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SUMMARY:Lotus of the Heart India retreat 2024
DESCRIPTION:Rediscover your heart. Immerse yourself in the life-changing joy\, spirituality and serenity of Rishikesh\, the traditional home of Yoga\, on my special 14-day India retreat. **Take advantage of the Early Bird Special and save AUD$200 when you book by 26 April 2024.** \nMy Lotus of the Heart India Retreat 2024 offers you the unique opportunity to: \n\nBe inspired and transformed by the vibrant\, life-affirming Vedic-Yogic culture\, as you witness and participate in ancient rituals and ceremonies of daily life.\nDeepen your spiritual growth with daily sadhana\, dedicated yogic practice – guided by my 17 years of teaching\, practice and leading retreats\, that’s steeped in the heart\, with a love for India.\nEnjoy unhurried visits to powerful local shrines\, temples and ashrams – with time for rest\, silence and contemplation.\nBreathe-in the healing\, natural beauty of the Himalayan foothills\, monkey forests\, waterfalls and the sacred Ganges River with swims\, walks and hikes.\nExperience the pure bliss\, joy and essence of ‘bhakti’ through creative art\, devotional music and yogic chanting.\nHave fun with the hustle-and-bustle of inexpensive market shopping\, tasting local dishes and buying organic products and handicrafts unique to India\, with a lovely\, like-minded group of retreat friends.\n\nWho is this Retreat For?\nMy Lotus of the Heart India Retreat 2024 is for you if you: \n\nYou are curious about life and committed to your own journey of healing and self-discovery;\nSpirituality is something you value (and practice yoga\, meditation\, prayer\, mindful walking\, contemplation\, chanting or other forms of mind-body practice) and want to rekindle\, deepen or to experience the benefits of a daily practice in a spiritual culture;\nYou love or are drawn to India. And you want to go with a trusty guide;\nYou are lit up about supporting others on the retreat – knowing that our happiness is greater when we give\, work together and create an environment of love\, support\, and care for others;\nAnd you trust that everything happens for a reason\, that it’s no mistake you are here NOW\, reading this.\n\nI would love to welcome you to Rishikesh\, India to deepen your yogic sadhana and process of awakening. \nFor more details about this unique opportunity\, and to learn a little more about me\, click here to visit my website.
URL:https://yogaaustralia.org.au/event-course/lotus-of-the-heart-india-retreat-2024/
LOCATION:Rishikesh\, India
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ORGANIZER;CN="Natalie Snooke":MAILTO:info@momentumcoachyoga.com.au
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SUMMARY:Mental Health Aware Yoga Online Training with Dr Lauren Tober
DESCRIPTION:Yoga teachers\, you know that yoga is great for mental health. \nBut do you know how to confidently support the 79.4% of yoga students in your classes who likely practice yoga for mental health reasons? \nYoga teachers are at the front line of contemporary mental health care\, and need mental health knowledge more than ever. \nJoin Clinical Psychologist and Senior Yoga Teacher Dr Lauren Tober for this innovative and trauma-informed 60-hour training\, to develop your confidence in supporting your students experiencing depression\, anxiety\, trauma and stress. \nWHAT YOU WILL LEARN\nThe six pillars of Mental Health Aware Yoga are at the foundation of this transformative training\, and through them you will develop your skills to safely and confidently support your yoga students experiencing mental health challenges\, so they (and you!) can thrive. \nThese include: \n\nWestern