2024 Monthly Community Gathering: Tending to the Creative
Jan
1
to Jul 1

2024 Monthly Community Gathering: Tending to the Creative

Welcome each month creativity! Explore creativity as a spiritual practice, and a process to explore, learn, make mistakes play, dream and contemplate. Each month will explore different mediums, living questions, as well as practical ways to engage throughout the month.


NEXT GATHERING:

March 1, 2024 (pre-recorded)
This is a Free Creative Offering via virtual Zoom temple; donations are always welcome

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SUBTLE WISDOM COURSE:  A BRIDGE TO EMPOWERED WISDOM
Feb
23
to Jan 1

SUBTLE WISDOM COURSE: A BRIDGE TO EMPOWERED WISDOM

SUBTLE WISDOM COURSE:
A BRIDGE TO EMPOWERED WISDOM

TRAINING & 40-DAY SADHANA

Journey through this self-paced pre-recorded course and explore the subtle maps of the gunas, panchamaya koshas, chakras and prana vayus guided by Tracee Stanley and Dr. Chanti Tacoronte-Perez

$495
ACCESS FOR 1 YEAR

Please note: upon your payment via paypal, you will see a button that says “return to merchant.” Press this button and you will be re-directed to the Mighty Network platform., where you can access the course.


About the course

This course is a bridge that awakens the embodied understanding of the subtle energetic body. This program was designed for those who would like to learn about the Pancha Maya Koshas, Prana Vayus, chakras, and Gunas in depth. This program will be particularly enlightening for those who are practicing or sharing restorative yoga, rest practices, or yoga nidra. Teachers of asana as well as therapists, death doulas, caregivers, and householders, will benefit from the knowledge of the subtle body that increases pranic sensitivity and awareness.

This course offers 10 hour video/ audio lectures, meditations and practices including:

  • Restorative yoga set up and practice

  • Panchamaya Kosha Relaxation

  • Prana vayu practice

  • Prana Vayu mudra meditation

  • Prana Vayu chants

  • Chakra Activation

  • Three rivers meditation

In this course, you'll:

  • Create a personal relationship and have a working knowledge of the prana vayus, panchamaya koshas, gunas, and the subtle body. 

  • Learn about and explore supportive restorative yoga postures for deep relaxation, in preparation for building a yoga nidra nest 

  • Complete a 40-day sadhana 

  • Complete personal reflections about the discussed topics

  • Engage with the readings and course practices.

More Information:

  • Students have 1 year to access this course.

  • If you are planning on joining the Yoga Nidra Training, this course, needs to be completed prior to your start date in the nidra training.

  • Please note: upon your payment via paypal, you will see a button that says “return to merchant” press this button and you will be re-directed to the Mighty Network platform., where you can access the course.

  • To access your course please create an email and login.

  • As this is a virtual course no refunds will be made.

If you require support email us at: empoweredwisdomschool@gmail.com


Meet Your Guides

Tracee Stanley is the author of the bestselling book Radiant Rest: Yoga Nidra for Deep Relaxation and Awakened Clarity and the forthcoming The Luminous Self: Sacred Yogic Practices & Rituals to Remember Who You Are (October 2023, Shambhala Publications).

Tracee is the founder of Empowered Life Circle, a sacred community and portal of practices, rituals, and Tantric teachings inspired by more than 20 years of study in Sri Vidya Tantra and the teachings of the Himalayan Masters.

As a post-lineage teacher, Tracee is devoted to sharing the wisdom of yoga nidra, rest, meditation, self-inquiry, nature as a teacher, and ancestor reverence. Tracee is gifted in illuminating the magic and power found in liminal space and weaving devotion and practice into daily life. Learn more at traceeyoga.com

Dr. Chanti Tacoronte-Perez is a Cuban-American artist-author, ritualist, and non-clinical depth psychologist. She believes that images speak a profound language; her life’s work is a translator of the unseen and an advocate for the imaginal. She holds two master's degrees in Engaged Humanities and Depth Psychology from Pacifica Graduate Institute. In 2023 she completed her doctoral dissertation Navegando Liminal: Rituals to Translate the Image of the Wound. Her work and teaching follows and welcomes, imagination, creativity, dreaming, and deep rest. 

She teaches workshops, and collaborative training focused on creativity, yantra painting, dreaming, intuitive movement, myth, restorative yoga, and yoga nidra. Her passion and aim are to inspire all to rediscover their creative self by weaving the blessings with the wounds while honoring the land and ancestors. Connect with Dr. Chanti at yantrawisdom.com

Sign up and start the course today!

$495
Access for 1 year

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Empowered  Wisdom Yoga Nidra Teacher Training | Spring 2024
Mar
23
to Jul 21

Empowered Wisdom Yoga Nidra Teacher Training | Spring 2024

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Surrender yourself to the grace of Yoga Nidra and embody the teachings that allow you to powerfully and authentically transmit transformative and healing  experiences that lead to the state of Yoga Nidra. 

Yoga Nidra is not about reading a script in a relaxed voice. It is the art of guiding yourself and another into the deepest state of consciousness where deep rest, spacious awareness and Presence is experienced. 

Are you ready to embody the teachings that allow you to share this deep state of awareness?

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Focus of Training

This virtual training is for teachers and seekers who want to explore Yoga Nidra beyond a technique — as a state of consciousness.

Our emphasis will be on:

  • Sacred Self Care, Creativity, Intuition, Healing, Ritual, Nature as Teacher and Sankalpa Shakti

  • Understanding the difference between Yoga Nidra and Deep Relaxation

  • Creating your Yoga Nidra Nest

  • Learn restorative poses to support the body for Yoga Nidra practice for pregnancy, trauma, exhaustion etc.

  • Auspicious Sankalpa and Sankalpa Shakti

  • How to lead yourself towards the state of Yoga Nidra

  • Ritual practices including mantra, yantra, likita japa and Sankalpa rituals

  • Creating a Sacred Abode of Practice

  • Cultivating Devotion in Practice

  • Tantric Wisdom and True Nature

  • Preparatory and Post Practices: Pranayama, Joints and Glands, Point to Point, Moon Bath

  • Creative exploration as a means to process the experience of yoga nidra practice

  • History and mythology

  • Brain Science and Sleep Hygiene

  • Embodying Yoga Nidra and Taking the Seat of the Teacher

  • Honoring Sacred Space

  • Voice, Pacing and Personalized Scripts

  • Vichara

  • And more...

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2023 Training Schedule

**Please note that you are required to be present live online for 90% of the training. All participants are required to be present for the entire Online Yoga Nidra Embodiment Retreat.**

Training Times:

12pm-4pm PT
1pm-5pm MT
2pm-6pm CT
3pm-7pm ET

For international participants, please click on each date, as the end of daylight savings will shift the timing depending on your timezone.

Course Breakdown:

40 hours LIVE online teaching

10 hours Subtle Body Wisdom pre-requisite online course on demand

38 hours home

Study/mentorship/online learning (approximately 2.5 hour a week across the 16 week course)

20 hours self sadhana

108-hr Yoga Alliance CEUs


What's included in the training

  • 3-Day Online Yoga Nidra Certification Retreat

  • Yoga Nidra Practice Recordings and Resources (video and mp3)

  • Online Classes via Zoom

  • Online Homework and Study Materials

  • Yoga Nidra Journal

  • 108-hour Yoga Alliance CEU

  • Certification upon completion of the full program and final exam

  • 3 months of FREE access to Radiance Subscription


Applications are now open!

Please note the submission, interview, and registration process:

1. If you are interested in this training, please submit the application. Following a review of your application, we may reach out to you for an interview.

2. If you are approved to register following the interview, you will receive registration instructions.



Tuition:

  • Training registration is $2,495

  • Once you are approved to register, you may save your spot with a $300 deposit that will count toward the full tuition. (Deposits are non-refundable but are able to be applied to another training with Tracee and Chanti taken within a year.)

