Rooted Presence

Dates:

Weekend 1:

21 – 23.11. 2025

Weekend 2:

28 – 30. 11 2025 

Schedule:

Fridays & Saturdays  9:30 AM – 7:00 PM

Sundays: 9:30 AM – 6:30 PM

Total Hours:

80  hours
Includes 50 instructional hours + 30 hours of homework and self-practice.

Location:

Ynspire Space
Avenida Marques d’Argentera 19
08003, Barcelona

Program Goals

Motivation and Intention

• Cultivate awareness of breath, body, and mind to foster presence and purpose.
• Strengthen the ability to set meaningful intentions.

Contentment

• Calmness: Ground yourself in inner stability.
• Connection: Foster meaningful relationships with self and others.
• Openness: Embrace new perspectives and insights.

Competence

• Compassionate Listening: Hear with empathy and understanding.
• Compassionate Observation: Perceive with clarity and non-judgment.
• Compassionate Intervention: Respond thoughtfully and effectively.

Embodied Research

• Cultivation: Nurture resilience and inner strength.
• Acceptance: Embrace challenges with equanimity.
• Observation: Analyze patterns and responses with critical thinking.

Self-Agency

• Gain practical knowledge and techniques in:
  • Trauma-Informed Practices: Understand and respect individual experiences.
  • Resilience-Informed Approaches: Build strategies for sustained well-being.
  • Self-Regulation: Maintain balance through emotional and physical challenges.

Action and Connection

• Practicing Wise Decision-Making: Approach choices with clarity and integrity.
• Cultivating Balance and Equanimity: Create harmony within and in interactions.

Core Topics

Exploration of Breathing:

• Gates of Vayus (energy doors within the body).
• Different techniques of guided breathing.
• Pranayama: The Experience of Breath in Motion.
• Practicing Different types of Pranayama and their specific therapeutic uses and contraindications.
• Asana Variations: Custom-Tailored Postures to Enhance Mindful Breathing.

Practical Self-Regulation Skills:

• Understand the concept of resilience and the Zone of Wellbeing.
• Develop tools to maintain emotional balance and manage stress through mindful self-regulation techniques.

Transforming Emotional Reactivity:

• Increase awareness of emotional triggers and patterns.
• Learn how to pause, reflect, and choose intentional responses to emotional reactivity.
• Learn about patients/ students trauma signs and relate accordingly
• Identify crisis and learn to respond with calmness and guidance
• Learn to use Yoga and mindfulness in accompanying PTSD treatments

Mindfulness in Action:

• Practice techniques to cultivate mindfulness in every moment.
• Use breath and body awareness to sharpen attention and presence, enhancing clarity and focus.

Building Compassionate Connections:

• Deepen self-compassion practices to foster inner kindness and acceptance.
• Develop the ability to extend compassion to others, enhancing connection and empathy.

Who Can Join?

• Therapists and coaches/ Psychologists interested in integrating yoga and contemplatives techniques in their work/ Healthcare professionals
• Seasoned yoga practitioners & Yoga teachers & Meditation practitioners & teachers.

Program Details

• Maximum Participants: 12— 20.
• Languages:
  • Instruction in English.
  • Optional  Spanish translation available.

Main Topics of the Workshop

Weekend 1:

1. Fundamentals (Theory & Technique)

• Grounding meditation and breath awareness.
• Anatomy of breath: Understanding the inner organs and spinal breathing.

Exploration of Breathing:

• Gates of Vayus (energy locks and gates ) and their profound role in asana.
• Finding one’s own breath 
• Exploration in asana: Tadasana, Savasana).

Resilience (ZOW – Zone of Wellbeing):

• Building emotional resilience through breath and awareness.

Mindfulness and Attention:

• Mindfulness of breath, body, and emotions.
• Emotional timeline and reactivity.

2. Advanced Breathing Techniques:

• Breathhold and diving deeper into equanimity.
• Focus :Breathing into the spine  
• Focus :Breathing into the 5 hearts.

3. Self-Compassion:

• Cultivating self-compassion and compassionate practices.

4. Cultural and Theoretical Perspectives:

• Exploration of yoga’s cultural roots.
• Creating awareness for cultural appropriation and cultural adaption
• Analyzing traditions and schools of yoga and their impact on modern practice.
• Understanding your own cultural background

5. Therapeutic Aspects of Yoga:

Weekend 2: 
Solutions in Connection:
advanced techniques and Self- compassion

1. Compassion and Connection:

• Gratitude practices to foster connection.
• Compassion in action: listening, observation, and interventions.

2. Trauma-Informed Approaches:

• ecognizing trauma and its impact on body and mind.
• Contraindications and mindfulness techniques for trauma survivors.
• Case studies of failure and success in treatment

3. Building Equanimity and Wise Action:

• Balancing emotions and fostering equanimity through practice.
• Wise decision-making for personal and community growth.

4. Integration and Reflection:

• Finding one’s breath through all practices.
• Q&A and personal reflections to tie all topics together.

Summary of Workshop Themes

• Breath Awareness: Understanding and embodying breath in various dimensions.
• Resilience: Developing emotional and physical resilience through mindfulness.
• Compassion: Nurturing self-compassion and extending it to others.
• Trauma-Informed Practices: Awareness and sensitivity in working with traumatised patients/students
• Understanding your own possible trauma bond, traumatic impacts on your life.
• Mindfulness: Cultivating attention and awareness in daily life.
• Connection and Community: Building balance, gratitude, and wise decision-making.

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