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Next month! Yoga Nidra and the Upper Chakras Training with Mona Anand Join @monaanandyoga for a livestream training focused on the Vishuddha, Ajna, and Sahasrara Chakras You will learn how to recognize chakra imbalances and develop yoga nidra practices to find balance. The training will delve deeply into the issues associated with each chakra and how to use all of the tools of yoga including asana, restorative poses, pranayama, mantra, visualization and yoga nidra to find... balance. The training will include: Practices taught by Mona with asana, restorative postures and all nine steps of yoga nidra designed for specific chakras Opportunity to design and practice teaching yoga nidra and receive feedback on sequences Develop short, mid-length and long yoga nidra practices for specific chakras Lecture and discussion group on how to recognize imbalances in specific chakras Discussion on how to sequence asana and restorative postures for specific chakra imbalances How to integrate pranayama, mantra and visualization for specific chakra imbalances January 18-21, 2021 Link in bio for registration and more info!

The whole world is a work of art and we are the words; we are the music Virginia Woolf This Sunday, join artist, musicians, and yoga teachers Peter Ferko and Phil Schuster in an introduction to a yoga practice tailored to you. The parallels between art-making and yoga are striking, and the benefits to musicians (and other artists) of having a yoga practice are profound. Yoga helps with practice, performance, writing, life on the road, and perspective on career and ...work/life balance. During Covid times, artists face new challenges, and this workshop will also be a chance to have some supportive discussion of realities and opportunities. This workshop is by suggested donation to accommodate artists’ current situations. Livestream: Sunday December 13, 12 1:30 pm Link in bio to sign up!

Tomorrow! Letting the Light In: A Workshop on Kindling Radiance + Resilience with Sarah Finger Thursday December 10 12-2 pm EST A pure heart open to the light, will be filled with the very essence of Truth. - Rumi ... The practice of yoga is meant to bring us out of the darkness of ignorance and into the light of our true nature. As we approach the shortest day of the year, it is an auspicious time to remember the power of our own luminosity. In this workshop, we’ll use various purification techniques, mantra, mudras, and kriyas to help us to harness the light of our being. Like a candle lighting up a dark space, that light from within can radiate truth, insight, and a higher understanding of ourselves and the greater intelligence that governs all things. Sign up and learn more via link in bio!

Join us via livestream for our holiday workshops! Fri. Dec. 25, 4-5:30pm EST Keep love, peace, and prosperity flowing by adding an inspiring and loving yoga class to the mix on Christmas day... ‘ ! Sun. Dec. 27, 12:30-2pm EST Lindsay Sanwald Harvard Divinity scholar and ISHTA Yoga teacherhosts this workshop based on the Taittirya Upaniad. This ancient Vedic tale offers meditations on brahman, bodies, bliss, and most memorably, food. Open to all lovers of food and wisdom! No prior knowledge necessary. Wed. Dec. 30, 5-6pm EST A chance to connect with ISHTA Senior Teachersopen to anyone who is interested in joining. Topic for the evening: Let’s come together to reflect on how our yoga has supported us in 2020 and begin the turn toward the season’s growing light to discover how these reflections might illuminate 2021. ' - Fri. Jan. 1, 4:30-6:15pm EST Welcome your New Year with consciousness and unbound potential. The class will set the tone for balance, resilience, and infinite possibilities for each moment of the New Year. , , Mon. Jan. 4, 10am-1pm EST Sankalpa is a seed of intention that resonates with your highest self. In this live streamed workshop, Sarah will lead you through an asana practice integrating a kriya, or visualization technique, to help us to tap into the realm of infinite possibilities. Mona will then guide you through a series of restorative postures and a transformative yoga nidra practice. The journey will culminate with Tantric techniques led by Alan, including mantra, mudra, and chakra balancing to form your sankalpa and plant it into the cells of your being. Link in bio for registration and more info!

Upcoming Workshops with Mona & Sarah Restorative / Yoga Nidra Workshop to Balance Anahata Chakra with Mona Anand Thursday, December 3 | 12 - 2 pm est... Sign up here: https://bit.ly/2JijhgC A heart chakra practice designed for the holidays, focused on compassion, empathy, love, and acceptance of ourselves, others, and the world around us. The entire practice including the asana, restorative poses, pranayama and yoga nidra will be designed to bring balance to this energy center. The workshop will end with a thirty to forty-minute long yoga nidra designed to balance the heart chakra. Letting the Light In: A Workshop on Kindling Radiance + Resilience with Sarah Finger Thursday, December 10 | 12 - 2 pm est Sign up here: https://bit.ly/3ldR3AI A pure heart open to the light, will be filled with the very essence of Truth. - Rumi The practice of yoga is meant to bring us out of the darkness of ignorance and into the light of our true nature. As we approach the shortest day of the year, it is an auspicious time to remember the power of our own luminosity. In this workshop, we’ll use various purification techniques, mantra, mudras, and kriyas to help us to harness the light of our being. Like a candle lighting up a dark space, that light from within can radiate truth, insight, and a higher understanding of ourselves and the greater intelligence that governs all things.

