What's the best way to learn and honor the roots of yoga?

 

Read the texts!

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Join a Yoga Book Club to explore the original sources of yoga wisdom.

 

Tara's long scholarly relationship with philosophy and honed skill as a translator of complicated concepts will help you make sense of yoga philosophy as it relates to your practice and life today.

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Selections include:
Hatha Yoga Pradipika

Yoga Sutras

Upanishads

Bhagavad Gita

& more!

“Somatic” is a buzz word these days. But what exactly does “somatic” mean and how does it apply to yoga?

 

Drawing from Feldenkrais and Body-Mind Centering, you will practice several somatic lessons and brainstorm with others how these approaches and language can inform yoga practice and sequencing.

 

By the end of the workshop, you will be able to confidently articulate the differences between somatic movements and corrective exercises/drills. You will be able to explain perception versus attention, decision versus intention, and execution versus action. Plus you’ll learn a framework for identifying which of these approaches can be implemented in which circumstances to best support your students and your own yoga practice.

In this 2-hour workshop, Tara will tell stories from the Indian epic known as the Ramayana as you rest in supported Restorative Yoga poses.

 

The mythology of the restorative versions of markatasana (monkey pose), setubhandasana (bridge pose) and makrasana (crocodile pose) will inform the energy and purpose of these postures for you in a new way.

 

We’ll end the workshop with tea, cookies, and a discussion of your experience in the practice.

 

Grab your favorite blanket and join us for the grown-up version of story and nap time!

Pranayama - the breath practices of yoga - is one of the most deeply powerful but underused and misinterpreted set of yoga tools. Despite being identified as one of the limbs of yoga in Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras, the Hatha Yoga Pradipika, and in other yoga texts, most yoga classes do not spend much time on this important and impactful aspect of yoga.

 

In this workshop, you will learn the prerequisite breath practices and four foundational pranayama techniques. We’ll also consider several more complicated variations of breath practices and discuss the benefits and applications of each. There will be some simple posture practice in this workshop to prepare you to sit for the breath practice, as well as a brief exploration of the power of coordinating breath with movement. You will leave feeling more confident practicing and leading pranayama practice.

This workshop is an accessible and useful introduction to the Sanskrit language, specifically for yoga teachers who want to feel more confident knowing and using Sanskrit in their yoga classes. In this workshop, you will learn:

• The complicated history of Sanskrit and yoga

• Names and meaning of many of the common yoga postures, including the break down Sanskrit compounds and etymology

• Common rules of Sanskrit transliteration and diacritic marks that will help your remember how to pronounce the words

• Advice for how to use Sanskrit appropriately in yoga classes

We will not be practicing any asana in this workshop.

Unlike more vigorous yoga practices that aim to build strength or increase flexibility through posture work, in Restorative Yoga, we stop trying to control our body and mind and instead rest with support, awareness, and intention. This opens us to the potential for the most profound experiences of connection with our authentic Self.

 

Restorative Yoga is an art, science and skill that is not as simple as telling our students to lie down.

 

Rest for All: Restorative Yoga Teacher Training will prepare you to teach full Restorative Yoga classes, incorporate Restorative Yoga postures into more active classes, combine Restorative Yoga with other modalities, and deepen your personal practice of yoga.