Great Yoga Wall™ Training (Level 2) with Letitia Walker

October 13-15th, 2023 at Purna Yoga 828 • see full schedule below

Join us in-person or online for this weekend training!

12 in-studio spaces available • Access recordings until December 20th

1 year of asana experience recommended • Tiered pricing options available

Register by September 15th and get a bonus 30-minute private with Letitia

For yoga teachers and home practitioners alike, learn more about this fun, multi-faceted, powerful prop to help yourself – and your students – go deeper in yoga practice with our Level Two Training.

Join us in-studio or online.  A home Great Wall system required for online participation. Live attendance is not necessary but recommended. Pre-Requisite: participation in the Level One Training.

Since the beginning of yoga, it has been understood that the human body is constantly under the stress of gravity. Compression of the spine, the joints, and the nervous system, leads to pain, loss of mobility, and aging of the body. The effects of gravity can be reversed, though, by using traction to create space and alignment in the body.

Ancient yogis used vines, tree branches, and whatever was at hand to add traction to their practice. In the late 1960s and early 70s, B. K. S. Iyengar started working with ropes attached to the wall. In the 1980s, Kedric Wolfe, Aadil Palkhivala, and Bryan Legere created The Great Yoga Wall™, an infinitely adjustable version of the Iyengar rope wall that took traction to the next level.

In this weekend workshop, Letitia – directly trained by Aadil and Bryan – will help teachers and home practitioners alike discover how to use this fun, multi-faceted, powerful prop to help students and themselves go deeper into their yoga practice. Learn a new way to make asana accessible to a wider variety of students with this unique tool.

What can you expect in the Level Two Training?

The Level Two training will apply the initial principles of Wall-use introduced in Level One to more intermediate and advanced poses (like Headstand, Shoulderstand, and Handstand) as well as focusing more attention on therapeutic applications of the Wall, specifically Low Back health and other spinal issues, though other topics like shoulder strengthening, adrenal fatigue, and thyroid support will be touched on. Approximately 50% of the work of this training will require a partner, either to help manage the wall belts during the pose or to provide another mode of support or tension to either push into or pull away from. In-studio students will be working together as partners and at-home participants will benefit from having a fellow practitioner to work with.

TOPICS

• Hip and Low Back Therapeutics
• Standing Poses
• Upper Back and Shoulder applications
• Inversions
• Twists, Backbends, and Forward Folds
• how to assess variations for efficacy and tailor each pose for you or your students
• how to sequence Wall-oriented classes

PRICING

The Great Yoga Wall Level 2 Weekend Training has two pricing tiers to choose from.

• Tier One: Recording Only, with two month’s access to the recordings from the weekend for $375
• Tier Two: Manual + More Package which includes the Level Two manual, 2-month access to the recordings, and access to 8 pre-recorded, 90-minute classes for $525.
• PY828 Monthly Members receive 10% off either tier.
• Virtual students (especially international ones) are recommended to register by September 12th to ensure receipt of the manual in time for the training.
• Register by September 15th for the Manual + More Package to get a bonus 30-minute private with Letitia.
• Previous attendees ONLY of Level Two training may join a single session for $95 and have access to the recordings from that session until December 20th. Please register for a single session using our online calendar.

PROPS

The following props are recommended. For at home participants, to get the most out of this experience, it would be helpful to have the following. We’ll have all of this for students to use at the studio.

• at least two wall belts, ideally four
• a sling
• a yoga strap
• blocks and a blanket
• a wall bar (optional – alternatives will be given to those without)
• bungee set (optional – alternatives will be given to those without)
• wall hook (optional – alternatives will be given to those without)

Register below or call Purna Yoga 828

Register for [IN-STUDIO OR ONLINE] Great Yoga Wall Level Two Training

Level 2 Training Schedule

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 13TH

Hip & Low Back Therapeutics
5 pm – 8 pm EDT
Learn how to use traction to create space in the hip joints, relieve compression in the lumbar spine, and support yourself and your students when experiencing Low Back Pain.

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 14TH

Standing Poses & Inversions
9 am – 12 pm EDT
Start up right-side up and then go upside-down with the Level 2 training Standing Poses and Inversions, including Shirsasana, Sarvangasana, and Adho Mukha Vrksasana (Headstand, Shoulderstand, and Handstand).

Twists & Forward Folds
2 pm – 5 pm EDT
Build on the Twists from the Level 1 training and explore the central principles for using the Wall to deepen forward bends.

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 15TH

Upper Body and Backbends
9 am – 12 pm EDT
Learn more bungee applications for upper body strengthening, explore the Level 2 poses for developing greater flexibility in the thoracic spine, and discover the effects on your Backbend practice.

Sequencing and Q & A
1:30 – 2:30 pm EDT
Letitia shares how to think about sequencing Wall-oriented classes and answers questions from the training.