asce2 2012 APYTI Ayurvedic Self Care Educators level II closing ceremony. From left: Connie Fisher*, Wendy Hitt, Aliyah Doughty*, Amadea, Deva Khalsa*, Marguerite Wilson, Tim Blair, friend Astrid Uryson. Not shown: Ina Rucker, Lian Reed, Marina Athanasiadi, Lori Johnson*, Stephanie Rogers. *Graduation completed

 

Mission Statement:

The Ayurveda Polarity and Yoga Therapy Institute provides hands-on experiential and academic training in the fields of Ayurvedic nutrition, self care, Marma Therapy, and Polarity Therapy. We are committed to integrating these with the emerging field of yoga therapy to create win-win opportunities for sustainable healing, for graduates of our programs and for those who work with them.

Philosophy:

There is a yogic stream of consciousness that cuts across all traditions and religions. Whether we call it Buddha mind, the Self, Christ Consciousness, makes no difference. It is the awareness needed to navigate challenging times. Ayurveda, Polarity and Yoga Therapy together offer many creative techniques for calming and healing the body, mind and nervous system, to access this more deeply effective state. The timeless eight-limb path offers us the opportunity to be able to do this. In turn, our deepened clarity, health, and inspiration can be a resource for the communities in which we are active. We invite you to work with us, to support your own healing and the healing of those around you.

"To be hopeful in bad times is not just foolishly romantic. It is based on the fact that human history is a history not only of cruelty but also of compassion, sacrifice, courage, kindness.

What we choose to emphasize in this complex history will determine our lives. If we see only the worst, it destroys our capacity to do something. If we remember those times and places – and there are so many – where people have behaved magnificently, this gives us the energy to act, and at least the possibility of sending this spinning top of a world in a different direction.

And if we do act, in however small a way, we don’t have to wait for some grand utopian future. The future is an infinite succession of presents, and to live now as we think human beings should live, in defiance of all that is bad (A.M.: or difficult) around us, is itself a marvelous victory.”

—Howard Zinn, quoted in Ecology Action Newletter, August 2011

Contact info:

Ayurveda Polarity & Yoga Therapy Institute
7 Avenida Vista Grande #186, Santa Fe, New Mexico 87508
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(505) 466-4108

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