Dates: Sat, March 16th & Sun, March 17th
Time: 1-6pm
Cost : $199 (20% off for Lotus Grads)

This Certified Intensive is designed for Yoga Teachers and practitioners wanting to explore the more advanced variations of all Asana throughout a Lotus Flow Class to Practice and/or Teach. Through Standing Poses, Arm Balances, Inversions, Backbends and Forward Bends Sheri's expert skill in Alignment, Sequencing as well as the use of Bandha's and Breath will allow you access to the more advanced variations of poses and experience power of conquering fear around the notoriously challenging and exciting Inversions and Arm balances to awaken a renewed sense of wonder and curiosity, and foster deep and personal growth and self awareness in your own practice as well as within your students.

This 10 Hour Program will include:
* 5 Hours of Advanced Asana Practice
* Group and Personal Instruction
* Personal Inquiry and Creativity
* Sequencing for Advanced Asana
* Teaching Skills for Teaching Advanced Asana
* Internal Practices such as Bandha and Pranayama * Yogic tools and philosophy for working with fear

About Sheri:
Sheri Celentano is a Senior Teacher and Creative Director, teaching Teacher Training at the 200 Hour and Advanced Level at Laughing Lotus NYC and SF. Sheri is a lover of breath and movement and shares this incredible gift as a means to connects us to our own spirit. A Brooklyn Native Sheri has been teaching since the age of 15. From the NYC Public Schools to European Yoga Centers, there was no escaping this calling. She holds an undergraduate degree in Dance from the University at Buffalo and was certified at her home, Laughing Lotus NY in 2005 under the guidance of her teachers Dana Flynn and Jasmine Tarkeshi. Sheri has also been inspired by her studies with Ana Forrest and Raghunath Cappo. Sheri teaches her passion for Yoga in Teacher Trainer Programs and Retreats around the world.

Dates: Sat. March 23rd & Sun. March 24th
Times: 1-6pm
Cost: $199 (20% off for Lotus Grads)

This 10 Hour Therapeutic Applications of Yoga is perfect for Yoga Teachers, Practitioners or healers of any modality who want to enrich their teaching/healing skills with Yogic Healing techniques and practices. Through exploring the anatomy of injury and healing, students will be able to create safe yoga practices using restorative yoga and gentle yoga. This combination of healing modalities focuses on helping those recovering from injury or illness, both mental and physical, as well as those who are experiencing the effects of natural aging, pregnancy and stress.

Curriculum will include:
*Physiology of injury, scar tissue and healing
*Key restorative yoga poses
*Learning visual assessment skills to help fine tune adjustments
*Anatomy as it applies to restorative yoga
*Gentle yoga

About Arturo:
Arturo Peal is an anatomy and physiology (A&P) instructor and a Certified Yoga therapist. He Holds a Masters Degree in Chinese Medicine, practices Craniosacral Therapy and hasbeen involved in the "alternative" health-care field for more than 30 years. Arturo teaches A&P for Yoga teacher trainings and studios, for body workers, and for other movement specialists. His weekly class in Therapeutic Yoga serves students who are unable to do a traditional Vinyasa practice. He integrates his expertise in Anatomy, Kinesiology, Chinese Medicine, and the healing processes to present a multidimensional understanding of the human body.

Dates: Sat. April 6th & Sun. April 7th
Times: 1-6pm
Cost: $199 (20% off for Lotus Grads)

During this 2 day/10 hour Intensive for Yoga Teachers you will explore safely giving the gift of hands-on assists to your yoga students, overcoming any shyness or hesitancy and gaining confidence, ease and grace in both led classes and private sessions. Expert Teacher and master of the art of Hands- on Assists, Mary Dana will guide you through a Lotus Flow flow class incorporating Stiram/Sukham- steady and blissfully balanced assists in Surya Namaskar, Standing Poses, Arm Balances, Inversions, Back bends and Forward bends. You will explore utilizing the tools of your breath, eyes, hands and alignment to help bring harmony in Body, Mind and Spirit to all the different shapes. By learning bold, educated and sensitive hands-on skills you will connect more deeply with your students, giving them personal attention with the healing and transformative power of touch, while deepening their understanding of Asana. This will help you create a grounding, nurturing environment in your classes and help you grow tremendously as a yoga teacher.

