Mindfulness Yoga Training
For Yoga Teachers and Experienced Students
with Frank Jude Boccio

January 6 - March 4, 2012

This 40-hour training provides instruction and guidance to those wishing to integrate mindfulness practice into their yoga practice or teaching, and cultivates a deeper, broader approach to yoga.

This training is open to yoga teachers (from any tradition, lineage or style) and yoga practitioners who have been practicing at least two years. The training assumes knowledge of the basic traditional yoga postures and competency in body awareness, including proper alignment.

The format of the training emphasizes integration of philosophy and practice. An exploration of the Buddha's own yogic education and discoveries (later formulated as the Four Noble Truths and The Noble Eightfold Path) will be undertaken. We will discuss what mindfulness is, and equally important, what it is not. The similarities of Patanjali's approach to mindfulness will be examined.

Following this, an in-depth exploration of the Four Establishments (or Foundations) of Mindfulness will be presented. The importance the Buddha placed on body awareness will provide the groundwork for our study of the more subtle aspects of our experience. This will include learning how to deal with the obstacles to practice.

We will learn ways to integrate the teachings with practice, both sitting meditation and asana practice. Attention will be paid to languaging, typical questions that come up during practice, common difficulties (the hindrances) that students often confront, and the strategies to deal with them.

Sangha Building will also be explored, an essential component in cultivating the culture of mindfulness with your students and creating "communities of mindfulness."

The Extended Learning Component is offered at an additional cost of $350 payable directly to Frank Jude. This includes an additional six months of home study, with monthly assignments and interviews with the instructor. Read the detailed course description for more details:

Detailed course description packet (PDF)

More Information
For questions and more information, contact Frank Jude at frankjude@mindfulnessyoga.net.

Frank Jude Boccio, a certified Yoga Teacher and ordained Zen Buddhist Teacher, is also an Interfaith Minister, and a lay brother in the Tiep Hien Order established by Thich Nhat Hanh.  His eclectic approach is influenced by his study of a variety of Yoga approaches as well as his many years of Dharma practice, which is evidenced by his emphasis on mindfulness and compassionate action (karuna).  He has written for Yoga Journal, Tricycle, Shambhala Sun and other journals.  His book, Mindfulness Yoga: The Awakened Union of Breath, Body, and Mind, is the only full-length treatment applying the Buddha’s Mindfulness Meditation teachings on The Four Establishments of Mindfulness to yoga-asana practice.  He lives in Tucson, Arizona, and teaches wherever he is asked, throughout the world, teaching workshops and leading retreats.  For further information visit www.mindfulnessyoga.net.

Registration
$500 if paid by Tue. Jan. 3, $550 after. Pay online below, or pay by check at the studio or by mail to Tucson Yoga, 150 South 4th Avenue, Tucson, AZ 85701 (please post by December 29th, 2011 at the latest).

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