• Workshops
• Refining Your Guidance - Advanced Yoga Teacher Training at the Yoga Sanctuary - 2007
• Human Anatomy in Clay with Laura Allard - September 2007
• Click here to see pictures from Laura Allard's 2006 "Human Anatomy in Clay" workshop (page may take a while to load)
• Recipe of the Month

The Yoga Sanctuary presents

-- Refining Your Guidance --
A 250 Hour Advanced Yoga Teacher Training
2007

Janine will be teaching the following modules for the 2007 Advanced Yoga Teacher Training program:

From Shoulders to Hips
10 Hour Module
September 15th and September 16th , 2007

Open your heart and free your shoulders. This weekend we will be working through many different shoulder and chest opening sequences to take the burden off your shoulders while trying to make the floor your friend. We will also be exploring the core; deepening your understanding of the anatomy of how the muscles of the core, the bandhas and diaphragm all work together.
Co-taught by Cynthia Funk, Janine Woo and Justin Cheng

Observing The Subtle Body
10 Hour Module
October 13th and October 14th, 2007

A weekend of seeing, and observing the subtle body. As a teacher and practitioner sees and internally understands energetic blockages, understanding the nuances of self adjustments and how to adjust will lead you to deeper poses.
Co-taught by Cynthia Funk and Janine Woo

Requirements:

Successful completion of a recognized Yoga Teacher Training course and/or 3 years teaching experience. Consent may be given by one of the faculty for those serious students who wish to deepen their understanding of yoga and do not necessarily want to teach. Please fill out our online registration form by logging onto our website at www.theyogasanctuary.net .

Please note that for those who have completed The Yoga Sanctuary 250 hour Teacher Training, we are in the process of having this 250 hour Advanced Teacher Training qualify you for a 500 hour Yoga Alliance RYT certification.

Each student who enrolls in this Advanced Teacher Training will be required to participate in 190 contact hours as well as 60 hours (33 classes) of assisting.

The cost of the full program is $3,400 plus gst. which includes 250 hours of the training plus 80 yoga classes to be used at either location. The cost for individual weekend modules are as follows:

10 Hour Training Module ~ $200.00 plus gst.
20 Hour Training Module ~ $400.00 plus gst.
40 Hour Training Module ~ $800.00 plus gst.

-- Human Anatomy in Clay --
with Laura Allard

Bring your knowledge of anatomy and yoga together! This hands-on workshop is a fun and dynamic approach to learning the structure and function of the human body. Laura will combine movement, imagery, yoga postures in additional to working with the clay to deepen your understanding of your body. Take this special opporunity to study with Laura. She has over 13 years of experience as a Kinethestic Anatomist!

Designed for intermediate to advanced students, Yoga & Pilates Instructors, Dancers, Body Workers, Chiropractors, and others interested in the body-mind connection.

You Will Learn: In depth structural and functional understanding of the musculature, bones, joints, and ligaments of the human body.

You Will Experience: Perceptual Anatomy - Postural Anatomical Balancing to discover the centre of gravity of each joint as it relates to the skeleton a whole - leading to postural freedom.

You Will Gain: Knowledge and greater understanding of injuries and dysfunctions and learn therapeutic techniques for healing and prevention.

You Will Be: More confident, creative, and intelligent in your personal practice and professional endeavours

To register contact [email protected] for more details. Please wear comfortable clothing and bring a yoga/pilates mat to work on. Lunch will be vegetarian. (NB: cancellation policy, you will receive refund less a 20% service fee, no refunds within 72 hours of workshop)

About Laura Allard :

Laura Allard is an Intermediate Jr 3 Certified Iyengar Yoga Instructor, Certified Kinesthetic Anatomist KA2, Director of the Iyengar Yoga Center of Boulder, Colorado, Chair of the Iyengar Yoga Nat’l Assoc. Store, and an adjunct professor at Naropa University. Laura was owner/director of a Pilates studio from 1985-1992. She has studied in India with Geeta and B.K.S. Iyengar and senior instructors in the USA. Laura regularly teaches Anatomy in Clay classes.

Laura has been teaching anatomy since 1992 both nationally and internationally to those in the body mind field including Yoga teachers and students, Pilates teachers, Dancers, Chiropractors and Massage Therapists.

Laura is adjunct faculty for anatomy at the following Yoga teacher trainings: Austin Yoga Texas, Yoga Rosa Miami, Studio Yoga Madison New Jersey, Iyengar Yoga La Mesa California, Iyengar Yoga Los Angeles, Yoga Center Lawrence Kansas, White Iris Yoga Santa Fe New Mexico, Academy of Yoga Grand Junction Colorado, Iyengar Yoga Center of Denver, Blue Spruce Yoga Denver, Iyengar Yoga Florence and Rapolano Italy, Iyengar Yoga Tepoztlan Mexico and more.

Her teaching embodies knowledge, patience, and strength and conveys her passion for yoga and her belief in creating community. Laura is a creative and committed teacher. Her passion for teaching is both inspiring and infectious.

Laura is extremely warm and engaging. Her extensive knowledge is impressive and building your own body parts with clay really helped me understand anatomy in a new way. I also enjoyed the simple poses to illustrate the clay work. Anyone who wants to deepen their knowledge of the human body will enjoy this workshop.

Cynthia Funk
Co-Director of the Yoga Sanctuary

Laura Allard is a very knowledgeable teacher. Not only does she have advanced knowledge of Yoga Asana practice, but she has good knowledge of anatomy and how the two interact.

Merril Lobel
Meditation Teacher from the Canadian Meditation Centres

Laura Allard's anatomy workshop is a must for yoga students and teachers interested in learning about anatomy and how it relates to yoga. I can't imagine a better way to learn about the musculature than by building it with clay from the bones up! In a topic that, let's face it, could be quite daunting if not approached playfully, Laura has found a way to make learning anatomy fun and hands on. A perfect mix of clay building time (you'll feel like you're in kindergarten again!) and asana practice to apply what you've learned, you'll really come away with a solid understanding of anatomy...and be thirsty for more!

Monica Krajewski
Yoga Teacher

Laura can be reached at her website: www.boulderyoga.com.

I made these recently and Cynthia loved them and requested them for the newsletter so here they are, Cynthia! :) My friend, Stacie, who is a singer, actor & yoga teacher made these for me when we visited her in Nova Scotia this last summer. They are very light and refreshing.

Spring Salad Rolls
Difficulty: Easy

2-3 apples-chopped (keep this separate)
1/4-1/2 bunch of corriander
half-1 carrot-shredded
1 package of mixed green or arugula
Rice wrappers.

Dress the salad with:
lime
honey
salt/pepper
olive
optional dash of sesame oil
I also added a touch of tamari to the dressing

In a sink with warm water, place 1 rice wrapper. Dip both sides in and place onto a plate. Take a handful of salad greens and dot apples along the salad. Roll 1 end over and turn end corners to tuck them and continue rolling into a cigar shape roll. Repeat with the rest of the salad mix until finished. An apple in each bite is nice.

Serve with your favourite dipping sauce or try the one below. If you're not serving them right away, use a damp paper towel between layers so they don't stick together. Or just put a damp paper towel on top to keep them from drying out. Enjoy!

Dipping Sauce:
I made a completely different dipping sauce. This recipe is from the ReBar cookbook. I've modified it but I'll put the original in. I did use my own mango chutney so that can make a difference to store bought.

1 cup mango chutney
juice of 1 lime (original uses 2 limes)
zest of 1 lime
1/4 or to taste rice vinegar (original uses 1/2 cup)
1 tbsp minced ginger

Puree the mix together and taste.