Rooted Presence:

Mindfulness and Yoga Therapy for Inner Balance, Calmness & Focus

A 50-hour program to build focus, calm, and emotional balance through mindfulness and therapeutic yoga. Learn evidence-based practices to regulate stress, reconnect with your body, and respond with clarity in everyday life.

A Practical Approach to Focus, Stability, and Emotional Well-being

In a world that demands more from us every day, it’s easy to feel overwhelmed, disconnected, or simply stuck. Rooted Presence offers you a grounded, evidence-based framework to navigate challenges, build emotional resilience, and sharpen your focus, skills necessary for both personal growth and professional success.

 

This 50-hour training combines mindfulness techniques, yoga therapy, and trauma-informed practices to offer more than just temporary relief. Through structured exercises and self-reflection, you’ll develop critical thinking, self-regulation, and emotional clarity. These tools will support you in managing stress, maintaining composure under pressure, and approaching challenges with greater clarity and intention.

🎯 Who is it for?

This workshop is designed for professionals in high-stress fields—such as healthcare, therapy and education,—as well as anyone committed to personal and professional growth. Whether you’re a teacher, therapist, yoga practitioner, or simply someone seeking a more grounded and intentional life, Rooted Presence offers practical, reliable tools to help you self-regulate under pressure, regain focus, and build lasting resilience.

Rooted Presence: Practical Tools for Resilience and Focus

Do you often feel overwhelmed or distracted by the demands of everyday life?

With the pace of daily life constantly increasing, staying focused and balanced can be a challenge. Rooted Presence offers practical techniques for managing stress and improving mental clarity. This workshop provides tools that help you stay centered and respond more effectively to life’s challenges.

✅ What You Will Learn

  • Stay grounded under pressure: Simple, effective practices to bring calm to your daily routine.
  • Regain focus and clarity: Strategies for maintaining mental sharpness, even when things feel chaotic.
  • Build emotional resilience: Learn how to manage emotional responses and stay balanced in challenging situations.

 

 

👥 Who Should Attend

This workshop is ideal for professionals in high-stress fields such as healthcare, therapy and education, as well as anyone looking for practical, grounded tools to self-regulate under pressure, regain focus, and build resilience.

Want to learn more or have questions?

Feel free to reach out to us at hello@wiselama.org — we’d be happy to help!

Program Details

🗓️ Dates

🧭 First Weekend:
Friday, January 30, 2026
Saturday, January 31, 2026
Sunday, February 1, 2026
🧭 Second Weekend:
Friday, February 6, 2026
Saturday, February 7, 2026
Sunday, February 8, 2026

⏰ Schedule

Fridays & Saturdays: 9:30 AM – 7:00 PM
Sundays: 9:30 AM – 6:30 PM
Total Hours: 50 hours
Includes: 40 instructional hours & 10 hours of homework & self-practice

📍 Location

Ynspire Space
Avenida Marques d’Argentera 19
08003, Barcelona

💶 Pricing

Whole Training (2 weekends):
Total: €1,050
Per weekend: €600
🐥 Early Bird Discount
Available until: December 5, 2025
With Early Bird:
1 Weekend: €550 (instead of €600)
2 Weekends: €900 (instead of €1,050 – save €150)

👥 Maximum Participants:

12

🌍 Languages:

Instruction in English 
This program creates a safe, supportive environment where participants are nurtured within a close-knit community, fostering both individual development and professional skill-building.

Program Description

🫵 This program begins with you. Unlike conventional courses, this journey places your personal transformation at the center. Before supporting others, you’ll be invited to deepen your own awareness, clarity, and well-being.

 

 

🧘‍♂️ What You’ll Practice:

  • Mindfulness techniques
  • Conscious breathing
  • Yoga therapy tools
  • Trauma-informed approaches

 

These tools will help you build self-awareness, critical thinking, and the ability to reflect and adapt with intention.

