Embody the Five Elements Yoga Teacher Training
40-Hour Training
November 4 – November 9, 2012: Kripalu Center, Stockbridge, MA
Embody the Five Elements Yoga Teacher Training is for for yoga teachers and experienced yoga students.
Embodying the Five Elements with Yoga is a potent practice of yoga postures, breathing, mudras, meditation, and yoga nidra that realigns us with the rhythms of nature. This exploration and celebration of yoga is rooted in Kripalu yoga, Ayurveda, and yoga therapy.
Earth, water, fire, air and ether are the archetypal building blocks of our bodies, our energy, and everything in existence. The elements are vivid, colorful, potent — bountiful and fertile ground for sensing and exploring our deeper selves. We will dive deeply, learning and experiencing the art, science and philosophy of the five elements in a multi-faceted inquiry that allows the essence of the elements to flower from within, establishing balance and fortifying vitality in body and mind.
The model of the five elements corresponds directly to the major yogic models such as the five koshas, five kleshas, five vayus, three doshas, and the seven chakras. By diving into each element with its parallel kosha, vayu, dosha and chakra, we are able to unlock the door to deeper inquiry and exploration of our true Self. Five element practice balances and nourishes us at every level of our multi-dimensional being, bringing us into a state of harmony and health within ourselves and the larger cadence and rhythms of nature.
With elements are balanced, we are in harmony within ourselves, feel both stable and energized, and can maintain perfect health. When our elements are out of balance, we suffer disrupted equilibrium and become out of balance within ourselves and the natural world. With five element yoga practice, you will learn how to guide yourself and your students back into harmony — not only of the elements but also the corresponding kosha, vayu, dosha and chakra — to tap into our greatest potential. Our natural constitution comes into perfect flow with life so that we may enjoy increased health, happiness, peace, and potential.
In this advanced training you will move deeply into five element practice yourself, while learning the skills necessary to create powerful classes and workshops. Beyond an ordinary training, this is a time for deep practice, reflection and learning, cultivating personal inquiry and experience to transform your own life and the lives of your students. By embodying the five elements with yoga, you will take your teaching to a higher level, awakening your inner radiance as a yogi and teacher.