Reunify Yoga 300 hr Yoga Teacher Training
Aug
2
to Nov 24

Reunify Yoga 300 hr Yoga Teacher Training

reUnify Yoga has put together a comprehensive 300 hr Yoga Teacher Training curriculum designed to propel you into exponential growth within yourself and what you share with the world. We have curated the best of the best facilitators in San Diego who are true professionals at what they offer. This training has a strong emphasis on philosophy, anatomical adaptability of the practice, teaching skillfully with an authentic voice, and many other incredibly valuable focuses.

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Sojourn Healing Collective 200-Hr. Yoga Teacher Training
Jan
31
to May 5

Sojourn Healing Collective 200-Hr. Yoga Teacher Training

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Our 200 Hour Teacher Training program is both teacher training and life training. You will learn how to navigate the totality of your human experience; mentally physically and emotionally, with skillful awareness and curiosity. In deepening your self-awareness, you will develop authentic ways to share the ancient practice of Yoga with others.

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Sage Yoga Studios 200 Hour Yoga Teacher Training Program
Jan
26
to May 10

Sage Yoga Studios 200 Hour Yoga Teacher Training Program

Sage Yoga Studios 200 Hour Yoga Teacher Training (YTT) program is designed to immerse students in the intensive and spiritual teachings and practices of traditional yoga, preparing them to teach yoga to a diverse population, creating thoughtful, knowledgeable, and empowered teachers. Aligned with Yoga Alliance standards, our curriculum covers everything from anatomy and asana to philosophy and professional development.

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Breathe Ojai 200-Hr. Yoga Teacher Training
Apr
29
to Nov 26

Breathe Ojai 200-Hr. Yoga Teacher Training

Taina joins colleagues from the LMU Yoga Studies MA Program to teach at Breathe Ojai for their 2023 200-hr Yoga Teacher Training in Ojai, CA. With a focus on engaging activism through education, Taina shines a light on Yoga’s revisionist history and potential as a technology for social change. Taina leads the following modules:

  • Yoga History & Culture

  • Yoga as Social Change

This immersive training is designed specifically for the person who wants to approach yoga and/or yoga teaching from a therapeutic perspective with an emphasis on embodied self-knowledge.

There is no need to want to become a teacher. In fact, focusing on being a student might just be a wonderful route to go! 

Become inspired to be of service, find reverence and deep respect for yogic teachings, and, most of all, continue on your own personal path to awakening. 

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300-hr. Yoga Teacher Training with Kellie Livingstone & Nam Chanterrwyn at Pilgrimage of the Heart San Diego
Feb
4
to Jul 29

300-hr. Yoga Teacher Training with Kellie Livingstone & Nam Chanterrwyn at Pilgrimage of the Heart San Diego

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Taina Rodriguez-Berardi joins Kellie Livingstone and Nam Chanterrwyn at Pilgrimage of the Heart in San Diego, CA for their 2023 300-hr. Yoga Teacher Training. With a focus on engaging activism through education, Taina shines a light on Yoga’s revisionist history and potential as a technology for social change. Taina will be leading the following modules:

  • Yoga History & Culture

  • Yoga & Social Change

This training will focus on anatomy, biomechanics, and the nervous system with a secondary emphasis on yoga philosophy, social justice, and teaching accessible yoga. This training is accredited with Yoga Alliance

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Reunify Yoga 200-hr. Yoga teacher Training
Feb
3
to May 13

Reunify Yoga 200-hr. Yoga teacher Training

Taina Rodriguez-Berardi joins the teaching staff of reUnify yoga for their 2023 200-hr Yoga Teacher Training in Ocean Beach, CA. With a focus on engaging activism through education, Taina shines a light on Yoga’s revisionist history and potential as a technology for social change. Taina will be leading the following modules:

  • Yoga History & Culture

  • Yoga & Social Change

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Sage Yoga Studios 200-hr. Yoga Teacher Training
Jan
21
to Apr 15

