Trainings

Teacher Training Program 2010: Cultivating the Teacher Within

A Yoga Alliance ® Certified Program at the 200 Hour Level
Presented by:  Ashley Litecky, ERYT200, Lauren Richardson, RYT200, and Claudia Neuman, ERYT500
Hosted at Blue Heron Wellness in Silver Spring, MD

Program begins March 13, 2010 and ends September 26, 2010.
Includes a weekend retreat at Gaia Healing Center in Mt. Airy, MD

Cost: $2,999 (early registration)
Regular Cost: $3,100
*payment plans available

In this 7 month certification program, you will cultivate a deeper understanding of yoga, and what it means to be a teacher.  Uncover your own deep talents and gifts, through personal coaching, and  teacher training sessions at Blue Heron.  After laying your foundation and vision of how you will take yoga into the world, we will begin the rigorous study the yoga texts, postures, anatomy & physiology, alignment & safety, meditation, Sanskrit, breath work, class planning, and the business of yoga.

This program will take place on Saturdays from 1:00 pm to 7:00 pm & Sundays from 1:00 pm – 6:30 pm, for two weekends a month, at Blue Heron Wellness.  Additional weekly contact hours are required.  These can be achieved through weekly class attendance with the program directors and guest faculty.

Our official launch date is September 2009. For more information email Ashley at ashley@deepgreenwellness.com
 

Upcoming Retreats

Local Women's Retreat:

Cultivating Peace through Yoga, Art, Aromatherapy, Intuition, and the Garden

Connect to the still space of inner peace within your mind and heart!

May 22 & 23, 2010
Hosted by Gaia Healing Center
Mt. Airy, Maryland

Spaces Limited, Register Early

Cost:
$245 (Early Registration before 4/15)

$260 (After 4/15)

(Work Study positions available for reduced rate)

REGISTER NOW

We are accepting online registration and payment via paypal. You may register now online! You will receive an email response confirming the receipt of your registration. Alternatively, you may download and print a registration form, fill it out and mail (along with payment) to:
Deep Green Wellness
8266 Mary Lee Lane
Laurel, MD  20723.

Retreat Topics/Workshops
During your retreat stay, your presenters will offer workshops and discussions on the following topics. Also included are daily yoga classes and free-time to relax and rejuvenate.  All workshops are optional, and participants are welcome to explore the grounds or rest at any time throughout the retreat.

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Yoga for Peaceful Sleep with Ashley Litecky

Engaging in movement before bedtime is a great way to begin the process of winding down before sleep. Experience deep yogic breathing and postures that facilitate a calm and relaxed mind and pave the way for a restful night’s sleep.

The Garden as a Path to Peace with Ashley Litecky 

Explore Gaia's medicinal herb gardens and learn about the healing properties of local plants. In addition to identifying plants, we will explore their traditional energetic uses using the Five Elements. After identifying key themes, participants will chose a plant and engage in meditation, partnering with this plant for their meditation journey.

Finding Peace through Food With Ashley Litecky and Susan Kohm

Food is powerful tool for healing. In this workshop we will explore our relationship with food and how what we choose to eat, and how we eat can reveal deep seated needs and desires.  Learn simple approaches to healthful eating and how to create a loving and life-affirming relationship with your food and yourself.

Developing Psychic Awareness With Jennifer

Each of us has the innate capacity to offer and receive information and guidance from beyond the five senses.  In this workshop, Jennifer will discuss the importance of protection, and how to receive protection from your angels and guides.  Through the processes of meditation and utilizing tools from nature, you will practice bringing in wisdom from your body's higher energy centers, and guides, to better understand yourself, your current life situations, and how to achieve the results your soul desires.

Guided Healing Seminar With Jennifer

Through the process of guided meditation, gifted medium and intuitive, Jennifer, will lead you through past lives, present situations, how to heal the self and relationships in this life.  After writing down your meditation, Jennifer will guide participants through an exercise designed to anchor this healing into the body and mind.

