in the tradition of Krishnamacharya and T.K.V. Desikachar. The approach focuses on adapting practices to suit individual needs, using breath and movement to facilitate stillness in the mind, all aspects of Yoga practice, asana, pranayama, ritual, meditation and chanting. The training program equips students with the tools to teach group classes and general individual sessions, perfect or change methods for those who already teach, deepen knowledge of yoga for personal practice. Upon satisfactory completion of this program, the graduate may apply separately for certification with KHYF and Yoga Alliance (at the 500 hour level).

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Integral Yoga is holding a Healing Dynamics of Yoga weekend retreat at Mount Paul Retreat Center in NJ, Friday, October 3 – Sunday, October 5. The description includes, "Begin the day with meditation and hatha, followed by insightful talks, both morning and afternoon, on fundamental ancient Yogic truths and how to put them into practice in our daily lives. Also included are the practices of silence and selfless service that will be vital components of each day." Scheduled talks include, "How Yoga Heals Using Sound", "How Yoga Heals Emotion", "How Yoga Heals Using: Shat Kriyas, Mudras, Bandhas, Visualizations, and Deep Relaxation", "How Yoga Heals the Mind", and "How Yoga Heals: Pranayama". Bus and taxi transportation are available from NYC.

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Two upcoming out-of-town workshops with Hala Khouri focus on learning to teach yoga to at-risk youth and adults.

Teaching Yoga To At-Risk Youth and Adults 4 day Workshop
July 31- August 3
at Exhale Spa, Venice, CA
with Hala Khouri

This 20-hour teacher training provides the skills and tools to work with those considered "at-risk" due to poverty, violence, abuse, accidents or neglect. Participants will gain understanding and confidence in addressing the challenges that can arise in settings such as community centers, juvenile halls, and hospitals. A similar, 3-day workshop will be offered in Indianapolis starting October 31.

Note that, if you are interested in this work, you might want to check out Vajra Yoga's social action teacher training, here in NYC.

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Integrative Yoga Therapy Professional Yoga Therapist Training Program Modules 1 and 2 will be offered this summer at Kripalu. Combined, the two modules lead to 500-hour IYT Yoga Therapist certification and allow participants to work in professional settings and begin a private yoga therapy practice.

Module 1 includes: specific yoga practices, benefits, and contraindications for each system of the body and for specific health conditions; the use of asana in healing musculoskeletal injuries, along with modifications and use of props; evaluation skills and techniques for assessing imbalance at the physical, energetic, psychological, and spiritual levels; movement techniques for developing strength and flexibility, including somatics, PNF, hands-on assisted stretching, and the use of the Theraband; introduction to the essential principles of Ayurveda for yoga therapy; in-depth understanding of the energy body, using prana vidya, pranayama, mudra, and the chakras; practical tools and techniques for supporting clients at the psycho-emotional level, including stress management, relaxation, concentration, meditation, and yoga nidra; and yoga-based awareness methods-such as body mapping, mandala drawing, and guided imagery-for unlocking doors to healing. The two-week module also will introduce you to specific Integrative Yoga Therapy programs, including the Integrative Healthy Heart program, the Integrative Healthy Back program, and Repainting the Rainbow of Your Life, a yoga and wellness program for depression.

Module 2 includes: reading the body at physical, energetic, and psycho-emotional levels and responding with appropriate yoga practices for maximum integration and healing; expanding yoga therapy tools and techniques to provide a complete practice for each individual or group; practice in developing and implementing complete yoga therapy programs that cover a wide variety of health conditions; therapeutic sequences that apply the essential principles of Ayurveda in the context of yoga therapy; asana modifications and variations, mudra, and pranayama to balance each of the pranavayus and chakras; listening and dialogue skills to assist in opening clients to their own resources of inner healing; and workshops on specific health conditions with individuals who have used yoga in their healing journeys.

All students must have a 200-hour Yoga Alliance-recognized yoga teacher certificate and at least 50 hours of additional yoga study with a therapeutic focus from IYT, Kripalu, or another institution; participants without a teaching certification can take the course, but they will not be certified as a yoga therapist until they have completed a 200-hour teacher training course and finished Module 2.

