The Love Beyond The Pose

with Kelsey Erin and Ekatra’s School of Traditional Yoga

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Level Two:  November 6-7, 2025, Thursday and Friday, 8am-4:30pm

Level Three: November 15-16, 2025, Saturday and Sunday, 8am-4:30pm

This heart-centered advanced asana training module emphasizes cultivating compassion, awareness, and authenticity in both personal practice and teaching. It integrates the physical alignment of postures with emotional and energetic awareness, fostering a deeper understanding of self and others. This module encourages mindful movement and introspection, promoting a balance of strength and vulnerability. Through this approach, participants learn to teach with empathy, creating a nurturing space for their students' growth and transformation.

In this training you will:

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• Explore the philosophy and principles of asana, including its emotional and spiritual foundations.

• Deepen understanding of physical alignment to enhance safety and effectiveness, including thorough lessons in anatomy and physiology.

• Understand the somatic approach to feeling into a posture and how we can deepen this intimate, first-person experience of yoga.

• Learn how āsanas can influence the flow of prāṇa through the nāḍīs and chakras, supporting steadiness, vitality, and the awakening of subtle awareness.

• Integrate pranayama techniques that support energetic and emotional release within asana practice.

• Build awareness of how asana can support emotional healing and foster self-compassion.

• Gain confidence in guiding students through asana practices mindfully, with clarity and thoughtfulness.

• Experience the transformative effects of heart-centered asana in your own practice, cultivating deeper self-awareness and contentment.

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This training is open to students with a desire to deepen their personal practice, as well as those working towards becoming a yoga teacher and current yoga teachers wishing to advance their training.

Each training counts as 20 hours of Yoga Alliance CEU’s. 

Meet your Trainers:

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Kelsey Erin, E-RYT500 and YACEP is a registered and qualified Lead Trainer through Yoga’s governing body, Yoga Alliance. She independently has developed Ekatra’s YTT curriculum and is proud to lead this learning experience.

Verna McKinnon completed her YTT200 in 2013 and has been teaching with passion ever since. She also holds her Bachelor of Science in Kinesiology from the University of New Brunswick, and will be leading the Anatomy portion and all lessons related to the Nervous System.

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Learn more about your trainers and Ekatra here:

https://www.ekatrayoga.com/about

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Investment: $350 + tax per module ($700 + tax for both)

Pre-requisites

This training is open to:

• Yoga teachers seeking to expand their offerings utilizing asana

• Dedicated students desiring a deeper understanding of anatomy and asana

*** You do not need to have taken the previous "level" to attend the next.  Each module will have explore different components of Asana from start to finish.  You will have a more well-rounded understanding of the complexity if you choose to attend all three, but it is not required. ***

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Certification note:

• Participants without a 200-hour Yoga Teacher Training may join for personal enrichment.

• Participants with a 200hr YTT will be eligible for certification as an Advanced Asana Teacher.

This training counts for 20 or 40 hours of Yoga Alliance Continuing Education (CEU’s)- dependent on if you attend one or both modules.

*Training experience does not include meals, transportation, or accommodations.*

For reservation in this YTT training, please contact ekatrayoga.connect@gmail.com.