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Expert: Laura Amazzone, M.A.

Topic: The Path of the Yogini and Sacred Female Power

Yogini is a term for a female practitioner of yogic arts who lives in service to Goddess. Historically, Yogini cults flourished in South Asia between the 9th and 15th centuries. Laura will discuss the ways sacred female power is expressed through the Yogini and how her practices liberate and empower women today. Based on decades of research as well as her own lived experience, Laura understands the Yogini as a woman of spiritual authority, agency, and leadership, one who lives outside socially defined standards of femininity. She may or may not choose partnership. She may channel her creative powers through the birth of human children, art, activism, or the healing arts. The Path of the Yogini includes meditation, chanting, ritual, yoga asana, and acts of service and devotion. In this talk, learn about the relationship of sacred female power to mystical knowledge, divine embodiment, and spiritual liberation.

Bio: Laura Amazzone is an author, teacher, jewelry artist, and Yoginī. Her book, Goddess Durga and Sacred Female Power, explores the millennia-old rituals and manifestations of the Goddess in South Asia and honors female creative & sexual power as a divine force. Laura teaches classes on Goddess spirituality, Yogic and Tantric philosophy at Exhale Yoga studio in Venice, CA. and she is adjunct faculty in the Yoga & Philosophy program at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles. She has presented Goddess workshops at the Moksha Festival in Santa Monica and Bhakti Fest in Joshua Tree. Laura blogs for the Religion section of the Huffington Post and has a column called Path of the Yogini at OurInnerLives.com, a special project of Feminist.com. She lives in Venice, California.

Expert: Chandra Easton, RYT 500

Topic: Feeding Your Demons & the Teachings of Tibetan Yogini, Machig Labdrön

Feeding Your Demons is a process developed by Tsultrim Allione and based on the Tibetan Buddhist practice of Chöd by which we learn to feed rather than fight our so-called demons as a means to liberate our energetic and emotional blockages. Demons in this context are not ghosts or goblins, but rather, they are our negative emotions, fears, illnesses, and self-defeating patterns. When Machig Labdrön, the 11th century Tibetan Yogini who founded the Chöd lineage, was asked to define demons, she replied: “That which is called a demon is not some great black thing that petrifies whoever sees it. A demon is anything that obstructs the achievement of freedom...”

“If we fight our demons, they grow stronger. But if we feed them, nurture them, we can free ourselves from the battle.” -Tsultrim Allione, author of Feeding Your Demons

Bio: Chandra Easton teaches Hatha Yoga, Tibetan Buddhist meditation and philosophy, as well as Feeding Your Demons, a process developed by Lama Tsultrim Allione and based on the Tibetan Buddhist practice of Chöd by which we learn to feed rather than fight our so-called demons as a means to liberate our energetic and emotional blockages. She is also on the faculty of the Insight Yoga Institute founded by Sarah & Ty Powers.

Her Buddhist teachers are H. H. the Dalai Lama, Gyatrul Rinpoche, Lama Tsultrim Allione, and B. Alan Wallace. Her Yoga teachers are Zhander Remete and Sarah Powers.

Expert: Devaa Haley Mitchell

Topic: Naad Yoga: The Yoga of Sound for Women

Since the dawn of time, sacred music has been an avenue to the divine for all peoples in all cultures. In the Yogic tradition, the Yoga of Sound, or Naad Yoga, is a powerful, but lesser known practice. The actual sound of the chants and the words of the mantras are known to have a healing effect on the energetic and physical body.

Devaa Haley uses sacred music as a way to awaken the feminine archetypes that lie dormant, unexpressed within us. Her new album, Sacred Alchemy, contains many mantras and chants to the feminine. And as we sing along, these qualities begin to take root and expand in us, lifting our spirits and heightening our state of awareness.

In this session you’ll learn some key concepts and a few exercises you can use at home to activate expanded consciousness through sound. We will also do some singing together. You’ll leave refreshed, nourished, and enlivened!

Bio: Devaa Haley Mitchell is a spiritual guide, public speaker and musician, offering Soulful Women programs and devotional music to support the feminine awakening of our planet. She founded and co-hosts the Inspiring Women Summit, a virtual gathering of more than 55,000 participants from 160 countries. She also serves as the Chief Transformation Officer at the Shift Network, Inc.
For the past 19 years Devaa has studied and experienced many systems of spiritual development and was ordained an interfaith minister. A core part of Devaa's path includes sacred music. Her debut CD, Sacred Alchemy, invokes 13 aspects of the divine feminine.

