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Saturday, May 15, 2021 from 9:00 am-5:00 pm
*New Date + Only 2 SPOTS!!!!
$349 each for Level 1 or 2 and $599 for both. Save $100!
Restorative Yoga is one of the most popular styles of Yoga in the world, but it’s more than just putting a bolster under your student’s knees!
In the course you will learn how to:
- Counteract the effects of stress + why Restorative Yoga is so powerful for this.
- Improve your own re-covering practice through restorative postures and modification and be able to share that personal knowledge with your students .
- Allow meditation and posture to create calming & de-stressing by creating brain experiences through restorative yoga
- Creatively support all bodies in every posture by using props, walls, and floor.
- Increase health in the body, allowing people with injuries, stress or chronic pain to regulate and feel ease in mind & body
- Use Restorative Yoga as a stand alone practice & how to effectively integrate Restorative Yoga posture into other Yoga practices
Knowing how to teach Restorative Yoga will give you the tools to welcome beginner students of all ages and physical states, and allow them to experience yoga in the safest way, and it’s an essential tool for successful one-on-one privates too.
Upon completion of this course, you will receive a Restorative Yoga Teacher Certification – Level 1 through Balanced Life Yoga.
Training counts as 8 hours towards Yoga Alliance Continuing Education or Balanced Life Yoga’s 300 Hour Professional Development hours.
Investment: $349 each for Level 1 or 2 and $599 for both. Save $100!
Restorative Yoga Certification 2 with Cindy
**In-Studio or Virtual**. TWO SPOTS LEFT!
Saturday, June 5, 2021 from 11 am – 7 pm
$349 each for Level 1 or 2 and $599 for both. Save $100!
This level is the natural next step for students and teachers who have completed the Restorative Yoga Level 1 certification and want to learn more about intention session, meditation, sequencing and even more poses to add to your repertoire!
In the certification you will learn and understand:
- The benefits of intention setting for each practice and working a meditation and sequence around said intention
- How important counter poses are and how to incorporate them into your sequence and practice
- How to activate relaxation response by meditation and sequencing
- Restorative twists, backbends, forward bends and side bends and inversions and study all benefits.
- How to introduce standing restorative postures and there grounding capabilities + effects.
Training counts as 8 hours towards Yoga Alliance Continuing Education or Balanced Life Yoga’s 300 Hour Professional Development hours.
Regular Investment: $349 each for Level 1 or 2 and $599 for both.
Yoga Medicine Woman Certification with Shasta Townsend
The Sacred Circle Begins May 2021 for Women who feel called to something eternal, vast and magnificent.
- Virtual Group Training with Shasta begins Thursday, May 6 – Thursday, June 17 (7 weeks) from 7:00-9:00 pm eastern. (14 hours total)
- Online Modules – Access to Online Modules including class outlines, rituals and altar practices available May 1, 2021 (10 hours total)
- In-Person Medicine Wheel + Fire Ceremony Training at Heart's Acres (Shasta's property in Grafton, ON) is Saturday, June 19 from 10:00 am – 4:00 pm (if permitted, otherwise it will be broadcast via livestream).
- Personal Practice – An additional 5 hours of individual ceremony practice required at your home.
Investment:
Early Bird – SAVE $1,000 >$999 full pay or 4 payments of $300. Expires April 15, 2021
Regular Investment – $1,999 as of April 16, 2021.
Shasta Townsend is Cree/Metis and can trace her bloodline to the buffalo hunters and Plains Indigenous who honoured and lived harmoniously in the Grasslands of Canada for 14,000 years. She is also a Shakti Tantra Sacred Feminine Wisdom holder, and an international writer, speaker and expert in Sacred Feminine and Embodied Arts and has been featured in The New York Post, Cosmopolitan, Thrive Global, Elephant Journal and more.
Reiki 1 Certification with Helen
- Friday, May 28, 2021 from 9:30 am-5:30 pm
Now is the PERFECT time to learn how to raise your vibration and thus boost your immune function!!
- the Traditional Usui Shiki Ryoho History & origins of Reiki,
- the Reiki Principles for living well and healing
- the energy centers, the Chakras and how to balance them
- The Reiki cleansing & grounding techniques for self-healing and potential
- The hand placements for self and others,
- And we will include time to practice hands-on healing (no touch)
- You will also receive an Attunement and a Reiki Manual and Certificate.
