Telluride Yoga Festival

In this workshop, you will be introduced to the fundamentals of shadow yoga.  Shadow Yoga, founded by Shandor Remete, is a Hatha Yoga system that utilizes rhythmic breathing, bandhas (energetic locks) and the system of marma (vital junctions) to free the peripheral body of its energetic obstructions and to ignite our inner fire for healing and meditation. Shadow Yoga consists of circular and spiraling movements, warrior stances, and sun salutation forms that prepare students to safely and effectively practice the more advanced limbs of Hatha Yoga.  

Given the uniqueness of each of our bodies, there are no absolutes in yoga posture alignment. Poses don’t have alignment, bodies have alignment! However, in group classes, we explore postures together that have a defined aesthetic and expression. In this Yoga Lab, we’ll explore some blueprint poses in each family of postures to better understand how to find your informed yet unique expression through the Integrated Vinyasa™ alignment principles of balancing polar key actions, observing tension and load on our tissues, and understanding the impact of our nervous system on our ability to experience change in our bodies. Includes lecture and “workshopping” of asanas. Great for both students and for teachers who want to learn how to invite students to explore their own alignment.

All of us have potential beyond our wildest dreams. The ancient yogis understood this and developed the methodology of kriya to help us to access this potential and to create extraordinary lives. These kriyas offer a powerful way to cut through the distractions of modern life and to deliver us to greater levels of awareness, joy and peace.  Join Kia and Tommy to explore the deeper meaning and application of kriya including:

• An overview of kriya in different traditions
• Understand the effects of kriyas at the level of body, energy and mind 

• How to maximize the effects of your practice, and to better integrate and sustain the consciousness created.
• What makes Kundalini Kriyas particularly powerful
• Techniques to maximize your experience and integration of the energy
• How to enter and sustain ‘a state of kriya’
• Kriya as a practice of self-discipline, self-study and attunement to life.
• Kriya as an action toward liberation

Mindfulness is a skill. This class starts with a conversation about powerful Blissology techniques to create a state of Flow and Embodied Peace. These will help guide our ability to become more present, mindful and receptive to life.  Expect a short lecture on yoga, your nervous system and the adrenals. Discover how understanding the adrenals and the nervous system can serve to lead to more connection and joy in our lives. We will explore these tools in an incredible meditation experience followed by a deep, soulful slow-flow yoga class that is nothing short of paradigm shifting. We want to share the tools and techniques of how to be more present and feel the profound connection to our bodies, our community and nature. Bring calm, clarity and light into your life and open up our deepest consciousness.

This is a 4-hour workshop:

1. 3-hour lecture providing a fundamental understanding of military culture, physiological and biological impact of trauma and how yoga is a tool for post traumatic growth.
2. 1-hour led Connected Warriors “Working Out” Class which is taught in active duty classes.  The class includes meditation, postures and breathing. This protocol has been proven to reduce potential triggers of stress and offer participant’s valuable techniques to self-regulate their state of being thereby reducing their stress and anxiety.