adventure club
schedule
FALL SESSION 2010

Book List:

1. "Yoga Sutras" in Ashtanga Yoga, Gregor Maehle
2. Healthy at 100, John Robbins
3. Happy Yoga, Steve Ross
4. The China Study, Colin Campbell
5. Lick the Sugar Habit, Nancy Appleton
6. True Meditation, Adyashanti
7. Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life, Marshall Rosenberg (read chapter one prior to our first meeting)
8. Eating Animals, Jonathan Safran Foer

Click the images below to purchase via Amazon. Note: A number of these texts can be bought used (for example, "Lick the Sugar Habit" is selling for $.80.)



Adventure Club is an opportunity to experience great health for a full three months. This is long enough to change habits (if you like) for a lifetime.  It can be seen as a detox... or as a permanent detox lifestyle.  So we'll be doing yoga daily... eating well (I recommend following all the suggestions in Happy Yoga, Chapter 3)... comminicating with greater vulnerability... and cleaning the body.  Regarding that last point, here are some items that will help you with the cleaning. The basic idea is to help you body remove toxins first thing in the morning by using items 1-5 and then DRINK A LARGE GLASS OF WATER. Then, perhaps three times a week during this program, use item 6 to flush and clean things out at that end whether you think you need to or not. Finally, item 7 allows you to check to see how you are doing with dietary changes. This is perhaps the most important and most difficult change you can make. You can record your pH on your chart...  

1. Tongue scrapper Stainless Steel Tongue Cleaner
2. Neti pot Himalayan Institute Ceramic Neti Pot, White/Yellow
3. Eye cup Glass Eye Cup
4. Ear swabs, such as Q-Tips
5. Dental floss, which could be the normal kind and/or you could try the little plastic "flossers"
6. Enima bag Enema Bag
7. pH test strips PH TEST TAPE

THE FIRST DAY: September 4

SATURDAY
8:00 - 10:00	Yoga workshop	Cal	Individual instruction
10:00 - 11:30	Cal's teaching methodology and assists workshop	Cal	Assists: Kate
11:45 - 1:00	Lunch & Literature discussion	Cal	Activist pods, literature assignments, essay writing (as quiz), exam, yoga during the week, charting, eliminations, cleanings, policies (absences, sitting up during films, punctuality), other administration  ((sign ups: activist pods, collective meals, yoga assists, teacher practicums, mind-body))
1:15 - 2:15	Training Session A	Kate	How do do assists in yoga vinyasa classes
2:20 - 3:30	Movement, equilibristics, and advanced yoga	Cal	"energy circles" and introductions
3:40 - 4:00	Meditation	Kate
4:00 - 5:15	Teacher methodology	Cal	Basics of calling out sun salutations, pranayama
5:30 - 7:00	Technique Training & Practice: Ahimsa	Kate	Nonviolent Communication, Chapter 1

The following TUESDAY
5:30 - 7:30	Adventures in yoga poses and beyond	Cal	ashtanga vinyasa 1
7:45 - 8:30	Dinner & discussion about the application of physiological principles	Collective
8:30 - 11:00	Documentary	Cal	Food Inc.

September 11

SATURDAY
8:00 - 10:00	Yoga workshop	Cal	Individual instruction
10:00 - 11:30	Cal's teaching methodology and assists workshop	Cal	Assists: Judy, John
11:45 - 1:00	Lunch & Literature discussion	Cal	Happy Yoga, chapters 1, 2
1:15 - 2:15	Technique Training & Practice: Ahimsa	Kate	Nonviolent Communication, Chapter 2
2:20 - 3:30	Movement, equilibristics, and advanced yoga	Cal	Presenting a new skill
3:40 - 4:00	Meditation	Kate
4:00 - 5:15	Teacher methodology	Cal	Sharing poetry, sharing stories
5:30 - 7:00	Anatomy and Physiology	Cal & Whitaker	Anatomy and Physiology 5: Ankles & Knees

The following TUESDAY
5:30 - 7:30	Adventures in yoga poses and beyond	Cal	ashtanga vinyasa 2
7:45 - 8:30	Dinner & discussion about the application of physiological principles	Collective
8:30 - 11:00	Documentary	Cal	Earthlings

September 18:

SATURDAY
8:00 - 10:00	Yoga workshop	Cal	Individual instruction
10:00 - 11:30	Cal's teaching methodology and assists workshop	Cal	Assists: Meghan
11:45 - 1:00	Lunch & Literature discussion	Cal	Happy Yoga chapters 3, 4
1:15 - 2:15	Training Session A	Cal & Kate	Anatomy & Physiology 1: Diaphragm and voice, pranayama
2:20 - 3:30	Movement, equilibristics, and advanced yoga	Cal
3:40 - 4:00	Meditation	Kate
4:00 - 5:15	Teacher Practicum	Cal	Two people: John, Leasa
5:30 - 7:00	Technique training & practice: Ahimsa	Kate	Nonviolent Communication, (...)

The following TUESDAY
5:30 - 7:30	Adventures in yoga poses and beyond	Cal	ashtanga vinyasa 3
7:45 - 8:30	Dinner & discussion about the application of physiological principles	Collective
8:30 - 11:00	Documentary	Cal	The Secret

September 25

SATURDAY
8:00 - 10:00	Yoga workshop	Cal	Individual instruction
10:00 - 11:30	Cal's teaching methodology and assists workshop	Cal	Assists: Ryan
11:45 - 1:00	Lunch & Literature discussion	Cal	Happy Yoga, chapts 5, 6, 7
1:15 - 2:15	Training Session A	Cal	Yamas, Ethics of Yoga
2:20 - 3:30	Movement, equilibristics, and advanced yoga	Cal
3:40 - 4:00	Meditation	Kate
4:00 - 5:15	Teacher Practicum	Cal	Two people: Meghan, Ginny
5:30 - 7:00	Technique training & practice: Ahimsa	Kate	Nonviolent Communication, Chapter 3

The following TUESDAY
5:30 - 7:30	Adventures in yoga poses and beyond	Cal	inversions & hand balancing
7:45 - 8:30	Dinner & discussion about the application of physiological principles	Collective
8:30 - 11:00	Documentary	Cal	King Corn

October 2 (Cal's birthday)

SATURDAY
8:00 - 10:00	Yoga workshop	Cal	Individual instruction
10:00 - 11:30	Cal's teaching methodology and assists workshop	Cal	Assists: Ashley, Lindsey
11:45 - 1:00	Lunch & Literature discussion	Cal	Healthy at 100, parts 1 and 2, bring charts/evals for inspection
1:15 - 2:15	Technique training & practice: Ahimsa	Kate	Nonviolent Communication, Chapter 4
2:20 - 3:30	Movement, equilibristics, and advanced yoga	Cal
3:40 - 4:00	Meditation	Kate
4:00 - 5:15	Teacher Practicum	Cal	Two people: Ryan, Emily
5:30 - 7:00	Anatomy and Physiology	Cal & Rebecca	Anatomy and Physiology 2: Importance of Water

The following TUESDAY
5:30 - 7:30	Adventures in yoga poses and beyond	Cal	body symmetry
7:45 - 8:30	Dinner & discussion about the application of physiological principles	Collective
8:30 - 11:00	Documentary	Cal	Tapped (2009): water

October 9

SATURDAY
8:00 - 10:00	Yoga workshop	Cal	Individual instruction
10:00 - 11:30	Cal's teaching methodology and assists workshop	Cal	Assists: Asha, Cassidy
11:45 - 1:00	Lunch & Literature discussion	Cal	Healthy at 100, parts 3, 4, and 5; bring charts/evals for inspection
1:15 - 2:15	Anatomy & Physiology	Cal	Anatomy & Physiology 3: Skeletal discoveries
2:20 - 3:30	Movement, equilibristics, and advanced yoga	Cal
3:40 - 4:00	Meditation	Kate
4:00 - 5:15	Teacher Practicum	Cal	Two people: Cassidy
5:30 - 7:00	Technique training & practice: Ahimsa	Kate	Nonviolent Communication, Chapter 5

The following TUESDAY
5:30 - 7:30	Adventures in yoga poses and beyond	Cal	hip opening 1
7:45 - 8:30	Dinner & discussion about the application of physiological principles	Collective
8:30 - 11:00	Documentary	Cal	No Impact Man