Sage Yoga Studios 200-hr. Yoga Teacher Training

Taina co-leads this 2023 200-hr. Yoga Teacher Training with Yoga Therapist Leslie Salmon at Sage Yoga Studios in Fallbrook, CA. With a focus on engaging activism through education, Taina shines a light on Yoga’s revisionist history and potential as a technology for social change. Taina will be leading the following modules:

  • Yoga History & Culture

  • Yoga Philosophy

  • Yoga as Social Change

  • Meditation

  • Yin Yoga

Yoga Teacher Training is a life transforming experience! This course is ideal for aspiring teachers and serious students wishing to deepen their practice. Participants will gain an in-depth understanding of the life-changing benefits of Yoga – its elements of physical practice skillfully woven together with meditation, breath work, and self-exploration. You will emerge with the confidence and tools to begin to teach what you love!

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Honey Yoga 200-hr. Yoga Teacher Training
Jan
6
to Apr 16

Honey Yoga 200-hr. Yoga Teacher Training

Taina Rodriguez-Berardi joins the teaching staff of Honey Yoga for their 2023 200-hr Yoga Teacher Training in San Diego, CA. With a focus on engaging activism through education, Taina shines a light on Yoga’s revisionist history and potential as a technology for social change. Taina will be leading the following modules:

  • Yoga History & Culture

  • Yoga & Social Change

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LMU Yoga Day 2022: Embodied Intersectionality -- An Accessible Yoga & Social Change Practice
Oct
22
9:00 AM09:00

LMU Yoga Day 2022: Embodied Intersectionality -- An Accessible Yoga & Social Change Practice

Join guest presenter Taina Rodriguez-Berardi at Loyola Marymount University for the 11th Annual Yoga Day - free celebration of Yoga traditions, experiences, and its many expressions.

Embodied Intersectionality -- An Accessible Yoga & Social Change Practice

As intersectional beings yearning for connection and community, it is through the shared lived experience that we cultivate a sense of belonging and become bound in a solidarity of empathy and compassion. Though, we also find ourselves bound by systems of inequality based on historical, political, and cultural social constructs that deepen the dynamics of difference. In this embodied yoga and social change practice, we will examine how one’s multifaceted identity, with regard to the intersection of gender, race, gender expression, sexual orientation, class, age, ability level, geographic location and other key social identifiers, determines one’s proximity to power and privilege, or disenfranchisement towards marginalization and oppression. Together we will hold ourselves accountable for action and advance the realization of accessible, just, and equitable embodied practices for all. With a concentration on education, advocacy, and community building, Yoga & Social Change incorporates Yoga philosophies and practices as tools for personal growth and powerful instruments of individual and communal transformation. This will be an all-levels, restorative, and gentle physical practice that will otherwise challenge and stimulate the connective tissue of the mind-body-spirit complex. Bring your yoga mat, props, journal, and an open heart.

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Yoga 108 300-hr. Advanced Teacher Training
Oct
7
to Jan 22

Yoga 108 300-hr. Advanced Teacher Training

Taina Rodriguez-Berardi heads back to Long Beach to join the teaching staff of Yoga 108 for their 2022-2023 300-hr. Yoga Teacher Training. With a focus on engaging activism through education, Taina shines a light on Yoga’s revisionist history and potential as a technology for social change. Taina will be leading the following modules:

  • Yoga History & Culture

  • Yoga & Social Change

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Sojourn Healing Collective Fall 2022 200-hr. Yoga Teacher Training
Sep
24
to Sep 25

Sojourn Healing Collective Fall 2022 200-hr. Yoga Teacher Training

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Taina her residence as part of the teaching staff at Sojourn Healing Collective for their Summer and Fall 200-hour Yoga Teacher Training containers to teach modules on the History of Yoga and Yoga & Social Change.

History of Modern Yoga - A discussion of Yoga's historical origins and process by which Yoga became an important phenomenon in the cultural life of America and the West.

