A Significant, 6-Day Yoga Event Blurs The Boundaries Between Health, Lifestyle, Spirituality, Education, Ethics & Politics

Read the July 5, 2003 feature article in The Olympian

THE ISSUE

Reinventing American Life: Yoga & The Affirmative Transformation of Individual Consciousness

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Monday July 21 – Saturday July 26, 2003  - 

Olympia, Washington, The Evergreen State College 

Offering the opportunity for participants to study intensively with one master instructor in a weeklong intensive, while also having direct contact with 6 other world renowned yoga teachers, Six Days on Freedom is a truly unique event.  It is like being part of a "yoga think tank" with the input of many brilliant minds of today's yoga world, bringing with them the direct teachings of brilliant minds of the past.  The variety of perspectives and traditions being offered to each participant in A.M. Master Classes and P.M Keynotes, coupled with the opportunity to connect intensely with a single master teacher is what sets Six Days on Freedom apart from other retreats, trainings and conferences.

This event is a focused training intensive for dedicated practitioners wanting to deepen their yoga sadhana experience.  For teachers, this is also an excellent opportunity to learn the art of infusing the transformational spirit of yoga into your instruction vernacular. Moreover, participants will be taken well beyond the study of asana (postures), exploring yoga as a complete science, or technology of self-mastery, inner-awakening, and personal freedom.  During 6 days of asana practice, lecture, Q&A, and focused workshops and discussions, participants will be invited to examine the intention they bring to their teaching and practice of asana, while being offered the opportunity to explore the deeper dimensions of yoga as a technology of personal alchemy and liberation.

Yoga Traditions/Styles Featured:  

Ashtanga, Anusara, Iyengar, Jivamukti, Tantra, Vinyasa

Unique, Non-Formulaic Format Summary:

• A.M. Master Asana Classes with a different teacher each morning.  Choose 1 of 3 Tracks, each with a different emphasis.  Our teachers have each written 3 unique and compelling asana class descriptions consistent with the retreat them of yoga as self-transformation and inner-awakening.

• Daily 3-hour afternoon intensives – Choose 1 teacher for the entire week for complete immersion into the teachings.

• Powerful Evening keynote addresses, with titles such as Not Causing Harm:  The Healing Power of Non-Aggression (Beryl Bender Birch), and The Spiritual Path of Social and Political Activism (David Life) and Dance with Both Arms Free:  Yoga and the Art of Living Liberation (Shiva Rea).

• 4 Evenings of Music Chanting & Celebration with Wah! -- World musician, spiritual teacher and dedicated yoga practitioner WAH! is also an inspiring performance artist whose beautiful voice and melodies manage to reach the inner depths of listeners' souls.  WAH!'s music is an expression of many cultures and traditions of spirit.  

• Optional programs 

  • The Art of Restorative Yoga - taught by published author and world-respected teacher and scholar Judith Hanson Lasater;

  • The Sacred Link:  Reclaiming Your Spiritual Inheritance - lead by  Pandit Rajmani Tigunait, Ph.D., world-honored scholar and author of 11 books, and Spiritual Head of The Himalayan Institute;

  •  The Nia Technique -- lead by Casey Bernstein, is a "spiritual sweat" combining the power and explosiveness of marital arts, the grace of dance and the contemplative inner-journey of Yoga.

  • Music, Chanting & Celebration -- with world musician, spiritual teacher and performance artist WAH!

Additional Elements Unique to Six Days on Freedom:

• Childcare & Yoga For Kids - because we believe that parents should also be entitled to participate in life-changing programs of self-transformation 
  and inner-awakening!

• Academic Credit - Six Days on Freedom may be the first and only yoga retreat that has been approved for college credit.  Sarah Williams of The Evergreen State College has organized her summer course Yoga as Transformation, around our event, based on the integrity and credibility of its faculty and their offerings. 

• Continuing Education Credits -  Because of the diversity of its offerings and their relevance to healthcare professionals, social workers, teachers and physical therapists, The Evergreen State College has launched its Continuing Education program around Six Days on Freedom. 

• National Yoga Alliance Certification Credits - The Yoga Alliance prides itself as a non-profit national organization whose purpose is to create, maintain and ensure standards and excellence in yoga teaching and yoga training programs.  The Yoga Alliance has applauded Six Days on Freedom as an original and heart-based program of the highest caliber.  Six Days on Freedom is approved for credits toward 200-hour RYT certification, as well as for  continuing education credits.

Guests From All Over The World

Peace, happiness and freedom know no borders.  Our attendees will be traveling to the Pacific Northwest from throughout the United States, The Netherlands, Israel, Brazil, Portugal, England & Canada.