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Thai Yoga Training
Shhh... Use Your Inside Voice
October Yoga Teacher Training
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Thai Massage is an ancient system of healing with its roots in
Yoga, Ayurvedic medicine and Buddhist spiritual practice. This unique
and complete system of Yoga therapy combines rhythmic massage, acupressure,
gentle twisting, deep stretching and meditation. It releases tension,
increases vitality and creates wholeness of mind, body and spirit in both
giver and receiver. The movements and adjustments you will learn are a
valuable compliment in Yoga teaching.
Join
us for nine transformational days at our beautiful retreat, nestled in
the mountains above Santa Barbara on land once sacred to the Chumash Indians
who called it Taklushmon--the Gathering Place. During this week you
will either begin or deepen your practice of Yoga and meditation.
Legendary vegetarian meals and free time to hike, swim in natural rock
pools, read or just soak in the hot tub will complement this week of learning,
healing and rejuvenation.
In this course you will learn:
- To structure and give a full-body Thai Massage
- Theory and massage of energy lines (meridians/nadis)
- Restorative Yoga poses to facilitate deep relaxation
- Applied Hatha Yoga stretching exercises and breathing exercises
- Principles of energetic healing
- Basic therapies for common ailments
- To use Thai Yoga movements to adjust, balance and correct
Yoga asanas
- To work in a meditative state of mind
- To help the receiver to experience a deeply relaxed altered
state
- History and theoretical foundations of Thai Yoga
- An introduction to and practice of meditation (vipassana and
other techniques will be taught)
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Use your inside voice. That's what we say to children to settle them down and have them become aware of their surroundings. Shhh, use your inside voice. By comparison, the mind can be like a child. It can be unruly, wild, out of control and unaware of itself at times. Just like a child the mind is endlessly in search of boundaries and distinctions, and is trying to navigate. It can be relentlessly embroiled in emotions and selfish. So what is this mind and how do we learn to trust it?
Where does trust come from? Is it instinctual or learned? Where is your guidance system most directed from? The head, or the heart? Whose voice do you most often rely on when making decisions? And do you ever question those directives and where they come from--even when they seem to originate with you?
Relying on your inside voice and diving down to that place where you feel clear and deeply connected is one of life's crucial...
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Let White Lotus take you on the journey to begin your mastery, gaining skills and receiving the tools to make teaching your life's artistry. We welcome you to join us on an unforgettable voyage of self-discovery where your knowledge may be challenged and your wisdom will be invoked.
Come celebrate your love of Yoga, where in a collaborative environment your ability to "see" and to learn will deepen. Share an amazing sixteen days immersed in the meditation that is your life. We look forward to hosting those who have an excitement to explore, to laugh, to work in the positive pursuit of that which they love, refining their skills and unveiling the masterpiece to come.
Trainings are offered March, June, August and October. Please make your plans to join us now.
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