  • 5-month payment plans are available and must begin no later than March 1, 2024

  • Financial scholarship applications will be available for approved applicants

Interested in learning more about the training?
Watch the replay of our previous live info session

CO-TEACHERS TRACEE STANLEY & CHANTI TACORONTE-PEREZ

Collaboration is the ability to be fluid in a creative environment with each other. We choose to collaborate for a number of reasons. It allows us to grow with each other, and critically think about what we teach and how those teachings are expressed. In a world where hierarchy and being at “the top” is paramount, we want to be an example of how teaching can also be a practice in sacred relationship— with each individual in the room, our environment and that which we are exploring: Nidra Shakti. 

Tracee Stanley “I enjoy sharing the profound practices of Yoga Nidra, Meditation and Self-Inquiry informed by wisely sequenced asana, mantra and kriya practices to create a fertile environment and safe container for transformation and growth.”

Chanti Tacoronte-Perez “ I believe that creativity is one of the most essential tools in guiding students towards living a joyous and purposeful life.”

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FOUNDATIONS OF YOGA NIDRA: FIVE DAY IMMERSION With Tracee & Chanti
Jun
23
to Jun 27

FOUNDATIONS OF YOGA NIDRA: FIVE DAY IMMERSION With Tracee & Chanti

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Experiential Practice and RetreatThis immersion is an experiential deep dive into the foundations of Yoga Nidra as a technique. Supported by the wisdom of the subtle body, nature, and yogic philosophy, we will explore cosmic sleep as a path toward deep rest, spiritual awakening, and collective care. This course is available for CEU credits for Yoga Alliance and is a prerequisite for the Empowered Wisdom Yoga Nidra Training.. Your guides, Tracee Stanley (author of Radiant Rest) and Chanti Tacoronte-Perez (author of Yantra Wisdom), share a collective 40 years of Yoga Nidra practice, study, and devotion.The topics covered will include:

  • The Origins of Yoga Nidra

  • Restorative Yoga Poses for Yoga Nidra

  • The Ritual of Creating a Sacred Abode for Practice

  • Subtle Body Wisdom for Yoga Nidra Practice - Prana Vayus - Pancha Maya Koshas, Chakras, Gunas, Dream Wisdom

  • Polyvagal Theory & Nervous System

  • The Land of the Body as Earth

  • Nature Amplification Practices

  • Collective Care

Date: JUNE 23 - JUNE 27, 2024
Location: In person at Menla Retreat Center; Phoenicia, NY

With TRACEE STANLEY  & CHANTI TACORONTE-PEREZ 

This experience is a pre-requisite for Tracee and Chanti's Yoga Nidra Teacher Training. The retreat is also standalone yoga nidra immersion open to all who wish to deepen their practice and teaching.

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Mandala of Emotions
Sep
27
to Sep 29

Mandala of Emotions

Dates: Fri-Sun, September 27-29, 2024
Times: 
Fri, 4-8pm | Sat-Sun, 10-3pm w/1 hour lunch
Location:
 LIVE at Devanadi Yoga – 4401 Upton Ave S, Minneapolis, MN 55410
CEs for RYTs: 12
2 UNITY Scholarships available for partial tuition. Contact Devanadi to apply.



Learn to navigate the emotions and translate your feelings creatively.

Our cultural and social upbringing helped mold how we categorize our feelings. It taught us how we should express them or when those feelings were unwelcome.  Many of us have learned the binary model of emotions: acceptable/ unacceptable, good/ bad, and appropriate/ inappropriate. But what happens when suppressing an emotion is no longer available? Or when we can no longer pretend that “all is well” yet asking for help or support has been labeled “weak?”

In other words, we have seldom been asked to translate our feelings, welcome them, or be curious about what a particular emotion might tell us.

This somatic journey through the mandala of emotions is about listening to yourself. Exploring the nuances of each emotion through writing, drawing, sound, and movement, we might be better equipped to consider these questions:
• What does compassion have to offer?
• How might I move with frustration?
• Is lament advising me?

We will creatively engage in:
• Intuitive movement
• Deep Relaxation
• Bilateral drawing
• Redefining our emotional lens

This workshop is for any, and everyone… especially those who want to be in a supportive community where we can collectively re-imagine a relationship with ALL the emotions we have—and welcome them.  Our aim is to support each other in navigating the mandala of emotions.

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Rest, Dream, Play 2024 | with Tracee Stanley + Chanti  Tacoronte-Perez
Apr
7
to Apr 13

Rest, Dream, Play 2024 | with Tracee Stanley + Chanti Tacoronte-Perez

Rest, Dream, Play

Join us for a beautiful reset in Costa Rica.

with Chanti Tacoronte-Perez and Tracee Stanley 

2024 | KinKara, Costa Rica

Join Tracee Stanley and Chanti Tacoronte-Perez for a deep dive into Rest, Dream, Play: a luxury retreat in the biodiverse Southern Zone jungles of Santa Elena, Costa Rica.


You will be resting and dreaming in the lap of Mother Nature in luxury glamping tents.

Our evenings will include collective dreaming practices, star gazing, temezcal, and full moon rituals.


The days will include an emergent flow of rest practices, meditation, mantra, river hikes, waterfall bathing, creative workshops, and sacred movement classes.



REST DREAM PLAY INFO SESSION

Meet Your Guides

Tracee Stanley has been sharing spiritual teachings and practices that are rooted in Yoga and Tantra since 2001.
She is the author of three books, including the bestselling Radiant Rest and a forthcoming new release in collaboration with Shambhala Publishing.

Tracee is inspired by nature as a teacher, the wisdom of her ancestors, rituals of remembrance, and the creative journey.
Her effortless way of sharing teachings is informed by her life as a householder, stepmom, entrepreneur, and former c-suite executive. Tracee shares the practices of rest, self-inquiry, yoga nidra, and kriya as pathways to self-remembrance.teachings in accessible ways is her superpower.

Learn More: https://traceeyoga.com/

Chanti Tacoronte-Perez is a Cuban-American creatrix, ritualist, and author; and she believes that images speak a profound language. Her life’s work is a translator of the unseen and advocate for the imaginal. She holds a Masters in Engaged Humanities, a Masters in Depth Psychology from Pacifica Graduate Institute, and is currently working on her doctoral dissertation in Jungian Depth Psychology and Archetypal Studies program at the same institution. Her work and teaching centers on imagination, creativity, and deep rest. She teaches workshops, and collaborative trainings focused on yoga philosophy, women’s health, the Goddess, creativity, dreaming, intuitive movement, and yoga nidra.
Learn More: www.yantrawisdom.com/


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Dreamers Oracle Retreat: Anchor Images for 2024
Jan
13
to Jan 14

Dreamers Oracle Retreat: Anchor Images for 2024

Welcoming the Anchor Images of 2024

The beginning of the year always comes with some desire to hit reset and recalibrate while often layered with goals and aspirations, which can be overwhelming. In this dream retreat, we will honor the wintertime,  darker nights, and deep rest as a support ritual for the upcoming year. We will learn to incubate a dream and receive an image or message as an oracle to anchor for each month of 2024. 

This weekend retreat will highlight practices to support dreaming, dream incubation, and learning to translate, interpret, and decipher your dream language and patterns. We will also share dreams and engage in creative practices to anchor your dream images for the year.

As part of your enrollment, you will also receive:

  • Dream Divination Journal + Workbook

  • Dream retreat recipes

  • Discount to 1:1 dream sessions with Chanti

  • Invitation to 2024 Dream Circles

LEARN + DISCOVER:
- Your Dream anchor images for each month of 2024.
- Personal dream interpretation skills
- Dream incubation rituals
-Dream inquiries for each month
- Dream drawing techniques to create an oracle image for each month of 2024
-Creating a dream altar
-Supportive sleep practices (movement + breath)
- Yoga Nidra practice for sleep

DATES: January 13, 14, 2024
TIMES: 10 -2pm (Mountain time)

Optional dream share check in on:
Saturday Feb 3, 2024
10:00-12:00 pm (Mountain time)

LOCATION: Virtual Zoom Temple
Replay is available if you cannot attend live. However, live attendance on this retreat is HIGHLY encouraged.

