Working with a mentor in a supportive community will help you integrate what you've learned into your busy life so you don't have to feel lost, overwhelmed, and confused.
Not everyone who graduates from a Yoga Teacher Training is meant to be an asana teacher.
The path of healing, awakening, and liberation was never meant to be figured out alone.
Did you graduate from a Yoga Teacher Training and find yourself asking, "Now what?" Are you wishing you could go back to your teacher training classes knowing what you know now and review certain topics?
Do you need help finding clarity on how to integrate all this sacred wisdom into your very worldly life?
Are you looking for a mentor who can help you feel more confident and navigate how to bring your gifts into your community?
SACRED RETURN was created for YOU!
As a yoga teacher trainer, I realize there is a need for ongoing support after trainings and immersions so you can digest, integrate, and apply all the life-changing wisdom you've learned into your life.
Jumping into a 300-hour teacher training is not always the best answer.
Find clarity and confidence as a transformational leader, guide, and teacher in your community with SACRED RETURN mini-refresher courses, live mentoring, and group discussions.
Continuing Education Hours
All SACRED RETURN courses, mini-workshops, tutorials, and practices count towards Yoga Alliance continuing education hours.
Your Membership Options
Please read the Community Guidelines before registering.
With live weekly mentorship meetings on Zoom with Haunani, you'll integrate what you've learned into your life and into your teachings while receiving support in uncovering your strengths, discovering what makes you stand out, and how to lead with integrity and confidence.
Free
This membership includes:
Weekly Zoom mentorship sessions with Haunani
Special emails with inspiring videos, meditations, journal questions, resources, or other content supporting you in integrating Yoga and Ayurveda into your life and your student's lives.
Member's only interactive group discussions and posts.
This membership is for studio owners, managers, or lead trainers who want Haunani's outsider perspective for personal and professional growth. This plan includes the benefits of a FREE Membership plus:
Asana Tutorials with Haunani - a growing library of asana tutorials through the lens and considerations of trauma-informed practices, Ayurveda, and prana-focused.
Yoga Teacher Resources - a growing library of videos to help you find clarity and confidence as a community leader.
Yoga Practices with Haunani - a growing library of seasonal yoga asana practices ranging from 15-75 minutes.
All content can be used towards Yoga Alliance continuing education hours
20% off discount for private consultations with Haunani
In order to facilitate and hold space for sacred self-growth, real, raw, heart-centered, and sometimes deeply uncomfortable conversations, let's agree on some guidelines:
Ahimsa. Let's agree to lead with reverence, dignity, and compassion for all. Let's not intentionally harm in actions, thoughts, and words. This is a place to practice speaking your truth without hurting others. If you feel harmed by someone, please address it using non-violent communication.
Satya. Let's agree to be mindful about our speech and be truthful. You are allowed to be YOU, as you are, in every moment. You do NOT have to put on a show or pretend here. Too much of our world and lives ask us to not be truthful or fully present with what is. It's OK to not have an answer or need to have an answer. Let's cultivate and hold space for truthful personal dialogue, learning, emotions, opening, understanding, and authenticity while upholding everyone's dignity.
Asteya. Let's agree to not steal from ourselves or others. Let's choose mindfulness in how we give and receive. We will not claim something to be ours that is a gift from someone else's teachings.
Aparigraha. Let's agree to be open to our ability to change and transform and not to be attached to what was, what is, and what will be. We are all here for self-growth which means being able to look within openly and with a sense of compassion and grace rather than judgment and already knowing or even needing to know.
Brahmacharya. Let's agree to be mindful of our energy and how we use it in this group. Let's allow our time together to be a sacred return to our True Nature.
Let us listen deeply to one another. Let us see each other in their wholeness and as a connection to our next breath. SACRED RETURN is a space where we each matter just as we are, a space to learn, grow and expand into the most unleashed self-expressed being of your Divine essence.
If you're saying to yourself, "Yessss, this sounds just like what I've been looking for!" then it sounds like SACRED RETURN might be a great next step in your journey. If you still have questions, please read the FAQs or email me. I look forward to connecting with you.
If you are not in alignment with these guidelines or not willing to allow yourself to move into alignment with these guidelines, then this community is not for you. Haunani will remove members, without a refund, who are not following these guidelines.
FAQs
Do I have to be a Yoga Teacher to join?
It is recommended to have an established Yoga and/or Ayurveda practice for this mentorship with a sincere desire to connect and support others in a mindful community. Most of the classes and workshops will not be beginner-level classes. Please email me if you are not a yoga teacher but would like to join to make sure this will be a good-fit for you.
Do I need to be actively teaching yoga to participate?
No. You do not need to be actively teaching or registered with Yoga Alliance to participate in this community. Being a "Yoga Teacher," "Facilitator," or "Guide" goes beyond teaching asana or the practices. As you know, there are so many ways to practice yoga. Through your choices, you have experienced first-hand the life-changing power of yoga. Whether you feel called to share it with others or simply integrate this wisdom into your life with more clarity, this space will be for you. As long as you are a sincere student wanting to embrace and understand yoga is not just asana, and asana is not yoga while learning how to integrate the sacred Yoga and Ayurveda texts and wisdom as a guide in your life, you will find much value, support, growth, and community here.
What if I don't know anything about Ayurveda?
You're not alone! As Yoga and yoga asana grew in the U.S. the wisdom of Ayurveda (which has traditionally been interwoven with Yoga) was left out. It's my mission to restore this connection.