Granthi Bhedana A Workshop on Piercing the Granthis with Katrina Repka This Sunday, December 20 | 12 - 2pm EST Ready to set yourself up for a happy holiday? Join Yogiraj Katrina Repka for a live streamed workshop to loosen the knots of the granthis and connect to Universal Consciousness. ... Granthis (lit. knots), are the knots of energy that develop from avidya, maya, dukha, and asmita. If you can loosen the granthis, Shakti will be able to flow freely and move gracefully towards Shiva. We will begin with a discussion of the technique, followed by pre-meditative asana, meditation with Granthi Bhedana, and a post- meditation grounding asana practice. This is a more rajasic technique then the Merudanda mudra taught in Katrina’s November workshop (and, as such, is one of Tantra’s secret whispering techniques); it can be taken as a standalone session, or to build on the previous Merudanda practice. Link in bio to register and for more info!

Thanksgiving Master Class: A Graceful Thanksgiving with Peter Ferko Livestream Thurs. November 26, 9:30-11am EST Join Peter for a Thanksgiving morning workshop that puts extra meaning into a holiday that often gets reduced to too much eating! Take a balancing journey of , , to detox your body, focus your mind, and more. Sign up here: https://bit.ly/3nUDOGW

ISHTA Meditation Training starts tomorrow! Regram @splattfinger Ok, so it’s not #tbt but I couldn’t resist throwing it back to this album cover of @yogirajaf circa 1981-ish. There are some things that never change and then there are things like hair + fashion. But when it comes to guided meditations, Alan Finger is truly a master. He will take you through sound and light to a whole new dimension of universal understanding. It’s an honor to share his teachings, alo...ngside my colleague + friend @peterferko - who is a yoga master in his own right. . Beginning this Wednesday, the three of us will be offering our signature @ishtayoga Meditation Training - a 3-Day immersion into the magic of breath, bandhas, kriya, + mantra. All grounded in modern science with a lot of great jokes in between! I hope you’ll consider joining us just in time for the holidays - because meditation is the gift that keeps on giving. I can’t promise this fashion but the content will more than make up for it. Link in bio to sign up. See more

Going at your own pace is an important part of building a strong yoga practice Join for Alan, Sarah, and Mona's asana, meditation, and yoga nidra practices available in two programs featuring pre-recorded, on demand content. is a highly effective practice that combines ancient yoga techniques with modern music to facilitate deep meditation and induce a state of stillness called Samadhi, t...he ultimate goal of yoga. Get access to monthly audio + video content featuring long and short meditation, asana, and lectures plus music from @ayaandtyler. ' program includes practices of varying lengths designed for a variety of purposes including deep relaxation, grounding, uplifting, heart opening, and practices for the family (great for kids!). Get unlimited access to yoga nidra and asana practices, valid throughout your subscription. Subscribe and learn more via link in bio! These self-paced programs are great for developing a regular practice. See more

This Friday! Writers Meditation Workshop: From the Heart to the Mouth, to the Page with Puy Navarro. Friday, November 20, 2 - 4 pm est. Just as Thanksgiving began as a day of giving thanks for the blessing of the harvest from the preceding year, let’s come together to give thanks for our creativity and our unique talents and, let’s write from our hearts. Thanksgiving Master Class: A Graceful Thanksgiving with Peter Ferko. Thursday, November 26, 9:30 - 11 am est. Join P...eter for a Thanksgiving morning workshop that puts extra meaning into a holiday that often gets reduced to too much eating! Take a balancing journey of asana, pranayama, and meditation to detox your body, focus your mind, and more. Restorative / Yoga Nidra Workshop to Balance Anahata Chakra with Mona Anand. Thursday, Dec 3, 12 - 2 pm est. A heart chakra practice designed for the holidays, focused on compassion, empathy, and love + acceptance of ourselves, others, and the world around us. Link in bio! Sign up for these much needed fall workshops and master classes