This training will be held in the studio and we will practice physical distanced healing practices.
Reiki II Certification with Helen
SOLD OUT – Call 905-428-2300 for waitlist.
Friday, June 11, 2021 from 9:30 am – 5:30 pm
- Upgrade your energy field x 1000 as you receive an Attunement which includes two symbols traditional & non-traditional for massive power and healing.
- Gain a deeper and more powerful understanding and practice of energy medicine.
- We will include time to practice a hands-on healing and experience a group healing.
- Receive an in-depth manual and a certificate!
This training will be held in the studio. Limited spaces.
Training counts as 8 hours towards continuing education or Balanced Life Yoga’s 300 Hour Professional Development hours.
Cost: $299 +hst
Intuitive Reiki Master – Level III with Reiki Master Helen Mason
NEW DATE – 1 spot left!
Sunday, June 6, 2021 from 9:30 am-5:30 pm
This level holds deep personal growth, transformation & increased enlightenment for those who are called.
As well, if you are called to truly hold the light and the integrity of Reiki as a teacher and a master then this training will give you the tools and foundation to do so with ease and power.
- You will learn how to receive the Master Symbols in mind, body and spirit as well as the traditional purpose and responsibility of the Master Symbols.
- You will learn how to create and maintain healthy boundaries and energy exchange as well as learn more about right action and also the power of crystal healing.
- Finally, the certification program includes demonstration and practice in the Attunement of others into the path of Reiki.
100% Virtual + Online Courses
Certification Programs for Everyone
Yoga for Anxiety Relief
Certification
$599 NOW $299 CDN
Yoga Tools to Relieve Anxiety In Yourself and Help Your Students
Learn Yoga “Therapy” techniques that provide major stress relief and increase overall vitality and self-confidence. Plus, learn tools to provide anxiety relief to students -both in private therapy sessions and in group classes.
This course is useful for:
• Therapists and counsellors seeking proven holistic methods.
- Wellness Coaches and Mentors who wish to share medication-free techniques with clients
• Students at any level who experience anxiety or are close to someone who lives with anxiety.
• Yoga teachers and yoga therapists who want to learn to manage their own anxiety symptoms and gain insight and tools that can be shared with their students.
This 20-hour certification is an online program that is easy to follow, comes with an extensive manual, AND you will have access to all the trainings
You will gain a deeper understanding, and learn:
- How to approach anxiety from a Yogic Perspective and a Neuroscience Understanding…
- What Yoga Sequencing, Practices and Postures to include and what to avoid…
- How to structure Private Yoga + Therapeutics for students with anxiety, and what not to do…
- Mudra, Mindfulness + Mantra Practices specific to creating a calm mind.
Purchase the course and full access to online training and
Only $299. Regularly $599. SAVE $300 for a limited time!!
Yoga Nidra Training + Certification
$399 NOW $199 CDN for Virtual Training
Learn how to effectively teach the ancient and powerful practice of Yoga Nidra (Yogic sleep) and other deep rest practices that will literally change the brains of your students and support them in deep restoration.
Yoga Nidra is a practice that can be added to group classes, private classes, taught in workshop or retreat settings and is an essential skill for yoga teachers to have, especially now as the world gets crazier.
- Shasta will share her two decades of Yoga Nidra experience
- You will learn how to teach a 90 minute, 20 minute and 10-minute version of Yoga Nidra.
- Understand why Yoga Nidra is an ancient practice that literally changes the brain waves, helps us taps into Universal Consciousness and get some deep rest and release.
- This is your chance to learn how to create this for yourself and your students.
4 hours toward 300-Hour Continuing Ed with Balanced Life Yoga and also Yoga Alliance.
$199 + HST
Discover Your Dosha & Balance It – Ayurveda Certification Level 1
$399 NOW $199 for Virtual Training
Do you know your DOSHA?
Your unique constitution or “dosha” may explain many of your physical, psychological and mental attributes. It comes from the ancient sister science to Yoga, Ayurveda.
Knowing what dosha you are as well as how to keep it in balance leads to more harmony and joy in your life!
Join us for a unique and informative workshop certification that will help you discover your unique Ayurvedic constitution.
- You will learn how to determine your dosha and the doshas of those you love through 3 different assessment tools.
