Y12SR: Yoga of 12-Step Recovery Leadership Training
with Dana Walters
Friday – Sunday, September 25-27, 2020 | held online via Zoom
Yoga of 12-Step Recovery (Y12SR) is a holistic model designed to address the physical, mental, and spiritual disease of addiction.
The characteristics and effects of addiction could easily be described as separation. Addictive behaviors disconnect us from ourselves, our loved ones, our environment and so much more. Conversely, yoga itself means union, integration, balance. Yoga and its practices teach the fine art of balancing our multidimensional lives while living in a complex world.
Yoga of 12-Step Recovery was created as a holistic model to address the physical, mental and spiritual dis-ease of addiction. Informed by the latest research in neuroscience and trauma healing, Y12SR “connects the dots” by combining the somatic approach of yoga with the cognitive approach of the 12-step recovery model – the most well-known addiction recovery program in the world, with millions of active practitioners.
The characteristics and effects of addiction could easily be described as separation. Addictive behaviors disconnect us from ourselves, our loved ones, our environment and so much more. Conversely, yoga itself means union, integration, balance. Yoga and its practices teach the fine art of balancing our multidimensional lives while living in a complex world.
Yoga of 12-Step Recovery was created as a holistic model to address the physical, mental and spiritual dis-ease of addiction. Informed by the latest research in neuroscience and trauma healing, Y12SR “connects the dots” by combining the somatic approach of yoga with the cognitive approach of the 12-step recovery model – the most well-known addiction recovery program in the world, with millions of active practitioners.
In the Y12SR Leadership Training we:
- Create safe, sacred, open, inclusive space that welcomes all those dealing with their own addictive behavior or are affected by the addictive behavior of others.
- Understand the 12-step process of addiction recovery as well as recognizing the symptomology of unresolved trauma, and a dys-regulated nervous system.
- Use yoga and its practices to provide relapse prevention tools and sustainable ways for managing internal states.
- Take advantage of teachable moments, help resolve ambivalence and work with those who are struggling emotionally.
- Use social learning theory to model new behavior through observational learning.
- Recognize the traps of projection, transference, countertransference, boundary violation, spiritual bypass, arrogance.
- Work collaboratively within the group setting and with institutions.
- Develop a network of professionals including trauma experts and others in the addiction/recovery treatment field.
This training is designed for yoga teachers wanting to work with the recovery population. It is also found to be extremely relevant and helpful for therapists, counselors, social workers, probation officers and others with a desire to understand how the ancient philosophies and practices of yoga align with the 12-step program of recovery.
To be a certified Y12SR Leader, you must complete both the Y12SR Leadership Training and Y12SR Intensive, which is now available online. We suggest taking the Online Intensive prior to Leadership Training.
To be a certified Y12SR Leader, you must complete both the Y12SR Leadership Training and Y12SR Intensive, which is now available online. We suggest taking the Online Intensive prior to Leadership Training.
Dates/Times/Location/Cost & Other Details
- Location: Held online via Zoom
- Dates: Fri-Sun, September 25-27
- Times: Friday 5-9pm, Saturday 9-6pm, Sunday 9-4pm
- Early Bird Pricing: $375 through August 27, 2020
- Regular Pricing: $400 after August 27, 2020
- Payment plans available, contact taylor@sanghastudio.org for details
- VSAC advancement grants accepted
About Dana Walters
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Dana Walters, E-RYT500, is the co-founder of Project Yoga Richmond (PYR), a non-profit organization in Virginia, where she serves as Volunteer, Ambassador, Instructor, Co-Director, Outreach Coordinator, and serves on the board. In 2014 alone, PYR provided over 1400 free, reduced-cost, and donation-based Yoga and meditation classes to individuals in need, including seniors, survivors of domestic violence, those in addiction recovery, and adults and children with developmental challenges. Dana has represented PYR at YSC’s Annual Conference at Omega Institute since 2014.
With family history and a personal journey with addiction and recovery, Dana found herself inspired by instructors with a similar path. She completed her RYT-500 certification with Rolf Gates, and studied under the guidance of Nikki Myers, founder of The Yoga of 12 Step Recovery (Y12SR). She became a Y12SR leader in 2011 and has offered Y12SR meetings in Richmond as part of PYR’s outreach ever since. In 2015, she became a Y12SR trainer after completing a mentoring program with Nikki. |
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She is honored to share the practices of Yoga and 12 Step Recovery with the world, through Y12SR, and to show how an ancient and sacred practice, applied mindfully to the human condition, can bring integration, wholeness and healing to an often disconnected, challenging and troubled world.
Dana’s work has been featured in Origin Magazine, Yoga Journal, and soon The Huffington Post. She was honored in 2012, receiving Style Weekly’s “Top 40 Under 40” Award for as an agent of positive change. Dana holds an undergraduate degree in Psychology with a minor in Religion from Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, where she lives with her husband and several rescued dogs.
Dana’s work has been featured in Origin Magazine, Yoga Journal, and soon The Huffington Post. She was honored in 2012, receiving Style Weekly’s “Top 40 Under 40” Award for as an agent of positive change. Dana holds an undergraduate degree in Psychology with a minor in Religion from Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, where she lives with her husband and several rescued dogs.
