TEACHER TRAINING
thursday june 3
9:00 AM – 12:00 PM & 2:30 PM – 5:00 PM

MARK WHITWELL
Yoga Is Peace

CODE:TTMW

Part 1 - Introduction to understanding and practice Mark will lead us to understand that yoga IS peace.

Peace is our natural state and it is freely Given. You will learn how to practice your own Yoga, which is your direct intimacy with life in every way. The essence of life is regenerative, nurturing, healing and dependable. It is your essential nature. You will learn to engage this nurturing Reality. Everything in Mother nature is about regeneration, ensuring our well being and survival. Even pain is an intricate, necessary function of nature that ensures our safety and survival. Pain creates change, new life and growth. Pain is the healing, not to be denied. We develop a new nurturing relationship to life, even to our pain, knowing that it is doing its work. We are cared for and all pain, physical, emotional and social is felt to be the necessary healing. We are loved and we love. We begin to feel nurtured and peaceful even in the midst of difficulties.

Part 2 - The Yoga of Peace, Intimacy, Sex and Relationship

In this session Mark will go deeper into Method and Understanding
Yoga is relationship and relationship is peace. To be very clear Yoga postures (asana) is hatha Yoga and hatha is tantra, the non-dual understanding. When asana is correctly practiced, actually and naturally, daily but not obsessively it helps intimate relationship of every kind.

You will understand that you live in a powerful regenerative force. Nurturing Source is appearing as the extreme intelligence that is Life, that is you. Mark will guide you to understand how to participate directly in this force and enjoy optimal health, intimacy and sex. You will learn the specifics of hatha yoga practice to make sure any Yoga practice is entirely your own. Yoga is available to every One irrespective of age, health, body type or cultural background. Mark will help you make use of real Yoga in your real life.

SAUL DAVID RAYE
The Yoga of Touch: Hands on Healing Techniques & Thai Yoga Massage

CODE:  TTSR

Awaken the healer within!  Deepen your power of conscious touch for healing the body, directing the mind, and awakening prana. Class includes a thai yoga massage sequence, powerful techniques for self-healing and working with others, asana adjustments, and teachings on Yoga’s (w)holistic science for healing, peace and spiritual awakening.
Thai Yoga Massage is an ancient and sacred system of healing with roots in Yoga, Ayurveda, and Buddhist spiritual practice.

DR. INDU ARORA
The Study of 108 Marma Points

CODE:TTIA

Marma are certain vital areas of the body which means hidden or secret. By definition, a marma point is a juncture on the body where two or more types of tissue meet, such as muscles, veins, ligaments, bones or joints. Marma-point massage dates back to southern India circa 1500 BC. Major marma points correspond to the seven chakras, or energy centers of the body, while minor points radiate out along the torso and limbs.

Marma massage stimulates or generates the energy resources and helps the flow of vital energy in the individual giving physical and psychological relaxation and strength.
Let us learn these 108 Marma point along with their massage techniques to have healthier body for beautiful souls. Let us enrich our Yoga and Healing practice for Holistic Healing and Union of body, mind and soul.

It is a very beneficial and Intensive class for Yoga teachers, Massage therapists, athletes, ardent Yoga Seekers and fitness Instructors. Welcome to all healing practitioners and Instructors.

DAREN FRIESEN
Hands-on Adjustments for Salutations & Standing Poses

CODE:TTDF

Learn how to use hands-on adjustments to improve the alignment and flow of Surya Namaskar A & B and a variety of standing poses.  Become adept at adjusting poses in a variety of ways to meet the needs of the individual’s unique practice and intention.   Learn key philosophies behind adjustments to safely guide the body to its most expressive posture in the pose, both physically and energetically.   To assist in adjusting, learn a variety of mudras to open the energy channels of the hands, arms and shoulders to make your hands an effective transmission tool for transformation. Using the hands as one of the most direct methods of communication, you will find adjustments often are more expressive than words alone.