Event poster for Kali Durga Yoga's Spring Yin Tensive Yin and Mindfulness Principles 20-hour yoga teacher training, March 5-8, 2020, at Yoga House, Montrose, Colorado.
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Early March brings us a potent opportunity to awaken to our rich inner life and cleanse the views of our perceptions.

Meet yourself at the altar of your subtle body temple for a 20hr Yoga Alliance Certified Teacher Training investigating Yin & Restorative Yoga, intermingled with the inner methods: Buddhist Psychological Principles of Mindfulness, Physiology of Pranayam/Breathwork, Unique Anatomy of our inimitable Asana practice, and our Pranic Pathways.

Join internationally celebrated Yin & Dharma teacher Kali Basman on the journey back to the Self.

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Our focus together for this time will be on the contemplative side of yoga, the internal methods of cultivating the bodymind complex, harnessing the chi body, distributing its resources. The Buddha used one word in his sermons more than any other- Bhavana. Meaning, to cultivate. The trainings we offer are a nod towards human's agency to direct our attention to areas in which we’d like to manifest. As neuroplastic beings, where to attend to, is where our force field grows and thickens. Through consistent discipline practice mingled with the soft expanse of heart methods such as Tonglen, Compassion practices, authentic relating in partner practices and diads, we encourage deep roots. These roots become the foundation of our daily practice so that we aren’t plucked from our fertile soil when the winds of turbulence meet our brief display of vital life in this body. Our yin trainings and retreats are a commitment to the inner dimensions of experience, a willingness to open up inside & wonder.

Suitable for beginners. A background of interest in Yoga and/or Meditation is assumed.

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TOPICS COVERED

  • Methods of Mindfulness & Meditation

  • Yin Yoga: Principles, Anatomy, Asana

  • Breath & Lines of Energy

  • Buddhist Principles, Philosophy, & Psychology

  • Mapping the Subtle Body

  • Bandhas & Biomechanics

Dharma talks, restorative & yin practices, inquiry exercises and mindfulness methods will be employed daily

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Yin Yoga is a transformative and rejuvenative practice that seeks to mindfully lengthen and lubricate the connective tissues by practicing the methods of stillness, mindfulness, and loving kindness. 

Radiating with ritual, this integrated wisdom practice is a tool to rise to your intrinsic baseline of tranquility, recall your innate ability for spaciousness, and remind your system of its unique anatomical, structural, and emotional wholeness.

SCHEDULE OUTLINE

Thursday, March 5

6-8pm | ARRIVAL Evening Program – Awakening the Mindsight & The Buddha Within, Pillars of an Enduring Practice: ASANA | HARA

Friday, March 6

1-4pm YIN

- Principles of Yin & Introduction to 5 Elements

-Spleen Meridian & Earth Element

5-8pm MIND

-Buddha Meets Neurobiology

-Arrive & Center, Seated Posture

-Shamatha Meditation

- Yin Practice: Earth Nourishment

Saturday, March 7

12-4pm YIN

-Yin & Yang Tissues, Repair Response

-Kidney Meridian & Water Element

-Restorative Yoga

-Psoas

6-8pm MIND

-Dukkha & The Noble Truths

-Hara, Hara Breathing Meditation

-Water Asana & Internal Family Systems

Sunday, March 8

12-4pm INTEGRATION

-The Heart Meridian & Fire Element

- Subtle Energetics & Anatomy of Shoulder Girdle

-Tonglen/ Karuna, Metta/ Muddita

 

Please note this is a non-residential training. Accomodations not included.

BEGINNERS WELCOME. INSIGHT SEEKERS WELCOME. MINDFULNESS CRUSADERS WELCOME. YOGA TEACHERS, YOGA PRACTITIONERS, OR THOSE WHO HAVE NEVER STEPPED ON TO A YOGA MAT BEFORE: 

THIS TRAINING IS FOR ALL OF YOU

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KALI BASMAN

International and intentful Yin & Restorative Yoga teacher of teachers, Kali Basman, offers an intermingling of wisdom disciplines: Foundations of Buddhist mindfulness, the pranic pathways of Traditional Chinese Medicine meridians, physiology of the nervous system, and individual-informed anatomy.

Leading yin and mindfulness focused trainings and retreats across the globe, Kali pays reverence to her lineage of teachers, Sarah Powers, Jack Kornfield, Judith Hanson Lasater and more.

“Kali is the definition of wisdom. I feel held in such an intuitive deep space. Her teachings are enlightening and expanding. I feel this knowledge will stay with me forever”

“Eloquent and concise, Kali speaks of ancient wisdom

TUITION: $550

Please note this is a non-residential training. Accomodations not included.

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THE LOCATION: YOGA HOUSE - MONTROSE, COLORADO

Kali Durga Yoga offers one SEVA - SERVICE YOGI scholarship per training (does not include room & board)

Apply here for SEVA SCHOLARSHIP.

"I feel connected to myself and inspired after the training. I feel like this was the beginning of a new journey to the self and in the world." - Practitioner, Yin TT, Bhakti Yoga Shala, Los Angeles

"This training has deeply touched my soul in ways I will forever appreciate!" - Practitioner, Yin TT, Bhakti Yoga Shala, Los Angeles

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