Welcome to PranaShanti Yoga Centre

Our Hatha Yoga Teacher Training program offers the possibility to really dive into the teachings, physically, mentally and spiritually. The PranaShanti Teacher Training program is a total of 220+ hours including 194 contact hours and 30 personal hours held over 2 modules.

This format provides future teachers exposure to as much knowledge and hands on practice teaching time as possible. In order to graduate from the program and obtain the required hours for Yoga Alliance certification, students need to complete both modules.

Module 1

Module 1 is an intensive week beginning July 16th to 24th, 2011, at a private waterfront retreat property just over an hour from Ottawa. This module is an intensive week immersion (84 contact hours + 15 self study hours) at a private waterfront retreat property approximately 45 minutes from Ottawa, Ontario. You can expect to be submerged in the teachings for a full week (1 day in Ottawa and 7 nights, 8 days at the retreat) while enjoying a beautiful serene environment.
This module includes a deep understanding of asana practices, posture development, yogic and western anatomy, and meditation. Our days at the retreat will begin with a daily morning sadhana of meditation (silent &/or with chanting) and yoga practiced on the beach, weather permitting.

Module 1 Dates

• Saturday, July 16th, 2011 – noon to 5:00 PM at PranaShanti Yoga Centre for introductions, Q&A and preparation for the retreat; and
• Sunday, July 17th, 2011 to Sunday, July 24th, 2011, 6:00 AM to 8:00 PM daily at the retreat.

Module 1 Tuition Options

Option #1 - Pay in full before July 1st, 2011: $1,850.00 + HST.
Option #2 – Pay in full on or after July 1st, 2011: $2,050.00 + HST.
Option #3 – Payment Plan $2,300.00 + HST. A deposit of $500.00 + HST on or before the start date and equal payments until the end of this module.

Students interested in participating in an intensive Yoga retreat are welcome to attend Module 1 without Module 2.

Module 2

Module 2 is held over 7 weekends (Friday 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM, Saturday 11:30 AM to 5:30 PM and Sunday 11:30 AM to 5:30 PM) at the PranaShanti Yoga Centre.

This module is held over 7 weekends at the PranaShanti Yoga Centre. This module consists of teaching practice/coaching with peers, advanced anatomy in motion, continued studies of philosophy, meditation and posture (asana) development, project presentations and a varity of subjects for preparing teachers to enter the yoga teaching world, (110 contact hours + 15 hours self study).

Module 2 Dates

• August 5-6-7, 2011;
• August 19-20-21, 2011;
• September 9-10-11, 2011;
• September 23-24-25, 2011;
• September 30, October 1-2, 2011;
• October 28-29-30, 2011;
• November 4-5-6, 2011.

Module 2 Tuition Options

Option #1 – Pay in Full Before July 30th, 2011: $1,650.00 + HST.
Option #2 – Pay in Full On or After July 30th, 2011: $1,850.00 + HST.
Option #3 – Payment Plan $2,100.00 + HST. A deposit of $500.00 + HST on or before the start date and equal payments until the end of this module.

Module 2 tuition includes class instruction, 10 class package at PranaShanti, personal mentorship, home study assignment/projects, practice teaching and certification.

Faculty

Guy Tardif, Alison Finney, Nicole Schramm, Jennifer Stackhouse and other guest teachers.

Registration

Register Online, by telephone or in person.

• Refunds (minus a $300 Administration Fee) are available up to 5 days before the starting date.
• No refunds or credits will be provided after the course has started.
• Registration for Module 1 closes July 11th, 2011 at 5:00 PM.
• Registration for Module 2 closes August 3rd, 2011 at 5:00 PM.
• 10% Student Discount for full time students and seniors.
• Payment plans, a Work Exchange and Scholarship Program are also available.
• Minimum Registration is 10 students.

See also: hatha yoga teaching team; yin yoga teaching training; kundalini yoga teacher training level 1; kundalini yoga teacher training level 2; and kundalini yoga teaching team

A new moon teaches gradualness and deliberation and how one gives birth to oneself slowly. By Rumi

Every New Moon, we have the opportunity to manifest a new beginning and when we come together with such an intention our efforts are enhanced. This class will include a Meditation for Prosperity and a Double Gong relaxation/meditation - all in the energy of the New Moon.

What to bring: Yoga mat, blanket/shawl & show up early! Complimentary homemade organic cookies and a warming cup of Yogi Tea served after class.

No previous yoga or meditation experience necessary. Everyone welcome!

Cost: Use your Class Card or Sign Up Now with a Drop In Fee.

Have you ever wondered what Restorative Yoga is? 

While yoga in itself focuses on muscles and proper muscle alignment, restorative yoga is all about restful postures and is designed to “re-boot” your nervous system and balance out your body.