Integrative Yoga Therapy Professional Yoga Therapist Training Program: Module 1
August 17 -30
with Joseph Le Page, Lilian Le Page, Beth Gibbs, Cathy Prescott and Maria KaliMa
at Kripalu

Integrative Yoga Therapy Professional Yoga Therapist Training Program: Module 2
August 30 – September
with Joseph Le Page, Lilian Le Page, Chaya Sharon Heller and Beth Gibbs
at Kripalu

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YogaHOPE Workshops for instructors include an assisting workshop and compassionate training workshops. The assisting workshop teaches a technique is not about correcting the student, but helping the student feel a sense of safety and ease in their body and on the mat. Through your assists, you will realize a powerful connection with the student that can create shifts in both of your lives. The compassionate teaching workshops explore the meaning of true compassion and awareness of how we are connected with our students. Learn to connect with your students authentically, with true compassion and a clear voice in a supportive and nurturing environment. The workshops are held in Boston. Click here to learn more.

Assisting Workshop
Sunday, July 20, 1 - 5 p.m.
OR
Sunday, October 19, 1 - 5 p.m.

Compassionate Teaching Workshop: Part 1
Sunday, August 10, 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
OR
Sunday, November 9, 9 a.m. - 5 p.m

Compassionate Teaching Workshop: Part II
Sunday, September 14, 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
OR
Sunday, December 14, 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.

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Yoga as Medicine - The Yogic Path for Health, Healing, and Personal Transformation
Aug 25-29
with Timothy McCall
at Kripalu

This workshop is for yoga students of all levels, yoga teachers, and health-care professionals. Physician, author, and yogi Dr. Timothy McCall invites you to discover—or deepen—your appreciation of the healing potential of yoga. Explore yoga's vast toolbox, including postures, breathing techniques, relaxation, chanting, visualization, meditation, and philosophical ideas, and learn how these tools can be adapted to meet everyone’s needs—young or old, fit or unfit, healthy or seriously ill. Beyond relieving symptoms or even curing disease, yoga as medicine is a path to high-level physical, emotional, and spiritual well-being. Areas of focus will include: the ancient yogic formula for changing dysfunctional habits; anatomical principles that deepen yoga practice and make it safer; the vital link between breath, nervous system, and mind; reconciling yoga and modern science; the yogic approach to heart disease, insomnia, depression, infertility, and weight loss; practicing safely with various health challenges; Ayurvedic insights that deepen yoga’s therapeutic potential. The week is an opportunity to cultivate yogic awareness to guide life decisions, and make medical care—alternative and conventional—more effective. (I have signed up to attend this one.)

Note that Timothy McCall also will be offering a short workshop in NYC later this year.

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The workshop will focus on an approach to teaching seniors that is grounded in principles from the Viniyoga tradition. Participants will learn a brief framework for understanding the principles of adaptation, sequencing, repetition of movement, and breathing techniques from this perspective. Special needs of geriatric populations and considerations in working with elders will be discussed. The practice itself will be divided into three parts: seated work, standing postures, and floor practice. Hand-outs and class sequences will be provided.

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Yoga for Rejuvenation and Peaceful Sleep is a rejuvenating workshop focusing on relaxing and calming yoga postures that can help induce a sleep state. Participants will learn asana, pranayama, mudra, mantra, and yoga nidra as tools to wind down. The workshop also will include: guidelines for creating good sleep habits, information on pharmaceutical and holistic sleep aids, nutritional support for your body’s natural rhythms, how to choose forms of yoga that support relaxation, and a program to take with you for home practice. The workshop is open to all levels and is for anyone who feels overstressed and depleted, not just insomniacs. Each evening will conclude with a soothing savasana.

Yoga for Rejuvenation and Peaceful Sleep
September 19 - 21
at Kripalu
with Sara Ivanhoe

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Yoga For The Special Child Training is a comprehensive, seven-day training course for a program of Yoga therapy for children with special needs (e.g. children with Down Syndrome, cerebral palsy, ADD/ADHD or other learning disabilities). It is designed for parents, educators, health professionals, and Yoga teachers. Using hands-on and video instruction, participants will be guided through each stage of the special child's development. Participants will learn how to evaluate infants and children, how to create the optimum home environment and how to work with specific syndromes and disorders.

