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Kelly Fisher, E-RYT500, This program is for anyone interested in has been interested in Ayurveda since she learning more about the comprehensive first began practicing yoga in the early 90s. practice of Ayurveda. Yoga students and She took a nine-month immersive course in teachers alike will benefit from the in-depth Ayurvedic living with Cate Stillman in 2009 study of the doshas, prakriti, vikriti, dhatus, and has been incorporating Ayurvedic practices in her daily the six tastes, daily habits, and more. routine ever since. She will be a certified Ayurvedic Yoga Specialist through the Himalayan Institute as of December These six months are an opportunity to learn 2016. She teaches yoga, Ayurveda, and meditation both about yourself and your own patterns, and publicly and privately in and around the Washington DC to align them more with nature’s rhythms. area. Her yoga classes are both calming and challenging with her instructions rooted in aligned hatha yoga and Rx For Life: An Ayurveda Immersion is tantric philosophy. The human body contains an innate an integrated curriculum that will result in January 28 - June 18, 2017 wisdom that we each have an ability to access if only we you feeling more connected to yourself, have the right tools to unlock it. Through practice of yoga asana, breath work, and alignment with nature’s rhythms, others, and seasonal rhythms. her students are guided into deeper and deeper places within their own hearts, bodies, and minds so that underlying knowledge can manifest in their daily lives. The subtlety of creative power is enchanting, and in Kelly’s classes, thoughtful sequencing enables students to explore new poses as well as new levels of awareness within themselves. It is at once empowering and fun. This embodiment is a gift of the universe, and in Kelly’s classes students have a safe place to celebrate that gift.

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Debbie Martin, E-RYT500, learn the basics or you want to deepen your received her Ayurveda Yoga Specialist understanding of Ayurveda and further develop certificate in 2013 and discovered how your personal Ayurvedic lifestyle plan, this Ayurveda enables one to create balance program has something specific for everyone. of the body, mind and spirit according to one’s own individual constitution and how Upon completion, you will have the knowledge to make lifestyle changes to bring about and maintain and skill to create a specific dosha balancing yoga this balance. Having personally benefitted from living practice, use food and herbs with awareness, and an Ayurvedic lifestyle, she continues to deepen her create a basic lifestyle plan for yourself and for understanding of Ayurveda and provides her classes others based upon their needs and goals. with practical ways to incorporate the ancient healing techniques and transformative wisdom of Ayurveda and yoga into everyday life. Debbie has been practicing yoga for almost 30 years and teaching for 10 years. She teaches The Yoga Center alignment based hatha yoga and uses the energetics of the postures to achieve a specific and balancing effect. She of Columbia incorporates breath work, yoga philosophy, and chanting into her classes. She is enthusiastic and passionate about 8950 State Route 108, Suite 109, 410. 720.4340 sharing the gifts of Ayurveda and yoga with others so they 8950 State Route 108, Suite 109, Columbia, MD 21045 can improve the quality of their lives, reach their fullest Columbia, MD 21045 potential and experience greater joy and inner peace. 410. 720.4340 www.columbiayoga.com www.columbiayoga.com E-mail: [email protected] Rx For Life: During this 6-weekend, 50 hour training Eligibility An Ayurveda Immersion participants will learn: The program is open to students of all levels

 Yoga and Ayurveda philosophy who have a desire to learn Ayurveda. Asana, Ayurveda is a 5,000‐year‐old system of natural pranayama and meditation will be included  Your innate and current constitutions, healing that has truly stood the test of me. in the program so it is helpful if you have prakriti and vikriti The primary goal of Ayurveda is to help people practiced yoga a minimum of 1 year in regular live long, healthy and balanced lives. Ayurveda  Essential ayurvedic components: doshas, weekly classes. We encourage you to be focuses on the whole person and takes into nadis, vayus, koshas, gunas, and more committed to studying, learning, and account your unique constuon, stage of life,  Subtle essences: prana, tejas, and ojas developing your knowledge of Ayurveda as a diet and lifestyle habits, environmental factors  Agni and ama and other personal aributes to help you way of life rather than just a learning exercise. achieve your opmum health.  The six tastes and how they affect the tissues of the body How Do I Register? In this training, we will explore how diet,  Ayurvedic approach to digestion, nutrition, Please submit your application with a $100 lifestyle and living in alignment with the cooking and right eating cycles of nature lead to beer physical health, deposit. This is fully refundable if you are  The benefits of following the rhythms of emoonal balance, and spiritual well‐being. not eligible for the course. Call the Yoga In the final weekend of this training, you will nature using the ayurvedic clock through Center at 410.720.4340 or email us: develop a personal prescripon for self‐care, hours, seasons, and stages of life [email protected] for application packet. incorporang the Ayurvedic pracces that  Dinacharya - daily practices for health you learned to improve the overall quality and well-being, such as self-massage and of your life. cleansing of the senses Cost/Payment/

Required Reading  How to address imbalances through asana, Refund Policy Required reading materials are not included in pranayama, deep relaxation, meditation, The cost of the program is $900. the cost of tuion. Textbooks are available for diet, cleansing, and lifestyle adjustments The $100 deposit must accompany your purchase at The Yoga Center or elsewhere.  Practical tools to create more balance application. Payment in full or arrangement for

and harmony in your life payment plan is due 14 days prior to the start  Textbook of Ayurveda, Fundamental of the program. Contact the Yoga Center for  How to design a personalized Principles, Volume One, details of the payment plan. Full refunds Vasant D. Lad, M.A.Sc ayurvedic health plan (minus the non-refundable deposit of $100)  Yoga & Ayurveda, Self‐Healing and You will receive training materials and will only be granted until January 27, 2017. Self‐Realizaon, David Frawley assignments to help expand your studies. After January, refunds will only be considered on a case by case basis. 2017 Dates

Jan 28-29 Fundamentals of Ayurveda Certificate Of Completion Feb 25-26 More Fundamentals of Ayurveda Upon completion of the program, a certificate Mar 25-26 Vata - Harness the Wind will be issued for the total number of hours Apr 29-30 Kapha - Energize the Earth completed. Missed hours will be subtracted May 20-21 Pitta – Balance the Fire from the 50 hours. For RYT’s, the hours may Jun 17-18 Your Personalized Ayurveda Rx count as CE credits with the Yoga Alliance. Weekend Schedule: Additionally, hours may count as prerequisites Saturday and Sunday, 1:00pm – 4:30pm for other Ayurveda trainings. 6 weekends, 50 CEUs