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workshop, weekend intensive, 5 week module, 1 year lifestyle course

Drop in classes introduce us to yoga. Our workshops are offered at 4 levels of commitment:

  1. single workshop (1.5h) offers detailed learning, ask questions, see demos

  2. 5 week module (7.5h) offers sequential learning

  3. weekend intensive (19h) offers peak healing in a season

  4. 1 year lifestyle course (125h + unlimited yoga) changes a lifetime

  • WINTER

  • Jan 19-21 weekend intensive (7.5h yoga lab, 2.5h philosophy, 3h bodywork, 1.5h yoga for individual needs, 2.5h yoga, 2h meditiation)

  • Jan 28. advanced workshops

  • Feb 11 ayurveda + cooking | TT Sunday

  • Feb 11 RELATIONSHIP KARMA module begins (5 week module)

  • Feb 18 Relationship yoga - core admonition identification

  • Feb 25. Relationship yoga - core admonition identification

  • Mar 1-3 weekend intensive (7.5h yoga lab, 2.5h philosophy, 3h bodywork, 1.5h yoga for individual needs, 2.5h yoga, 2h meditiation)

  • Mar 4 advanced (Monday) workshops

  • Mar 10. Relationship yoga - core admonition release + replace

  • Mar 17 Relationship yoga - core admonition release + replace

  • SPRING

  • April spring cleanse begins

  • Apr 21 advanced workshops

  • Apr 26-28 weekend intensive (7.5h yoga lab, 2.5h philosophy, 3h bodywork, 1.5h yoga for individual needs, 2.5h yoga, 2h meditiation)

  • May 5 AYURVEDA INTRO module begins (5 week module): intro to gardening: 5 elements, 3 organizations, 20 qualities

  • May 16-19 National Ayurvedic Medical Association conference in Vail, CO

  • May 19 ayurveda the 6 tastes and their effects, + ayurveda cooking | TT Sunday

  • May 26 ayurveda daily routine, the field in which healthy habits are planted: dinacarya

  • June 2. ayurveda self-gardening daily routine adjustments by season, climate (weather), station (work), and age

  • June 9. ayurveda self-gardening for my nervous system - breathing and meditation techniques by body type

  • SUMMER

  • Jun 23 ayurveda + cooking | TT Sunday

  • Jun 23 COMPASSIONATE COMMUNICATION ESSENTIALS module begins (5 week module): intro to non-violent communication

  • Jun 30 communication NVC: making clear observations

  • Jul 7 communication NVC: identify real feelings, distinguish from language implying action by others (โ€œneglectedโ€ eg)

  • Jul 12-14 weekend intensive (7.5h yoga lab, 2.5h philosophy, 3h bodywork, 1.5h yoga for individual needs, 2.5h yoga, 2h meditiation)

  • July 21 communication NVC: identify basic human needs, discern as the root of feelings

  • July 28 communication NVC: identify clear requests, distinguish from implied demands

  • Aug 4 COMPASSIONATE COMMUNICATION ENHANCEMENTS module begins (5 week module), NVC: Empathy

  • Aug 11. communication NVC: self compassion

  • Aug 18. communication NVC: anger + conflict

  • Aug 18 ayurveda + cooking | TT Sunday

  • Aug 25. communication NVC: liberation + appreciation

  • Sep 1 communication NVC: practice real life situations

  • Sep 6-8 weekend intensive (7.5h yoga lab, 2.5h philosophy, 3h bodywork, 1.5h yoga for individual needs, 2.5h yoga, 2h meditiation)

  • Sep 11-16 Retreat in Encinitas, CA arrive Tu 9/10 leave M 9/16

  • AUTUMN

  • Oct 6 AYURVEDA PERSONALIZED module begins (5 week module). Adjustments for climate, season, and age/stage of life.

