(Offered as a 2 Hour – 1 Full Day Workshop)
The hip and knee represent the locomotive system of our bodies. If you want to get from one place to another or from one Yoga pose to another, the hip and knee are always involved through the ways in which they move, stabilize, integrate and help us find more freedom. In this workshop, we will look at the anatomy and mechanics of the hip and knee joints and discuss the postural implications of muscle imbalances and hip/knee injuries in Yoga practice. Through an exploration of the hips and knees during the workshop’s class, we will apply rarely seen Yoga therapy variations and sports medicine adaptations to traditional poses to further evolve our sense of balance, grace, refined movement and structural support within asanas.

(Offered as a 2 Hour – 1 Full Day Workshop)
The pelvis and low back are the bowl for the seed of creation, growth and our ability to manifest powerfully in the world. For some people there is too much sukha (flexibility) leading to instability. For others there is too much stirrah (steadiness) leading to rigidity. Too much of one or the other impacts our physical structure as well as our energetic systems that regulate emotions, biochemistry and our overall sense of samata (balance). In this workshop, we will use asana, pranayama, Chinese meridian theory, East/West nutrition and awareness exercises to learn how to access the potential of the “seat of the body.”

(Offered as a 1 – 2 Hour Workshop)
Sun salutations inspire us to energize our bodies and find balance in our Yoga practice by reflecting some of our most natural and basic movements as human beings. During this workshop we will explore some of the 10 varieties of sun salutations along with moon salutations and variations within salutation sequencing. Learn how to promote better spinal stability in poses, discover tricks of unlocking the energetic anatomy of your asanas and gain insight into sports medicine techniques that enhance sun salutations to help you feel better when practicing Yoga.

(Offered as a 1½ – 2 Hour Kirtan)
A Bhakti Yoga celebration of mantra and music! Chanting Sanskrit names is a profound and heart-oriented approach to working with breath, energy awareness and mental focus. Bhakti Yoga events are a blissful expression of meditation through sound using an ancient language specifically designed to invoke healing through resonance and intention.

Click here to listen to Terra’s acapella Gayatri Mantra.

(Offered as a 1½ – 3 Hour Workshop)
Get ready to deepen your aliveness! Use chant, sound and pranayama as a way of deepening your asana practice. These techniques and practices will show you how to use breath and sound to stabilize core, increase proprioceptive awareness and create a more balanced nervous system response loop. This workshop will offer you amazing yogic tools to live by!

(Offered as a 3 Hour – 1 Full Day Workshop)
The shoulder is perhaps the most dynamic skeletal structure in the human body. A fusion of fascia, muscles, ligaments and several joints, our shoulders allow us to float and flow with grace when practicing Yoga. But, when our shoulders break down from too many chaturangas, jump backs and everyday life mishaps, how can we evolve our sadhana (Yoga practice) and get back to doing the things we love?

In this workshop, we will overview the anatomy and movementology of the shoulders along with typical shoulder injuries encountered in Yoga practitioners and in work with private clients. We will discuss the roles of shoulder stabilizing muscles vs. shoulder mobilizing muscles as they relate to the yogic concepts of stirrha (stability) and sukha (flexibility). The workshop will culminate with an asana practice that will fine tune form with breath and highlight therapeutic Yoga exercises that teachers and students can apply in their respective practice sequences to help heal the shoulders.

(Offered as a 2 – 4 Hour Workshop)
According to the National Institute of Health, over 80% of all people will experience back pain at some point in their life. Wouldn’t it be great then to learn some simple, effective, scientifically validated techniques that can be practically applied to Yoga to help heal ourselves and our yoga clients with lower back pain? Well, this workshop will do just that! While sharing the latest research from the experts in sports medicine and rehabilitation, we will analyze some of the main causes of lower back pain and dispel myths that have propagated for years within the Yoga community. The class will then progress into a practice where we will apply core facilitation techniques to enhance your asanas. Your Yoga practice will never be the same. Guaranteed!

(Offered as a 2 Hour – 1 Full Day Workshop)
Do you know the best way to approach a flare up of carpal tunnel syndrome using yoga therapy? Or how about the difference between tennis elbow and golfer’s elbow? Maybe you simply want to learn more about injuries that you’ve seen pop up from time to time in your yoga clients affecting the low back, neck and spinal discs? This workshop dives deep into a variety of structural injuries that are found in everyday yoga practitioners.

(Workshop Varies)
At Yoga Doctors, we realize that sometimes Yoga schools, workplaces and scholastic programs wish to expose their students, teachers and employees to elements of healthcare science that very few practitioners are able to offer like Proprioceptive Neuromuscular Refacilitation, Workplace Ergonomics for Better Health, Physical Therapeutic Techniques Using Foam Rollers and Gym Balls, Acupuncture/Acupressure Point Theory, Myofascial Release Technique, Post Inhibitory Relaxation Stretching and Advanced Yogic Sciences. This workshop option offers you the opportunity to design your own workshop based on the specifics that you are seeking for your program.