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Program Check-In & Schedule Going Forward

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Remaining Thursday Sessions

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• 3/26-5/7 (Next 7 Weeks)
• Continue Yoga Philosophy Discussions
• Facilitation Support Lectures
• Increase Practical Break-Out Session
• Team Sequence Creation & Sharing w/Feedback
• 5/14 Q&A, Review & Facilitation Workshops

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April 20 - May 20 - Practical Sequence Offering

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• Prepare 25-35 Minute Final Practice
• Can share live or prepare recording to share during 70 minute appointment
• Feedback will follow either live offering or shared recording

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Thursday May 21st - Graduation Ceremony

Preparing to Complete the YTT Training

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Complete Reflections in Online Learning Modules

• Submit Reflections for all 13 Learning Modules
• Module 14- Final Reflection Project (By 5/20 to be included in Graduation Presentation)
• Can be shared in any medium (written, artwork, song, vision board, etc)
• Alternate/Bonus Community Based Project
• Share how you are incorporating TIY in your community

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Prepare and Share Final Sequence (April 20 - May 20)

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• Provides introduction and clearly defines the participants the sequencing is structured to serve
• Demonstrates Trauma-Informed and Mindfulness-Based sequencing and offers a clear pattern of Energetic Awareness, Range of Motion, Centering/Somatics, Strength & Resilience, Connection & Focus, and Integration & Relaxation
• Offers invitational cueing and demonstrates accessible variations of postures
• Demonstates and offers at least one breathing practice
• Offers clear, anatomical cues to guide participants through the practice before offering posture names
• Speaks clearly and allows time for participants to explore postures and transitions
• Demonstrates the use of props
• Offers class within 25-35 minute timeframe
• Optional Additions: Theme/Intention, Closing Breathwork

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Thursday May 21st - Graduation Ceremony

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• ALL are welcome to join the graduation celebration regardless of completing the program by 5/21. If you are interested in discussing options for extension, please schedule office hours.

Santosha

Finding Contentment is a Discontented World

Santosha

• Santosha means contentment and lack of desire for any thing that one does not have. It invites satisfaction with things that one already has. It not only applies to things but also to situations, qualities, and the like.
• Santosha offers us awareness of the present and what actions/reactions may be best suited for us in these moments.
• Santosha allows space for natural evolution, our individual cycles of learning and growing, as we continue our yoga practices.
• The word Santosha is the combination of two Sanskrit words: ‘San/m’ meaning “completely” and ‘tosha’ meaning “contentment”. It denotes “absolute contentment.”
• Satisfaction, gratitude, and happiness are the three important aspects of Santosha. STEADINESS & EASE
• Reference: Classicyoga.co.in

Trust in Self Gratitude for Self

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• What thoughts or embodied sensations occur when considering these?

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Trust in Self Gratitude for Self

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• What thoughts or embodied sensations occur when considering these?

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By taking the time to understand your personal needs & boundaries and how you can most authentically support yourself you are not only being an active participant in your life journey, but you are deepening a knowledge of self-care to share with those you love, care for,

& hope to serve.

Obstacles to Contentment

• Harm, lack of safe spaces
• Inability to connect with, speak, or live within one’s truth
• Lack of opportunity, lack of access to resources
• Addiction/Unbalance/Excess
• Feelings of “stuckness”, inability to release words, settle frustrations, or to find resolution
• Being compromised in moral principles
• Distrust, suspicion
• Lack of focus, determination, or enthusiasm
• Feeling “lost”, overwhelmed, misguided
• Disconnection from self, community, nature
• “No Justice. No Peace.”

Yamas & Niyamas, Chakras, & Contentment

Ahimsa Root

Asteya Solar Plexus

Satya Sacral

Brahmacharya Heart

Aparigraha Throat

Saucha Third Eye

Santosha Crown

Tapas

Svadhyaya

Ishvarapranidhana

How does Yoga Support Contentment?

• Guiding perspectives of self
• Accessing personal needs, voice, passions
• Understanding personal history
• Guide for unique healing needs
• Deepening personal connection
• Building awareness of the unique needs of one’s nervous system (ANS/(P)SNS/ENS)
• Building awareness of the unique needs of one’s body & mind
• Building awareness of the unique needs of one’s spiritual supports

How does Yoga Support Contentment?

• Aligning Skill in Action

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Considering the Lessons of the Bhagavad Gita

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• Human Dilemma
• Action vs Inaction
• Perceptions & Intentions

Identifying Sustainable Support for Contentment

What can I REALISTICALLY do at this time in my life?

What might Support look like? For “me”/From “me”

What do I Stand For?

What do I purchase?

What is the sourcing of the products? What Can I learn?

Where do I/am I able to shop? What is my relationship with consumerism?

What does my entertainment/input look like?

What do I watch/observe? Am I aligned with the messaging?

What is the message/diversity of the products advertised?

What is my waste?

How do I dispose/repurpose/recycle/upcycle?

What, if anything, do I want to contribute to community?

What is sustainable? Life Balance? Skill in Action

Breakout Workshop

Creating a Full Sequence - Team Workshops

30 Minutes to plan 10 Minute Sequence

Groups 1, 3, 5

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Create ½ Practice with:

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• 1-12

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Groups 2, 4, 6

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Create ½ Practice with:

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• 12-23

After 1st 30 Minutes, Groups Join Together to Share Full Sequence

Breakout #2 (45 Minutes)

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• Group 1,3,5 Share the 10 minute Mini Sequence with Group 2,4,6
• Following the sequence, all participants pause for 1-2 minutes to note any feedback/reactions (no conversation at this time)
• Group 2,4,6 Share 10 minute Mini Sequence with Group 1,3,5
• Following the sequence, all participants pause for 1-2 minutes to note any feedback/reactions
• Share Feedback/Reactions to Facilitating shared within small group
• Return to Main Session
• Share insights from experience

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Considerations for Planning & Feedback

• Did the practice offered feel accessible to you?
• How did you find the pace?
• Cues
• Movement offered

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• Was the language/cueing invitational & trauma-informed?
• Did you feel you had choice during the practice?
• Did you feel welcome and included?

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Today’s Session Agenda:

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Welcome & Agenda Review

Mindfulness Share- Observations of Personal Movement Practice

Program Update, Timeline of Remaining Weeks, & Final Project/Final Sequence Description and Schedule

Discussion: Santosha(Contentment)

Break (5 Minutes)

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Breakout Room Workshop: Guiding a Trauma-Informed Sequence (Page 54)

Group Discussion

Session Closing & Weekly Mindfulness Offering

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*PYP Virtual Community Gathering! I will plan to end our time a bit earlier than usual to allow time for anyone who wishes to join this event, a chance to meet and share space with members of the global PYP organization!