- You will gain a deeper understanding of your own energetic, physical and mental self as seen through Ayurveda and thus understand and feel empowered.
- In addition, learn how to stay balanced in your dosha through specific foods, yoga asanas, breathing and cleansing techniques for optimal health and wellbeing.
- You'll also gain an understanding of Ayurveda as a system of personal health and wealth that places a focus on you as the individual and your unique magic, rather than the reductionist and mechanistic view of allopathic medicine.
Workbook, dosha analysis, live learning and recording included!
Counts as 3.5 hours of Cont.Ed
This is a great learning for everyone interested in gaining more personal power, health and wellbeing. Also, a great training for yoga teachers and yoga teacher trainees to understand how Ayurveda can be applied in your classes.
Shasta Townsend
Shasta Townsend studied Ayurveda in India from an Ayurvedic Doctor and is trained in Ayurvedic analysis, massage and asana and diet. In addition to being the creator of Balanced Life Yoga, she brings 20 years of health experience in these practical and entertaining learning experiences.
Investment: $199 for Virtual Training
$299 NOW only $149 for Virtual Training
Join master teacher and trained journalist, and experienced “camera woman”, Shasta Townsend for an insightful training that is just what this time calls for!
Whether you're a Yoga teacher or fitness instructor, you'll feel confident, authenticity + clear, and you'll learn to “own” any room or livestream by what and how you're saying and being…
Since over 90% of how we communicate in a small or large group class is through words, it is necessary that you know to use your words wisely.
In this new era of livestream, video and Zoom, you must also learn how to:
- Talk to the camera and be engaging
- Translate not just words, but energy and feeling.
- Engage people as a group and individuals virtually.
- Mitigate distractions for them and help people remain focused.
- Be the teacher that newbies feel comfortable + confident with and advanced practitioners flock too, all by mastering what comes out of your mouth!
Set yourself apart from the Yoga-teaching pack and learn:
- The poor speaking habits (you don’t even know you are doing) that are distracting students and sabotaging your success
- How to unleash your authentic voice, so you can feel totally confident and no longer doubt yourself
- The secrets to owning your power in person and on livestreams so you are a magnetic teacher.
- How finding + owning your voice will attract more students.
- Build confidence with tech, virtual classes and livestream events.
This training is perfect for:
- new teachers who want to hone in on their confidence and master this necessary skills
- established teachers who want to break subconscious bad habits and take their teachings to the next level.
- recent teacher training grads who wish to improve their cueing, confidence and even on-camera skills.
Shasta Townsend is a master teacher, and brings her two-decades of teaching knowledge both in person and on-line to give you the best practices. In addition, she has a background in media, broadcasting and on-camera work that will shed precious insight on how to be successful in online, virtual and even social media lives.
Training counts as 4 hours towards Yoga Alliance Continuing Education or Balanced Life Yoga’s 300 Hour Professional Development hours.
$149 + hst. Get it now
How to Get Started Teaching Yoga Successfully Online Course with Shasta Townsend
Instant, lifetime access
This proven step-by-step blueprint is the missing link to go from trainee to teacher.
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- You want to STOP procrastinating and start sharing your passion.
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- You want a proven step-by-step system of success.
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- You are an action taker and can follow instructions to succeed.
- You KNOW you are a Creator with lots to share
The modules in The How to Get Started Teaching Yoga course include:
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- 8 Easy to Follow Online Modules – you can complete them on your own time so there is no pressure, but you also receive all you need to be a success!
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- Bonuses – We have Bonus Materials to help you create momentum and success including how to Leverage other companies like Lululemon, etc.
- Support – You will also become a part of our close community of yoga-preneurs where you can seek support and meet amazing people
Training counts as 15 hours towards Yoga Alliance Continuing Education or Balanced Life Yoga’s 300 Hour Professional Development hours.
TBA Offerings – Standby 🙂
Advancing the Practice Through Movement, Stability + Strength with Shasta.
As teachers and practitioners, a sustainable, life-long yoga practice is something we all desire.
Combining yogic wisdom with science-based movement (such as biomechanics and kinesiology) is a great way to ensure a balanced, health-affirming experience on the mat! This module will offer clear, practical ways to increase stability, mobility and strength in the practice of yoga. You will broaden your knowledge and perspective, drawing from movement science to help you connect with yoga in a whole new way.