Curriculum:
* Assists for basic poses and students
* Assisting more advanced students into advanced poses
* Look at individuals to alter the assist to serve the student's needs
*Assists for energetic alignment in Asana through the art of dual/balanced action
*Assists for Private Clients
*Assisting individuals in large groups
*Assists for injuries, pregnancy or any other students with special needs

About Mary Dana:
Mary Dana Abbott is a Senior Teacher and Creative Director of Teacher Training at Laughing Lotus NYC. Originally from Chi Town, she found her yoga mat almost immediately upon arriving in NYC in 2000, having no idea that it would eventually roll out to become her greatest adventure of all. After hanging out with some great teachers, she stumbled into Laughing Lotus and found her home. Mary Dana lives to teach and share these practices with those who want to move deeper into the AWEsomeness of their lives. Her classes are fueled with music, threaded with breath, and inspired by the dynamic poetry of asana and the timeless wisdom of yogic philosophy. Thanks to Jasmine, Dana and all the Lotus Teachers for being who they are, seekers of the truth and sharers of the mystery. She is humbled and honored to be a part of the amazing Community that is Laughing Lotus-there is no other place like it in the world.

Dates: Sat. April 20th & Sun. April 21st
Time: 1-6pm
Cost: $199 (20% off for Lotus Grads)

In this 10 hour certified weekend program for yoga teachers you will explore teaching and practicing from your deepest most authentic selves. Dana Flynn's bold and Playful teaching and guided practical exercises in fearlessness will bring out your true voice and inner wisdom that wants to be expressed and set free. Through the Heart of Yoga's timeless practices and techniques we will venture deeply into Mantra, Playful Namaskars and Deity Dance , Mystic Mudra's , Mindful Meditation and Ecstatic Sufi Poetry to inspire passion, creativity and aliveness in your Teaching, Practice and Lives.

Curriculum: * Creating innovative sequencing
* Creative Play and Teaching
* Cultivating Courage and Confidence
* Freeing your authentic teaching voice through, Sound, writing and sharing
* The Breath, Body and Belly Wisdom

About Dana:
Dana Flynn is the Co-Founder of Laughing Lotus Yoga Centers in NYC & SF and Lotus Flow TM ~ Recognized throughout the yoga community as a true “teacher’s teacher,” Dana Flynn brings an ecstatic expression of movement, music and community to her practice and her students .The former stockbroker, restaurateur and MTV personality turned a life in the limelight into a spiritual transformation, studying with legendary yogis: Jivamukti’s Sharon Gannon in New York and master teacher Rodney Yee in California. Fiercely innovative and independent, Dana honors and knows well the ancient traditions and codified asana systems of the yogic practice. During her many years of study, she “wanted to explore what it meant to move like herself. That was my greatest longing.” Dana and Co-Founder Jasmine Tarkeshi channeled over 6 years of organic movement experimentation into the creation of the Laughing Lotus Yoga Center and Lotus Flow Yoga. Lotus Flow Yoga, is infused with a dynamic Dervish-like energy of dance, song and joyous revelry. “It is fresh, inspired and alive.”

Dates: Sat. April 27th & Sun. April 28th
Time: 1-6pm
Cost: $199 (20% off for Lotus Grads)

This 10 Hour Sanskrit and Yoga Sutra Intensive is for Yoga Teachers and enthusiasts wanting to deepen their knowledge and experience of Sanskrit as the language of Yoga through the highest of yogic texts , the Yoga Sutras. Since ancient times the practice of yoga has included the study, practice and chanting of yogic texts which are written in Sanskrit and is integral to the heart of yoga for deeper understanding and connection which is experienced through harmonizing and balancing of the mind through sound.

Josh will teach you how to approach the sacred language of Yoga as a practice that is fun, transformative, inspiring and liberating through an educational and experiential learning experience that will give you a deep connection to the beauty, power and energy of Sanskrit as a priceless tool to understand, uncover and feel the meaning of Yoga to experience, celebrate and share . This Intensive is an incredible opportunity to grow as a Yoga Teacher cultivating a more spiritual relationship and reverence in practice and teaching the High Art and Science of Yoga.

Curriculum:
* The ABC's of the Sanskrit Alphabet
* Intimacy with Location of Sound
* The Breath of Sanskrit
* Pronunciation Perfection
* Chanting the key Yoga Sutras
* Uncovering personal meaning in the Yoga Sutras
* Sharing the Joy of sound in classes

About Josh:
Josh Michaell teaches Sanskrit, Yoga Philosophy & Meditation through workshops and Teacher Trainings throughout the US and abroad. Practicing Ashtanga Yoga since 1993 and studying Sanskrit and Yoga Philosophy with Vyaas Houston since 1997 Josh is a senior teacher for the American Sanskrit Institute, and on the faculty at the Iyengar Institute of San Francisco, teaching Yoga Philosophy for the 500 hour Teacher Training curriculum as well as a licensed M.A., MFT, with a Transpersonal and Yoga Psychology-inspired counseling practice in San Francisco and Marin County, CA.

Dates: Sat. May 4th & Sun. May 5th
Times: 1-6pm
Cost: $199 (20% off for Lotus Grads)

Welcome to quieter side of Yoga ! In this 10 hour Yin Yoga Intensive you will learn to deepen your practice and understanding of the benefits and practice of Yin Yoga which creates physical, mental and emotional space thru the balance of opposing forces to understand our selves on a deeper level to reveal the internal medicine we always carry. We will explore how Meridians (energy paths) and Chi (energy) effect our health and well being and how to modify Yin for our individual bodies and how to offer variations to our students. Learn the pathways and movement of this energy as a powerful source of personal medicine Physically, psychologically and emotionally.

