
Assisting students in yoga postures can be transformational and literally life changing. The key is to understand exactly what aspect to assist as well as making adjustments based on core concepts of stability, ability and integration. As teachers, it is of the utmost importance to know when and when not to assist a student in a way that creates space for energy to flow into new spaces of mind, body and heart.
Required book: Yoga Assists: A Complete Visual and Inspirational Guide to Yoga Asana Assists

- A historical perspective of Yin Yoga and its roots in Taoism
- Yoga anatomy for a yin perspective
- The Dualism of body and mind
- Meridian Theory and the use of yin yoga for targeted results
- Yin for athletes
- Teaching guidelines and how to design a practice
- Over a dozen Yin yoga sequences are provided as well as class theme suggestions
- Upon completion, each student has the tools, practices and resources to lead yin yoga classes
Recommended pre-reading: The Complete Guide to Yin Yoga by Bernie Clark OR Insight Yoga by Sarah Powers
Course will be 50% lecture and 50% practice
Friday: 6-9 pm, Saturday and Sunday: 9:30-4:30
Price: $385
* Counts for 15 CE hours

In the yoga community, we know that “advanced” can be a tricky word. There is no hierarchy in postures and no postures are essential to an enlightened lifestyle. So, what are the benefits of an advanced asana module for you?
This workshop empowers students to build upon foundational postures for a multifaceted energetic, psychological and physical experience. Such postures simultaneously combine focus, strength, mobility, integration and perseverance. They encourage us to embrace structure and fluidity, strength and softness—and then set aside such polarities.
Learning to embody complexities on the mat may translate to our ability to live full, complex lives with a greater sense of ease and balance.
Practices including pranayama, asana and meditation; lectures; workshopping postures and sequences; discussions; and journaling exercises. required reading on energetic body + asana or social justice + yoga. Details below.
Friday 6-9pm Introduction and Foundational Discussion
Saturday 9-3 pm: Backbending and Arm Balances
Sunday: 9-3pm: Forward Folds and Inversions
Required reading: Yoga of the Subtle Body by Tias Little
Cost: $350
Counts for 17 CEUs with Yoga Alliance

- Find sthira/sukham (steadiness and ease) and awaken areas of the body that lack consciousness
- Refine key actions of the pose
- Develop sequencing skills in progression and regression
- Create weekly class progressions for advancing postures such as backbends, inversions and balance poses
- Make your classes more accessible to a broader range of student levels
- Work with injuries
- Cultivate expansion
- Increase interoception
Friday, 6-9pm, Saturday and Sunday 10-5pm
*Eligible for 15 CEUs with Yoga Alliance
This workshop is an elective in our 300 Hour Yoga Teacher Training, but it is open to all levels of student and teacher.
Cost: $300

Prana is life force, life energy. It is everywhere; within us and all around us. “Breath is king of mind.” -BKS Iyengar
Join us for a deep dive into various practices. This workshop is for the teacher or the advanced student that wants to cultivate a depth of knowledge beyond asana. Learn all about the anatomy and physiology of breath as well as advanced breath technique practices to up level your health, awareness and consciousness. We will use breath, mantra and more to dive deep into the practice of meditation. Understanding the power of these practices and their effect on the entire physical body and its energy systems.
Required books: Light on Pranayama BKS Iyengar, Wherever You Go There You Are by Jon Kabat-Zinn