100 hr Intensive WEEK 7

February 17-22, 2025

DAY 25 : Monday, February 17

  • Practice Mantra Meditation with Chrissy

    • JOURNAL PROMPT: Define “Meditation” in your own words. Use 3 or more full sentences. EMAIL your definition to Chrissy… and feel free to write more and more on this in your journal!

    • 1 hr, YTT1.

  • Practice Ashtanga Primary Series with Chrissy. 1.5 hr, YTT1.

  • HOMEWORK: WATCH + take notes on Types of Yoga with Chrissy. 1 hr, YTT3.

    • Homework #1: Choose 1 "old school" style discussed in the video to research. Does the practice change if we study yoga as a piece of human history? How? Can we gain knowledge of self through this study? Respond to Chrissy via email: chrissylefavour@gmail.com

    • Homework #2: BRAINSTORM 5 styles of "new school" yoga and write what comes up in the comments below the video

DAY 26 : Tuesday, February 18

DAY 27: Thursday, February 20

DAY 28: Saturday, February 22

  • Practice Bhastrika, Kapalabhati + Bramari Meditation with Chrissy. 1 hr, YTT1.

    • JOURNAL PROMPT: What have you learned about meditation so far? Which techniques interest you the most, if any? Will you integrate meditation into a daily practice? Or have you already?

  • Vinyasa Practice with Chrissy. 1 hr, YTT1

  • HOMEWORK:

    • Mudras: CLICK HERE for some of our favorite mudras, use passcode MUDRA2020 to enter. A lovely practice to enhance focus during both meditation and asana sessions!

    • DRISHTIS and Pratyahara (Part 1) with Chrissy . HOMEWORK: CONSIDER DRISHTI, the 3rd element in the Ashtanga practice and another connection between physical and mental practice (pranayama and bandhas being the ones we've looked at already). What are your favorite drishtis? Why is teaching drishti important? Where can we try to bridge the physical and mental gap as teachers and practitioners? Why is this valuable? JOURNAL. .5 hr, YTT3.

    • Practice Teach: Consider the 5 elements on p 10 in your YTT manual. Using your knowledge so far create a lesson plan to teach with the goal being introducing and explaining these 5 elements (physically AND energetically). Then find a student and practice teach, OR upload a recording of your class to our media album. YTT5, 1 hour

  • REVIEW: We have 1 week left! Please review all weeks + content posted, as well as you notes. Look for questions or subject you’d like to review, EMAIL CHRISSY what comes up. And total your hours so far…! Use this as a chance to review + organize next steps. 1 hr, YTT4.