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LifeForce Yoga Training

March 22 - March 26

Sole to Soul Yoga, 208 5th Avenue SW
Albany, OR 97321 United States

Moving Beyond Depression & Anxiety

Learn empowering, accessible, and evidence-based yoga practices for optimum mental health.

This comprehensive LifeForce Yoga course covers the appropriate use of yoga for all mood issues, from daily energy swings to disorders like anxiety, depression, and PTSD.

Created by Amy Weintraub, the LifeForce Yoga Practitioner training that this course is based on is now entering its 20th year and continues to grow. This course is open to yoga teachers, mental health professionals, and everyone seeking to learn additional mood-management tools to use with clients, family, and in their own lives.

Participants learn yogic-based assessment of the mind and application of ancient yogic practices adapted for individuals struggling with mood disorders. You will also experience all aspects of LifeForce Yoga, including breathwork (pranayama and kriya), movement (asana), sound (nada yoga and mantra), visualization (bhavana), intention (sankalpa), hand gestures (mudra), meditation, meditative relaxation, and yogic self-inquiry.

This LifeForce Yoga course teaches you:

  • How to create a sacred container for your personal and professional work.
  • Tools to increase presence and the ability to hold the space for transformational processes.
  • How to meet the current mood of a client and help transform the mood/energy to balance.
  • Yoga tools for mental health that are accessible for all ability levels.
  • Breathing and meditation practices for empowering optimum mental health.
  • How to design one-on-one LifeForce Yoga sessions appropriate for stress, anxiety, depression, PTSD, and all mood states.
  • How to add somatic strategies to clinical practice to increase clients’ self-awareness, self-acceptance, self-esteem, and health.
  • Self-care strategies for maintaining your energy at balanced levels throughout your workday.

Upon completion of this course, you will:

  • Have a multitude of portable, anytime practices you can use to manage your own mood.
  • Be prepared to work with clients experiencing anxiety, PTSD, OCD, and depression.
  • Know how to design stress-sensitive, anxiety-sensitive, depression-sensitive, and trauma-sensitive classes, groups, and workshops.

Preparing for the Course: Please read Awakening Your Inner Radiance with LifeForce Yoga: Strategies for Coping with Stress, Depression, Anxiety, & Trauma by Rose Kress.

Times:

  • Fri 6:00-8:00
  • Sat 12:30-7:00
  • Sun 11:00-6:00
  • Mon 11:00-5:00
  • Tue 11:00-5:00

Cost:

  • Early Bird $650 ($600 members) (all 5 days)
  • Regular Registration $700 ($625 members) (all 5 days)
  • Friday night only $45 ($40 members)
  • Friday – Sun $360 ($325 members) ( 3 days)
  • Monday & Tuesday focus on techniques for working with Trauma and PTSD. Friday through Sunday are required for attendance.

Details

Start:
March 22
End:
March 26
Website:
https://www.soletosoulyogaoregon.com/offerings/life-force-yoga-training

Venue

Sole to Soul Yoga
208 5th Avenue SW
Albany, OR 97321 United States + Google Map
Phone
(702) 809-4969
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“I came hoping to learn to move past some of the obstacles blocking my creativity. Over the course of this weekend, I feel I’ve gained a certain measure of faith in myself and in my ability to change. I also had some realizations that I believe will be very helpful to me. I feel encouraged. Both the content and presentation of this program were so well-thought out that I can’t think of any way to improve it.” — Andrea Gollin, writer & editor, Miami, FL
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I absolutely love this stuff! I have been using it with my clients and I am just finding it to be so incredibly helpful. There seriously something for everything. Although I am not as skilled as I hope to be someday, even at my level of training I’m finding that I am beginning to figure out what to do. It just blows my mind! - Christine Brudnicki, MS, LPC
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