Amina Naru and Pamela Stokes Eggleston – Yoga for Self-Care

Amina Naru and Pamela Stokes Eggleston – Yoga for Self-Care

Burned out or fatigued? Many folks turn to acts of self-kindness, like massages or meals out. While they may feel good in the moment, you may need a radical shift to sustain joy, energy, and resilience in your life. Join Amina Naru and Pamela Stokes Eggleston—co-founders of Retreat to Spirit and former co-executive directors of Yoga Service Council—for a step-by-step program that helps you develop an effective system of self-care. Over six weeks you’ll better understand, process, and remove the obstacles that stand in the way of your well-being, so you can live from your overflow—not your reserves.

Self-care isn’t selfish—it’s revolutionary. In this course Amina and Pam break down the layers of meaningful self-care: how to unpack your life experience to develop useful rituals; how your environment, different forms of trauma, and society affect your ability (and inability) to cultivate self-care; and how to create healing spaces. They’ll also invite experts to talk about the psychology and neurobiology of emotional well-being and share their own self-care toolkits. Plus, you’ll explore how to best share these tools and techniques with your community. Don’t miss this journey of self-discovery!

Here’s what you’ll learn:

– What is self-care?

– The science and neurobiology of self-care

– How your life experience contributes to your ability (or inability) to cultivate self-care

– How different forms of trauma, your environment, and society at large impacts your well-being

– Toolkits and techniques from experts that empower you to create your own healing rituals

– How to develop a personal vision statement to guide your efforts moving forward

Each week you’ll get:

– Discussions to help you understand self-care

– Meaningful interviews, tools, and techniques from experts on how to integrate self-care into your life

– A replenishing morning or evening practice, through video or webinar

Plus, you’ll access:

– A webinar recording with Amina and Pam, in which they present bonus lessons and practices, and answer learner questions

– A private Facebook group, where you can connect with Amina, Pam, and fellow students

Curriculum:

Section 1: What is Self-Care?

– What self-care is (and isn’t)

– Basic science of self-care

– Self-care & the subtle body

– Creating healing spaces

– Amina & Pam’s toolbox

– Guest toolbox

– Morning & evening practices

– Journaling assignment

Section 2: Getting Into Your Stuff; Getting Out of Your Own Way

– Overcoming self-care shaming

– Cultivating resilience

– Guest toolbox

– Morning & evening practices

– Journaling assignment

Section 3: Trauma

– Different forms of trauma

– Moral injury

– Guest toolbox

– Morning & evening practices

– Journaling assignment

Section 4: Societal Implications

– How society impacts your ability to cultivate self-care

– Microaggressions: What are they? How do they affect your health?

– Guest toolbox

– Morning & evening practices

– Journaling assignment

Section 5: Community Care

– What is community care?

– How you can effectively share self-care practices with your community

Section 6: Best Practices for Self-Care

– How to develop a personal mission & vision statement

– Guest toolbox

– Journaling assignment