This workshop will explore the origins and intentions of Yin as well as how fascia affects every inch of our bodies, both inside and out. Learn the intentions of creating a well rounded Yin practice as well as how to intrigue Yin poses into a dynamic asana class. Discover the deep power of this seated, long held practice. Dive into your breath, reconnect with your sweet and powerful self and create a nurturing and peaceful environment for relaxation, rejuvenation and bliss for your selves and others. For Teachers and all Interested Students.

Curriculum:
* An Introduction to Yin Yoga
* Anatomy of Fascia and Inner Flow
* Skeletal Variations
* Energy and the Elements
* Teaching Methodology, Techniques & Practice
* Incorporating Yin Yoga into all classes
* Healing one on ones

About Danielle:
Danielle Hoogenboom is a Vancouver, BC based yoga teacher, certified in Lotus Flow and Yin Yoga as well as workshop facilitator, artist, clothing designer, mala making, garden loving and socially involved Gemini. Her commitment to the practice of yoga from practical theory to the mystical; from seated yin yoga to fierce power, is one that aims to share the diverse healing yoga offers as a co-created tool for transformation, for both ourselves and our communities.

Dates: Sat. May 18th & Sun May 19th
Time: 1-6pm
Cost: $199 (20% off for Lotus Grads)

This Inspiring, creative and illuminating Weekend Intensive with Emily Stone is for Teachers wanting to learn how to authentically link spiritual themes to physical practice for a true Mind/Body/Spirit Connection as well as well as a Fascinating Feast of wisdom for all dedicated students. Explore timeless universal tales of Yoga's great spiritual texts and stories behind some of the namesakes of our most beloved poses to give deeper meaning, intention and feeling to your teaching and practice. Day one will explore the power of myth as the transformative practice of Svadyaya, or self study for personal insight and self discovery, the second day will focus on creating practices and sequences to bring these themes ALIVE!

Curriculum:
* Yogic Mythology & Symbolism
* Cross cultural symbolism
* Cultivating personal connection to Spiritual Texts
* Confidence and Clarity in teaching
* Threading the Dharma in classes
* Creating Themes and Sequences
* Write your own Myth

About Emily:
Emily Stone is a Senior Teacher at Laughing Lotus NYC and SF and part of the Faculty of SF & NYC Teacher Training. Born in New Orleans and raised in Brooklyn, Emily has been teaching yoga since 2006. Her wild and wooly career has also included a fourteen-year stint teaching high school Latin, a two-year turn as an on-camera gossip reporter, and great gobs of inspiring foreign travel. Intelligent, exuberant and sweaty, her classes are a roadmap straight to that better brain that beats behind our lungs. She is deeply and eternally grateful to her teachers Jasmine Tarkeshi and Dana Flynn and to Shri Lesley D who was at the start of all this. Ram.

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Dates: Sat. June 15th & Sun. June 16th
Times: 1-6pm
Cost: $199 (20% off for Lotus Grads)

This weekend Intensive will focus on Yoga for all stages of family life. Inspiring Yoga teacher and Mom Kate, will begin with a more in depth look at all stages of prenatal yoga and variations for each trimester, healing sequencing for different pregnancy symptoms as well as mantra, pranayama, visualization & meditation to prepare moms to be for this life changing experience. Following Prenatal you will explore the beautiful, creative and sometimes challenging experience of sharing a practice with moms & their babies! Learn to create a nurturing & joyful environment for Moms and their babies to share in the gifts of yoga as well as learning tools to work with the challenges that come up.

This family yoga adventure concludes with sharing the many benefits of yoga with kids of different ages as a tool to cultivate mindfulness, connection to their bodies, the earth and others, self esteem and self Love through fun asana play, breathing, singing and relaxation.

Curriculum:
* Prenatal anatomy & physiology
* Yoga for all 3 trimesters
* Asana, Pranayama, Mantra, Meditation to prepare for child birth
* Mommy & Baby (pre-crawling) sequences with baby
* Kids yoga ages 3-5 ~ Creative Play with Asana, Mantra, Pranayama
* Kids yoga ages 6-10 ~ Cultivating Focus & Fun with Asana, Mantra, Pranayama
* Preteen/ Teen ages 11-14 ~ Generating self esteem, positive body image and joy of movement and stillness