Yoga For The Special Child - Basic
with Sonia Sumar
NY Integral Yoga Institute
July 13 - 19
(Wait list only.)

Yoga For The Special Child - Basic
with Sonia Sumar
NY Integral Yoga Institute
July 20 - 26
(Wait list only.)

Yoga For The Special Child - Advanced 1
with Sonia Sumar
NY Integral Yoga Institute
August 18 - 23

Several other workshops in U.S. and international locations are scheduled. Visit the Yoga for the Special Child web site for more information.

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Yoga for Health is the International Yoga Therapy Conference (IYTC). This conference explores the ways yoga can aid in maintaining health or recovery from illness. The event also helps bridge the gap between the yoga and medical communities and doctors, therapists, healing arts practitioners, and yoga teachers who want to add yoga or yoga therapy to their practice are welcome. Additionally, beginners who want to learn how yoga can help improve their health are welcome.

Yoga for Health - IYTC
October 3 - 5
in San Rafael, CA

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Restorative Yoga Teacher Training
August 25 - 29
at Kripalu
with Sudha Carolyn Lundeen

When the body is fully supported it can let go and release deeply held tensions. Restorative yoga, the yoga of non-doing, focuses on effortlessness and ease, using well-placed blankets, bolsters, yoga straps, and chairs to safely support the body in various postures. This process invokes a natural state of balance, replenishment, and healing rest.

This training is for yoga teachers. Participants will practice a set of restorative postures, complemented with gentle stretching, breathing, and meditation. Through direct experience, practice teaching, and feedback, participants will leave with the ability to confidently teach a primary series of restorative poses as well as incorporate them into their own practice.

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The Samarya Center is hosting a learning Yoga Therapy Retreat in Mexico August 29 - September 5. This is an opportunity for yoga teachers, students, caregivers, or anyone interested in using yoga as a healing modality to work with a pioneer in the field. The retreat was designed to provide participants with the practical knowledge, clarity and confidence to work effectively with special conditions. Although participants will learn specific asanas and sequences appropriate for each condition, there will be a strong emphasis on supporting illness, disease, and life challenges in a holistic manner. This will include practical and philosophical strategies for helping and healing on the physical, energetic and emotional levels.

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In addition to the retreat mentioned previously in the blog, Phoenix Rising Yoga Therapy is offering several opportunities for training this summer. Their Level 1 training is for anyone with a basic knowledge of yoga (three months of regular practice recommended). PRYT combines yoga with contemporary therapeutic insight and is based upon the idea that attitudes have physical counterparts. Assisted yoga postures are coupled with techniques that focus awareness to integrate the varied aspects of ourselves. Level 1 training includes learning: each posture's physical and metaphysical significance and how it can be used to support the transformational process; techniques for assisting clients in yoga therapy postures; PRYT basic dialogue techniques; and precautions, preparation, variations, counter postures, and transitions. Click here for more information on the levels of training and the programs.

Trainings close to NYC include the following. Click here to find trainings in other locations.

Phoenix Rising Yoga Therapy - Level 1
August 3 - 8
at Kripalu
with Karen Kaumudi Hasskarl

PYRT - Level 1
July 18 - 21
in Asheville, NC

Note that Level 1 training also will be in NYC this year, October 2 - 5.

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Yoga Ed. offers health and wellness programs, trainings and products for teachers, parents, children and health professionals that improve academic achievement, physical fitness, emotional intelligence and stress management. In short, they offer yoga education for school children and teachers that develops self-awareness, self-management and self-care.

They also have two training workshops this year. These workshops prepare yoga teachers to teach Yoga Ed. to children in schools and Yoga Tools to classroom teachers.

Yoga Ed.™ K–8 Instructor Certification
July 25 - August 1
at Kripalu (MA)
with Leah Kalish

Yoga Ed.™ Pre-K Instructor Certification
October 13 - 17
at Kripalu (MA)
with Abby Wills

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In addition to Yoga Spirit telecast workshops, Elise Miller is teaching workshops for teachers and students this July at Kripalu.