Psychology\nYoga Psychology\nSafe Container\nTherapeutic Skills\nYogic Practices\nWestern Psychology\n\nWHAT YOU WILL RECEIVE\n\n\nThis program is not your usual online training. \n\n\n\n\nYou will find flexibility and accessibility with our on-demand course material. \n\n\n\n\nCommunity connection with our monthly live group mentoring calls and engaged Facebook group. \n\n\n\n\nAnd personalised support with our brilliant support team and 1:1 mentoring session. \n\n\n\n\nIt’s a training you will actually want to finish! \n\n\n\nThis six-month online training includes: \n\n\n\n\nEngaging video lectures on-demand\nIn-depth practice library on-demand\nMental Health Aware Yoga classes on-demand\nDetailed training manual (200+ pages)\nMonthly live group mentoring calls\nEngaged Facebook group community\nSelf-directed practicum tasks and reflections\nOne-on-one mentoring session\nOutstanding student support throughout\n\nABOUT YOUR TEACHER\nAs a Clinical Psychologist and Yoga Teacher of nearly 20 years\, and the author of Mental Health Aware Yoga: A Guide for Yoga Teachers\, Dr Lauren Tober has seen first-hand the way yoga helps with mental health. But she has also seen the way it can hinder it. \nShe developed this innovative Mental Health Aware Yoga training to support yoga teachers to make their classes safe\, nourishing and transformative for all students\, including those experiencing mental health challenges. And to help mental health professionals bridge the gap between what they learnt in their yoga teacher training courses and their clinical work. \nHer work is soulful without being new-agey. It’s evidence based without being clinical. It’s authentic\, heartfelt and life changing. \nJoin us in changing the landscape of yoga. It’s time! \nWHAT OUR GRADUATES SAY ABOUT THE TRAINING\n\n\n‘I just loved the Mental Health Aware Yoga training! It was incredibly heartwarming and such an honour and a privilege to be amongst such an amazing group of humans. Dr Lauren is an incredible facilitator and I left the training feeling inspired to bring even more mental health awareness into my teaching and leadership. All Yoga Teachers need to do this training\, regardless of how long you’ve been teaching. Gift yourself and your students this training\, and sign up\, it will change the way you teach!\nKATE PIPPOS | HEAD OF YOGA AT VIRGIN ACTIVE | SYDNEY\, AUSTRALIA\n \n\n\n‘I can hardly think of any supplementary training for Yoga Teachers that is more relevant than Lauren’s Mental Health Aware Yoga training! I will recommend all of our trainees – and in fact all Yoga Teachers – to do this training to educate themselves in these very important topics. Because in all yoga classes that we teach there is likely to be several students affected by stress\, anxiety\, depression or trauma – and we want to be able to hold the space and teach the yoga that support their inner journeys in the best possible way\, too\, right?’\nBODIL STENTEBJERG   |  YOGA TEACHER\, TRAINER + STUDIO OWNER  |  COPENHAGEN\, DENMARK \n\n‘If you’re interested in supporting your community with yoga\, I highly recommend the Mental Health Aware Yoga training with Dr Lauren Tober. It’s vital that we educate ourselves with this work so we impact our students’ well-being in a positive way.’\nDELAMAY DEVI | YOGA TEACHER\, TRAINER + MENTOR   |   BYRON BAY\, AUSTRALIA \n\nCOURSE BONUSES\n\n\nTeacher’s Pack of Consent Tokens\nSigned copy of Dr Lauren Tober’s new book Mental Health Aware Yoga: A Guide for Yoga Teachers\nHow to Teach Yoga for Nervous System Regulation masterclass\nMental Health Aware Yoga Spotify Playlists\n\nJOIN US\nFind out more details about the training and sign up at www.mentalhealthawareyoga.com/online.
