Public Workshops
These workshops are open to everyone.
Some workshops count as continuing education credits (CEC) for the Yoga Alliance.
All workshops are held at Ajna Yoga studio in the Oak Bay Village.
20 hour (IN PERSON) TCTSY Foundational Training – Trauma Center Trauma Sensitive Yoga
Instructor: Sarah Holmes de Castro
Dates: June 16-18, 2023
Friday 4-8pm
Sat 9am-5:30pm & Sun 9am-3pm
Tuition: $295-$470
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This 20-hour Foundational Training from the Center for Trauma and Embodiment (Brookline, MA) introduces attendees to the core concepts and applications of TCTSY. It offers specific tools to facilitate trauma-sensitive movement through hatha yoga and breathwork in a unique way informed by robust research and decades of work with survivors. This training supports yoga teachers and therapists to make their work more trauma-informed, and supports those working in the mental health field to bring the body into treatment, a vital part of healing complex trauma, developmental trauma and chronic PTSD. Open to anyone looking to deepen their understanding of complex, intersectional trauma, there are no pre-requisites to attend.
TCTSY has foundations in trauma theory, attachment theory, neuroscience, and hatha yoga. It supports participants to cultivate embodied healing and a sense of agency so often compromised by complex trauma. In 2017, TCTSY became the first dedicated yoga program listed as an evidence-based program (EBP) for the treatment of psychological trauma.
This is the primary pre-training required to apply to the 300-hour Certification Program in TCTSY. Topics of study include:
– Trauma Theory, Attachment Theory and Neuroscience (Interoceptive Theory)
– Neurophysiology & Biology of Stress and Trauma (How Trauma Impacts the Brain)
– Spectrum of Trauma Impacts & Complex Trauma as Lived Experience
– Power, Oppression, & Intersectionality
– Building Trauma Sensitive Relationships
– TCTSY Practice and Practice Facilitation
– Key Elements of TCTSY Methodology
– Challenges in Implementing TCTSY
– Overview of Research & Studies on TCTSY
Approved for CECs: Foundational Trainings are approved for 20 Yoga Alliance Continuing Education Credits (CECs) (17 contact hours, 3 non-contact) and 18.5 CECs with the International Association of Yoga Therapists.
Payment:
$295 (Scholarship Rate – a limited number available for each training, reserved for people who experience systemic oppression and would otherwise not be able to afford to access due to debt/unemployment/underemployment)
$425 (Regular Rate – pays for you. Designed for people able to meet their basic needs)
$470 (Pay-it-Forward rate – contributes to the scholarship rate and increases access. Designed for people able to comfortably meet all of their basic needs as well as having some expendable income).
*please note all 3 payment rates will be visible and selectable once you have created an account to register
Hybrid Joint Therapeutics Workshops (Package of all 6)
Instructor: Agi Mallory
Dates: Oct 19- Nov 23, 2022
Every Wednesday, 1:00-4:00pm,
Tuition: $250
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This series of six workshops is aimed at providing knowledge and supporting functional movement in your joints. Each workshop includes a 90 minute interactive presentation on joint anatomy and function, and a 90 minute yoga practice to explore alignment, poses and modifications that support joint strength, stability and movement literacy. All levels welcome. This series will be offered as hybrid, with 8 in-person spots and online zoom participants. The recording will available to participants for 30 days. This course counts as 18 CEC hours (3 hours per workshop).
Props: yoga mat; chair; strap; block; tennis ball (optional: squash ball, blanket)
- Oct 19- Feet and Ankles –online workshop in-person workshop
- Oct 26- Knees – online workshop in-person workshop
- Nov 2- Hips- online workshop in-person workshop
- Nov 9- Shoulders – online workshop in-person workshop
- Nov 16- Neck- online workshop in-person workshop
- Nov 23- Hands & Wrists- online workshop in-person workshop
Hybrid Single Joint Therapeutics Workshop – The Feet and Ankles
Instructor: Agi Mallory
Dates: Oct 19, 2022
Wednesday, 1:00-4:00pm
Tuition: $50
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This single workshop on the feet and ankles is part of the series of six workshops aimed at providing knowledge and supporting functional movement in your joints. Each workshop includes a 90 minute interactive presentation on joint anatomy and function, and a 90 minute yoga practice to explore alignment, poses and modifications that support joint strength, stability and movement literacy. All levels welcome. This series will be offered as hybrid, with 8 in-person spots and online zoom participants. The recording will be available to participants for 30 days. This course counts as 18 CEC hours (3 hours per workshop).
