YTT Training Schedule with Video Links

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Here’s my attempt to link to our YTT sessions posted on Vimeo by date. If you find any mistakes, let me know.

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Thursday, October 29, 2020

10/29/2020
6:30 pm

YTT Opening Session with Michelle

Friday, October 30, 2020

10/30/2020
7:00 am

AM Yoga with Sadia

Notes: includes Dirgha breathing

10/30/2020
9:00 am

Agreements & Conscious Communication with Sadia and Cristie

Notes: included Active Listening

10/30/2020
2:00 pm

ESRIT and Riding the Wave with Michelle

10/30/2020
5:00 pm

Movement Formula with Michelle

Saturday, October 31, 2020

10/31/2020
7:00 am

AM Yoga with Michelle

10/31/2020
9:00 am

Ground-up Cues, Mountain, Half Moon with Sadia

10/31/2020
2:00 pm

ESRIT & Movement Formula; Standing Squat, Upward Facing Boat with Michelle

10/31/2020
5:00 pm

PM Yoga with Sadia

Sunday, November 1, 2020

11/1/2020
7:00 am

AM Yoga with Sadia

Notes: morning wake-up yoga

11/1/2020
9:00 am

Breakout Teach for Upward Boat, Posture Clinic: Warrior and Side Warrior with Michelle and Sadia

Tuesday, November 3, 2020

11/3/2020
6:45 am

Setting up a Self-Guided Practice with Michelle

11/3/2020
6:30 pm

Riding the Wave with Sam

Wednesday, November 4, 2020

11/4/2020
5:30 pm

PM Yoga with Sam

Thursday, November 5, 2020

11/5/2020
6:30 pm

Anatomy & Physiology: Yoga and the Feeling Body- Nervous System with Chris

Sunday, November 8, 2020

11/8/2020
5:30 pm

PM Yoga with Chris

Tuesday, November 10, 2020

11/10/2020
6:30 pm

Check-in with Sadia

Wednesday, November 11, 2020

11/11/2020
5:30 pm

PM Yoga with Monique

Thursday, November 12, 2020

11/12/2020
6:30 pm

Anatomy & Physiology: Intro to the Yoga Body with Chris

Friday, November 13, 2020

11/13/2020
7:00 am

AM Yoga with Michelle

11/13/2020
9:00 am

Warm-Ups & Transitions with Michelle

11/13/2020
2:00 pm

Posture Clinics: Tree & Eagle Pose with Sadia

11/13/2020
5:00 pm

Posture Clinic: Eagle Pose Part 2 & Integration with Sadia

Saturday, November 14, 2020

11/14/2020
7:00 am

AM Yoga with Sam

11/14/2020
9:00 am

Posture Clinic: Triangle and Pigeon Part 1 and Part 2 with Sadia

11/14/2020
2:00 pm

Practice Teach 1 with Partner

11/14/2020
5:00 pm

Posture Clinic: Yoga Mudra with Michelle

Note: includes Yoga Mudra

Sunday, November 15, 2020

11/15/2020
7:00 am

AM Yoga with Sadia

11/15/2020
9:00 am

Yoga Philosophy with Sam, Review of Practice Teach #2 Expectations

Tuesday, November 17, 2020

11/17/2020
6:30 pm

Checkin: Practice Teach #2 with Sadia

Wednesday, November 18, 2020

11/18/2020
5:30 pm

PM Yoga with Monique

Thursday, November 19, 2020

11/19/2020
6:30 pm

Yoga Philosophy: Patanjali’s Eight Limbs with Michelle

Notes: Yamas and Niyamas

Friday, November 20, 2020

11/20/2020
7:00 am

AM Yoga with Sadia

Notes: includes tree and pigeon

11/20/2020
9:00 am

Breathing: Dirgha and Ujjayi with Sam

Notes: included Active Listening

11/20/2020
2:00 pm

Anatomy & Phyisiology – Breath and Core Movement with Chris

11/20/2020
5:00 pm

Breathing: Kapalabhati with Sam

Saturday, November 21, 2020

11/21/2020
7:00 am

AM Yoga with Chris

Notes: includes standing forward fold

11/21/2020
9:00 am

Centering Meditations and Nadi Shodhana – Part 1 and Part 2 with Michelle

11/21/2020
2:00 pm

Transitions with Sadia

11/21/2020
5:00 pm

Posture Clinic: Savasana with Sadia

Sunday, November 22, 2020

11/22/2020
7:00 am

AM Yoga with Michelle

Notes: not recorded, included pigeon, standing forward fold, started on belly

11/22/2020
9:00 am

Posture Clinic: Down-dog and Standing Forward Fold Part 1 and Part 2 with Sadia

Tuesday, November 24, 2020

11/24/2020
6:30 pm

Remembering the Why with Sadia

Notes: discussion with sangha

Sunday, November 29, 2020

11/29/2020
5:30 pm

Yoga with Monique

Notes: theme was polarity

Tuesday, December 1, 2020

12/1/2020
6:30 pm

Check-in with Sadia

Wednesday, December 2, 2020

12/2/2020
5:30 pm

Yoga with Janna

Thursday, December 3, 2020

12/3/2020
6:30 pm

Anatomy & Physiology: Hips and Legs with Chris

Friday, December 4, 2020

12/4/2020
7:00 am

AM Yoga self-guided

Note: not recorded

12/4/2020
9:00 am

Posture Clinic: Cobra, Bridge Part 1 and Part 2 with Michelle

12/4/2020
2:00 pm

Seated Spinal Twist and Knee Down Twist and Part 2 with Sam

12/4/2020
5:00 pm

PM Yoga with ?

