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iRest® Fundamentals: An 8 week series
with Susanne Hutchinson
Mondays, August 2-September 27 (no class on Labor Day) 
6:00-7:15 pm
$75 for the series or drop in to any single session for $12

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Mondays, 6:00-7:15 pm, Online via Zoom
$75 for the series, or drop in to any single session for $12. You can also use your class pass for any single session.
Preregistration required. You will receive a Zoom link in your email prior to the start of class.

Whether you are brand new to iRest Yoga Nidra, or have been taking classes but are wanting to spend a bit more time exploring the fundamental aspects of the protocol, this Fundamentals Series is for you.

Each week, Susanne will guide you through an in-depth exploration of a different step of the iRest protocol. Class will consist of some lecture, discussion, and a guided practice.

This series can serve as a great place to begin before taking one of Jennifer’s advanced series, or as a supplement to the weekly drop-in classes.

Week 1 - Inner Resource - Discovering our felt sense of security and well-being - August 2
Week 2 - Intention and Heartfelt Desire - Laying the foundation of Sankalpa: making commitments that support our heart’s longing - August 9
Week 3 - Body sensation - Sensing and welcoming the body as sensation - August 16
Week 4 - Breath sensing - Experiencing the breath as a flow of energy that moves through the body - August 23
Week 5 - Feelings and emotions - Understanding the difference between feelings and emotions, and experiencing them as messengers - August 30
Week 6 - Cognitions - Experiencing thoughts, beliefs, images and memories - September 13
Week 7 - Joy and Well-being - Welcoming joy independent of objects or circumstance - September 20
Week 8 - Sahaj and integration - Realizing our Essential Nature, and Everything Just as it is - September 27

This series will run continuously, every 8 weeks. So if you miss one week, no worries! You can catch it the next time around, or drop in to any single session that you want to spend more time exploring.

Restorative Yoga for Deep Rest
​with Jenny Leung
Friday, August 6, Online via ZOOM!
6:00-7:30 pm PST, $25

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Online via Zoom! 6:00-7:30 pm PST, $25
Preregistration required at least one hour before class start time. A zoom link will be emailed to you one hour before.
 
These monthly workshops are a melding of restorative yoga, mindfulness, psychology, and the art and science of relaxation. Each class is an exploration of yoga as a therapeutic antidote to unremitting stress and negative emotional states. In class, we are encouraged to slow down, do less, create space, and simply be with the shifting landscape of the mind and the internal sensations of the body. As we enter deeper and deeper layers of rest, we find that the body, mind, emotions, and nervous system gradually return to balance. A momentary taste of this kind of encounter unlocks our innate knowing for the need to return again and again.
 
Extensive research has shown that relaxation practices like restorative yoga have tangible benefits that include lower cortisol (a chemical messenger involved in the stress response), increased immunity, and improved emotional regulation. A sensitive and subtle practice, restorative yoga workshops offer a deep dive into silence, stillness, rest, and ease of being.

Yoga for Arthritis Teacher Training
with Steffany Moonaz
September 29-October 3 
​$575 by September 8/$600 after September 8

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September 29-October 3
Wednesday - Noon to 5 pm
Thursday - Noon to 5 pm
Friday - Noon to 8 pm
Saturday - 1 pm to 9 pm
Sunday - 1 pm to 5 pm
Space is limited! Reserve your spot today!
 
Yoga for Arthritis was developed by yoga researcher and arthritis expert Steffany Moonaz, PhD, along with an interdisciplinary team, including rheumatologists, psychologists, public health researchers and yoga therapists. Combining ancient yoga practices with modern medical knowledge, this program offers modifications to address the unique abilities and limitations of persons with arthritis. In a 7-year randomized clinical trial at Johns Hopkins University, the program’s participation was associated with improved arthritis symptoms, physical fitness, psychological functioning and quality of life. Such evidence is vital for bridging the integrative yoga world with medical healthcare, making these practices more accessible to those who really need them.