The Fundamentals of Aromatherapy With Ashley Litecky

Essential oils have been used throughout human history for their powerful fragrant and medicinal powers.  Learn about medicinal, emotional, and spiritual properties of essential oils.  Participants will then make their own essential oil blend to support their unique journey.

Art as Ally with Susan Kohm

Just as yoga is an avenue for connecting with the wisdom of the body, art can open a dialogue with your highest Self. What support do you need in your life right now? What is it time to let go of? A delicious mixture of drawing and guided meditation uncovers the answers that are waiting inside of you.

photo above: Retreat participants from our Fall Retreat 2009

Your retreat price includes daily yoga classes, organic and vegetarian meals, lodging, recipes & resources materials.

Retreat Presenters

Jennifer is an intuitive and medium from Adelaide, Australia. Since childhood, Jennifer has been able to connect with the other side, with people who have passed on, angels and guides. In her work, she stresses the importance of Protection and teaches people how get in touch with, and harness that special part which we all have - our Psychic Awarness! Jennifer is a Healer Master/Teacher of Reiki and Seichem (Egytian form of healing) and has completed 200 hours of training in Kundalini Yoga.  As a facilitator and teacher of Meditation, Jennifer guides her clients to find their own inner space of peace and intuition. She also serves as a Past Life and Spiritual councellor and teaches courses in Psychic Development, Healing, Mediumship, Past Lives, Channelling, and Connecting with Your Angels and Guides.

Ashley Sky Litecky
Ashley Litecky, founder of Deep Green Wellness, is a yoga instructor and clinical herbalist. She enjoys her time traveling and offering yoga classes, retreats, and workshops around the world. Clinically, Ashley partners with her clients exploring the areas of nutrition, individual constitutional patterns, and emotional healing.  She is committed to the healing partnership that she enters with her clients, and works with them to inspire new ways of finding balance. She received her B.A. from the University of Maryland in Integrative Health Studies, and completed her M.S. in Clinical Herbal Medicine from the Tai Sophia Institute. Ashley has taught classes on herbal medicine at George Washington University, U.S. Botanical Gardens, and at NIH. Her interest in nutrition, healing and indigenous medicine has inspired her to travel and study Aboriginal medicine in Australia and tropical plant medicines in Costa Rica. Currently Ashley serves as the director and primary faculty of the Blue Heron Wellness Yoga Teacher Training Program and teaches on the topics of Ayurveda, Yogic Philosophy, and Yoga for Wellness.

Susan Kohm
Susan began studying expressive and ritual arts in 1995 and was inspired by their ability to help individuals to create a vision for the future.  Her Art & Soul retreats use a powerful combination of collage, writing, imagery and ritual to help clients to listen deeply to their own voice, reveal more of their hidden potential and to access the wisdom needed to bring their vision into being. Susan has led Art & Soul retreats for individuals and organizations as well as facilitating rites of passage programs for adolescents and their families. As a career and life coach, Susan helps her clients to lead more authentic and fulfilling lives. Certified as a Rockport Institute Career Coach, Susan offers her clients the finest gift and talent testing in the world.  Her approach to coaching is holistic and customized to fit each client’s unique profile.  At the core of her approach is the simple but profound idea that life and career satisfaction rests in doing what we do best.

Spaces Limited, Register Early
Send contact and mailing information to ashley@deepgreenwellness.com. Include the total number of participants. You will receive an email response and a mailed packet of information. Cash, check and credit cards accepted. Payment and plans and work study options available.

Work Study Option
As a service oriented organization, Deep Green would like to extend four positions open to those interested in assisting in the promotion, set up and administration of our retreat. This opportunity is open to those with financial need and who are interesting in being a part of the retreat team. These spaces are available at a first-come-first-serve basis. Participants will need to arrive at the retreat space at 8:00 am on Saturday and have a flexible departure time. If you are interested please email ashley@deepgreenwellness.com and provide the following information. 

To Register
Download and complete this form and email it to ashley@deepgreenwellness.com.