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The practice is not to gain external anything.

The practice is to gain consciousness.– Amba Stapleton

®How we look.

Brand Book:A Brand Book establishes distinct guidelines on how all aspects of a company’s brand will be handled. The brand book is the basis for all interactions on behalf of a company: web and print communications, social media, advertising and design. It is the thread that holds together what the public sees.

This is a guide to basic elements that make up Nosara Yoga Instiute. Have a read, it will help you get to know us a little better.

Our History

Our Mission

Our Personality

Why the Frog?

Our logo

Our typeface

Our colours

Design motifs

Our credentials

Photography

Photography usage

Putting it all together

A final thought

The story of Nosara Yoga Institute unfolds from a 40-year-old love affair with yoga in which our founders have been engaged in the study, practice and teaching what they love most in life—Yoga. From the depths of their own personal inquiries into how we learn to learn from our own, authentic experiences in life, Don and Amba Stapleton have been inventing and refining ways that stimulate self-development and creative fulfillment. Twenty years ago, they vowed to combine their efforts into founding Nosara Yoga Institute as a place to guide others in discovering their own way of practicing and teaching yoga with skillfulness and satisfaction.

Before founding the Nosara Yoga Institute in 1994 with Amba, Don was the CEO and Dean of Yoga Education at the largest residential yoga center in the United States. As yoga students, both Don and Amba lived an ashram lifestyle for many years—Don for 20 years, and Amba for 7. From their own immersion in Hatha Yoga practices, and lifelong dedication to the service of teaching, Don and Amba provide a depth of knowledge drawn from personal experience that makes Nosara Yoga Teacher Training truly unparalleled in its originality.

History

MissionOur mission is to deliver an inquiry-based, non-authoritarian yoga curriculum that develops the multi-dimensional Self. In a beautiful, natural setting that supports relaxed, non-competitive learning, we intend to deliver our curriculum in a way that strengthens inner guidance and direct connection to source through developing witness consciousness.

PersonalityWe call our approach “interdisciplinary.” We explore what is common to the diverse disciplines of yoga being taught and practiced in the world today and utilize the fundamental practices and philosophy for delv-ing into the yoga that comes from the inside out. Yoga teachers whose lives are transformed from the inside out are capable of transmitting enthusiasm for the learning process. Our shared mission is to awaken awareness of the power we have as yoga educators to invent new ways of being together as human beings. Learning together in a yoga class invites a depth of relationship that supports a depth of personal inquiry. Every aspect of each 200-, 500- and 1000-hr professional training pro-gram is designed as an inquiry into your own yoga—What’s your yoga?

When you study with us, we hope you will find a stimulating environ-ment that will help you deepen your own relationship to life through exploring the yoga you are born to live, practice and share with the world around you.

Why the frog?Sages of far distant times proclaimed the frog a sacred symbol, show-ing how their teachings were founded on the wonders of nature. They saw the frogs transform from floating masses of jellylike eggs into tad-poles, from a tadpole into a frog. Frogs have the capacity to hibernate in the ground during periods of drought for as many as 7 years. So in this way the frog is a symbol of the cycles of transformation that occur through a lifelong inquiry of yoga.

Also, our pre-Columbian, Egyptian and Roman predecessors used the symbol to nurture love, to attract friendship and to hasten the re-covery from disease and injury. Yoga is also a vehicle to nurture love, attract friendship and recover from disease and injury.

But most importantly, the Nicoya Peninsula was once inhabited by the pre-Colombian indigenous peoples of the Americas, whose most sacred symbol was the frog. So the frog is our small way of showing respect and gratitude for the land they have entrusted to us.

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Our logo Take a moment to think about

howyou apply the Nosara Yoga Institute logo.

LogoThis logo is to be used for all screen and printed items including websites, printed publications, advertising,banners, posters, flyers and product packaging.

Treat our Logo nicely.Always center the frog above the words.Always leave the logo some space to breathe. Sit the logo on white or light colors so we can read it.Do not rotate the logo.Do not add embellishments like drop-shadows, embossings etc.