Props: yoga mat; chair; strap; block; tennis ball (optional: squash ball, blanket)
Hybrid Single Joint Therapeutics Workshop – The Knees
Instructor: Agi Mallory
Dates: Oct 26, 2022
Wednesday, 1:00-4:00pm
Tuition: $50
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This single workshop on the knees is part of the series of six workshops aimed at providing knowledge and supporting functional movement in your joints. Each workshop includes a 90 minute interactive presentation on joint anatomy and function, and a 90 minute yoga practice to explore alignment, poses and modifications that support joint strength, stability and movement literacy. All levels welcome. This series will be offered as hybrid, with 8 in-person spots and online zoom participants. The recording will be available to participants for 30 days. This course counts as 18 CEC hours (3 hours per workshop).
Props: yoga mat; chair; strap; block; tennis ball (optional: squash ball, blanket)
Hybrid Single Joint Therapeutics Workshop – The Hips
Instructor: Agi Mallory
Dates: Nov 2, 2022
Wednesday, 1:00-4:00pm
Tuition: $50
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This single workshop on the hips is part of the series of six workshops aimed at providing knowledge and supporting functional movement in your joints. Each workshop includes a 90 minute interactive presentation on joint anatomy and function, and a 90 minute yoga practice to explore alignment, poses and modifications that support joint strength, stability and movement literacy. All levels welcome. This series will be offered as hybrid, with 8 in-person spots and online zoom participants. The recording will be available to participants for 30 days. This course counts as 18 CEC hours (3 hours per workshop).
Props: yoga mat; chair; strap; block; tennis ball (optional: squash ball, blanket)
Hybrid Single Joint Therapeutics Workshop – The Shoulders
Instructor: Agi Mallory
Dates: Nov 9, 2022
Wednesday, 1:00-4:00pm
Tuition: $50
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This single workshop on the shoulders is part of the series of six workshops aimed at providing knowledge and supporting functional movement in your joints. Each workshop includes a 90 minute interactive presentation on joint anatomy and function, and a 90 minute yoga practice to explore alignment, poses and modifications that support joint strength, stability and movement literacy. All levels welcome. This series will be offered as hybrid, with 8 in-person spots and online zoom participants. The recording will be available to participants for 30 days. This course counts as 18 CEC hours (3 hours per workshop).
Props: yoga mat; chair; strap; block; tennis ball (optional: squash ball, blanket)
Hybrid Single Joint Therapeutics Workshop – Hands and Wrists
Instructor: Agi Mallory
Dates: Nov 23, 2022
Wednesday, 1:00-4:00pm
Tuition: $50
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This single workshop on the neck is part of the series of six workshops aimed at providing knowledge and supporting functional movement in your joints. Each workshop includes a 90 minute interactive presentation on joint anatomy and function, and a 90 minute yoga practice to explore alignment, poses and modifications that support joint strength, stability and movement literacy. All levels welcome. This series will be offered as hybrid, with 8 in-person spots and online zoom participants. The recording will be available to participants for 30 days. This course counts as 18 CEC hours (3 hours per workshop).
Props: yoga mat; chair; strap; block; tennis ball (optional: squash ball, blanket)
Hybrid Yoga for Bone Health Workshop
Instructor: Agi Mallory
Dates: Nov 30, 2022
Wednesday, 1:00-4:00pm
Tuition: $50
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Join Agi for a special interactive workshop on the benefits of practicing yoga for osteopenia, osteoporosis, or building bone strength.
