Heart of Awareness Course Outline
September 15, 2023 to May 5, 2024
First weekend of each month:
- Friday: 7-9pm
- Sat: 7-8:30am + 12:30-5:30pm
- Sun: 7-9am + 12:30-5:30pm
Second Sunday:
Tuesdays on Zoom:
- 6:30-8:30pm / Yoga for Restoration & Integration
+ Mentorship Hours & Meetings
Month 1 / September 15-17 + September 24
- Intro / welcome
- Deep dive into Asana
- How AUM sets the foundation
- Tantric Micropractices
- A Look at the Bandhas
- Practice Teaching
- Subtle Body Anatomy: Prana, Nadis, Kundalini
- Yoga Nidra with Gongs
Month 2 / Sept 29-Oct 1 + October 8
- Deep dive into Asana
- Yoga Sutras Book Club
- Trauma Informed Responses in Yoga
- Practice Teaching
- Embodied Anatomy
- Meditation and the Nervous System
- Yoga Nidra with Gongs
*No meeting October 31: Halloween*
Month 3 / November 3-5 + Nov 12
- Deep dive into Asana
- Bhagavad Gita Book Club
- Yoga for the Nervous System
- iRest Core Principles
- Practice Teaching
- Embodied Anatomy
- Yoga Nidra with Gongs
*No meeting Nov 21, 28: Thanksgiving holiday*
Month 4 / December 1-3 + Dec 10
- Deep dive into Asana
- Vasistha Yoga Book Club
- Koshas
- A Look at the Ashtavakra Gita
- Connecting to Inner Resource
- Intention Settings
- Practice Teaching
- Embodied Anatomy
- Yoga Nidra with Gongs
*No meeting December 19, 26, January 2: Winter Holidays*
Month 5 / January 5-7 + Jan 14
- Deep dive into Asana
- Vijnana Bhairava Tantra Book Club
- Flows Modified for Pregnancy
- Connecting to Heartfelt Desire
- Practice Teaching
- Embodied Anatomy
- Yoga Nidra with Gongs
Month 6 / February 2-4 + Feb 11
- Deep dive into Asana
- Recognition Sutras (Pratyabhijna Hrdayam) Book Club
- Yin Methodology Dora
- Understanding Joy, Ego and I-Awareness
- Practice Teaching
- Embodied Anatomy
- Yoga Nidra with Gongs
- Yin Practice with Dora
Month 7 / March 1-3 + March 10
- Deep dive into Asana
- Recognition Sutras Book Club
- Teaching a Private Yoga Session
- Yang vs Yin
- Practice Teaching
- Embodied Anatomy
- Yoga Nidra with Gongs
*No meeting March 19, 26 and April 2: Spring holidays*
Month 8 / April 5-7 + April 14
- Deep dive into Asana
- Return to Bhagavad Gita Book Club
- Seva and Devotion and Shiva/Shakti
- Yin Yoga
- Practice Teaching: Seat of the Teacher
- Subtle Body Anatomy: Chakras
- Racial Justice
- Yoga Nidra with Gongs
Month 9 / May 3-5
- Asana Practice, Wrap up/ Process
- Dharma Integration
- Business of Yoga
- Seat of the Teacher