Find peace within yourself and expand your consciousness through yoga nidra Mona Anand's ISHTA Yoga Nidra Training, Nov 9-11designed for both teachers and students, delves deeper into yoga nidra, a state on the threshold of being asleep and being awake that can help you deeply relax, release what lies in your subconscious and unconscious and experience an expanded state of awareness. In this training you will: Study the science behind yoga nidra and look deeply in...to the nine steps of yoga nidra developed by Mona and Alan. Participants will experience, design, discuss, and practice teaching each of the nine steps. Learn how to integrate yoga nidra into asana and restorative classes. Design short and long yoga nidra practices to manage stress and help with anxiety and insomnia. Delve deeper into how yoga nidra can be used for pain management and healing. Sign up today and find more info here: http://bit.ly/MonaYN2020 . This is an amazing training with Mona Anand, a revolutionary figure in the field of Yoga Nidra! When the yoga nidra training was announced, I couldn’t sign up quickly enough. After having completed the 300hr ISHTA training with Mona as my mentor and having a taste of Mona Anand’s ISHTA Yoga Nidra technique as part of that training, I was eager to spend more time with both. The transmission of this work from Mona to her students is nothing short of magical. Her tremendous knowledge and insights of yoga coupled with her well-known humor is a potent combination. However, when the transmission is yoga nidra there is something almost other-wordly that occurs. Her passion for this work is in every word she speaks, whether one is being guided through a yoga nidra by her or is in the midst of learning this powerful technique from her. The class content was interesting and thorough and Mona creates a warm and engaging environment that allows for an even more satisfying learning experience. -Tisha Ford, ISHTA Yoga Teacher, RYT-500

Looking to deepen your ISHTA practice? Join Yogiraj Katrina Repka and explore in a workshop designed to loosen the knots of the granthis and connect to Universal Consciousness Granthis (lit. knots), are the knots of energy that develop from , , , . The granthis are essential for holding Shakti in the physical vehicle of the body, but they also choke the flow of Shakti up the spine at the three different levels of consciousness ... Brahma, Vishnu, and Rudra. If you can loosen the granthis, Shakti will be able to flow freely and move gracefully towards Shiva. We will begin with a discussion of the granthis, followed by pre-meditative asana, meditation with Merudanda mudra, and a post- meditation grounding asana practice. Join via livestream Friday, November 6th, 12-2pm EST, 5-7pm GMT Link in bio for more info and to register! See more

Starting next Friday! 200 Hour Modular Weekend Training - Module 1, November 6 - Dec 16 (select weekends only) . . Our next virtual 200 Hour Teacher Training starts next week! Registration is still open. Participants can sign up for one, or all modules. Take all three to get your 200 Hour certification. ISHTA’s Yoga Alliance certified 200-Hour teacher training program is designed to deepen your understanding of the science of yoga. Whether you plan to make a career out of ...teaching yoga or are simply looking to enhance your own practice, this program teaches you how to bring yoga into daily life. . . This enriching experience can be life-changing regardless of your future intentions. We encourage all prospective trainees to take the leap and see where it leads! . . Training will take place on Fridays*, Saturdays, and Sundays. Module content will remain the same between the Modular Intensive and Modular Weekend training, so trainees can choose how to train! Trainees can create a hybrid training to fit your schedule if they like, with our Modular Intensive 200 Hour Training (more details below)! Modular Weekend Trainers: Alan Finger, Sarah Finger, Mona Anand, Peter Ferko, and Kelly Eudailey. Mentors: Peter Ferko and Kelly Eudailey. . . Times: Fridays: 1 - 4 pm, and 5 - 8 pm. Saturdays + Sundays: 8:30 am - 4:30 pm. *Please note, for Friday content, trainees will have the option to receive an allotted number of recordings. . . For contact info, more details, and to apply for the upcoming 200 Hour program, click here: http://ishtayoga.com/200hr/ See more

Early Bird pricing through this Saturday, Oct 31, on Mona Anand's ISHTA Yoga Nidra Training! Training dates, Nov 9 - 11 . . This training, now available via live stream, is designed for teachers and students - and delves deeper into yoga nidra. Yoga nidra can be used for many purposes, which include deep relaxation, to release what lies in the sub conscious and unconscious and to experience an expanded state of consciousness. .... . In this training trainees will: . . Study the science behind yoga nidra and look more deeply into the nine steps of yoga nidra developed by Mona Anand and Alan Finger. Participants will experience, design, discuss and practice teaching each of the nine steps. Learn how to integrate yoga nidra into asana and restorative classes. Design short and long yoga nidra practices for stress management, depression, anxiety and insomnia. Delve deeper into how yoga nidra can be used for pain management and healing. And more! . . Dates/Times: Nov 9 -11. Monday and Wednesday, 8 am - 4 pm. Tuesday, 9:30 am - 4 pm. Rates: Early bird through this Saturday, October 31, $375 | Regular rate, $475. Special pricing for ISHTA Members + Acharya. If you are unable to attend the entire training live, a limited number of hours of 24-hour on demand content can be made available. Link to learn more and register: http://bit.ly/YNTraining

