Potrero Hill

Yoga is an excellent way to prepare the mind, body and spirit for the many transitions of pregnancy, childbirth and parenthood. In this workshop, you will learn techniques for breath awareness, partner poses and massage, which can help strengthen and relax your body, and sooth your mind during the birth process.

Additionally, these approaches will give you the opportunity to connect more deeply to yourself, your partner and your baby. We will also explore visualization and relaxation techniques that can further assist you during childbirth.

Please eat a light meal one hour before class, and bring a snack.

This session is limited to 21 couples and sells out up to two months in advance; pre-registration is REQUIRED. 

 

Restorative Yoga, Sound Healing & Essential Oils
Susan Topf & Samuel Palmer
September 22
Saturday | 2-4pm
Yoga Tree Hayes, 519 Hayes St.
(415) 626-9707
$45 | $40 until September 21*

Fall in love with the sounds and smells of the season.

 

Fall in love with your self care routine with this aroma and sound healing journey. Specially designed to ease the transition from summer's doing into autumn's being. Nourish your spirit from the inside; go from the summer's burning bright outside into the autumn's warm inner glow this harvest season and shine your best self forward.

 

Gentle yoga breathing techniques and simple, supportive poses will be explored along with intuitively selected aromas custom blended by Susan. A live sound bath by Sam along with selected chants will accompany this soothing and deep exploration. 

Experience:

o Deep relaxation & energy balancing
o Gentle guidance into meditation
o Increased inner awareness of sensation
o Refreshed and renewed spirit
o Greater capacity for enjoyment

Please bring an unscented eye covering like a pillow or small towel. Pen and paper are optional (for self-reflection afterwards).

Susan Topf teaches creatively and intuitively through guided meditation, gentle yoga asana practice and plant-based wisdom. Please visit yogatreesf.com for Susan’s regularly scheduled classes.

 

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With online registration, you are reserving one spot in the workshop. To reserve for additional students, please contact the studio where the workshop will be held.

ALL WORKSHOPS ARE NON-REFUNDABLE.

The Lighting the Path Teacher Training program is a life-changing course of study for dedicated yoga students and aspiring teachers.  

Lighting the Path Teacher Training prepares you to be an authentic and heart-centered yoga teacher, offering compassionate and accessible vinyasa classes for all levels of students.

 

Vigorous morning yoga intensives guide you deeper into your own practice and life purpose, while afternoon instructional sessions cover an extensive yoga teacher curriculum, including cueing, sequencing, hands-on assists, working with injuries, demonstration techniques, vocal presence, yoga philosophy and history, the business of yoga, ethics, and anatomy.

 

The LTP program includes a variety of teaching methods so that you can learn, practice and embody the material. This includes demonstration, lecture, talking circles, group processes, and partner practice. You will receive personalized attention, guidance, and feedback directly from Pete Guinosso and his highly qualified assisting staff and senior guest faculty.

 

Process work helps you to connect to your own heart’s wisdom and find your authentic voice as a teacher. Deep connection with the community of trainees and trainers gives you the support you need during and after the training to be successful in establishing yourself as a teacher and throughout your yoga career.

 

LTP trainees begin teaching on day one, initially teaching to other students and gradually building up to teach a group public class under Pete’s guidance. The program’s teaching focus helps trainees become adaptable and knowledgeable teachers for a wide variety of students.

 

This training is ideal for serious students of yoga and aspiring teachers, as well as current yoga teachers looking to add additional skills to their teaching.

 

Upon completion of this training, you are eligible to register with Yoga Alliance as an RYT-200 teacher. You will also be able to enroll in Lighting the Path’s 300-hour teacher training course and/or the LTP mentorship program.

 

Over the course of six months, you will learn how to:

• Inspire students by teaching from your own heart’s wisdom
• Be emotionally intelligent and present with your students
• Effectively sequence for, and safely adjust, an all-levels class
• Incorporate themes and intentions into your teaching and practice
• Cue and instruct so your students stay present in their practice
• Feel confident working with common conditions and injuries
• Create a supportive and caring environment in your classes

Lighting the Path 200-hour Teacher Training
Pete Guinosso
September 22, 2018–March 3, 2019
(See time schedule in description below)
Yoga Tree Telegraph
2807 Telegraph St, Berkeley, CA 94705
(510) 486-1989
$3200
$500 non-refundable deposit to reserve your space (balance due by September 22; for students on monthly payment plans, balance is due by January 31, 2019)*

 

SCHEDULE
September 22, 2018–March 3, 2019
Saturdays & Sundays: 7-9 am and 11 am–5 pm

 

TRAINING DATES
September 22–23, 2018
October 6–7 and 20–21, 2018
November 3–4 and 17–18, 2018
December 1–2 and 8–9, 2018
January 12–13 and 26–27, 2019
February 9–10 and 23–24, 2019
March 2–3, 2019

 

LOCATION
Yoga Tree Telegraph
2807 Telegraph Ave.
Berkeley, CA 94705
(510) 486-1989

 

ELIGIBILITY
Open to students of all levels interested in teaching others and/or taking their practice to the next level.