PAYMENTS FOR THIS RETREAT:
$160
Regular cost
$108 Reduced community rate
$80 Student rate for those who currently enrolled in school.
$ Pay what you can, set your own price, or pay it forward option.

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2024 Personalized Calibration
Jan
3
to Feb 29

2024 Personalized Calibration

Year-Ahead Calibrations are back! Im Honored to support your process.
What would it feel like to welcome the new year, be supported by your wisdom, and meet your personal needs? Sometimes it’s helpful to call in support and collaboration to navigate the crossing of this threshold. For this reason, I am offering 1:1 private virtual sessions to do just that, and support your unique calibration for 2024. 

This may look like: 

  • Adjust your personal practice for the beginning of the year into the season or first quarter of the year. 

  • Creating a ritual welcoming yourself and calling in your needs for the beginning of the year.

  • Support imagining how the first part of your year may look, in terms of your creative ritual, new practices you are looking to weave into your life or managing that which might be causing overwhelm.

  • Customizing a specific sadhana for rest, care, creativity, wellness and/or intuition.

  • Modifying your personal accountability process.

Each session will begin with a restful tuning-in. Then we will create the space to share and collaborate on your needs. Finally we will assemble and welcome the support for your unique 2024 calibration.

This offering will only be available through the month of Jan, and sessions can be set up through the end of February. Book your New Year’s calibration below:

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Ritual of Rest: Restorative Yoga Practice + Virtual Teacher Training  2023
Nov
10
to Nov 12

Ritual of Rest: Restorative Yoga Practice + Virtual Teacher Training 2023

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Learn to teach restorative Yoga
This two part restorative virtual teacher training will support you as you cultivate your personal restorative practice in part 1 and give you the resources to guide others via, Zoom or other virtual platforms in part 2.

You will learn from your personal experience and practice, and have the skills to guide others’s in supportive, restful postures, as well as give a variety of suggestions to your virtual class on how to self-set up, and engage with rest.

Restorative yoga offers the assistance of props to hold the body; when the body is held it learns to release and rest. This training is for yoga teachers, healthcare professionals, and dedicated students alike.

Focus of Training:

  • What is restorative yoga: the restorative environment and the restorative yoga gems.

  • The Nervous System: Understanding the nervous system (sympathetic and parasympathetic), Vagus nerve and one’s relationship to it.

  • Breath awareness: how to breathe in restorative postures.

  • Guided Relaxation Techniques: learn specific tools to support an active mind.

  • Your own Restorative practice: knowledge is best from the source. Learn to create a personal restorative practice, to be a better teacher, and to retain vitality!

  • Savasana: The importance of relaxation.

  • The Virtual Space: Creating a supportive virtual space, and an interactive classroom.

Part I: PRACTICE
4 Weeks Restorative Sadhana: As part of this training you will receive the opportunity to spend 4 weeks, in community engaging with restorative yoga. You can attend live or watch the replays for this portion of the training.
Part I Dates: Wednesdays, Oct 18, 25, Nov 1, Nov 8
Part I times: (4-5:30 MST)


PART II: LEARN
Part II, will emphasize the sharing and guidance of restorative yoga. Students will learn about the nervous system, and learn to guide and share to share breathing techniques and guided relaxation practices.
Part II Dates: Friday, Sat & Sunday November 10, 11, 12.
Part II Times:  10:00 am-3:00 pm MST (Mountain Standard Time; Santa, Fe New Mexico Time)

Certification Circle: January 20th; times to be scheduled.
After completing a dedicated practice, students who wish to receive feedback on their teaching will set up meeting times to teach. Times will vary.

This is a live virtual training, meaning while there will be some recordings of the practices, your attendance is necessary to complete the training, and contribute to our community. Students must be live (online) for 90% of this training; replay will be available for a limited time)

Investment: $350 .00
No Refunds for virtual programs

Required texts: Relax and Renew: Restful Yoga for Stressful Times By Judith Lasater

Restorative Yoga for Ethnic and Race-Based Stress and Trauma by Dr. Gail Parker

Pause, Rest, Be: Stillness Practices for Courage in Times of Change by Octavia Raheem

Continuing Education: This course can be used towards your Yoga Alliance Continuing Education requirements. 30-hour training
21 live contact hours / 9 hours self study and sadhana

The Art of Rest is much more than just a restorative yoga training, and Chanti is a fantastic facilitator! Not only did we learn how to safely guide folks in and out of restorative yoga postures, but we also learned a great deal about the nervous system in a creative and approachable way. This training opened my eyes to a new way of caring for my nervous system and sharing that approach with other practitioners. It also invited me to reflect on my own relationship with rest and how I can share rest with others beyond restorative asana. I feel incredibly grateful to have been a part of this training.
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Ritual of Rest: 4 Week Supportive Sadhana |  Learn to Practice Restorative Yoga
Oct
18
to Nov 8

Ritual of Rest: 4 Week Supportive Sadhana | Learn to Practice Restorative Yoga

REIMAGINING REST

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Learn to Practice Restorative Yoga
The Ritual of Rest is a relationship.
When the body takes a moment to pause, stop, surrender even just 5% more than the average day, that settling opens a direct portal to the wisdom of one’s soul.

The Ritual of Rest has three portals or entryways: a connection to Ground, Integration, and Quiet. These portals contain 2-3 restorative pose set-ups, including their benefits, contraindications, contemplations, and suggestions on transitioning in and out of the postures and ritual.

The Ritual of Rest is for everyone. If you desire to cultivate a personal relationship and ritual around rest through restorative yoga, creativity, imagination, self-care, and a connection to nature, this ritual is made for you. If you love the practice of Yoga Nidra, these postures are essential for added support!

This 4 week supportive sadhana will provide you the necessary skills to incorporate restorative yoga and rest into your personal practice, or support you in beginning a new ritual. The cultivation of this ritual was created to empower you to build supportive nests to rest in, and open the doorway that leads to the Self's profound truth and knowledge.

DATES: Wednesdays, Oct 18, 25, Nov 1, Nov 8.
TIME: 4:00-5:30pm (Mountain Time, New Mexico)
LOCATION: Virtual Temple

Donate to Enroll

This course has payment options to support all who wish to join. Suggested Donations:
$171 Regular Tuition
$126 Reduced / Student Rate Tuition
$ 72 Supportive
$Other = Please Set Your Own Tuition; pay what you can

A replay will be available for those not able to join live. (until the end of the year)


Week 1: Gather + Breathe
This first week will be an introduction to restorative yoga and the Ritual of Rest, including preliminary practices, your rest nest, props, breath awareness, and your relationship to rest. 

Week 2: Ground
This week will learn and engage with poses that help to create support and grounding. They will include Savasana, Supported reclining and Supta Baddha konasana. 

Week 3: Integrate 
This week will be about integrating. Poses will include supported twist, child's poses, and supported forward bend and it's variations. 

Week 4: Quiet
This week will focus on inversions, deep rest, and making conscious intentions for our personal rest sadhana for the winter.


What is Included in this Ritual ?

  • 4 Weeks Supportive live practice sessions via Zoom

  • Lifetime enrollment to the Ritual of Rest portal which include:

  • A 64 page downloadable illustrated Journal & Guidebook, including creative ritual practices, restorative poses set up + descriptions, contemplations, and more!

  • Audio relaxation practices to guide you in the postures

  • 18 video tutorials organized in 3 Portals: Ground, Integrate & Quiet

**Ritual of Rest Virtual Teacher Training


This course is part of the Winter 2023 training, to enroll in the 4 week sadhana and the teacher training, please click here

 
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Befriending the Nervous System
Oct
16
8:00 AM08:00

Befriending the Nervous System

When: Monday, Oct 16
Time: 8-12pm
Location: LIVE at Devanadi Yoga – 4401 Upton Ave S, Minneapolis, MN 55410
Cost: $80 ($72 for Devanadi TT Alumni)

In this workshop, participants will explore the nervous system in a creative and embodied way. Learning the parts of the nervous system can empower you to notice your personal patterns and to self-regulate.