$599 + hst. Counts as 20-hours of continuing education.
This is a PRACTICAL and real-world learning experience!
Mentoring with a master is the most VALUABLE investment you can make.
Yoga pioneer and master teacher Shasta Townsend has created a 5-week mastermind program for new teachers or teachers who want to 10x their success.
- You will learn how to teach with increased clarity, confidence and safety.
- You will learn how to speak eloquently and sequence like a rockstar.
- In addition you will feel more confident, creative and inspired.
This is a practicum so you will be advancing your skills not just theorizing.
We will dive into and refine your skills each week.
Real life practice will give you confidence and also the experience which you an also add to your resume!!
Harmonious Success – Spiritual-Based Money Mastery for Yogis with Shasta. November 20-22, 2020 * in-studio or virtual
- Think about money accurately and remove fear and worry.
- Harness Universal Laws including The Law of Manifestation.
- Heal outdated beliefs about money, success and Spirit and thus feel FREEDOM
- Apply Universal Success Laws to your life and business to create with ease.
- Be the TRUE radiant you and magnetize your ideal students.
- Create from your true heart and soul purpose to be in real service to the world.
- Master your own Money Mindset
Understanding the Mind + Mastering Meditation: Practices for Stress Reduction, Mind Mastery + Emotional Balance with Shasta. December 4-6, 2020For answers to life's most profound questions we must look to Yoga's meditative teachings.
How to Teach Beginner Yoga Certification with CindyTBA
- In-studio or virtual
Whether you are teaching Beginner Yoga or just students who are new, you must have the wisdom to ensure that students feel safe, confident and keep coming back.
Newer students may have a huge host of injuries and limitations so they often require modifications and assists that are specific to their needs.
In addition, having the skills to effectively teach beginning students not only gives you powerful confidence as a teacher, but also opens up a huge range of possibilities for additional classes and income as a teacher.
Investment:$349.
Training counts as 8 hours towards continuing education or Balanced Life Yoga’s 300 Hour Professional Development hours.
Bonus Reason – We Support Local CharitiesYup, we also LOVE giving back. We support local charities and are huge supporters of anything animal/wildlife related. For example we make large donations to the Primrose Donkey Sanctuary and others, thanks to the support of students like you.
You’ll Feel Instantly “At Home”Shasta Townsend, the CEO and founder, created Balanced Life Yoga to be the place where “everyone knows your name” in 2003. Since then we uphold her dedication that every single person feels welcomed, seen and appreciated. In other words, you feel comfortable, at ease and apart of the gang!
You’ll Have a Great Class - Our Teachers are AmazingA great teacher can make or break your experience. Our teachers are all highly trained so you know you are getting excellent instruction, but they are also kind, compassionate, funny and real people – we don’t do egos – so you know your teacher will support you and see you.
You’ll Be Supported - Our Staff Love You + Their JobWe have wonderful support staff who LOVE helping people. So be sure to ask questions, sign up for that workshop or enquire if teacher training is the right next step. Our support staff are well-trained, knowledgeable and always have time for you!
You’ll Meet Your “Tribe” - We Have Great StudentsIt’s true! You will meet like-minded, open-hearted and just “cool” people at Balanced Life Yoga. We seriously have an amazing community. Again, we don’t do ego or tolerate gossip, judgement or mean-girls, so you will feel safe and comfortable.
You’ll Be Inspired – We Have a Wonderful Studio SpaceOur studio is airy, filled with light and has ample space. You are NOT jammed into a basement, a 100-person room or a sweaty box. Our studio spaces are all conducive to practice and we have a ton of props too.
You Can Start Here – We Love NEWBIESWe have a ton of beginner yoga classes, and we make it easy to start Yoga too. Again, we welcome everyone and our teachers are well trained in safe, accessible and good yoga instruction AND you will feel totally welcomed.
You’ll Find What You Need – We Have a TON of ClassesWe offer everything from Barre to Beginner to Gentle to Prenatal to Power Yoga, so we know we have a class for you. And with a variety of classes every darn day, we make committing to class easy peasy!
You’ll Grow + Grow Some More – We Offer Workshops, Retreats, Teacher Training + MoreWe love to see people SHINE! We see ourselves as ambassadors for human potential and happiness so we are always adding more workshops, teacher training and speciality classes to help you grow and live a wonderful life too!
