The Sacred Pause — Anusara Yoga Training for Retreat & Renewal (16 Hours)
with internationally renowned educators Christina Sell and Noah Maze
In a fast-moving, high-pressure world, The Sacred Pause offers a deliberate opportunity to slow down, listen deeply, and restore clarity and connection. This 16-hour Anusara Yoga training is designed for yoga teachers and dedicated practitioners who value renewal as an essential, skillful practice.
Facilitated by Christina Sell and Noah Maze, this 3-day immersion blends retreat and training in a cohesive, practice-based format. Participants should come prepared for long-form sessions with breaks throughout, engaging in a balanced rhythm of movement and stillness, contemplation and interaction through workshop-style asana, guided inquiry, reflective practices, and collegial dialogue.
Across the three days, Christina and Noah will teach workshop-style asana classes and facilitate structured teacher development sessions that emphasize clarity, precision, and effectiveness in communication. Participants will actively refine their teaching through clear verbal cueing, demonstration, observation, activation drills, partner work, hands-on assists, and progressive sequencing strategies.
Newer teachers will learn to use a practical class-planning template that organizes themes, alignment principles, and peak-pose development, while also offering strategies for responding skillfully in real time. More experienced teachers will benefit from nuanced discussion and application of foundational methodologies designed to expand, refine, and deepen their existing skill sets.
Asana sessions emphasize unhurried exploration of the Universal Principles of Alignment™, cultivating embodied listening, nervous-system resilience, and sustainable practice. Throughout, participants will explore how the sacred pause sharpens perception, clarifies choice, and supports longevity in both teaching and daily life.
Schedule
Day 1
1:00–2:00 Introductions, Gathering & Intentions
2:15–3:45 Standing Pose Class
4:00–5:30 Teacher Training Session: Connecting with Your Source, Self, & Students
Day 2
8:30-10:30 Back Bending Class
10:45–12:45 Teacher Training Session: Amplifying the Clarity of Your Instructions
12:45–1:15 Lunch
1:15–1:45 Q&A
1:45-3:15 Forward Bending Class
3:30–5:30 Teacher Training Session: Progressive Strategies for Teaching
Day 3
8:30–9:00 Q&A
9:00–11:00 Asana Class: Full Spectrum Practice
11:15–12:30 Wrap-Up and Integration
While this schedule and outline provide a clear structure for our time together, Christina Sell and Noah Maze will teach responsively, adapting to what arises in the room. They will prioritize direct engagement with participants’ questions, teaching challenges, and real-life scenarios, ensuring the training remains relevant, practical, and immediately applicable.
Christina Sell is an internationally recognized teacher, author, and mentor whose work has helped shape modern Anusara Yoga education. Known for her clarity, warmth, and depth of insight, she has trained teachers around the world for more than two decades. Her teaching seamlessly integrates precise alignment, intelligent sequencing, and contemplative inquiry, helping practitioners embody the deeper teachings of yoga with authenticity and grace. Christina’s approach invites students to experience yoga as a path of self-study, resilience, and meaningful action—one that supports both personal transformation and sustainable well-being.
Website: https://www.christinasellyoga.com/
Noah Maze is a pioneering yoga educator and movement specialist widely respected for his innovative approach to alignment-based practice and functional mobility. Drawing from a background in biomechanics and decades of teaching experience, Noah has developed a distinctive method that bridges traditional yoga with modern movement science. His teaching emphasizes intelligent load, joint integrity, and adaptive strength, offering practitioners a clear and practical framework for cultivating strength, freedom of movement, and long-term resilience in the body.
Website: https://themazemethod.com/
The Sacred Pause is both a practical training and a deeper invitation—to slow down, perceive more clearly, and rediscover yoga as an embodied path of integration. Through this process, practitioners reconnect with the heart of the practice: the harmonious integration of body, breath, mind, and awareness in service of vitality, wisdom, and meaningful participation in life.
Price: $350
When: Tues April 28 1pm - 6pm, Wed April 29 8:30am-6:00pm, Thurs April 30 8:30am-12:00pm PDT
Venue: Hotel Kabuki - 1065 Post Street San Francisco (In-person or Online)
Please be sure to register for the in-person ticket or online ticket
Technology: Zoom will be used. You will receive the zoom link in the confirmation email.
Reminder emails: will be sent 2 days, 30 min and 10min before the event.
Recorded Video of the livestream session will be sent 48hr after the live session. If you cannot make the time but would like to attend, please register to receive the video link.
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Logistics
Location: Hotel Kabuki - San Francisco - In-person or Online (please be sure to select the correct ticket)
Technology for online option: We will use Zoom. You will receive the link in the confirmation email.
Reminder emails: You will receive a reminder email 2 days before and 30 min before.
Recorded Video of the livestream session will be sent 48hr after the live session. If you cannot make the time but would like to attend, please register to receive the video link.