Yoga & Social Change - The importance of Accessibility, Diversity, and Equity in the Yoga Studio and Beyond. Social justice change-making operates on shared values of breaking-down divisive barriers and challenging limiting beliefs about intersectional identities such as ability, race, class, gender, sexual orientation, body image, and criminal background. With a concentration on decolonization, advocacy, and community building, we will discuss how to engage Yoga philosophies and practices as tools for personal growth and powerful instruments of communal transformation.

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Unpacking Appropriation in Wellness
Aug
21
5:00 PM17:00

Unpacking Appropriation in Wellness

New Virtual Workshop— Unpacking Appropriation in Wellness on Sunday, August 21 from 5-7PM PT

ABOUT: Social justice change-making operates on shared values of challenging limiting beliefs, breaking-down divisive barriers, and repairing harm when possible.

In this workshop, we will use a social justice framework to consider the sources, emblems, and power dynamics of cultural appropriation within wellness spaces.

We will also investigate the embedded nature of colonialism, capitalism, and patriarchy that creates separation and harm within our lived experience.

To sign-up and for more info: ReikaYoga.com

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Sojourn Healing Collective Summer 2022 200-hour Yoga Teacher Training
Jun
1
to Aug 7

Sojourn Healing Collective Summer 2022 200-hour Yoga Teacher Training

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Taina continues her residency as part of the teaching staff at Sojourn Healing Collective for their Summer and Fall 200-hour Yoga Teacher Training containers to teach modules on the History of Yoga and Yoga & Social Change.

History of Modern Yoga - A discussion of Yoga's historical origins and process by which Yoga became an important phenomenon in the cultural life of America and the West.

Yoga & Social Change - The importance of Accessibility, Diversity, and Equity in the Yoga Studio and Beyond. Social justice change-making operates on shared values of breaking-down divisive barriers and challenging limiting beliefs about intersectional identities such as ability, race, class, gender, sexual orientation, body image, and criminal background. With a concentration on decolonization, advocacy, and community building, we will discuss how to engage Yoga philosophies and practices as tools for personal growth and powerful instruments of communal transformation.

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Yoga108 Spring 2022 200-hour Yoga Teacher Training
Apr
25
7:30 PM19:30

Yoga108 Spring 2022 200-hour Yoga Teacher Training

I’ll be joining the teaching staff at Yoga108 for their Spring 2022 200-hour Yoga Teacher Training to host conversations on the History of Yoga and Yoga & Social Change.

History of Modern Yoga - A discussion of Yoga's historical origins and process by which Yoga became an important phenomenon in the cultural life of America and the West.

Yoga & Social Change - The importance of Accessibility, Diversity, and Equity in the Yoga Studio and Beyond. Social justice change-making operates on shared values of breaking-down divisive barriers and challenging limiting beliefs about intersectional identities such as ability, race, class, gender, sexual orientation, body image, and criminal background. With a concentration on decolonization, advocacy, and community building, we will discuss how to engage Yoga philosophies and practices as tools for personal growth and powerful instruments of communal transformation.

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Reunify Yoga Spring 2022 200-hr Yoga Teacher Training
Apr
17
1:00 PM13:00

Reunify Yoga Spring 2022 200-hr Yoga Teacher Training

I’ll be joining the teaching staff at Reunify Yoga for their Spring 2022 200-hour Yoga Teacher Training to engage conversations on the History of Yoga and Yoga & Social Change.

History of Modern Yoga - A discussion of Yoga's historical origins and process by which Yoga became an important phenomenon in the cultural life of America and the West.

Yoga & Social Change - The importance of Accessibility, Diversity, and Equity in the Yoga Studio and Beyond. Social justice change-making operates on shared values of breaking-down divisive barriers and challenging limiting beliefs about intersectional identities such as ability, race, class, gender, sexual orientation, body image, and criminal background. With a concentration on decolonization, advocacy, and community building, we will discuss how to engage Yoga philosophies and practices as tools for personal growth and powerful instruments of communal transformation.

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Best You in 2022
Apr
14
5:30 PM17:30

Best You in 2022

Check this out - I’m being featured in virtual summit!!

