LifeForce Yoga Practitioner Training

Dear Program Participant,

Thank you for enrolling in the Module A of the LifeForce Yoga Practitioner Training. This will be an opportunity to learn and practice yogic strategies for mood management with other health-care and yoga professionals. The connections made while in this program are always stimulating. Many who have taken the course before continue to share workshop ideas, teaching strategies, and handouts with each other. In fact, often psychotherapists and yoga teachers combine their skills and enthusiasm to offer LifeForce Yoga Mood Management courses and workshops in their regions.

There will be extended hours for the program. If you have never been to the training location before, you may wish to arrive a day early or stay a day later to enjoy everything that is offered.

In preparation for the training, we suggest the following:

  • Read Yoga for Depression by Amy Weintraub
  • Practice with the LifeForce Yoga to Beat the Blues – Level 1 or Level 2 DVD (suggested practice of 30 days)
  • Practice with the LifeForce Yoga Chakra Clearing Meditation CD (suggested practice of 30 days)
  • Complete the LifeForce Yoga Home Study

If you have already registered for the training, please complete the following form and return to rose@yogafordepression.com
LifeForce Yoga Assessment and Consent Form

Joining Amy to staff the program are highly trained LifeForce Yoga Practitioners and Mentors, who include both yoga teachers and mental health professionals. Please visit yogafordepression.com/training-faculty to learn about the faculty at your training.

General Daily Schedules:

If you are taking the program for certification and/or CEUs, please do not schedule anything during program times.

Kripalu Schedule

Sivananda:

DAY 1
6:00 – 8:00 am Morning Satsang
8:30 am Inauguration Ceremony
10:00 am Brunch
11:00 am – 12:00 pm Ashram Orientation Walk
12:00 – 3:30 pm Course Session
3:30 – 4:00 pm Free Time
4:00 – 6:00 pm Yoga Asana & Pranayama Classes
6:00 pm Dinner
8:00 – 10:00 pm Evening Satsang

DAYS 2 – 4
6:00 – 8:00 am Morning Satsang
8:00 – 10:00 am LifeForce Yoga Course Asana & Pranayama
10:00 am Brunch
11:00 am – 12:00 pm Free Time
12:00 – 3:30 pm Course Session
3:30 – 4:00 pm Free Time
4:00 – 6:00 pm Yoga Asana & Pranayama Classes
6:00 pm Dinner
8:00 – 10:00 pm Evening Satsang

DAY 5
6:00 – 8:00 am Morning Satsang
8:00 – 10:00 am LifeForce Yoga Asana & Pranayama
10:00 am Brunch
11:00 am – 12:00 pm Free Time
12:00 – 5:15 pm Course Session
5:30 pm Graduation Ceremony
* Regular ashram schedule the rest of the day

Ceremonies
It is the ashram tradition to open and close with a ceremony to bring auspicious blessings on each course.
8:30 am Inauguration Ceremony on first day of course
5:30 pm Graduation Ceremony on last day of course

Certification

If you plan on taking the as a part of the LifeForce Yoga Practitioner – Level 1 training, more information about the process can be found here. Module B can be completed before this program and may accelerate your learning during the program. yogafordepression.com/online

If you have any questions, please contact Rose Kress, at rose@yogafordepression.com, 520 349-2644.

We look forward to seeing you and exploring the depths of our connections to each other and to the healing energy of the cosmos, which is not separate from who we really are.

A warm Jai Bhagwan and Namasté,

Rose Kress,
Director, LifeForce Yoga Healing Institute

 

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