EMPOWERED HEALING FOR WOMEN: YOGA TO TRANSFORM STRESS AND ANXIETY

This training translates yogic thought and contemporary science into embodied wisdom for the modern woman. When we unwind old stories, injuries, shock, trauma, anxiety and stress lodged in the physical, mental and emotional bodies, then a magical alchemy can unfold which brings us home to ourselves. This “home” allows us to embrace our past history and present circumstances. We then empower ourselves to walk forwards in the direction of our choice. By fine tuning yoga practices and teachings to support the nervous system there is space for the body’s innate intelligence to be heard. We can take in the current global situation without feeling overwhelmed or helpless but instead centered, optimistic and calm. The more in-tune we are then the more capable we are to step up, show up and take action in a way that supports our health, relationships, community and environment. This, is the heart of yoga.

Who this is for:

Women who can relate to times of challenge, injury or illness.
Teachers who wish to refine their offerings and teach yoga as a system of life support: To recover from past challenges and be prepared to embrace future ones.
Therapists who feel the importance of guiding clients back to the wisdom of their bodies via simple and effective yoga practices and techniques.
Professionals in need of some R & R: Self-care for those working in conflict areas, humanitarian aid, social work and development.
Why this course in 2020:

This course will be of special benefit to the dedicated yogini who would like to build her own programs geared towards supporting the physical, emotional and spiritual dimensions of women’s health and integrating past and present challenges. It is packed full with a wealth of techniques and practices for those working in this field, about how to integrate the healing power of yoga in a practical, rooted, effective and necessary way.

This is a time that many of us are desperate to make a difference in the world. To nurture and nourish our relationships, community and environment. Yet the challenges of the modern world can seem so overwhelming and so extreme that it is almost paralysing. The tendency to turn and look the other way, or conversely to take rash action that may not always have the desired effect, is tempting.

This course is about looking inwards to gently unwind stress and anxiety, integrate past traumas and support vitality through the lens of yoga. This course is not about reinventing the wheel, but rather about learning how to lean into yoga in a way that we honour the first percept of the Yamas: Non-violence (ahimsa). The more aware we become of our own inner world the more empowered we become to stop perpetuating the cycle of violence which we might be inadvertently participating in. This could be through mindless consumerism, self-harm, toxic relationships or a general disregard/numbness for what is going on around us.

Lived Experience:

The Patanjali Yoga Sutra 1.7 reminds us that the most valid form of knowledge is direct experience (pratyaksha). In 2018 I was given such training that I couldn’t have learned on a yoga mat. However, yoga had prepared me to be able to rise through challenge, and to come out through the other side with invaluable insights to share:

My life turned upside down as I was accidentally set on fire and lost 30% of my skin. In return I received the most gracious support of friends, students, teachers and total strangers. I was forced to apply my years of studying and practicing yoga to fully integrate a very real trauma whilst dealing with a severe physical injury. The accident forced me to see the years of cumulative stress that had wound me into varying states of anxiety. My injury required that I become intimate friends with my body, its cycles, rhythms and history. My recovery demanded that I recommit to my intimate relationships, yoga and spiritual practices in order to move through fear and re-embrace my life. The content of this training is fresh, sincere and has come from lived experience. It is not a replacement for therapy. It is an exploration of the gems at the fingertips of every yoga practitioner.

COURSE CONTENT OF ONLINE COURSE:
Embodied Practice: 16 classes for you to keep and practice in your own time
8 modules including over 70 hours of Practice, Lectures & Presentations for you to work through at your own pace
8 live sessions, questions & reflections
Post course support and integration
Each module also includes: Recommended readings, questions and contemplation exercises.
*ALL LIVE SESSIONS WILL TAKE PLACE VIA ZOOM, AND WILL BE RECORDED FOR LATER VIEWING *

EMPOWERED HEALING FOR WOMEN: YOGA TO TRANSFORM STRESS AND ANXIETY

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