URL:https://yogaaustralia.org.au/event-course/mental-health-aware-yoga-online-training-with-dr-lauren-tober/
LOCATION:100% online\, Davidson\, NSW\, 2085\, Australia
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ORGANIZER;CN="Lauren Tober":MAILTO:support@mentalhealthawareyoga.com
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SUMMARY:Cultivating Inner and Outer Peace - A Retreat for Activists and Changemakers
DESCRIPTION:Join mindfulness teachers and activists\, Lisa Brown\, Lody Levy and Suzie Brown\, for a 3-day mindfulness and nature retreat. \nAs activists and environmental change makers\, we are passionately committed to protecting the earth\, yet we must face up to the accelerating climate and ecological crises unfolding before us. \nMany complex and difficult emotions like fear\, anxiety\, grief and anger will naturally arise and this can lead to burn out\, an absence of joy and affect our health and relationships and ability to show up in the world. \nThis retreat will help you to learn new ways to prevent and manage burnout through mindfulness practices including silent reflection and meditation\, embodied movement\, immersing in nature and connecting with like-minded friends\, all in a beautiful rainforest setting. \nThese supportive skills and practices will help you to: \n\nDevelop better emotional resilience\nHave more energy and inspiration for our work\nReduce burnout\nFeel more supported and connected\n\nRobin Wall Kimmerer said “It is a radical act to reclaim your own attention and turn it to the natural world.” Reconnecting to nature is the portal to deep belonging\, which we all crave and reminds us of who we are and why we do this work \nOur venue will be the beautiful Springbrook Rainforest Retreat: https://tsretreat.org/ \nSCHOLARSHIPS \nIf you need financial support to be able to attend this retreat (ie you would not otherwise be able to afford to come)\, you are in luck! Due to the generosity of some philanthropic donors\, we are able to offer a limited number of scholarship places – we just ask that you apply by paying a $100 registration fee and then letting us know why you need the scholarship. You can find this option on the “Get Tickets” page. \nPRACTICAL INFORMATION \nThe retreat runs from Friday 1st November 5pm (dinner served at 6pm) until Monday 4th November 2pm (after lunch). \nThe retreat fee includes all meals and beverages plus accommodation in either a private room or camping – all with shared bathrooms. \nThe retreat fee does not include payment for the teachers. The teaching is provided by Lisa\, Lody & Suzie on a dana basis – the ancient Buddhist practice of dana – this means that we offer the teachings generously and ask for a monetary offering from you to the teachers according to your means. \nThe registration fee includes a $100 non-refundable deposit. If you need to cancel your booking\, you can do so up until 7 days before the retreat and we will issue you a refund minus the $100. \nARE YOU AN EXPERIENCED MEDITATOR? \nIf you have experience with silent retreats\, we invite you to stay on after this 3 day retreat for an additional 3 days where we will be doing silent sitting and walking meditation together and some sharing practices. If this additional 3 days of meditation is of interest to you please email us to apply: lisa@mindful-wellbeing.com \nTEACHERS \nLisa Brown blends Contemporary Psychology\, Yoga and the Buddharma in supporting people to connect with a path of embodied health and wellbeing. She has worked in the area of trauma recovery for 25 years and is passionate about contributing to change through social and environmental justice. Lisa is a registered psychologist in private practice and teaches yoga and meditation retreats in the Insight tradition. For more information please see www.mindfulnesspsychologywellbeing.com \nLody Levy is a buddhist psychotherapist\, art therapist and meditation teacher. She has worked for many years supporting people to connect and embrace their feelings in response to their own suffering and the suffering in the world. Lody has a passion for the natural world and has been inspired by Joanna Macy for many years. She has always had a strong sense of social and ecological justice and is active in the climate justice movement. \nSuzie Brown has been teaching Insight meditation and Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction for over a decade. She has also worked as a climate and environmental activist for two decades and was the founder and former CEO of Parents for Climate. Working with activists and the community\, she teaches nature connection practices and mindful approaches to dealing with climate anxiety and grief. She also works as a Mentor in the Mindfulness Meditation Teacher Certification Program (MMTCP) taught by Jack Kornfield and Tara Brach\, and is a teacher in their online dharma platform\, Banyan. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n  \nhttps://events.humanitix.com/cultivating-inner-and-outer-peace-in-times-of-climate-disruption
URL:https://yogaaustralia.org.au/event-course/cultivating-inner-and-outer-peace-a-retreat-for-activists-and-changemakers/
LOCATION:Springbrook Rainforest Retreat Centre\, Springbrook\, QLD\, Australia
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