You will learn and practice:
• The Nervous system Spectrum and the Vegas Nerve
• Orienting practices
• Self-regulation and Co-regulation
• Restorative setup and support

This workshop is open to all students and teachers alike.

** Bring a journal, some old magazines, scissors, markers, your favorite pillow/ blanket, or something that soothes you when you hold it.

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SLOW AND SUPPORTED: RITUALS TO EXPLORE SLEEP, DREAM, AND REST
Oct
13
to Oct 15

SLOW AND SUPPORTED: RITUALS TO EXPLORE SLEEP, DREAM, AND REST

In communal collaboration, we will explore what moving slowly means to us in a culture that wants us to rush, stay busy, and be “productive.” Sometimes our bodies desire a jog, wiggle, or dance, and at other times our body asks us to slow down, sit down, and take a nap; for many reasons, we dismiss the latter. This workshop will incorporate rituals and practices to wind down, engage with the dream space, and honor the liminal spectrum of rest.

We will creatively engage in:
• Restorative yoga
• Yoga Nidra
• Intuitive movement
• Breath awareness
• Relating to the social nervous system
• Sleep rituals and dream recall
• Welcoming the parts of us that resist the slow

This workshop is for any, and everyone…especially those who want to be in a supportive community, collectively unlearning the harmful patterns that push us as a culture towards stress and overwhelm. Our aim is to support each other in knowing and believing we are all worthy of rest.

Early Bird: Sept 1 to save $50!

When: Fri-Sun, Oct 13-15, 2023
Times: Fri, 4-8pm | Sat-Sun, 10-3pm w/1 hour lunch
Cost: $225 ($275 after Sept 1)
Location: LIVE at Devanadi Yoga – 4401 Upton Ave S, Minneapolis, MN 55410

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Saturn Yantra Sadhana: Venerating the Ancestors
Mar
1
to Mar 31

Saturn Yantra Sadhana: Venerating the Ancestors

To honor Saturn entering Pieces, this month’s yantra sadhana focuses on Saturn’s planetary yantra. The building process of creating a yantra can support one’s relationship with the planet.

In Western and Eastern astrology, Saturn is labeled “malefic” with a bad reputation as an evil troublemaker and bearer of bad luck. Yogini Shambhavi explains that although considered malefic, Saturn is a friend to those “who are willing to let go of the outer world and its attachments…Shani is the inner guru offering every sadhaka, (spiritual practitioner) experience jñana, or knowledge making sure that we learn life’s lessons at its deepest level.”

In the tutorials, you will be led through the ritual of drawing the Saturn Yantra, from beginning to end and because it’s a video tutorial, you get to pause, rewind and review as many times as you wish! Videos are set up so you can stop and rest and not ever rush. The process of making a yantra is a Sadhana, a spiritual practice—best executed with time and reverence.

This offering is by donation thru the end of March—give what you can! It is my wish that more of us spend time in creative contemplation. And just so you know, you don’t have to finish the yantra in one month, you will have continued access.

By Donation

AS PART OF THIS SADHANA YOU WILL RECEIVE:

  • Welcome Video

  • Drawing Yantra Tutorial (Video)

  • Painting Yantra Tutorial (Video)

  • Yantra Meditation (video)

  • Yoga Nidra Practice recording: Homeland: The Great Ancestor (audio)

  • Saturn Gayatri (audio)

  • Saturn Nama mantra (audio)

  • Saturn Beeja + Nama mantra (audio)

  • E-Zine (PDF) including yantra construction tips, mantras, color chart, making a sacred space Saturnian wisdom, alter suggestions, and ritual offerings.

  • Saturn Extras: articles, playlist, podcast episodes to explore Saturn in a variety of ways

*Supplies you will need (not included): paper, ruler, pencil, compass and an eraser. Any colors you want to use: crayons, paints, watercolors, colored pencils. You can find the prescribed colors to finish your yantra in your Zine. 


PLEASE NOTE: There are no refunds for anything virtual (courses, tutorials, or rituals) , nor when making a donation. The yantra tutorial is available for three months after purchase.

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Restorative Moon Rituals
Dec
16
2:00 PM14:00

Restorative Moon Rituals

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Liminal Moon Rituals 

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Tomorrow is the last liminal quarter moon of the year. As we approach the Winter solstice and darkest day of the year, for this moon ritual, we will honor the space of liminality and releasing 2022. Perhaps this ritual will allow one to accept the coming light and the following year with full presence.

Suggested preparations:

  • Comfy space. Please bring your mat, rug, pillows, blankets, cushions, to create a decadent rest nest. You can also opt in for a cozy couch, or bed! 

  • Journal. Bring your journal and any pens, pencils or colors of any kind.


LOCATION: Virtual Temple
TIMES: 2:00pm-3:00pm (MST, New Mexico Time)
replay available
Free Community Event donations welcome

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Art is Medicine: Creative Wellness and Soul Care for the Holidays   | Virtual Temple
Nov
13
to Jan 2

Art is Medicine: Creative Wellness and Soul Care for the Holidays | Virtual Temple

Creative Care for the Holidays

Honor your Creative Wellness and Soul Care

In this fall course, participants will explore a creative path toward supporting and regulating the nervous system as we move into what often feels like a difficult, elated, and stressful time. Some people love the holiday season, while for others, it can bring up some intense emotions. In any case, many spaces and places we occupy or visit during this time exude the sensations of rush, pressure, overwhelm, and depletion in all their manifestations. 

For this reason, I invite you into the world of medicinal art, learning to support and nourish your nervous system and engage in rituals that help to release and ground the ups and downs. Together we will explore archetypal shapes, marks, and intuitive drawing as an outlet for our emotions. 

This course is for you if you want: 

  • to be part of a communal practice during the holiday season 

  • an outlet to release emotions that harbor during the holidays 

  • to play with your boxed-up art supplies 

  • to explore your inherent creative pulse 

  • to play, bring joy to your life in a new way

  • to end 2022 creatively

Course Opens Nov 13
This will be a self-paced course with lessons opening up each week.


PAYMENTS FOR THIS COURSE:
$108
Regular cost
$54 Student rate for those who are in school, studying and can afford a reduced price.
$ Pay what you can, set your own price, or pay it forward option.

Donate to Register

This course is for all! You do not need any creative experience at all. This space is also for creatives that enjoy being in circle and engaging with their craft in a new way. As always, we welcome ourselves to practice as we are, suspend our judgment, and invoke a childlike, beginners approach. 


Each week a lesson will open, which will include:
~ A creative tutorial,
~ A rest practice
~ A movement exploration
~ A PDF journal to support your self-inquiry and contemplations.

Each session will explore different materials, shapes, and creative processes and include supportive meditation, rest invitations, self-inquiry questions, and ritual suggestions to support your nervous system, mind, and heart.

Schedule of lessons:
Nov 13: The Bowl
exploring support and being held through your tools, drawing, and doodling.
Nov 20: The Lemniscate introduces water, painting, relating, and softening.
Nov 27: The Vertical Line creates a place for growth and courage.
Dec 4: The Triangle honors stability and direction
Dec 11: The Horizontal Line makes space for welcoming.

Please note, this is a self-paced course; threre are no scheduled zoom meetings for this course.

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November Oracle College Creation
Nov
1
12:30 PM12:30

November Oracle College Creation

November Oracle Collage Creation
If you love images, oracle decks, divination, and a creative way to approach thresholds, please join us!

We will connect with ourselves, our environment, and the energy of the approaching month to choose interesting images that call us toward them. Suggestions will be offered as ways to engage with those images daily for the rest of the month.


Tuesday, November 1, 12:30-2:00 pm (MDT New Mexico time)
This is a Free Creative Offering via virtual Zoom temple
Register for FREE here

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Matangi Yantra Painting: The Portal of Creative Shakti
May
7
to May 8

Matangi Yantra Painting: The Portal of Creative Shakti

  • North Shore, Oahu + Via Zoom (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Matangi’s power is to access our authentic voice and to speak from the “deepest expression of our hearts” ~ David Frawley

Creativity is a balancing act of complete surrender coupled with discipline. Matangi is an “outcast” free to play in the waters of the unconscious, where the bounty of creativity can be accessed. In this workshop, we will identify our own creative power or explore the possibility of introducing creativity to our practice and life.

