Lineage Teacher Training Summer 2010
Greetings!
The Lineage Project is one of the nation’s leading non-profit organizations providing alternative tools for physical, emotional and mental wellness to at-risk and incarcerated youth ages 10 to 21. Through the teaching of yoga and meditation to over 600 of these youth annually throughout New York City, we provide a unique forum to cultivate resiliency and positive youth development, offering tools that can transform young lives.
Attend our upcoming trainings to learn about The Lineage Project and the model we use to bring mindfulness practices to youth at high risk for involvement in the juvenile/criminal justice system.
There is an alternative!
ONE-DAY TRAINING, SATURDAY JULY 17th, 2010, 10am to 4pm
COST: $90 ($75 if you register by June 30th)
Participants will learn about a Lineage Project class and then get first-hand experience planning and teaching parts of the model.Discussions will center on an overview of the juvenile justice system, societal elements that put youth at risk and how we can help youth empower themselves through the use of awareness-based practices in their daily lives.
The one-day workshop will be taught by senior teacher, Leslie Booker.
Leslie Booker received her 200 hour yoga teacher training and her pre-natal yoga teacher training in 2007. She immediately began working with pregnant and parenting teen girls. Her work with at-risk populations continued in 2008 when she started working with incarcerated youth through the Lineage Project. She has become one of our instructors for the teacher training. She is a member of the Kripalu Yoga Teachers Association as well as the International Association of Black Yoga Teachers.
FIVE-DAY WORKSHOP: MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY AUGUST 16th -20th, 2010, 9am to 1:30pm
COST: $300 ($225 if you register by August 1)
Each day you will learn components of the Lineage Project’s Class Model as we practice together. Throughout the week you will get first-hand experience planning and teaching the model, culminating in teaching a full class. Additionally, training segments will include effective communication strategies, resiliency theory and addressing stress and trauma. Discussions will also focus on current reforms in the juvenile justice system in New York City. The workshop is open to teachers, clinicians, parents, juvenile justice staff and advocates and anyone interested in at-risk youth.
The five-day workshop will be taught by Jeramy Zimmerman, Program Director; Beth Navon, Executive Director; and special trainers TBA
Jeramy Zimmerman came to the Lineage Project as a volunteer in 2005, and has enjoyed teaching (and learning) at various Lineage sites since then. In 2007, she became Lineage’s Program Manager and she remains excited and inspired by her role. Jeramy is certified through OM Yoga Center in NYC. As a dancer and choreographer, Jeramy has worked with at-risk youth since 1993 and she sees her work with Lineage as a path fusing her prior work with her yoga practice.
Beth Navon, Executive Director, has been an administrator in the non-profit sector for over twenty-five years. Recognized for her expertise in the mental health field, she has traveled all over the country to be on panels, lead workshops and moderate national conferences. She created a nationally recognized service delivery model for youth re-entering the community after incarceration.Ms. Navon has a Masters degree in Social Work. Ms. Navon has also been a yoga practitioner for over 35 years and recently passed her exam to become a certified yoga teacher.
“ I LOVED IT. Intensely moving, transformative and generous.” --Past teacher training participant
LINEAGE PROJECT TRAININGS to be held at:
Urban Zen Center
711 Greenwich Street
New York, NY 10014
registration : http://www.urbanzen.org
additional information: Beth@lineageproject.org
Sharon Salzberg & Robert Thurman:
Working with Your Enemies
A Labor Day Weekend Retreat with Sharon Salzberg & Robert A.F. Thurman
Friday, September 3rd — Monday, September 6th
An enemy, whether within (in the shape of a habitual, painful mind state) or without (as someone for whom we steadily feel antipathy or fear) marks the edge between limited lovingkindness, compassion, sympathetic joy and equanimity and the potential boundlessness of these qualities.
In exoteric Buddhism, “the enemy” is personified by “Mara” the devil, whom Buddha overcomes through the skillful application of wisdom and compassion. In this workshop we will consider how Mara is dealt with in the Holy Teachings of Vimalakirti as well as how Mara is viewed in other Mahayana and Vajrayana teachings. We will explore inner and outer enemies, look at the fear, anger, and anguish generated by being stuck in a mode of “us” and “them”, and focus on the liberation we are capable of. There will be periods of dialogue, discourse, question and answer, and meditation practice.
Sharon Salzberg is cofounder of the Insight Meditation Society (IMS) in Barre, Massachusetts. She is one of America’s leading spiritual teachers and authors, and has been a student of Buddhism since 1971, leading meditation retreats worldwide since 1974. Sharon’s latest book is The Force of Kindness, published by Sounds True. She is also the author of Faith: Trusting Your Own Deepest Experience, published by Riverhead Books; Lovingkindness: The Revolutionary Art of Happiness and A Heart as Wide as the World, both published by Shambhala Publications; and co-author with Joseph Goldstein of Insight Meditation: A Step-by-Step Course on How to Meditate (audio), from Sounds True. For more information about Sharon, please visit: http://www.sharonsalzberg.com.
Robert A.F. Thurman is Professor of Indo-Tibetan Studies at Columbia University, President of Tibet House U.S., a popular lecturer on Tibetan Buddhism, the translator of many philosophical treatises and sutras, and author of numerous books including the national bestseller, Inner Revolution: Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Real Happiness; Anger, the fifth book from a series on the Seven Deadly Sins, offered by The New York Public Library and Oxford University Press. His most recent book is titled Why the Dalai Lama Matters: His Act of Truth as the Solution for China, Tibet, and the World, published by Atria Books/Beyond Words.
Tuition – $425 (per person); $383 (THUS members)
Accommodations - please refer to the tab below for options and pricing. See more details at Tibet House.
Cancellation Policy
- If you cancel two weeks prior to the program, you will receive a 100% refund, minus a $35 processing fee.
- If you cancel one full day to two weeks prior to the program, you will receive full credit, minus a $35 processing fee, which can be applied to any other Tibet House sponsored program at Menla. This credit is valid for one year.
- If you cancel the day of the program or do not show up for any reason, no refund or credit will be given.
Tibet House US/Menla Mountain Retreat reserves the right to cancel any program at any time for low enrollment or circumstances beyond our control. Should this happen, a full refund will be offered.
For More Info visit http://www.menla.org
To register, log on to http://www.menla.org or call 845.688.6897 ext.0
NY Insight Members Enjoy a 10% Discount on Tuition!