Learn how yoga can help to improve balance and prevent falls & fractures, and participate in a 90-minute class that focuses on poses and modifications designed to strengthen muscles, improve balance & coordination, and build bone density.
Suitable for all levels.
This workshop will be offered hybrid, with 8 in person spots available and live zoom participants. The recording will be available to participants for 30 days.
This course counts as 3 CEC hours.
Props: yoga mat, chair, strap, block, blanket.
Falling into Practice (In Person)
Learn to bring yourself down before gravity takes you down!
In Canada, 85% of injury-related hospitalizations are due to falls, yet many people are not interested in learning how to fall safely until after they’ve fallen badly.
Using the Feldenkrais MethodTM, students will learn a strategy for bringing themselves down to the floor in an organized way, as well as how to protect their arms and head.
Schedule
Week 1: Bring yourself down to the ground in an organized way with “The Spiral Lesson”
Week 2: Learn “Rolling from the Back into Side-sitting” & combine with “The Spiral Lesson”
Week 3: Practice spiraling & rolling and learn “Rolling onto the back with Arm Slap”.
Sacroiliac Joint Workshop
Open to Studio clients & public as well as Yoga Teachers, Therapists trainees & students. First part for students AND teachers from 1:00 – 3:30 pm. Second part for teachers and therapists ONLY ending at 5 pm.
Many people are familiar with the sacroiliac joint because of aching low backs. The SI joint is the foundation of the pelvis and the low back. Although there is only meant to be a little movement in this joint, some people experience joint stress that leads to chronic pain. In this workshop, you will learn how to rehabilitate your SI joint.
Importantly, you will learn:
1. How to build supporting muscle groups,
2. How yoga can help and hinder your SI joint,
3. SOS rehab techniques for when your pain is at a crisis level.
SOAP Notes Workshop
Open to Yoga Therapists and Yoga Therapists in Training.
SOAP notes are a standardized documentation tool used in clinical settings. SOAP notes allow health care practitioners to share information about clients in an easily understandable way, even if they work from different perspectives.
Creating SOAP notes is a crucial skill for Yoga Therapists, especially if we work in a multi -disciplinary health care clinic. In this workshop, you will learn how to create SOAP notes for your clients. Hands-on practice will ensure that you leave the workshop with confidence in creating SOAP notes. * Note: This is an IAYT approved APD course that can be used for continuing education credits
Yoga Therapy for Pelvic Health
Instructor: Regina Pfeifer
Date: TBA
Tuition: $75 for entire workshop or $60 for 1-3:30pm ($65 early bird price until October 2 for entire workshop or $50 for 1-3:30pm)
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Open to Studio clients & public as well as Yoga Teachers, Therapists trainees & students. First part for students AND teachers from 1:00 – 3:30 pm. Second part for teachers and therapists ONLY ending at 5 pm.
Anyone interested in Pelvic Health either as a prevention or in support of conditions such as incontinence, prolapse, low-back pain, diastasis recti, pelvic pain. Students should be able to get up and down to the floor. Participants should be prepared to look at anatomy models and illustrations of the pelvis.
You will learn breathing that is called pelvic -diaphragmatic breathing. This breath brings more awareness to synergy of muscles required to maintain and improve pelvic health. You will get a better understanding of the muscles, bone structure, connective tissue and ligaments that need to work together for optimal pelvic health. You will find out about the importance of relaxing the muscles involved and why that is a precondition to strengthening the inner core including the pelvic floor.
The most common Pelvic Health conditions will be touched on. You go home with an understanding of movements that support healing and those that should be avoided for some conditions. Handouts will be provided.
Online Spiral Lesson
In this day and age, sitting on the floor isn’t something many adults do regularly.
In this 75-minute class, you’ll learn a strategy for sitting down on the floor and (bonus!) how to get back up again without putting unnecessary strain on the joints. Especially useful for students of yoga and other forms of exercises that require going down to—and up from—the floor.
With regular practice, “the spiral lesson” is also an important first step towards alleviating fear of falling. Knowing how to bring yourself down to the ground, and feeling comfortable about being on the ground, reduces the chances of falling with rigidity and fear.
