Holding Gratitude🙏

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Dear Yoke Folk,

Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it. - William Arthur Ward

Today is the conclusion of theYoke's annual 30 Days of Gratitude (can go back to day 1 and still do it)!. It is a journey designed to assist you in uncovering the layers of what gratitude can be. If you are willing to let others be a witness to your journey please leave your responses on either social media channel. (Facebook / Instagram) It also provides a strong base to developing a daily gratitude practice to carry forth on your own all year long.

This month our blog post is my annual personal reflection on my own attitude of gratitude. It is a deeply personal share, which is really still developing within me. I offer this intimate look into my heart and head, the eternal workings of Self as a Yoga folk.

namaste,
LauraLynn,
theYoke's executive director

Untruths

by LauraLynn Jansen

So much has been given to me; I have no time to ponder over that, which has been denied. – Helen Keller

This year, for the first time in 15 years, my partner and I are living openly on every level of our lives. I am grateful the hiding is over. If I am totally honest, I am challenged in remaining in this gratitude. Reminders of the imposed silence of our love flash back to me. My attitude of gratitudewaivers far more than I think it should considering we no longer have tohide.

Before this year of living openlywe shared our devotion to each other only in certain places and certain spaces, and only with folks we trusted to hold our love in confidence. When we legally bound our love just over 4 years ago on a beach with the splendor of the Sierras surrounding us a trusted posse of friends and a couple family members joined to witness this unprecedented moment in our lives. The societal acknowledgement of the validity of our commitment to each other was one I honestly never thought I would see in my lifetime. Not just because we are two women, but because of the restrictions placed on my partner as a military officer. That moment of deeply vulnerability, for both of us, marked the beginning of a major adjustment period we are still trying to navigate. Our capacity to find a new rhythm as we openly explore the world together is now the test before us. We must un-master our ability to tell untruths. Please know my deepest gratitude lies in the realm of not having to lie any more. Personally, as someone who tries her best to live by Yogic values, telling untruths and/or holding back pieces of what the heart is distressing.

Read on..

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Thank you!

सत
(the true essence)

A Group Mentoring Opportunity

Within each of us lies an essence of Self, which is unchangeable. Sometimes living life covers up our capacity to have faith in our inner sustainability. These real-time gatherings will provide tools for personal and professional nourishment. Give yourself the gift of these moments with LauraLynn Jansen and Marlo Nikkila and align your rhythm with the deepest aspects of Self.

Meets: TBD
please note if you are interested please drop us a line
& we will keep you loop as we develop the next session.

via: Zoom

Includes:
three group (9 folks max) gatherings (aprox. 90 minutes)
& a private session w/ a mentor-coach (30 minute)

Your investment: $108
Includes the special gift of a o ne-year Yoke Professional membership.

Purchase

*sign up by a month prior and receive an additional private session with a mentor-coach

This offering is part of theYoke’s
Yoga Professional mentoring program : Pay It Forward

Want more details? contact us at: hello@theYoke.Yoga.

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Deepen Your Yoga

ENROLLMENT IS NOW OPEN
for the Root of the Lotus
Embrace the study of Yoga (beyond asāna) through this in-depth investigation of self through the Yoga Sutras. This is four-month course will offer you an opportunity to gain a greater understanding of yourself and the deeper aspects of this ancient science known as Yoga.

Your guide along this journey is LauraLynn Jansen, MHEd, CPCC, e-RYT. She is theYoke's founder and executive director. LauraLynn has been on the Yogic path for almost 30 years. She is a Co-Active Life Coach and has been assisting folks in facing personal life challenges and in pursuing their life dreams for 15 years, as an Integrative Health Coach. Her personal mission is to live everyday in the light of Yogic principles.

Logistics
We will meet online weekly via video conference.
There are only 9 spots for this course.
Next session begins January 2019.

Click to learn more or to register.

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A Call for Collaborators

Do you know of a community... without Yoga? ...without access to professionally trained Yoga teachers?

A place where folks want to become a teacher of these ancient practices but don't have the resources to do so?

We want to help.

The creation of a 200 RYS mobile Yoga school is now being formulated by theYoke's executive director/founder, LauraLynn Jansen and theYoke's board president, Dr. Douglas Files.

Not only is the the mobility of this Yoga Teacher Training (YTT) an unique opportunity, so is the way it is delivered.

theYoke YTT Format
Immersion: the first 72 hours of the program focus on beyond the usual class experience immersion into what Yoga on many levels (beyond just Yogāsana). Anyone can participate in this portion of the training, meaning you don't have to want to be a Yoga teacher.

Teacher Training: the remaining hours,128, are specifically designed to provide a well-rounded educational experience of delivering the multiple paths (mārgas) of Yoga from hatha to jana to bhakti to raja.

Post Training: All students who complete the 200 hour training will be asked to consider doing a seva (service) offering in a community. While doing the seva project they will receive a year of mentor-coaching for a full year post the YTT.

Meets:
when your community is ready

Please drop us an inquiry message if you are interested in creating a collaboration to bring a Yoga Teacher Training to your community. drop us a line
& we will keep you loop as we develop the next session.

Includes:
72 hour Yoga Immersion
128 hour Yoga Teacher Training
= 200 registered Yoga teacher training

Your investment: TBD
Al individuals who complete the YTT will receive a special gift of a o ne-year Yoke Professional membership.

This offering is part of theYoke’s sustainable communities Yoga program.

Want more details? contact us at: hello@theYoke.Yoga.