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Ayurveda Study Program with Maria Garre

September 15-17, 2017 & November 24-26, 2017 Join Maria Garre for a two weekend program geared to Yoga Teachers and avid yoga practitioners that want to understand and learn how Ayurveda can be integrated as a way to deepen their personal yoga practice and also support personal health and well being. By the end of the program you will develop your own ayurvedic wellness plan integrating yoga practices alongside ayurvedic lifestyle principles to maintain personal health, healing and balance. Through the seminar you will learn to: Fundamental principles of ayurveda (Philosophy, five element theory, doshic theory) Basic diagnostic skills to determine constitution and imbalances through self observation and ayurvedic theory Fully integrate and understand how Vata, Pitta and Kapha doshas and sub-doshas support your overall health and wellbeing Lifestyle practices to maintain balance and support your constitution Ayurvedic Yoga principles to maintain health and balance Adapt yoga practices integrating ayurvedic principles Create your own ayurvedic and yoga prescription to life! Dates & Times Dates: Held over...

Restorative Yoga Training

Restorative Yoga Training with Anne Wanda Tessier March 5-7, 2021 For ALL Yoga Teachers and Students! Restorative yoga is a style of yoga that makes use of props to fully support the body so that it can naturally relax and let go. Course Outline Join Anne Wanda Tessier, an experienced Restorative Yoga Teacher and Trainer, for this 30 Hour foundational Restorative Yoga Teacher Training. In this training, you will learn a variety of restorative poses based on her trainings with Judith Hanson Lasater as well as variations for each pose. We will explore how to use props to fully support the body as well as learn how to sequence a class based on individual health conditions as well as group classes. We will explore various ways to elicit the relaxation response with breathing exercises and guided meditations and learn gentle exercises to include in a restorative yoga practice. Learn the benefits of restorative yoga on the body, mind and soul, and its effect on the organs and...

DESIRE MAP + YOGA { LEVEL 1 } Urban Retreat

Light up your life from the inside out! January 20-22, 2017 Kick off the New Year at this weekend workshop & urban retreat, where you will be transported to an urban oasis, and welcomed into a sacred space with other wholehearted souls; all designed to elevate clarity, intuition and connect you with possibility. The Desire Map + Yoga {LEVEL 1} Urban Retreat is an investment in discovering your Core Desired Feelings, and lighting up your life from the inside out. A game changer. This program is all about consciously cultivating the life you most desire, living with intention, on purpose, with purpose, one choice at a time. Oh - and did we mention ... it's all about feeling good in the process. You will Desire Map, you will meditate, you will practice yoga, you will play, you will get your h’art on, you will create, you will connect, you will manifest, you will journey inside … tapping into the Guru within YOU. What if feeling good was the whole...

Kundalini Yoga Retreat – Wolfe Island, Ontario

Know the Light Within - Kundalini Yoga Retreat with Devinder Kaur July 10-12, 2020 Some of our most profound and transforming moments on the yogic path happen when we have a clear perception of our luminous inner Self. Together, with the practices of Kundalini Yoga and Meditation, we will bring our awareness to our soul's radiance to let go, to awaken and stabilize our energy and to shine bright for our self and those around us. Ignite your inner light and you illuminate the world! About Devinder Kaur: Attend a Kundalini class with Devinder, and you’ll experience why students have studied and practiced with her for well over a decade. She is a smart, experienced, and positive yoga teacher, who approaches the spiritual practice of Kundalini with humour and sensitivity. Her strong interpersonal approach to teaching helps people reach their individual goals and empower themselves through yoga. Chosen by the international Kundalini community, Devinder recently won the 2014 International Kundalini Yoga Teachers Association’s “Certificate of Teacher...

Hot Yoga Teacher Training

In this 25 hour program you will be provided with the knowledge and skills necessary to teach 60, 75 and 90 minute Hot Yoga Classes. This comprehensive training includes in depth instruction on yoga philosophy, postures and alignment, anatomy and physiology, and class dialogue. Please check in with us for 2016 dates. Your Trainer Cat Edward is gregarious and energetic: her teaching offers students mental clarity and physical wellness with a hefty dose of epic moments. She is clear, straightforward, and brings her sassy joie de vivre that is all feeling. Having completed her Moksha Teacher Training in Brazil, Cat is a globetrotter and perpetual traveler. She loves people and places far more than stuff – she’s been to over 30 countries. Cat’s an excellent connector and learns all about her students – their practice and lives – and blossoms at the heart of her yoga communities. She loves the people yoga has brought to her life, all in all, it’s pretty magical. Dates and...