Our next ISHTA Acharya meeting is this Thursday, October 29, from 10 - 11 am edt with Gina Menza! . . This meeting is for our domestic and worldwide 300-Hour ISHTA graduates and teachers. Please be sure to sign up beforehand via the link here, and add your name to the roster: http://bit.ly/ACHARYAGINAMENZA .... . A link to the live stream will arrive in your inbox prior to the meeting. Welcome! See more

Yoga for mamas (and mamas-to-be)! Pre and Post-Natal Yoga with @jennybloomis Tuesdays at 3pm A class for all people going through a process of birth. A blend of Yin and Yang focused on hip-opening, core strengthening, and Restorative Yoga. Created for people who want to learn to listen deeply, whether you are growing a baby, have recently given birth, or are interested in accessing your creative energies. Beneficial for all bodies.... Jenny Bloom has been teaching yoga and meditation for 10 years, and at ISHTA Yoga for 6 years. Her favorite approaches to yoga include Meditation, Yin, and challenging the body to balance the mind. She has adapted her practice to suit her first pregnancy. Jenny’s background includes extensive study and practice of subtle energy techniques, psychology, Ayurveda and the healing arts. Sign up via link in bio!

Our next ISHTA Acharya meeting is this Thursday, November 19, from 11:30 am - 12:30 pm est with Sarah Finger! . . This meeting is for our domestic and worldwide 300-Hour ISHTA graduates and teachers. Please be sure to sign up beforehand via the link here, and add your name to the roster: https://bit.ly/AcharyaSarah2020 .... . The topic and theme for the meeting will be: "Emotional Intelligence: Healing Through Feeling - As we approach the end of 2020, we can probably all agree that it was an extremely emotional one. In this acharya, we will come together and explore the emotional qualities of each chakra, the ways in which they impact us, and why the path to healing is ultimately through feeling." . . Once registration is complete, a link to the live stream will arrive in your inbox 30 minutes prior to the meeting. Welcome! See more

Feeling up in the air? Find balance with a / Friday October 23, 12-2:30pm. Join us via livestream for a practice designed to ground, center, and release anxiety and restlessness as we move into the fall. In the Ayurvedic system we are made up of five elements: earth, water, fire, air and space. We each have our unique mix of these elements which make up our physical and mental constitution. Disease is cau...sed when there is an imbalance in the mix of these elements. In the fall the air and space element tend to increase we call this a . When our vata is in excess, we have trouble focusing and being still and can feel anxious, restless and fearful. This workshop is designed to help release excess vata from your body and mind. , , are selected to quiet and calm the nervous system and bring stillness and clarity into your fall. The practice will end with a thirty minute long yoga nidra designed to release excess vata. Throughout the practice, visualizations will help guide you to a place of deep stillness. Click link in bio to sign up and view details! EB pricing available, special rates for ISHTA Members and Acharya. See more

Coming up in December! For millenia, yogis have used meditation to bring balance, purpose, and wisdom into their lives. Today, the practice of meditation is growing in the world as the mental, physiological, and emotional benefits continue to be scientifically documented from research. The provides students with a direct link to an ancient lineage of meditation , a master of Tantra a...nd Kriya meditation, along with senior teachers , have created a profound yet accessible program for all levels of students. Based on techniques handed down from teacher to student, these rich and proven practices will deepen your yoga and prepare you to teach meditation, if that is your goal. In this training you will: Learn basic as taught to Alan by his teachers Learn about the of meditation Understand the art of a meditation class, including pre-meditative asana Learn , the science of purifying the consciousness Gain confidence in Don’t miss out on this unique opportunity to learn from a master teacher. Register and find more info here: https://bit.ly/36rY4IP See more

New on our schedule! We are offering weekly donation based classes from our ISHTA teachers in Sweden, including a class taught in two languagesSwedish and English. We are excited for these new additions for the global ISHTA community, and look forward to seeing our Swedish and international yogis in class 6-7am EST, 12-1PM CET Join from anywhere around the world on ISHTA Livestream Link in bio to register! Mondays: All Levels with Veronica Holm, donation base...d class taught in Swedish / English Fridays: ISHTA Yin with Helen Jansson, donation based class starts tomorrow October 16th! See more

