May 20 - 25, 2022
Gentle Somatic Yoga® (GSY) Level 2 In-Person Training at
Satchidanada Ashram - Yogaville

Theme: Your Healing Journey Continues with the Energy Body and Emotions...

Continuing from the foundation in GSY Level 1 Training, Level 2 expands your self-care tool kit to gift yourself and others.

Some highlights of this course. You will learn:

  • 29 NEW Somatic Movement Flows®
  • Practices inspired from the methods of Core Energetics and Bioenergetics to enliven auric field and chakras
  • Deeper understanding and embodiment of the GSY philosophical underpinnings, along with practices to balance the emotional body
  • James Knight, Founder of Gentle Somatic Yoga, will also be in-person at Yogaville during the time of this GSY Level 2 training. He is Facilitating a spiritual weekend as well as a GSY Level 1 training. You will be seeing James from time to time in this Level 2 course, as well as eating all meals and joining the Ashram's offerings together as a collective group. 

***PLEASE NOTE*** There is a  prerequisite to take the Level 2 training course: students must have completed our Level 1 training course. You may do so by taking our self-paced online or livestream courses prior to this training. Certification is not necessary, only the completion of Level 1.

** PLEASE NOTE** Yogaville’s COVID Policy:

COVID VACCINATION POLICY

• At this time Ashram is only welcoming participants, guests, and volunteers that are fully vaccinated and able to provide proof of their Vaccination at least 72-hours before their arrival. If you have any questions please contact operations@yogaville.org. Their full current Health protocols can be viewed HERE.

Satchidananda Ashram Yogaville-Virginia Health Protocol summary: 

• If any or all members of your party do not provide proof of vaccination at least 72-hours before arrival your registration will be cancelled with no refund or credit given to any members of your party.
• All guests in your my party will need to provide proof of ID (Drivers License or Passport) upon Arrival at the Ashram to be shown at check-in.

As an ADDED BONUS, when you register for this In-Person Training, we'll also give you access to our self-paced ONLINE Level 2 Course

These Online Course gives you access to the 29+ Somatic Movement Flow Videos AND
illustrated PDF step-by-step handouts taught in the In-Person Level 2 Training. Two courses for the price of one! 


This In-Person Training is right for you if:

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You are a yoga teacher, yoga therapist, bodyworker or health care professional and want to acquire new skills that you can implement into your classes or private sessions. Continuing Education Units (CEUs) available. 

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You aren't a movement educator, but you want to take your own self-healing and self care practices to deeper level. This course is great to help you develop and maintain a Home Practice. 

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You want to trust your "Inner Yes" and learn how to make nourishing decisions for you mind, body, and soul

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You want to learn how to quiet your thinking mind.

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You want to have a deeper understanding how emotions affect the body and learn new skills to unwind from old internal stress patterns
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You want to develop more internal awareness so that you can learn the messages your body is giving you and self-correct

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You want to learn Somatic Movements to reverse common physical challenges and ailments

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You would like to add-on our Certification Option to provide a credential and expand your scope of practice. Learn more here. 

More of what You Will Learn in this Level 2Training:

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29+ Therapeutic Somatic Movement Flows® for self-care, emotional resiliency, health and wellbeing. This course continues from GSY Level 1. It includes offering reliable tools to support mental, emotional, energetic, and spiritual freedom

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More skills for self-healing. Also, to help build your confidence to continue to share this innovative method with your friends, family, clients and students 
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Understand how experiences of trauma are stored in our cells and muscles. And, learn how to release these unconscious holding patterns  through mindful breathing and movement
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How to maintain and grow an embodied experience of health and wellness through deepening our relationship with our Energy Body

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Engaging the wisdom of the soma in a safe and caring group container 
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Modifications and use of props for the needs of:  beginner yoga students, active seniors, desk workers, chair yoga, athletes, individuals recovering from injury - pre and post surgery, pregnancy, and much more

Gentle Somatic Yoga® and Somatic Wellness
Level 2 Training 

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6 Part Program
Begins May 20th

START TIME at 9am Eastern Time.

  • May 20-25

*May 25th is intended to be a practice teachback day for all participants who purchase the add-on certification. The final teachback will be in video format and can be sent to us when the participant feels ready. We are still working out the details of this. Stay tuned.  
Learn more here.

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CEU’s

Without certification, yoga instructors may claim 30 CEU hours for the combined classes.

With certification, yoga instructors may claim 32 CEU hours for the combined classes.


TUITION:

Without Certification $995

With add-on certification is $250 and can be purchased at any time before, during or after the course. Students will send in a teachback video when they are ready. To purchase or learn more, go here

Payment plans are also available

Advantages of Live Training with Cheryl Mason

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Personalized interaction with mindful energy and information exchange

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Coming together as a collective consciousness which allows James to tailor this training course for this specific group

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Interact with your peers and other like-minded people. We learn and evolve together through compassion, empathy, respect, and love

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James’ facilitation style (non-hierarchical) is heavily based on experiential interaction and hands on learning

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Gentle Somatic Yoga® is constantly evolving as a method, therefore new enhancements have been added to the Somatic Movement Flows®. Often times these enhancements have not been published yet and you will be the first to learn them

I have taken yoga classes and worked out to videos for 10-12 years but have never found a class that has helped me so much as Cheryl’s.  I suffer with a lot of back pain from a fall over 30 years ago and, as my body ages, find I have more and more neck and lower back pain.  Cheryl’s easy-on-the joints moves have taught me how to find a lot of relief into the painful areas.  Since I try to stay active, I also enjoy her classes that involve more traditional yoga poses which give me more energy, and of course, the meditative exercises she incorporates to send us out in a relaxed state to face the world.  Her classes are never boring and she works with each person according to his or her ability. 

