2019 PROGRAM DATES
Start with any course.
Finish within 3 years of the start of your first course.
You can take any of these courses for continuing education only,
or for 300-hour credit with the Yoga Alliance, through Two Birds Yoga Training.
Finish within 3 years of the start of your first course.
You can take any of these courses for continuing education only,
or for 300-hour credit with the Yoga Alliance, through Two Birds Yoga Training.
Meditation Practice & Teaching
50 Hours
with Libby Cox & Ana Pilar Cruz
Location & Schedule
Two Birds Yoga Training
at Balanced Hot Yoga Eugene
Thursdays in February & March 2019, 5-9pm
One intensive weekend: March 2 & 3, 11am-4pm
Yoga posture practice, according to Patanjali's Yoga Sutra, prepares the practitioner for breathing and meditation. The breath is hard-wired to the brain. Change the breath, change the brain.
This course will explore myriad ways of breathing and meditating, helping you as a student of yoga to find the methods that resonate with you.
In addition, if you're a yoga teacher and you so desire, you will learn to teach pranayama and meditation, incorporating appropriate styles into public classes.
You can approach this course in one of two ways: attend as a practitioner of meditation and learn to deepen your practice. Come from 5-7pm each Thursday ($190 total cost), or come for the certificate with Two Birds Yoga Training and learn to teach pranayama and meditation as well, incorporating appropriate styles into public classes. ($895).
painting by libby cox, 2007
Details of Training
Thursdays
5-7pm
Each Thursday from 5:00-7:00pm, you will learn different meditation techniques from two main philosophies:
yoga darsana: traditional yoga based on traditional texts such as the Hatha Yoga Pradipika and the Yoga Sutra of Patanjali;
and Tantra, based on the teachings of a South Indian Srividya tradition. Yoga Darsana offers meditations following pranayama, or different breathing techniques, and with focus on external objects such as a candle flame, or a mental image like the moon. Tantric meditation offers different tools for focusing the mind and the body's senses, including but not limited to Mantra (chanting), Yantra (holding the eyes on sacred geometry), Mudra (specific hand positions designed to focus attention), and Devata (focus on imagery related to diving energy in Hindu mythology.)
7-9pm
For yoga teachers interested in incorporating meditation into your public classes, these two hours each week will include discussion on effective ways to introduce the meditative aspect of yoga to the general public, tools for teaching, and practice teaching.
Libby will lead 3 of 4 Thursday evening discussions, and Ana one Thursday discussion each month.
Intensive Weekend
Saturday, March 2nd
11am-1pm
Comprehensive asana, pranayama, & meditation practice led by Ana Pilar and Libby.
1pm-4pm
Yoga teacher practice teaching and class planning.
Sunday, March 3rd
Full course attendees only, please.
Cost:
$895 for full training
$25 drop in or $190 total for meditation practice only,
5-7pm each Thursday night
50 Hours
with Libby Cox & Ana Pilar Cruz
Location & Schedule
Two Birds Yoga Training
at Balanced Hot Yoga Eugene
Thursdays in February & March 2019, 5-9pm
One intensive weekend: March 2 & 3, 11am-4pm
Yoga posture practice, according to Patanjali's Yoga Sutra, prepares the practitioner for breathing and meditation. The breath is hard-wired to the brain. Change the breath, change the brain.
This course will explore myriad ways of breathing and meditating, helping you as a student of yoga to find the methods that resonate with you.
In addition, if you're a yoga teacher and you so desire, you will learn to teach pranayama and meditation, incorporating appropriate styles into public classes.
You can approach this course in one of two ways: attend as a practitioner of meditation and learn to deepen your practice. Come from 5-7pm each Thursday ($190 total cost), or come for the certificate with Two Birds Yoga Training and learn to teach pranayama and meditation as well, incorporating appropriate styles into public classes. ($895).
painting by libby cox, 2007
Details of Training
Thursdays
5-7pm
Each Thursday from 5:00-7:00pm, you will learn different meditation techniques from two main philosophies:
yoga darsana: traditional yoga based on traditional texts such as the Hatha Yoga Pradipika and the Yoga Sutra of Patanjali;
and Tantra, based on the teachings of a South Indian Srividya tradition. Yoga Darsana offers meditations following pranayama, or different breathing techniques, and with focus on external objects such as a candle flame, or a mental image like the moon. Tantric meditation offers different tools for focusing the mind and the body's senses, including but not limited to Mantra (chanting), Yantra (holding the eyes on sacred geometry), Mudra (specific hand positions designed to focus attention), and Devata (focus on imagery related to diving energy in Hindu mythology.)