Chair Yoga Training

Chair Yoga Training with Michael Hutkins June 4-6, 2021 For ALL Yoga Teachers and Students! Chair Yoga adapts traditional yoga poses so that they can be done with a chair for support, making yoga more accessible for all people. Our society as a whole is aging, including Ottawa with an expected senior demography of 16% by 2021 – it’s the only age group to increase their percentage of the population! Whether it be low mobility seniors or other persons unable to participate in a standard yoga class due to mobility or disability issues, there’s a large population in the yoga community who could deeply benefit from this practice. The chair takes the place of the yoga mat, and poses are seated or supported by the chair. You get a warm-up, stretching and strengthening, whether you're coming off a sports injury, challenged by the physical limits of aging, or have been sitting for too many hours at your desk. Program Outline This program will offer you the tools...

The Chakras with Anodea Judith

Chakra Seminar with Anodea Judith April 1-4, 2016 "The body is the vehicle, consciousness the driver. Yoga is the royal road, and the chakras are the map." ~ Anodea Judith Chakras are the gateways between the inner and outer worlds. The chakra system provides the architecture of the soul that brings spirit and body into union, the true meaning of yoga. This seminar with Anodea Judith focuses on the chakras through yoga, and includes: How to diagnose excess and deficient chakras Ways of addressing these imbalances through yoga practice and other techniques, including chakra-based Sun Salutations How to integrate the principles and energy of each chakra into the poses for a comprehensive chakra focus Learn to bring this profound formula for wholeness into your yoga classes. Working with the dualities inherent in tantric philosophy and emphasizing the unitive core, or sushumna, this intensive includes postures, pranayama, mudras, sounds, and bioenergetic techniques for each chakra. The first four chakras are explored through asana practice, and the upper three...

Conscious Communication

Level 2 Conscious Communication November 5th to 10th, 2020 ONLINE COURSE – Live Stream Empower Your Speaking....Deepen Your Listening! Conscious communication is the creation of instantaneous resonance with the other person that simultaneously acknowledges them and their reality, and expresses ourselves. Our words communicate, and yet they are surrounded by a host of energies that also communicate. Our gestures and tones communicate. Our presence communicates. Our aura communicates. Each one possesses the potential of a newly planted seed. In this transformational Kundalini Yoga Level 2 teacher training, we will explore the following themes of Conscious Communication: The experience of Conscious Communication Meditative & Intuitive Speaking The Art of Deep Listening: Sunnia-ai Mastery of the Fifth Charka & Applied Consciousness Shadow & Light: Letting Your Presence Speak Communicating with the Infinite: Prayer, Grace & the Flow of Spirit Conscious Communication is a 50-hour course with classroom hours and independent study. It is an in-depth transformational learning and teaching experience with a well-designed curriculum, manual, and support materials....

Hatha Yoga Teacher Training Ottawa Summer

Hatha Yoga Teacher Training Summer Program June 14 - August 25, 2019 Our program is life-transforming and is for everyone, whether you are interested in becoming a teacher or wanting to deepen your yoga practice and knowledge. Our foundational Yoga Teacher Training summer program offers the possibility to really dive into the teachings: physically, mentally and spiritually. This PranaShanti Teacher Training program is a total of 200+ hours including 180 contact hours and 35 personal hours so that you graduate a Yoga Alliance registered teacher. This format provides future teachers exposure to as much knowledge and hands-on practice teaching time as possible. Our program provides students with a foundational; background in yoga that draws on the Hatha and Vinyasa yoga traditions, as well as modern knowledge of bio-mechanics and movement, so that they can confidently teach holistic, all-levels classes in a clear, compassionate manner. Our program will deepen your understanding of asana (postures, develop a functional understanding of yogic and Western anatomy, yoga philosophy and theory,...

Hatha Yoga Teacher Training – 300 Hour

300 Hour Hatha Yoga Teacher Training Background Since PranaShanti's inception in 2008, Devinder Kaur, envisioned Ottawa's first 300-Hour Hatha Yoga Teacher Training Program. Seeing the need for advanced yogic studies in the region, in 2014, Devinder Kaur with Steffi Retzlaff's support and background in adult higher education began researching approaches for PranaShanti's newest training program. Following this initial stage, Kathleen Burr, with her expertise in program development, continued the work and formulated the program that we offer today. We are grateful to Steffi and Kathleen for their dedication and contributions to this exceptional program. Overview PranaShanti Yoga Centre’s 300 Hour Program is a comprehensive course of study that delves deeply into all aspects of Yoga to build on the knowledge and skills developed at the 200-Hour Level. This self-paced modular approach to advanced Yogic education allows you to customize a pathway based on your own unique needs. Please note: completion of a 200-Hour Hatha Yoga Teacher Training program is a prerequisite to the 300-Hour program....