Potrero Hill

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

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. 

Embodied Systems Anatomy
Your Body's Roadmap to Higher Consciousness
Brenna Geehan & Jean Mazzei
November 14-18
Wednesday-Sunday | 9-6pm
Yoga Tree Teacher Training Center, 175 De Haro St., 2nd Floor.
(415) 655-3936
$875 | $775 until October 31* 

Tantra states that “yatha pindande, tatha brahmande—whatever is in the body is also in the universe.”

 

Learn how to recognize the Universal Truth expressed in your body: your personal roadmap and toolbox to understanding. As you refine your listening, you gain access to more of your Highest Self, allowing you to be a larger conduit for joy and resplendence. As you become softer and more still, you hear the voice of your more subtle anatomy. Discover deep communication as you embody the "mind" of your different physical systems (bones, muscles, connective tissue, organs, etc.) By taking this potent and subtle journey into Self as Body, converse with the space between the cells as the pathway to ultimate healing. Learn how to practice, teach, and heal from your Dhi, your clear and receptive heart. This immersion also addresses yoga as healer by refining our ability to see, listen, and touch. Explore the healing power of touch as you experience and embody delicious hands-on adjustments.

 

Topics include:

o Learn to listen through your Systems Anatomy
o Practice the art of refined touch—yoga teacher as healer—to reach different systems of the body
o Use of System Anatomy themes and bhavana for clearer transmission and practice
o Explore classroom and communication dynamics by understanding the different “minds” of the room
o Delve deeper as you expand and refine your concept of ahimsa (non-violence)

 

Required Reading
Yoga Nidra by Swami Satyananda Saraswati
Yoga Anatomy by Leslie Kaminoff, Amy Matthews

Suggested Reading
The Secret of Yoga Sutra  by Pandit Rajmani Tigunait
The Practice of Yoga Sutras  by Pandit Rajmani Tigunait

Sensing, Feeling, and Action  by Bonnie Bainbridge Cohen

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. 

 

In this workshop, we will learn about the impact stress has on our emotions, physical body, and life as a whole. We will also learn practical tools to help manage stressors, including yoga exercises, breathing techniques, and psychological tools. There will be a grounding yoga practice as well as a discussion with time for sharing questions.

Benefits of the workshop:
o A deeper understanding of how stress impacts your life
o Learning about the biological and psychological components of stress
o Building tools to help manage your feelings and increase your sense of peace

(415) 387-4707
$40  

In this workshop, we will safely build the foundations for Pincha Mayurasana (Forearm Balance). We will move through a sequence designed to open the shoulders, hamstrings, strengthen the back and core. Jacqui will break down the different phases of this pose with support.

 

An inversion practice is more a marathon than a sprint. Together, we will learn skills for you to integrate into your regular practice to continue building strength and confidence in going upside down.

 

This course qualifies for credit in the Yoga Tree Continuing Education Program. 

Jacqui Rowley brings her light-hearted teaching style and in-depth knowledge to help you feel at ease while moving through some challenging poses. Learn how to strengthen and stabilize your body and feel the freedom that comes from opening up! 

jacquirowleyyoga.com

 

"At times our own light goes out and is rekindled by a spark from another person. Each of us has cause to think with deep gratitude of those who have lighted the flame within us.”
—Albert Schweitzer

Practicing gratitude will guide you in exploring the powerful practice of mindful appreciation, and how such a practice can open you to a life of grace. In this workshop, we will use yoga as a mechanism to explore the transformative emotion of gratitude while utilizing deep hip releases to detoxify the mind-body of negative emotions. We will explore heart opening backbends to feel where joy and gratitude reside in our bodies. Recognizing all the gifts we have and being open to sharing those gifts with the people around us; our friends, family neighbors, the stranger on the street, is one of the obligations of our spiritual path.

At the end of this workshop, you will have a platform from which to explore this sense of gratitude in your daily life, helping you to connect into the abundance that is available to you in your relationships, and in the world.

Please bring:
o Yoga mat
o Hand towel
o Paper/journal and pencil

All levels are welcome; however, having sun salutation experience will be helpful (10 + classes). 1.5 hour asana practice + - 0.5 hours of journaling = 2 hours total.

**The Alameda County Community Food Bank Bin will be located at Yoga Tree Telegraph for food donations. Please donate what you can.

Known for his joyful energy, skilled touch and sense of humor, Pete Guinosso creates a spiritual yet light-hearted environment for his students to discover the deeper benefits of Yoga. Pete’s ability to compassionately guide students of all levels through a vigorous asana practice makes his classes amongst the most dynamic in the Bay Area.