Some other options...If the frog just doesn’t fit above the words (e.g. on toothbrushes and pens), place him to the left.When the words are not legible (e.g. on a dark picture), we print the words in whiteWhen color printing costs a fortune (e.g. on tote bags and t-shirts), we use black or white

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white on black

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skinny stuff

Our Typeface

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ABCDEFGHIKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789

ABCDEFGHIKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789

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Lato BlackWe use this for all major headings

Lato BoldWe use this for sub-headings and sometimes for captions

Lato RegularWe use this for sub-headings and sometimes for captions

We don’t use Slanty Italic unless it is gramatically correctNor do we use Thin or Hairline weights that are hard to read

We don’t print on a slant

Things we never do

The Lato type family is our brand font. Lato is a clear, straigforward font. Use Lato wherever possible.

Font Family

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Our Colors Our colours communicate our

personality. They are warm, bright, and natural

We use the colors of the NYI LogoNYI frog is a gradient of NYI Yellow and NYI Orange.The word ‘Nosara’ is NYI Purple.The words ‘Yoga Institute’ are NYI Red.

We also use opaque white and shades of gold for backgroundsThis is especially useful when words are hard to read on top of a picture, or to create a layered effect.

We use rich black for text when we send things to printersRich black in 100% CMYK.

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These colors only appear in our logo:

NYI YellowPantone 136 CCMYK 0/28/87/0RGB 254/189/59HEX # FDBA39

NYI OrangePantone 1655 CCMYK 0/73/98/0RGB 243/105/36HEX # F26A26

NYI PurplePantone 511 CCMYK 50/99/9/59RGB 76/0/68HEX #F123B

NYI RedPantone 485 CCMYK 0/95/100/0RGB 238/49/36HEX #912725

These are the shades of gold that we use:

137Pantone 137 C

136Pantone 136 C

135Pantone 135 C

134Pantone 134 C

MotifsHere are some of the design

motifs we like to use

 

 

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INQUIRY-BASED YOGA EDUCATION IN NOSARA, COSTA RICA

Amba and Don Stapleton PhD

The Yantra • We use the Yantra as a background design element

• As a whole circle behind text

• As a partial circle blended off the page

• Colors: white, light gold, light grey

Cirlces• We use four linked circles to connect lists of ideas together

• It echoes the center line of our NYI frog

Round corners• We round the corners of photos when we can not full bleed.

Don and Amba’s signature• We sign first person documents with Don and Amba’s signature

CredentialsValidating and Sharing

Credentials Yoga Alliance Registered Yoga School: RYS200, RYS 300, RYS 500, RCYSInternational Association of Yoga Therapists: IAYT

Social Media

Facebook, Pintrest, Twitter, Instagram

Other Identifiers

Costa Rica, Blue Zone, Trip Advisor

PhotographyHere is where we talk about pictures....

Quality:Every technically bad picture is a missed opportunity, it reflects bad on us.

• Grain:Our pictures are crystal clear, with not much grain.

• Resolution: The resolution is optimal for the media, we use the function “save for web” on photoshop

to save our images in png 24 if they are for social media uses, jpeg´s in 85% quality for website.

• Blur: no lens blur is allowed, motion blur on occasion, depending if we want to add a little “speed” and

movement to the picture.

Pose:

How the subject is depicted. We strive for joy and learning, for the deep resolution of finding ourselves.

Every picture is an opportunity to show who we are.

• We like pictures of people showing love, laughter and profound feeling.

• We avoid pictures where the subject does not look good and “natural”

• Pictures showing good form in yoga are preferred.

Color:

We are a warm brand

• Just as our logo, our pictures are tinted warm.

• Shadows: The low range is not absolutely black, it has a little bit of red and yellow.

• Midtones: They move a little bit to the cyan, green and blue sides. This helps us in shots where there

is nature as well as people.

• Highlights: Mostly yellow with a little red.

• Saturation: Highly saturated pictures, but not overly done.

• Filters: they are your worst enemy

Theme:Subject, situation of the photo. We move around 3 subjects, we have great teachers, a great spot and

people already attending our trainings.

• Don & Amba: They are the reason most people go to NYI. They like seeing them in different situations:

teaching, learning from an external teacher, practicing but most of all both of the them showing the

great love they have for yoga and for each other. We use this photos when there is an important

message, when we need to gain reach in social media, when we want to say clearly there is experience

and caring in our methods.

• Nature: This shots are for showing where we are located, the importance of retreating to an special

place. We have the great advantage of having the beach so near we can actually go practice there.