Yoga for Scoliosis ~ The Basics
a Yoga Spirit tele-class
Thursday, July 17

Yoga for Scoliosis ~ After the Basics
a Yoga Spirit tele-class
Thursday, July 31

Iyengar Yoga for Back Care
July 18 - 20, 2008
at Kripalu (MA)
This program teaches yoga as an approach to relief from chronic back pain, for conditions ranging from minor neck and lower back tension to severe scoliosis. The program will address: how to use yoga to increase strength and flexibility in the back, focusing on the relationship between the spinal column, pelvis, and shoulder blades; beneficial classical and modified asanas for back conditions, including lower back pain, disc disease, sciatica, upper-back and neck tightness, and scoliosis; and anatomy, as it relates to poses taught

Yoga for Scoliosis Teacher Training
July 20 - 25
at Kripalu (MA)
For yoga teachers and also for students of all levels (who will participate in the teacher training as clients). The program will address: basic information about scoliosis; how to adapt the yoga asanas for scoliosis; the use of props; how to adjust students with scoliosis; the anatomy of a scoliosis spine; common patterns of scoliosis; and the physical and psychological causes and effects of scoliosis. Teachers will be able to offer a beginning yoga practice to those with scoliosis. Upon successful completion of a practicum, teachers also will receive a certification as a Yoga for Scoliosis trainer.

Other upcoming workshops include ...

Scoliosis Teachers Training
August 4 - 8
in San Francisco

Yoga for Scoliosis Part I
August 15 - 17
in Los Angeles

Yoga for Scoliosis Part I & Asana Workshop
October 3 -5
at Yoga Rosa (FL)

Fall Yoga Retreat
with Elise Miller & Judith Lasater
November 7 - 9
at Westerbeke Ranch (CA)

Yoga for Scoliosis Teachers & Students Retreat
December 13 - 20
in Troncones, Mexico

Click here for the full schedule and more information.

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Bo Forbes is teaching a 5-day intensive workshop, Yoga for the Emotional Body: Healing Anxiety, Insomnia, and Depression, July 13-18 at Kripalu (in Massachusetts). Participants will explore the energetic underpinnings of chronic nervous system hyperarousal (anxiety and insomnia) and hypo-arousal (depression and seasonal affective disorder) and learn tools to balance the nervous system, change thought patterns, heal your emotional body, and awaken intuitive wisdom. The workshop will include therapeutic yoga, restorative yoga, breathwork, and more.

Bo Forbes also will be teaching a related workshop, Yoga for the Nervous System: Healing Anxiety, Insomnia and PTSD, November 14-16 at Kripalu.

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Two Gentle Yoga Weekends at Kripalu with Rudy Peirce are scheduled -- July 3-6 and September 26-28. Here is the description:

"During this relaxing weekend, gentle yogi Rudy Peirce will teach you how to finesse your way safely and easily into a refined series of deep stretches. Having been through the process of recovering from back injury and serious illness, Rudy deeply appreciates the benefits of a gentle approach to yoga when physical limitations are present.

During this program, yoga becomes satisfying and accessible for every body as you are compassionately guided through simple warm-ups and modifications to yoga poses, supported by the use of props, partners, and repetition. Whether you are new to yoga, a longtime practitioner, or simply wanting to experience a gentle approach, what you gain from this program can become a valuable part of a lifelong practice.

Come for a deeply relaxing, opening, and rejuvenating weekend."

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Gary Kraftsow, a well-known specific needs yoga teacher, is offering three specific needs-related workshops at Kripalu (which is relatively easy to get to from NYC). There also are arrangements for students to take combinations of these workshops. Click here for more information.

Yoga for Healing Upper Back, Neck, and Shoulders
Jun 20-22, 2008 (Fri – Sun)
This weekend workshop explores three potential problem spots—the upper back, neck, and shoulders—and includes therapeutic sequences that specifically address them. Explore the Viniyoga methodology that underlies the protocol Gary developed for the National Institutes of Health study reported in the Annals of Internal Medicine in December 2005.