In addition to teaching classes, workshops and retreats, Pete mentors and leads teacher training programs and workshops. His intention in instructing teachers is to share the value of quality sequencing and hands-on adjustments so that new teachers can bring healing to their own communities. Having studied with Ana Forrest since 2003, and assisted her in her workshops and teacher trainings, Pete is passionate about helping teachers build trust in themselves and become their “wiser self,” the place from which he encourages them to teach. "Teach yoga: Light the path to the wisdom in your heart!"

petegyoga.com

Stephanie Guinosso discovered yoga following a knee injury playing college basketball in 1998. After pursuing traditional rehabilitation that did not lead to a full recovery, she tried yoga as a last resort. Yoga helped to break up the scar tissue, increase strength and flexibility, and ultimately heal the injury. She has been practicing yoga ever since! Trained as a Forrest Yoga Teacher in 2008 under Ana Forrest, Stephanie inspires students to develop an intuitive body awareness, work intelligently at their physical edges, and use the gifts of yoga to walk through life with a little more ease and a lot less struggle. She currently assists her husband, Pete Guinosso, on numerous local and international retreats. She also teaches yoga through Lemonade, a yoga program for young men in juvenile hall.

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.

Start your holiday right with a full spectrum practice that will take you through standing poses, twists, core, and deep relaxation. This class is all levels and will be full of laughs and fun so bring the whole family along!

 

 

Yogis! Tofurkeys! Lovers of giving and thanks! Join Yoga Tree's Mark Morford for a special 2-hour Thanksgiving Day Vinyasa yoga blast, drenched in sweat and gratitude, music and offering. Got family coming? Got giant meals to ingest? Got so much bounty in your life you can't fit it all in? Exactly. Come get happily emptied before you get beautifully stuffed.

Mark Morford (ERYT-500) has been leading fiery, heart-provoking Vinyasa classes, workshops, and retreats in San Francisco since 1999. He’s also an award-winning columnist for the San Francisco Chronicle and SFGate, a contributing writer for numerous publications (HuffPo, Yoga Journal, The Sun, Sex+Design, many more), and author of The Daring Spectacle: Adventures in Deviant Journalism. He created the Everyday Sorcery for Urban Mystics (ESUM) and Yoga for Writers (Y4W) programs for inspired yogis, as well as the Mark Morford's Apothecary iOS app, and leads classes, immersions, and retreats in various warm parts of the world.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.

Restorative yoga acts as a tonic for whatever ails us, bringing the body and mind into a state of deep relaxation where true healing can occur. In this deeply restful workshop we will utilize well placed bolsters, blankets, blocks, and other supportive props to provide restoration for tired bodies and busy minds.

Pure sound and vibration enables us to easily relax and let go, allowing us to drop into a deeper state of tranquility, stillness and peace. Cindy will use Acutonics Tuning Forks, Himalayan and Crystal bowls, and other Sound Healing instruments to deepen the effects of Restorative practice.

All levels welcome; no prior yoga experience required.

Mysticism: The belief that everything you think you know is but a shy fragment of a slim possibility. In other words: There’s a vast ocean of spiritual information inaccessible to the intellect (and the fickle senses), and only through contemplation and self-surrender can you truly attain complete union with/absorption into the Divine. I mean, obviously.

Ritual: A regular, dedicated series of ceremonial actions performed according to a prescribed order, giving shape and meaning to the madcap illusion of life. The glue in your divine scrapbook, the meat in your sacred burrito, the rubber on the road of the spiritual path.

Join two of the West Coast’s most esteemed, powerhouse yogis, Mark Morford and Dana Damara, for insight (and a sneak preview of our upcoming 2019 Bali retreat) into what life looks like with dedicated yogic ritual and practice. Learn simple techniques that you can incorporate into your daily life that will support your “mystical” connection to Source, God, Soul, Universe, the Absolute… whatever you call that essential life force (prana) that lives inside/courses through you. Simply put, the sooner you begin to align with Truth as often as possible, the sooner you live a life that is actually your own.  

 

This workshop will include: 

 

• Meditation, pranayama (breathwork) and a powerful vinyasa class 

• A quick dive into mantra and how to use your mala beads as tools of prayer

• Techniques on developing and maintaining a personal practice

• Essential elements of a morning ritual; saving graces for evening ritual 

• The power of crystals to heal and ground

• Intro to journaling and how to align with lunar cycles  

• Yoga Nidra to close the workshop