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Dear Yoke Folk,

When asked, " what do you desire?"
The Yogi replied, "I wish no gifts, only presence.".

After having traveled to India this year and two moves in less than a year I am once again reminded of how things can create challenges in my life. Whether lugging them about in a suitcase or unpacking in each new home. Though I am always touched by thoughtful gifts I find my memories centered more around experiences (much easier to pack and carry with me). Gifts come in so many ways. This month Madisyn Walter writes of how Yoga became a gift in her life, far beyond anything she could have ever anticipated.
And we offer you a gift through this month's podcast with Julie Merrill. Her wisdom is of a practical angle for all the Yoga professionals out there who are beginning their 2019 planning. Julie offers us a checklist for creating a solid marketing plan.

May you be safe this time of year and may your dreams for the next year manifest and fulfill your heart.

ૐ auṁ śāntiḥ śāntiḥ śāntiḥ

LauraLynn,
theYoke's executive director

Yoga’s Impact on
Life’s Roller-coaster

by Madisyn Walter

Yoga has been the greatest mentor to me throughout the past two years, guiding my life toward a sense of nirvana. Life means so many different things to so many different people; full of decisions, actions, happiness and regrets. These decisions, like the tide, rise and fall each day. Every person has a constitutional right to the pursuit of happiness, yet it is up to the individual to make that happiness a reality.

My path to personal happiness started when I found yoga. Yoga, which is the practice of bringing wellness and strength into the body, is aimed to reduce the chaotic stress associated with life and help achieve inner peace. Previously in life I was focusing too much on the situations around me instead of the mental and physical turmoil living within me. However, when I started the practice of yoga everything changed. I had more respect for the health of my mind, body and soul. The less I started to worry about all the problems around me the more I began to realize more about my personal character and how unbalanced my life had been. It was a breath of fresh air to be able to wake up and not feel the anxiety of a new day; ...

Read on..

The Gift of Marketing

with Julie Merrill

A Gift For You! Our latest podcast with marketing maven, Julie Richards Merrill is just what you need to start business plans for 2019. Whether it is setting a strong framework for marketing or starting out on your own as a Yoga professional she covers it.

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Wishing you Peace as this year ends and a new one begins.

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.

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.