Anusara Immersion: 3-Levels, taught by Chad Satlow, at our Barrington studio.

Take an in-depth look into the knowledge of yoga. Deepen your own practice.

The Anusara Immersion is a three part comprehensive study of philosophy and asana, designed according to the requirements of Anusara founder, John Friend. This course fulfills requirements for any Anusara yoga-based teacher training requiring an 108 hr immersion.

The curriculum looks at the very essense of Anusara philosophy, alignment principals and practice. Similar to a teacher training, open to students interested in deepening their own practice or in becomming teachers, and teachers who want to improve their skills.

Through the supportive environment of the kula yogawerks offers, your teaching will become charged with spiritual energy, confidence and a genuine love and compassion for yourselves and others. This immersion will help you open your heart, develop a more vibrant body, and find your authentic voice so you can transmit the essence of yoga, which is love.

Join Chad, fellow Anusara guest teachers and the yogawerks kula (community of the heart). Come prepared to make friendships that last a lifetime. Click here to download basic information about the Immersion; Click here to download schedule, pricing and details.

The class meet once weekend a month, Saturday and Sunday: 10am-1pm, and 2-5pm

Here is our schedule (note, each Immersion is 36 hrs, all 3 totalling 108 hrs):

Immersion Level One: Intention and Studentship; Stepping into the Currents of Grace, 36 credit hours
Saturday and Sunday: 10am-1pm and 2-5pm
February 17-18
March 10-11
April 21-22
Establish a solid foundation in the principals of Anusara Yoga, and make a deep connection to its rich philosophy.
• Universal Principals of Alignment
• Study and practice of asana fundamentals
• Tantric Philosophy & the history of yoga
• Focal points, loops and spirals

Level 2 Immersion: Empowerment and Community; The Heart of Anusara Yoga
36 credit hours
Saturday and Sunday: 10am-1pm and 2-5pm
May 19-20
June 16-17
July 21-22
Deeper understanding of philosophy and energy in the body and studies into yogic texts.
• Elementary overview of the 36 tattvas and the five elements
• Overview of Kundalini, prana, chakras, and the energy body
• Overview of the Yoga Sutras, including classical vs. tantric view
• Studies into the breath, pranayama and meditation
• Overview of the art of sequencing
• Asana postures study including modifications

Level 3 Immersion: Gratitude is Attitude; Rockin' the House - 36 credit hours
Saturday and Sunday: 10am-1pm and 2-5pm
Deeper understanding of philosophy. Learn to apply the
revolutionary Anusara alignment principals for pre-natal,
elderly and injured students.
• In-depth study of The Bhagavad Gita
• Continued study of the Anusara level I & II Syllabi
• Yoga for pregnant, elderly or injured students
August 4-5
September 15-16
October 20-21

Details:
Details: Each level is 36 hours, 108 hours for all 3 levels. All three levels required for Anusara Yoga teacher training and certification nationally.

Hours and Pricing: 10am-1pm, 2-5pm, Saturday and Sunday
Cost: $625* per Immersion ($675* at the door)
Immersion 1, 2, & 3: $1675* total if paid by February 1 ($350 savings!)
*(add a 3% surcharge if paying by credit card)

Download Application form for the immersion now

Requirements: Students should take at least 30 hours or 3 months of public classes in order to have a proper introduction to this immersion. An Anusara workshop would also be recommended beforehand.After completing a Level 1 Immersion students are expected to have a solid working knowledge of all the basic principals of Anusara yoga and be able to integrate the key elements of the teachings into their yoga practice and their daily lives.

Required Readings:
Anuara Yoga Teacher Training Manual: John Friend
The Bhagavad Gita
Hatha Yoga Illustrated: Martin Kirk, Brook Brown
Hatha Yoga in the Anusara Style: Doug Keller
Anatomy of Movement: Blandine Calais Germain
Light on Yoga: B.K.S. Iyengar
The Heart of Meditation: Swami Durgananda
See our website for additional recommended readings.

Registration and Payment:

Download Application form for the immersion now


Please email Robbin for more information or call 847-713-2423 if you plan to attend and for more information.

Contemporary Structural IntegrationSM Teacher Training

May-December, 2007

Whether you are a yoga teacheror advanced practitioner, this course teaches you how to:
• optimize body alignment
• reduce pain
• increase inner radiance
all in a manner consistent and in harmony with your yoga teachings.

A 168 hour program, geared towards Yoga teachers, starting May 12-13, 2007. Click here to download a brochure in pdf form.

FREE INTRODUCTORY WORKSHOP with Bruce Andrews! February 3, 1:30-3pm

• Overview of Contemporary Structural Integration'sSM 11 session bodywork format.
• Explanation of myofascial bodywork
• Explanation of Hara centering, grounding and the human energy field
• Demonstrations of the work, followed by a Q&A session

What makes this special?
It provides you a quality training in a condensed time frame at a fraction of the traditional cost. You will be empowered to do world class yoga therapy with ongoing training and support. We will only be offering this special training once this year.

