Yoga Sutras · Workshops & Teacher Trainings
Yoga Sutras Workshops & Teacher Trainings
Not simply something to learn. Something to live.
An experiential way into the Yoga Sutras, for studios, communities and yoga teacher training programs.
Why experience the Sutras
Understanding the words and experiencing what they point toward are two very different things.
The Yoga Sutras have been part of my practice for almost twenty years. They are ancient teachings about the mind, awareness, suffering, presence and what becomes possible when we begin to see beyond the constant movement of our thoughts.
They aren’t simply something to study. They offer a way of understanding ourselves, meeting our lives with greater awareness and recognizing what is already here beneath the activity of the mind.
The approach
Learn. Meditate. Embody.
Each gathering moves slowly from understanding to experience, one sutra at a time.
Discussion
Meet each sutra through its Sanskrit, its literal meaning and its teaching in clear, accessible language, and explore it together.
Reflection
Make space for your own insights and reflections as the teachings begin to meet your lived experience.
Meditation
Move from understanding the teaching to experiencing what it points toward through guided meditation.
Practical application
Bring the teaching into your life and begin to recognize it in your thoughts, relationships, choices and everyday experience.
Offerings
Two ways to bring this work in.
Workshops for studios & communities
An experiential way into the Yoga Sutras for students who want yoga beyond the poses, whether they already know the Sutras or are discovering them for the first time.
These offerings are being developed now. If you’d like to bring this work to your studio or training, I’d love to hear from you and shape it together.
Host a WorkshopThe Yoga Sutras in teacher trainings
A way for trainees to move from studying the words to experiencing what they point toward, so they can live the teachings and share them with presence.
These offerings are being developed now. If you’d like to bring this work to your studio or training, I’d love to hear from you and shape it together.
Bring this to your Teacher Training
About Jake
Teaching from lived experience.
Jake Ferree is an embodiment guide with over 20 years of experience in yoga, breathwork, bodywork and awareness-based practices.
Throughout his career, Jake has taught thousands of classes, supported and assisted in yoga teacher trainings and led workshops, events and retreats around the world.
He believes that the most powerful way to guide others is not through theory, but through lived experience.
How the app complements the experience
Yoga Sutras: Presence Revealed
Each sutra begins with the original teaching, then slowly unfolds through clear language, reflection, lived experience and meditation.
The app gives participants a way to keep practicing between gatherings: Sanskrit and pronunciation, the teaching simplified, a guided meditation and space to journal, one sutra at a time.
Let’s create it together
Bring the Yoga Sutras to your studio or teacher training.
Reach out and tell me about your community. We can shape something that fits your students and your program.
Or email trainerjake@me.com