Your muscles remain quiet in the restorative method. Practicing this form of yoga will give immediate results by lowering your blood pressure and heart rate, loosen up joints, and ease bones. Restorative Yoga will help to keep your endocrine system in check and even boost the immune system. It will keep your healthy flow flowing!

In Restorative Yoga you enter into yoga poses using a variety of props (blankets, bolsters, cushions, walls) which support & stabilize the body to promote relaxation and renewal. These poses are designed to release deeply held tensions, to soothe the nervous system, and to refill our spiritual wells- in fact to help our own healing processes to work, whether we suffer from stress or disease or just need time to truly relax.

Come and join us for a relaxing 90 minutes and learn how to better look after yourself!

Cost: $20.00 per person

Since ancient times, Mandalas have been used for meditation and healing. In old Tibet, Mandalas were used in the process of training the mind to be quiet, so that that still place within was more easily accessible. Today mandalas are peaceful anti-stress tools.

Explore the ancient wisdom of the sacred art and science of the Mandala to effectively awaken your soul. Using the expressive art of the Mandala, meditation, prayer and intentionality, you can investigate unique ways to surmount the challenges of life, open to expanding creativity, and increase your experience of joy, love and wholeness. Emphasis on process, not product.

With Louise you will begin to create your own Mandala which you can use to add beauty to your home or personal space, as a focus for quiet meditation or contemplation, in a healing process, or combined with sound and/or light in your own sacred process or ritual.

Cost: $40.00 per person and includes all the supplies you will need to create your Mandala.

Join Magdalena, holistic skin care therapist and Ottawa’s pioneer in organic and natural beauty care, in the discovery of your personal relationship with beauty and skin care.

Explore ways to turn your usual skin care routines into pure and mindful experience and transform them into a daily practice of self–love. Gain confidence in your feminine wisdom and intuition and let go of the preconceptions that are dictated by the media.

Magdalena will introduce you to new possibilities in the realm of personal skin and beauty care and she will give many practical tips that you can start right away. You will also get to know your beautiful face in a new and enlightened way.

Cost: $45.00 per person.

For more information about Magdalena and her business WomanDivine Holistic Skin Care Clinic please visit the WomanDivine Website.

Testimonials:

"Magdalena is by far the best skin care therapist I have come across. Her knowledge base is superior and wide ranging. Magdalena believes in empowering women and encourages us to be gentle with one self. Many beauty professionals tend to point to our faults in order to sell products. Magdalena believes we are beautiful at any age. This attitude has had a profound effect on my ability to be happy with myself. I highly recommend Magdalena's services."

"Thank you very much for making me feel so wonderful. Truly it put me in touch with my soul."

Did you know you have two egos? One of them is false, but tends to overshadow the true ego.


Learn about the false ego, how to recognize it in yourself and how to shrink it so that your true (healthy) ego can emerge.

So much is possible when the true ego takes hold! Come and join Wendy Knight-Agard Doctor of Medical Heilkunst and Homeopathy and owner of True Health Holistic for a one-hour informative discussion on matters that contribute to your best health.

Wendy is a member of the Canadian/International Heilkunst Association, the Academy of Naturopaths and Naturotherapists and continues to study the elements of achieving true health through the evolution of consciousness.

For more information about Wendy, her clinic and services please visit: http://www.truehealthholistic.com/

Cost: $20.00 per person

Enjoy this special class that calls upon the powerful energy of the full moon. Join us in celebration to balance your mind, calm your spirit, and uplift your soul with Full Moon energy.

The class includes a short yoga set (kriya) followed by a powerful full moon meditation and concludes with a deep relaxation with the healing sounds of the Gong!

What to bring: Yoga mat, blanket/shawl & show up early! Complimentary homemade organic cookies and a warming cup of Yogi Tea served after class. All ages and abilities welcome!

Cost: Use your PranaShanti Class Card or Sign Up Now with a Drop-In Fee.

Tai-Chi, as it is practiced in the west today, can best be thought of as a moving form of yoga and meditation combined. The objective of Tai-Chi is to purify one's vital energy (chi) and at the same time to open one's self to a spiritual dimension. The "chi" is a vital energy that is in us, around us, and is the origin of the universe.

Yang style Tai-Chi consists of a series of 108 movements always executed in the same sequence to calm the mind, allowing a sense of peace to be instilled as well as to stimulate a harmonious circulation of this chi, this energy, throughout the body. The 108 movements of Yang style Tai-Chi are conceived to clear the body's meridians. This stimulates the circulation of the vital energy of the body to nourish and stimulate the body's organs. Tai-Chi is relaxation in continual movements.

Tai-Chi is usually represented by the Yin-Yang symbol. Yang is the active element, and Yin the passive. For the Chinese, the balance of the world rests in the harmonising of these two polarities.

Cost: $90.00 per person for the 6 week series. Pre-registration required. Drop-ins are welcome to join the class for $20.00 per person.