That´s a huge thing, we use it to lure people into seeing themselves on that spot.

• Practicing: We use this pictures whenever we want people to realise this is not an “impossible

dream”, students come all the time to our trainings and practices.

Symbolism:

What the picture represents. We look for meaningful photos.

• We are using a picture of the beach, are we trying to show the strength of the sea at high tide, the

calmness of a sunset or the promise of a new dawn? The sea and the beach can mean many things, lets

be aware of them and use them to make our message stronger.

• What about all the green around us?: it promises a contact with nature, a time of peace and relaxation,

of wonder for people who live in the concrete jungle. Every picture should look majestic, and exotic,

full of life.

• Our objects: There are many details around our grounds, from the bell at samadhi mandir to fountains,

and every single one used in our rituals. They move people, they communicate a promise of entering a

different reality to the one they are used to.

Intention:

Why are we selecting this picture.

• Does the picture represents the idea?.

• Is this picture the best we got?.

• Do we really need a picture to illustrate the idea.

Web Usage:

• At least 40% of every page is a picture, or an illustration.

• We find the tools to show them as big as possible.

• They change, we are not static, our homepage looks different at least every 3 months from time to

time, as well as cover pictures on social media.

• We use pictures as background, and when needed (lots of text) and possible we blend one side of

them to a solid color (i.e.: flyer).

• Whenever possible we make a full bleed if not, we round a corner.

Usage Variants:

Text & ToneThis is how make our voice be heard

Approchable & Warm: We are not selling a product, we are opening a gate for people to find the opportunity to experience a life changing event. That means we need to sound approachable, warm.

Smart & Silent:NYI’s first objective is to become a beacon of knowledge amongst any other costarican and international yoga schools. That doesn´t mean we are going to get all pretentious about it, but we are stating it in a smart and “silent” way, by giving people free information on how to help others find this great treasure we found. That`s important to keep in mind while looking through content to use, and the copy we use for our posts on social media. We should never say graphically or in any written form “we are the best”, “there´s no one out there like us”.

Non-Authoritarian:NYI teaching method is non-authoritarian, and that is why every time we approach our audience we are going to make sure we are not pushing them to think that NYI is the best Yoga school, but instead make them ask themselves if our method is the one they want to learn. Our task is to give them enough clues to actually make that happen.

To the point: Based on the body of knowledge and the experience backing us, we speak clear, and to the point, not going around and around.

Grateful:When we have to respond to comments or criticism we make sure we are grateful, yes, every time. We will find the best channel (public or private)l for it. This does not mean that we won’t respectfully address any trouble we could face.

No, we don´t show off:Our copy is based on the idea that the more you know the less you have to show off. We lure people into learning, we let them know our book is open.

All of this reflects in:• Simple compact headlines.

• Small bodies of text with a learn more button if needed.

• The hierarchy is important, we use contrast (bold, italic, size and color) in our texts to prioritise

information. (see the font & typography section).

• Hashtags: we use them as part of our copy, not just at the end of our posts in social media

SamplesTo get some inspiration

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Welcomes YouFor the past 20 years, the Nosara Yoga Institute has provided unparalleled

professional yoga trainings making Nosara the yoga capital of Costa Rica. Join us in a stimulating environment that deepens your relationship to life through

exploring the yoga you are born to live.

nosarayoga.comdiscover your yoga.

Self-Awakening Yoga Therapeutics Directed by Amba and Don Stapleton, PhD. with Janel Schullo M.Ed.

Learn to facilitate direct communication between mind and body with the language of sensation. Gain the professional skills to offer therapeutic yoga.100-hour required for Nosara 500-hour certification.

Pranassage Practitioner TrainingDirected by Amba and Don Stapleton, PhD. with Ann Hunt

Pranassage is a private session of Yoga, with a practitioner offering hands on assisting, pressure and support to deepen the effects of the Yoga Postures. Sessions can involve either Active or Passive movement determined by the clients intention, resulting in a deep state of relaxed awareness. 100-hour elective for Nosara 500-hour certification.

Inner Quest of the Yoga EducatorDirected by Amba and Don Stapleton, PhD.

Become certified to provide students and clients a one-on-one session to explore the experiences that arise as they apply their yoga to their lives off-the-mat. 100-hour required for Nosara 500-hour certification.

