Columbia

Yoga Mythology Series introduces basic yoga postures and philosophy through the stories that have been told for thousands of years. Flow through your imagination as you flow through your practice. Each week, we will explore a new story and a new set of postures. Learning through these stories is a unique way to remember the shapes and names of some of the most common yoga postures. Join Christen in this relaxed setting for a humorous new take on traditional yoga stories. This workshop is for all levels. Beginners and newbies welcome!

• Week 1: The Story of The Warriors - Standing Poses
• Week 2: The Story of Hanuman - Leg Lengtheners
• Week 3: The Story of Garuda - Hip & Shoulder Openers
• Week 4: The Story of Ganesha - Balancing Poses
• Week 5: The Story of Shiva’s Blue Throat - Twisting Poses

Christen Schritter, E-RYT 200; RYT 500. Christen has been practicing yoga since 2010 and teaching yoga since 2012. She has over 800 hours of yoga training, having received her first 200 hour RYT at Charm City Yoga in 2012, Prenatal 80 hour PRYT at Kripalu in 2015, 500 hour RYT at Charm City Yoga in 2015, and 200 hour RYT at Yogaworks in 2018. Christen aims for clear, simple communication to help make yoga accessible to all body types. Her classes are creative and well thought out so that each person leaves feeling more capable in their own body.

Full payment is required to reserve a space in workshops. All workshops are non-refundable. Cancellations made two weeks or more prior to workshop start date will be issued store credit. No store credit will be given for cancellations made less than two weeks prior to workshop start date. YogaWorks is not responsible for any costs incurred for travel arrangements or accommodations related to this event.

• connect to the self and the space as a whole, drawing inward and listening to what our bodies need to clear out and get un-stuck, letting go of what no longer serves us in this period of transition (this cold season, the new year)
• learn a mini-sequence you can practice on your friends or loved ones, geared for the places we tend to chronically hold stress. You will receive a PDF/Video of this sequence.
  

Jess Crutchfield is a Baltimore-based yogini and bodywork practitioner, driven and inspired by yoga and wellness. She is YA 200 hr certified in Hatha Raja yoga of the Sri Dharma Mittra lineage and currently teaches “Dharma Yoga”, trauma-informed yoga through the BodyWise Foundation, children’s yoga, and Thai Bodywork workshops and weekend-trainings. She is known for her skillful presence in the classrooms of studios, workplaces & public schools. Her caring heart and capacity to hold space as a Thai bodywork practitioner and her dedication to the awakening of others through energetic transformation. Jess is committed to bringing healing and awareness to the world. She supports and encourages her students to align with their bodies and minds through conscious breath both on, and off the mat. “The body has an incredible capacity to heal itself, if only given the chance.”

Full payment is required to reserve a space in workshops. All workshops are non-refundable. Cancellations made two weeks or more prior to workshop start date will be issued store credit. No store credit will be given for cancellations made less than two weeks prior to workshop start date. YogaWorks is not responsible for any costs incurred for travel arrangements or accommodations related to this event.

• Lineage & Experience: We've refined our comprehensive curriculum over 25 years.

• Intelligent Sequencing: Learn the art and science of designing and delivering a safe, dynamic class.

• Learn to truly teach: Our program isn't about memorizing and reciting sequences. Instead an emphasis is placed on teaching principles for clearly instructing students bodies into alignment.

• Find Yourself: We give you the space and opportunity to find your own teaching style.

• Global Recognition: With a legacy that includes today's yoga leaders and over 10,000 alumni, YogaWorks teacher training is respected worldwide.

• Yoga Alliance 5 Star Rating Class Requirement

In this training you will:

• Be able to teach and sub Yin yoga classes
• Master the key elements of teaching Yin
• Learn effective sequencing
• Explore the Taoist origins
• Discover the functions of meridian lines and Chi
• Increase awareness of breath and its impact on parasympathetic nervous system
• Develop or deepen a valuable home practice

Eligible for 3.5 hours of Yoga Alliance CE credit

Erin Tschantret is a certified RYT 500 HR yoga instructor, Reiki Master and Shaman. She is the Teacher Manager at YogaWorks Baltimore and has been practicing and teaching Yin Yoga for the past 3 years. Erin has personally benefited from Yin in countless ways and looks forward to sharing her knowledge and experience. It is her hope to expand the community of teachers who can offer this amazing practice.