About Kate:
Kate Duyn Cariati is a senior Lotus FLow teacher in at Laughing Lotus SF & NYC, teaching and mentoring Teacher Trainings. Now a beloved and celebrated Teacher in the Los Angeles Area she has taught a wide range of styles and levels since she started teaching yoga in New York City in 2004. Prior to teaching yoga Kate was a modern dancer, but fell deeply in love with the practice of yoga and will be forever grateful for Dana Flynn and Jasmine Tarkeshi’s inspiration and guidance. It has been, and continues to be, a truly transformational and creative process. Kate leads the Prenatal Yoga module for the 200-Hour Teacher Training program at Laughing Lotus Yoga SF, as well as in the YogaPoser teacher trainings in Venice, CA. In the fall of 2011 she and Claudia Fucigna co-taught the Pure Yoga 200-Hour Teacher Training at the South Bay Equinox. Since relocating to Los Angeles Kate has become well recognized for her approach to sequencing at esteemed centers all over LA and loves to travel and leads annual retreats in places like Mendocino, Joshua Tree, Ojai, and Costa Rica. Her classes are known for their creative sequencing, free flow acro-athleticism and eclectic soundtracks. Kate has a knack for guiding students to new depths while maintaining a sense of humor. She seamlessly weaves yoga philosophy, mantra, pranayama, meditation and movement through asana. Last but certainly not least, she is the proud mother of her baby boy, Vincent Henry.

Dates: Sat. June 22nd & Sun June 23rd
Times: 1-6pm
Cost: $199 (20% off for Lotus Grads)

This weekend Intensive is for yoga teachers, who are interested in bringing yoga into communities and specifically would like to learn more about bringing yoga to at-risk youth. Expanding the practice of karma yoga this intensive seeks to bring an alignment between life internal, external and internal, expanding the circle of love through the yogic twin ideals of self-realization and selfless service to others. Skills learned this weekend will focus on working with these vulnerable communities and help teachers develop confidence in working in areas that are potentially outside their comfort zone in a compassionate, reflective, and supportive manner.

Curriculum:
* Teaching Yoga to at-risk youth in school settings (elementary through high school) and in juvenile hall
* Building self-control and resilience through centering, breath-work, and movement
* Understanding and managing transference & counter-transference
* Learning effective classroom communication in schools and juvenile hall settings
* Best practices

Tricia Tangeman believes in the essential expression of the self through movement. When she was introduced to yoga over 20 years ago, she found the means to unify the body and mind through this grounding practice. With the belief that yoga is a deeply creative and devotional expression of the Self, Tricia encourages her students to look inside to find the connection to the greater whole through breath and asana. Tricia has experienced the healing benefits of yoga in her personal practice and found yoga essential to her on-going well being.

About Tricia:
Tricia is a Yoga Alliance registered yoga teacher and received her vinyasa teaching credentials from the Lotus College of Yoga in 2009 and yoga therapist certification from Niroga in 2011. She teaches a variety of classes, including yoga to at-risk youth within the public school system, rehabilitation centers and in juvenile hall. Tricia is deeply grateful to all her teachers, especially Jasmine Tarkeshi, Keith Borden and BK Bose, and her students who continue to inspire her. Off the mat Tricia is the mother of a five year old who keeps her a constant witness to the world as wonder.

Dates: Sat. June 29th & Sun. June 30th
Time: 1-6pm
Cost: $199 (20% off for Lotus Grads)

A dynamic vinyasa practice is well-balanced with a deep and quiet stillness. Becoming skilled in the subtleties of Restorative Yoga will serve you well as both a teacher and practitioner. This 10 hour intensive includes a comprehensive exploration of how to make intelligent, compassionate contact with students in restorative postures and shavasana. These tools of touch will translate into any hands-on alignment you incorporate in your teaching. We will also cover the fundamentals in setting up blissful restorative postures optimal for breath work and meditation. Through this intensive you will be able to confidently sequence a private or group restorative session and enrich your personal exploration of a quieter practice.

Curriculum:
* Awakening Healing Touch
* Invoking the Alchemy of a Quiet Space
* Alignment & Anatomy in Restorative Yoga
* Optimizing Creative Prop Use
* Sequencing a Restorative Yoga session
* Application of Pranayama in Restorative postures
* Boundaries and Titrating Emotional Flow

About Indigo:
Indigo Stray Conger has been a yogi since 1999 and has been sharing the sweet nectar of practice since 2002. She is a certified Laughing Lotus, OM Yoga, and Advanced Relax & Renew Restorative teacher. As a Senior Lotus Teacher she has taught in and mentored numerous trainings at Laughing Lotus SF and has assisted Judith Hanson Lasater’s Relax & Renew. She also co-designed and led the Free Soul Vinyasa Yoga teacher training in Denver. In addition to teaching a full schedule of delicious classes, Indigo holds a Masters Degree in Somatic Psychology. She is the co-director of Mile High Psychotherapy and has a private massage practice. Indigo longs for her Lotus community in SF and NYC, yet enjoys living with her family in the sun and snow of Colorado.