Manifest your deepest desires while assisting others in manifesting their desires.
As we sit in a group, we each get a chance to talk about something that we want to manifest in our life. It can be anything!! Examples are: (Physical, emotional or mental healings. Career or occupational advances. Relationship or love miracles. Personal growth or spiritual breakthroughs. Obstacles you are wanting to overcome. Anything at all!) Each person gets a minute or 2 to share their intention. Followed by 3-5 minutes of meditation, where you and the rest of the group visualize your intention. (Be very clear so that we can all paint a bright mental image) Everyone gets an equal turn and time to have space held for them. Setting intention aligns your mind and your heart with your desires. Doing this helps us stay on track with our purpose and keep momentum moving quickly towards our dreams. Doing this in a group intensifies the energy substantially! Miracles happen and dreams come true, fast! I have tonnes of testimonials in my life and from the groups I’ve been in. This stuff works!! I promise!

“Kundalini is the Yoga of Awareness. It is a dynamic, powerful tool that is designed to give you an experience of your soul. In Kundalini Yoga we harness the mental, physical, and nervous energies of the body and put them under the domain of the will, which is the instrument of the soul. This technology precisely and consciously combines breath, mudra, eye-focus, mantra, body locks, and postures to balance the glandular system, strengthen the nervous system, expand lung capacity, and purify the blood. It brings balance to the body, mind, and soul.”- 3ho organization

The practice of yoga asana prepares our body to sit in meditation.

• We’ll learn the posture and foundation of sitting meditation.
• We’ll explore the four foundations of mindful meditation.
• We’ll dive into our three functional minds.
• We’ll get inspired by yoga science, human habits, duration and time of meditation and work to create a daily sustainable practice.

About Laura Jesson:

A natural born yogi, from philosophy to physical activity, breath and body, movement and stillness, Laura is always striving for balance in her life and empowering the same in others. After five years of personal practice, she took her first training in Moksha Yoga, followed by PreNatal Yoga with Janice Clarfield, and Yin Yoga with Bernie Clark. One strong source of inspiration and teachings woven throughout continues to be the influence of Michael Stone, who was a Psychotherapist, Yoga, Buddhist and Mindful Meditation teacher, author, activist, mentor and friend.

Laura is currently finding more peace through stillness in Meditation, Relaxation and deepening her practice of Kundalini Yoga. When not on her mat Laura takes all she learns being mom to two beautiful boys, creating more love in life and cycling lots!!

E-RYT 500+, Moksha 500 hours, Prenatal Yoga, Yin Yoga, Trauma Sensitive Training, Mindfulness Meditation Training. BA Degree in Psychology. Post Graduate Diploma in Wellness and Lifestyle Management. Kundalini Yoga Aquarian Teacher Training Level One and Two Lifecycles and Lifestyles — Instructor (Foundations) 

Myriam is a certified trainer from the Center For NonViolent Communication (CNVC), based in Nanaimo. Nonviolent Communication (NVC) has been a very important part of her life since she was a child. It is a process of relating to each other and a form of consciousness that has transformed her relationships with her family, her friends and her work colleagues. Myriam has a Master’s degree in communication, a certificate in environmental education and five years of training and sharing NonViolent Communication. She shares her passion for NVC with individuals, schools and organizations around Nanaimo. Her dream is to empower organizations and individuals to build a more compassionate and sustainable world. Myriam has the deep conviction that the way we relate to ourselves and to each other is at the core of the type of violence we observe and perpetuate in the world. She believes that we need to make a deep change in the way we relate to ourselves, to each other and to the planet if we want to survive as a species. And she definitely wants to contribute to this change!
To know more about her, please visit:
http://www.myriamverzat.com.

This teaching methodology module of the 200 hour Yoga Teacher Training program offered by Choose2be, is being opened up to yoga teachers, teacher trainees and advanced yoga students (with prior approval).

In The ART of SEQUENCING we will explore the following topics:

• Reverse Engineering: building a class based on an apex pose
• Thematic design: using class inspiration and peak poses to create and guide a class
• Anatomical consideration: building a safe, effective, and transformative practice
• Notation: creating your short hand
• Clear Intention: Determining a “goal” and building towards it

Through lecture, discussion and practice we will explore the fundamentals as well as the creativity needed to design original, class-specific sequences. Participants will be lead through the process of creating a sequence and then experience it in their bodies. Time will be given to experiment with creating short class plans within the group context to allow participants to receive feedback in a safe and supportive environment. The topic of cueing will be introduced and discussed as needed in relation to the topic of class design.

