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CE Workshop | Aging with Balance Through Yoga: Fall Prevention, Balance Training, and Transfers for the Aging Population, Part 2

In an older population, it is imperative to improve balance to decrease the risk of falls, which are common in day-to-day activities such as standing up from a chair, getting out of bed, or using the bathroom. Explore balance training strategies through occupational therapy and yoga therapy techniques and learn safe transfer techniques that strengthen the body and help prevent falls.

CE Workshop | Object-Driven Meditation and Social Action

Yoga scholar, practitioner, and museologist Christopher Rzigalinski invites us to reconsider how we relate to the material day-to-day world. Discuss how social and environmental injustices are linked to histories of Western thought, resulting in social and political tensions that haunt us today. In addition, explore cultivating spiritual activism and turning intention into action with a guided object-driven meditation practice. This workshop empowers us to begin the collaboration and community-building needed for sustainable change.

CE Workshop | Understanding the Pelvic Floor in Yoga Practice

Using the pelvic floor musculature as support for the breath and body is often misunderstood. Yoga practitioners are regularly encouraged to engage “Mula Bandha” without an understanding of what is involved, leaving students confused and tense from effort. This workshop shines light on the anatomy of the pelvic basin, creating awareness of physical patterns, and how to use the pelvis as a ground for support and freedom in practice.

Yoga Lineages | An Introduction to Integral Yoga

In this event, host Kim Weeks and Swami Asokananda, President and Spiritual Director of the New York Integral Yoga Institute, explore the origins, evolution, and modern-day story of Integral Yoga. This practice synthesizes six branches of yoga into a comprehensive lifestyle system: Hatha, Raja, Bhakti, Karma, Jnana, and Japa.
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 | Making Your Yoga Class Accessible to Amputees

Each year over 1 million people in the world lose a limb or limbs. This loss is multi-dimensional, from the physical rehabilitation to the changes in body image, relationships, and accessibility. This workshop explores the top ten tips to making your yoga classes more accessible to amputees. Marsha Therese Danzig, a below knee amputee and founder of Yoga for Amputees, offers expert guidance on how to safely, effectively, and compassionately offer amputees the opportunity to reclaim their wholeness through yoga. Marsha is also a 2021 Teaching for Equity (TFE) recipient. Learn more about TFE.

CE Workshop | Chair Yoga for Kids and Teens

Learn how to foster creating a healthy and compassionate approach to life. In this workshop, Dee Marie, founder of Calming Kids, teaches simple chair yoga movements and poses, youth-appropriate breathing practices to regulate the brain, relaxation skills to calm the nervous system, and compassionate concentration for social emotional learning.

CE Workshop | Yoga for the Family

Conflict resolution might be one of the most complex parts of family life. Yoga can help cut through tension and provide much-needed time for reflection, giving family members time to bond. Plus, practicing yoga together is a peaceful way to stay active and avoid too much screen time. Learn more about yoga and family in this practical workshop.

Yoga Lineages | Integral Yoga Practice

Practice Integral Yoga in this asana class. This lineage synthesizes six branches of yoga into a comprehensive lifestyle system: Hatha, Raja, Bhakti, Karma, Jnana, and Japa. This multi-level Integral Yoga class strikes a balance between “ha” (heating solar energies), and “tha” (cooling lunar energies), generating both strength and flexibility. Move with meditative awareness and allow time for the body to release more fully. Get in touch with the vital force (prana) that lies underneath the physical sensations. 

CE Workshop | The Power of Pranayama

Daniel Simpson, author of The Truth of Yoga, explores the development of pranayama. This workshop charts the evolution of breathwork from early Vedic techniques to complex tools for transforming the body and dissolving the mind.

CE Workshop | How to Successfully Teach Yoga to Athletes

Learn the art and science behind how to successfully teach yoga to athletes in this 90-minute workshop. Join Hayley Winter as she shares top tips that have changed the game for both athletes and yoga teachers who have worked with her and her team for over a decade.

CE Workshop Series | Three Principles of Spiritual Leadership: Gratitude, Part 1

The Bhagavad Gita is a call to action. Beyond the asceticism of a solitary yoga practice for the sake of one’s own liberation, is the higher practice of fighting for the sake of the world’s welfare. This workshop series, based on the third chapter of the Bhagavad Gita, discusses the practical application of three leadership principles that can empower us to lead without egoism, see beyond illusion, and exemplify action for all the world to follow. This series helps prepare those who know that the world needs them, to step up into a position of spiritual leadership.

Taller de CE | Formas Creativas de Enseñar Yoga En Línea

Este taller te mostrará formas creativas de explorar el cuerpo, usando sillas, palos de escoba y paredes. Aunque enfocado a la enseñanza en línea, este taller aplica a cualquiera que quiera despertar la creatividad y mantener sus clases y su propia experiencia del Yoga fresca.