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Community Sangha | Meditation and Active Dreaming

Explore the value of night-time dreams, liminal waking experiences, and even “ordinary” waking experiences to solve problems and discover allies. This community sangha reveals how mediation and active dreaming can help us recognize future challenges and opportunities, maintain health, reveal life patterns and themes, communicate with the departed, inspire creativity, unlock mysteries of relationships, and ultimately, reveal larger Purpose.

Community Conversation | “How Can the Yoga Community Heal Its Divisions in the Wake of 2020?”

2020 was a tumultuous year for many, including the yoga community. Deep divisions, conspiracy theories, misinformation, and using the guise of yoga to justify violence has left many wondering how we got here. In this conversation, leading yoga teachers Amy Ippoliti, Hari-kirtana das, and yogic activist Reggie Hubbard discuss the foundations of yoga and how we can begin to heal this divide and move forward with truth, integrity, and compassion.

Community Sangha | Teaching Yoga and Meditation

Presenter Monique Schubert (E-RYT 500, YACEP) shares reflections from her explorations into meditation and contemplative practices. Drawing on more than 20 years of experience, she also addresses the importance of personal practice and how to adapt the teachings of mindfulness and meditation to fulfill your intentions as a teacher, meeting students where they are as they are.

Community Sangha | Yoga and Caregiving for Seniors

Robin Downes, former entertainment journalist, and award-winning producer discusses her role as the primary caregiver for her father and creating Yoga Flava: The Silva Lining, which helped saved her dad's life.

Community Sangha | Self-Care and Awareness Through Tantra Yoga

Cinthya Esquea shares teachings and perspective on the importance of self-care and the practice of White Tantric Yoga in this insightful conversation with sangha host and Yoga Alliance’s Vice President of Cross-Cultural Advancement, Maya Breuer. Learn more about yoga, Ayurvedic practices, and meditation.

Community Sangha | Meditation and Active Dreaming, Part 2

Ava Wolf is back to explore the value of night-time dreams, liminal waking experiences, and even “ordinary” waking experiences to solve problems and discover allies. This community sangha reveals how mediation and active dreaming can help us recognize future challenges and opportunities, maintain health, reveal life patterns and themes, communicate with the departed, inspire creativity, unlock mysteries of relationships, and ultimately, reveal larger Purpose.

Community Sangha | Yoga and Self-Care

Unpack yoga and self-care in this community sangha. Here, Dr. Solmaz Behtash shares how she found yoga, and explores insights on her daily yoga and meditation practices. Hear how they support her as a physician and parent.

Community Sangha | The Other Yoga: How to Integrate the Practice of Yoga Beyond the Class

Davine Del Valle joins Yoga Alliance’s Vice President of Cross-Cultural Advancement Maya Breuer to share her perspective on how we use energy moment to moment. She discusses The Other Yoga (TOY), her approach on integrating yoga into one’s life. TOY is a theory that can impact all aspects of an individual’s life and relationships. It helps us to transcend our unexamined automatic responses and reactions; we learn to choose conscious actions based upon expanded awareness.

Community Sangha | Live Life in Joy

In this Community Sangha, Rev. Melissa Moorer-Nobles discusses how the art of living in joy has supported her in meeting many of today's challenges. We also explore how the practice of joy inspired her to create InJoy-OutJoy program to help others open their lives to joy.

Community Conversation | Yoga and Yoga Therapy

Join the International Association of Yoga Therapists (IAYT) and Yoga Alliance (YA) in conversation as YA shares its updated policy and the role Scope of Practice plays in providing guiderails for yoga teachers and yoga therapists. This session will be hosted by Marsha Banks-Harold, owner of PIES Fitness Yoga Studio, who contributed to Yoga Alliance's Standards Review Project and Yoga Therapy Task Force. She will be joined by IAYT Board Member Molly McManus, YA Board Member Staffan Elgelid, and YA Vice President of Standards Dr. Christa Kuberry.

Community Event | Yoga In Times of Global Crisis

From the wars in Ukraine and Tigray and the ongoing refugee crises in Syria and Afghanistan, people around the world are experiencing unprecedented times. As yoga teachers, it can often feel overwhelming to know where or how to lend your support. And, when it comes to taking your seat as a yoga teacher, it may feel daunting to guide students in their own practices. Hear from leaders in the yoga community and global activists as they share their perspectives on current crises, how yoga teachers can find their seat in these watershed moments, and the role that yoga can play in supporting humanity during these times.

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

Yoga Alliance Gathering and Practice

Join Yoga Alliance to mindfully start your day before the White House Conference on Hunger Nutrition, and Health. You'll hear from Yoga Alliance representatives about its work to expand access to yoga followed by a 45-minute chair-based yoga practice led by Susanna Barkataki, E-RYT 500, RPYT, RCYT, YACEP, yoga advocate, speaker, and teacher. This event is online and free and open to the public. American Sign Language (ASL) interpreting and closed-captioning available.