Restorative Yoga, Gentle Yoga, Meditation & Essential Oils

 

I am  a lead teacher for two 200 hr teacher trainings : one at ACAC and one at Now & Zen Yoga. Both are located in West Chester, Pa. and I teach a Module of the 300 hr Training at Integral Yoga, Princeton. 

If you are looking for information about the Trainings that I offer, see below for dates, descriptions, photos and testimonials. 

I am available to lead a 90 or 120 min. Restorative class or workshop in the greater Phila area. 

 MY TRAININGS-

In this fifteen hour training one learns

-to teach well balanced classes

-to individualize privates to meet the needs of the client

-to plan lessons

-to use sandbags, blankets, bolsters and blocks

-to teach prop intensive classes

-to teach minimal prop classes

-to  use restorative yoga as a gateway to meditation

- how to hold the space and take the seat of the teacher

-how to use your voice as a restorative tool

- to use silence and sacred music

- tricks and tips for marketing

-intelligent sequencing

- how to modify and adapt poses

-to substitute poses based on energetics

A 63 page color manual with 55 photos is included. There is an opportunity to practice teach. There is a resource guide and we will discuss contraindications. 

I have been teaching this for over a decade and teaching teachers since 2010. I completed four Restorative trainings and have taught hundred of teachers the art of this style of yoga. Testimonials can be found at the bottom of this page.

This  ten hour training was developed to help yoga instructors reach out to the underserved populations of the non-athletic seniors who can do more than chair yoga, the overweight, the de-conditioned and those recovering from injury. It instructs down-regulations for standing, seats, reclined, prone, side-lying and poses in table. 

We explore modifications, use of props, sequencing, lesson planning, contraindications for  common injuries and illnesses and four full lesson plans are included in the manual. I teach a full practice at the start of the first day. This is based on my decade of teaching, my thirteen years of practicing, and  my 2000 hours of training. I have taught over sixty teachers since 2013. Testimonials can be found at the bottom of this page. 

This training is for experienced Restorative teachers or those already trained to lead restorative classes. We will explore over a hundred essential oils grouped energetically to best pair with the poses. There will be a practice, lecture, discussion on cautions and contraindications and time to think critically no plan a series of lessons. 

The themes for some of the series are : relaxation, restful sleep, decreasing pain, increasing immunity, enhancing meditation and other spiritual practices and the chakra series. 

This training was developed to assist yoga teachings in finding several ways to teach meditation. Inquiry, mantra, guided, walking, affirmation, mindfulness, trataka, breath, metta and more will be explored. ONE SIZE DOES NOT FIT ALL! It is imperative that we teach several styles so our students can find the right fit. This eight hour training includes ways to combine meditation with yoga classes. We will experience and practice all those types of meditation and share with the group. ​​​

Extensive resource list included. A short practice teaching will be offered. 

This is based on decades of meditation and extensive study in several traditions. 

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