We will begin with meditation and contemplation of Matangi and our own creative shakti. Then we will construct (drawing and painting) the Matangi yantra which when completed can be used for meditation. Slowing down our minds, and shifting our perspective, we naturally feel better; she is sure to keep us in conversation with our creative Self.

In person this event will be held in a retreat setting on the North Shore of Oahu. You can also join from the comforts of your home!

Dates: May 7-8, 2022 (mother’s day weekend)
Times: 3:00 pm - 7:00pm MDT
Cost of event with supplies: $200 (in person) REGISTER HERE (in-person Oahu)

Cost of event without supplies via Zoom: $180
REGISTER HERE Virtual Zoom (follow this link to send payment to Open Space Yoga via Venmo)

Please do not hesitate if you need assistance with payment or registration; email me directly: yantrawise@gmail.com

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Creator's Journey:  Creation Rituals for the Soul | with Shawn + Chanti
Apr
27
to Jun 22

Creator's Journey: Creation Rituals for the Soul | with Shawn + Chanti

Whether you identify as a creator, creatrix, artist, writer, musician, or curious about the creative process, we all have an inborn natural imaginative, creative capacity. This spring, we will embark on a journey through creative rituals to connect with the Soul. 

To engage in the creative process, we will weave the threads that feed the Soul: Nourishment, Sound, Movement and Dreaming. Each gathering will include an explorative practice, self-inquiry, and tools to support your creative ritual. Participants will be invited to connect creatively between gatherings and have a virtual classroom to share insights, ask questions, and connect to.

This course is for ALL, especially if you: 

  • curious about your creative capacity 

  • feeling stuck or disconnected from creativity 

  • yearning to create in a way that is in service and support of your Soul 

  • looking to trust your Soul's guidance in your creative practice. 

  • seeking a container to spend the Spring playing and learning about the creative process.

What you Get: 

  • Five (2 hour gatherings) with replay availability 

  • A digital PDF journal to support your creative journey 

  • Access to a virtual classroom and virtual support 

  • Audio/ video supportive recordings including: yoga nidra , sound bath, movement practice, and a sleep meditation.

  • Replay of our community gatherings 

Our gatherings are scheduled for every other week, to allow time and space for the creative ritual process. 

Dates: Wednesday’s April 27, May 11, 25, June 8, June 22
Times:
4-6 MST / 5-7 Central / 6-8pm EST

Week One: Nourishing the Soul 
Week Two: The Relationship between Sound and Silence 
Week Three: Move
Week Four: Dreaming with Soul
Week Five: Closing Circle/ Check-in

Price:
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$145 Pay-It Forward for those who have financial stability and want to support the Sustainable, Supportive- priced tiers and scholarships.
$120 The Sustainable; the price of this course
$90 The Supportive for those who need a little extra financial support and students.

Choose the price point that works best for you.
Please email us to inquire about scholarships.

*Tiered Pricing makes this 5 week course more accessible to all.

At the end of this journey, each participant will have created a personal Soul’s Guide filled with images, songs, insights, and rituals directly from the Soul; therefore, next time you feel disconnected or stuck, you have a direct link back to creatively connect to your Soul!

Your Guides:

Shawn J. Moore resides at the intersection of leadership and mindfulness to create sacred spaces for stillness and self-inquiry, helping changemakers align their strengths, intention, and impact. To support you on this Creator’s journey, Shawn will intuitively weave the practices of sound healing, meditation and yoga nidra.

Chanti Tacoronte-Perez believes that images speak a profound language; her life’s work is a translator of the unseen and advocates for the imaginal. To support you on this Creator’s Journey, Chanti will playfully share the practice of yoga nidra, intuitive movement, and dream rituals.

 
 
 
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SEYN Fall Gathering: Yoga & the Roots of Healing Justice - Environmental
Nov
7
11:00 AM11:00

SEYN Fall Gathering: Yoga & the Roots of Healing Justice - Environmental

A Year of Yoga and the Roots of Healing Justice

For the next year, the Socially Engaged Yoga Network get-togethers will dig deeper into connections between yoga and social justice by focusing on the roots of healing justice.

Free Event, donations welcome
Sun, November 7, 2021
1:00 PM – 4:00 PM MST

Healing Justice is a framework that identifies how we can holistically respond to and intervene on generational trauma and violence and to bring collective practices that can impact and transform the consequences of oppression on our collective bodies, hearts and minds. Healing Justice responds to conditions of a systemic pattern of abuse and oppression that reinforces the controlling of our bodies/wellness/systems/cultures

--Cara Page of Kindred Southern Justice Healing Collective

At these events we'll discuss the intersection of healing justice values with yoga principles and ideas. 

How is a liberated and decolonized yoga including breathing, meditation, and mindsets helpful to a healing justice practice? And acknowledging how whitewashed and commodified yoga perpetuates systems of harm, how can healing justice guide our yoga practices and facilitiation? 


SEYN Fall Gathering: Yoga and the Roots of Healing Justice - Environmental Justice 

Come dig into what's happening with environmental justice in Chicago and beyond. This is especially relevant as we are impacted by pollution, development, and environmental racism in the city of Chicago, and face climate disaster on a global level. How do nature connection and a healing justice paradigm support our yoga and spiritual practice, and how does yoga practice support our nature connection and healing justice care of the environment?

Honor land, community, self with a special opening ritual from community organizer and spiritual healer Cristina Puzio

Engage with compelling ideas around ecology, spirituality, and climate justice with a panel of organizers and healers including yoga leader and urban ecologist Mila K. Marshall, and creativity and yoga facilitator Chanti Tacorante-Perez.

Dive deeper and make new connections in the break out sessions.

Integrate and embody with an accessible yoga practice from Chanti, including breathing and meditation.

Connect with culturally relevant yoga resources for continued support, and/or plug in to environmental justice work if you haven’t already.


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Imagination: Marks, Rites & Forms | Virtual Temple
Sep
27
to Oct 18

Imagination: Marks, Rites & Forms | Virtual Temple

Oracular Creativity: Art is a Way of Knowing

This fall we will start this series by honoring our human capacity to create and getting to know the inner artist, color and mark.

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Creativity is a language, a way, an un-forged path that is revealed by making. We place ourselves in the alchemical vessel of transformation to ask the big questions we all seek.

Imagination: Marks, Rites & Forms

Allowing ourselves to begin to relate and converse with the imagination can at first feel silly, awkward, and unnecessary. Nevertheless, there is also the sensation of freedom, curiosity, and boundlessness. With time and trust, the imagination becomes a supportive partner that helps us listen more deeply, create without judgment, see clearly, and express our fears and passions.

When we explore a new language or territory, we find unique and creative ways to relate, adapt, and communicate. Often there is some level of frustration if we get lost, or we can’t seem to express what’s in our hearts. Ultimately we learn something about ourselves and grow.

In this series, we will begin by exploring the archetypes of marksrites, and forms
We will ease our way into the creative conversation using simple tools and materials, observing nature, engaging with creative community, sharing, and being witnessed. We will remain open to the oracle of creativity and what it has to offer. 

Week 1: Imagination Initiation 
Week 2: Marks + Mistakes 
Week 3: Rites + Right 
Week 4: Forms + Formless 

Sessions will include a centering practice varying from meditation, pranayama, yoga nidra, movement, and the like. Then we will enter into a creative ritual practice (art-making) and end each session by sharing and witnessing. Participants will receive optional ways to engage while outside of class and small daily practices to continue the conversation with creativity and their relationship with imagination. 

DATES:  Sept 27, October 4, 11, 18
TIME: Monday’s 1:00pm-3:00pm (Mountain Time)
LOCATION: Virtual Zoom Temple

PAYMENTS FOR THIS COURSE:
$108
Regular cost
$54 Student rate for those who are in school, studying and can afford a reduced price.
$ Pay what you can, set your own price, or pay it forward option.

