Your Yoga Alliance

Yoga Alliance Office Hours | Ethics and Yoga
2020-07-01 11:30 - 12:00 (America/New_York)
Join Yoga Alliance for this community conversation on questions and resources for offering accessible yoga during these changing times.

Community Conversation | An International Perspective
2020-07-01 14:00 - 15:00, 2020-07-08 14:00 - 15:00, 2020-07-22 14:00 - 15:00
The COVID-19 pandemic and recent social justice movements show us how connected we all are. This series aims to foster a greater connection with the international yoga community and better inform participants about areas of challenge and opportunity faced by the yoga community around the world.

Community Conversation | The Intersectionality of Yoga for Black Teachers and Practitioners
2020-07-02 10:00 - 11:00
In this edition of Community Conversations, a BIPOC panel including Yoga Alliance employees will engage in open conversation about how racism has affected their lives as yoga teachers and practitioners and their experiences navigating yoga spaces.

CE Workshop | The Yoga of Relationship
2020-07-02 14:00 - 15:00
Understand the multidimensional nature of the human system and the corresponding multifaceted practices as taught by the Ancients. This workshop will begin to explore the breadth of these teachings and practices and the ways in which we can integrate them into our personal yoga practice and teaching.

CE Workshop | Scientific Research on Yoga and Trauma
2020-07-06 12:00 - 13:00
In this workshop, you will sharpen your working definitions and understandings of trauma and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). Here, experts expand on these topics and explain why yoga is a good modality for trauma, compared with and as an adjunct to pharmaceutical interventions.

CE Workshop | Yoga Philosophy and the West: Yoga in an Age of Confronting Systemic Discrimination, Part 1
2020-07-07 10:00 - 11:00
This four-part series introduces ethical and social philosophies of yoga, including Yogic Models of Understanding and Colonialism; Yoga and Thinking Philosophically, Religion, Spirituality; Categories of Western Imperialism vs Yoga; and Yoga as a Basic Ethical Theory.

CE Workshop | Origins and Authenticity in Modern Yoga, Part 1
2020-07-09 14:00 - 15:00
This workshop series untangles the complicated roots of our modern yoga practice. From Indian ascetics, tantric mystics, and bodybuilders to European philosophers, wizards, and dancers, we’ll trace the wild rhizomatic web that got us to today’s physical and spiritual practices.

Community Sangha | Retreat to Spirit Through Self-Care
2020-07-10 10:00 - 11:00
This community sangha includes discussion with Retreat to Spirit founders Pamela Stokes Eggleston and Amina Naru with their take on self-care and contemplative yogic practices that they have used in the past and throughout their collective self-care and self-love journeys.

Research Discussion | Bringing Scientific Research to Life: Trauma
2020-07-13 12:00 - 13:00
Sharpen your understanding of trauma and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). Here, guest panelists offer their most notable experiences and learnings from teaching yoga for trauma survivors and take questions related to the many aspects of this fast-growing field of mind/body healing.

Community Sangha | Meditation in Nature
2020-07-13 14:00 - 15:00
Nature is a powerful way to draw a restless and worried mind back to a state of profound balance. This workshop will explore the ways we can draw on our natural surroundings as a vehicle for waking up and includes suggestions on guiding students into a meditative state ripe for insight.

CE Workshop | Yoga Philosophy and the West: Yoga in an Age of Confronting Systemic Discrimination, Part 2
2020-07-14 10:00 - 11:00

CE Workshop | Origins and Authenticity in Modern Yoga, Part 2
2020-07-16 14:00 - 15:00

Community Sangha | Testimonial: Yoga in My Life
2020-07-17 10:00 - 10:30
Rose Weaver shares her personal experiences with yoga and discusses how it served to benefit her life as an artist.

CE Workshop | Scientific Research on Yoga and Back Pain
2020-07-20 12:00 - 13:00
Lower back pain is one of the most prevalent physical complaints in society. Here, workshop hosts explain why this is so common and reveal how yoga can offer relief when compared to surgery or pharmaceutical interventions.

