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Set in the quaint mountain town of Hamilton, Montana, this training cultivates the power of human connectivity. Through a therapeutically oriented practice including asana, pranayama and meditation, you will unearth the innate wisdom that leads to lasting connections with clients, students and patients. By understanding these tools, you’ll be able to empower others with supportive healing practices while creating safe and sacred spaces they return to time and time again. Cultivating these skills will give you the ability to diversify and scale your professional offerings, create conscious relationships, and leave an impact as a community leader.
EXPERIENCE
CONNECTION
Join us for a profound 5 days of wellbeing and connection. Learn to initiate, nurture and evolve meaningful relationships with students, clients, family and friends.
A healing connection is a dynamic relationship between yourself and another individual or group. It is a sacred space that allows for breakthrough moments in a person’s healing journey. This sacred space is contingent upon your own integrity as a healer and your ability to facilitate a relationship that is patient, encouraging and empowering.
THIS TRAINING WILL EXPLORE HOW TO:
- Create rich connections that promote wellbeing on all levels
- Cultivate compassion and care for self and others
- Tap into the inner wellspring of intuition
- Create safe and sacred space
- Practice clear, compassionate, listening
- Practice Intuitive, empowering questioning that unlocks wisdom in your students and clients
- Recognize and honor both someone's humanity and divine potentiality
- Empower your students/clients with individualized, supportive healing practices that they will be inspired to do
- Point your client/students back to their own inner-wisdom and inspire them to remain empowered in their own healing process
WHO THIS IS FOR
This is an advanced training for the Alaya Yoga School, and it is also open to anyone who works in a healing way with groups and 1:1 with clients. This workshop will be very useful for yogis and/or those in a healing profession who would like to enhance their private sessions or group classes, while also deepening their relationships to self, others and Source, such as:
- Yoga teachers
- Healing practitioners
- Coaches
- Medical professionals
About the Experience
THE LOCATION
Hamilton, Montana is a small town in the Bitterroot Valley, about 45-minutes south of Missoula. Known for its well-rounded offerings, this quaint yet busy town boasts theater, live music, breweries and nearby hiking in the Bitterroot Mountains.
ACCOMMODATIONS
If you are coming from out of town, we are here to help you find affordable and convenient housing. There are many cute Airbnb's nearby and a handful of hotels. We also have a large local network with options for inexpensive or free housing. Contact our Student Liason after you register.
TRANSPORTATION
If you'd like to do some sightseeing in the region, renting a car is inexpensive and a great idea. Many of the Airbnb's are also walking and/or biking distance to the studio.
ACCREDITATION
This training is part of The Alaya Yoga School 300-HR Advanced Teacher Training Program. You may combine this module with other 100, 50 and 25-HR trainings to acquire your 500-HR Yoga Alliance Certification. If you are not part of the Alaya Yoga School Advanced Training Program, no problem! You will earn 50 Yoga Alliance Approved CEUs for Registered Teachers.
DAILY SCHEDULE
Each day, you'll be led in a therapeutically oriented practice including asana, pranayama and meditation. You will engage in individual/group practices/exercises that will help you to experience, embody and personalize the teachings. We will also have dynamic group discussions on a variety of teachings around creating healing connections.
EXPERIENCE ALAYA
YOUR GUIDES
E-RYT 500 Co-Founder, Alaya Yoga School
Ashleigh Sergeant
Ashleigh is a true embodiment of the teachings of yoga. Her life, presence and vibrant way of being in this world, radiate the effects of her dedicated practice. Steeped in a breadth of knowledge and depth of lived experience, Ashleigh has the unique gift of being able to guide her students in a clear, effective and inspiring way. With a solid foundation of the ancient teachings, Ashleigh is also on the leading edge of the evolution of yoga. Her revolutionary approach to the practices breathes new life into the tradition and helps us to thrive in today’s ever-changing world.
Ashleigh spent five years as a Global Yoga Trainer for Adidas and was honored to be the youngest Certified Anusara Yoga Instructor in the world. Her accomplishments include Head of Yoga Content for Gaia.com, Director of Yoga and Movement for The Envision Festival in Costa Rica, being the co-founder of Experience Alaya, and much more.
E-RYT 500 Co-Founder, Alaya Yoga School
Meg McCraken
Meg is passionate about sharing the full, rich teachings of yoga and meditation in a truly experiential way that helps us to positively transform and enrich our lives. Having worked as a yoga therapist for over a decade, she is continually inspired by the vitality of the human spirit and the power of yoga to help us tap into a source deep inner-peace and well-being.
She been sharing the yoga life with all kinds of seekers for over 18 years and is the Co-Founder of the Alaya Yoga School; a Wanderlust Presenter and Teacher Trainer; featured teacher on Gaia; and the original founder of Simple Yoga and Wellness Studio. She is a passionate community builder and gives talks, leads teacher trainings, satsangs, workshops and retreats all over the world.
Chiropractor, Dreamworker
Dr. Jennifer Lane, DC
Guest Scholar at Creating Healing Connections
Dr. Jennifer Marie Lane’s service to the world is through her devotion to dreams and embodied life. She is a mother, dream oracle, chiropractor, and teacher of earth wisdom and sacred movement. Her facilitation invites participants into a realm where body, heart, mind, soul and spirit(s) freely intermingle - where Dreams come alive! Having graduated from Stanford University with a degree in Medical Anthropology and Anthropological Genetics and worked as a healer, she weaves in a deep curiosity and respect for the healing potential of the human body and soul.
CREATE CONNECTION
FAQ
If you have more questions, please contact experiencealaya@gmail.com
