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Are you intrigued by Ayurveda but confused by all the books and body-type questionnaires? Do you need more guidance and support to make Ayurvedic tools part of your yoga teaching as well as your own healthy routine?
During this 5 day introduction, you will
Learn the foundational concepts and precepts in Ayurveda, including the five-element and tridoshic theory, and how to apply them in daily life
Discover your own personal constitutional blueprint (doshic type)
Explore the primary tools to keep body, mind, and spirit in balance through diet, lifestyle, and other healthful living tools
Experience daily yoga, breathing, and meditation practices designed for your type and for the season.
This workshop will also introduce the ancient art of cleansing and rejuvenation called panchakarma and review seasonal cleansing protocols that anyone can do at home. You will leave with excellent tools to bring greater balance and well-being into your life and to share with your yoga students.
Ayurveda and yoga have existed side by side for thousands of years in their native India. The yogis in the village were also the Ayurvedic doctors in most cases. Modern yoga trainings are now encouraging students to learn more Ayurveda and deepen their understanding of both sciences. This 5 day training will introduce the science of Ayurveda to those teachers grounded in yoga. We will explore:
Common philosophical underpinnings to both yoga and Ayurveda
Historical background
Five element theory
Tri-doshic theory
Introduction to the gunas
Introduction to Ayurvedic anatomy and physiology (how we see the body from an energetic systems perspective)
Digestion and nutrition
Daily routine/seasonal routine
Asana, pranayama, meditation and mantra for balancing the body, mind, spirit
**this training may be used toward Wilmington Yoga's 500 hour Teacher Training Program
Hilary Garivaltis
Dean of Curriculum for the Kripalu School of Ayurveda
received her training at the New England Institute of Ayurvedic Medicine and the Rishikesh College of Ayurveda in Rishikesh, India. She continues to train with the world’s leading teachers in the United States and India.
Hilary Garivaltis
August
"Earn your stripes" at
Yoga Boot Camp w/ Sergeant Larry! Saturday and Sunday
August 2 - 3
Times 2:00 - 5:00
$40 pre-registration
$50 day-of registration
Saturday: Upper Body and Core Strengthening Sunday: Lower Body and Core Strengthening
Prepare to be transformed both body and mind during this two day workshop. Yoga Boot Camp with Sergeant Larry will inspire you to reach new heights in your practice and unviel new strengths in your body. Challenging and intense, this boot camp is for the yogi who wants more out of their life and their bodies."
Larry Hobbs
Kirtan w/ Sangita Devi Saturday, August 9
7:00 - 9:00pm
Vinyasa Teacher Training
w/Kristin Cooper Gulak
Sept 3-7th
$500 before July 3, $550 after
Wed
7-10pm Master class open to students & teachers
Thurs
9-1pm Master class open to students & teachers
2-6pm Teacher Training Lab
Friday
9-1pm Master class open to students & teachers
2-6pm Teacher Training Lab
Saturday
9-1pm Master class open to students & teachers
2-6pm Teacher Training Lab
Sunday
9-1pm Master class open to students & teachers
2-6pm Teacher Training Lab
Dive into the Flow! In this Vinyasa Immersion & Teacher Training we will explore a transformational journey uniting mind, body and spirit through creative, FUN, and challenging vinyasa practices. This immersion will celebrate playfulness as a teaching tool for the challenging practices of Vinyasa Flow yoga, creating a balance between sweating and smiling.
Master Classes:
Open to students and teachers, master classes will break down the fundamental principals of Vinyasa Flow Yoga and Krishnamacharya’s theories of vinyasa krama sequencing. You will learn:
5 elemental based vinyasa sequences and creative namaskars
principles of alignment
asana, pranayama, and movement based meditation
partner assisted yoga asanas
Teacher Training Labs:
Afternoon sessions for teachers only will focus on how to teach this popular form of yoga responsibly and from the heart. Teacher Training will conclude by partnering with Non-profit Dreams of Wilmington for a very special opportunity for teacher trainees to offer karma yoga; teaching vinyasa flow classes to at risk youth.
In this training you will learn:
how to teach creative namaskars and sequences
how to teach asana more clearly and intelligently
principles of alignment
proper sequencing
hands on assisting
chakras (energy centers) and their role in body awareness
how to read bodies
how to theme a class
how to create and hold sacred space
how to work with special populations
This training is designed for students and teachers who are interested in experiencing yoga as dynamic, physical practice, as well as a powerful spiritual tool for growth off of the mat.
October
Thai Yoga Massage Training
with Jonas Westring October 15 - 19, 2008
Practiced for centuries in the temples of Thailand, Thai Yoga Bodywork incorporates the Buddhist practices of mindfulness and compassion with the use of assisted yoga postures from Ayurveda. Through a seamless, mindful meditative dance, the practitioner gracefully moves the receiver’s body through a full range of possible movement.
The Thai Yoga method is based on the northern style of Traditional Thai massage with additional, supportive perspectives from both yoga and bio-mechanics. This professional intensive prepares you to give a complete 90-minute traditional Thai Yoga session. You will learn a highly effective sequence of traditional techniques including therapeutic stretching, joint mobilization, deep-tissue compression, toning of energy pathways, acupressure, hatha yoga poses, meditation, and breathing techniques. Safety consideration and proper, therapeutic application of all techniques will be addressed in-depth. With regards to the Thai healing tradition and to further support students understanding of its ancient roots, cultural aspects will be addressed.
