Sedona Yoga Festival 2019

For many of us, the practices of yoga have changed our lives. That statement may seem dramatic, but it’s true. These practices teach us to turn inward, to pay attention, and to notice without judgment. They enable us to find balance in our bodies and minds, as well as develop our overall well-being. Because of those benefits, yoga is an invaluable asset for veterans who are coping with trauma-related psychological difficulties.Yoga practices are a powerful complement to professional treatment for Post Traumatic Stress. A mindful, embodied yoga practice can provide relief from symptoms and develop the supportive skills that veterans need in their everyday lives. Yoga does not cure Post Traumatic Stress, but it has proven to aid in a veteran’s healing journey.Mindful Yoga Therapy is an Embodyoga® based, empirically informed, clinically tested program comprised of five practices: Pranayama (breathing), Asana (postures connected with breath), Yoga Nidra, Meditation, and Gratitude. Each practice is a tool veterans can use to cope with Post Traumatic Stress, and together, they form a comprehensive system—a toolbox—that will carry veterans into a life of strength and resilience.The healing effects of these ancient yogic practices have begun to receive recognition from modern scientists. Research has discovered and validated what the yogis have known for centuries: yoga is one of the most effective ways to encourage and stimulate the healing process.Clinical trials have demonstrated that even the best yoga teachers need to acquire a specific set of skills and considerations to work in trauma recovery programs. This 15-hour training program is for 200-hour certified yoga teachers and service providers.  Mindful Yoga Center also offers 200-hour teacher training.Fifteen (15) hours of Yoga Alliance continuing education credits are available.

• Why yoga for trauma?
• The Toolbox and its five practices: Asana, Pranayama, Yoga Nidra, Meditation and Gratitude
• Special considerations and specific techniques for working with veterans
• The nervous system and using yoga as a therapeutic methodology
• Appropriateness and variations of asana
• Understanding veteran and military culture
• How to bring Mindful Yoga Therapy into the world
• 12 Week Protocol
• Post Traumatic Growth

Thursday, March 14th 8am - 5pm
Friday, March 15th 8am - 12pm
Saturday, March 16th 8am - 12pm
Sunday, March 17th 8am - 12pm
Held in the Auxiliary Gym at Sedona Red Rock High School, 995 Upper Red Rock Loop Road, Sedona AZ 86336

For many of us, the practices of yoga have changed our lives. That statement may seem dramatic, but it’s true. These practices teach us to turn inward, to pay attention, and to notice without judgment. They enable us to find balance in our bodies and minds, as well as develop our overall well-being. Because of those benefits, yoga is an invaluable asset for veterans who are coping with trauma-related psychological difficulties.Yoga practices are a powerful complement to professional treatment for Post Traumatic Stress. A mindful, embodied yoga practice can provide relief from symptoms and develop the supportive skills that veterans need in their everyday lives. Yoga does not cure Post Traumatic Stress, but it has proven to aid in a veteran’s healing journey.Mindful Yoga Therapy is an Embodyoga® based, empirically informed, clinically tested program comprised of five practices: Pranayama (breathing), Asana (postures connected with breath), Yoga Nidra, Meditation, and Gratitude. Each practice is a tool veterans can use to cope with Post Traumatic Stress, and together, they form a comprehensive system—a toolbox—that will carry veterans into a life of strength and resilience.The healing effects of these ancient yogic practices have begun to receive recognition from modern scientists. Research has discovered and validated what the yogis have known for centuries: yoga is one of the most effective ways to encourage and stimulate the healing process.Clinical trials have demonstrated that even the best yoga teachers need to acquire a specific set of skills and considerations to work in trauma recovery programs.  This 15-hour training program is for 200-hour certified yoga teachers and service providers.  Mindful Yoga Center also offers 200-hour teacher training.Fifteen (15) hours of Yoga Alliance continuing education credits are available.

• Why yoga for trauma?
• The Toolbox and its five practices: Asana, Pranayama, Yoga Nidra, Meditation and Gratitude
• Special considerations and specific techniques for working with veterans
• The nervous system and using yoga as a therapeutic methodology
• Appropriateness and variations of asana
• Understanding veteran and military culture
• How to bring Mindful Yoga Therapy into the world
• 12 Week Protocol
• Post Traumatic Growth

Thursday, March 14th 8am - 5pm
Friday, March 15th 8am - 12pm
Saturday, March 16th 8am - 12pm
Sunday, March 17th 8am - 12pm
Held in the Auxiliary Gym at Sedona Red Rock High School, 995 Upper Red Rock Loop Road, Sedona AZ 86336

Following years of study of Vedic Teachings, often one of the most profound remedies experienced under the instruction of a realized master is rarely accomplished. Experience the deep feeling of what occurs within the energetic body after it has long been well prepared for awakening. 
All levels and belief systems welcome.
Please arrive 15 minutes early as doors will be locked at listed start time.

Ancient wisdom tells us that the key to our own healing lies within us. Amplify your own healing power by removing resistance and lethargy. Surrender into the grace, power and love. Prepare to be received by the Goddess Yoga Nidra. From this place of peace and stillness we will create a container of healing and send it out to our loved ones and the world. This class includes dynamic asana, yoga nidra and seated meditation.

