Edge Alum: Meditation Workshop Series

Join us for an evening filled with engaging discussions, hands-on activities, and networking opportunities with fellow Edge Alum members. Whether you're a recent graduate or a seasoned professional, this workshop series is designed to help you sharpen your skills and stay ahead in your career.

Don't miss out on this chance to connect with like-minded individuals, gain valuable insights, and have a great time in a cozy setting. Mark your calendar and get ready for an unforgettable experience!

RYS 300 Edge Yoga School

Workshop Name: Meditation Techniques

Syllabus Section: Yoga Anatomy, Pratyahara, and Niyama; Ahimsa.

Yoga Alliance Category: PRANAYAMA & SUBTLE BODY, and YOGA HUMANITIES

Purpose of Workshop: Guide students into a deeper understanding and awareness of

connective tissues and muscles in their body, and also the mind body connection.

Workshop Theme: Meditation strategies

Workshop Date: 10/06/2025

Venue Details:

Location: Enclave in Wheaton

What do you need provided? Enclave work space.

What do you need to bring? Notes (mudras), mat.

Tuition: $20 suggested donation, complementary for YTT students

Class Minimum/Maximum: Max 8

Workshop Description: Students will learn about the mind body connection using

breath and different strategies to help connect. They will also learn about the brain; how

it receives feedback, and how we can train it.

2. INSPIRATION

Is this lecture, practice or both? Both

Who is your audience? YTT Students

What are you passionate about sharing? It is essential to understanding yourself

better, in order to be happy and healthy. To Inspire the mind, body and soul connection.

What learning objectives do you want the students to leave the workshop with?

Students will learn methods to become aware of their energy, as well as ways to

build and preserve energy.

Students will learn different meditation techniques as well as lifestyle practices to

foster their mediation practice.Students will practice pranayama meditation and mantra meditation (they will

create their own personal mantra to use when meditating).

Students will learn how to eat to best support neurons with healthy eating.

3. SCHEDULE:

A: Welcoming (5 min):

withdrawal from the senses).

Introduction, agenda, and settling in with mindful breathing (pratyahara:

B: Lecture with discussion (50 min)

1. Definitions of meditation (see notes below).

a. Discussion: How would you define meditation?

b. The Brain: Neuroplasticity & Negativity Bias

c. Lecture on Notes (Section B.1)

2. Yogic practices to prepare you for meditation:

a. Pratyahara, dharana, dhyana (see notes below)

3. Meditation strategies.

a. Awareness of Energy

i. What is it and where does it come from?

ii. Energy inherited vs. created.

1. Energy from mental tension (emotions)

2. Physical Energy

4. Meditative lifestyle

a. Conserving your energy for what matters.

i. Pace: Moving at a mindful pace.

ii. Eating: mindfully consuming (sugar, alcohol, and other

stimulants). Amino acids.

iii. Environment: Being in Nature, not being in stressful

situations (work included)

C. Closing.

1. Answer questions

2. Identify a change you could make to make meditation easier for

you.

3. Gratitude, Meta, and Namaste.