Sunday, August 17, 2008

Future Events - 2008

On Going Free Teleclasses - August to October
~ Aug 27th, 2008 - Marketing 101: 3 things that can benefit any teacher intending to grow.

~ Sept 26th, 2008 - Using a Samkalpa (Resolution) to invigorate your teaching business.

~ Oct 08 - Language Matters: how to describe what you do without feeling like you are selling yourself.

From:11:00 AM to 12:00 PM Pacific Time (12:00 PM Mountain Time, 1:00 PM Central time, and 2:00 PM Eastern time). To check other time zones please visit www.timeanddate.com
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September 14-19: Corporate Yoga Training at Omega, Rhinneback, NY

This 5-day immersion in Corporate Yoga is designed for those who want to teach at corporations. It explores the challenges of authentic teaching while considering language, legal aspects, and spirituality that are appropriate to corporate culture.

  • The yoga/work connection
  • Legalities and liabilities
  • Communicating and applying yoga philosophy and tools on and off the mat
  • How the workplace needs an adaptive process to WORK where people WORK
The course will be taught by Tevis Gale, Balance Integration's founder and my business partner. I will be assisting her. Tevis is a yoga teacher, former corporate executive who has grown Balance Integration from a kitchen venture to an global company that serves clients like Google, AOL, Yahoo, MTV, American Express and Disney, and has trained 360 teachers.

Omega Corporate Yoga Training Details


September 27: Business of Yoga Workshop at LMU, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles

the 5-hour intensive version of the Yogi Incubator, especially designed for new teachers and part time teachers wanting to go into full time. This program will discuss the nitty gritty of the business of teaching Yoga. We will cover different ways to get started, tools and techniques to support growth, how to avoid burnout and how to reconcile marketing and business with yoga. Practical information on how to get a website, start a newsletter and generate word of mouth will be provided, as well as basic tips for personal finances, taxes and liability insurance.

When: September 27th, 2008
Saturday, 10:00am to 3:30pm
Costs: $190 for the entire weekend
Includes Sunday 5-hour module on Teaching Methodology, taught by Ramaswami. Registration for the Business of Yoga only is available upon request (e - mail yoga@lmu.edu or call Amparo at (310) 338-2358)

Program Details
Registration

November 08-12: The Yoga of Fulfillment with Rod Stryker, Miami, Florida
The Yoga of Fulfillment is the seed of the Yogi Incubator. I am incredibly proud to be assisting my teacher Rod Stryker in this 5-day workshop.

The Yoga of Fulfillment is a deep and practical approach to help you truly embody the highest principles of Yoga: find meaning and purpose in your life and shape it from the wisdom and calling of your highest self. Combining the enlightened wisdom of Yoga, Tantra, ancient methods of self-inquiry and self-actualization, the Yoga of Fulfillment guides you toward recognizing your soul's calling to greatness and empowering you to fulfill it.

Where: Prana Yoga Miami, Coral Gables, FL
More info and registration

Tantra & the business of yoga

Morning Light in Park Roosevelt, Uruguay, photo by Martin Herrera

"Worldly success is not an obstacle to spiritual growth; on the contrary it is the ground for spiritual success, because those who are without worldly means and resources have little time and energy for spiritual endeavors"

Pandit Rajmani Tigunait, Tantra Unveiled

It finally happened. I reached a point where I forgot why I loved the Yogi Incubator. For the last two months, with permission from my "inner boss", I haven't even tried to write a newsletter or update the website. I only responded to inquiries and put on hold all my efforts to seed and continue developing my business. And I redirected my energy to establishing roots here in Uruguay, beautifying our new home and starting a corporate mindfullness consulting company here.

Was it worth it? Absolutely yes! Though I could have forced myself to keep going, what's the point of getting things done if you are not engaged? Why would I want to share anything that is not soaked in love and enthusiasm?

I have recently returned from a trip to the US East Coast. I went to New York to work with my business partner and to Pennsylvania to take part on the Himalayan Institute year-long Akhanda Japa meditation. I came back with my business, action-oriented side, fully recharged, my suitcase full from too much shopping and my soul soothed in ways that I can't find language to describe.

And slowly but surely, it came to me why I love this job: because the Yogi Incubator is not only my business, it is who I am. Steeped on a tantric world view, in which material success is not only compatible with your spiritual quest but an integral part of it, I offer tools and techniques to help yoga teachers thrive while making this world a better place. It's the best possible use for all I learned while traveling 1 million miles and working long hours for one of the most successful enterprises in the history of mankind (though I am a Mac user today, I cannot deny Microsoft's contribution to the massification of technology).

To celebrate I invite you to join me in one of my future events. In addition to the teleclasses, I will be in the US teaching or assisting in 3 different opportunities. I would love to see you.

It's good to be back.
To your thriving,
Clara