7-9pm
For yoga teachers interested in incorporating meditation into your public classes, these two hours each week will include discussion on effective ways to introduce the meditative aspect of yoga to the general public, tools for teaching, and practice teaching.
Libby will lead 3 of 4 Thursday evening discussions, and Ana one Thursday discussion each month.
Intensive Weekend
Saturday, March 2nd
11am-1pm
Comprehensive asana, pranayama, & meditation practice led by Ana Pilar and Libby.
1pm-4pm
Yoga teacher practice teaching and class planning.
Sunday, March 3rd
Full course attendees only, please.
Cost:
$895 for full training
$25 drop in or $190 total for meditation practice only,
5-7pm each Thursday night
READY TO APPLY?
1. Email icanseethatstar@gmail.com or call Libby at (512) 775-4159 with any questions you may have.
2. Click HERE to complete your application materials.
3. Click on the PAY DEPOSIT button below to submit your $250 deposit and secure your place in the training.
4. Congratulate yourself!
1. Email icanseethatstar@gmail.com or call Libby at (512) 775-4159 with any questions you may have.
2. Click HERE to complete your application materials.
3. Click on the PAY DEPOSIT button below to submit your $250 deposit and secure your place in the training.
4. Congratulate yourself!
DEVATA
Interwoven Yoga, Philosophy & Mythology
Two Options
Tulsa, Oklahoma, April 2019
Special focus: Ganesha
15 hours
Eugene, Oregon, September & October, 2019
Introduction to principles of Tantra
+ a tour of various gods and goddesses
50 Hours
Tamil Nadu. Photo by Libby Cox, 2017
Tulsa, Oklahoma
Special focus: Ganesha
Location & Schedule
EveryOne Yoga School, Tulsa, OK
April 26-28, 2019
Friday night
Introduction to Tantra / Comparative Yoga Philosophy
Weekend Intensive
Mythology of Ganesha, Shiva & Parvati : A "family portrait"
Who are we but the stories we tell about ourselves? This intimate study will deepen your understanding of the bountiful and diverse Yogic vision of the universe; from gods and goddesses to heroes and heroines, parables, trials and tribulations of Indian Mythology.
This round, we will focus on Ganesha, one of the most pervasive images from the Hindu pantheon & guardian of thresholds.
By cultivating an understanding of some of the history of yoga philosophy and of Goddess-based Tantra Yoga, you will develop a personalized practice and learn to relate these descriptions to your own life’s story. This will allow you, in turn, to help your students live into their own stories.
To Register, visit EveryOne Yoga School online.
Eugene, Oregon
Location & Schedule
The Birds Nest at Balanced Hot Yoga, Eugene, OR
8 Thursdays : September 26 - November 7, 2019 (except Halloween), 5pm-9pm
+ One Intensive Weekend : Saturday, November 2nd & Sunday, November 3rd, 11am-4pm
Who are we but the stories we tell about ourselves? This intimate study will deepen your understanding of the bountiful and diverse Yogic vision of the universe; from gods and goddesses to heroes and heroines, parables, trials and tribulations of Indian Mythology.
By cultivating an understanding of some of the history of yoga philosophy and of Goddess-based Tantra Yoga, you will develop a personalized practice and learn to relate these descriptions to your own life’s story. This will allow you, in turn, to help your students live into, and re-imagine their own stories.
Cost: $895
Interwoven Yoga, Philosophy & Mythology
Two Options
Tulsa, Oklahoma, April 2019
Special focus: Ganesha
15 hours
Eugene, Oregon, September & October, 2019
Introduction to principles of Tantra
+ a tour of various gods and goddesses
50 Hours
Tamil Nadu. Photo by Libby Cox, 2017
Tulsa, Oklahoma
Special focus: Ganesha
Location & Schedule
EveryOne Yoga School, Tulsa, OK
April 26-28, 2019
Friday night
Introduction to Tantra / Comparative Yoga Philosophy
Weekend Intensive
Mythology of Ganesha, Shiva & Parvati : A "family portrait"
Who are we but the stories we tell about ourselves? This intimate study will deepen your understanding of the bountiful and diverse Yogic vision of the universe; from gods and goddesses to heroes and heroines, parables, trials and tribulations of Indian Mythology.