Daphne Swancutt has an undeniable passion for bringing Yin Yoga to a wider audience. Her personal yoga practice spans nearly two decades, but her teaching focuses on Yin Yoga and its physical, energetic and emotional benefits- and its ability to balance our “yang” lifestyles. Daphne is a certified Yin Yoga teacher who continues to train with Biff Mithoefer, one among the few early Yin Yoga pioneers. You can learn more about her at daphneswancuttyoga.com

Full payment is required to reserve a space in workshops. All workshops are non-refundable. Cancellations made two weeks or more prior to workshop start date will be issued store credit. No store credit will be given for cancellations made less than two weeks prior to workshop start date. YogaWorks is not responsible for any costs incurred for travel arrangements or accommodations related to this event.

• participate in a upbeat and energizing teachers practice
• bond with fellow teachers in small group sessions
• discuss your teaching challenges
• practice meditation and journaling to delve deeper into how we can be more authentic, helpful teachers

• Investigate yogic and 12-step principles as a foundation of recovery
• Recognize the symptomology of unresolved trauma and nervous system dys-regulation
• Discover sustainable ways for self-regulation and stress management that enhance physical, mental and spiritual well-being
• Recognize the traps of projection, transference, counter-transference, boundary violations and spiritual bypass
• Develop a network of professionals including trauma experts and others in the addiction recovery treatment field

• We will begin with a discussion to help troubleshoot common pitfalls in handstand practice and identify key alignment and anatomical considerations.
• We will explore breath and bandha, and how to build your own “inner parachute” for floating transitions.
• We will brainstorm sustainable “exit” strategies.
• We will learn some “animal walk” exercises that bring weight into the shoulder girdle, increase mobility in the hips shoulders and back, and prepare the body for handstand.
• We will build a foundation that creates confidence, body awareness, and a more certain path in and out of handstand.
• Students will practice core exercises to identify and target the Transverse Abdominis, Pelvic Floor musculature, and Serratus Anterior that helps to support a strong handstand practice.
• We will move through sun salutations and hamstring stretches to prepare the body, interspersed with handstand work and partner exercises. Lily will introduce a three pronged approach to use the wall to move away from the wall in handstand on the path towards free flying in the middle of the room.
• Time towards the end will be given for deep stretches to open the chest, hips, neck, and shoulders..
• At the end of the workshop, students will receive a take home exercise protocol in their email inbox to continue the daily work of supporting the strong core that is needed for a more adventuresome inversion practice.
  
  

This workshop is open to intermediate level students who have an established handstand practice at the wall already.

Lily Dwyer Begg has been practicing yoga since 1999 and teaching since 2005. Her healing work is a labor of love has brought her to teach in yoga studios internationally, to work therapeutically with private clients, to teach for an NBA basketball team, an NCAA diving team, at the San Francisco Opera & Ballet and to offer yoga to homeless women and children. As a bodyworker, Lily’s practice is informed by her lifelong, embodied understanding of anatomy as a yogini and a dancer and is strong yet tuned-in, specific and therapeutic yet at the same time delightfully pampering. Her work is founded in the scope of Swedish, Deep Tissue, and Sports massage, utilizing techniques including Joint Mobilization, Trigger Points and Post Isometric Reflex. She seeks to help people increase body awareness, unravel long-held body tension patterns that are no longer of service, and discover possibilities for healing, pain reduction, and inner harmony.

Full payment is required to reserve a space in workshops. All workshops are non-refundable. Cancellations made two weeks or more prior to workshop start date will be issued store credit. No store credit will be given for cancellations made less than two weeks prior to workshop start date. YogaWorks is not responsible for any costs incurred for travel arrangements or accommodations related to this event.

• We will explore mindful movement and breath techniques to help students learn to calm themselves down in the moment.
• Students will learn how to tell a story through yoga poses and will be invited to create their own yoga stories.
• By developing a sense of internal awareness while moving through space, students learn to better control their actions, improve concentration, filter out distractions, reduce stress, and make discoveries about themselves and others in a fun and positive way.