PROGRAM INCLUDES: Hatha Yoga: Course students will practice hatha yoga 2 hours per day, the class will be suitable for all levels. This course does not qualify you as a hatha yoga teacher, it simply brings you to the awareness and experience of its benefits, within the context of the wider framework of yogic psychology and philosophy and the healing aspects of Ayurveda. Ayurveda workshops: · Causes of disease from the Ayurvedic perspective and its relation to addiction. · Addictive tendencies of each doshic type and their underlying needs and vulnerabilities. · Likely damage caused and some simple suggestions for balance. · Simple, practical methods to revitalize the body’s systems and boost the immune system such as proper daily and seasonal routines. · How to be ‘established in the self’ – the best way to strengthen ongoing recovery. · Ayurvedic nutrition. · Seasonal and lifestyle suggestions. · Simple yet essential detoxification practices. ·Counseling practices most useful for each type. Tools of Recovery workshops: Become able to correlate and discuss the many similarities between the foundations of Classical Yoga and those of the 12 Step Programs. This course expands your awareness and understanding of the 4 Paths of Yoga and how these spiritual practices can be integrated with the tools of 12 Step Programs. Open 12-step meetings: Many people who work in the field of recovery are themselves in recovery. Here we talk about our experience, strength and hope around any addictive habits that we are recovering from. This helps us develop more openness and compassion around both our own lingering compulsions and the struggle of different ‘drug of choice’ than ours. These meetings will also be a very beneficial experience for those not in recovery, to see what meetings are like, what their clients are involved with. =========================================== course fee $750 plus accommodation $59-$89 per night, arrive Apr 11, leave Apr 22, 11 nights Web: www.sivanandabahamas.org Web: www.sivanandabahamas.org