Your Yoga Alliance

Yoga Lineages | An Introduction to Iyengar Yoga
2021-09-23 14:00 - 15:15 (America/New_York)
In this event, host Kim Weeks, Patricia Walden, and Joan White explore the origins, evolution, and modern-day story of Iyengar. This practice is a practical method of exploring the philosophy of yoga from the skin to the soul.

Yoga continues to evolve to include deeply varied styles and types of practice, all rooted in a shared ancient history. Yoga Lineages is a series of conversations that explores seven of today’s most widely recognized yoga lineages, revealing what is unique about these practices. Whether you’re seeking peace of mind, strength in body, or are simply interested in finding a more mindful way of living, yoga can help and is a practice for all.

CE Workshop | Creative Sequencing for the Hips
2021-09-28 10:00 - 11:00
Boost creativity and inspiration with a combination of active and introspective poses that focus on hip-opening. This workshop focuses on how to design hip-opener sequences for yoga practitioners of all levels.

CE Workshop | Keep it Fun, Keep it Yoga: Teaching for Children
2021-09-28 13:00 - 14:00
Learn how to share yoga with preschool children appropriately and safely, along with specific techniques to help children relax and focus. Practice structuring a 30 to 45-minute class, and a guided relaxation using breath and visualization. This workshop also reviews guidelines for children with ADHD and Autism.

CE Workshop | Prenatal Yoga: Applications for Teaching and Safe Practice
2021-09-28 15:00 - 16:15
This workshop explores some of the body changes that can occur throughout pregnancy and how yoga can support common challenges. Learn safe and simple modifications that can be incorporated into yoga practice to support both the parent and the baby during this sacred time.

Yoga Lineages | Iyengar Yoga Practice
2021-09-30 14:00 - 15:15
>Practice Iyengar in this asana class. This lineage is a practical method of exploring the philosophy of yoga from the skin to the soul. Yoga continues to evolve to include deeply varied styles and types of practice, all rooted in a shared ancient history. Yoga Lineages is a series of conversations that explores seven of today’s most widely recognized yoga lineages, revealing what is unique about these practices. Whether you’re seeking peace of mind, strength in body, or are simply interested in finding a more mindful way of living, yoga can help and is a practice for all.

CE Workshop | Yoga and the Path of Being Climate Awake and Proactive, Part 1
2021-09-30 16:00 - 17:00
Understand how the practice of yoga fits into the landscape of constant change. Discuss how to live yoga in a meaningful way. The world seems like a never-ending landscape of suffering and injustice. At the same time there is also breath-taking beauty, raw magic, courage, kindness, and bravery. Climate change poses an imminent threat to all life. Explore how using yoga to educate and empower is one of the possible solutions for taking on the work of being climate awake and climate proactive. Along with the insight of fundamental yogic teachings, practical tools and ways forward are shared.

CE Workshop | Freedom From the Clouded Mind: A Guide to Kleshas
2021-10-05 22:00 - 23:00
In yogic philosophy, the kleshas are the obstacles and afflictions that keep us away from our true contentment. Learn what they are, how to overcome them, and release yourself from their grip to live a happy and peaceful life. Let’s unravel the thread, unblocking the path to our self- development in a happier, healthier, and spiritual manner.

CE Workshop | The Greatness of the Goddess
2021-10-06 16:00 - 17:00
This workshop explores the vision of the divine feminine we see in ancient India’s first Sanskrit Goddess text: Devī Māhātmya (literally, the Greatness of the Goddess). The Indian Great Goddess is understood in this text as power itself (śakti), which all beings – humans, animals, gods – draw on. Unpack questions like, “What would it mean to have a supreme cosmic force, which is feminine vs. masculine?” “What wisdom were the ancients trying to encode in the face of power we see in the Devī Māhāmtya?” Join Dr. Raj Balkaran as he narrates and decodes these ancient tales testifying to the greatness of the Goddess.

CE Workshop | Yoga and the Path of Being Climate Awake and Proactive, Part 2
2021-10-07 16:00 - 17:00
Sometimes, the world can seem like a never-ending landscape of suffering and injustice. At the same time, there is also breath-taking beauty, raw magic, courage, kindness, and bravery. Climate change poses an imminent threat to all life, and this workshop explores how using yoga to educate and empower is one way to take on the work of being climate awake and climate proactive. Practical tools and a way forward are shared along with the insight of fundamental yogic teachings.