Enroll via Donation

This course is for all! You do not need any creative experience at all. This space is also for creatives that enjoy being in circle and engaging with their craft in a new way. As always, we welcome ourselves to practice as we are, suspend our judgment, and invoke a childlike, beginners approach. 

If you cannot join us live students will be provided a re-play of the session.
Participants will have two months access to this course.


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Three Wisdom Goddesses: Laksmi, Durga & Saraswati
Aug
14
to Aug 15

Three Wisdom Goddesses: Laksmi, Durga & Saraswati

August 14 – 15, 2021
9:00 – 3:00pm (PST) *virtual event*
Hosted by Kule Yoga & Ayurveda

To begin a relationship with the Wisdom Goddesses is to receive both inspiration and an invitation to awaken the Self’s deep mysteries. This workshop will explore East Indian Goddesses Lakshmi, Durga, and Saraswati through their mythologies, iconography, mantra, and yantra.

Lakshmi is the fullness of benevolence. She is the archetypal image of abundance, wealth, prosperity, and ojas and the balanced traits of Kapha (earth & water elements). She shares the wisdom of beauty, self-care, and gratitude.

Durga is the ambassador of invincible courage who skillfully guides us towards our own wellspring of strength through awareness and action. She is the embodiment of a divine warrior and holds the attributes of tejas and the balanced traits of Pitta (water and fire elements).

Saraswati is the ruler of the chakras, speech, and creative flow. She encourages authentic articulation, adaptability, and surrender. With her support, our eyes develop creative vision. She provides the essence of prana and is the balanced traits of Vata (air and ether).

Participants will:

  • Learn the attributes of each of the three Wisdom Goddesses

  • Explore building an altar for each of the Goddesses

  • Explore the practices of self care, creativity and devotion to enrich or begin an existing devotional practice.

  • Resting practices for the Goddess within.

Hosted By: Keely Totten at Kule Yoga + Ayurveda
The link below will direct you to Kule Yoga for registration.



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Full Moon Dream Share + Yoga Nidra
May
26
12:00 PM12:00

Full Moon Dream Share + Yoga Nidra

For the upcoming full moon, we will gather to rest, remember, and create. Sharing our dreams links us to our imaginative capacity and our creative nature. Dream sharing and dreamwork honors the liminal space of dreaming. So if you are ready to rest, share a dream, imagine, and connect to your creative nature, join me in the virtual temple.

May 26, 2021
2:00-3:30 pm (central time)

This is a free live event and will not be available for re-play.
You must register with the form below a Zoom link will be sent to you.
Space is limited.

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Spring Recalibration Rituals: Cleanse, Simplify, Nourish  | Virtual Spring Support Circle
Apr
5
to Apr 19

Spring Recalibration Rituals: Cleanse, Simplify, Nourish | Virtual Spring Support Circle

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Consciously release the hardened winter and cross the threshold into Spring !

This Spring Recalibration will gradually loosen the grips of winter and welcome those practices and rituals that serve and nourish. In week one will focus on pacifying the wind element and releasing the sticky, frozen, hard, and heavy accumulations in the body and mind. The beginning of spring is also a valuable time to address any vices you are ready to release. Week two will take a minimalist approach, simplifying and contemplating what is enough in terms of food and the various ways we consume. Finally, with more clarity and the feeling of vitality reignited, in week three, we will connect to pleasure and celebration, nourishing all our senses. 

This Spring Recalibration is not a hard-and-fast cleanse of any kind; we receive inspiration from Ayurvedic wisdom and invite an intuitive approach. 

What you will get: 

- Recipes 
- Self care, cleansing and balancing rituals 
- 5 Virtual Zoom meetings 
- Recalibration Journal (PDF)

This cleanse is for you: 

- if you are feeling the heaviness and lethargy of winter 
- if you want to increase your vitality and energy 
- if you need accountability and thrive from a community to inspire  and support. 
- if you want to feel lighter and less dull
- want to release negative vices or unhealthy habits

Chanti & Jaime from Nurturing Naturally will collaborate to bring you this Spring Recalibration We are co-creating a supportive virtual circle to promote a healthy cleansing practices, in an intuitive way to balance the hardness and accumulation of winter. We hope you join us!


Dates: April 5, 8, 12, 15, 19, 2021
Times: Monday’s & Thursday 1:00pm (CST) 8:00am (HST)
(1 hour duration)

Monday meetings we will share the contemplations of the week, recipes, and practices. Thursday meetings will be a community check in. All meetings will be recorded and available for replay, for those who cannot join live.

This course is by donation | All sessions recorded for replay

Suggested Payments:

$126 Regular tuition.
$63 Student rate for those who are in school, studying and can afford a reduced price.
$ Pay what you can, set your own price, or pay it forward option.

Donation Registration

Once you register you will receive a link to our Course Craft Classroom where you will find links, practices and supply list.

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DREAMS: Tending Nightmares | Virtual Zoom Temple
Feb
16
to Mar 23

DREAMS: Tending Nightmares | Virtual Zoom Temple

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Nightmares arrive in a variety of ways; some are scary, disturbing, or remind one of a troubling time. In essence, nightmares or night terrors allow us to look at the hidden unconscious--the shadow. In this course, we will work to create a supportive container to acknowledge and bring forward the wisdom of Nightmares and reoccurring night terrors.

This course will include practices to engage with the shadow images, figures, or patterns found in nightmares of any kind. Those wanting to participate in this course are required to have taken the Dreams: Awakening Soul prior to this class and have approximately one-months worth of consecutive dream journaling. If you have not had a powerful nightmare and still want to join, please do; at times, the shadow in our dreams can be disguised. 

Learn & discover:
-
Sleep & Dream rituals
-Supportive Dream Totems 
-The archetypal shadow 
-Dream shadow dancing
-Creativity, journaling & Active Imagination 
-Naming & reimagining nightmares 
-Yoga Nidra practices


DATES:  Tuesdays Feb 16, 23 March 2, 9, 2021
TIME: 10:30 am-12:00 pm (Central Time)
LOCATION: Virtual Zoom Temple

Perquisite: Dreams: Awakening Soul (course or weekend retreat)

PAYMENTS FOR THIS COURSE:
$108
Regular cost for 4 weeks.
$54 Student rate for those who are in school, studying and can afford a reduced price.
$ Pay what you can, set your own price, or pay it forward option.

If you have taken the prerequisite for this course and would like the invitation enrollment link, please fill out the form below:

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Alchemy of Emotions | Virtual Zoom Temple
Aug
6
to Oct 1

Alchemy of Emotions | Virtual Zoom Temple

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The numinous (god, goddess, and presence of the divine) is revered, adored, and worshiped worldwide. In this 9 week course, we summon various embodiments of the numinous—through the different shades of emotions: love, anger, joy, disgust, wonder, sadness, peace, fear, & courage. We invite curiosity, respect, and honor as we move into a relationship with these emotions.

Participants will inquire about their individual mythologies and relationship to emotions. We will discover what feelings we resist and which move towards fluidly, allowing oneself to explore the circular nature of emotion through movement, writing, drawing, song, contemplation, and rest. 

 

Time: Thursday mornings 10:30 am -12:30 pm Central Time
Dates: Aug 6, 13, 20, 27 Sept. 3, 10, 17, 24 , Oct 1,


Limited Enrollment; Registration Closes July 31 or when full.

The classes will be recorded for those who are not available to attend or can only be live a portion of the dates.

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PAYMENTS FOR THIS COURSE:
$ 153
Regular cost for 9 weeks.
$ 81 Student rate for those who are in school, studying and can afford a reduced price.
$ Pay what you can, those with financial hardship please set your own price, or pay it forward option.

 No refunds, as course classroom is available for 4 months to all participants.

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Observing the Pairs of Opposites *Virtual SUMMER Retreat* | with Chanti & Anamargaret
Jul
10
to Jul 12

Observing the Pairs of Opposites *Virtual SUMMER Retreat* | with Chanti & Anamargaret

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Throughout history, mythology, and found within sacred practices in many cultures and customs, seclusion or self-isolation is a tool for deep self-reflection. That said, it is helpful to have a map of what to observe within oneself. In this virtual summer retreat, we will discuss and observe the Yamas as a map for self- reflection. 

