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Bryan Kest Master Class Weekend

Bryan Kest Master Class Weekend Friday, March 29 to Sunday, March 31, 2019 Bryan Kest has been practicing yoga since 1979 and has been teaching since 1985. He developed his unique, distinctive style of yoga, Original Power Yoga, in the late 1980s. Over the years, this style, an amazing workout for the body, mind and spirit, has made him a well-known, popular teacher across the United States and around the world. Outline Power Yoga Intro & Practice Friday, March 29, 7 pm – 9 pm Bringing yoga back into yoga this is the class that most likely will inform your yoga practice the most as Bryan explains how yoga is not a physical practice but a meditation practice and how this relates to anything we do including exercise -- Power Yoga intro and practice. Full Power Yoga Saturday, March 30, 10:30 am – 1 pm Full Power Yoga flow with all the bells and whistles. In this class we put meditation into motion in a very full physical experience. Long,...

Hot Yoga Intensive

This 25 hour intensive is a strong complement for a current yoga teacher of any style or a springboard for the student who is ready to take the leap into a broader perspective and fuller appreciation of the practice of Hot Yoga. Gain the knowledge and skills necessary to teach and practice various lengths of Hot Yoga classes. This comprehensive training includes instruction on yoga philosophy, postures and sequences, anatomy and physiology and teaching methodology. 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 500 hour 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...

Mind and Meditation Ottawa

Mind & Meditation with Devinder Kaur and Dev Suroop Kaur November 4-9, 2021 Live Stream and/or In Person Your mind has a unique, energetic frequency that runs parallel to your individual place in history’s time-line. As a soul who decided to take human form, both dense and luminous in nature, you are bound to the subtle and radical changes in the earth’s rhythms as well. There is only one sanctuary from the chaotic changes we are now experiencing-- your own mind. Mind & Meditation is intended to illuminate the relationship between you and your mind. Through this powerful experience, you will explore how the mind works in relationship to yourself and others. You will begin to integrate fundamental concepts about the nature and dynamics of the mind into your life. Perhaps most important of all, you will deepen your meditative practice. The type of relationship we create with our mind is essential to our ability to act effectively, to recognize our true nature and to...

Lifecycles & Lifestyles Ottawa

Lifecycles & Lifestyles with Devinder Kaur and Sat Purkh Kaur Understand the patterns and cycles in your life and gain a new insights into your destiny! This seminar reveals to you your cycles, habits, lifestyle and the challenges of maturity encountered on the way to building character. The transformative power of this training module lies in the combination of the techniques and remarkable teachings of Yogi Bhajan, with your own passion and interactions with each other. Key Topics Discover your Purpose: Do you define it for yourself, or is it defined externally by Fate or Destiny? Examine and map out the stages and cycles of life. Identify habits, attitudes and practices that help or hinder your life in the present, past and future. Renew your self-concept by discovering your purpose and destiny for living an extraordinary life. Learn to deeply understand our death. Confront the fear of death and learn to live weightlessly. “Who am I and what do I know? These are questions...

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...