🪷 Why It Matters:

Your ability to stay rooted, balanced, and thoughtful is the foundation of safely and effectively supporting others. Through this program, you will:

 

  • Cultivate resilience
  • Develop analytical insight
  • Strengthen compassionate observation
  • Learn to respond to challenges with clarity and intentionality

🔧 What You’ll Gain:

  • Practical tools for personal and professional transformation
  • Self-regulation strategies for emotional balance
  • Skills to build compassionate connections
  • A solid foundation for yoga teachers, therapists, and mindful professionals

Program Goals

🌱 Motivation and Intention

  • Break out of autopilot: pause and check in with what matters to you.
  • Reasons for action: connect with what drives you.
  • Clarity and direction: move forward with purpose.

🌈 Contentment

  • Calmness: Ground yourself in inner stability
  • Connection: Build meaningful relationships
  • Openness: Embrace new perspectives

🧠 Competence

  • Compassionate Listening: Hear with empathy
  • Compassionate Observation: Perceive without judgment
  • Compassionate Intervention: Respond thoughtfully

🔬 Embodied Research

  • Cultivation: Build inner strength and resilience
  • Acceptance: Embrace challenges with equanimity
  • Observation: Analyze personal patterns and responses 

💪 Self-Agency

  • Trauma-Informed Practices: Respect individual experiences
  • Resilience-Informed Approaches: Promote lasting well-being
  • Self-Regulation: Stay balanced during challenges

🔗 Action and Connection

  • Wise Decision-Making: Act with clarity and integrity
  • Balance and Equanimity: Harmonize inner and outer worlds

Core Topics

🫁 Exploration of Breathing

  • Gates of Vayus
  • Techniques of guided breathing
  • Pranayama: Breath in motion
  • Learn therapeutic uses and contraindications
  • Asana Variations for mindful breathing

🧰 Practical Self-Regulation Skills

  • Understanding resilience & the Zone of Wellbeing
  • Develop tools for emotional balance and stress management

🌡️ Transforming Emotional Reactivity

  • Increase awareness of emotional triggers
  • Learn to pause and choose responses
  • Recognize trauma signs and respond with calm
  • Handle crises and support PTSD recovery
  • Use yoga and mindfulness therapeutically

🧘 Mindfulness in Action

  • Cultivate everyday mindfulness
  • Use breath & body awareness to sharpen presence

❤️ Building Compassionate Connections

  • Deepen self-compassion
  • Extend compassion to others and enhance empathy
 

Main Topics of the Workshop

📅 Weekend 1: Fundamentals (Theory & Technique)

  • Grounding meditation and breath awareness
  • Anatomy of Breath
  • Explore Gates of Vayus
  • Breath exploration in Tadasana & Savasana
  • Building emotional resilience
  • Mindfulness of body, breath, emotions
  • Emotional timeline & reactivity
  • Advanced breathing: Breath holds, spine, 5 hearts
  • Self-Compassion Practices
  • Yoga’s cultural and theoretical roots
  • Introduction to Yoga Therapy
  • Adaptation of poses to individual needs

🤝 Weekend 2: Solutions in Connection (Advanced Techniques & Self-Compassion)

  • Gratitude & compassionate connection
  • Listening, observation, and intervention techniques
  • Trauma-informed yogic & Ayurveda perspectives
  • Trauma’s impact on body & mind
  • Contraindications & safe practices for survivors
  • Case studies: Successes and failures
  • Building emotional equanimity
  • Wise decision-making for self and community
  • Integration & reflection: Unifying all tools
  • Q&A and personal insights

Who Can Join?

🧑‍🤝‍🧑 This training is ideal for:

  • Therapists and Coaches
  • Psychologists integrating yoga and contemplative techniques
  • Healthcare professionals
  • Experienced yoga practitioners and teachers
  • Meditation practitioners and teachers

Trainers and Organizers

Manuela Heider de Jahnsen

Magda Torres

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