Ritual Vinyasa: Earth
Ritual Vinyasa: Earth
Playa el Coco, Nicaragua
Prerequisites: 200 Hour YTT with Michelle, OR completion of our Bridge Program, which will bring you up to speed in the school of Orthopedic Yoga!
We begin with our Earth segment and explore our connections, to ourselves, our families’, our students, each other, our communities, our planet and our god. We begin to analyze what it means to be a teacher and the unique opportunities it affords. We will revel in the earthly qualities that allow us to ground down, reconnect and move forward from this stable foundation. In that effort will learn to develop self-care practices designed specifically for our unique bodies and our unique needs to connect and recharge. Moving further into this realm we will explore practices designed to fend off depression and learn how to guide students to find individualized daily practices custom tailored for their current needs. Guest teacher Chip Hartranft will help us to grow our roots all the way back to India with his History of Yoga Course, Ray Crist will bring us into the Luminous Field and I will delve deeply into the anatomy of the spinal column.
Ritual Vinyasa: Water
60 Contact Hours in the Orthopedic Yoga Therapy Pathway
November 16-23, 2024
Prerequisites: 200 Hour YTT with Michelle, OR completion of our Bridge Program, which will bring you up to speed in the school of Orthopedic Yoga!
The energy of water is stabilization and flow. Through Water, we will work with the second and third Chakras, and the ancient traditional practice of Ayurveda to support our power center.
As we wade into the water element, we unlock the floodgates to creativity. In this segment we explore the movements of Moon Salute, a seductive, dance-like flow in the Coronal plane. We will discover the fluid nature of our bodies through Fascial Anatomy, Cardiac Yoga, and the gentle rhythmic practices of Restorative Arial Yoga. We will delve deeply into the anatomy of the shoulders and arms as we strive to find the ever-changing balance between too much and too little; our shoulder joint will be our guide as a means to understand the delicate balance of stability and mobility. We will work with the dual nature of the hips and pelvis as foundational pieces of our balance in the left and right sides of our physical form.
Focusing on the creative storehouse of Second Chakra and the flowing qualities of Pranomaya and Manomaya Koshas in our energetic explorations, we will examine sexuality, mothering, and our relationship to the divine feminine across all spectrums of gender expression. Our shadow side here is the martyr, while the energy of compassion lows with the water element, imbalance can lead to be energetically wrung out, bled dry, allowing our expressions of love in the world to pull us off-center and out of ourselves in our urgency to serve others. Our practices will balance the restorative, soft quality of restoration, and the transformative power of play to build strength and resilience.
Ritual Vinyasa is made up of 5 elemental 60-Hour Training segments that make up the 300 Hour Orthopedic Yoga Therapy Certification. To find out more about the 300 Hour Training:
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Your retreat with us includes:
- Accommodations within steps of the Pacific, with access to a lovely pool
- Daily therapeutic yoga sessions with Michelle specifically designed to nurture you
- Four Nutritious meals per day, pre-yoga snacks, coffee and juice
- Specialty workshops such as Thai Massage, Holotropic Breathwork, Meditation, Facial Cupping, Fascial Release and more!
- Access to the Turtle Hatchery where the baby turtles make their trip to the Ocean
Optional Activities (not included in price)
- Zip lining excursion
- Horseback riding on the beach
- Surf lessons
- Bodywork with Michelle Fleming
Base Package: $1899 per person per week,
This includes:
- Class hours, workshops, and credit towards Advanced YTT
- 3+ meals a day
- Shared housing
Separate family housing is available, as well as childcare. Please inquire for options.
Optional Housing Upgrades:
- Private villas
- Private rooms
- Air-conditioning
- En-suite baths
- Ocean views and ocean front
- Private pool access
- Beachfront balconies and Casitas
Meet The Instructors
Michelle Fleming
Michelle is a Yoga Therapist, a Thai Bodyworker, a Nerve and Artery specialist and a Board Certified Structural Integrator in the lineage of Ida Rolf. It was through these complementary practices of wellness that she healed her body - and from there Orthopedic Yoga Therapy was born.
Michelle has spent thousands of happy hours teaching yoga classes and private sessions everywhere from hospitals to schools to Gillette Stadium. She has taught in conjunction with Johns Hopkins Medical School on Yoga for Brain Disorders. She was on staff at Spaulding Rehab Group working with orthopedic patients and has spoken at Grand Rounds hospitals on the "Applications of Yoga in Clinical Settings". For more than 10 years she ran summer camps to bring holistic healing to young women with anxiety and mood disorders.