This round, we will focus on Ganesha, one of the most pervasive images from the Hindu pantheon & guardian of thresholds.
By cultivating an understanding of some of the history of yoga philosophy and of Goddess-based Tantra Yoga, you will develop a personalized practice and learn to relate these descriptions to your own life’s story. This will allow you, in turn, to help your students live into their own stories.
To Register, visit EveryOne Yoga School online.
Eugene, Oregon
Location & Schedule
The Birds Nest at Balanced Hot Yoga, Eugene, OR
8 Thursdays : September 26 - November 7, 2019 (except Halloween), 5pm-9pm
+ One Intensive Weekend : Saturday, November 2nd & Sunday, November 3rd, 11am-4pm
Who are we but the stories we tell about ourselves? This intimate study will deepen your understanding of the bountiful and diverse Yogic vision of the universe; from gods and goddesses to heroes and heroines, parables, trials and tribulations of Indian Mythology.
By cultivating an understanding of some of the history of yoga philosophy and of Goddess-based Tantra Yoga, you will develop a personalized practice and learn to relate these descriptions to your own life’s story. This will allow you, in turn, to help your students live into, and re-imagine their own stories.
Cost: $895
Asana, Anatomy & The Modern Practitioner of Yoga
50 Hours
Location & Schedule (To Be Announced Shortly!)
Balanced Hot Yoga Eugene, Oregon
$895
Learn to sequence public asana classes based on common pitfalls in sequencing. As a continuing teacher of yoga, learn to demonstrate a clear understanding of both the traditional Krishnamacarya sequencing template, as well as science-based research on joint and muscle wellness in regular asana practice. This course will include continued anatomy & physiology of sequencing, practice, and practice teaching.
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50 Hours
Location & Schedule (To Be Announced Shortly!)
Balanced Hot Yoga Eugene, Oregon
$895
Learn to sequence public asana classes based on common pitfalls in sequencing. As a continuing teacher of yoga, learn to demonstrate a clear understanding of both the traditional Krishnamacarya sequencing template, as well as science-based research on joint and muscle wellness in regular asana practice. This course will include continued anatomy & physiology of sequencing, practice, and practice teaching.
story of this picture here
Language of Teaching
50-Hour Study
TBA
AT BALANCED HOT YOGA Eugene, OR
Two consecutive weekends
Friday evenings: 5:30-9:30
Saturday & Sunday 9am-7pm; break for lunch from 12-1pm
You might find in your teaching that the postures and practice flow easily from
you, but converting a body of movement into words can be daunting! Together we
will work on verbal cue refinement by studying elements of theater to understand
the performative aspect of teaching. We will also explore the language of the body,
of non-violent communication, and the Gardener model of multiple intelligences, all
as means to improve the fluency of verbal instruction. In addition, this course will
offer a no-holds-barred conversation on the issues that come with power and
responsibility around stepping into the seat of the yoga teacher.
Cost : $895
photo: the Birds Nest at Balanced Hot Yoga, Eugene, Oregon
We will cover:
50-Hour Study
TBA
AT BALANCED HOT YOGA Eugene, OR
Two consecutive weekends
Friday evenings: 5:30-9:30
Saturday & Sunday 9am-7pm; break for lunch from 12-1pm
You might find in your teaching that the postures and practice flow easily from
you, but converting a body of movement into words can be daunting! Together we
will work on verbal cue refinement by studying elements of theater to understand
the performative aspect of teaching. We will also explore the language of the body,
of non-violent communication, and the Gardener model of multiple intelligences, all
as means to improve the fluency of verbal instruction. In addition, this course will
offer a no-holds-barred conversation on the issues that come with power and
responsibility around stepping into the seat of the yoga teacher.
Cost : $895
photo: the Birds Nest at Balanced Hot Yoga, Eugene, Oregon
We will cover:
- Ethical questions common to teaching public yoga classes, and give
- students the opportunity to discuss openly best practices when addressing
- challenging concerns within the student-teacher relationship
- Language of teaching, including the practice of Non-Violent Communication
- Review of Gardener's model of multiple intelligences.