Backbending: Deep and Safe, and FunSaturday,
Saturday, October 20
1:00 - 4:00 PM
with Annie Carpenter
In Person, via Livestream and Recorded for 30 days access
Backbends invite joy and vitality to our lives; or we can push too far and create fear and even pain. Let’s explore the essential principles for opening and strengthening the shoulder girdle, releasing and balancing the hips and Psoas system, and stabilizing both Sacrum and lower back.
We’ll use props and the wall, and get the chairs out too. We’ll each explore the quality of Contentment, balancing greed and acceptance in our hearts and our spines.
This workshop is for experienced students and teachers and anyone who wants to explore deepening backbends.
Svadyaya 2027: Mentorship (100 Hours
MENTORSHIP (100 Hours)
With Annie Carpenter
January 18 - March 29, 2027
$2199 before November 30th; $2499 full price
In Person, Livestream and Recorded for access until April 30, 2027
Svadyaya (Self-study) : An Intimate, In-depth and Inspiring Mentorship
This Mentorship is designed for Yoga Teachers looking to deepen their own relationship with the teachings of Yoga: Asana, Pranayama and Spiritual.
Teaching is so much more than learning the essential facts:
--To teach well is to connect, moment by moment, with whomever is in your room.
--To teach well is to have an ongoing commitment to your own practice—on the fun easy days, and the other ones too.
--To teach well is to understand why you practice; and all that Yoga can be over one’s lifetime.
--To teach well is to stay inspired.
Included in this Mentorship program:
• 10 2-hour meetings with our small group (Times TBD)
• 2 classes per week • 8 classes to observe/study/assist
• Deep study and discussion of the Upanishads
• Development of a Seva Project
• Time for all your questions on all things Yoga and teaching Tentative Group Meeting
Dates:
January 18 - March 29, 2027
Take 2 classes with Annie per week, beginning week of 1/18. Ten group meetings will be scheduled; 3 of the meeting dates (tentative) are below:
1)Friday, 1/22 @ 1 PM and/or Saturday 1/23 @ 1 PM
2) Friday 1/29 @ 5 PM
3) Saturday 2/6 @ 1 PM. . . (These and all dates and times TBD)
This program is for YOU if:
* You have been practicing with Annie
* You have completed a minimum of one 200 hour training
* You have been teaching for at least one year
* You need inspiration
* You are ready to uplift your teaching to the next level.
PREREQUISITE & APPLICATION
This training is designed for teachers and experienced SmartFLOW® students. The 100 hours can be used towards your Advanced Certification at SmartFLOW or serve as CEUs through Yoga Alliance. If interested, submit your application to kim@nest-yoga.com for consideration. Please include where you did your 200 Hour training, what type of yoga you like to teach and where you are teaching now.
*This course is approved by the Yoga Alliance at the 300/500hr level and is part of Annie’s SmartFLOW 300/500hr Yoga Alliance Certified Curriculum.