Experts: Saraswati Clere and Kate Clere McIntyre, Producers/Directors/Writers

Topic: "Yogawoman:" a Film and a Message for Women Everywhere

From the busy streets of Manhattan to the dusty slums of Kenya, the new film "Yogawoman," by filmmaker sisters Saraswati Clere and Kate Clere McIntyre, uncovers a global phenomenon that has changed the face of yoga forever. Through dozens of leading experts and rich personal stories, "Yogawoman," narrated by actress Annette Bening, explores how yoga has transformed the lives of millions of over-stimulated, overscheduled multitasking modern women.

In this intimate interview with the producers, we will pull back the curtains to learn what moved them to create this groundbreaking film, what they learned in the process about women’s leadership in yoga, and what most touched and surprised them in its creation.

Bios: Berkeley-based filmmaker Saraswati Clere created the YogaKula line of educational CDs and DVDs in collaboration with some of the world's most prominent teachers and scholars. In addition she owns two studios in Berkeley and San Francisco, California that offer an integrated approach to overall well-being, including yoga, pilates, holistic health treatments and workshops that attract thousands of students each year. After a lifelong study of dramatic arts, kinesiology, and body-mind synthesis, Saraswati and her sister co-produced in 2009 the documentary "The Heart of Transformation, Anusara Yoga." They quickly followed this with their new release, “Yogawoman.”

After a career as a successful theater actor and director, Kate Clere McIntyre produced her first international documentary "What to do About Whales?", which was broadcast in 13 countries and screened in festivals around the world. She wrote and directed "A Hard Place," about the childcare challenges faced by working women today, and "Gaining Ground," an investigation into dwindling wildlife populations. After "The Heart of Transformation, Anusara Yoga," Kate and Saraswati teamed up with Kate's husband Michael to produce "Yogawoman." Throughout her adult life, Kate has practiced and taught yoga, bringing balance and strength into her roles as filmmaker, wife and mother.

Experts: Deva Parnell, Harriet Bhumi Russell, Megha Nancy Buttenheim, Patricia Niti S. Martin

Topic: Chandra Namaskar: Empowerment for Women Through the Moon Salutation

The Moon Salutation was created in the 1980s by a group of senior Kripalu Yoga Teachers. Their goal was to honor women’s rhythms and women’s bodies, particularly during menstruation, while also complementing the more familiar Sun Salutation. Over time the Moon Salutation has become a Kripalu Yoga classic. Today, both men and women enjoy its practice as a way of honoring the Moon as well as the feminine qualities of flow, relationship, and earth-connection.

Hear from these four senior teachers who were part of the original collaborative group that created the Moon Salutation and facilitated pioneering programs for Women in Yoga. In this far-reaching retrospective on the status of women in yoga, learn:
- What was stirring in the 1980s that led them to create the first-ever flow designed specifically for women.
- The power of the Moon Salutation, and how its uses and meanings have changed over time.
- What the most pressing needs are today for women in yoga, and how their own work is leading in new directions.

Bios: Deva Parnell, ERYT 500, is founder and director of Discovery Yoga Center in St. Augustine, Florida. She has been a yoga instructor and teacher-trainer since the 1970's and has trained more than 2500 yoga teachers. A Kripalu Center resident and senior program teacher (1983-1995), she developed many of Kripalu's yoga programs and was instrumental in the development of Kripalu Yoga, Kripalu Yoga Teacher Training, and the Moon Salutation. As Sadhana Acharya, she coordinated daily yoga practice and yoga education for the 350-member resident staff. Deva's detailed, intuitive teaching style reflects the power of the feminine, the depth of her personal practice, and many years of study in a variety of yoga traditions.

Harriet Russell, M.S., ERYT 500, known as "Bhumi" in the yoga world, is a leader who has helped demystify and bring yoga to the mainstream without sacrificing the depth of the practice. Over almost 30 years, Bhumi has trained hundreds of yoga teachers. She launched greater Cleveland's first yoga and wellness center, a groundbreaking high school yoga program, and Ohio’s first Yoga Teacher Training. Bhumi initially lived a monastic lifestyle as a spiritual resident at Kripalu Center, where she served as Director of Yoga Teacher Training and Bodywork Certifications. Now back in her home state of Ohio, Bhumi embraces a balanced lifestyle with her organic vegetable garden, a countryside teacher training studio, and international travel. She founded the non-profit organization Venture From the Heart, bringing Yoga and philanthropic exchange to Kyrgyzstan.

Megha-Nancy Buttenheim, M.A., ERYT is the President and Founder of Let Your Yoga Dance: Grace in Motion. Megha is a 27 year Master Teacher-Trainer at Kripalu Center and was part of the team who led pioneering Women in Yoga programs at the Kripalu Center in the 1980s. Megha has shape-shifted the Moon Salutation many times so that it is user-friendly for special populations. She brings her passion and expertise as a lifelong dancer, actress, singer, yogi, and educator in experiential learning to all her workshops and trainings. Megha leads Let Your Yoga Dance and Yoga Teacher Training at Kripalu Center, and is a faculty member at the Nosara Yoga Institute in Costa Rica and Kind Yoga School on Cape Cod. Her mission for almost 30 years has been to bring “Healing through Joy” to the world while demonstrating that “Everyone is a Dancer.”

