An 8 month Course to Elevate your Teaching & Practice!
Join Michele for for this comprehensive study of lineage based Yoga, philosophy, pranayama, Yoga therapy training, and joy.
This 300-hour course builds on your existing knowledge and is designed to polish your teaching to the next level of brilliance.
This program is rooted in the lineage of Krishnamacharya, blending the Vinyasa flow, internal form, and intelligent progression found in the Ashtanga system, the precise alignment instructions and supported poses of the Iyengar system, and the modifications to the individual that Desikachar emphasized.
Full Curriculum
Weekend 1: October 10-12 ( w/Michele at Portland location TBA or livestream). Foundations of the Middle Path; Standing Poses, technique, assists, therapeutics; Philosophy-Upanishads; Meditation
Weekend 2: October 23-26 (w/ Michele Portland) Yoga Nidra 4 day intensive Thursday/Friday online; Saturday & Sunday sessions In-person; Philosophy-Yoga Sutras; forward folds, Pranayama, Meditation will also take place for 300 TTs.
Weekend 3: November 13-16 (w/ Michele Portland) Yoga Nidra 4 day intensive Thursday/Friday online; Saturday & Sunday sessions In-person; Philosophy-Yoga Sutras; Also Hip opening, strength & therapeutics.
Weekend 4: December 13-14 (w/ Michele Portland)
Back-bending technique and Therapeutics; Pranayama; meditation; Philosophy B. Gita; Yoga Nidra; The middle path of love.
Weekend 5: December 18-21 (w/ Michele New York @ Menla or livestream)
Clearlight Yoga Nidra 4 day intensive; Philosophy, meditation, Sleep Yoga.
Weekend 6: January TBA (Michele livestream 0nly)
Twists, pranayama, subtle body, Gita
Weekend 7: February 20-22( Michele Portland or Livestream)
Handstands, Sirsasana & Sarvangasana; Finishing Poses; Gita, Therapeutics
Weekend 8: March 6-8 (Michele Portland or Livestream). Inversions & Arm Balancing, Sequencing a flow based class, philosophy-Gita, meditation, pranayama.
Weekend 9: April 4-5(Michele Portland or Livestream). Back pain therapeutics, Advanced asana; Philosophy- Vijnana Bhairava; & Pranayama;
Weekend 10: April 11-12 (Michele Portland or Livestream). Inversions & Arm Balancing; philosophy-Hatha Pradipika; pranayama; meditation
Weekend 11: May 9-10 (Michele Portland or Livestream)
Arm Balancing, Rotator Cuff and Shoulder Therapeutics; Hatha Pradipika
Weekend 12: May: 16-17 (Michele Portland or Livestream). Hands on assists review weekend all asana; Pranayama, kriyas, tantra, Hatha Pradipika, Therapeutics.
Week 13: May 28- June 4th (Michele at Menla NY w/ Robert Svoboda, Krishna Das, Robert Thurman, Nina Rao). Closing Week is live-streamed from NY. Recordings available. In-person retreat possible for separate tuition. This is a week of Bhakti, Philosophy, Chanting, Asana, & Ayurveda,
Course Includes regular zoom philosophy sessions, asana practices, and check-ins with Michele over the course. All will be recorded in case you can't make it live.
