Returning Home — Reclaiming Balance & Wellbeing through the Art & Science of Yoga
SATURDAY, August 22, 2020 • 12Noon – 3:00PM
LOCATION: THE ESSENCE OF YOGA CENTER, RICHMOND, KY
TEACHERS…
Is your current yoga practice supporting you so that you can carry out your work of helping others AND contributing to the healing of the world?
What if you could uncover a freshness in your practice and in your daily life, simply by following sensations in the body with no expectations? And how could this tool transform your life and the lives of your students?
Join Amanda as she expands your yoga teaching toolkit with her unique fusion of somatic movement with the latest research in neuroscience.
Learn through your own embodied experience the subtle and powerful effects found through practices like
embodied awareness
interoceptive awakening
intentional somatic movement
increased vagal tone
‘light body’ meditations
WOW your students by guiding them to experience firsthand some of the astonishing effects of the latest findings from neuroscience, such as...
Improved immune system response through the practice of embodiment
Greater resiliency fostered by nurturing the mind-body connection
Returning to our own internal balance through increasing vagal tone
Incorporate simple techniques into your practice and teaching that improve function of the vagus nerve. These practices help to support the felt-sense of presence and safety, improve internal organ health and relieve chronic stress.
~ Q&A and reception to follow! ~
Stick around after the practice to join Cara and me as we answer all your questions about our 200 hour yoga teacher training and immersion program, beginning October 10th. Whether you’re with us in the studio, or practicing at home, this is a great opportunity to ask your burning questions about this amazing opportunity to deepen your love affair with yoga.
We are enrolling NOW, and you get to choose online or in-person enrollment! So whether you wish to deepen your practice or to gain the tools you need to teach yoga to your friends, family, and community, this 12-month program is designed just for you. Learn more at theessenceofyogacenter.com.
PRICE: $60*
*FREE if you send 2 new students | 1/2 price if you send 1 new student
*All teachers get a $10 discount.
*Current trainees get their code discount.
*UPDATE: Space available online via Zoom only. In-studio space is full.
STUDENTS…
How can your yoga practice be a positive and healing force in this most surreal of times?
Learn tools to move forward with a practice that maximizes your connection to yourself, to others, and to the world, AND gives you the resilience you need to navigate the choppy waters of life.
Join Amanda as she guides you beyond the more obvious effects of yoga practice...like relaxing, grounding, lengthening and strengthening..to the more subtle and powerful effects found through
embodied awareness
interoceptive awakening
intentional somatic movement
increased vagal tone
‘light body’ meditations
BE “WOW-ED” by experiencing firsthand some of the astonishing effects of the latest findings from neuroscience, such as...
Improved immune system response through the practice of embodiment
Greater resiliency fostered by nurturing the mind-body connection
Returning to our own internal balance through increasing vagal tone
Incorporate simple techniques into your practice and daily life that improve function of the vagus nerve. These practices help to support the felt-sense of presence and safety, improve internal organ health and relieve chronic stress.
~ Q&A and reception to follow! ~
Stick around after the practice to join Cara and me as we answer all your questions about our 200 hour yoga teacher training and immersion program, beginning October 10th. Whether you’re with us in the studio, or practicing at home, this is a great opportunity to ask your burning questions about this amazing opportunity to deepen your love affair with yoga.
We are enrolling NOW, and you get to choose online or in-person enrollment! So whether you wish to deepen your practice or to gain the tools you need to teach yoga to your friends, family, and community, this 12-month program is designed just for you. Learn more at theessenceofyogacenter.com.
PRICE: $60*
*FREE if you send 2 new students | 1/2 price if you send 1 new student
*All teachers get a $10 discount.
*Current trainees get their code discount.
*UPDATE: Space available online via Zoom only. In-studio space is full.
Trauma-Informed Yoga Training with Cindy Reed
SATURDAY & SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 19-20, 2020 • 10AM – 5PM
LOCATION: THE ESSENCE OF YOGA CENTER & ONLINE via ZOOM
This weekend training is taught by Cindy Reed, LCSW, a yoga and mindfulness instructor, and a Certified Daring Way™ facilitator. Participants will earn continuing education credits through Yoga Alliance, and become certified to teach trauma-informed yoga classes. In partnership with Ampersand Sexual Violence Resource Center, this CEU creates a bridge between students who participate in this training and the many opportunities to volunteer and to serve populations in need across the region.
Through experiential practice and collaborative discussion, participants will gain an understanding of the neuroscience of trauma, examine key themes of trauma-informed yoga practice and teaching, explore research that supports yoga as a force for creating positive change in students’ experience of trauma, and learn tools, techniques, and contraindications for teaching trauma-informed yoga.
Topics Include:
Neuroscience of trauma and why yoga helps
Key themes of trauma-informed yoga – safety, empowerment, choice
Using yoga nidra in trauma-informed practice and teaching
Yoga techniques for survivors – choosing appropriate pranayama, asana, and meditative tools
Next steps – service, community, and advocacy
Prerequisite: Participants must have completed at least a 200-hour yoga teacher training. Registration with Yoga Alliance is not required.
Required Texts:
Trauma Sensitive Yoga in Therapy – by David Emerson
Overcoming Trauma Through Yoga – by David Emerson
Cost: $250
“Dear Amanda,
I wanted to share with you once again what a profound effect your yoga workshop had on me. It’s like everything has shifted into “real time” after years of living in fast motion. Sunday I spent some time cleaning the house, a task I usually feel a lot of negative energy around. This day I cleaned slowly and lovingly and almost joyfully. At work today I moved much more slowly and clearly. Instead of rushing to a meeting and feeling a pushing sensation throughout it, I felt much more peaceful and relaxed. I’ve listened to your new CDs and have found them so useful already. I love it that they are composed of awareness experiences as opposed to strictly asana instruction. I have been doing a regular Buddhist, sitting meditation practice for about 3 years and have found it quite useful. But nothing feels as profound or transformative to me as the experiences that you lead. Maybe the fact that I’ve done the sitting meditation helps me go in deeply. Anyway, you are on to something, girl! And I am grateful that I get to taste it. Many thanks for sharing what I know must be years and years of deeeeeeep work. I feel so blessed that you live close by and I get to learn from you.”
“Dear Amanda,
Another thing I’d like to share with you 5 days after your workshop. I’ve been listening to one of the awareness experiences on your new cd’s every day. It’s usually at night before bed. Last night as I lay in bed after listening to one, it felt as if a very tightly coiled, tangled ball inside me was unraveling and gently untangling itself. An interesting sensation!”
The Essence of Yoga Immersion & Teacher Training
Interested in deepening your practice through a series of 12 or 18, monthly weekend workshops? Consider the immersive 200- and 300-hour programs through The Essence of Yoga Center.