Taller de CE | Pasos sencillos hacia la meditación
2021-10-12 09:30 - 10:30
Aprende un camino fácil hacia la meditación utilizando los fundamentos del Yoga para estructurar tu meditación dentro de la tradición del yoga. Basado en los Yoga Sutras de Patanjali, este taller te muestra cómo integrar Yamas, Niyamas, Asana y Pranayama en una práctica efectiva de Pratyahara en preparación para meditar. Incluso si no tienes familiaridad con las primeras cinco ramas del yoga, podrás utilizar este enfoque para una práctica de meditación efectiva, agradable y sostenible. ¡Enfoca tu práctica!

CE Workshop | Fine Tuning Music During Asana Class
2021-10-13 12:00 - 13:00
Yoga and music share some very deep and important roots. Both disciplines define vibration and harmonic structure as the fundamental nature of reality—and at the deepest level of vibration, there lies profound stillness. This workshop explores how to stay true to the roots of yogic philosophy while making space for the power, grace, and beauty of what music can do, and what considerations to make while choosing music for your class. Join CEO and co-founder of YogiTunes, Alex King-Harris, also known in the music industry as Rara Avis, for this workshop.

CE Workshop | Simple Steps to Yogic Meditation
2021-10-14 10:00 - 11:00
Find an easy way into meditation by using the foundations of yoga to structure your meditation in the yoga tradition. Guided by Patanjali’s sutras, this workshop shows you how to integrate the yamas, niyamas, asana, and pranayama into an effective meditation practice. Even if you are not familiar with the first five limbs of yoga, you will be able to use this approach for an effective, enjoyable, and sustainable meditation practice. Get your practice in focus!

CE Workshop | Yoga and the Path of Being Climate Awake and Proactive, Part 3
2021-10-14 16:00 - 17:00

Community Sangha | The Other Yoga: How to Integrate the Practice of Yoga Beyond the Class
2021-10-15 10:00 - 11:00
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.

CE Workshop | Postpartum Yoga: Applications for Teaching and Safe Practice
2021-10-19 14:00 - 15:15
Moving into a new body and a new life after giving birth can be challenging, exhausting, and exciting. Yoga can offer nourishment and support during the postpartum year of transition and new beginnings. Learn some common challenges and ways yoga can help in this sacred time.

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

CE Workshop | Experiential Anatomy of the Thoracic Spine
2021-10-20 12:00 - 13:15
Presenter Erin Ehlers (E-RYT 500, YACEP) guides an anatomy and physiology lesson through movements and strengthening exercises. This experiential class includes techniques that will enhance your understanding of the thoracic spine, rib cage and shoulder blades, and will work wonderfully in your yoga classes as smaller pieces of bigger poses.

CE Workshop | The Anatomy of Movement
2021-10-21 12:00 - 13:15
In this 75-minute workshop, Hayley Winter brings the anatomical planes of movement to life through yoga posture. Explore the importance of understanding the planes of movement, add a whole new dimension to yoga sequencing, and improve body reading skills.

Yoga Alliance Office Hours | Anatomy: The Shoulders
2021-10-26 14:00 - 15:00
The shoulder is a complex and very mobile part of the body that requires stability and strength, especially when weight bearing on the arms in asana practice. Learn how to safely move through common yoga poses and tips to support yourself and your students when challenges come your way. Join Keri Bergeron, Jenny Loftus, and Arturo Peal for all things shoulders.

CE Workshop | Scientific Research on Yoga and Depression
2021-10-26 16:00 - 17:00
October is National Depression and Mental Health Screening Month. Depression is one of the most common mental health challenges in the world. This scientific research workshop focuses on depressive mood and ways that yoga has been scientifically shown to support mental health. Dr. Sat Bir Khalsa reviews the scientific rationale related to yoga and depressive mood. Amy Weintraub, yoga teacher and author of the book Yoga for Depression, shares about yogic practices that may support folks who are experiencing depressive mood.

CE Workshop | How the Bhagavad Gita Changed Yoga
2021-10-27 12:00 - 13:00
The Bhagavad Gita promotes activity. It combines the philosophy of earlier Upanishads with devotional religion, providing seeds of inspiration for physical yoga. Explore its influential teachings with Daniel Simpson, author of The Truth of Yoga and a tutor at the Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies.