October 16

SATURDAY
8:00 - 10:00	Yoga workshop	Cal	Individual instruction
10:00 - 11:30	Cal's teaching methodology and assists workshop	Cal	Assists: Leasa
11:45 - 1:00	Lunch & Literature discussion	Cal	Eating Animals (storytelling, all or nothing)
1:15 - 2:15	Anatomy & Physiology	Cal & John	Anatomy & Physiology 4: The China Study
2:20 - 3:30	Movement, equilibristics, and advanced yoga	Cal
3:40 - 4:00	Meditation	Kate
4:00 - 5:15	Teacher Practicum	Cal	Two people: Lindsey
5:30 - 7:00	Technique training & practice: Ahimsa	Kate	Nonviolent Communication, Chapter 6

The following TUESDAY
5:30 - 7:30	Adventures in yoga poses and beyond	Cal	Breath and bandhas
7:45 - 8:30	Dinner & discussion about the application of physiological principles	Collective
8:30 - 11:00	Documentary	Cal	The People Speak (Howard Zinn)

October 23

SATURDAY
8:00 - 10:00	Yoga workshop	Cal	Individual instruction
10:00 - 11:30	Cal's teaching methodology and assists workshop	Cal	Assists: Emily, Ginny
11:45 - 1:00	Lunch & Literature discussion	Cal	Eating Animals (words/meaning, hiding/seeking)
1:15 - 2:15	Anatomy & Physiology	Whitaker	Anatomy and Physiology 6: Pelvis, hips, and all the muscles that attach there
2:20 - 3:30	Movement, equilibristics, and advanced yoga	Cal	Status feelings in yoga scenarios
3:40 - 4:00	Meditation	Kate
4:00 - 5:15	Teacher Practicum	Cal	Two people: Asha, Judy
5:30 - 7:00	Technique training & practice: Ahimsa	Kate	Nonviolent Communication, Chapter 7 & 8

The following TUESDAY
5:30 - 7:30	Adventures in yoga poses and beyond	Cal	Inversions, Falling, and Achieving Total Failure
7:45 - 8:30	Dinner & discussion about the application of physiological principles	Collective
8:30 - 11:00	Documentary	Cal	Fuel

October 30

SATURDAY
8:00 - 10:00	Yoga workshop	Cal	Individual instruction
10:00 - 11:30	Cal's teaching methodology and assists workshop	Cal	Assists: Judy
11:45 - 1:00	Lunch & Literature discussion	Cal	Eating Animals (influence/speechlessness, slices of paradise)
1:15 - 2:15	Technique training and practice	Cal	Individual variation in bones (Paul Grilley)
2:20 - 3:30	Movement, equilibristics, and advanced yoga	Cal	Status guessing & projection
3:40 - 4:00	Meditation	Kate
4:00 - 5:15	Teacher Practicum	Cal	Two people: Mindy & Ryan
5:30 - 7:00	Technique training & practice: Ahimsa	Kate	Nonviolent Communication, Chapter 9

The following TUESDAY
5:30 - 7:30	Adventures in yoga poses and beyond	Cal	backbending and quad stretches
7:45 - 8:30	Dinner & discussion about the application of physiological principles	Collective
8:30 - 11:00	Documentary	Cal	Ashtanga, NY

November 6

SATURDAY
8:00 - 10:00	Yoga workshop	Cal	Individual instruction
10:00 - 11:30	Cal's teaching methodology and assists workshop	Cal	Assists: Meghan, Cassidy
11:45 - 1:00	Lunch & Literature discussion	Cal	Eating Animals (i do, storytelling)
1:15 - 2:15	Anatomy & Physiology	Whitaker	Anatomy & Physiology 8: Spine
2:20 - 3:30	Movement, equilibristics, and advanced yoga	Cal
3:40 - 4:00	Meditation	Kate
4:00 - 5:15	Teacher Practicum	Cal	Two people: Ashley, Emily
5:30 - 7:00	Technique training & practice: Ahimsa	Kate	Nonviolent Communication, Chapter 10

The following TUESDAY
5:30 - 7:30	Adventures in yoga poses and beyond	Cal	Sanscrit names for asana poses
7:45 - 8:30	Dinner & discussion about the application of physiological principles	Collective
8:30 - 11:00	Documentary	Cal	End of the Line