Patricia “Niti” Seip Martin is the owner of Doing Well Yoga and Wellness in Lee, Massachusetts, where she teaches Yoga and aqua-aerobics for body-mind-spirit. A nine-year teacher in residence at Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health, she was part of the original collaborative group that created the Moon Salutation. Niti, an ancient Sanskrit name for conduct and conduit, was given to her as a disciple in the lineage of Yogi Desai and Swami Kripalvananda. She is a Kripalu certified Yoga Teacher, Yoga Dance Teacher, Holistic Health Educator, Bodywork Practitioner, and a certified teacher of Integrative Yoga Therapy. She is also founder/leader of the Healing Art of Yoga for Ongoing Cancer Recovery. She was a professional photographer in publications for Rodale Press and Kripalu Center for ten years.

Expert: Sara Avant Stover, ERYT 500

Topic: “Mojo on the Mat: Women’s Yoga, Meditation & Sexuality”

No exploration of the Divine Feminine can exclude a close look at sexuality. Your sexual mojo serves as the nexus of your true power, creativity, spirituality, and overall lusciousness as a woman. However, most of us feel a great deal of shame, disconnection, and shut down around our sexuality. Without learning to befriend and fire up your mojo, you will never truly taste or live full health, passion, and radiance. You will never be able to embody your wildest dreams. The best place to tap into this mojo and to train in transforming it to fertilize and inspire your body and life is on your yoga mat! Learn how to innocently and erotically tap into your feminine genius and the regenerative locus of the universe—your sexuality—through breath, asana, and feeling as only a woman can. Learn how to use your yoga practice to turn yourself on so that you can help to turn on the world!

Bio: Sara Avant Stover is the author of The Way of the Happy Woman: Living the Best Year of Your Life (New World Library), a motivational speaker, teacher, mentor, and the founder and director of The Way of the Happy Woman. After a cancer scare in her early twenties, Sara moved to Thailand, where she embarked on an extensive healing and spiritual odyssey throughout Asia and served as one of the pioneer Western yoga teachers in that part of the world. She now lives in Boulder, Colorado, and continues to teach women about wellness, spirituality, and lifestyle around the world.

Expert: Patricia Walden

Topic: Yoga for all Ages and Stages of a Woman's Life

A woman's body experiences many changes over a lifetime. From menstruation, to pregnancy, to menopause, a woman must constantly be adapting to hormonal flux and emotional variability. Even more, women in our culture often suffer from low self-esteem and poor body image, leading to depression or further devaluation of themselves. A regular Yoga practice helps women to feel grounded, to be healthier and happier, and to appreciate their bodies more.

In this inspirational and practical talk, you will receive guidance in approaching the natural changes of menstruation, pregnancy, and menopause with wisdom and grace. Learn:
- How Yoga brings balance to all systems of the body, building the groundwork for health and wellness.
- The basics of how to adapt your Yoga practice to your stage of life.
- Tips for finding inner stability and peace through your practice, even in the midst of difficulty.
- The application of Yoga to common conditions such as depression and poor body image.

Bio: Patricia Walden is a uniquely inspiring teacher who is renowned for her keen observation, the dynamic depth of her teaching, and the elegant refinement of her practice. She is one of only two North Americans who hold a senior advanced certificate in the Iyengar method. Patricia came to yoga in her early 20s as a spiritual calling. In 1976, she met B.K.S Iyengar and was immediately struck by his light, energy, insight, and genius, and delightful humor. She became his devoted student and has been traveling to Pune to study with him (and his daughter Geeta) every year since.
She has co-authored three books, including The Women's Book of Yoga and Health, and a booklet on yoga for depression (“Take an Action, No Matter How Small”). In 2004, she was cited by Yoga Journal as one of “25 American yoga originals who are shaping yoga today.”

Expert: Mary Lynn Fitton, R.N., M.S., F.N.P.

Topic: Women Mentoring Girls: The Art of Yoga Project’s Healing Work with Incarcerated Teens.

Girls in the juvenile justice system are in a complex cycle of victimization. Learn how The Art of Yoga Project (AYP), an innovative non-profit in the San Francisco Bay Area, answers the call to heal these girls and others at-risk. AYP Founder Mary Lynn Fitton discusses the power and beauty of women working together, the project’s best practices, lessons learned, and her own transformative journey. Mary Lynn also explains how and why AYP incorporates the creative process to draw out the best in each girl, to connect her with her intuitive and celebrate being a woman.