The Program
Dr. Bruce Rolf Andrews, Certified Advanced Structural Integration Practitioner, brings 15 years of experience here to Barrington for this 168-hour course. This potentially life-changing course offers participants a unique opportunity to learn basic and advanced myofascial bodywork generally unavailable through conventional yoga training.

The Format
The 168-hour Contemporary Structural IntegrationSM (CSI) Program is divided into 12 weekends. The first weekend covers CSI didactics and bodywork techniques. The remaining 11 weekends are for specific training in the 11 CSI Bodywork sessions. Each weekend will rebuild body alignment and posture through the release of specific body parts in a natural sequential order. Each session is designed to empower bodywork practice through
anatomy study, movement awareness, psychological insight, and intuition. You will be practicing among colleagues and friends.

Graduates of this program
• Will be able to do bodywork consistent with and in perfect harmony with your own yoga teachings.

• Learn how Dr. Ida P Rolf’s myofascial bodywork has revolutionized chronic pain and postural restoration.

• Be able to perform and understand each of the 11 Contemporary Structural IntegrationSM bodywork sessions.

• Enhance your teaching and private yoga therapy practice with effective ways to approach numerous chronic pain conditions with new confidence and dynamic results!

• Experience the opportunity for personal and professional growth through course-oriented
supervision, elective out of class mentoring and ongoing workshop support.


2007 Course Schedule
Hours: Weekends listed below, Saturday and Sunday, 9am-5pm, includes 1 hour lunch break
• May 12-13
• June 9-10
• June 23-24
• July 14-15
• August 11-12
• September 8-9
• September 29-30
• October 13-14
• October 27-28
• November 3-4
• December 1-2
• December 15-16

11 Session Curriculum Outline
• Session #1: Awakening. Begin to ease myofascial strain from shoulders through pelvis to legs. Relates to breathing and meditation.

• Session #2: Grounding. Begin to provide flexible
support for legs and pelvis throught feet. Organize and lengthen back. Relates to standing postures.

• Session #3: Relationship. Begin to align sides from head to feet; balance girdles. Relates to twisting and side bending.

• Session #4: Rooting. Free inner thigh to the pelvic floor. Initiate the Core Line and lumbar length. Continued foot work. Initiate Iliopsoas contact. Relates to standing postures and meditation.

• Session #5: Gut Feelings. Balancing trunk and legs with pelvis. Ease relationship between abdominal muscles, Iliopsoas and back. Extending Core Line up front. Relates to back bending, abdominal and pelvic exercises.

• Session #6: Backing Down. Finish myofascial release of legs and feet. Relate sacrum to pelvis
to spine. Extending Core Line up back. Relates to
forward bending.

• Session #7: Growing Up. Extending the Core Line up and through the cranium. Releasing fascia through neck, scalp, face and inside of mouth. Relates to all body postures.

• Session #8: Balancing Female Principle. Integrating lower Core Line. Refining relationship between pelvis, legs and spine. Relates to lower body postures.

• Session #9: Balancing Male Principle. Integrating upper Core Line. Refining relationship between pelvis, spine and shoulder girdle. Relates to upper body postures.

• Session #10: Independence. Identify and integrate most disconnected part of body. Focus on Yin/female principle. Balance major segments of body around Core. Review Freudian model of psychological health. Relates to personal transformation issues and advanced yoga practice.

• Session #11: Interdependence. Shoulder, arm and hand release; connect arms to emotional heart. Elective: review sessions 1-10 in light of the body-mind issues revealed. Establish homework to focus on unresolved issues. Establish schedule for ongoing supportive CSI, teach Core movement patterns. Review Harvard Based Relational model of psychological health. Relates to personal and professional transformation issues and advanced Yoga teaching.

Fees, Registration and Payment
Cost: $4100*, if you pre-register by April 12, 2007 ($4300* at the door)

Please download brochure.

To download a word file with a complete course outline, click here

For an application please click here. For registration or for more information, please email Robbin at: robbinlockett@hotmail.com
*(add a 3% surcharge if paying by credit card)

Testimonial from a Yoga Teacher
“As a yoga teacher having a better understanding of my own body in turn helps me to help my yoga
students understand their own bodies...The Structural Integration bodywork helps to realign parts of the body that might have been out of place for years and in turn will change your practice for better.”

— Kathleen Rankhorn

The Instructor
Dr. Bruce Rolf Andrews is a graduate of the Dr. Ida P. Rolf School, the Guild for Structural Integration, in Boulder Colorado. He promotes education, rehabilitation and personal empowerment through therapeutic bodywork. Over the years he has taught courses in deep tissue massage, TMJ and Reiki, as well as maintained an active Structural Integration practice.

Please note: In the Nov/Dec issue of YOGAChicago, the program of Contemporary Structural Integration (CSI)SM was mistakenly listed ad Rolf Method of Contemporary IntegrationSM. Please note the corrected update.