Yoga for Emotional Health: Focus on Anxiety and Depression
Jun 22-25, 2008 (Sun – Wed)
Explore the complex interaction between thought, emotion, and physiology, and the yoga practices that can be used to nourish the system and restore equilibrium including asana, pranayama, chanting, and meditation. Students will learn to differentiate between physiologically and psychologically based anxiety and depression, and how to work with their symptoms.

Yoga for Sleeplessness and Insomnia
Jun 25-27, 2008 (Wed – Fri)
Yoga therapy offers principles and practices to address insomnia and sleeplessness, whether age-related or the result of a chronic condition. Starting with an overview of yoga therapy theory as it relates to sleep disturbances, Gary will focus on the issues of “sleep hygiene” and insomnia, and teach practices that improve sleep using asana, pranayama, and meditation

p.s. ... stay tuned for many more Kripalu blog posts. I've been quite behind with letting you know about them.

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Yoga of the Heart Training with Nischala Joy Devi focuses on adapting yoga for people with heart diseases and other life-threatening diseases. The comprehensive program is a certification course offered for yoga teachers and health professionals who would like to share yoga with people living with heart disease, cancer and other debilitating diseases (as well as those who might be at risk for these diseases). The focus of this training program is theory and practice of asana, pranayama, deep relaxation, imagery and meditation as applied for people with cardiac, cancer, and other life threatening diseases and general health and prevention. Upon completion of the course, students will have the skills to teach patients in a hospital or clinic setting as well as on a private or individual basis. Upcoming trainings include:

July 24 - Aug 3
at Kripalu Center (Lennox, MA)

Aug 28 - Sept 7
at AnadaSeva (Geyserville, CA)

March 17 - 27
at Sivananda Yoga Retreat (Nassau, Bahamas)

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July 21 – 25, 2008
in San Francisco
with Roger Cole

Advanced Training
August 18 - 22, 2008
in San Francisco

Advanced Training
September 9 – 13, 2009
in Rochester, NY
with Francois Raoult

In NYC in 2009

April 19 - 23, 2009
at OM Yoga

Advanced Training
May 19 - 23, 2009
at OM Yoga

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The Gentle Hatha Yoga Teacher Training program shows Yoga teachers how to adapt the basic Integral Yoga Hatha I class to meet the needs of those with temporary or chronic physical limitations, people who are pre-surgery, people who are post-surgery, people recuperating from injury, senior citizens, and those who just want a slow-paced gentler class. Participants learn to adapt and modify the traditional poses so that they may be taught to students in a variety of settings: standing, sitting in a chair, sitting on the floor, laying on the floor or in a bed. Emphasis also will be given to visualizations for healing with yogic deep relaxation, and healing through pranayama and meditation. This training is for certified Integral Yoga instructors but trainers from other traditions are welcome to apply.

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Upcoming workshops for everyone include:

LifeForce Yoga: From Blues to Bliss!
June 13 - 17, 2008
in Watsonville, CA

LifeForce Yoga to Beat the Blues
Jul 4 – 6, 2008
at Omega Center (NY)

LifeForce Yoga Intensive to Manage Your Mood
August 10, 2009
at Arlington Center (MA)

LifeForce Yoga for Depression & Anxiety
Sep 6 – 10, 2008
Cortes Island, BC

LifeForce Yoga to Beat the Blues
October 10 -12, 2008
Columbus, OH

LifeForce Yoga to Manage Your Mood
October 24 -26, 2008
Kripalu Center

LifeForce Yoga from Blues to Bliss!
Nov 21 - 23, 2008
Atlanta, GA

Thanksgiving Symposium: LifeForce Yoga from Blues to Bliss
Nov 24 - 30, 2008
Sivananda Ashram, Paradise Island

Upcoming workshops for mental health professionals include:

LifeForce Yoga: Empower Your Clients to Manage Their Moods
Aug 4 – 8, 2008
Arlington, MA

Yoga Tools for Clinical Settings: Empower Your Clients to Manage their Moods
Oct 13, 2008
Cleveland, OH

Yoga Tools for Clinical Settings: Empower Your Clients to Manage their Moods
Oct 15, 2008
Pittsburgh, PA

Upcoming instructor trainings include:

LifeForce Yoga Practitioner Training Level 1
Jul 6 – 11, 2008
at Kripalu Center (MA)

LifeForce Yoga Practitioner Training Level 2
October 19 -24, 2008
Kripalu Center (MA)

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Lilias Folan, well-known for her long-running PBS series, has made a handful of videos based on her new book, Lilias! Yoga Gets Better With Age, available free online.

