Midtown

This training is open to men and women, parents and non-parents alike - anyone who feels the calling to teach pre- and post-natal yoga is welcome. Even if you have never been pregnant yourself, the foundation of your success as a teacher will revolve around your self-inquiry and experiential participation in everything we do and learn.

The training is designed to feel at once like a yoga retreat and a rigorous course of study. You will be given a chance to integrate all layers of self into the learning experience. You will prepare a solid foundation for the demands of working with a range of pregnant students, while at the same time participating in a space for embodied daily yoga practice and a felt firsthand understanding of meditations, chants, and energetic practices that support women during this rich, creative time of life. Respectful community and fellowship is a vital piece of this training: each graduating class emerges close-knit and you will be given tools to help one another grow and evolve as teachers, share critical and supportive feedback, and exchange ideas, experiences and responses to materials learned. Graduates will emerge empowered to teach from the heart grounded by sound knowledge and expertise.

This program curriculum will give you:

• Daily Prenatal/Postnatal Yoga and Meditation practices
• Understanding physiological changes of each trimester and postpartum and how to utilize yoga practices to best support each phase of the childbearing year
• Knowledge to adapt postures and tailor sequences to support common pregnancy discomforts
• Meditation practices to support pregnant and postpartum mothers
• Chanting practices to support pregnant and postpartum mothers
• Hands on Assists Clinic
• Verbal Teaching Skills Clinic: build awareness, strengthen your voice, and refine your word choice to speak powerfully to your students
• How yoga postures can support fetal position
• In depth understanding of how the energetic body relates specifically to pregnancy: Koshas, Vayus, Chakras, and Nadis
• The art of holding space for prenatal yoga classes
• Weekly practice of your teaching skills with truly supportive feedback designed to help you evolve as a teacher - whether you are a veteran yoga teacher or brand new
• Yoga for Fertility approach to supporting the four phases of the menstrual cycle
• Full Weekend devoted to the art and science of Postnatal Yoga
• Practical advice on how to make it as a full time yoga teacher and how to build your class sizes and foster community

• 4 hour module with a Johns Hopkins Physical Therapist on the female pelvic floor and postural adaptations during pregancy and postpartum
• 2 hour module with a Johns Hopkins Midwife on phases of labor, birth environment options, and pain management options during labor
• 2 hour working lunch with a doula who has attended over 400 births in her 17 years as a doula

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 are interconnected. We all feel each other.
Felt drained, edgy, misaligned lately?
Crazy news. Busy schedule.
This is the time to learn to update and enrich how we tend ourselves.
To restore the collective heart we share.

These are teachings for teachers and students. Novice through advanced. All comers welcome to experience asana, kriya, breath, meditation, writing, talking, learning.

This is The Restoration.

In The Restoration, Martha will lead you through all-level asana sequences, kundalini kriyas, and meditation practices to explore the ancient yogic traditions. We will also draw from the recent advances of neuroscience, physiology and psychology. With structured writing and group work and learn simple but powerful skills that are everyday useful at home, work, anywhere for inspired, meaningful connection. Each day of the weekends will conclude with 30 beautiful minutes of deep rest in Yoga Nidra leaving you wholly empowered.

Martha is your guide through 4 weekends of ENERGETIC EVOLUTION

Weekend 1 : Our raw feelings and emotions are translated into AWARENESS

Weekend 2 : Our awareness is given purpose and DIRECTION

Weekend 3 : Our direction becomes far more personal as we build DISCERNMENT

Weekend 4 : Our discernment enables a sense of healing,wholeness, and FREEDOM

No reading list.  No homework.  No prerequisites.  Just you.
I can’t wait to see you.