Yama is often translated as “a list of restraints” or “what not to do” while we will look at this aspect, we will also discuss its opposite as a way to discover the elements of our self we can limit, as well as those we share. Both sides provide rich earth for contemplation to continue mapping who we are, and how we show up within our communities. 

We start our weekend with a fire ceremony to light the flame of contemplation. Saturday and Sunday will be dedicated to observing the yamas individually and each day we will connect with community in breakout rooms, as well as integrate the feelings and teachings with a creative ritual.

Anamargaret and Chanti are dedicated to making this event a true expression of what it means to question and then to listen deeply and find one’s truth in the liminal, in-between. 


This *Virtual* Summer retreat is for you if: 

  • you desire to gain a new perspective about life, yourself as it relates to the pandemics

  • want to gather with other curious people/seekers

  • want to re-connect with yourself

  • seek to listen to your intuition

  • are open to possibly face uncomfortable/shadow parts of yourself AND be able to see those parts with fresh, non-judgmental eyes.

  • long for the opportunity to share ideas about life

  • want to deconstruct ideas/beliefs we might have held but are no longer valid.

  • affirm that which we hold sacred

  • discover a different limb of yoga & a unique limb in ourselves

Dates: July 10-12
Times:
Friday July 10: Opening Fire Ceremony 6-7pm (central)
Sat + Sun July 11 & 12: 2:00pm-5:00pm (central)

The weekend virtual retreat will be recorded for those who are not available to attend or can only be live a portion of the time. 

PAYMENTS FOR THIS RETREAT:
$108
Regular virtual retreat tuition.
$54 Student rate for those who are in school, studying and can afford a reduced price.
$ Pay what you can, set your own price, or pay it forward option.

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Agni Sukta | with Chanti & Stephanie
Jul
1
to Jul 22

Agni Sukta | with Chanti & Stephanie

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The Agni Sukta is an ancient hymn to the sacred fire, a cluster of devotional mantras at the beginning of the Rg Veda often recited when performing fire ritual.

We chant it to honor the fire as a sacred transformational force – dynamic, omniscient energy that presides over the ceremony of life – inviting the vibratory resonance to inviting the vibratory resonance to awaken us to truth.

Approximate meeting time 1hour.

Our meetings will consist of learning to pronounce and Agni Sukta verse by verse, creative practices to support your learning, creating a personal fire ritual, and time for questions and insight, via Zoom. You will have access to our classroom where all practices, recordings, and supplemental materials will be available, as well as a forum to connect with our community. 

After the call (or within one day), the recording will be uploaded into our virtual classroom, along with any additional creative practices. 

If you cannot make the live meetings, not to worry! You can watch the replay at your leisure. 

Hosted and supported by Stephanie Chee Barea & Chanti Tacoronte-Perez

Live Meeting Dates: Wednesdays: 10:30-11:30 (central)
July 1, 8, 15, 22

This course is by donation | All sessions recorded for replay

Once you register you will receive a link to our Course Craft Classroom where you will find links, practices and supply list.

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DREAMS: Awakening Soul | Virtual Zoom Temple
May
21
to Jun 25

DREAMS: Awakening Soul | Virtual Zoom Temple

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Immerse yourself in the power of the symbolic imaginal world by discovering personal imagery through the exploration of dreaming. We will honor the Goddess Swapneshwari to open the portal of Dreaming; Goddess Yoga Nidra for awakening, and Psyche to integrate the soul. This course will combine movement/ stillness practices, with mythology, ritual creativity and Archetypal Depth psychology.

Learn & discover:
- Sleep & dream rituals
- Creative dream journaling
- Archetypes
- Yoga Nidra practices

Swapneshwari:
Week 1: Practices & Journaling
Week 2: Symbols

Yoga Nidra
Week 3: Archetypes 
Week 4: Active Imagination 

Psyche
Week 5: Dream Ritual 
Week 6: Synchronicities


DATES: May 21, 28, | June 4, 11, 18, 25
TIME: 10:30 am-12:00 pm (Central Time)
LOCATION: Virtual Zoom Temple

Limited Enrollment; Registration Closes May 21

PAYMENTS FOR THIS COURSE:
$108
Regular cost for 6 weeks.
$54 Student rate for those who are in school, studying and can afford a reduced price.
$ Pay what you can, set your own price, or pay it forward option.

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Yantra Painting | Lakshmi: Goddess of Abundance | Virtual Zoom Temple
May
1
to May 31

Yantra Painting | Lakshmi: Goddess of Abundance | Virtual Zoom Temple

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LAKSHMI goddess of Abundance provides all that is necessary. All she asks of us, is that we are grateful of our life’s journey. Learn more about Lakshmi through the tapas of yantra painting and mantra recitation. 

The word yantra in sanskrit means tool, machine or instrument. Yantras are usually geometric diagrams, made of a small dot (bindu) surrounded by circles, triangles, and squares, each having symbolic meaning. These shapes come together to form the pattern of the divine. A yantra is also a visual form of a mantra used to strengthen your focus in meditation.

Laksmi Yantra for Abundance

In this tutorial you will be lead through the ritual of of drawing a Lakshmi Yantra, from beginning to end. Because it’s a video tutorial you get to pause, rewind and review, as many times as you wish! Videos are set up so you can stop and rest, and not ever rush. The process of making a yantra is a Sadhana, a spiritual practice—best executed with time and reverence. 

As a way to keep connecting with Laksmi, you will also receive audio files with one of her stories, a Yoga Nidra and her mantra to chant along to while you draw, color or paint. 

Here is what you get: 

  • A video tutorial on how to draw the Lakshmi Yantra. This tutorial also includes ways you can color or paint your yantra, as well as how to meditate with it.

  • Laksmi’s Story (audio 8 min)

  • Maha Laksmi’s Mantra (audio 2 min)

  • Yoga Nidra practice (audio 23 min)

  • Laksmi E-Zine (PDF) with construction tips, mantra, color chart, making a sacred space and more.

*Supplies you will need that is not included: paper, ruler, pencil, compass, paint, paint brushes and an eraser. 

The power of nourishment , healing and I will add creativity is needed now more than ever!

For this reason, I am making available the online version of this workshop for whomever wants to join by donation for the month of May.

Then on May 24, 2020 we will meet In the Zoom virtual temple to answer questions about the Lakshmi yantra, as well as sharing ways to color and create with the printable version, if you don’t readily have the tools needed to create this yantra.

Registration Open from: May 1-31, 2020
Supplemental Zoom Meeting: Sunday May 24, 2020 from
3:30-4:30 pm Central time
Location: Virtual Zoom Temple

*The link below will take you to Course Craft to make a donation, and the course itself.

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Virtual Spring Cleanse | with Chanti & Tanya
Apr
13
to Apr 17

Virtual Spring Cleanse | with Chanti & Tanya

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VIRTUAL SPRING CLEANSE

with Tanya Boigenzahn & Chanti Tacoronte-Perez
Register now! Our last cleanse filled quickly!

DATES: Mon-Fri April 13-17 
TIMES: 6:30-7:30am daily for Live Stream Morning Practice + recommendations given daily for support throughout the week. However, you can do the practices at your own pace - all classes are recorded and uploaded daily after class!
+ PREP ZOOM CALL: Monday, April 6 at 7:30pm (will be recorded and sent to anyone joining after 4/6)

Why Cleanse? Spring is an ideal time to cleanse the body and mind from the dark, dull and heavy cold winter months. In yoga's sister science, Ayurveda, spring cleanses are invigorating, purifying and detoxifying as we enter the damp, cool and fertile time of year... a time when we often just want to sleep and stay in bed! Help get your body, mind and spirit in a creative, positive, buoyant, energized place in preparation for spring and summer, as well as gain tools and support for helping you life a lighter, brighter life inside and out. ALL are welcome!

