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: 

  • 7-9am + 12:30-5:30pm

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