💖 Become the Best You in 2022: Discover Simple Self-Care & Healing Tools to Create Your Best Life with Ease 💖

From January 11-17, 2022, the summit host, Melissa Shuton, is sharing interviews with some amazing women in the business of self-care, healing, health, and wellness. We’ll share tools and practices we use for cultivating our own wellbeing, empowering you to try them out for yourself, so you can…

✨ Improve Your Wellbeing ✨ Increase Your Self-Love ✨ Stay Focused on Your Goals ✨

Sign up today at www.BestYouIn2022.com


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10th Annual LMU Yoga Day 2021
Oct
2
6:00 AM06:00

10th Annual LMU Yoga Day 2021

Super excited for Loyola Marymount University’s 10th annual YOGA DAY 2021 — Saturday, October 2nd!

This year’s FREE event will take place on-campus for LMU students, staff, and faculty, as well as on Zoom for the wider global community! We will continue our conversation about how Yoga can be a vehicle for social justice, specifically exploring the paradox of singularity and plurality. We are also honored to welcome Rev. James Lawson to receive the Doshi Bridgebuilder Award on International Nonviolence Day, Gandhi's birthday.

I’ll be facilitating two virtual offerings this year!

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Sojourn 200-Hr Yoga Teacher Training
Sep
15
7:00 PM19:00

Sojourn 200-Hr Yoga Teacher Training

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Taina Rodriguez-Berardi is a guest lecturer in the Sojourn Healing Collective Fall 2021 200-hour Yoga Teacher Training. Taina will be teaching two advanced modules: Introduction to Sanskrit and History of Modern Yoga for Social Change. If you are interested in learning more: https://sojourn-healing-collective.mykajabi.com/yoga-teacher-training

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LMU Graduate Yoga Studies Podcast - SEASON 1 LAUNCH!
Sep
14
12:00 PM12:00

LMU Graduate Yoga Studies Podcast - SEASON 1 LAUNCH!

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Join Loyola Marymount University Yoga Studies Graduate Assistants Serenity Tedesco and Taina Rodriguez-Berardi for the inaugural season of the podcast where they challenge the popular understanding of yoga and the field of yoga studies with critical questions about authenticity, race, social justice, appropriation, colonialism, power dynamics, accessibility, and more.

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History of Modern Yoga Workshop
Jul
25
5:30 PM17:30

History of Modern Yoga Workshop

𝘏𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘔𝘰𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘯 𝘠𝘰𝘨𝘢 - A discussion of Yoga's historical origins, key texts and contributors, and the social movements by which Yoga became a phenomenon in the cultural life of America and the West. We’ll also discuss how dominant culture (via colonialism, imperialism, neoliberal capitalism, racism, medicalization of wellness, etc.) is constructed specifically to create a power imbalance within yoga between those with Western hegemonic power and those of its origins and other historically marginalized communities. ⁣

This virtual workshop is intended for yoga teachers and students who are tired of sanitized spiritual “stories,” are interested in learning a greater depth about the origins of practice, and having a deeper discussion about the realities of yoga’s journey to the proverbial mat of American consumer culture. ⁣

Join us on ReikaYoga.com.

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Yoga In Action: Show Up For India Benefit Class
May
8
12:00 PM12:00

Yoga In Action: Show Up For India Benefit Class

Join us at @yoga108studio for:
𝐘𝐨𝐠𝐚 𝐈𝐧 𝐀𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝘚𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘜𝘱 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘐𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘢 Benefit Class
𝐒𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐝𝐚𝐲, 𝐌𝐚𝐲 𝟖, 𝟏𝟐 - 𝟏:𝟑𝟎 𝐩.𝐦. 𝐏𝐃𝐓.
All donations will go to @aid.india ✨🙏🏽❤️
REGISTER HERE!

