Between the Mat and the Meeting
ONLINE — Jan 21 – Apr 8
This 12 week online course is about how Ayurveda can support our recovery journey.

Features:
– Prerecorded ‘lecture/teaching’ videos with the topic coming up for review and discussion in our

– Live zoom sessions: Thursdays 4-6pm PST from 1/21 to 4/8/21. You will be able to access the recordings of these if you are unable to attend live. 4/20.

– Live 12 step recovery – Saturdays 8am PST (ends 4/10/21) all fellowships together, open meeting (no teaching just sharing)

– Live Book Discussion (not 12 step, book TBD) – Tuesdays 2pm PST (from 1/26/21, ends 4/6/21)

– 6 months unlimited yoga classes on IYTV when you sign up here, via Integral Yoga San Francisco website!

Continuing Education Opportunities
Yoga Alliance – 50 hours
YACP Yoga Alliance Continuing Education Provider®
IAYT – 27 APD hours
Advanced Professional Development – International Association of Yoga Therapists; and
NAMA PACE – 50 hours
National Ayurvedic Medical Association – Professional Advanced Continuing Education

Embody health in recovery from all addictive disorders, (substances, food/sugar and behaviors) through Ayurveda, framed in the most accessible, relatable and practical way.  Address the needs and vulnerabilities that underlie these habits with pioneering look at our stress-response tendencies.  We’ll look at our ‘acting out’ tendencies, and how physical practices and daily routines can widen the window of tolerance.  We come to deeper self-understanding and self-regulation for resilience one day at a time.

Yoga of Recovery works with everyone whose lives have been affected by addiction, in themselves or loved ones – people who have sex addiction, eating disorders, codependents with no substance abuse, and others where substance abuse is present but it is not the primary presenting issue. The program is also open to anyone who wants to learn lifestyle and stress management skills.

Health and recovery from addiction and disease involve fully living in the wholeness that you are. By recognizing your innate strengths you can learn to revitalize your body’s systems rather than to depend on addictive, unhealthy behaviors. Build a strong foundation for living well, and learn about stress, digestion, sleep hygiene, and detoxification. Practice deep self-care and emotional regulation through simple Ayurvedic daily routines that you can practice at home.

The program is an integration of the philosophy and psychology of yoga and Ayurveda – offering many physical practices to allow us to embody our recovery pathway.

When you sign up through Integral Yoga San Francisco you’ll also receive 6 months unlimited yoga classes on IYTV.

Course Details:

YoR BMM 12 week online session consists of:

1. Live zoom class once per week for 2 hours (Thursdays 4-6pm PST / 7-9pm EST; 1/21/21 – 4/8/21).  Here we review, discuss and share about the week’s class topic – with a Buddy check in and also group break out sessions and Q&A with me – slightly different each week.  This is recorded in case they’re not able to make the live session.

2. Pre-recorded videos you can watch before we meet to review and discuss this topic in our live class (about 11 hours over the 12 weeks, released each week) and

3. We have 2 YoR Recovery Meetings per week – one an open, all-fellowship 12 step meeting; the other will be a book study (non-12 step).  These are not recorded  – day/time TBA

Upon completion of this course you can submit to receive continuing education credits with 3 major Yoga certification organizations

• Yoga Alliance – 50 hours — YACP Yoga Alliance Continuing Education Provider®

• IAYT – 27 APD hours — Advanced Professional Development with the International Association of Yoga Therapists

• NAMA PACE – 50 hours – National Ayurvedic Medical Association – Professional Advanced Continuing Education

Course Fee $1200

• Offering 20% discount to those in need of financial assistance. Use code “discount”
• Please email us if a scholarship rate is what is needed for you to join us:  durga@yogaofrecovery.com

Durga Leela, Founder of Yoga for Recovery, B.A., C.A.S., holds the RYT-500 qualification, having completed both the Sivananda Yoga teacher training course and an advanced Yoga training. She is also extensively trained in meditation and Vedanta. Durga is a clinical Ayurvedic and Pancha Karma specialist, trained in both the United States and India, and has served as the director of the Ayurveda programs at the Yoga Farm, in California, since 2003. She is a professional member of and speaker for the National Ayurvedic Medical Association (NAMA) and International Association of Yoga Therapists (IAYT) and a member of Yoga Alliance.