“Martha’s classes inspire me. As a teacher myself I am always looking for how the old and the new meet; how our modern urban lifestyles can benefit from these age-old shapes and folds. I love how she is able to bring it all together. How the old is new, and I feel my own deep connection to what is actually ancient in my busy life and timeless in my teaching.” - NW

“Martha’s teaching is sublime. I come away from practice with her emboldened and softened, both at once. I never knew what I was missing on my mat, but I knew I wanted more. Now, every class I take - no matter the teacher - I can get MY practice and this is priceless.” -EB

A homeschool mama, yogi, cyclist, and cook, Martha McAlpine brings a love of life to all she does. Most recently, after 20 years of practice, 200 and 500 hour teacher trainings, and ten years of teaching Martha returned to the 200 hr Charm City teacher training to renew what she's learned and taught for years. In the past year she also completed the Spirit Junkie Master Class with Gabrielle Berstein, Marie Forleo's BSchool, an Art of Attention teacher module with Elena Brower, and the Vinyasa Krama Para teacher training of Rod Stryker. She believes modern research paired with ancient traditions makes for a rich, interesting, contemplative present moment. As a lifelong learner she looks forward to sharing her unique perspective and abilities with you.

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.

The Program: Each class will demonstrate important yoga poses or postures, and introduce the yogic philosophy of Patanjali, a sage and yogi, who was the first person to systematically describe the yogic tradition in written form. He described the practice as consisting of eight limbs. These limbs cover all aspects of life: beginning with a prescribed code of conduct and ending with an individual’s vision of his/her true self.

Eric Brown began practicing yoga and meditation in 1983 in search of self-healing. He studied many styles of yoga while living in Los Angeles and his classes are an eclectic blend of Ashtanga, Kripalu, Pranakriya, and the unique vinyasa flow style of LA. Eric’s classes can be challenging, but students are led in a mindful asana practice that fully engages them on many levels bringing deeper awareness to the subtle aspects of the postures. He wants his students to really learn and understand their bodies and the poses; fully feeling whatever they’re going to feel. Eric holds yoga teaching certifications with the Kundalini Research Institute (RYT 200); Kripalu/Pranakriya (RYT 200); Ashtanga Yoga (David Swenson); and Rocket Vinyasa Yoga (David Kyle). He studied with Kim Manfredi at Charm City Yoga and received his 500RYT in 2012. He is a Vipassana meditation practitioner and has received his Thai Yoga practitioner certification from the Thai Institute of Healing Arts. Eric has been featured in Yoga Journal (Oct 2011) and is a Manduka ambassador.

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.

• Share teaching experiences with open hearts in the sacred circle of TT
• Reconnect with fellow TT alums over wine, sparkling water, and refreshments
• Announce our upcoming continuing education programs and Master Teachers series 

Christen discovered a passion for yoga in 2010. She expected to find a low impact way of getting in shape but instead found a very grounding practice that allowed her to tune inwards and develop incredible strength and balance. It didn’t take long for her to decide that she wanted to share this practice with others. Christen received her first 200 hour yoga teacher training in 2012 under Kim Manfredi at Charm City Yoga. Since then, she has over 800 hours of yoga training, including prenatal 80 PRYT at Kripalu, 500 RYT at Charm City Yoga in 2015, and most recently, Yogaworks 200 RYT in 2018. Christen enjoys teaching challenging, yet still accessible vinyasa classes that include yoga philosophy while honoring every body type, encouraging a practice of self love, free from judgment.

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.

• Workshop Series
• Apprenticeship
• Practice Teaching  

• 8 weekend workshops, our immersive 6-month program will help you hone your unique teaching style and voice. (dates below)
• 12 hour practice teach series (dates below)
• 24 hours of mentor group meetings (time/location to be set by mentor)
• Assisting 24 of your mentor's classes (time/location to be set by mentor)
• Taking 24 of your mentor's classes (time/location to be set by mentor)
  
  

• Teaching vinyasa flow and advanced asana
• Practicing hands-on adjustments
• Injury assessment and management
• Understanding restorative yoga and yoga for chronic illness
• Deeper meditation, subtle body and yoga philosophy studies
• Tailoring classes for beginners and pregnant women
• Understanding the business of yoga.