In The ART of ASSISTING we will explore:

• Objective and subjective approach to touch
• Safety and personal space
• Relevance of anatomical knowledge
• Critical and compassionate observation
• Specific techniques of touching from basic to advanced poses
• Cueing and the importance of clear directions as a way to guide and assist students without touch

This full day training explores the much debated topic of hands-on assisting within a yoga practice. This is a hot topic currently in the yoga world, and the recognition is being given to the importance of considering the ethics and implications of touching others. In this training participants will be asked to consider how and when to use touch, if at all, and what it means to have consent from students. We will explore the importance of, and build skills in, our verbal cueing, recognizing that the clearer our words are, the less “interference” may be needed.
Within the training, participants will also learn mindful, intentional, and effective hands-on assists to enhance the use of touch in their yoga classes when desired. Throughout this training, participants will begin to discover the depth of this seemingly simple topic. From these layers of awareness, participants will be more equipped and feel more confident, to make decisions on when and how to use touch, as a seamless factor in their instruction, enabling teachers to cultivate a compassionate experience for class participants––physically, emotionally, and mentally.

About Nura Madjzoub – nuramadjzoub.com

Nura has been teaching yoga for 19 years around the world. Her primary style of teaching is a flow “vinyasa” style, where she draws from her dance background and extensive and continuous anatomical studies, to create intelligent and effective yoga sequences. Her yoga teaching and practice is also greatly influenced and informed by her practice as a massage therapist. She has been a licensed and practicing massage therapist since 2006, and She has also spent time in Thailand learning Thai yoga massage to add to her growing interesting in the interplay of yoga and touch.
Above all, Nura is a life learner and perpetual student. Her own practice as well as her teaching, has evolved and shifted in many ways over the past 2 decades, and she can’t imagine it ever remaining stagnant. There is always more to learn and it is this love of learning, that she is also passionate to share with her students. Life is so full of discoveries and new thoughts and ideas, we can only remain open and curious so that we might benefit from them!

Class description:

Iyengar yoga is a practice founded by B.K.S Iyengar who is known as the father of modern yoga. Iyengar yoga offers a thorough teaching methodology that introduces poses, and specific actions within poses progressively such that a student learn and build their understanding of pose work, alignment, and themselves, safely and systemically. Many associate props with this practice. Props are part of the practice but are used in many creative ways not only to support but to enhance learning. Jessica will be sharing elements of Iyengar yoga to give student teachers a taste of this practice and how it might inform the questions they ask when approaching, ‘What am I teaching and why? ‘What do I see in my students and how can I help them improve?’ She is excited to share her passion for this practice with those interested in the subject of yoga.

Jessica first completed a 300 hr TTP through Moksana yoga in Victoria BC and started teaching in 2007. Once introduced to the practice of Iyengar yoga she committed to this lineage and the rigorous path toward certification. Jessica is a certified Iyengar yoga instructor . She has taught yoga at Soulfire Studio in Ladysmith, Bend Over Backwards in Nanaimo and currently teaches with The Hive Collective in Chemainus. Jessica also has  developed an online teaching practice: Your Yoga Library.  As a classically trained actor Jessica is passionate in the exploration of both play and discipline in yoga and theatre. Jessica  has worked as a TD Artist in the Schools through the Nanaimo Art Gallery offering programs that align Yoga and Theatre in schools. Most recently she was recipient of an Artstarts grant to a develop multidisciplinary yoga/theatre online mindfulness program for students, grade 4-7: Mindful Practice through Mindful Expression. 

Mala, Mantra, Méditation.

‘’Like prayer and affirmation, the repetitious use of mantra can have powerful effects on the mind, body, spirit and emotions. In this 2 hour workshop you will learn about Malas and Mantras while you create your own unique Mala necklace to take home and use during Japa Mala meditation practice. Mantras are unique combinations of Sanskrit words and sounds that when chanted repeatedly invoke different energies. All supplies and instruction needed to create a Mala unique to your needs and desires are included. Also included are a list of mantras to use with your Mala. We will practice a Japa Mala meditation at the end of the workshop using your new Mala bead necklace.’’

About Karen

oga came into my life on a chilly winter morning in Edmonton in 2002. And for this I am eternally grateful. Yoga is more than a daily practice, it’s a lifestyle, one I’ve been evolving into for the past 18 years. It’s a lifelong process of incorporating the many teachings of yoga into daily life and I continue to study and learn every day. Over the years my personal practice has evolved and changed according to my physical, mental and emotional needs. My personal journey through chronic pain has gifted me with a compassion for the suffering of all beings, and brought me new ways to practice yoga. I weave poetry, music, meditation and mantra into my classes to enhance the experience for all my students.
Over the past 18 years I have studied with many teachers around the globe. I have received teachings in Hatha Yoga, Ashtanga vinyasa yoga, Yin yoga, Restorative yoga, Prenatal yoga, Yoga Nidra, Meditation, and Nada Yoga. I am also trained in sound therapy, reflexology, and am a trained Conscious Connected breath work facilitator, a Reiki practitioner, kirtan leader and formerly a registered nurse.
I am forever humbled by the power of yoga, meditation and mantra, and am grateful to all my teachers and students over the years, from whom I continue to learn and grow.