Friday 5:30-7:00 pm
Saturday 10:30 am - 6:30 pm
Sunday 12:00-2:30 pm
Cost of training $300
Restorative yoga is about moving into a state of being, away from the normal activity of the body and the mind. By channeling the energies of the body — wind, blood, lymph — through specific pathways, restorative yoga creates a deep sense of relaxation and rejuvenation.
During this course, Cyndi will lead you through two full sequences of restorative poses, each designed for a specific energetic result. All categories of asanas are practiced – backbends, forward bends, side bends, twists and inversions — in a completely receptive manner through the support of bolsters, blankets, straps, blocks and eye pillows. Each pose is held from 5-20 minutes giving the body ample time to unwind into the parasympathetic nervous system leading to an experience of deep rest.
Cyndi will talk about the specific skill sets involved in being an effective restorative yoga teacher and how mindfulness, precision and the elements of an active vinyasa class can be used to further enrich this practice of receptivity, down-regulation and calm.
Then you will work in partners and small groups to practice teaching these poses and their variations to each other.
There will also be time for feedback and discussion about how to build your own restorative yoga class sequences, as well as how to offer these poses in studios where there are not a lot of props.
You will leave this training with more confidence in teaching restorative yoga classes as well as incorporating restorative poses into your regular active yoga classes. Bring three eye pillows and a notebook.
This course is open to yogis, yoga teachers, body workers, social workers — anyone who would like to deepen their own yoga practice and/or share this work with others.
A Notebook and 3 eye pillows
Coming in from out of town? Let us know and we will help you find accomodations in the area.
Cyndi Lee began practicing yoga and meditation when she went to college in 1972. She began teaching yoga in 1978 and at the behest of her root guru, the great Tibetan master, Gelek Rimpoche, she began teaching meditation in 1992. The first western female teacher to combine yoga and Tibetan Buddhism, Lee founded NYC’s OM yoga Center in 1998, which became a mecca for yogis worldwide. Known as a “teacher’s teacher,” Cyndi has taught in Japan, Turkey, Germany, Great Britain, Sweden, Mexico, China and throughout the U.S. Through her students, her work has been integrated into the NYPD, NYFD, and the NY DOE, as well as hospitals, parole work, college counseling centers and even accounting firms. Most recently she was invited to be one of twenty presenters to give a dharma talk and meditation as part of the Dalai Lama Global Vision Summit, reaching over 50,000 people. Cyndi is the author of five books including The New York Times critically acclaimed May I Be Happy: A Memoir of Love, Yoga, and Changing My Mind and the classic yoga text: Yoga Body Buddha Mind. For years, Cyndi has been a regular columnist for Lion’s Roar, Real Simple, Yoga Journal and Yoga International. Her recent feature articles include “My Slow Fashion Practice is Yoga, Too” (YJ), and “The Practice of Self-Caring” (LR). Her article, “Yoga Body Buddha Mind,” was a cover story for Shambhala Sun. In 2018 she was ordained as a Buddhist Chaplain, under the guidance of Roshi Joan Halifax of Upaya Zen Center. She holds a BFA and MFA in Dance from University of California, Irvine.
Lucky Elephant Yoga and Wellness
1460 Chapel Ridge Rd, Ste 250, Apex, North Carolina, United States
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