Continuing Education Classes
February 2012
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2/27 to 3/2 Click for schedule
Advanced Teacher Training with Ame Wren and David Regelin
Limited to 18 Participants
A 40-hour Immersion in Effective Vinyasa Sequencing
***For currently working teachers who have completed a 200 hour TT and have taken both Ame and David's classes***
Join Ame and David for a week of exploration into teaching, practice, purpose and potential. Each day will consist of a 90 minute morning practice with a focus on intelligent and informed sequencing, potent adjustments and intentional alignment instruction. At the end of each practice, Ame and David will open the floor to discussion about the development of the class, why each pose/assist was taught when and how to up and down-level the class to suit the needs of particular students. In the afternoon Ame and David will be offering workshops on composing a sequence, creating a structural blueprint for vinyasa and adjusting/cueing in a way that aids your sequence and generates clarity. Ame will detail the benefits of “postural” sequencing: systematically opening the body towards a pivotal pose or set of poses. David will discuss the benefits of teaching a specific sequence and seasonal routines: creating a sustainable practice and format that will stick with your students. Ame and David will also “define” sequential postures, complimentary postures, the energetic waves of postures and suitable variations to meet the needs of your student body. You will be asked to create and teach your own original sequences throughout the week and will be given feedback on your sequence and delivery.
About Ame Wren
Based in Boston, Ame is a self-proclaimed "yoga mutt." Her teaching is a hybrid of many styles of yoga and heavily influenced by her own practice and teachers. She is known for lacing her classes with humor and wisdom while instilling the importance of proper alignment and smart transitioning to craft a long-term, safe asana practice. Continually humbled by the practice and its devotees, Ame hopes to aid students in finding their own quiet space on their mat. She is greatly indebted to all of her teachers past and present and is continually inspired by her NYC home away from home, Kula Yoga Project. Ame was recently named Best Yoga Instructor in the 2010 Boston magazine "Best of Boston" awards. She leads teacher trainings and retreats nationally and internationally and is a featured teacher at Wanderlust Festival.
About David Regelin
I have been practicing yoga for ten years. Through practice and observation, patterns have emerged. The function of yoga as I see it now is quite different from when my practice began. As my experience of yoga continues to evolve and reveal, I have learned not to underestimate its potential, depth, and complexity. I keep a finger on the pulse of my personal practice, and of those to whom I teach, to ensure potency, sustainability, and relevancy.
April 2012
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4/19 to 4/21 Click for schedule
The Lower Back and the Sacroiliac Joint: anatomy, asana and therapeutics with Judith Hanson Lasater
Register Online: $295
$260 before April 1st, $295 after April 1st
Thursday April 19th 12-5pm
Friday April 20th 12-5pm
Saturday April 21st 12-3pm
Many yoga students complain of lower back and/or sacroiliac pain. In this workshop, we will learn the basic anatomy of this area and immediately apply that knowledge to hands on discovery and observation of others. Our goal is to learn therapeutic movement to decrease pain and create normal function. Once we have a basic understanding of the structure and function of the area, we will practice asana together with our new awareness.
Required reading: Yogabody: Anatomy, Kinesiology, and Asana by Judith Hanson Lasater, Ph.D., PT.
For teachers, teachers in training, and serious students. $260 is bought before April 1st, after April 1st $295
About Judith Hanson Lasater
Judith Hanson Lasater has taught yoga since 1971. She holds a doctorate in East-West psychology and is a physical therapist. She is president of the California Yoga Teachers Association, and serves on the advisory boards of Yoga Journal and Healing Lifestyles and Spas. Her yoga training includes study with B. K. S. Iyengar in India and the United States. She teaches yoga classes and trains yoga teachers in kinesiology, yoga therapeutics, and the Yoga Sutra in the San Francisco Bay Area. She also gives workshops throughout the United States, and has taught in Australia, Bolivia, Canada, England, France, Indonesia, Japan, Mexico, Peru, and Russia.