November 13

SATURDAY
8:00 - 10:00	Yoga workshop	---	(Cal and John are away this weekend at the yoga conference.)
10:00 - 11:30	Cal's teaching methodology and assists workshop	Kate	Assists: Ashley, Lindsey
11:45 - 1:00	Lunch & Literature discussion	Ginny	Lick the Sugar Habit
1:15 - 2:15	Anatomy & Physiology	Kate	Chair Yoga
2:20 - 3:30	Movement, equilibristics, and advanced yoga	Kate
3:40 - 4:00	Meditation	Kate
4:00 - 5:15	Teacher Practicum	Kate	Two people: Meghan, Judy
5:30 - 7:00	Technique training & practice: Ahimsa	Kate	Nonviolent Communication, Chapter 11

The following TUESDAY
5:30 - 7:30	Adventures in yoga poses and beyond	Cal	stretching technique, metaform of asana
7:45 - 8:30	Dinner & discussion about the application of physiological principles	Collective
8:30 - 11:00	Documentary	Cal	Eating (by Mike Anderson)

November 20

SATURDAY
8:00 - 10:00	Yoga workshop	Cal	Individual instruction
10:00 - 11:30	Cal's teaching methodology and assists workshop	Cal	Assists: Leasa, Asha
11:45 - 1:00	Lunch & Literature discussion	Cal	True Meditation (Adyashanti)
1:15 - 2:15	Anatomy & Physiology	John	Anatomy and Physiology 9: The China Study
2:20 - 3:30	Movement, equilibristics, and advanced yoga	Cal
3:40 - 4:00	Meditation	Kate
4:00 - 5:15	Teacher Practicum	Cal	Two people: Lindsey, Leasa
5:30 - 7:00	Technique training & practice: Ahimsa	Kate	Nonviolent Communication, Chapter 12

The following TUESDAY
5:30 - 7:30	Adventures in yoga poses and beyond	Cal	shoulders
7:45 - 8:30	Dinner & discussion about the application of physiological principles	Collective
8:30 - 11:00	Documentary	Cal	Naked in Ashes

November 27

SATURDAY
8:00 - 10:00	Yoga workshop	Cal	Individual instruction
10:00 - 11:30	Cal's teaching methodology and assists workshop	Cal	Assists: John, Cat
11:45 - 1:00	Lunch & Literature discussion	Cal	"Yoga Sutras" in Ashtanga Yoga
1:15 - 2:15	Teaching methodology	Kate & Cal	Business of yoga
2:20 - 3:30	Movement, equilibristics, and advanced yoga	Cal
3:40 - 4:00	Meditation	Kate
4:00 - 5:15	Teacher Practicum	Cal	Two people: Ahsa, Ginny
5:30 - 7:00	Technique training & practice: Ahimsa	Kate	Nonviolent Communication, Chapter 13

The following TUESDAY
5:30 - 7:30	Adventures in yoga poses and beyond	Cal	mula
7:45 - 8:30	Dinner & discussion about the application of physiological principles	Collective
8:30 - 11:00	Documentary	Cal	wall-E

December 4

SATURDAY: final fees are due.
8:00 - 10:00	Yoga workshop	Cal	Individual instruction
10:00 - 11:30	Cal's teaching methodology and assists workshop	Cal	Assists: Emily, Su Yee
11:45 - 1:00	Lunch & Literature discussion	Cal	"Yoga Sutras" in Ashtanga Yoga
1:15 - 2:15	Anatomy & Physiology	Cal & John	Anatomy and Physiology 10: The China Study
2:20 - 3:30	Movement, equilibristics, and advanced yoga	Cal	Create a presentation for next week
3:40 - 4:00	Meditation	Kate
4:00 - 5:15	Teacher Practicum	Cal	Two people: Ryan, John
5:30 - 7:00	Technique training & practice: Ahimsa	Kate	Nonviolent Communication

The following TUESDAY
5:30 - 7:30	Exam and review of exam	Cal	sanscrit names for yoga poses, concepts of yoga, reading knowledge, anatomy, NVC concepts, et al.
7:45 - 8:30	Dinner & discussion about the application of physiological principles	Collective	Friends and family are welcome
8:30 - 11:00	Award Ceremony	Cal	Certificates for Yoga Teacher and Life Adventure