This training program trains yoga teachers to safely and effectively impart rigorously researched yoga practices, with individually-tailored modifications, to those with arthritis and related conditions. As a result of taking this Yoga for Arthritis teacher training program, participants will be able to:

• Become familiar with the most common arthritic conditions, including osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, fibromyalgia, psoriatic arthritis, etc.
• Understand joint anatomy and pathophysiology as related to arthritis in depth
• Offer modifications for joint limitations and chronic pain
• Teach Yoga for Arthritis classes in their communities
• Work individually with arthritic clients of all ability levels

Training Information:
This Level I training is an in-person training with Dr. Moonaz.

The pre-course reading and digital materials will be emailed before the training through our online course platform.

After completing this Level I training, you are qualified to teach the Yoga for Arthritis program. Also, you will be eligible to continue toward Yoga for Arthritis certification, which includes Level II mentorship & Level III training.

Prerequisite: 200 Hour Yoga Teacher training
CEU's - Yoga Alliance: 34 hrs (30 contact; 4 non-contact); IAYT: 34 hours; Integral Yoga Teachers Association (IYTA): can provide you a CE certificate with your program's total contact hours for a $10 fee (free for IYTA members); Integral Yoga 300-hour: 34 hours towards RYT 500 designation.

iRest® Yoga Nidra Level 2 Training
with Stephanie Lopez and Karen Soltes
September 8-12, livestreamed via Zoom
$1595

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This Level 2 Training is designed to provide you with a deeper understanding of the principles underlying the theory, practice, and delivery of iRest Yoga Nidra. You will develop and refine your delivery of iRest to groups and individuals both in public and professional settings.

Prerequisite: Level 1 Training

Approximately 30 Continuing Education (CE) credits.
CE registration information will be sent with your event registration receipt.

Living Bliss in Difficult Times
​with Anne Douglas
October 16-17, Online via ZOOM!

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With Anne Douglas
October 16-17, Noon-3pm PDT, online via ZOOM
$200 Early Bird Pricing through September 16 
$225 Regular Pricing after September 16
Preregistration required. A zoom link will be sent to your email prior to the workshop.

All desire is a search for perfect bliss. Perfect bliss is the nature of the Self. Therefore all desire is desire for the Self -  Jean Klein

The ancient yogic texts inform us that our true nature is perfect bliss. Join us for this life changing workshop to attune to your innate aliveness and shimmering effervescence, and learn yogic technologies for cultivating a life of bliss. Discover ancient tools to address life's challenges and uncover your natural state of peace, joy and wellbeing. Every ounce of your being will be nourished by the energy, light & frequencies of BLISS!


Practices include:

• Source Yoga & Tandava: uniquely blissful forms of yoga
• Chakra, Light, Sound & Energy Meditations: activating & building your light body
• Shakti Pranayama: releasing unconscious heavy energies
• The Pancha Krityas: the 5 Acts of Siva, a profound tool for integration & enlightenment
• Yoga Nidra: Nap your way to healing, insight & awakened bliss

Benefits of Living Bliss:

• Bliss induces the secretion of your body’s happy hormones that are youth inducing, pain & inflammation reducing, mood & emotion regulating, sleep & digestion promoting, and cognition & memory enhancing.
• Bliss antidotes the impact of the negativity bias that operates unconsciously.
• Build a new habit of seeing what is good in your life. 
• Acquire powerful & efficient practices for creating a life of Bliss.
• Select from a menu of practices to take home with you.
• Law of Attraction suggests that you will attract into your life what is of equal resonance.
• Attract relationships, career & health opportunities that are at a higher resonance and with greater ease.

Anne Douglas has been teaching Yoga and Meditation for over 30 years. She has a thriving Yoga Therapy practice in Banff, Alberta, and offers trainings, workshops and retreats internationally. Anne is a Senior Trainer for the iRest Institute and the creator of the iRest Daily -14 Day Meditation Program. She has 3.6 million listens to her meditations on the Simple Habit app. Anne’s wisdom and enthusiasm for sharing the depth teachings creates fertile ground for inspired learning. www.anahatayogatherapy.ca

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