Interested in deeper learning? Try a:
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:
single workshop (1.5h) offers detailed learning, ask questions, see demos
5 week module (7.5h) offers sequential learning
weekend intensive (19h) offers peak healing in a season
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 (โneglectedโ 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 Feb 11, 18, 25, Mar 10, 17
SPRING CLEANSE April - (email interest)
AYURVEDA INTRO May 5, 19, 25, June 2, 9
COMPASSIONATE COMMUNICATION ESSENTIALS June 23, 30, July 7, 21, 28
COMPASSIONATE COMMUNICATION ENHANCEMENTS Aug 4, 11, 18, 25, Sep 1
AYURVEDA PERSONALIZED Oct 6, 13, 20, 27, Nov 3
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 computerโs 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 โfor 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.