If you want a solid foundation of what Ayurveda is and how it can be applied to your life immediately, I recommend my course Introduction to Ayurveda for Yoga Practitioners. This course will give you all the foundations for understanding the Ayurveda lingo used in these mentorship meetings.
Through working together you'll begin to learn more about Ayurveda and maybe even realize you have a passion for it. This happens ALL the time!
Will you talk about the "business" side of yoga?
Yes. This is what I like to call Professional Practice. While I love to dive into yoga philosophy, as I like to call it "the heart" of Yoga, I will definitely be discussing how to bring your self-expressed essence into the World. Not all Yoga Teachers are meant to be asana teachers or formal teachers of Yoga. Let's explore what really resonates with you and how your past skills and experiences with your Yoga knowledge and wisdom come together to serve your community in a unique way.
How to face your fears of "messing up" as a teacher and healer
What's the difference between mindful breathing and pranayama?
Creating a stand-out description for your class
Debunking "alignment" in asana
Sequencing, a 3 part series
Trauma-informed considerations
and guest interviews on topics applicable to professional practice
Check out the content of Yoga Teacher Resources HERE
Now that I'm working with people, I have A LOT of questions about asana. Will you cover asana in the weekly meetings?
Now that you're working with other people and their unique considerations and bodies, I know you have a ton of questions. Every time we step into the role of a teacher or guide, we realize there is so much more to learn. The fact that you're even asking this question means you're probably an excellent teacher and you want continued support in understanding and integrating theory and application.
Your questions are what guide the weekly mentor sessions. Those who join live get first priority and emailed submitted questions will be answered if time permits. Please also know you can contribute your questions to the SACRED RETURN community forum (like a Facebook group but private) and receive feedback there.
I also recommend you invest in the Asana Tutorials with Haunani library. This growing library includes over 40 hours and 52 videos covering different yoga asanas. Check out the content of that library HERE.
What are the details of the Yoga Studio Plan?
This plan is for owners, managers, or lead trainers who are interested in being part of Haunani's online weekly mentorship while also investing in continuing education hours for their staff and teachers. Providing affordable, high-quality continuing education hours for your team is a win-win for your staff, students, and studio management.
In this plan, one person from your organization will receive access to SACRED RETURN libraries of content. You can review the content from the libraries at a staff meeting for continuing education hours. You can also invite every team member to the weekly mentorship calls. With access to the videos and online mentor hours, you'll add Haunani to your hub of teacher mentors who can bring a different perspective to your personal and professional growth.
I've heard you say, "Not everyone who graduates from a teacher training is meant to be an asana teacher." What do you mean by that?
The short answer, Yoga is NOT asana. Asana is a tool within the journey of Yoga. Sadly, over the decades the use of the term "Yoga" immediately makes people think of and talk about the postures or forms that help attune and align the physical and subtle aspects of body and mind. Becoming a Yoga Teacher is more than the asana. If you love asana, then this may be one of your main tools. HOWEVER, this doesn't have to be your specialty or the way YOU bring Yoga into your own life or community. One of my specialties is helping Yoga Teachers, like you, find your strengths so you feel clear and confident sharing Yoga (and Ayurveda).
What is the weekly "Chai Chat"?
This is a weekly LIVE mentorship call. Grab your favorite warm beverage, cozy up, and we'll check-in with each other, cover pre-submitted questions, discuss the topic of the month, and answer live questions. And so you know, "chai" means tea.
Do you give refunds?
Joining our weekly Zoom mentorship calls is FREE. For paid access to SACRED RETURN libraries: I have kept the entry and long-term investment as accessible as possible. If you decide this is not what you're looking for, simply cancel your membership at any time. Yearly memberships are paid in full upfront. If canceled prior to their year-end-date, you will have access for the full year.
Have questions?
Contact me to get all your questions answered. I'd love to hear from you.
"Haunani embodies the qualities of a teacher and well-being provider that everyone would benefit from: compassion, presence, attentiveness, wisdom, knowledge and dedication.
Her yoga classes are so well taught and are made unique by her integration of Ayurveda and Chinese Medicine with yoga. Her knowledge of these wisdom traditions shines through the teaching and adds a beautiful, special touch to the class.
I’m beyond grateful for her kindness and generosity and deeply treasure her friendship, mentorship, and guidance. She is a light that is very adept at making you see your own light, and I can’t recommend her highly enough."
Aisha Fakhro, Psychotherapist and Somatic Specialist, Kingdom of Bahrain
"Haunani's unique skills of translating and connecting all of Holistic approaches (Ayurveda, Yoga, Acupuncture, Western Anatomy Knowledge, Chinese medicine), couple with her engaging teaching style are very helpful for a curious and frantic mind like me. It was very easy to learn from her because she is very knowledgeable in teaching teachers. I walked away from every intensives/workshops with new knowledge and my old knowledge being cemented or corrected. I highly recommend her to any one looking to teach Yoga Holistically."
Van Bradshaw, Storyteller, Yogi, Creator of The Connection Lab, Japan
"Haunani is an incredibly inspirational teacher – her level of knowledge and experience is exceptional, and her down to earth approach and wonderful & clear delivery of concepts & information makes yoga with her so enjoyable – she just keeps me want to learn more!"
Did you take a course with Haunani and want to connect more? This is the place! Join Haunani and other SACRED RETURN members on weekly Zoom mentorship sessions. Ask questions, be real, and find support. She has a knack for making complex ideas and concepts easy to understand and applicable to your life immediately.
In addition to weekly mentorship sessions with Haunani, you'll get access to libraries of content to support you in integrating Yoga and Ayurveda into your personal and professional life.