She writes extensively on the therapeutic aspects of yoga. She is the author of:
- What We Say Matters (2009)
- YogaBody (2008)
- A Year of Living Your Yoga (2006)
- Yoga Abs (2005)
- Yoga for Pregnancy (2004)
- 30 Essential Yoga Poses (2003)
- Living Your Yoga (2000)
- Relax and Renew (1995)
These books are published by Rodmell Press.
Currently, Judith is consulting on four studies being conducted by the National Institutes of Health (NIH). These studies focus on the use of restorative yoga to reduce hot flashes in menopausal women, to reduce metabolic syndrome, to reduce anxiety during drug rehabilitation, and for women in treatment for breast cancer.
Judith Hanson Lasater lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with her family.
*for graduates of Ame's mentorship and teacher training program, or by permission (ame@backbayyoga.com)
These quarterly workshops will be part asana, part discussion, part hands on. For working teachers who have completed one of Ame's training programs or by permission. Each meeting will have an asana or pranayama theme which will be discussed in regards to sequencing, cueing and adjusting. Prior to the meetings you can email Ame specific questions you would like her to address. These sessions are a way to continue your education and get advice from a seasoned teacher in a small setting.
About Ame Wren
Based in Boston, Ame is a self-proclaimed "yoga mutt." Her teaching is a hybrid of many styles of yoga and heavily influenced by her own practice and teachers. She is known for lacing her classes with humor and wisdom while instilling the importance of proper alignment and smart transitioning to craft a long-term, safe asana practice. Continually humbled by the practice and its devotees, Ame hopes to aid students in finding their own quiet space on their mat. She is greatly indebted to all of her teachers past and present and is continually inspired by her NYC home away from home, Kula Yoga Project. Ame was recently named Best Yoga Instructor in the 2010 Boston magazine "Best of Boston" awards. She leads teacher trainings and retreats nationally and internationally and is a featured teacher at Wanderlust Festival.
July 2012
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*for graduates of Ame's mentorship and teacher training program, or by permission (ame@backbayyoga.com)
These quarterly workshops will be part asana, part discussion, part hands on. For working teachers who have completed one of Ame's training programs or by permission. Each meeting will have an asana or pranayama theme which will be discussed in regards to sequencing, cueing and adjusting. Prior to the meetings you can email Ame specific questions you would like her to address. These sessions are a way to continue your education and get advice from a seasoned teacher in a small setting.
About Ame Wren
Based in Boston, Ame is a self-proclaimed "yoga mutt." Her teaching is a hybrid of many styles of yoga and heavily influenced by her own practice and teachers. She is known for lacing her classes with humor and wisdom while instilling the importance of proper alignment and smart transitioning to craft a long-term, safe asana practice. Continually humbled by the practice and its devotees, Ame hopes to aid students in finding their own quiet space on their mat. She is greatly indebted to all of her teachers past and present and is continually inspired by her NYC home away from home, Kula Yoga Project. Ame was recently named Best Yoga Instructor in the 2010 Boston magazine "Best of Boston" awards. She leads teacher trainings and retreats nationally and internationally and is a featured teacher at Wanderlust Festival.
October 2012
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*for graduates of Ame's mentorship and teacher training program, or by permission (ame@backbayyoga.com)
These quarterly workshops will be part asana, part discussion, part hands on. For working teachers who have completed one of Ame's training programs or by permission. Each meeting will have an asana or pranayama theme which will be discussed in regards to sequencing, cueing and adjusting. Prior to the meetings you can email Ame specific questions you would like her to address. These sessions are a way to continue your education and get advice from a seasoned teacher in a small setting.
About Ame Wren
Based in Boston, Ame is a self-proclaimed "yoga mutt." Her teaching is a hybrid of many styles of yoga and heavily influenced by her own practice and teachers. She is known for lacing her classes with humor and wisdom while instilling the importance of proper alignment and smart transitioning to craft a long-term, safe asana practice. Continually humbled by the practice and its devotees, Ame hopes to aid students in finding their own quiet space on their mat. She is greatly indebted to all of her teachers past and present and is continually inspired by her NYC home away from home, Kula Yoga Project. Ame was recently named Best Yoga Instructor in the 2010 Boston magazine "Best of Boston" awards. She leads teacher trainings and retreats nationally and internationally and is a featured teacher at Wanderlust Festival.