Community Sangha | Reconciliation and Social Justice from an Indigenous Perspective
2020-07-20 14:00 - 14:30
This sangha offers a transformative process of building communities to wholeness. Participants will develop a greater capacity for empathy in providing healing for both those who are harmed and those who cause harm.

CE Workshop | Yoga Philosophy and the West: Yoga in an Age of Confronting Systemic Discrimination, Part 3
2020-07-21 10:00 - 11:00

CE Workshop | Origins and Authenticity in Modern Yoga, Part 3
2020-07-23 14:00 - 15:00
A four part series with Anya P. Foxen, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Religious Studies and Women’s and Gender Studies at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo.

This workshop series untangles the complicated roots of our modern yoga practice. From Indian ascetics, tantric mystics, and bodybuilders, to European philosophers, wizards, and dancers, we’ll trace the wild rhizomatic web that got us to the physical and spiritual practices of today. Closed captioning will be available.

Community Sangha | Healing Stories for Adults and Children
2020-07-24 10:00 - 10:30
Much like meditation and the practice of yoga, stories help in healing the mind, spirit, and body—some by listening and others by telling. This sangha includes time for Q&A with presenters.

Research Discussion | Bringing Scientific Research to Life: Back Pain
2020-07-27 12:00 - 13:00
Learn tools and find resources on managing back pain. Here, guest panelists offer their expertise on one of the most common areas of pain in the human body – the back. During this discussion, solutions will be offered on how to minimize back pain. Tune in and listen to panelists discuss, and get your questions answered on back pain.

Community Sangha | Transitioning to Online Learning
2020-07-27 14:00 - 14:30
Here, presenters discuss their experiences creating sacred space and having a presence online. Attendees will walk away with insightful tips and practical advice on moving their yoga teaching professions to virtual spaces.

CE Workshop | Yoga Philosophy and the West: Yoga in an Age of Confronting Systemic Discrimination, Part 4
2020-07-28 10:00 - 11:00

CE Workshop | The Shoulder Breakdown: Understand and Apply Scapular Mechanics in Yoga
2020-07-28 14:00 - 15:00
Expand your knowledge and kinesthetic awareness of shoulder mechanics in yoga asana practice and learn to clearly articulate cues to help students access the kinesthetic experience in their bodies. This workshop also breaks down functional anatomy in weight-bearing and non-weight-bearing asanas.

CE Workshop | Origins and Authenticity in Modern Yoga, Part 4
2020-07-30 14:00 - 15:00

Community Sangha | Moving the Body
2020-07-31 10:00 - 10:30
Laura Goodwin believes that at the core of achieving your best self you need to be able to manage both the internal and external stressors that arise on a daily basis. How do you achieve peace in times of chaos? How do you find optimal movement within an imperfect world? Come join me for this exciting workshop where you will learn corrective training technique fun and untraditional movement strategies, and tools to help focus the mind and help heal the body. We will facilitate connections with the body through joy, movement, and self-love. Breathe, you’ve got this!

CE Workshop | Zoom 101: Where's the Mute Button?
2020-08-03 12:00 - 13:00
Interested in offering online yoga but unsure where to start or how to make it “work”? Join two members of Yoga Alliance’s Digital Events team to learn some of the basics of Zoom Meetings and how to capitalize on it as your online yoga studio. We will cover audio, video, waiting rooms, and more.

Yoga Alliance Office Hours | Online Learning Provision
2020-08-04 12:00 - 13:00
Join Yoga Alliance team members for discussion and clarification on the recently communicated Online Learning Provision Extension. This event will include Q+A with participants.

CE Workshop | Deepen Your Understanding of the Chakras, Part 1
2020-08-05 13:00 - 14:30
This seven-part series invites yoga teachers to deepen their understanding of the chakras by exploring the personal, interpersonal, and transpersonal aspects of this powerful system. Each workshop features a brief lecture, guided practice, and interactive Q&A on a designated chakra.

Master Class | Pratyahara: Entering the Doorway of the Senses
2020-08-07 12:00 - 13:30
Pratyahara, the fifth Limb of Yoga, is the practice of using the senses to access the deepest layers of consciousness so that lasting changes can occur within us. In this class, participants practice gentle hatha yoga while weaving in longer holds, deep rhythmic breathing, and Pratyahara.
