R E N E W A L : A Spring Reboot for Yoga Teachers
March 19-22nd, 2020
A non-residential retreat for yoga teachers and serious students who want to renew their passion for practice, self inquiry, and authentic leadership. Dive into several days filled with plenty of practice time in both familiar yoga and other complimentary movement techniques, lessons, exercises, and tools rooted in somatic psychology, and ample amounts of creativity stoking to renew access to your full self.
$150 single day/ Thurs-Sat
$130 single day Sunday
$480 for all 4 days ($100 savings)
Gather to cultivate embodied wisdom, wide open hearts and creative expression for authentic leadership.
Yoga and Live Medicine Music with Livia Shapiro and Sara Emmitt
DAY 1
Thursday 19th
R A D I A N T B O D Y: Somatics and Embodiment Techniques
9am-5pm (with breaks and lunch)
Deepen and expand your repertoire of yoga practice , teaching skills, and sense of presence in your body through complimentary movement techniques that support a radiant body of movement. A day to completely nourish and refuel your tank at the physical level. Come away with fresh eyes to your practice and plenty of new approaches to renew your teaching.
Our topics covered for day one: Somatics, Embodiment, Sensation tracking and sensory development, Laban Movement Analysis for asana, Developmental Movement Patterning for asana, Pleasure as a principle of living, introduction to free-form movement styles.
day 2
Friday 20th
F U L L H E A R T: Practicing and Teaching from a Broken Open Heart. 9am-5pm (with breaks and lunch)
Hone your capacity to feel fully so you can bring your whole heart to the table of your practice, teaching, and all interactions. We’ll spend the day tending our hearts through chanting, asana practice, and lessons in emotional intelligence and resilience. Come away more in touch with your width of emotional capacity and expression, tools for greater emotional regulation, and renewed depth of capacity to be present with students in their own experiences on the mat.
Our topics covered for day two: Applied Psychology for Yogis Map of Psycho-Social-Emotional Development, Polyvagal Theory and the Nervous System, Attachment Theory and Bonding as it relates to yoga, Emotional expression and regulation through asana, music and song as gateways to free the heart.
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For Yoga teachers and serious students wanting to renew their passion for practice, self-inquiry and authentic leadership. Dive into several days filled with practice in both familiar yoga and other complimentary movement techniques. As well as lessons, exercises, and tools rooted in somatic psychology and ample amounts of creativity stoking to recharge access to your full self.
day 3
Saturday 21st
C L E A R M I N D: Facing the Shadow to Enhance Vision and Voice
9am-5pm (with breaks and lunch)
Using principles and tools from Somatic Psychology, we’ll spend the day refining our minds capacity to see and think clearly. Together we’ll work through shadows, projections and other pitfalls of the practice so that we can show up more clearly and vibrantly than ever before. Through this deep work we’ll develop our capacity to use our voices for more truth and beauty in the spaces we inhabit.
Our topics covered for day three: Inner and Intrapsychic phenomena; Shadow, Projection, Transference, and Counter-Transference, Eroticism in the field of yoga, alchemizing the shadow through voice and creative expression
Saturday 21st Special Addition: Evening Community Dinner, Bonfire and Singing Circle. 6:30pm
day 4
Sunday 22nd
W H O L E S P I R I T: Cultivating Vibrant Communities
10am-2pm (with breaks)
Develop your capacity to lead with greater vulnerability and integrity, bringing more vitality to the communities you serve and are a part of. We’ll explore healthy boundaries, useful ways to foster community development, and spend time working through some of yoga’s difficult spaces. Come away with a deeper sense of inner integrity, creative spirit and willingness to engage.
Our topics covered for day four: Family Systems Theory and The Circumplex Model for healthy communities, Yogi Town Hall, Boundary Building, Scope of Practice, Finding authentic doorways for yourself as a teacher and leader.
Sara Emmitt
Music for the health of Spirit and Ayurveda fr the health of body and mind. Doula services for the health of comuunity.
Livia Shapiro
Livia is devoted to the practice and study of yoga in all forms. She has practiced and taught for two decades, helping people grow their ranges of motion and emotion through steady asana practice, somatic education, and body-centered mentorship and psychotherapy. Known for her sincerity, directness, and humor, her teaching helps illuminate the spiritual path as a deeply human endeavor and offers doorways that are clear, embodied and emphatically honest.
Livia Shapiro M.A.Yoga Teacher, Somatic Psychotherapist and Mentor, Writer, Speakerwww.ecstaticunfoldment.comwww.appliedpsychologyforyogis.comFacebook