This module will examine various practices of Bhakti Yoga including Kirtan, mantra as meditation, and heart centered philosophy. From study into these heart practices, together we’ll look at ways of integrating these tools into our regular teaching offerings. Join Claire for a musical exploration into Bhakti yoga and the practice of yoga as devotion, handed down and adapted from teacher to student for thousands of years.

This experiential module is a deep dive into the most essential and life sustaining force passing through us at all times, the breath (prana). Whether or not we take the time to understand how respiration works, breath passes in, breath passes out. Yet, understanding how breath interweaves with other nervous system functions, we can learn to engage with breath to benefit our health and well-being, on and off the mat.

Through a deep and conscious dive into our inner world, we will investigate the relationship between our actions as teachers and the energetic responses they invite in those around us. We will learn to navigate these realms with confidence and skill, which strengthens our ability to hold space with subtlety and grace.

Communication and connection are a vital part of the human experience. This training is designed to clarify and establish a foundation in energetic alignment and supportive assisting for all bodies. Using the framework of the Vayus (the directions of Prana) we will explore the relationship between non-verbal communication, compassionate touch, energetic anatomy and our own journey of healing.

What does it mean to teach heart centric yoga and how do we as teachers execute that in our class plans? This training will support teachers to tap into the infinite source of their hearts and develop class plans that emulate their inspiration at play. Learn how to express your passion of yoga with a clear and focused intention that can create a greater impact.

Claire Stetina is a yoga educator, yoga teacher (E-RYT 500, YACEP) and Certified Massage Therapist offering public classes, workshops, retreats and trainings throughout the West Coast and beyond. Claire has completed over 500 hours of massage therapy and formal anatomy training as well as over 1500 hours of yoga teacher trainings.

Liza Higbee-Robinson (MA, RYT-500, E-RYT200, YACEP) is a Pacific Northwest-grown yoga teacher who lives and teaches in Bellingham, WA. She experiences yoga as a creative, generative, and healing practice that opens the channels for us to live from a place of connection and wholeness.

Lyndz brings decades of assimilated experience in mind, body and movement. She strives to cultivate a visceral and versatile experience for students to discover their inner strength and innate wisdom. Her classes are effortlessly fluid, deeply heartfelt, and compassionately fierce.

Jacque Sweet is an RYT-500 yoga teacher, yoga educator and a teacher mentor for BYC. Her teachings stem from her extensive study of the Anusara Yoga Methodology, a Hatha style of yoga with strong emphasis on alignment starting in the foundation of a pose, a deep connection with our breath and upholding quality of the heart while meditatively moving.