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Yoga + Social Change: A Mini-Course
Apr
10
9:00 AM09:00

Yoga + Social Change: A Mini-Course

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A mini-course for yoga students and teachers, wellness practitioners, and allies wanting to help cultivate accessible, diverse, and equitable sacred spaces and be a catalyst for social change. Social justice change-making operates on shared values of breaking-down divisive barriers and challenging limiting beliefs about intersectional identities such as ability, race, class, gender, sexual orientation, body image, and criminal background.

Learn How to Embody Yoga Practices as Means of Achieving Individual AND Collective Liberation. With a concentration on decolonization, advocacy, and community building, we will learn how to engage Yoga philosophies and practices as tools for personal growth and powerful instruments of communal transformation.

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28th San Diego Latino Film Festival
Mar
11
to Mar 21

28th San Diego Latino Film Festival

28th Annual San Diego Latino Film Festival

Big news from the San Diego Latino Film Festival: we have TWO drive-in activations planned for our 28th edition (March 11-21)! The festival will launch with a double feature celebrating our Opening Day on March 11 at the South Bay Drive-In! Dress to the nines and get ready to be the star of the night: We will have socially distanced photo opportunities at our step and repeat and red carpet! You bring the glitz, we'll bring the movies! Our second drive-in will take on place on March 20th at Westfield Mission Valley Mall. This all-afternoon and evening drive-in event will feature live music, and of course, movies! Beyond these in-person events, the festival will feature virtual screenings, panels, and talks throughout our festival dates, March 11-21, 2021. For the line-up of movies & schedule, please visit - https://sdlff2021.eventive.org/welcome

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14th Annual Conference of the South Asian Studies Association Panel: Critical Yoga Studies - Ethnographic Accounts of Modern Yoga
Feb
7
9:35 AM09:35

14th Annual Conference of the South Asian Studies Association Panel: Critical Yoga Studies - Ethnographic Accounts of Modern Yoga

Please join me and my fellow critical yoga studies scholar-practitioners for our panel at the 14th Annual Conference of the South Asian Studies Association

Panel 4A - Critical Yoga Studies: Ethnographic Accounts of Modern Yoga

Moderator: Christopher Miller, Loyola Marymount University, USA

  • John Flicker, LMU, USA. Constructing Feminist Narratives in Contemporary Śaktism via the Nine Night Goddess Worship Navarātrī Festival at Kālī Mandir

  • Gavriella Rubin, LMU, USA. “Yoga Off the Mat” and Spiritual Bypass: Understanding the Phrase “Yoga Off the Mat” and its Employment in Modern Yoga

  • Taina Rodriguez-Berardi, LMU, USA. Accessibility in Modern Yoga: An Intersectional Analysis and Approach to Social Change.

  • Serenity Tedesco, LMU, USA. Spirituality, Race, & Society: An Investigation of Whiteness Sanghas & Its Effects.

Free to RSVP and attend!

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LMU Truth and Reconciliation: The Sin of Jesuit Slaveholding
Feb
4
4:00 PM16:00

LMU Truth and Reconciliation: The Sin of Jesuit Slaveholding

Truth and Reconciliation: The Sin of Jesuit Slaveholding

The Office of Intercultural Affairs, as part of the CSJ Center 2021 Symposium and the LMU Anti-Racism Project,  is hosting a virtual forum with the Jesuit Community on February 4 from 4-5:30 pm. Truth and Reconciliation: The Sin of Jesuit Slaveholding will feature panelists: Fr. Tim Kesicki, SJ, President of the Jesuit Conference, Cheryllyn Branche, President of the GU272 Descendants Association and Danielle Harrison, Co-Director of the Slavery, History, Memory and Reconciliation Project.

Panelists:

  • Fr. Tim Kesicki, SJ, President of the Jesuit Conference

  • Cheryllyn Branche, President of the GU272 Descendants Association

  • Danielle Harrison, M.A., J.D., Co-Director of the Slavery, History, Memory and Reconciliation Project

Departmental Sponsors:

  • Office of Intercultural Affairs

  • Jesuit Community

  • Office of the Vice President for Student Affairs

  • Ethnic and Intercultural Services

  • ASLMU

  • GSLMU

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