The Thai Yoga method emphasizes optimal wellbeing not only for the receiver, but also of the practitioner. This program will teach you the essence of a transformational healing art while simultaneously give you a direct experience of its deeply rejuvenating powers.
Ideal for yoga teachers who wants to expand their hands-on repertoire and one-on-one yogic tool box, this training will give bodyworkers, massage therapists and others in the healing arts – not only a new effective healing modality – but a deeply therapeutic and rejuvenating 5-day period to enjoy.
**this training may be used toward Wilmington Yoga's 500 hour Teacher Training Program
About Jonas
Jonas has had the privilege to meet and study with many teachers and healers in thailand. The most influential ones include master ahjarn pichest boonthamme, itthidet manarat, the buntautuk traditional medicine hospital, chongkol setthakorn, askokananda at the sunshine network, the blind therapists in chiang mai, and the thai chiropractic conservatory in bangkok. Numerous other people who has given him traditional thai massage treatments have also contributed to a deepened understanding of the thai hands-on healing tradition.
Since many years jonas have been organizing annual group journeys to thailand. They enable him to return to asia every winter with a group of students to research the thai tradition further.
Jonas Westring
December
Yoga Service & Retreat for Home of Hope Orphanage
Kerala, India
Dec 28-Jan 6th
Optional additional week Jan 6-11th
There are many different yogic paths, but all essentially have the same overall purpose: the transcendence of the ego-personality and realization of the transcendent Self. Yet the means employed to achieve this goal vary considerably.
In the Classical Yoga of Patanjali, meditation was the central practice with asana and pranayama playing a minor, supporting role. This relationship was essentially reversed with the evolution of the Tantra and Hatha Yoga traditions over a millennium ago. In these traditions, the mind is brought under control and the Self realized by altering the flow of prana, the life-force energy of the body. Consequently, Hatha Yoga emphasizes a great many techniques for physical cleansing and stabilization of the body’s energies including the extensive use of asana. However, the heart of Hatha-Yoga is unquestionably the manipulation of prana through the use of breath (pranayama). These practices will be the central focus of this program
In this workshop, we will:
Explore the similarities and differences between Classical and Hatha Yoga through the examination of Patanjali’s Yoga Sutra (Aphorisms of Yoga) and the Hatha Yoga Pradipika (Light on Forceful Yoga) by fourteenth-century sage Swatmarama.
Develop a strong foundation in advanced pranayama practice under the guidance of a skilled teacher
Learn a variety of breathing techniques and their role in the cultivation and channeling of pranic energy.
Explore the skillful use of antara and bahya kumbhaka (breath retention); and mula, uddiyana, and jalandhara bandhas (the locks)
Learn about the shat kriyas (six cleansing actions) and their role in the physical and energetic purification process.
Experiment with ways to incorporate these practices into a deep spiritual practice
Learn teaching methodologies for safely and appropriately sharing these practices with your students.
Engage in practice teach sessions
Yoga teachers and advanced practitioners from all traditions are welcome.
Dean Hudson
Kunga Yoga 500-Hour Teacher Training: Yoga Alliance Approved!
We are proud to announce that a large focus of our advanced training will be on service work, teaching karma yoga classes to special populations, and more.
Our 500 hr program has been approved by Yoga Alliance.
For more info, please contact
, 500Hr Teacher Training Coordinator at 910-350-0234
Workshop Policies
Registration & Payment To register for WYC workshops, you may call us at 910-350-0234 and register over the phone w/Visa, Mastercard, or American Express. You may also mail your registration in with your check to:
Wilmington Yoga Center
5329 Oleander Dr. Ste 200
Wilmington, NC 28403
Registration flyers can be printed out online from our website by clicking on the Info link under the workshop name.
Cancellation
No refunds are available. However, if cancellations are made at least 10 days prior to the workshop date, then fee may be transferred to other workshops or classes. All cancellations/transfers will be charged a $25 administration fee.
The Wilmington Yoga Center reserves the right to cancel a program at any time. If this should be necessary, you will receive a full refund. Occasionally, some discounted tuition is available for workshops based on need, and space availability.
Lodging
Our center is conveniently located in mid-town, approx. a 10min drive to Wrightsville Beach, and a 15 min drive to the Historic Cape Fear Riverfront! Please view www.Hotel-Guides.US to search for hotels by location.
About our Workshops & Center
The WYC is a multi-disciplinary yoga center and training school, offering workshops, teacher trainings, private therapeutic sessions, massage therapy, and an average of 50 classes per week.
Our approach is to offer a diverse selection of yoga styles and teachers, and to create programs that are accessible to all levels of ability. We offer traditional styles of yoga such as Ashtanga, Iyengar, and Vinyasa, as well as Gentle, Power Vinyasa, Kids Yoga, Prenatal, Yin, and much more. We offer workshops as an opportunity for our students to study w/master level teachers in a relaxed environment, ask questions, and enjoy learning on a deeper level.
We also offer yearly 200 hr Yoga Alliance Teacher Trainings, and Advanced Teacher Trainings. It is our belief that any student should be able to participate in our workshops & trainings and feel comfortable and safe, and leave with the understanding that yoga truly is available for ALL people.
Wilmington Yoga Center Wilmington, North Carolina 910-350-0234
