Workshops will include topics from the following:
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ASANA / ANATOMY
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BREATHING & MEDITATION
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HISTORY & PHILOSOPHY
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THERAPEUTICS
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INTERMEDIATE & ADVANCED
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TEACHING
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Most weekends have 5 workshops. Choose one workshop from each category.
Some weekends add a 6th workshop for the teachers. |
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Sample SCHEDULEFRIDAY :: 6 - 8:30pm
SATURDAY :: 9:30am - 12pm SATURDAY :: 2 - 4:30pm optional SATURDAY :: 5-7pm SUNDAY :: 9:30am - 12pm SUNDAY :: 2 - 5pm Scheduling is flexible based on your class times and clients. |
WORKSHOP DESCRIPTIONS
The Basics of Practice :: Building a Strong Foundation
2 1/2 hours
2 1/2 hours
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PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:
We are always practicing something. Often we are building bad habits that we don't realize and moving farther away from the goals of our practice. In this workshop, we refine the basics of our practice to make sure we are on the right path. We will look into how to practice for maximum gain. After talking about practice techniques, we will focus on how to breathe correctly and how to correctly use our muscles. You will leave with your postures feeling easier, a better understanding of where to focus your effort and with an understanding of how to make progress. This workshop will include a lecture, a chance for questions and a full practice. All levels. STUDIO OWNER DESCRIPTION (MORE INFO): This workshop will focus on how to practice and the central elements of the physical practice: breathing and correct muscle usage. The breath is a central element to asana practice (and life itself). Because of how the muscles of breathing are integrated into the body's movement, the two are often confused and work against each other. We will discuss and clarify how to use the breath in each specific posture. This practice brings powerful integration of the body and breath, allowing the student to calm the mind and focus intently. Once we have an understanding of the breath, we will talk about how muscles function in the body and how to use them in asana practice. We will talk about strength, flexibility and sustainability in practice. |
Refining Your Practice :: Understanding the Purpose
2 1/2 hours
2 1/2 hours
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PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:
Knowing how to practice is the first step to progress and a lifelong relationship with yoga. In the first workshop, we learned how to practice. Here we learn why. What are the benefits of the postures? What is the purpose of a yoga practice? Why is it important to know why we do what we do? We will answer these questions as we go through postures and practices. We will refine physical concepts like backward bending and forward bending, balance and open our minds to how yoga has been thought of throughout time. This workshop will include a lecture, a chance for questions and a full practice. All levels. |
Advancing Your Practice :: Intermediate & Advanced Asana plus Pranayama
3 hours
3 hours
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PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:
Progress beyond beginning practices and concepts with this 3 hour immersion. We will discuss what it means to be an intermediate and advanced yogi, including practice philosophy and how to use the body and mind with more detail. Asana practice work toward Arm Balancing & Inversion, Full Backbending, and Leg Behind the Head. Practice will conclude with Pranayama: breathing exercises that are the next step beyond Asana in a yogi's progress. This workshop is for experienced practitioners. STUDIO OWNER DESCRIPTION (MORE INFO): This class is in service of dedicated yogis who are longing for deeper practices but don't know where to find them. We will discuss practice principles to cultivate a practice that is advanced AND sustainable, like effort and posture selection. We will explain in-depth the proper way to bend the spine, and why we do it (hint: the nervous system). The same goes for Leg Behind the Head, a practice that scares a lot of people away, but is actually quite simple and powerful if done with the correct technique and intention. We will break down several ways to build the necessary strength to balance on the arms and go upside down. This is often a question of muscular strength and control. The asana practice contains all of these elements as well as intermediate postures for the complete body. This practice balances the body and prepares it to safely approach advanced practices like those discussed. Finally, we offer the most advanced practice element of the whole weekend: breathing exercises or Pranayama. The last 20 minutes of class will be spent breathing, a profound shift for yogis who generally practice only asana. |
Yoga Therapeutics :: Back Pain & Stress Reduction
2 1/2 hours
2 1/2 hours
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(This class is a great opportunity to invite people from outside the community who may be afraid to practice yoga.)
PUBLIC DESCRIPTION: Therapeutic exercises are simple body movements to improve functional health, strength and range of motion. This workshop will focus on bringing stability and relief to the spine, especially the lower back. Also we will focus on calming the body, breath and mind, reducing stress and creating a restful state. Learn how to recognize and manage pain in your everyday life, and also how to calm yourself at bedtime or in stressful situations. This workshop is ideal for beginners, elders, non-yogis and yoga teachers. Bring your family members or friends who have injuries or pain. All levels. STUDIO OWNER DESCRIPTION (MORE INFO): Back pain is one of the top health complaints in the US, along with stress and poor sleep. In this workshop, we will explain and instruct therapeutic yoga exercises to target these common maladies. Most lower back pain comes from sitting and a rounded lumbar curve. We end up feeling like we need to stretch our back when we actually need to strengthen it; stretching it makes it worse. This workshop includes many take-home exercises to improve people's back pain and hopefully their whole lives. Stress is huge. It compromises the immune system, hurts digestion, creates cardiovascular issues and headaches, and generally makes life frustrating. Luckily there are lots of yoga exercises to stimulate the parasympathetic nervous system, which increases relaxation, immune function and reduces the heart rate and blood pressure. We have actually had students fall asleep while sitting up in this class. That's how powerful therapeutic stress reduction can be (and how tired they were!). |
Ghosh Lineage History
2 1/2 Hours
2 1/2 Hours
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PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:
An all levels class. Explore the history of Ghosh yoga beginning from its origins in Kolkata, India. Learn how this lineage evolved out of body building and therapy to what is practiced today. You will become familiar with the great students of Bishnu Ghosh and explore concepts such as sequencing, heat, and competition. STUDIO OWNER DESCRIPTION (MORE INFO): This workshop will start with a lecture on the key players involved in the evolution of Ghosh Yoga. They include Bishnu Ghosh's son Biswanath Ghosh, Buddha Bose, Dr. Gouri Shankar Mukerji, Dr. Prem Sundar, Dibya and Kushala Das, Bikram & Rajashree Choudhury. We will explore different instructions for practice as taught by different Ghosh lineage teachers and look at charts from India documenting the first systems for a beginning practice. This workshop will greatly inform teachers' knowledge of the lineage as well as aid in giving them a confident and educated foundation from which to teach. |
OPTIONAL TEACHER-FOCUSED WORKSHOP
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- Common Injuries & Modifications
- Seeing & Teaching Skills (contact with further questions) |
PRICING
Ghosh Yoga Weekend w/ Scott and Ida
Travel + 60/40 split
- Travel price includes air travel, transportation to and from the airport and lodging for Scott and Ida. We are happy to stay with the studio owner or friend of the studio. If air travel is unnecessary (in the Midwest), travel price includes cost of gasoline.
- Out of the gross profit, travel costs are subtracted, then a 60/40 split with 40% going to the hosting studio.
- Pricing for the weekend as a whole and individual workshops can be set by the host studio taking into account their clientele and previous experience hosting workshops.
Travel + 60/40 split
- Travel price includes air travel, transportation to and from the airport and lodging for Scott and Ida. We are happy to stay with the studio owner or friend of the studio. If air travel is unnecessary (in the Midwest), travel price includes cost of gasoline.
- Out of the gross profit, travel costs are subtracted, then a 60/40 split with 40% going to the hosting studio.
- Pricing for the weekend as a whole and individual workshops can be set by the host studio taking into account their clientele and previous experience hosting workshops.