Transform your life and your practice with Kootenay Yoga School on beautiful Isla Mujeres. Our students will be supported in gaining the skills and confidence to lead meaningful classes, will find their own authentic practice, and will flourish in the community environment designed to be nurturing.
Each student will leave this 300 hour immersive program with practical knowledge of 45 traditional poses, embodied practice designing sequences, and the confidence to inspire students to love their bodies through the practice of yoga.
Our time during the training will be grounded in meditation and applying the philosophy and practice of yoga to our daily lives. Each student will have the opportunity to practice teaching small groups. This transformative 22-day intensive will open doors of perception and catalyze shifts in the way we relate to ourselves, each other and our yoga practice.
This course will include daily yoga and meditation practice, asana and pranayama labs, and a variety of workshops designed to help you gain the knowledge and confidence to lead students in asana classes and workshops of your own. Topics are not limited to :
Mythology Asana
Symbolism & Archetypes
Advanced Principles of Anatomy, Alignment
8 limbs
Patanjali's Sutras (in depth translation, book study)
Art of Advanced Sequencing (6 styes and sequences)
Yoga as healing
Adjustments Vs Assists in Progressive Yoga
Props & Modifications
Yoga Specialities
Chakras & Energy Healing & Elements of Energetic Frameworks
Reiki Level 1
Buidling Voice with Vocab, vernacular and vibe
Theory, history and philosophy of ancient texts
The Business of Yoga
Marekting Toolkit
Yoga Ethics
cOMmUNITY with music shares, classes, and more
This program is special because it is designed to feel immersive, NOT intensive. Our days are filled with diverse activities, inspired poolside seminars, and sunrise meditations to truly embrace the first sun touching the island.
Isla Mujeres is celebrate internationally as a magic city - with our center located just 500 meters away from Punta Sur National Healing Center. A truly special location for an experience such as this.
Our team is comprised of authentic wellness professionals, all dedicated to providing top level education in a way that feels inspired and fun.
We provide simple accommodation in a lush jungle property. Three home cooked, nutritious meals are served daily - with attention to regional and seasonal offerings.
21 Nights accommodation on beautiful Isla Mujeres. Guests will enjoy simple shared or private apartments on a private jungle property.
Students can enjoy the large outdoor pool and sunning area during breaks.
Three home cooked vegetarian meals will be served daily. Our team takes special care to attend to students dietary restrictions and preferences. Meals feature regional and seasonal best offerings.
Students will receive a comprehensive manual to study during programing and use as a resource in the future.
Daily yoga classes will be held in our outdoor / open air yoga shala.
Meditations on site and off site near the beautiful Caribbean sea. Learn to deepen your own comfort for meditation and lead others gracefully.
Educational seminars delivered daily based on the guidelines of Yoga Alliance program requirements - enhanced with unique points of interest and delivered with enthusiasm.
Our team and community support is ongoing. Students will have continued communication and resources as well as professional development opportunities after the initial training.
Keep connected if needed.
Our training center is located just three minutes by foot from the beautiful shores of the Caribbean Bay.
7:00am-9:00am Morning practice in the outdoor shala
9:00am-10:00am Breakfast served in the garden
10:00am-12:30pm Morning lab delivered poolside
12:30pm-2:00pm Lunch served in the garden and independent journal / study time
2:00pm-4:00pm Asana lab
4:00pm-6:00pm Anatomy class
6:00pm-6:30pm Group check in circle
6:30pm-7:15pm Dinner served in the garden
7:15pm-9:00pm Evening Nidra class
*This schedule changes day to day
Dedicated to international education for over 15 years, helping learners obtain goals in a variety of areas including movement, improv, dance, debate, web design, as well as extensive experience as an elementary and special education teacher and administrator, I have a varied and vast history in designing, implementing and reviewing curriculum and learning.
Yoga made its debut in my life as a restorative practice to compliment the physical demands of ballet. It wasn't for several years that I incorporate asanas into my movement practice and even longer before a regular practice found its way into my daily life. Once I found my teacher, Anna Laurita, I knew my calling was to attend yoga teacher training and in 2014 after a few years of a dedicated practice, I started teaching regularly.
My 15 year career as a varied and skilled international educator and administrator translated easily into strategies and assets for teaching yoga. I strive to design learning experiences that meet all learners, all people where they are and helps them embody a path of light to achieve their goals.
As a yoga teacher, I am committed to sharing this practice as much as I can, in whatever ways I can. In addition to teaching asana, I'm a certified pranayama coach and rebirther, I offer reiki and chakra balancing, create and treat with aromatherapy, am training in sound healing, trained in nidra and am an ayurvedic consultant. Each month I offer free classes for women of domestic abuse and help craft their program and training of life skills, not just yoga. Additionally, I support several charities from stray and endangered animals in Asia to educational initiatives and children charities worldwide.
I am a passionate learner and a dedicated yogi, studying around the globe and training as much as I can.
In 2017, I started offering the 200 hour Yoga Teacher Training in Sri Lanka, where I am connecting and growing with the yoga community there.