 

LTP-TT 6 Month Information Sessions
Pete or one of his lead assistants will host the following information sessions to share additional details and answer questions.

 

Dial-in Number: (712) 775-7031
Meeting ID:220-921-274
Sunday, August 25th, 11 AM
Saturday, September 8th, 10 AM

San Francisco: In-Studio Information Sessions at Yoga Tree Valencia
Tuesday, September 4th, 8–8:30 PM
Tuesday, September 18th, 8–8:30 PM

East Bay: In-Studio Information Sessions at Yoga Tree Telegraph
Sunday, August 12th, 11–11:30 AM
Monday August 20th, 8-8:30 PM

Wednesday, September 5th, 8-8:30 PM
Sunday, September 16th, 11 AM
Wednesday, September 19th, 8–8:30 PM

 

 

 

 

 

 

*ENROLLMENT NOTE: Registration for this training is not available through the mobile app. Please visit YogaTreeSF.com or call Yoga Tree Telegraph at (510) 486-1989 to enroll. 

Take your personal practice and understanding of yoga and meditation deeper with Pete's Morning Intensives. The power of his series is that each class is designed and sequenced to build on previous classes. You will experience profound growth and meaningful connection of your mind, body and spirit. Or maybe you are looking for a quick, effective jump start to your practice that needs a bit of spark and inspiration. Either way, Pete’s mix of vinyasa and Forrest yoga, taught with heart and compassion, will make you sweat, smile and leave feeling restored and grounded.

 

 

*SCHEDULE

September 2018
22rd–23rd 

October 2018
6th–7th and 20th–21st 

November 2018
3rd–4th–5th and 17th–18th 

December 2018
1st–2nd & 8th–9th

January 2019
12th–13th and 26th–27th 

February 2019
9th–10th and 23rd–24th

 

2nd–3rd

 

Harvey will be back in San Francisco for the weekend and wants to share more therapeutic knowledge and practice with you! Join him for an afternoon of play and investigate your body from the inside out. We will dive into the nuts and bolts that keep our bodies strong and supple and learn self-care techniques on how we can help sustain our bodies and yoga practice for life.

 

We will first start the afternoon with a yoga therapeutics class, followed by a discussion on fascia and connective tissues, and how we can affect those systems. In the final hours, we will spend time using therapy balls to access blind spots and learn easy self-massage and tissue mobilization techniques that will reduce tension and pain in the body. Through the use of therapy balls we can reacquaint our minds with forgotten areas of the body and shift the tides within.

 

You will leave with a toolbox of simple, effective yet enjoyable techniques that will help us navigate our internal landscapes to target your “spots!”

 

 

Success in life is demonstrated through relationship and creativity. The people with whom we connect and the things we create lead directly to the overarching sense of meaning we get from living. Yoga is the technology of connection and creation.

(415) 655-3936
$275 Full Weekend
$145 Full Day (Saturday or Sunday)*

Practice is the cornerstone of your experience of yoga. What and how you practice determines what you will ultimately gain from it. If practice is going to carry you to its ultimate promise, it will need to balance three things: 1) stability; 2) the light of self-awareness and; 3) the fire of divine or spiritual awakening. Thus, for practice to provide the ultimate reward, it must be systematic, and include a gradual progression, employing different techniques at different times to help you mature/evolve, both in and out of your practice.

 

• Session 1: Supreme Practice, Supreme Life: The Seven Gems

*Full weekend attendance suggested as each session builds upon the previous session. Priority will be given to those registering for the full weekend. Registration for Saturday or Sunday drop-ins will open approximately 8-12 weeks prior to the first day of training.

 

On September 30, 2018 1-3 pm, Darren Main, Jill Abelson, and the Yoga Tree community will go to the mat to teach an all-levels vinyasa benefit class to celebrate and support the 10 year anniversary of the UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Neuro-Intensive Care Nursery (NICN).

Every day, infants are born with critical and life threatening conditions. The NICN is an innovative bedside and research program that has transformed brain-focused care and aims to improve neurodevelopmental outcomes for the most vulnerable babies.

This program desperately needs the support of the yoga community. Practice yoga—enhance a life!

 

This 40-hour course is intended for those who wish to teach Yin Yoga, as well as for anyone who wishes to be immersed in the profound benefits of this meditative, therapeutic and philosophically-rich practice.

Combining Indian Yogic, Chinese Taoist, and Indian/Tibetan Buddhist philosophical lineages, Yin Yoga encompasses a vast, holistic approach to health and well-being of body, mind, and spirit.