For many of us, the practices of yoga have changed our lives. That statement may seem dramatic, but it’s true. These practices teach us to turn inward, to pay attention, and to notice without judgment. They enable us to find balance in our bodies and minds, as well as develop our overall well-being. Because of those benefits, yoga is an invaluable asset for veterans who are coping with trauma-related psychological difficulties.Yoga practices are a powerful complement to professional treatment for Post Traumatic Stress. A mindful, embodied yoga practice can provide relief from symptoms and develop the supportive skills that veterans need in their everyday lives. Yoga does not cure Post Traumatic Stress, but it has proven to aid in a veteran’s healing journey.Mindful Yoga Therapy is an Embodyoga® based, empirically informed, clinically tested program comprised of five practices: Pranayama (breathing), Asana (postures connected with breath), Yoga Nidra, Meditation, and Gratitude. Each practice is a tool veterans can use to cope with Post Traumatic Stress, and together, they form a comprehensive system—a toolbox—that will carry veterans into a life of strength and resilience.The healing effects of these ancient yogic practices have begun to receive recognition from modern scientists. Research has discovered and validated what the yogis have known for centuries: yoga is one of the most effective ways to encourage and stimulate the healing process.Clinical trials have demonstrated that even the best yoga teachers need to acquire a specific set of skills and considerations to work in trauma recovery programs. This 15-hour training program is for 200-hour certified yoga teachers and service providers.  Mindful Yoga Center also offers 200-hour teacher training.Fifteen (15) hours of Yoga Alliance continuing education credits are available.

• Why yoga for trauma?
• The Toolbox and its five practices: Asana, Pranayama, Yoga Nidra, Meditation and Gratitude
• Special considerations and specific techniques for working with veterans
• The nervous system and using yoga as a therapeutic methodology
• Appropriateness and variations of asana
• Understanding veteran and military culture
• How to bring Mindful Yoga Therapy into the world
• 12 Week Protocol
• Post Traumatic Growth

Thursday, March 14th 8am - 5pm
Friday, March 15th 8am - 12pm
Saturday, March 16th 8am - 12pm
Sunday, March 17th 8am - 12pm
Held in the Auxiliary Gym at Sedona Red Rock High School, 995 Upper Red Rock Loop Road, Sedona AZ 86336

Contained within each of our physical bodies is a vascular system that is non-ductory, yet is responsible for the entire experience of our individual somatic energy body. Come to know yourself with far more emotional intelligence and map unconscious obstructions.
All levels and belief systems welcome.
Please arrive 15 minutes early as doors will be locked at listed start time.

The Yoga Sutras tell us that there is a light at the heart that is beyond all sorrow. This light is eternal and unchanged by circumstance. Together we will journey to the cave of the heart with dynamic asana,yoga nidra and chanting sequenced to bring you towards a remembrance of your own inner radiance.

This meditation practice is the cornerstone of ISHTA meditation: a logical progression of the basic tools of pranayama, pratyahara, Kriya and visualization that creates an accessible and seamless experience of the inner world. Cultivate a sense of centeredness while increasing focus and concentration, leading you to an inspired state of oneness

YogaJames will be guiding this yin yoga ceremony for you to journey into the water-like quality of your fascia and organs. Come explore the places of tension and compression in your body, and uncover where you have resistance and where hyper-mobility. This will allow you to find an integral way to add stress to the tissues around your joints. For some this means more props, and for other this means more action. This practice will be an anatomical exploration, as well as an offering of the heart and exploration of the soul as you unite who you are, with who you know you can be. Come allow yourself to be, to breathe and to receive the alchemical effects of yin yoga while exploring the landscape of your inner universe.

For many of us, the practices of yoga have changed our lives. That statement may seem dramatic, but it’s true. These practices teach us to turn inward, to pay attention, and to notice without judgment. They enable us to find balance in our bodies and minds, as well as develop our overall well-being. Because of those benefits, yoga is an invaluable asset for veterans who are coping with trauma-related psychological difficulties.Yoga practices are a powerful complement to professional treatment for Post Traumatic Stress. A mindful, embodied yoga practice can provide relief from symptoms and develop the supportive skills that veterans need in their everyday lives. Yoga does not cure Post Traumatic Stress, but it has proven to aid in a veteran’s healing journey.Mindful Yoga Therapy is an Embodyoga® based, empirically informed, clinically tested program comprised of five practices: Pranayama (breathing), Asana (postures connected with breath), Yoga Nidra, Meditation, and Gratitude. Each practice is a tool veterans can use to cope with Post Traumatic Stress, and together, they form a comprehensive system—a toolbox—that will carry veterans into a life of strength and resilience.The healing effects of these ancient yogic practices have begun to receive recognition from modern scientists. Research has discovered and validated what the yogis have known for centuries: yoga is one of the most effective ways to encourage and stimulate the healing process.Clinical trials have demonstrated that even the best yoga teachers need to acquire a specific set of skills and considerations to work in trauma recovery programs. This 15-hour training program is for 200-hour certified yoga teachers and service providers.  Mindful Yoga Center also offers 200-hour teacher training.Fifteen (15) hours of Yoga Alliance continuing education credits are available.

• Why yoga for trauma?
• The Toolbox and its five practices: Asana, Pranayama, Yoga Nidra, Meditation and Gratitude
• Special considerations and specific techniques for working with veterans
• The nervous system and using yoga as a therapeutic methodology
• Appropriateness and variations of asana
• Understanding veteran and military culture
• How to bring Mindful Yoga Therapy into the world
• 12 Week Protocol
• Post Traumatic Growth

Thursday, March 14th 8am - 5pm
Friday, March 15th 8am - 12pm
Saturday, March 16th 8am - 12pm
Sunday, March 17th 8am - 12pm
Held in the Auxiliary Gym at Sedona Red Rock High School, 995 Upper Red Rock Loop Road, Sedona AZ 86336

The bio-plasmic field which connects all consciousness is directly conjoined to each human being through an energetic nerve network referred to as "The Nadis” which translates to channels, stream or flow. Learn to ignite this field for clearing, creating and connection and develop a gentle home practice.
All levels and belief systems welcome.Please arrive 15 minutes early as doors will be locked at listed start time.