2020 has been a game changer for us yoga teachers. With our hearts full of feelings and our minds rocking back and forth between clarity and confusion, we are all trying to navigate the right path forward for ourselves and our students, as well as the best methods and vehicles for offering yoga practices in these new times.

As yoga teachers, we cannot know what all of our students are carrying inside them, but we know that almost everyone is feeling some level of overwhelm, directionlessness, and lack of grounding. What is the best way to be helpful, appropriate, and sensitively present?

Inspired by the work she experienced while training to be a Buddhist chaplain, Cyndi has developed Three Tenets and Four Guidelines that will help you confidently, safely, and kindly offer your yoga classes as a refuge during stressful times. We will explore refuge, motivation, and knowing/not knowing, as well as practical methods for holding space. The workshop will include asana, pranayama, restorative poses, meditation, and journaling so that all we discuss gets embodied and digested. And because practice always has to start with oneself, Cyndi will also talk about how to make your own practice a refuge too.