CE Workshop | 3 Ways to Rock Your Instagram: Doing the Bare Minimum
2021-10-27 16:00 - 17:00
Successful social media expert and wellness instructor Sadie Nardini offers this useful Instagram tip workshop geared towards those who want to build a bigger audience on and offline. Also, for those who want a more robust income using their Instagram page as marketing—without spending tons of time or money to do it—this is for you!

CE Workshop | Chair Yoga: Hand, Shoulders, Knees, and Toes
2021-10-28 10:00 - 11:00
This is a practical yoga workshop that explores the role our hands, shoulders, knees, and toes play in our daily lives. Learn practices that nurture functional movement, correct alignment, strength, and comfort.

CE Workshop | Gentle Accessible Partner Yoga
2021-10-28 12:00 - 13:00
Partner up, release tight tissue, gain core strength and have fun! This workshop offers an accessible practice for any body and every body. Practice will be done seated for the opportunity to work with less “gravity,” making it more available to everyone and in order to gain deeper aspects of the partner asana. This session involves chairs without arms or wheels, and optional yoga block or small firm pillow. Viewers can practice or simply watch and take notes and pictures to develop your own duo yoga time!

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

CE Workshop | Skill in Action: New Tools, Strategies, Consciousness, and Ways to Take Action
2021-11-02 12:00 - 13:00
Author Michelle Cassandra Johnson shares her second edition of Skill in Action, which will be out on November 2nd, 2021. Skill in Action includes new tools, exercises, strategies, and reflections on how we can be skillful as we act and respond to all that is in the way of our collective liberation. In celebration of the launch of this new edition, Michelle is joined with her friend and colleague, Kerri Kelly. Together, they will discuss what Michelle has learned since the first edition emerged and the new offerings contained within the newest edition of Skill in Action. Connect, celebrate, and reflect on how you can truly radicalize your yoga practice to create a just world.

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

CE Workshop | Designing Curriculum 101
2021-11-02 14:00 - 15:00
Do you ever feel overwhelmed when you try to translate your brilliant idea into an actual training? You are not alone. This training provides a clear process to follow whether you are creating a short course or full teacher training. Learn the foundations of developing an effective curriculum that will support your students in completing your training, prepared to apply what they have learned, without leaving you or your students overwhelmed and exhausted in the process.

CE Workshop | TriYoga: Prāṇa Vidyā, Level 1
2021-11-03 12:00 - 13:00
TriYoga is a systematized method that includes seven levels of Prāṇa Vidyā practices. Level 1 introduces internal and external breath retention practices with Uḍḍīyana Bandha (Navel Lock), Mūla Bandha (Root Lock), and Jalandhara Bandha (Chin Lock). The practice concludes with a concentration kriya to calm and focus the mind, leading into meditation. Join this session to experience a powerful practice to increase energy throughout the body, quiet the mind, and achieve deeper states of meditation.

CE Workshop | Body Basics: Holistic Nutrition for Peak Performance without Burnout
2021-11-04 12:00 - 13:00
This workshop takes a detailed look at digestive health, helping participants naturally energize, feel strong and continue giving their best performance. Learn more about adrenal stress and how to eat the right foods to stay nourished as you serve your tribe.

CE Workshop | Overcoming Imposter Syndrome
2021-11-04 14:00 - 15:00
Learn steps to triumph over imposter syndrome and tap into the strength to lead their students with confidence. Listen to a discussion around troubleshooting tips and review a complimentary plan and script.

CE Workshop | 3 Skills on Developing a Stellar Workshop
2021-11-09 10:00 - 11:00
Whether you are brand new to teaching workshops or are a seasoned facilitator who wants to hone your skills, you’ll love this deep dive into what it takes to deliver an exceptional yoga workshop that makes a lasting impact on the lives of your students. Understand the differences between classes and teaching workshops and how each can support the other to develop a well-rounded business model. Discover a simple strategy for choosing an irresistible workshop topic that will support you to fill your event with eager students. Learn effective teaching strategies that will keep your students engaged and accommodate different learning styles.

CE Workshop | Your Voice: Yoga to Preserve and Protect It
2021-11-09 13:00 - 14:00
Find and free your authentic and natural voice while preserving and protecting it. Vocal warm-ups and sounding in yoga postures will allow you to find a way to teach and speak in your natural rhythm. Pranayama and asana combine with vocal releases that will allow your voice to come from a deeper connected part of your body/mind. Learn practical vocal tips for good vocal hygiene. Understand ways to speak and teach in a soothing voice, with clarity and confidence. Practice projection to be heard, without straining their vocal instrument.
