Overview

Samāsa Yoga: the way of the Spiritual Warrior ~Ordinary enlightenment for extraordinary times 

Tending the heart fire authentically as the center of our creativity, vision, inspiration and wisdom, we allow the heart lead us to the transforming power of love.  Here we unwind, heal, and tend the sacred fire of the heart. 

Looking for: for practical mystics seeking equal parts transformational vinyasa yoga, mantra, meditation, ecstatic movement meditation, and group exploration. 

An adventure that weaves music, chanting, and ritual into this heart-based approach to the flow of yoga.

Date

  • January 2023 online and in-person

Full Program (100 hours towards Master Teacher Certificate- 500 Hour Yoga Teacher Training)

  • 30 classes with an experienced Ashtanga/Vinyasa Yoga Teacher

  • 30 classes teaching Ashtanga/Vinyasa Yoga

  • 30 hrs of theory & thesis supervised by Denise Davis-Gains

  • Intensive with senior Ashtanga/Vinyasa Teacher (approval required)

  • Must be able to execute and teach the primary series to graduate - practical exam


Details

  • Program cost: $1800.00 CAD (Atlas Yoga Teacher Training graduates ask about program discount) plus travel and accommodation if you want to come to Thailand with us.

  • Pre-requisite: Basic 200 Hour Yoga Teacher Training

  • To Register: Register early! Deposit of $150.00 to apply. Full payment necessary to confirm space in the program. Send an email with your name, address, telephone and email address indicating your intention to register. A copy of your Yoga Teacher Training certificate and deposit fee are required to complete the application process.

(This course can be used towards your 500 Hour Yoga Teacher Training certification as a specialization. In order to use this course, you must be registered in the 500 Hour Yoga Teacher Training program)

Contact for any further inquiries: Denise Davis-Gains at [email protected] or 519.240.9642

*Please note: payment is required on receipt of notification of acceptance to the program. (refunds will not be issued once admitted to this program)

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Denise Davis-Gains

Denise Davis-Gains

Your Instructor

Denise Davis-Gains has been teaching fitness and studying meditation since 1980, and has been teaching yoga since 1993. After completing her first yoga certification with Susie Dias in Toronto, Denise actively sought to find time with senior teachers of this ancient tradition.  She holds two university degrees and continues to pursue higher education. Denise completed a course in Sanskrit with Jonathan Geen at McMaster University. She is trained in the Kripalu method of yoga, a very introspective style that incorporates vinyasa flow and postural analysis. She has been fortunate to be able to study with great yoga masters in the Ashtanga, Iyengar, Sivananda, Kundalini, Himalayan and other styles and schools and brings this variety of experience and style to this program.

Denise has been training yoga teachers since 1997. Denise taught Intro to Yoga, Group Exercise and Physical Fitness in the Kinesiology department of Wilfrid Laurier University for 16 years and is currently an Instructor at Conestoga College where she teaches physical education in the community Services sector of the Health Sciences Department. She has been a facilitator and Production & Staff manager in the Inner Quest Intensive, at the Kripalu Institute, Massachusetts (the Inner Quest Intensive is considered the most intensive and healing program that is run at this institution). Most recently, at Kripalu, Denise assisted in a program in support of Parkinson’s patients and their caregivers and a nutrition program.