“If you can sit quietly after difficult news, if in financial downturns you remain perfectly calm, if you can see your neighbors travel to fantastic places without a twinge of jealousy, if you can happily eat whatever is put on your plate and fall asleep after a day of running around without a drink or a pill, if you can always find contentment just where you are, you are probably a dog.” So suggests Jack Kornfield …
Book Review: The Spark in the Machine by Daniel Keown
… it is electricity that kicks a cell into life. This electricity is intelligent; it carries information; it has Qi (pronounced “chi”); it is not dumb … it is eleQicity.
Every serious student of Yin Yoga who wants to learn more about the energetic qualities of the practice should acquire, ingest and digest this new offering. Dr. Keown’s book deserves a spot in your library right beside Ted Kaptchuk’s Web That Has No Weaver …
Bernie is coming to Toronto! April 9th to 12th, 2015
This April, Bernie will be offering several classes and workshops as part of the Toronto Yoga Conference. For those in Eastern Canada and the USA North-east, this is a rare chance to see Bernie outside the Vancouver area (he normally doesn’t travel to teach.) Here is a list of the workshops and classes he will be offering:
Thursday April 09, 2015 11:00 am – 6:00 pm
Your Body – Your Yoga: Understanding your uniqueness and what it means for your practice.
Friday April 10, 2015 9:00 am – 4:00 pm
The Mysteries, Mythologies and Meanings of Yoga
Saturday April 11, 2015 10:30 am – 12:30 pm
The Basics of Yin Yoga
Saturday April 11, 2015 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm
The Energy Body & The Dragon Dance
Sunday April 12, 2015 9:00 am – 11:00 am
Whole Body Yoga – A Yin/Yang Fusion Experience
Yin Yoga Teacher Trainings
Yin is In! And, it is growing in popularity. Yin Yoga has been with us since the beginning of Hatha Yoga centuries ago. But since the early 19th century, yoga has become more and more yang-like in nature. Everything requires balance: yin completes yang. Yin Yoga is the balancing practice for the more active, muscular yang yogas. There are more and more teachers offering Yin Yoga today, and more workshops and opportunities to learn how to become a Yin Yoga teacher. If diving deeper into the yin-side of life is on your bucket list, there are lots of opportunities for you.
Upcoming Trainings and Retreats with Bernie Clark
A 60 hour, 7-Day Yin Yoga Teacher Training & Retreat June 28th to July 5th, 2015
Now open for registration! Our annual retreat will be at the lovely Sea-to-Sky Retreat Center (SSRC) and it always sells out early. Visit SSRC 2015 for more information and comments from past attendees.
50-hour, 7-Day Yin Yoga Teacher Trainings May 11th-17th, 2015; July 27 – Aug 2, 2015; August 24th-30th, 2015; November 9th-15th, 2015.
All of these will be at the Semperviva Yoga Studios, in Vancouver, Canada. The Yin Yoga Teacher Training Program offered at the Semperviva Yoga College is a unique way to deepen your yoga practice and touch tissues rarely worked in a more active yang style of yoga. For 200 hour certified teachers the credits of the course can be applied towards the 500 hour certification, and are eligible for CEUs with Yoga Alliance. (CEUs = Continuing Education Units and are required to maintain your status as a Registered Yoga Teacher).
For more details or to register, check the Semperviva web page or call them at 604-739-2009.
MEDITATION REVEALED With Bernie Clark & Nathalie Keiller May 17th-24th, 2015; November 15th-22nd, 2015.
This course will examine what meditation is, why we do it (its many benefits, spiritually, psychologically and physically), and how to do it, from a variety of viewpoints: From Eastern Yogic and Buddhist views to Western Psychotherapeutic understanding. The course will include personal, one-on-one training in Deep Meditation, as well as group instruction, to give the student an experiential basis for the practice of meditation. Held at the Semperviva Yoga Studios – Vancouver, B.C., Canada. Learn More
If you are having trouble finding a Yin Yoga teacher near you, or if you are traveling to somewhere new, try checking out the Directory of Yin Yoga teachers. We have hundreds of teachers registered from all over the world. If you are a teacher and are not in the directory, just send us your information and we’ll be happy to add you.
Paul Grilley, Sarah Powers, and Biff Mithoefer are each planning a full load of workshops all over the world. You can check out their schedules at their home web pages:
Many teachers around the world are creating Yin Yoga based workshops and retreats. Some of them are posting these activities on our Forum page. Check it out. There may be one happening near you. (If you are a teacher, feel free to add yours to the page!)
Awareness of Present Experience with Acceptance
Ours is a very successful species: but are we happy? Are we anywhere near as happy as our best friend – the dog? Evolutionary scientists have discovered that happiness is not necessary for survival, and much of the survival techniques that our brains developed make it very hard to be happy as well.
Teacher Trainings & Retreats
There are several Yin Yoga teacher training courses being held by Bernie Clark in the coming year, including a special 40-hour course called Meditation Revealed.
Checking out Other Interesting Events
There are many teachers leading workshops, Yin Yoga retreats and Teacher Trainings. Click here to learn more.