Linda – Yoga student from Santee

Add-On Certification Option

Interested in Becoming Certified?


For those of you who are yoga teachers, yoga therapists, body workers, or healthcare practitioners, once certified, you are endorsed as a GSY Practitioner and you get your own personal page on our website Teacher's Directory.

You will be promoted as a GSY teacher for your events and join the global trend of Somatic Movement Educators, acknowledged for your competency.

You can also incorporate Gentle Somatic Yoga in either  one-on-one customized sessions  or in group movement classes, as part of your professional instruction service(s). 
Learn more HERE

Level 2 Training Schedule 

Join Cheryl Mason, Gentle Somatic Yoga® Certified Teacher, for an inspiring training

LEVEL 2 |  29 Somatic Movement Flows 

Example in-person schedule at Yogaville (This schedule might change due to the fact that this training is also blending with the Ashram's schedule of optional events. For example times to do group meditations, practice other styles of yoga, work in their organic garden, spiritual talks and kirtan. More information on these optional activities coming soon) 

  • May 20th 9am-5pm
  • May 21st 9am-5pm
  • May 22nd 9am-5pm
  • May 23rd 9am-5pm
  • May 24th 9am-5pm
  • May 25th 9am - ? *We are in the process of figuring out the details of how to have this be a practice day for those purchasing the certification add-on option. Please stay tuned as we will update you with more details soon. 

9:00am-10:15am  1-hour Somatic Movement class
10:15am-10:20am Break
10:20am-11:20am Learning Laboratory
11:20am-12:30pm 1-Hour Lunch Break
12:30pm-1:00pm Neuroscience and Philosophy 
1:00pm-3:00pm- Practice Teachbacks 
3:00pm-3:15pm Break
3:15-3:45 Group Review 
3:45-4:00 Q&A

Testimonials

“I am still using the Gentle Somatic movements for getting my hip re-educated and I am astonished at the results I am experiencing. I have learned which movements to use for what discomfort I am feeling – and that discomfort is coming less often, Hallelujah! Praise the Lord! Many thanks to you once again for helping me”.
Sonya Dreiling

About Cheryl Mason

Cheryl began practicing yoga in community learning classes in Salina, Kansas in early 2000 and loved it so much that she decided to study with Joseph and Lillian Le Page from Integrated Yoga Therapy for a 200-hour Registered Yoga Teacher designation in 2004.

Cheryl completed level 2 training with the Shambhava School of Yoga at Shoshoni Yoga Retreat Center. As well as teaching yoga she eventually co-owned Prairie Lotus Yoga Studio in Salina, Kansas with her friend and business partner, Kate Williams.

Cheryl’s yoga journey took her from Kansas to South Carolina where she continued her yoga training with Inner Peace Yoga Therapy, completing a 300-hour certificate in April 2016. 

During this time, she says she was fortunate enough to be able to learn from many teachers in the field of yoga therapy including:

Amy Weintraub, Yoga for Anxiety and Depression
Dr. Mark Halpern, Ayurveda
Maria Mendola, Functional Yoga Therapy
Nischala Joy Devi, Yoga of the Heart
Laura Kupperman, Yoga for Cancer Survivors
Neil Pearson, Yoga for Pain Management

Antonion Sausys, Yoga for Grief

As part of her studies with Inner Peace Yoga Therapy, Cheryl was blessed to be able to continue studies with Nischala Joy Devi and completed her 100-hour Yoga of the Heart Program for Cardiac and Cancer Patients. Nischala worked with Dr. Dean Ornish in his research for reversing cardiac disease and developed the stress management portion of his program. Additionally, Nishcala developed yoga programs for the Commonweal Cancer Help Program.

Cheryl was brought to Gentle Somatic Yoga after becoming  interested in the work of Thomas Hanna on reawakening the mind’s control of movement, flexibility and healing capabilities of Somatics.  As she relayed herself, “this led me to study with James Knight, the creator of Gentle Somatic Yoga.”


Cheryl has certified in all three levels of the GSY 100-hr Program and is currently teaching events and training certification programs as a faculty member for Gentle Somatic Yoga.

Cheryl continues to follow and study with James Knight and now lives in the Oklahoma City metro area near Edmond and Guthrie, OK.

Yogaville will be handling your accommodations. Please go here to reserve your room through them.

Please fill out all required information below to register for the Level 2 Training without Certification $995

For those desiring to pay over time, there are 4 monthly payment options:

4 Monthly Payments of $275



Once you complete your payment, you'll be taken to sign the Course Agreement. This is an important step to secure your spot for the course.

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