February 8 - February 21

Essential Nature Restorative Yoga Directed by Indu Jane Fryer, E-RYT 500

Learn how to use active and passive yoga poses, props, and meditation to help you and your yoga students find an inner state of relaxation. 100-hour elective for Nosara 500-hour certification.

February 22 - March 7

March 8 - March 21

March 22 - April 4

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200-Hour Foundational Teacher Training to Become a Certified Yoga Educator

The 200-Hour Curriculum Includes:• Foundations of Inquiry-Based, Non-Authoritarian Yoga Training for the Multi-Dimensional Self

• Nosara Yoga Philosophy & Lifestyle

• Anatomy, Physiology & Kinesiology of Hatha Yoga

• Techniques for Teaching and Practicing Nosara Yoga Vinyasa, Self-Awakening Yoga Therapeutics, Foundational Pranayama, Meditation, Relaxation

• Learning Psychology of Inquiry-Based Yoga Education, Communication and Listening Skills

• Teaching Methodology for Generating Experiential Learning Environments that Address the Multiple Intelligences of the Multi-Dimensional Self

• Professional Practices, Ethics of the Teacher Student Relationship

Learn More Register

300-Hour Advanced Professional Training for Certified Yoga Educators

For students who have completed a 200-hour Teacher Training through Nosara Yoga Institute or another Yoga Alliance accredited school.

The 300-Hour Curriculum Includes:• Inner Quest of the Yoga Educator (100-hour required module)

• Self Awakening Yoga Therapeutics Teacher Training (100-hour required module)

• Pranassage Practitioner Training (100-hour elective module)

• Essential Nature Restorative Yoga Teacher Training (100-hour elective module)

These modules can be taken as a 6-week Fast Track, or over the course of 1-3 years. Graduates are certified to receive their 500-hour RYT designation through Yoga Alliance.

Learn More Register

Nosara Yoga Career Path

500-Hour Comprehensive Immersion to Become a Professional Yoga Educator

For students without a 200-hour RYT designation, this comprehensive curriculum fulfills all of the course requirements to become a 500-Hour RYT after 11 weeks of continuous study.

The 500-Hour Curriculum Includes:• 200-hour Nosara Yoga Teacher Training

• Inner Quest of the Yoga Educator (100-hour required module)

• Self Awakening Yoga Therapeutics Teacher Training (100-hour required module)

• Pranassage Practitioner Training (100-hour elective module)

• Essential Nature Restorative Yoga Teacher Training (100-hour elective module)

• Practice Teaching Experience

Learn More Register

1000-Hour Specialized Nosara Yoga Educator or Yoga Therapist Master Track

For students who have completed 500-hour Nosara Yoga Educator certification or another Yoga Alliance approved 500-hour yoga teacher certification

• Prerequisite: 100-hour Inner Quest of the Yoga Educator Teacher Training

• Create Your Own Specialization Track by accumulating 500 hours of courses drawn from the Nosara Yoga Institute training calendar.

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2000-Hour Authorization to Direct 200-Hour Nosara Yoga Teacher Training

For students who have completed 1000-Hour Nosara Yoga Educator/Therapist Master Track. Application is by Invitation Only.

This 1000-Hour Internship includes:• Program Assistant at Nosara Yoga Institute

• Senior Teacher at Nosara Yoga Institute

• Assistant Director at Nosara Yoga Institute

• Director at Nosara Yoga Institute

• Authorized Teacher Trainer in Your Area

• Franchised Center Director

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For 20 years, the Nosara Yoga Institute has provided unparalleled professional yoga trainings on the Pacific Coast of Costa Rica. As you may already know, Nosara Yoga Institute is credited with making Nosara the Yoga Capital of Costa Rica. Now, we have accommodations to match. The Nosara Yoga Village is rated the #1 place to stay in Nosara on TripAdvisor! Experience the tranquil elegance of our Balinese inspired bungalows, savor fresh Costa Rican fare in our open air cafe, and restore yourself at our Spa, all at the newly opened Nosara Yoga Village. Whether you’re craving activity and adventure or a little R & R, you’ll find it here: Relax beside the lushly landscaped salt water pool, sip freshly squeezed tropical juices from the juice bar, indulge in a massage, take a world renowned Nosara Yoga class set amidst the jungle canopy, or choose from a diverse menu of local excursions— from surf lessons to zip lining, horseback riding and more. Experience the full spirit of Pura Vida. The warm waters of the Pacific, including perfect surf and brilliant sunsets are just a short stroll away. The Nosara Yoga Village is truly a treasure in the center of paradise. Join us for our first Holiday Season—before the secret is out.