Special Note from the Teachers: Due to COVID-19, most of us are home adapting to working, resting and/or supporting our with our kids who are "going to school” at home wondering when life will get back to “normal.” NOW is the time to NOT get stuck with fear, doubt, insecurity, dread, etc. Besides the usual day-to-day stressors of our busy lives, the nature of Spring supports us in moving these “mental toxins” out from our bodies, minds, spirits and hearts. A Spring Detox allows space for new seeds to be planted, as well as shifts our perspective towards greater positivity, alignment, fortitude, and inspiration. Why not take this time to set a NEW intention, and move the old stuff out? Say YES to Spring Cleaning! SIGN UP NOW!

What’s included / What you get:
- Daily *LIVE STREAMING* Classes via ZOOM with Detoxifying, Cleansing, Nourishing & Inspiring Practices
- PDF Journal that includes: recipes, tips for cleansing, self care rituals, a daily sankalpa personal journal & bonus material
- Dosha Quiz Recommendations
- AUDIO and VIDEO recordings of each class. These will be uploaded daily right after class to a shared Dropbox link we will provide you, so that you can watch them at a supportive schedule for you AND to use again and again!
- Supportive FB group when you sign up and use to connect with other students in the group
- Likhita Japa Creative PDF for Sankalpa (intention) support
- 20% Discount on supportive products from the Devanadi Store such as Chyawanprash, Triphala, Essential Oils, etc. - we can mail to you or you can pick up
- BONUS GIFTS: all registrants will receive the MP3 "Saraswati Creative Current Yoga Nidra Practice" by Chanti and a BONUS online class on the Prana Sanchalan Kriyas (Joint Exercises) with Tanya!

Cost: Specially priced at $108!

Cancellation Policy: No refunds. Cancellations received 7 days prior to the start of the session will receive studio credit less $50 cancellation fee. Cancellations received within 7 days of the session start date will receive no credit.

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Yantra Wisdom: Awakening the Healing force of Shiva | FREE TUTORIAL
Mar
14
to Apr 30

Yantra Wisdom: Awakening the Healing force of Shiva | FREE TUTORIAL

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UPDATE:
We have decided to cancel this workshop, to keep us all safe, from any possible COVID-19 virus spread. That said, the power of nourishment , healing and I will add creativity is needed now more than ever!

For this reason, I am making available the online version of this workshop for whomever wants to join. There is an added zoom session recording to answer questions about the Mahamrityunjaya yantra, as well as sharing ways to color and create with the printable version, if you don’t readily have the tools needed to create this yantra.

Date: Open until April 30, 2020
Cost: Free, with option to donate; pay as little or as much as you like. Included is the yantra tutorial, a yoga nidra practice, for healing, an audio file of the mantra and a story.

Click the link below and you will be automatically directed to the Course Craft classroom.

In this workshop, you will learn the archetypal mysteries behind Lord Shiva through the art of mantra, meditation, and Yantra architecture.

Our practice will begin by contemplating and discussing the Mahamritunjaya mantra, known for its power to overcome the greatest of fears. We will then transition into a mantra practice to be used throughout the constriction of the yantra.

Then we will be dedicated to the construction (drawing and painting) of the Mahamritunjaya yantra, which can then be used for meditation. Slowing down our minds and shifting our perspective, we naturally feel better and can awaken the healing force of Shiva through movement, effortlessness, and creativity.

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Yantra Painting | Tara: The Guiding Star
Jan
11
to Jan 12

Yantra Painting | Tara: The Guiding Star

  • Mela Yoga | San Mateo, CA (map)
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Tara takes us across the deep, dark, turbulent waters, that never have been crossed; navigating the stars, to be guided along the creative path. These waters often correspond to the mind. Tara evokes the Siddhi (power) of Trust. Trusting to be carried though difficulties of transformation and change, especially when one does not anticipate or know what awaits.

Yantra painting is a meditative practice. Using the left and right side of the brain simultaneously, by chanting and drawing/painting, harmony arises. These ancient symbols also hold archetypal energy, the shapes and colors (depending on the yantra/chakra) help us to remember our primal self, and our divine nature. The chant is the link to the sacred sounds, they help to focus our inner chatter to just one thing at a time. Slowing down our minds, and shifting our perspective,  we naturally feel better.

We will learn the symbology and meaning of the different parts of the Tara Yantra and how she relates to our own lives, as well a The construction (drawing and painting) of the yantra will take us deeper into the feeling of devotion, meditation and sacredness.

Date: Jan 11-12; 12-4:30
Location: Mela Yoga, San Mateo, CA
$149- 9 hour workshop includes materials.

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The Myths & Mysteries of the Daśa Mahāvidyās: Yantra, Mantra, Tantra | Honolulu, HI
Nov
18
to Nov 23

The Myths & Mysteries of the Daśa Mahāvidyās: Yantra, Mantra, Tantra | Honolulu, HI

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The Daśa Mahāvidyās, Ten Wisdom Goddess were ancient women whose powers and stories “represent what is hidden, secret, subtle and sensitive, what has to be searched out and discovered” David Frawley. Through the process of discovering the subtleties of the Goddess, she becomes alive within us. It is by way of the creative practices of mantra, yantra, storytelling, movement, ritual, meditation and self-inquiry, we humbly petition her to be our guide as we further our self-study.

To engage in a relationship with a wisdom Goddess is to collaborate with the parts of ourselves that are still a mystery. Unveiling those mysteries elicits an everlasting bond with our psyche, and with the powers the Goddesses reveal.

Dates: Nov 18-24

Times: Monday Wed Friday 5:30-8:30  
Saturday 9:30-3:30 ( 1 hr lunch) 
Sunday 9:30-2:30 (1 hr lunch) 

Investment: $300

Required Reading: Yantra Wisdom Book & Divination Deck by Chanti Tacoronte-Perez; Tantric Yoga & The Wisdom Goddesses by David Frawley

Recommended Reading: Yoni Shakti by Uma Dinsmore Tuli

The Daśa Mahāvidyās are clear guides to illuminate the unfolding cycles of śakti in action in our lives because they represent, in feminine form, different aspects of consciousness, wisdom and power.” Uma Dinsmore-Tuli 

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The Art of Rest: 
Restorative Teacher Training (Level 1) | Honolulu, HI
Nov
11
to Nov 17

The Art of Rest: 
Restorative Teacher Training (Level 1) | Honolulu, HI

  • Open Space Yoga, Diamond Head (map)
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Dates: Nov 11-17
Times: Monday Wed Friday 5:30-8:30
Saturday 9:30-4:30 (1 hr lunch)
Sunday 9:30-3:30 (1 hr lunch)
Investment : $375

Required text: Relax and Renew: Restful Yoga for Stressful Times By Judith Lasater

Continuing Education: This course can be used towards your Yoga Alliance Continuing Education requirements.

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Learn the art of observation and support thru the practices of restorative yoga. This teacher training will give you the skills necessary to incorporate restorative yoga into your practice and classes. Restorative yoga offers the assistance of props to hold the body; when the body is held it learns to release and rest, making room for healing. This training is for teachers and dedicated students alike. 

FOCUS OF TRAINING:

  • What is restorative yoga: the restorative environment and the restorative yoga gems.

  • Sympathetic & Parasympathetic: creating the space and mind set for parasympathetic unfoldment.

  • Breath awareness: how to breathe in restorative postures, and how you can use the breath, to appease apprehensive or anxious students.

  • Guided Relaxation Techniques: learn specific tools to support an active mind, and those students that are not used to being still, or new to restorative yoga.

  • Observations in different bodies: learning to look at the student first, adaptation of various postures.

  • Trusting your Self:sensation of your own body, to make or not make adjustments.

  • Postural adaptations for pregnancy: learning poses that you add to any of your regular yoga classes to support expecting mothers.

  • Private students- How to work individually with a student, taking a basic “student history“ (physical, medical and emotional) and using it to decide which postures will be more effective.

  • Your own Restorative practice: knowledge is best from the source. Learn to create a personal restorative practice, to be a better teacher, and to retain ojas!

  • Savasana: The importance of full relaxation in each yoga class.

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