Weekend w/Alexandria Crow

January 3-5th

Whole weekend $250 (5-sessions)

Each session $60 (if space allows)

Friday, 1/3 6pm-9pm

Saturday, 1/4 1-4pm

Saturday, 1/4 5-8pm

Sunday, 1/5 1-4pm

Sunday, 1/5 5-8pm

DECONSTRUCT - RECONSTRUCT - REIMAGINE
YOGA CLASSES BUILT FOR EVERYONE AND EVERY BODY
Transform your classes and practice from one a size fits all approach to one that is custom tailored to each and every individual.

Uncover the common overlooked elements that contribute to classes lacking sustainability, accessibility, and philosophical clarity.

Learn how to apply and use a clear and effective set of methods and tools that transform classes into truly personal experiences that every participant can enjoy in the richest way possible philosophically and physically no matter what.

Participants will leave with a roadmap of how to integrate the workshop concepts into their classes and practices in ways that will enrich their current students experiences in a way they’ll love while creating an inclusive and welcoming environment for everyone and every body that wants to join in.

Incorporating the techniques offered in these workshops also creates a clear and effective way for teachers to teach yoga philosophy and yogic concepts in a direct and experiential way allowing students to experience the depths of yoga’s benefits with clarity no matter how long or short their practice history is.

Increase philosophical understanding, customize for anyone and everyone, reduce the risk of injury, and create a level playing field for all and for a lifetime.

FRIDAY, 1/3/20 -6pm-9pm

SESSION 1
Philosophy In Asana Classes - A Conundrum
How To Clearly Teach & Practice Yoga Philosophy In Asana Classes
Lecture & Discussion + Practice

In this workshop we will look at what we are trying to teach and learn in asana-based yoga classes today, tying those concepts back to classical texts such as The Gita, The Yoga Sutras, and The Upanishads. We’ll discuss what blocks people from accessing yoga and how can we help them make their way through those blocks in a way that preserves the agency of each individual student and is accessible to all. The discussion will end with clarity around what we are trying to teach and how so that teachers and students can articulate their intentions to anyone with that same clarity.

Teaching philosophy via a physical asana-based technique can be a challenge and can often feel like an afterthought or something layered on top. We will spend time devising ways to teach the philosophical concepts by both using physicality as a tool and without using physicality at all.

Teachers will begin to learn how to create classes where the class plans are rooted in real time philosophical exploration. The poses and activities presented will ask students to inquire into where the present moment is, what blocks them from making choices out of that place, and how to explore removing those blocks through making alternative choices from the present moment..

This session will include lecture and discussion plus a set of examples presented through a few mini practices. Students will also have a the chance to brainstorm their own ways to begin to apply these concepts.

SATURDAY, 1/4/20 SESSION 2 - 1pm-4pm
Yoga For Everybody & Anybody - The Group Class Dilemma
The Exclusivity and Injurious Factors Affecting Classes Today & How To Solve Them
Lecture & Discussion + Practice + How To Apply

There are some very clear factors causing classes to be less accessible and sustainable than we would like. In this workshop we will look at a well-defined list of factors that Alexandria has spent years compiling and researching that are affecting current classes in ways that are less than optimal. Anatomy, biomechanics, classroom dynamics, verbal instructing techniques, and more, will all be included and discussed in the lecture as contributing factors.

Participants will then be offered ways to develop practice and teaching techniques that face those factors head on while taking each individual into account. Participants will be guided through physical practices comparing and contrasting the current posture teaching methodology and offered new ways to approach asana and experiment with their components. Attendees will leave with clear ways to incorporate this information into their classes right away.

SATURDAY, 1/4/20 SESSION 3 - 5-8pm
Yoga’s Not Fitness - The Fitness/Not Fitness Paradox
Current Student Expectations, How To Meet Them Ethically & Without Appropriating
Lecture & Discussion + Practice + How To Apply

Physically demanding classes are some of the most popular yoga offerings currently, and yet some of the most difficult within which to achieve the outcome that a yoga practice intends philosophically. How do you get students to work hard, move, and do it with ethical integrity? How do we reframe this idea of yoga being fitness so that students still use their bodies and have many of their expectations met while understanding with clarity what yoga is about?

We will begin with a discussion of the current market expectations in relation to more active classes, the reasons those expectations exists, and the current methods used to meet them.

Next participants will engage in a practice based around the expectations students of vinyasa/flow/power models have. It will be taught in a way that takes individuals and personal choice into account, allows for exploration and discovery, is physically demanding, may get you sweaty, but also limits the confusion and pitfalls of active classes today.

We will close by working through our methodical step by step approach and identify a starting place to introduce this information as well as an outline of how to progress to further integration. Participants will be asked to brainstorm practical ideas to implement the information based on their own practice and/or teaching both immediately and in the future.

SUNDAY, 1/5/20 SESSION 4 - 1-4pm
Just Laying Around - The “Restoratives Have Value” Quandary
Aversions To Being Still + Changing The “No Pain No Gain” Misconception
Lecture & Discussion + Practice + How To Apply

While this set of class styles can have life-changing impact and is what Alex believes could be a vehicle for the most valuable contribution that current yoga classes can offer to the health and well being of the population, they are often overlooked or disliked by class goers. We will look at the reasons why these classes can be of such immense value by looking at the nervous system and its states through a scientific and research-based lens. Reasons why students shy away from these classes will be offered for consideration and discussed.

Participants will then be led through a practice that offers an alternative approach technically while facilitating an environment where the outcome of these less physically demanding classes can be accessed more readily and deeply. They will be offered ways to attain this outcome in more active classes as well.

We will close by working through our methodical step by step approach and identify a starting place to introduce this information in not only passive classes but active ones as well. An outline of progressive integration will be developed and used. Participants will be asked to brainstorm ideas of ways to implement the information based on their own practice and/or teaching both immediately and in the future.

SUNDAY, 1/5/20 SESSION 5 - 5-8pm
The Class Planning & Information Overload Rut - Solving The Purposeful Creativity Obstacle
Introducing New Information And Change Into Class Plans With Clarity & Purpose
Lecture & Discussion + Practice + How To Apply

For teachers, class planning can be tricky when met with an information overload or when faced with insufficient resources to accomplish the task.. Not to mention how scary it can be when introducing something new or different. And then there’s the wild creativity that can creep in just to get out of a perceived rut.

In this workshop we will discuss how to introduce new concepts from the philosophical to the physical. How to make small changes over time that add up to a huge transformation long term. Participants will make their way through a series of mini practices that creatively approach introducing new information via adapted and more effective postures, progressive drills based on a theme, purposeful movement explorations, and other techniques that allow yoga classes to work better for anyone and everyone long term.

All information from prior sessions will be taken into account and utilized to put together a new class plan that starts teachers on a road to long term implementation and change. Ways to develop home practices that invite inquiry and investigation that will aid in teaching and practicing long term will also be offered. Attendees will leave with concrete methods that will allow them to develop classes that are completely unique to themselves and will be thoroughly enjoyed by all of their students.