Bio: Mary Lynn Fitton has a commitment to young women’s health, empowerment and well-being. She is Founder and Program Director of The Art of Yoga Project, a non-profit that offers a Yoga and Creative Arts Curriculum to at-risk teen girls in the California juvenile justice system as a mandatory and integral part of their rehabilitation. Mary Lynn received her Masters in Science and Family Nurse Practitioner degree at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) in 1994 and has been a registered nurse for 25 years. A certified yoga teacher since 1998 and founding member of the Yoga Service Council, her work has been featured in Yoga Journal, Spirituality and Health and the International Journal of Yoga Therapy. In 2010, she was nominated for the California Governor and Maria Shriver’s Minerva Award, for women who devote themselves to improving their local community, state or country.

Expert: Shiva Rea, M.A.

Topic: YEA! Yoga Energy Activism: Regenerating our Energy linking Heart, Body, Home, Ecology

Yoga Energy Activism (YEA!) is a grassroots call to women in yoga and beyond to participate in practical and positive energy regeneration days. YEA! inspires, educates, and provides resources for yogis to become leaders in a green future for all.

Starting with our body, we look at the fuel that we take in, and explore the challenge of zero waste. Learn to realize the natural gifts of prana that are inherent in the elements of the sun, water, earth, and air that are being depleted and poisoned.

In this talk, Shiva will discuss how to create your own Energy Regeneration Day - a retreat that includes
- Unplugging, tuning in, and recharging with the cycles of the sun and moon.
- Taking simple steps to create less waste.
- Becoming an energy activist by committing to transforming our inner and outer sources of fuel from toxic and limited to healthy and renewable.

Bio: Shiva Rea, is a yogini firekeeper, sacred activist, and leading innovator in the evolution of vinyasa flow yoga integrating the tantric bhakti roots of yoga, Krishnamacharya’s teachings and a universal, quantum approach to the body since she began teaching twenty years ago. She leads retreats and pilgrimages worldwide and has served as a creative catalyst to bring community together including Yoga Trance Dance for Life, Moving Activism for 1,008,000 Trees, Yogini Conferences and the worldwide Global Mala Project.

Shiva says: “My experience of sacred activism began when I was 17 and spent a year and a half volunteering in Kenya before college. That experience transformed my life, and was expanded by the incredible teachers I have met on the path, beautiful people who are serving life in small and extraordinary ways. I bow to the transformation of suffering and the re-birth of a green culture for the future.”

Expert: Sally Kempton

Topic: Meditation, Kundalini, and the Divine Feminine: Accessing the Goddesses in your Own Psyche

We’ll talk about how the energies of the goddess express themselves through our spiritual growth process, including meditation. Taking a tantric perspective we’ll examine what it means to invoke the divine feminine in meditation, as well as to experience your own feminine energy as the awakened kundalini. We’ll also look at different kinds of ‘feminine’ meditation.

Bio: Sally Kempton is a spiritual teacher and writer who specializes in making the subtle truths of the tantric teachings accessible in daily life. She has spent 40 years practicing and teaching, over half of them as a swami in an Indian tradition. She is the author of a popular book, Meditation for the Love of It, and of Yoga Journal’s Wisdom column. Her forth coming book is on the hindu goddesses and how they impact our lives.

Expert: Laura Cornell, Ph.D., RYT 500

Topic: Access Loving Wisdom Through the Divine Feminine

Loving wisdom is available to each of us in every moment, but we lose contact and feel disconnected. Reconnection is available right here, right now. When women are connected with this loving wisdom presence, they begin to relax, and naturally take action to heal themselves body and soul.

Through practices of the divine feminine, you will become healthy, balanced, and joyful, and will be empowered to create the world we all long for. In this information packed hour, you will learn:
- How to connect with the wisdom of your body through the feminine traditions of yoga.
- How to draw on nature as a source of guidance and strength.
- How to embrace your power, creativity, and full self-expression through stories of the Goddess.
- Why community is so essential for women, and how to use it to create an “alchemy of love.”

Bio: Laura Cornell is a Divine Feminine Yogini and Yoga Teacher Mentor. She leads Divine Feminine Yoga Circles and offers one-on-one instruction via skype and in person. She mentors Yoga teachers worldwide, helping them move from self-doubt and confusion to confidence and relaxed action, so they can make a big difference in the world while always staying true to themselves.

Laura is passionate about highlighting women’s voices and contributions to Yoga, and authored a book on the Moon Salutation, a flow of 16 postures created by and for women. As Founder of the Green Yoga Association, Laura pioneered a nation-wide movement towards the greening of Yoga studios, sold 10,000 non-toxic mats through her living room, and produced two conferences on Yoga and ecology, as well as the first Green Yoga Teacher Leadership Program. Laura holds graduate degrees in Religion and Psychology.

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