Training the mind is like training a puppy; for starters, there is 'Sit', 'Stay' and 'Drop it'!

• The fundamentals of meditation (Stages 1-4)

• How to completely relax the body without losing awareness

• The distinctions between global awareness and granular attention and how to balance them

• Cultivating a positive relationship between the conscious and unconscious minds

• Separating impulses from reactions

• Constructively working with negative emotions

• Cultivating emotional intelligence with oneself and others

• Honing single-pointed focus without struggle or fatigue

• Recognizing and entering flow state

• ADHD and its relationship to modern technology

Understanding the principles and techniques to stay protected and empowered in all the poses is a game changer! ​

Topics covered:

• Elements of flow state: breath, gaze and inner locks

• The universal template of skeletal alignment

• Balancing muscular and organic energy

• Blocks, straps, belts and bolsters: How to use yoga props

• The physics of yoga: Base of support, center of gravity and range of motion

Meditation lies between dullness and agitation. Yoga Nidra is the practice of combining deep relaxation with mental vigilance in order to allow for a profound reordering of our physical and mental systems.

Topics covered:

• How to use props to relax

• Set and setting

• Body Scanning

• Breath awareness

• Visualizations

• Setting affirmations and intentions

• Lucid Dreaming's interrelationship with meditation

Maintaining an optimized balance of nutrition/toxicity, routine and spontaneity allows us to recognize the early signs of non-functional stress and tension. Getting familiar with outdated habits is the first step in unlocking our capacity for enduring health and happiness!

This workshop lays out the major factors for how to stay in flow at every level of being!

What are the energies that underlie states of inspiration and frustration?

Based on the sacred artwork, instruction & practice of the Tibetan & Indian Yogic traditions, ‘Light Through the Veins’ will conceptually and experientially bring students into direct contact with the mysterious knowledge and power contained within the energetic anatomical system.

TOPICS INCLUDE

• Skeletal/muscular dynamics

• The interrelationship between breath and energy

• How to raise, direct, sustain, release & ground energy (kundalini)

• The Bandhas (Physical/Energetic locks)

• The major concepts & practices of Ayurveda (the sister science of Yoga)

• The major aspects of the energetic system (chakras, nadis, prana, vayus and granthis)

• The connection between levels of consciousness & the frequencies on which they resonate.

Once we discover where our ‘energetic accelerator’ is, we can go farther and faster towards our goals than ever before.

However, if we don’t learn how to balance, settle and ground the energy properly, unpleasant side effects of sleeplessness, anxiety, ADD, tightness in the chest, irritability and dysregulated breathing may also arise. This workshop will explore the different ways energy (prana) may express itself and how to manage it effectively before it becomes disruptive to our daily lives and relationships.

We are inherently creative beings, and sometimes we get stuck. Opening to creative flow states in new ways empowers us to recognize when it's time to step away from the work for the sake of the work & return with fresh inspiration!

One of the earliest positive psychological texts dates back to the 14th century in Tibet. This masterpiece of Tibetan Buddhism contains all the concepts and practices required to push the accelerator on human development in the ideal order to engage with them!

General Topics Covered:

• Getting the most out of every moment

• Time/resource management

• Identifying the root causes of stress and eliminating them

• Enlightened Self Interest

• What to let go of, what to embrace

• Spiritual Warriorship

• The Six Perfections

• Exchanging self with other

• Foundations of Wisdom

• Relative & Ultimate Reality

• Karma & Natural Causality