Time to pledge! So much more coming for paid subscribers.

I have finally figured a fair way to do this!

Some of my yoga books.

I have not been enamored of the paywall system, since, what I really want to do is share with everyone!! Making money has always had little to do with my desire to learn and to share. I continue to see Substack as an amazing opportunity to share with anyone and everyone…regardless of ability to pay.

I have a plan and I’m excited about this! This plan gives me even more opportunity to share without taking anything away from you, the readers. This is win/win. Nobody loses.

I have manuals and articles I have written over the years, most of which are designed for yoga teachers and dedicated students. I have an entire 200-hour teacher training manual and study guide. I also have a 300-hour manual.

I am going to start by posting - in order - the entire contents of the 200-hr. manual. These in-depth training manuals will be available behind the pay wall. It is as much a study guide as it is a manual for teaching! This is for anyone who really wants to go deeper.

These manuals share a very different approach to the practice and teaching yoga. It is interesting to me that although the conversation about yoga has become more inclusive and speaks to softening and self care, what I observe is that the teaching itself hasn’t quite caught up. We say the words, but our actions, how we move, how we perceive our embodied form hasn’t significantly changed over the last 30 years or so.

No matter how hard we try, it seems we are still mostly caught in a mechanistic and hierarchical view of our bodies. So many of us still feel that somehow we need to fix our bodies. They are not broken. They are yearning to be seen and experienced for the brilliance that they are! Not just generalized nice feelings, and wishful thinking, but real attention. Inquiry into the layers of who we are and how our bodies naturally live and move.

In this approach the hard edges are gone. Those angles and lines came out of a mechanistic view of life. The separation of cause and affect does not define our living anatomy. Our bodies are actually streams of moving awareness. It’s time to take an all new look at how we move, breathe, and function.

I am organizing the contents of the 200-hr. Study Manual now and I will begin to post it very soon.

You will need to become a paid subscriber to access these manuals and articles. In addition to the posts themselves your subscription also invites you to be part of a chat where many of us can share observations and comments.

The free subscription pages will remain just as they are. I will continue to post new articles and videos and they will still be available to everyone for free.

Take a look at the course contents for the 200-hr. Study and Teaching Manual below and consider making a pledge of support for the offering of this body of work.

I so appreciate you and I hope you will join me in this study,
with love,
Patty

Embodyoga Study Guide and 200-Hr. Teacher Training Manual
Course Contents 

I. Welcome to Your Yoga Study Guide 

Self Discovery & Self Care
Asana in Sanskrit & English (200-Hour Level)
Basic Yoga Postures: Effects and Indications

II. Yoga Foundations: Philosophical Context 

Introduction to Embodyoga®
Philosophy of Unity
Eight Limbs of Yoga
Subtle Nervous System
Kosas: Journey Through the Elements
Chart: Elements, Kosas and Chakras
Embodiment: Samadhi is Now 

Teaching Section:
Simple Vinyasa Variations
Chakra Sequences
Variations on Savasana 

III. Inner Landscape: Tools for Embodied-Inquiry 

The Ground of Inquiry: Santosha and Viveka
Embodyoga® Movement Principles
Relational Movement: Gravity, Tone, Buoyancy, and Yield
Developmental Yoga: the Fluid Patterns
Embodying the Organ System (embodying organ anatomy)
Developing a Personal Practice
Vastness and Ego: The Seer and the Seen 

Teaching Section:
Teaching Yoga Nidra
Classical Surya Namaskar (Sun Salutations)
Surya Namasker A & B 

IV. Core, Breath and Being

A Calm and Mobile Spine
Anatomy of the Spine
The Thoracic Diaphragm and Its Stem
Basic Breathing Techniques
Teaching Beginner’s Pranayama
The Bandhas
Mula Bandha and the Pit of the Belly 

Teaching Section:
Embodyoga® Gentle/Moderate Sequence
Embodyoga® Vigorous Sequence
Restorative Sequence
Support the Whole Spine 

V. From Core to Periphery: Standing Postures

Principles of Standing Postures
Standing Alignment and Supports
Alignment in Trikonasana Form Standing Postures
Rotation of the Foreleg, Ankle, and Foot 

Teaching Section:
Teaching Trikonasana
Trikonasana Form
Tadasana Form
Adapting Standing Postures for Beginners

VI. Back Bending

Who am I?: Returning to Unity Consciousness
Introduction to Back Bending
Structural Principles of Back Bending
Instructional Principles of Back Bending 

Teaching Section:
Shoulder Opening & Stability
Gentle Yoga for Neck and Cervical Spine
Rigidity in Upper Back and Thoracic Kyphosis
Yoga for Wrist Issues

VII. Forward Bending and Spine Safety

Forward Bending
Self-Nurturance and the Kidney-Bladder System
Kidney-Bladder Investigations in Asana
More on the Spine for Beginning Yoga Teachers
Common Lower Back Pain
Sequencing for Lower Back Pain

Teaching Section:
Sequence for Lower Back Issues
Paschimottanasana and Seated Forward Bends
Hip Openers and Padmasana 
Yoga for Sacroiliac Joints
Yoga for Excessive Lumbar Curve
Sequence for Lower Back Rigidity

VIII. Embody Wisdom: Teaching in Action 

Teaching Principles
Observation, Demonstration, Instruction, and Touch
Sequencing: An Overview
Teaching Yoga: Offer the Experience
Ethical Guidelines for Yoga Teachers

Teaching Section:
Introduction to Embodyoga® Course Format
Handstand Preparation and Dolphin
Teaching Sarvangasana (Shoulderstand)
Teaching Sirsasana (Headstand)
Menstrual Sequence
Prenatal Yoga