Lilias - The 3 Rs
The three Rs—resist, relax, restretch—are a creative way to observe and listen to your body. It is a safe, simple stretching technique that helps muscle and connecting tissue to lengthen and release painlessly.

Lilias - Bed Top Yoga
Bed Top Yoga is a 10-minute preparation for hips, ankles, toes and feet. I enjoy doing some or all of these moves each morning before I meditate. I also use them to prepare for sitting on long plane or car rides.

Lilias - Warm ups
There are no hard and fast rules for warm-ups. They are designed to enhance flexibility, increase circulation, loosen muscular connecting tissue and release tension.

Lilias - Postures for a Desert Island
There are hundreds of Yoga postures. In my book, "Lilias, Yoga Gets Better with Age", I have chosen 44 as my "Postures for a Desert Island." Here are just a very few of my favorite Key Yoga Asanas.

Lilias - The Inner Smile
The Inner Smile Relaxation, in the 6th century, was considered so precious and sacred that information was whispered in secret.

Lilias also is teaching workshops and holding a retreat this summer, including the following:

Awakening Yoga in Midlife
July 18 - 20
at Omega (Rhinebeck, NY)
(Which I'm hoping to attend.)

The Joy Is in the Journey: Reawakening Yoga in Midlife
August 8 - 10
at Kripalu (Stockbridge MA)

Click here for her full schedule.

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• Anatomy and physiology of the heart.
• Risk factors and diagnostic procedures.
• Mind-body medicine.
• Psychosocial aspects of heart disease.
• Guided imagery for healing.
• Relaxation, breathing, and mindfulness for heart patients.
• The adaptation of yoga postures for heart patients.
• Communication skills and group dynamics.
• How to market cardiac yoga.

All Yoga traditions are welcome to apply, participation is open to medical personnel, and yoga teaching certification is not required for admittance. CEU and Yoga Alliance credits are available.

Upcoming training workshops:

10-day Residential Course
June 12-22, 2008
at Yogaville (Buckingham, VA)

8-day condensed, non-residential program
September 18-21 & October 2-5, 2008
in West Columbia, SC
Sponsored by Lexington Medical Center

6-day condensed, non-residential program
November 6-11, 2008
in Charlottesville, VA

 

They also offer Books and CDs for students and instructors to learn Cardiac Yoga and medical yoga.

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Stress Management Teacher Training
June 13-22, 2008
with Swami Ramananda, Jo Jaya Applebaum, Swami Vidyananda

This program trains Yoga teachers to adapt the full spectrum of Integral Yoga practices to populations in many settings including hospitals, schools, corporate workplace and Yoga Studios. (This program is open to all certified Integral Yoga instructors with at least one year teaching experience. For special consideration, qualified instructors from other Yoga traditions are asked to contact Swami Ramananda.)

Please read the full description of this unique training program to find out more about all it offers.

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Note: Many teacher training workshops are offered in summer, so the blog will include many of them for a while.

yama therapeutics Yoga Teacher Training
June 2 - 20, 2008
at Satchidananda Ashram (VA)
with Sundari Finlayson & Senior Staff

yama therapeutics draws from a wide range of India's traditions. The 18-day yama therapeutics Yoga Teacher Training program is for people seeking to create a therapeutic healing practice incorporating Yoga, Ayurveda and Meditation Arts. Training graduates are eligible to apply for 200-hour Registered Yoga Teacher (RYT) status with Yoga Alliance. People already engaged in Western healing traditions such as nursing, social work, psycho-therapy or physical or respiratory therapy are especially welcome.