Calling all SwedISHTEES! Veronica Holm is teaching an All Levels + Yoga Nidra class in *Swedish* on the ISHTA platform Monday’s 6-7am EST. Visit www.ishtayoga.com to sign up. Mona Anand

This Friday, Oct 9, with Peter Ferko via live stream! An Introduction to The Bhagavad Gita - EB pricing through this Thursday . . The Bhagavad Gita is a fascinating, provocative text that is profound and timeless and very practical for us in our era and in this moment. In this introduction, we will read key excerpts from the text and discuss what it means in our modern lives. .... . You’ll come away with a practical introduction to this book that was so meaningful to Gandhi, Jung, Hesse, Steiner, and countless others. Thoreau brought the Gita to Walden Pond and Sunita Williams, an American astronaut, carried it with her into space. Come see how you, too, can use this text to gain new perspective that helps you live with grace, purpose, and clarity. . . Join Peter Ferko in an interactive workshop designed to provide answers to our most pressing questions: What will bring me happiness? What am I supposed to do in life? How am I supposed to react to all this challenge? How should I practice? . . This workshop is suitable for all levels and does not assume any philosophical knowledge or previous experience of the Bhagavad Gita. You can come with or without a copy of the book. The format will be lecture and discussion. Oct. 9 12:00-2:30pm est. $30 EB / $40 Day of. Special pricing for ISHTA Members. Sign up here! http://bit.ly/BhagavadGitaIntro

Get your Fall weekends started with our live streamed workshops, Fridays through October! . . Wind Down and Recharge A Yin Yoga Masterclass with Ulrica Norberg, this Friday, October 2, 12 - 2 pm est. EB through Thursday! Find details and link to sign up here: http://bit.ly/WindDownUlrica .... . An Introduction to The Bhagavad Gita with Peter Ferko, next Friday, October 9, 12 - 2:30 pm est. Find details and link to sign up here: http://bit.ly/BhagavadGitaPeter . . Restorative / Yoga Nidra Workshop for a Vata Condition with Mona Anand. Friday, October 23, 12 - 2:30 pm est. Find details and link to sign up here: http://bit.ly/VataWorkshopMona See more

Upcoming Virtual 300-Hour ISHTA Teacher Training + Free Teacher Training Info Session! . . The Physical Body module in our 300-Hour Modular Training is coming up next month: October 14 - 17, and 19 - 22! .... . This module is one of three modules in our 300-Hour Training. Trainees can start with any module, and sign up for one, or all modules for Yoga Alliance certification. We welcome our worldwide community, as we have updated our guidelines to allow trainees to fulfill all requirements virtually! Trainers will include: Sarah Finger, Mona Anand, Peter Ferko, and Kristin Leal - featuring Alan Finger. Mentors in this training are Sarah Finger and Mona Anand. Catch Early Bird Pricing through October 7! More details here: http://ishtayoga.com/300hr/ . . Also, a great way to learn more about our TT programs and get your questions answered is through our Info sessions! Join our free Virtual Teacher Training Information Session with Mona Anand and Sarah Platt-Finger on Monday, October 5th - 10:30 - 11:30 am. Sign up here: http://bit.ly/TTInfoSessionOct5 See more

"Restorative Yoga is like home to me. The best, most comfortable house you can dwell in, that resides within your mind and body no matter where on the planet you may be (or wish you could be!) Restorative Yoga soothes the nervous system with physical posturing so that the subtle body can let go of what is useless and receive what is necessary. This way you are always perfectly comfortable 'at home'." - Gina Menza . . Coming up next week! The Anand Menza Restorative Trainin...g, with Mona Anand and Gina Menza, Sept 23 - 25 via ISHTA Live stream! . . This 20-Hour training is for teachers, teacher trainees, and students interested in delving deeper into Restorative Yoga. In this training, you will learn how to teach restorative yoga and develop your own home practice. The training will also cover the science behind Restorative Yoga, how to work with a variety of props (for classes, privates, and home), class sequencing, a basic understanding of how to teach Yoga Nidra, teaching restorative on Zoom, practice teaching opportunities, and more. ISHTA Member or Acharya? Special pricing available. Find details and registration info here: http://bit.ly/AnandMenza2020 See more

Our next ISHTA Acharya meeting is this Thursday, September 17, from 10:30 - 11:30 am est with Alan Finger! . . This meeting is for our domestic and worldwide 300-Hour ISHTA graduates and teachers. Please be sure to sign up beforehand via the link here, and add your name to the roster: http://bit.ly/AlanFingerAcharya. .... A link to the live stream will arrive in your inbox prior to the meeting. Welcome! See more