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

September 19-21st, 2025 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 31st

1 year of asana experience recommended • Tiered pricing options available

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 2 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, knee therapeutics, 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.

Training Details

TOPICS

• Hip, Knee, 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 three pricing tiers to choose from:

• Tier One: Recordings Only for $385 gives three month’s access to the recordings from the weekend, manual is not included, and live attendance is encouraged but not necessary.
• Tier Two: Manual + More Package for $550 includes the Level Two manual, 3-month access to the training recordings, and access to 9 pre-recorded, 90-minute classes.
• Tier Three: Yearlong Great Yoga Wall Package for $1500 includes the Level Two manual, Level One and Level Two videos, access to all training videos for one year, attendance to our Saturday Great Wall classes for one year, and a 60-minute consult with Letitia.

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)

Additional Considerations

GETTING YOUR MANUAL
Virtual students (especially international ones) are recommended to register by August 5th to ensure receipt of the manual in time for the training. We mail physical copies of manuals out starting August 11th.

FOR LEVEL TWO GRADUATES
Deepen and refine your knowledge of Wall Work by dropping in for individual sessions for $95 or join us for the entire training for $275 (50% discount!). Sign up for individual sessions via the online calendar. Email us to get your discounted rate payment link for the entire training.

PAYMENT PLANS
Yes, we do offer payment plans. Please email us and we’ll set something up for you.

Weekend schedule and information for each session detailed below.

Register below or call Purna Yoga 828

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

Level 2 Training Schedule

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 19th

Hip, Knee & Low Back Therapeutics
5 pm – 8 pm EDT
Learn how to use the Wall to address hip, knee, and low back issues. We’ll use traction to create space in the hip joints to support the low back and the knees, explore strengthening poses that address knee pain, and relieve compression in the lumbar spine to support yourself and your students when experiencing low back pain.

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 20th

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, SEPTEMBER 21st

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.