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Sunday, September 13
 

9:00am MDT

Language and the Craft of Teaching
Sunday September 13, 2026 9:00am - 10:00am MDT
ADMISSION NOTE: This exclusive session requires a Teacher Track Ticket for entry.

Go beyond mechanical cueing and discover how language can shape the "energetic architecture" of your classes. Drawing on decades of hosting YTTs, this workshop presents four distinct types of verbal communication designed to invoke specific mood and awareness states in real time. Just as an artist creates a bounty of color from basic pigments, you will learn to color your teaching with greater insight, precision, and levity.

Teaching is an intentional craft, not a haphazard act. While most 200-hour trainings provide the basics, this session offers the refinement needed to make your instructions feel "held" in the moment rather than rote. Through self-evaluation and collective wisdom sharing with fellow educators, you will transform your verbal approach into a powerful tool for student transformation.

Key Learning Objectives:
  • Self-Audit: Evaluate your dominant verbal style and identify areas for expansion.
  • Atmospheric Mastery: Understand how to invoke specific grades of attention through four core language types.
  • Peer Exchange: Participate in a collaborative forum to share and receive insights from the teaching community.


Upgrade to a Teacher Track Ticket to secure your spot and earn your CE credits!
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September Adamson

Support Team, Denver Yoga Summit
Sunday September 13, 2026 9:00am - 10:00am MDT
- Secret Garden

11:00am MDT

Hands as Gateway: Directing Energy Through Mudra
Sunday September 13, 2026 11:00am - 12:00pm MDT
Mudrās are far more than symbolic hand shapes, they are precise, subtle technological tools for directing and regulating the flow of life force (prāṇa) throughout your entire body and mind. Step into the quiet sanctuary of the Secret Garden for a rare, multi-sensory workshop led by master Denver educator and Yoga on the Rocks instructor Patricia Wetmore.

Moving far beyond dry, abstract theory, Patricia leverages her 34-year background in education and psychology to deliver a deeply felt, experiential masterclass. You will explore how specific hand gestures can be actively layered into your meditation, breathwork, mantra, and asana to instantly deepen presence and expand your awareness. Through guided Himalayan Kriya sequences that seamlessly combine breath and sound, you will learn how to use these "energetic seals" to alter your internal tone and soothe your nervous system. Leave this garden oasis with a powerful, hidden toolkit to enrich your personal practice and carry the medicine of yoga off the mat.
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Patricia Wetmore

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Patricia Wetmore is a highly experienced Denver-based yoga educator recognized for her grounded presence and her ability to empower students to step beyond their comfort zones. With over 3,500 hours of teaching experience, Patricia specializes in Hot Power Vinyasa, Heated Yin, an... Read More →
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September Adamson

Support Team, Denver Yoga Summit
Sunday September 13, 2026 11:00am - 12:00pm MDT
- Secret Garden

12:30pm MDT

The 3rd Pāda: Meditation as a Way of Being
Sunday September 13, 2026 12:30pm - 2:30pm MDT
Many treat meditation as an isolated task: something we check off for twenty minutes before the chaotic pace of the day takes over. The third chapter of Patanjali's Yoga Sutras asks a radical, different question: What if meditative awareness was not a rigid practice you returned to, but the very way you lived your life?

Step into the quiet sanctuary of the Secret Garden for a profound masterclass with legendary author, healer, and lineage master Nischala Joy Devi. Drawing directly from her globally celebrated, feminine-rooted translation, The Secret Power of Yoga, Nischala guides participants into the deeper mysteries of the Vibhūti Pāda (the third chapter).

Together, you will explore how the mechanics of sustained, unbroken awareness (saṃyama) shape not just your inner landscape, but your immediate relationships, your daily choices, and how you show up in the world each day. This is an intimate, contemplative inquiry that gives you the rare time to sit inside ancient scripture, quiet the mind, and physically feel where these truths live in your modern adulthood experience.
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Mark Machac

Support Team, Denver Yoga Summit


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September Adamson

Support Team, Denver Yoga Summit
Sunday September 13, 2026 12:30pm - 2:30pm MDT
- Secret Garden

3:00pm MDT

The Alchemy of Sequencing: Energetic Management Through the Guṇas
Sunday September 13, 2026 3:00pm - 4:30pm MDT
ADMISSION NOTE: This exclusive session requires a Full Teacher Summit Pass or a Teacher Track Add-On Ticket for entry and CE credit tracking.

Stop just teaching isolated poses and start mastering the energetic climate of your room. Step into the absolute, silent sanctuary of the Secret Garden for an advanced, 90-minute continuing education workshop with veteran international educator and ParaYoga specialist Jeremy Wolf.

This teacher-focused exploration dives deep into the ancient art of sequencing through the lens of the three cosmic forces (guṇas): heavy tamas, fiery rajas, and luminous sattva. Jeremy will teach you how to move far beyond superficial, posture-by-posture planning and instead map out a class as a fluid, intentional energetic arc. Learn how to diagnose collective student fatigue, strategically build internal heat, and systematically guide a room into a state of optimal neurological balance and deep meditative clarity.

The Professional Takeaway: Walk away with a sophisticated, lineage-backed framework to consciously alter the energetic tone, mood, and mental focus of your public classes using smart structural pacing and purposeful alignment choices.

? Note: This is a limited-capacity, interactive laboratory. Please ensure you have upgraded your Visitors Center to a Teacher Track Ticket.
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Jeremy Wolf

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Jeremy Wolf is a Denver-based yoga teacher, Reiki Master, and international educator widely recognized for his expertise in Yoga Nidrā and the ParaYoga lineage. With over 25 years of formal study, Jeremy's teaching is a synthesis of traditional Eastern wisdom and modern somatic... Read More →
Support Team
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Mark Machac

Support Team, Denver Yoga Summit


Sunday September 13, 2026 3:00pm - 4:30pm MDT
- Secret Garden
 

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