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FOR INSTRUCTORS, NURSES, etc.: Sometimes neck, back and pelvic pain can be caused by structural restrictions/instabilities and habits of movement that reinforce or create the structural issue or issues. This workshop will shed light on key anatomy (structure), kinesiology (function) and common disorders on the spine and pelvis. After laying the foundations, participants will learn to integrate both structure "how the arrangement and organization of the parts relate to one another" and function "how we can use the structure more efficiently and more gently." This course will help you use Hatha Yoga, pranayama, Raja Yoga, rooting/stabilization techniques from qigong and Feldenkrais inspired practice to confidently and efficiently serve people with spinal and pelvic pain. (30 CNE or YA hours).

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The Samarya Center is offering IMT Basics and IMT Level 1 training workshops this summer. Workshops are appropriate for anyone who wants to learn about how to use yoga for healing, including therapists, teachers, parents, and yoga teachers.

Integrated Movement Therapy® is a holistic therapy approach for people of all ages, using yoga’s philosophical, physical and spiritual framework in conjunction with conventional neuro-physiological perspectives to address unique challenges, including: chronic pain, depression, stroke, MS, Autism, Parkinson’s, traumatic brain injury, and anxiety. Click here to learn more about IMT.

IMT Basics is a five-hour introductory course that focuses on:

• The evolution of IMT, including its roots in both yoga and traditional clinical field.
• The underlying philosophies of IMT.
• The ingredients for an optimal learning environment.
• A basic understanding of how neural pathways are built in the brain.
• The six core principles of IMT and how these provide a framework for therapy.

IMT Basics
Friday, May 30 in Portland, Oregon
also: Saturday, June 14 in Seattle, Washington
also: Friday, July 11 in Seattle, Washington

IMT Level 1 focuses on providing a more in-depth understanding of IMT’s holistic framework and its application during assessment and treatment. The workshop format is discussion with lots of experiential learning, including yoga postures and practical activities.

IMT & Adults Level 1, May 31 - June 1 in Portland
IMT & Teens Level 1, July 11 - 13 in Seattle
IMT & Adults Level 1, September 5-7 in Seattle

Click here for their complete workshop schedule..

A percentage of the Portland training proceeds will support Street Yoga, an organization that teaches yoga to homeless youth and youth at risk of homelessness.

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Street Yoga Teacher Training
Portland, August 1-3, 2008
Ontario, September 19-21, 2008

Street Yoga offers free yoga, wellness and meditation classes to homeless youth and youth at risk of homelessness in Portland and Seattle. Their mission includes helping homeless youth increase their physical, emotional and spiritual strength, stamina and flexibility so they can better meet their own core needs. They work closely with service providers striving to help homeless youth secure safe housing, nutritious food, accessible health care, employment, clean clothing, educational choices and human dignity. Please watch the video above and visit their site for more information.

This training will focus on homeless youth, and youth at-risk of homelessness. This latter group includes youth who have been involved in the foster care system, youth from homeless families, young people who have been physiclaly, sexually and emotionally abused, youth in detention, and youth who identify as a sexual or gender minority. Youth who are homeless or in transtional living situations spend much of their time and energy devising strategies for survival on the streets. This leaves precious little time for rest or personal reflection. Street Yoga offers these youth accessible, non-threatening environments in which to take off their backpacks and to experience strength and stillness in both body and mind.

Street Yoga highly values direct, compassionate action. In this training, you will receive practical, real world knowledge and techniques that will assist you in teaching at-risk youth. You will also be encouraged to dig into your personal experience in order to draw out your own courage and compassion as a teacher.

Street Yoga does not prescribe a strict methodology for bringing yoga to youth. Instead, we will cover the basic techniques we have found most useful and will present a brief sketch of the challenges faced by these young people. You can expect to learn:

• Population characteristics and backgrounds.
• Communication techniques, including conflict prevention and de-escalation.
• Useful yoga postures and sequences, including ideas for special populations.
• Common challenges to creating and maintaining a yoga program for youth.
• How to work effectively with organizations and use resources efficiently.

This training is open to individuals of all levels and backgrounds. Whether you have been teaching for years or are just beginnning to share mindfulness practices with others, we simply ask you to begin where you are and share what you know.

Going into the training, we see three goals, for which we set our intention:

• That you will develop your confidence and skills to teach hom