Michelle was the owner of Sanctuary Studio in Massachusetts, the founder of Transformational Yoga, Ritual Vinyasa and Orthopedic Therapy. She is a Board Certified Structural Integrator having studied with the acclaimed Tom Myers of "Anatomy Trains" fame, as well as a Thai Massage practitioner, a Neurovascular Bodyworker and the author of the upcoming book "Orthopedic Yoga".
She has been teaching and studying the science behind yoga for almost 20 years. She now teaches internationally, bringing her unique style of yoga to students of all levels, ages, shapes and sizes. She has taught thousands of yoga students and believes it is a blessing to be able to bring people the gifts of a strong body, a quiet mind and a blissful spirit.
After booking, please inform us of any food allergies & sensitivities for advanced planning!
Day 1:
Dinner:
Chicken Tacos with home made corn tortillas, gallo pinto (spiced beans and rice), fresh guacamole fresh pico de gallo, cheddar cheese, jalapeño crema, and mixed greens.
Fresh Limeade
Day 2
Early morning cleansing snack:
Assorted fresh fruit, local coffee, fresh coconut milk
Breakfast:
Protein pancakes with passion fruit honey sauce (GF)
Scrambled eggs
Assorted fruit
Fresh pineapple juice
Lunch:
Spring rolls with peanut sauce (V) or chicken satay, cashew nut stir-fry (V), and coconut rice.
Cucumber mint cooler
Hibiscus tea
Dinner:
Filet Mignon / Cauliflower steak (V) with sweet plantains, mashed potatoes and Arugula Salad.
Hibiscus tea
Day 3:
Early morning cleansing snack:
Assorted fresh fruit, local coffee, fresh coconut milk
Breakfast:
Vanilla cardamon chia pudding with fresh fruit and passion fruit purée
Grilled sourdough with smashed avocado
Assorted fruit and yogurt
Fresh watermelon juice
Lunch:
Empanadas with beans, rice, and roasted root vegetables.
Crispy plantain chips with fresh guacamole and pico de gallo
Ginger and lemon tea
Dinner:
Chicken Piccata/ Picatta Primavera (V) over pasta or rice
Kale salad with apples and pepitas
Hibiscus limeade
Day 4
Early morning cleansing snack:
Assorted fresh fruit, local coffee, fresh coconut milk
Breakfast:
Huevos Rancheros
Yogurt and fresh granola
Assorted fruit
Fresh passion fruit juice
Lunch:
Falafel with freshly baked pita bread, hummus, and tabouleh salad with craisins and almonds
Cucumber mint cooler
Dinner:
Pesto chicken with or without mozzarella, with roasted vegetables, and arugula salad with dates and nuts
Hibiscus tea
Day 5
Early morning cleansing snack:
Assorted fresh fruit, local coffee, fresh coconut milk
Breakfast:
Nica Tipico: Scrambled eggs, gallo pinto, fresh guacamole and pico de gallo
Grilled local cheese
Assorted fruit
Fresh pineapple juice
Lunch:
Beetroot salad with feta cheese, caramelized walnuts and a balsamic glaze
Tostones con Queso
Cucumber mint cooler
Hibiscus tea
Dinner:
Grilled Mahi-mahi with sweet plantains and vegetable fried rice.
Hibiscus tea
Day 6
Early morning cleansing snack:
Assorted fresh fruit, local coffee, fresh coconut milk
Breakfast:
Protein pancakes with passion fruit honey sauce (GF)
Scrambled eggs
Assorted fruit
Fresh pineapple juice
Lunch:
Spring rolls with peanut sauce (V) or chicken satay, cashew nut stir-fry (V), and coconut rice.
Cucumber mint cooler
Hibiscus tea
Dinner:
Filet Mignon / Cauliflower steak (V) with sweet plantains, mashed potatoes and Arugula Salad.
Hibiscus tea
Day 7
Early morning cleansing snack:
Assorted fresh fruit, local coffee, fresh coconut milk
Breakfast:
Protein pancakes with passion fruit honey sauce (GF)
Scrambled eggs
Assorted fruit
Fresh pineapple juice
Lunch:
Spring rolls with peanut sauce (V) or chicken satay, cashew nut stir-fry (V), and coconut rice.
Cucumber mint cooler
Hibiscus tea
Dinner:
Filet Mignon / Cauliflower steak (V) with sweet plantains, mashed potatoes and Arugula Salad.
Hibiscus tea
Day 8
Early morning cleansing snack:
Assorted fresh fruit, local coffee, fresh coconut milk
Breakfast:
Protein pancakes with passion fruit honey sauce (GF)
Scrambled eggs
Assorted fruit
Fresh pineapple juice