  • Oct 13 ayurveda saline/oil applications for the ears, nose and throat

  • Oct 20. ayurveda honoring female monthly cycle, relaxing self care

  • Oct 20 ayurveda + cooking | TT Sunday

  • Nov 3 ayurveda vikrti: signs and symptoms of self gardening disorders of the body + mind

  • Nov 8-10. weekend intensive (7.5h yoga lab, 2.5h philosophy, 3h bodywork, 1.5h yoga for individual needs, 2.5h yoga, 2h meditiation)

  • Dec 15 ayurveda + cooking | TT Sunday

2024 weekend intensives

Times are listed on our regular schedule (scroll to dates), and are usually:

Friday 430p-730p yoga lab

Saturday 8a breathing | 9a yoga | 1030a yoga lab | 12 lunch break | 1p philosophy | 230p yoga lab | 4p bodywork

Sunday 8a meditation | 9a yoga | 1030a yoga lab | 12 lunch break | 1p bodywork | 230 yoga for individual needs | 4p philosophy Q+A

Teacher Training Sundays: 8a meditation | 9a yoga | 1030a module | 1230 ayurveda lunch + cooking | 2 Question and answers | 230-5 study

2024 - 5 week modules

Sundays 1030a-12 (we encourage attending 8a meditation + 9a yoga beforehand). Attend in person or virtual attend by zoom is ok, but email week before if needed

Click on below topic to purchase 5 week module. Then, after paying, please also pre-register using MBO on our daily schedule for at least the first session or email the school to let us know you are coming.

  • RELATIONSHIPS WORK OUT MY KARMA

    • Core admonitions are deeply engrained mind-body patterns that form during early childhood. These patterns for me become akin to a computerโ€™s operating system, and limit the way that I experience the world, especially relationships. I can go through life ignorant of these patterns, repeating the same types of relationship drama, or I can become aware of my patterning. Because I learned the patterns, I can learn to identify, release and replace dysfunctional patterns. As I change me, I change my existing relationships and also what kind of people I attract into my life. **Note - this module is not designed to replace the need for professional psychotherapy** though it can be used alongside it for those who are in need.

  • SPRING 3 WEEK CLEANSE

    • Our guts are a system of pipes that take in, digest, assimilate, and eliminate. Especially as we age, they become coated (like any pipes) and need a reset. As always in ayurveda, we ask โ€œfor whom and whenโ€ is something appropriate. Please know we will assess your situation and advise if the cleanse is not right for you. Find more info here

  • AYURVEDA INTRO

    • We garden ourselves. My body-mind is a garden, not a machine. How I tend to it matters.

    • How to live basics - 5 elements, 3 organizations, 20 qualities

    • 6 tastes and how they affect different body types

    • Daily routine (dinacarya) is the first step in a healthy lifestyle.

    • Seasons, climate, age of creature, the weather all matter a lot for gardening.

    • Breathing techniques allow me to claim my nervous system. Which kind are best for which people? Includes descriptions of subtle anatomy terms like bija mantra, cakra, bandha, mudraa, susushmnaa, idaa, pingala

  • COMPASSIONATE COMMUNICATION ESSENTIALS

    • How I speak to myself and others affects my quality of life.

    • We use the tools of non-violent communication to identify clear observations, real feelings, needs (not desires) and make clear requests

  • COMPASSIONATE COMMUNICATION ENHANCEMENTS

    • Practice cleaning up real life situations using compassionate communication

    • Practice listening with empathy

    • Apply tools to relationship to self

  • AYURVEDA PERSONALIZED

    • We garden ourselves. My body-mind is a garden, not a machine. How I tend to it matters.

    • Baseline - my bodymind type. What kind of creature am I? Prakrti

    • How is my gardening of myself? Am I in balance? How am I away from my baseline? Vikrti

    • How can I apply the tools of ayurveda to bring myself back into balance?

    • Healthy monthly routines including healthy attitude toward the menses for women.

    • Self-massage techniques for hands on gardening. Includes techniques by body type and condition, oils for different situations, dry brushing

  • TIMINGS AND SITUATIONS OF MY LIFE - JYOTISHA - Vedic astrology

    • The sun and moon affect me. The other planets are magnets that also pull me in certain directions. How?

    • Regions of the universe have different energetics. What are the zodiac signs?

    • Smaller subdivisions of the universe are even more particular. What are nakshatras and what are their qualities?

    • How am I oriented to the macro-environment? How does my time of birth affect how I relate to the world? Rising sign and houses.

    • What does my basic birth chart tell me? Individual analyses are done.