Yoga Journal Live! Colorado 2016

What are the bandhas and why are they important to learn? As we create a supple container for energy with the bandhas we learn how to save energy to utilize it for service to others. This knowledge and practice is important in our practice of pranayama to fully absorb Prana in our cellular body.  We will share specific sequences for understanding how to access Jalandara, Uddiyana, and Mula Bandha.  Come have fun and get inspired to explore and discover.

Experience the healing power of a mandala (sacred circle) through a moving meditation vinyasa class. Rooted in Tantra and evolving over 20 years of mandala practice, Prana Vinyasa Mandala features two complete solar and lunar flow practices along with a meditation mandala of mudras and mantras that encompass the five elements and directions. This introduction to the expansive practice will leave you inspired, balanced and rejuvenated in the mandala of your daily life.

Do you recognize that your thoughts, emotions, and behavior mutually influence each other, are provoked by your conditioning, and form the basis of your personality? Would you like to overcome troubling emotions and experience more happiness and love in your life? Come explore Tantric practices as a functional tool to help transform dysfunctional patterns of thought, mood, and behavior and actualize your highest potential.

The connective tissue matrix is a hologram for interconnectedness: it links every cell in our bodies. Far from being a mere physical entity, this web is sentient and intelligent. It plays a key role in the health of our nervous system, emotional brain, and pain pathways. First we'll review the three pillars of healthy connective tissue. Then we'll learn techniques for integrating connective tissue work with special issues such as trauma, empathic dysregulation, anxiety, and depression. We'll also experience a variety of fascial release techniques to incorporate into our personal practice, group classes, and private yoga sessions.


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Craving a day to yourself to rejuvenate your mind and body? Don't miss this active and quiet practice from the sacred feminine. We'll use short discussions between mother and daughter, active and restorative poses, pranayama, and meditation to create a day of refuge on our mat. Bring a mat, an eye cover, a bolster if you have one, two blocks, and your yoga blankets. The more props the better!

Come explore how storytelling, lecture, and journaling can be used as tools to understand what it means for us to aim true in our lives, both on and off the mat. We'll explore how asana can be used to help break down any walls we've built around us so that we can embrace our talents and passions. We'll start off with a morning flow to get us into our physical bodies, which will be followed by lecture, and then we'll dive into workshopping the challenging poses that put us outside of our comfort zone.

The secret to enriching your day with more energy, clarity, and motivation is Ayurveda, the 5,000-year-old Indian system of healing and sister science to yoga. Experience these time-tested tools in a daylong Ayurvedic retreat led by Dr. John Douillard, global leader in natural wellness and Ayurveda, and Larissa Hall Carlson, Dean of the Kripalu School of Ayurveda and yoga teacher.
In the morning, you’ll identify your unique dosha, or mind-body constitution, which determines the daily routines and foods that will best support digestion and turn stress into joy. In the afternoon, you’ll dive into a juicy Ayurvedic yoga journey to relax the body, soothe nerves, and restore tranquility to the mind. Harmonize vata dosha in time for Autumn with a full-body asana sequence, pranayama, and mindfulness meditation. Then you’ll try Abhyanga (self-massage) techniques to melt tension, and finish the day with a restorative yoga nidra to boost immunity.