mahaloka, a Sanskrit word meaning “elevated level of consciousness,” was founded in 2008. Advanced Teacher of Therapeutic Yoga (RYT-500)
List of Yoga continuing education:
2008
Introduction to Ayurveda: "Knowledge of Living" - Victoria, BC, September 2008
Discover your Dosha Workshop with Acharya Yogendradev
All proceeds go to support The Life Mission in Gujarat, India
Hip Anatomy Workshop -
Victoria, BC, October 2008
Norman Sim, exploration of the hips
Ajna Yoga 300-hour Teacher Training - Victoria, BC, December 2008
2009
Elizabeth Rainey - Anusara - Victoria BC, January 2009
Swami Satyanand - Yoga dance, Ayurvedic exploration. May 2009
South Okanagan Yoga Academy - Mugs McConnell - 5 Tibetan Rites & Movement and Mantra Workshop - Victoria BC - June 2009. Yoga Conference Vancouver BC - September 2009:
Amy Weintraub - Lifeforce Yoga to Manage Your Mood
Meeting the Tamasic (Depressed) Mood
Meeting the Rajasic (Anxious) Mood
Chakra Clearing Meditation
Seane Corn - Chakra Vinyasa Flow
Purna Yoga - Gina Hagger - Healing the Hips and Knees
Doug Swenson - Sadhana Yoga Chi (Fluid Power Yoga)
8-week Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction Course - Lynne Mustard - Victoria BC - November 2009
ATMA HOLISTIC YOGA - Accessing the Power, Energy + Light of your Being with Saul David Raye (Yoga Tree, SF) - Dec 2009
2010
Helga Beer - Yoga & Chakra Constellation - Victoria - Feb 2010
Wade Imre Morrisette - Five Keys to Unlocking Inner Bliss - Victoria BC - Feb 2010
Ajna Yoga 80-hour Therapeutic Intensive - Jules Payne / Michelle Schroeder - Victoria BC, May 2010
This Intensive training will provide you with a working knowledge of how to apply yoga therapeutically to clients with specific health concerns. Applied anatomy for therapeutic yoga
2. Developing a holistic model for therapeutic yoga, incorporating:
a) Kinesiology
b) Vayus
c) Chakras
3. Working with specific health concerns, including:
a) Muscular-skeletal injury
b) Athletes
c) Stress-related illness
d) Chronic fatigue
e) Fibromyalgia
f) Asthma
g) Heart disease
h) Cancer
4. Asana modifications & sequencing for different needs
6. Working with health professionals - learning a common language
7. Therapeutic pranayama, mudra & meditation
8. Creating a 6 –week therapeutic program for groups
9. Practice teaching (to groups and to private clients)
Ajna Yoga 20 hour workshops:
• Inversions and Back Bends – Ajna Yoga and Elizabeth Peckham (March 2010)
• Yoga for Mental Health – Ajna Yoga and Nicole Marcia (April 2010)
• Prenatal/Postnatal/Mom & Baby Yoga – Michelle Schroeder, Ajna Yoga (June 2010)
• Yoga for 50 Plus and Chair Yoga – Jules Payne, Ajna Yoga (June 2010)
• Yoga for Hips and Shoulders – Ajna Yoga (July 2010)
• Yoga for Trauma, Mental Health & Addictions – Nicole Marcia (March 2011)
• Yin Yoga – Ajna Yoga (April 2011)
• Back Care Yoga – Jules Payne and Melissa McCloud (May 2011)
• Tools for Creative Sequencing – Jules Payne and Jenn Piercy (November 2011)
Insight Meditation Daylong Workshop with Jack Kornfield
- at Spirit Rock Woodacre, CA - August 2010
This is a traditional Insight Meditation (Vipassana) daylong that includes systematic instructions, silent sitting and walking meditation, and a dharma talk. It is suitable for both beginning and experienced meditators. Yoga and TRE (Trauma Releasing Exercises) - Maria Alfaro, Berkeley, CA - August 2010
TRE is a gentle, simple and profound technique that facilitates the lengthening and relaxation of the psoas muscle. This relaxation provides a very effective release of physical and emotional tension and stress. The psoas is a very thick, deep and stubborn muscle that acts as a guardian of our lower belly. In its role of protector of our organs it contracts and tightens, becoming shorter in response to life's small and big traumatic experiences. A tight psoas can cause many problems including sciatica and lower back pain, just to mention a few. TRE was developed by David Berceli, a bioenergetic therapist, who has used it successfully all over the world for almost two decades working with soldiers, police officers, fire fighters and survivors of war, earthquakes and other traumatic circumstances to help alleviate the many symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder. The TRE exercises work the legs, tiring them and creating a trembling response, which begins in the legs and often spreads throughout the body. This gentle shaking is actually the nervous system's way of discharging long-held tension or unconscious muscle contraction in order to restore the body to wholeness. http://www.yogadventure.com/yoga_and_tre.html
Oct 2010 Vancouver Yoga Conference
Opening the Gates: Tibetan Chakra System - Cyndi Lee
Breath and Imagery as Healers - Nishala Joy Devi
Empower Flow - Seane Corn
Yoga for Anxiety and Depression - Michael Stone
Dec 2010, California
Rest in the Joy of Life: Beat the Blues with iRest - Richard Miller
August 2011, Vancouver BC
The Venerable Zen Master, Thich Nhat Hanh: Open Mind, Open Heart--Touching the Wonders of Now
November 2011, Vancouver BC
Sat Dharam Kaur (author and naturopathic doctor)
Beyond Addiction: Using Kundalini Yoga and Meditation to Break the Addiction Cycle
Kelly MGonigal, PhD (scientist specializing in mind-body relationship and yoga therapy)
Breaking the Heart Wide Open
Seane Corn: Everyday Miracles
Nischala Joy Devi: Deep Relaxation Through the Maya Koshas or Subtle Bodies
Sleep and the Yogi Workshop - Jennifer Piercy, E-RYT500 (Oct 2011)
Advanced Yoga Nidra Series – Jennifer Piercy, E-RYT500 (Nov 2011)