Topics:

• Modern & ancient roots of Yin Yoga
• Yin Yoga practice & sequencing
• Meditation & Pranayama
• Anatomy (including Paul Grilley's Anatomy DVD series)
• Yogic, Taoist & Buddhist philosophy
• Meridian & Chakra theories from ancient Chinese medicine
• Nadis, Chakras, and Koshas of the Ayurvedic Indian system
• Therapeutic applications
• Injuries & Special Needs modifications
• Teaching practice
• The Business of Yin Yoga

"I have complete confidence in Christy's sensitive and skillful ability to teach teachers the nourishing practice of Yin Yoga." –Sarah Powers, internationally-renowned yoga teacher and author of Insight YogaChristy Brown, E-RYT 500 has taught yoga since 2000. She has studied in India with Sri K. Pattabhi Jois (Ashtanga yoga) and S.N. Goenka (Vipassana meditation) and in the U.S. with Sarah Powers, Paul Grilley, T.K.V. Desikachar, and H.H. the Dalai Lama. Emphasizing mindfulness, breath, and alignment; cultivating one's highest well-being for the benefit of the Earth and all beings; and drawing on Buddhism, Taoism, and other wisdom traditions, Christy weaves a creatively flowing, invigorating yet calming, centering yet expanding exploration of Self through asana. Christy also has a background in cultural and language studies with U.C. Santa Barbara and Harvard University and spent two years as a Peace Corps volunteer in Bolivia working with indigenous basket weavers. 

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Immerse yourself in the study of yoga for the childbearing year! This 45-hour comprehensive Level 1 training will include how to teach yoga to women in all stages of pregnancy and throughout the early stages of postpartum. The training will explore yoga as a tool in preparation for not only childbirth, but for motherhood!

Whether or not you have the goal to teach, this training is also a fit for you if you work with women in any capacity (doula, midwife, obstetrician + gynecologists, massage therapists, etc.). Also, mamas looking for ways to deepen their own practice will find a lot of benefit in this immersion as will yoga teachers from every discipline.

This training will include:
• The effects of pregnancy on the body
• The benefits of yoga in pregnancy and beyond
• Postures to aid common discomforts
• What poses are contraindicated (what to avoid)
• Appropriate pranayama practices
• Prenatal bonding
• Physiology of childbirth
• Yoga for labor
• Mom and baby yoga
• Postpartum issues
• Observation of classes

 

Qualifies for Yoga Alliance Continuing Education Credit, hours toward Yoga Tree's 500- and 1000-hour Certification Program, OR can be applied toward the 90-hour Yoga Alliance Prenatal Certification, but not both.

All participants must have completed a 200-hour basic teacher training or at least three years of yoga practice.

**SCHEDULE
Wednesday, 10/10, 8:30am–6:00pm
8:30am–1:30pm at Yoga Tree Valencia, 1234 Valencia St (at 23rd St), SF, CA 94110
3pm–6pm at Yoga Tree Training Center, 175 De Haro St. (between 15th and Alameda St), 2nd Floor, SF, CA 94103

Thursday, 10/11, 9:00am–6pm
9:00am–6:00pm at Yoga Tree Training Center

Friday, 10/12, 10:25am–6:30pm
10:25am–3:30pm at Yoga Tree Valencia
4:30–6:30pm at Natural Resources, 1367 Valencia St (at 24th St), SF, CA 94110

Saturday, 10/13, 9:00am–7:00pm
9am–7pm at Yoga Tree Training Center

Sunday, 10/14, 9:00am–7:00pm
9am–7pm at Yoga Tree Training Center

Jane Austin has worked with pregnant women and their families since 1990. She weaves her experience as a midwife, doula, childbirth educator and mother into the Mama Tree training.

Jane's trainings attract students from all over the world interested in learning how to utilize the practice of yoga to support pre- and postnatal women physically, mentally and emotionally. By training teachers, doulas, midwives, birth professionals and those that work with women, it is her hope to make yoga accessible to any mama that wants to experience the benefits of this ancient and powerful tradition.

With online registration you are reserving one spot in the workshop. To reserve for additional students, please contact the studio where the workshop will be held.

ALL WORKSHOPS ARE NON-REFUNDABLE.

*ENROLLMENT NOTE: Advance pricing for this training is not available through the mobile app. Please visit YogaTreeSF.com or call Yoga Tree Potrero at (415) 655-3936 to enroll.

 

Pregnant women are welcome to come alone or with their partners or other support people who will learn the basics of how to set mammas up in the postures, as well as how to experience the relaxation themselves.

This workshop is ideal for all pregnant women, their partners, birth companions and anyone who works with childbearing women, including yoga teachers, doulas, midwives, nurses, doctors, therapists, acupuncturists and chiropractors.

Since 2000, Britt Fohrman has been creating an inspiring and supportive environment for pregnant and birthing women, as well as for new mamas, in her work as a pre- and postnatal yoga teacher, bodyworker, photographer, HypnoBirthing educator and birth doula. Britt's classes draw on a variety of practices including alignment-based yoga, mindfulness meditation, fluid movement, HypnoBirthing, and breath awareness. She knows that the practice of yoga is one of the most effective ways that a woman can prepare to bring her baby into the world in a peaceful, conscious, and loving way. Though she has studied with many of the top experts in the filed of yoga and birth, Britt finds that her most profound education comes from witnessing true yoga in action—women giving birth.

Receive more information about Britt and her practice at brittfohrman.com.