Advanced Yoga Studies

Meditation and Yoga

This event is a 500hr RYA Teacher Training module. Read more about modules here. They are open to all, though you will get the most out of them if you have some yoga experience. We consider these advanced yoga studies. You do not need to be working on 500 hour certification to take one.

Fall 2012 : Mindfulness Practices with Shala Worsley
Advanced Studies and 500 YA hour credit *YA 500

Friday, 6:00 - 8:30 pm
Saturday, 8:30 - 10:30 am
Saturday, 2:30 - 5:00 pm
Sunday, 9:30 - 12:00
optional: Sunday, 1:00 - 3:30 Shala Seasonal Flow

All Levels Welcome, $190
Register and Pay $190

REQUIRED READING:
Miracle of Mindfulness, by Thich Nhat Hanh
An optional purchase is the comprehensive teacher training manual: The Yoga Handbook, by Stephanie Keach. $35 + $6 s/h  Buy it now!

One of the most difficult things we can do in life is to live it fully - to be fully present - for ourselves and for the people we love and care about. So many times, at the end of the day, we say, "Where did the time go?" Years can go by in this manner. Your precious life is worth fully inhabiting. Learn how to become present for your life through the art of meditation. In this three day intensive you will learn specific techniques that will help you slow down, embrace mindfulness, and enter the gentle bliss of the present moment.

You don’t have to be a teacher, nor even desire to become a teacher to attend this course. Your Yoga practice will reach new heights as you become more grounded and peaceful through this ancient practice.

Come prepared to learn:

How to sit more comfortably for seated meditation

How to achieve a state of the deep calm through mindful breathing

How to work with thoughts as they arise while meditating

How to access greater peace and joy throughout your day

How to be more compassionate with yourself and others

How to integrate specific meditation techniques into your daily life that help you live from a place of intention

How to meditate meditate while seated, in motion, and in yin yoga postures

How to teach these three styles of meditation (seated, in motion, in yin postures)

Expand and deepen your meditation practice

Review and renew your definition of meditation

Compare yoga meditation vs. other practices

Practice seated meditation, walking meditation, meditation in motion, yin postures & meditation

Get inspired by new and various methods of obtaining one-pointed focus

Focus on yoga postures which prepare the body for sitting

Explore various traditional and non-traditional meditation postures

Dress comfortably for sitting, some asana, and a short walk outside

According to ancient Indian mythology, there have been four ages before now, each one characterized and then destroyed by one of the four elements: Earth, Fire, Water, and Air. The same mythology suggests that we are currently in the age of Motion, appropriately labeling this era of technology which encourages up to live faster and busier lives. There is the possibility that, like the four ages before us, we could allow ourselves to be destroyed by this Motion, this Busy-ness. OR, we can slow down and learn to surf the Motion with Mindfulness, allowing us to live fully present, awake, and aware lives in these modern times.

You will receive credit for the Asheville Yoga Center's 500 hr. program after attending this weekend.

Upon registration you will receive confirmation, lodging, directions, etc...
No Prerequisites Required.