Yoga Therapy International News

You’re invited to our Open House on December 12th – A Zoom Event!

We welcome you to join us on the morning of Saturday, December 12th, from 8:30am to 9:30am PST. This is a unique opportunity to learn about our Certified Yoga Therapist Training (CYT 1000), and to meet the founder of Yoga Therapy International, Maggie Reagh.

You’ll also have the opportunity to meet and ask questions of core faculty members of the CYT training program: Neil Pearson, Tracy Dignum, and Danielle Schroeder.

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A Mantra for All Souls' Day, Halloween, and Samhain

November 1st, All Souls' Day is when the veil between the manifest and the unmanifest realms is so thin that they appear to be One reflecting the Other. Mantra for All Souls' Day and Halloween

On Halloween, Holy Evening, October 31st, we invite our ancestors to visit us and offer us spiritual protection from negativity caused by our own actions, those of others, or from our environment. On November 1st, those Souls are with us, seeking their way Home to the Unmanifest Realm. This chant is a protection mantra that creates a positive vibration all around us and destroys the demons usually of our own mind's making. Enjoy the Light of Wisdom that Shines through from the Unmanifest Mysterious Realm during this Holy time! May we all find our way Home! Om Aim Hreem Chamundaye Viche Svaha Om Aim Hreem Chamundaye Viche Svaha Om Aim Hreem Chamundaye Viche Svaha Listen to Maggie chant this mantra on Facebook and also one Instagram.

This Chamunda Mantra links us with the 3 main goddesses of Hinduism: Saraswathi, Laxmi, and Parvati (Kali). Durga, Kali, or Chamunda are all fierce forms of Parvati. Chamunda is the Goddess of war and epidemics like COVID-19. This is a powerful mantra to be chanted during times of challenge and negativity. Om (Universal sound) Aim (Maha Saraswati) Hrim (Maha Laxmi) Klim (Maha Kali) Chamunda (A form of Kali/Durga/Parvati who is the destroyer of demons Chanda and Munda) Viche (Shield) Svaha (May the power of this mantra be activated through the fires of Agni by honouring Agni’s wife Svaha) Sources Chamunda (Wikipedia) Om Aim Hreem Kleem Chamundaye Viche Mantra Benefits (Speaking Tree) Chamunda Mantra - Meaning & Benefits (Times of India)

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Infinite Gathering Integrative Health and Mindfulness Virtual Conference

This October 2-5th, Maggie will be presenting on The Science of Happiness from Yogic and Western Perspectives along with 35+ renowned presenters including leading visionaries, physicians, scientists, therapists and artists. Keynotes Speakers will be Dr. Gabor Maté, Retired Physician and Best-Selling Author. YTI’s Neil Pearson will also be presenting.

Science of Happiness from Yogic & Western Perspectives with Maggie Reagh

Yoga Therapy International Graduate Profile

Interview with Bobbie Seale-Cobiskey - Halfmoon Bay, British Columbia

YTI graduation: June, 2013

While in the YTI program, Bobbie Seale-Cobiskey worked privately with an elderly MS student, and taught a small therapeutic yoga class for individuals with spinal cord injury. “The practicums gave me the opportunity to teach many of the things I had been learning, including breath awareness and simple breathing techniques, gentle movement, adaptive modifications, chanting, and meditation,” says Bobbie. “These simple yogic tools allowed me to meet each participant where they were, with a special emphasis on pain management and trauma sensitivity.”

Yoga Therapist IAYT-Accredited Training Program Summer, 2020

We have just completed the first 3 Weeks of Term 3 of our 1000-hour Yoga Therapist training program. We have enjoyed being with Neil Pearson for A&P for MK conditions and Pain Care as well as Danielle Schroeder for Therapeutic Helping Skills.

Forest Bathing - Shinrin-Yoku: Teaching about Stress Resilience & Immunity during COVID-19

I first learnt about Forest Bathing a year ago, just before visiting Japan as a faculty exchange for Capilano University in North Vancouver, Canada. I was surprised to learn that Shinrin-Yoku originated from the Japanese Ministry of Agriculture in the 1980s (Longhurst & Takemasa, 2018), not from a country like Canada known for its lush forests, vast oceans, and majestic mountains. But after I learnt more about their hectic lifestyle, it made perfect sense that the Japanese people needed to learn the art of relaxation through visiting forests far away from the stresses of a typical urban life.

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