the shala - events and workshops

wednesday, may 7
8 :15 pm
susan minot, molly rosen and daphne beal read
more information

sun, june 22, 2008
1:15 - 4:15 pm
$20 suggested donation

this workshop focuses on the practical tools that help us go beyond our constricting habitual patterns, such as fear and denial. awakening the inner capacities we all have, meditation allows us to transform our worldview from one of isolation and confusion to one of connection, clarity and compassion. especially in times of uncertainty, meditation opens us to a power of faith and courage based on seeing things just as they are. suitable for both new and experienced meditators, the program will consist of guided meditations, talks and time for questions and answers.

The Kelly Morris Teacher Training Program /NYC (200 Hour Yoga Alliance Certified)
will be held 2 weekends a month, Saturdays & Sundays, from 2:30-6pm,
September 2008-March 2009 at The Shala.

The Conquering Lion Yoga Teacher Training Program maintains that the highest spiritual practice is the
cultivation of the altruistic intention to attain enlightenment for the sake of all sentient beings.
Inspired by this highest objective, the program unfolds accordingly,
allowing each participant a profound understanding of their purpose here on
Earth and providing them with all the tools necessary to successfully inact
that understanding.

This ground-breaking teacher training program reunites two magnificent
traditions that were once One: the Indian yoga tradition of
asana, vinyasa and bhakti and the Tibetan yoga tradition of renunciation and
bodhichitta, grounded in correct worldview. This lineage split with a Muslim invasion, roughly 1000 years ago,
in Northern India, causing two different approaches to develop. This separation persists to this day.
By bringing the two lineages together we are able to get the best of both: the physical and mental practices
happen simultaneously, hastening the practitioner's evolution into a
fully Enlightened Being.

Using the finest translations of the world's oldest Yoga Scriptures and
learning first-hand from some of the world's foremost authorities on yoga
philosophy, sanskrit, asana, assists, prana, nadis, mantra, cakras and
meditation, The Kelly Morris Teacher Training Program offers the most
comprehensive, expert training available to become a great teacher and great
practitioner.

Faculty includes The Venerable Lama Sumati Marut (Phd. in Asian Philosophy,
Professor Emeritus of Religious Studies at University of California Riverside
and author of several books), Ms. Kimberley Veenhof ( Executive Director of
The Yoga Studies Institute), Mr. Douglas Veenhof (an author and award-winning
journalist whose biography of Theos Bernard, an American Yoga pioneer and the
first Westerner to be invited to study Buddhism in Lhasa will be published by
Doubleday in 2008) and Mr. John Brady (Executive Director of The Asian
Classics Institute), among esteemed others.

The program is kept very small, in order to insure that each participant
becomes the best teacher/practitioner that he or she can possibly be. Each one
is taught everything they need to know in order to end their own
suffering and how to teach others to do the same. Apprenticeships with Kelly
are available after graduation.
May our shared aspirations of kindness, compassion and peace be realized in
this life time. May all beings everywhere be free from suffering and be happy!

Applications due August 1, 2007. Cost: $4,700. Payable by credit card through Paypal or by check.
Deposit of $1750. due upon acceptance.
For applications and further info, please email info@kellymorrisyoga.com.

Blessings to All!!

When the Mind