Pathways for Transformation with Greg Nardi

• What Is Yoga Therapy?

Learn about the Pancha kosha model, the "five layers" of being.

• Yoga Philosophy: A Therapeutic Worldview

Greg will include readings from the Yoga Sutra and integrate yogic worldviews and perspectives on healing. Learn about the concept of “Duhkha” (suffering) and freedom!

There will be Q & A and ample time for self-reflection.

• The evening practice will be a Restorative Yoga Session.

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• What makes a yoga practice trauma-informed?

Learn principles of Trauma-Informed Yoga and the Wheel of consent. Grounding and centering techniques allow for functional movement adapted to your individual capacity.

• 75 min Therapeutic Morning Practice Focusing on reclaiming movement and exploring functional mobility and stability. Learn how to practice asana for joint care and energy balance. Experience Pranayama, breathwork to regulate your energy, and Mantra meditation for clarity.

• Explore gentle asana with an emphasis on toning the nervous system to help your body relax and maintain good digestion and a healthy heart rate. Study accessible pranayama, and gain better understanding of the stress response and how to regulate your nervous system. Greg will guide an exploration of how to create safety and authentic choices. Then, Yoga becomes a Life Practice!

• There will be time for Self-eflection and Group Discussion.

• Community sharing circle Metta (loving-kindness) meditation.

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The theme of the day's workshop is: Living the Practice — From the Inside Out

• Beginning by grounding the Nervous System, enjoy a 75 min Morning Yoga Practice. Integratiing the flow of person-centered Ashtanga Yoga, the session will include pauses for self-inquiry. Explore centering techniques & breathwork, functional movement, and the use of props and adaptations for all bodies.

• Yoga Philosophy: Klesha, Karma, Samskara, and the Healing Process

Learn how impressions shape our experience. Explore the principle of Ahimsa, or non-harming, as a personal, therapeutic foundation.

Greg will lead discussion of the Yoga Sutra and Bhagavad Gita.

• Sankalpa and Somatic Restoration

Enjoy a gentle restorative sequence with supported poses, including an introduction to Sankalpa (intention-setting). Guided meditation with mantra.

Learn about trauma-informed principles and navigating boundaries. Practice-based group discussion.

Rest & repattern with Yoga Nidra for somatic integration

• Bhakti-based chanting, a mantra practice to hold the energy and intention of the day's workshop.

• Integration Circle and Closing Practice.

Individual reflection on insights from the weekend

This workshop is hosted by Live Your Best Life is donation based. Pay what you can but please honor the exchange.

Tier 1 Suggested Donation / $400

Tier 2 Suggested Donation / $300

Tier 3 Suggested Donation / $200

Greg Nardi, C-IAYT, E-RYT 500 began his yoga journey in 1996 when a good friend asked him to “try” yoga. From that first class he knew that this was something he was meant to do. Yoga helped him feel healthy after years of childhood illness, anxiety and depression and most importantly yoga gave him a sense of meaning and purpose. He dedicated himself to a yogic lifestyle as part of his healing journey.

Greg took four separate teacher trainings in the United States and Europe between 1997 and 2003. He took a dozen extended trips to Mysore, India between 1999-2016 to learn yoga with a focus in asana, yoga history and philosophy, pranayama, meditation, and chanting. Greg is a graduate of the Kripalu School of Integrative Yoga Therapy and was formerly authorized level 2 with the KPJ Ashtanga Yoga Institute in Mysore, India.

Greg is currently the Program Director for Yoga 4 Change. He has worked in many facets of the yoga industry from being a yoga studio owner/operator, an international workshop presenter, and has dedicated himself to educating yoga practitioners about power dynamics and consent driven, person-centered, and trauma informed approaches to the teaching and practice of Yoga.

Greg has always considered yoga to be both a form of individual healing and social justice. Greg sits on the Board of Directors for Chainless Change, a community of recovery offering second chances to those negatively impacted by the criminal legal system. He believes in the healing power of yoga for all.

This summer we have a whole calendar of events and classes free and by donation.

Come for a Sound Bath with glass crystal bowls, or join a Hatha Yoga and breathwork session with Lea, the Center Director, or a discussion on Ayurvedic Personalized Holistic Health and Medicine with Dr. Bhaswati. We can't wait to meet you!

Just a few miles from the beach in El Segundo, Live Your Best Life is creating a Center for personalized holistic medicine, in the tradition of ayurveda and ayurvedic yoga.

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