Yoga of Recovery: Creating Awareness and Change
with Durga Leela, E-RYT 500 and Jan Brown
March 22 - 24, 2024
The journey from addiction recovery can be enormously challenging. Addiction and self-destructive behaviors can no longer be seen as the problem on purely an individual level, instead we must create recovery supported systems of care throughout our communities.
This transformative weekend will teach you how to actively contribute to this movement of change and heightened awareness regarding all aspects of addiction and the healing process for ourselves, our families, and our communities.
Part of the sacred journey of modern life is to move from a life filled with stress and distraction, to a life of healing and wholeness. Each person adds value as we overcome not just Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) but also Adverse Community and Climate Experiences.
Join us to creatively engage in ways of raising awareness about all issues surrounding addiction and how we, our families, and communities can heal from these issues.
Together we will explore the various aspects of recovery including:
- Recovery as a voluntarily maintained lifestyle of sobriety, personal health and participation in the roles and responsibilities of society.
- The evolution and change of recovery over time.
- Recovery as both a personal quality and a lived experience
- Recognizing most recovery happens in the community, not in the clinic; treatment is not needed by everyone and it is only the start of the recovery journey.
- Recovery does not happen in isolation – it is generally learned from other people who have gone down the same road and who ‘mentor’ or model the methods and principles of recovery
Testimonials
So knowledgeable as evidenced by how gracefully and professionally she handled questions.—Stevie R.
I am so grateful for such a healing environment in close proximity to my home. Thanks to Durga and the Recovery staff for the peace and enlightenment.—Nick J.
Every experience I’ve had at Yogaville is wonderful. This program tops the list. It has opened my heart in ways I didn’t know were possible.—P. Suarez
Presenters
Durga Leela is a person in long-term recovery, a certified Ayurveda Practitioner, yoga teacher and yoga therapist (IAYT certified) and author of “Yoga of Recovery: Integrating Yoga and Ayurveda with Modern Recovery Tools for Addiction” published in 2022. She is certified as a Peer Recovery Support Specialist and has shared Yoga as a Recovery Pathway in several Recovery Conferences over the last 20 years. She has also served as the Director of the Ayurveda Programs at the Sivananda Ashram in California since 2003, and is a professional member and speaker for the National Ayurvedic Medical Association (NAMA). Learn more about…
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The Rev. Jan Brown is Founder/Executive Director of SpiritWorks Foundation Center for the Soul. An ordained Deacon in the Episcopal Church and Archdeacon of the Diocese of Southern Virginia, she serves at Bruton Parish Church in Williamsburg, VA. Jan is a graduate of the College of William and Mary with a BA in Psychology, is certified as a Peer Recovery Support Specialist and a Recovery Coach Professional, and is an international scholar on Addiction Studies. She has a Master of Science Degree in Addiction Studies from the International Programme on Addiction Studies at King’s College in London, the University of…
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