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Silver Lotus
Training Institute


Schedule of Special Workshops & Trainings


Silver Lotus Training Institute is pleased to offer a variety of special workshops and advanced trainings. Check back often to learn about the most recent additions and updates.

This page will give you a summary of the trainings and workshops that currently are scheduled. You can follow the links below for more detailed information, or click on the "Paypal" button at the bottom of this page to pay for any of the workshops by credit card.


Current Schedule of Workshops & Trainings



200-Hour Svadhyaya Yoga Teacher Training Program

Winter 2009/2010 long-weekend intensive dates:

Thursday December 3rd through Sunday December 6th
Friday February 12th through Monday February 15th
Thursday March 18th through Sunday March 21st
Thursday April 22nd through Sunday April 25th

Summer 2010 week-long intensive dates:

Saturday June 12th through June 19th
Saturday July 24th through July 31st

Tuition: $2,100

This highly individualized teacher training program meets the standards of the National Yoga Alliance and is registered as a 200-hour level. Click here for more information about the Silver Lotus 200-hour program.



Yoga and Mental Health: Introductory Half-Day Workshop Series

February 21, 2010 -- 10:00 am to 1:00 pm
March 14th, 2010 -- 10:00 am to 1:30 pm
April 18, 2010 -- 10:00 am to 1:30 pm

Tuition: $60 per workshop, or $170 for the entire series

This introductory series of half-day workshops program is designed to integrate contemporary concepts of body/mind psychology and the principles classical and Svadhyaya Yoga™, Tai Chi and Qigong within a clinical mental health perspective.
Click here for more information about this series.



Advanced Svadhyaya™ Therapeutic Yoga Teacher Training for Arthritis, Fibromyalgia, Osteoporosis, Chronic Fatigue and Multiple Schlerosis

May 14-16, 2010, 9:00 am to 5:00 pm

Tuition: $265

Part of the 500-hour teacher training program. Can also be used for continuing education credit by 200-hour registered instructors. This course covers the biological factors and disease process of these conditions. Svadhyaya™ therapeutic methods will be presented and practiced.  Participants will create lesson plans and practice teaching.   Upon completion you will be able to safely and constructively teach yoga classes to people who have these conditions.

Click here for more detailed information on the 500-hour Svadhyaya Yoga™ Teacher Training Program and this workshop.



Yoga, Qigong & Tai Chi Fundamentals for Social Workers & Other Mental Health Practitioners

June 27 - July 3, 2010

Tuition: $525

This program is designed specifically for Social Workers and other mental health providers who are interested in integrating a body/mind approach within their respective practices.  The course includes the Yoga psychology of Patanjali (classical yoga), philosophy of health that is inherent in classical yoga practice, the Svadhyaya Yoga™ approach, (study of the self), meditation and pranayama (breath control) techniques as well as various Qigong and Tai Chi methods.  We will discover effective and ethical ways to utilize these practices within the context of  clinical and social work. (CEU's for both NASW and the Yoga Alliance)

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Yoga, Qigong & Tai Chi Fundamentals for Social Workers & Other Mental Health Practitioners

September 10-12, 2010

Tuition: $525

This program is designed specifically for Social Workers and other mental health providers who are interested in integrating a body/mind approach within their respective practices.  The course includes the Yoga psychology of Patanjali (classical yoga), philosophy of health that is inherent in classical yoga practice, the Svadhyaya Yoga™ approach, (study of the self), meditation and pranayama (breath control) techniques as well as various Qigong and Tai Chi methods.  We will discover effective and ethical ways to utilize these practices within the context of  clinical and social work. (CEU's for both NASW and the Yoga Alliance)

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Advanced Svadhyaya™ Therapeutic Chakra Yoga Teacher Training

September 23-26, 2010, 9:00 am to 5:00 pm

Tuition: $360

Part of the 500-hour teacher training program. Can also be used for continuing education credit by 200-hour registered instructors. This advanced experiential and didactic training program includes Chakra history and philosophy, anatomy of the subtle energy body,  teaching methods, chanting, asana, and pranayama techniques.

Click here for more detailed information on the 500-hour Svadhyaya Yoga™ Teacher Training Program and this workshop.


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