Saturday, December 5, 2020

12/5/2020
7:00 am

AM Yoga with Chris

12/5/2020
9:00 am

Posture Clinic: Posterior Stretch, Knee-Down Stretch Part 1 and Part 2 with Michelle

12/5/2020
2:00 pm

Completion of Intro to Yoga Philosophy with Sam

Tantra Yoga with Michelle

12/5/2020
5:00 pm

Posture Clinic: Boat, PM Restorative Yoga with Michelle

Sunday, December 6, 2020

12/6/2020
7:00 am

AM Yoga with Chris

12/6/2020
9:00 am

Anatomy & Physiology: Shoulders, Arms, Integrative Anatomy Practice with Chris

Tuesday, December 8, 2020

12/8/2020
6:30 pm

Conscious Communication Model with Sadia

Note: not recorded

Wednesday, December 9, 2020

12/9/2020
5:30 pm

Vedanta Yoga with Monique

Note: A prerecorded video is available on the sharepoint

Thursday, December 10, 2020

12/10/2020
6:30 pm

Practice Teach Dress Rehearsal

Friday, December 11, 2020

12/11/2020
8:30 am

Practice Teaches 1 and 2

12/11/2020
2:00 pm

Practice Teach 3

Saturday, December 12, 2020

12/12/2020
7:00 am

AM Yoga with Sam

12/12/2020
9:00 am

Welcoming, Practice Teach 4

12/12/2020
11:00 am

Practice-Teach Integration and Celebration

12/12/2020
2:00 pm

Inclusivity, Ethics, Kripalu Ethics Agreement Part 1 and Part 2 with Sadia

Note: visualization with Jordan playing flute starts at 1:01:16 in Part 2)

Sunday, December 13, 2020

12/13/2020
7:00 am

AM Yoga – last practice with Sangha led by Michelle and Sadia

12/6/2020
9:00 am

Integration and Graduation

Other Kripalu Yoga Practices

Here’s are links to free online Kripalu Yoga Classes:

Sadia’s Shine Bright Yoga (38 minutes)

Recommended Reading and Listening

Here’s a list of recommendations that I heard mentioned throughout the training. Have a something to add? Email me.

Free digital resources: Hoopla, Libby, and Internet Archive Library.

Anatomy Books

Yoga Anatomy by Leslie Kaminoff and Amy Matthews

Essential Poses of Yoga by Ray Long

Functional Anatomy of Yoga by David Keil

Yoga Anatomy Coloring Book by Wynn Kapit

Anatomy of Breathing by Blandine Calais-Germain

Philosophy Books

The Yamas and Niyamas: Exploring Yoga’s Ethical Practice by Deborah Adele (ISBN 0974470643)
Note: written in a contemporary way, 2009

The Bhagavad Gita translated by Eknath Easwaran (ISBN 1586380192) or Rancor Prime (ISBN 0956184642)

Ramayana translated by Linda Egenes and Kumda Reddy

Pantanjali’s Yoga Sutras by Mukunda Stiles (ISBN 1578632013)

Living the Sutras by Kelly DiNardo and Amy Pearce-Hayde

Path of the Yoga Sutras by Nicolai Bachman

The Secret Power of Yoga by Nishala Joy Devi (ISBN 0307339696)

Godsong by Amit Majmudar

Great Work of Your Life by Stephen Cope

Yoga and the Pursuit of Happiness by Sam Chase

Tantra Illuminated by Christopher D. Wallis

Radiance Sutras by Lorin Roche

Kripalu Yoga by Richard Faulds and Kripalu Senior Yoga Teachers

Dharma Then Moksha: The Untold Story of Swami Kripalu by Richard Faulds

Permission to Feel by Marc Brackett

Energy Philosophy Books

The Second Circle: How to Use Positive Energy for Success in Every Situation by Patsy Rodenburg (ISBN 0393354474)
Watch her talk about it on YouTube

Kripalu Authors

Go In and In by Dana Faulds

Into the Heart of Yoga (autobiography) by Dana Faulds

Yoga for Depression by Amy Weintraub

Yoga Fiction Books

How Yoga Works by Geshe Michael Roach

Other Yoga and Interests

Baxter Bell Yoga and Therapeutics

Tune Up Yoga/Fitness

John Sarno

Burnout: The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle by Emily and Amelia Nagoski

Yoga Podcasts

Yoga Is Dead