Chakra Yoga

The chakras are the yoke of yoga, existing at the meeting point of mind and body, spirit and matter. They form a profound formula for wholeness as centers of organization for the life force energy that governs our beliefs, behaviors, and health. Yoga is the spiritual language in which we converse with this ancient system. Learn how to balance the archetypal elements of earth, water, fire, air, sound, light and thought, as you wiggle your way up the spine and across the Rainbow Bridge. Discover the tools to navigate the chakra system through asana, pranayama, chanting, meditation, and more with the award winning author and workshop leader Dr. Anodea Judith.

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This class is offered in several time frames. Please see below for details.

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Advanced Chakra Yoga Teacher Training
for advanced students with Anodea Judith

The chakras represent the architecture of the human soul. As meeting points between mind and body, spirit and matter, the chakras form the yoke of yoga. As portals between the worlds, the chakras are the seven windows to the soul that connect the inner world with the outer.

Yoga is the spiritual language that opens these centers and brings us to the core consciousness of the divine within. Chakras are modulators of subtle energy and the goal is to free the prana to travel fully through the whole body: grounding your first chakra and rising through the core to the infinite consciousness of the crown.

In this training, yoga teachers and seasoned students will learn asanas through the lens of the chakra system. What postures do we use to open, stimulate, or relax various chakras? How do we read the body to understand the functioning of the chakras within? How do we combine opposites, such as opening and closing, holding and releasing, charging and discharging, to pump energy through the whole body-mind system? How do we incorporate breath, mantra and mudras into our chakra practice? How do we access and strengthen the core?

You will learn sun salute variations for each chakra, along with yoga and bioenergetic exercises for each chakra, along with chakra philosophy, pranayama, mantras, guided meditation and more.

Suggested reading: WHEELS OF LIFE, EASTERN BODY-WESTERN MIND

Anodea is a 500hr RYT instructor which may make this class eligible for credit in other Yoga Teacher Trainings.

Dates offered:

• Lenox, MA
  October 24-29, 2010
  Kripalu Yoga Center

• Lenox, MA
  October 23-28, 2011
  Kripalu Yoga Center

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Awakening the Core

Chakra Yoga Retreat with Anodea Judith and BJ Galvan, Anusara teacher
Chiang Mai, Thailand
January 7-14, 2011
Retreat held at Away Suansawam

Anodea Judith, Ph.D. has been writing and teaching about the chakra system for over 30 years – long enough that she should have the word tattooed to her third eye. She is the author of the best-selling books on the chakras, including Wheels of Life, and Eastern Body, Western Mind, and producer of the award-winning film, The Illuminated Chakras. She brings the combined skills of yoga teacher (500 RYT), psychotherapist, ritualist, and philosopher to a playful experience of divine Shakti breezing through your inner world. If you want that world rocked, the chakras are the wheels that will take you there.

B.J. Galván, a Certified Anusara Yoga® Instructor, is an “energizing presence and contagiously uplifting.” B.J. is grateful for having been blessed with the opportunity to extensively travel the U.S., Australia, South America and Europe, studying with, apprenticing, and assisting master yoga teacher and founder of Anusara, John Friend. She is currently teaching workshops and trainings nationally and internationally. Passionate about the practice, B.J. will guide and assist you to transform, heal and awaken a full expression of divine beauty and goodness from the inside out, on the mat and in the world.

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Advanced Chakra Yoga

(with Anodea Judith)
21 class hours

Description: This class focuses specifically on Anodea’s use of bioenergetic techniques with yoga postures for each chakra and the Anusara principles of alignment for asana practice. Class will also include teaching on pranayama, and other aspects related to teaching Sacred Centers material as needed. This class is required for those in the teaching track, but open to anyone with sufficient yoga experience. It is not about advanced poses, but advanced teaching techniques related to the chakras.

Prerequisite: two years ongoing yoga practice
Course Fee: $425 Apply Now
Class Dates/Times: Thurs, Sept 23 at 3:00 pm through Sun, Sept 26 at 4:00 pm
Certification Level: Professional
Teacher Track requirement

Part of Sacred Center’s
Annual Immersion
9/17-26, 2010!
Elkins Park, PA
Advanced Chakra Yoga: 9/23 – 9/26

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