Warrior Path Immersion Workshops

Each workshop is 3 hours

Foundation, Seasonal Framework & Embodied Movement

Purpose:
Set the container, understand Kapha season, identify individual constitution, and begin embodying the seasonal shift through functional movement, yoga therapy principles, and nervous-system-aware sequencing.

1. Opening + Centering Practice + Immersion Overview — 10 min
   Gentle grounding practice to arrive in the body.
   Introduce the seasonal lens, nervous system focus, and why Kapha season requires movement that creates circulation without overwhelm.
    
2. Dosha Test + Individual Reflection — 20 min
   Participants complete a dosha assessment and reflect on how Kapha shows up personally (energy, motivation, joints, digestion, mood).
    
3. Ayurvedic Overview: Doshas, Gunas & Seasonal Shifts — 20 min
   • Kapha qualities (heavy, slow, stable, cool, damp)
   • How these qualities accumulate in spring
   • Why stagnation is physiological, not a lack of discipline
   • The relationship between Kapha, fascia, lymph, and joint stiffness
    
4. A Seasonal Approach to Practice + Teaching — 20 min
   How seasonal physiology changes what the body needs from movement:
   • Why static holds and passive stretching can increase Kapha
   • Why rhythm, load, and mobility are medicine in spring
   • How to adapt yoga practices seasonally for sustainability
    
5. Embodiment Practice: Kapha Reset Flow — 40 min
   A guided movement practice blending:
   • functional mobility
   • joint-centered strength
   • rhythmic transitions
   • breath-led pacing
    

Focus on:
• warming the tissues
• improving circulation and lymphatic flow
• gently stimulating the nervous system without pushing

1. Introduction to Power Yoga (Heating + Mobile Approach) — 20 min
   Reframing power yoga as:
   • intelligent sequencing
   • purposeful load and repetition
   • nervous-system-aware intensity
    

Discussion of how to use power elements seasonally instead of habitually.

1. How to Integrate Functional Movement into Yoga — 20 min
   Practical framework for teachers and practitioners:
   • hinge, squat, lunge, rotate, carry
   • why multi-plane movement matters for Kapha
   • how load and resistance wake up dormant tissue
   • adapting functional strength for different bodies and levels
    

This bridges yoga therapy, functional training, and seasonal sequencing.

1. Embodiment Practice: Integrative Flow + Nervous System Downshift — 30 min
   Movement transitions into slower pacing, longer exhalations, and grounding shapes.
   Participants experience how to stimulate Kapha without dysregulating the nervous system.
    

Breath, Sadhana, Therapeutic Asana & Kapha Meditation

Purpose:
Understand why Kapha-balancing breath and movement work together, and learn how to build a sustainable daily practice that creates momentum.

1. Centering Practice — 10 min
   Gentle movement and breath to bring awareness into the ribs, spine, and pelvis.
    
2. Integration Check-In + Q&A — 15 min
   Processing insights from Friday.
    
3. Kapha Season Breathwork Education — 15 min
   • seasonal changes in breathing mechanics
   • Kapha and reduced respiratory expansion
   • intercostal breathing for circulation and clarity
   • why we follow stimulation with regulation
    
4. Breath Practice: Intercostal → Alternate Nostril — 10 min
   Direct experience of activating, then balancing, the nervous system.
    
5. How to Build Kapha-Balancing Asana — 60 min
   This is where functional movement, yoga therapy, and power yoga merge.
    

Includes:
• sequencing for spring energy
• functional strength embedded in asana
• joint prep + mobility strategies
• load and repetition options
• breath-to-movement integration
• how to design a daily Sadhana that creates momentum without burnout

Participants learn how to build these practices, not just follow them.

1. Introduction to Meditation — 10 min
   Why Kapha benefits from clarity-based, uplifting meditation styles.
    
2. Kapha-Specific Meditation — 10 min
   Understanding the intention behind the practice.
    
3. Loving Kindness (Metta) Meditation — 25 min
   A heart-opening, lightening practice to counter Kapha heaviness.
    
4. Q&A + Open Discussion — 15 min
    

Teaching Methodology, Practice Teaching & Integration

Purpose:
Integrate the work into something usable — for teaching, personal practice, and daily life.

1. Teaching Methodology + Practice Teaching — 2 hours
   Small groups explore teaching from a seasonal, functional, and therapeutic lens.
    

Includes:
• cueing and pacing for Kapha bodies
• sequencing choices: therapeutic, power, functional
• integrating breath safely
• choosing intensity intelligently
• teaching segments to one another
• supportive, constructive feedback

1. Integration Circle + Q&A — 30 min
   Reflection on how this work applies to personal health and teaching.
    
2. Closing + Guided Savasana — 30 min
   A grounding, regulating close to seal the work into the nervous system.