Holiday Seasoncome celebrate with us over the

nosarayoga.comContact Alina at reservations@nosarayoga.com

Or call us toll free anytime: 1-866-439-4704

Reserve your room today.

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© 2014 Nosara Yoga Institute. Nosara Yoga®, Nosara Yoga Institute®, Interdisciplinary Yoga®, Pranassage®, and Inner Quest of the Yoga Educator®

are registered trademarks in the U.S. and Costa Rica. All Rights Reserved.

200-hour Yoga Teacher TrainingCome for one month or two, two-week sessions: January, July, or November Deepen your practice while discovering your own voice, your own style, and your own passion for yoga. In this 200-hour training, you will gain a practical understanding of the foundations of hatha, vinyasa and therapeutic yoga, experiencing the transformative power of your personal practice while acquiring the confidence and skillfulness to begin your yoga teaching career.

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For 20 years, the Nosara Yoga Institute has provided unparalleled professional yoga trainings on the

pacific coast of Costa Rica. Our unique teaching methodology for training yoga educators emphasizes

the generation of an experiential learning environment that invites relaxed learning. We approach

the study of yoga as an inquiry into one’s own experience, placing the highest value on establishing

authentic relationships, encouraging each individual to look to their own inner wisdom and authority.

We explore what is common to the diverse disciplines of yoga being taught and practiced in the

world today, delving into the yoga that comes from the inside out. Yoga teachers whose lives are

transformed from the inside out are capable of transmitting enthusiasm for the learning process. Our

shared mission is to awaken awareness of the power we have as yoga educators to invent new ways

of being together as human beings. Learning together in a yoga class invites a depth of relationship

that supports a depth of personal inquiry. Every aspect of each 200-, 300- and 500-hour professional

training program is designed as an inquiry into your own yoga—What is your yoga?

When you study with us, we hope you will find a stimulating environment that will help you deepen

your own relationship to life through exploring the yoga you are born to live, practice and share with

the world around you. It is an honor and a delight to share the yoga journey with you.

With Kind Regard, Don and Amba Stapleton

300-hour Advanced Yoga Teacher Training February 22 – April 4, 2015

This extraordinary 6-week experience builds upon the 200-hour foundation, providing you with new tools to further your professional and personal development. This comprehensive curriculum includes an in-depth study of hands-on assists and Pranassage® techniques, Self Awakening Yoga Therapeutics, and communication and Yoga Guide skills, that will allow you to hone your personal intention as a yoga practitioner and educator. You may also take the training one module at a time in order to spread the time over 3 years.

500-hour Integrated Yoga Teacher Training January 11 – April 4, 2015

A 12-week immersion that will last a lifetime! Combining our 200-hour and 300-hour trainings into one in-depth experience, you will receive far more than your 500-hour yoga teacher training certification. Experience new dimensions of yourself, develop life skills and professional tools, and become part of a timeless yoga community.

Amba & Don Stapleton, PhDCo-Founders & Co-Directors

Nosara Yoga Institute, Costa Rica

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Take your yoga to the next level with 200-300-500-hour yoga teacher training at

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A section specific to the website?maybe it will help them understand why a brand book is a good idea and how it relates directly to the site?

HOME

Fullscreen slideshow, video or photo with buttons on top of it: http://showcase.balbooa.com/index.php/template/un-cover

• Administration: thumbnails with links to profiles on social media: http://demo.joomlavi.com/j3/jv-galaticos/

• Faculty: thumbnails with links to profiles on social media & button to full profile http://demo.joomlavi.com/j3/jv-galaticos/ • Testimonials: single page article with photos & banners.

• Our Philosophy: image slider with small text over and learn more button?• Our Approach:• Daily Schedule: • Career Paths: 4 column portfolio with categories http://showcase.balbooa.com/index.php/template/uncover then to single article

◦ 200-hour: single article page with photos.◦ 300-hour: single article page with photos.◦ 500-hour: single article page with photos.◦ 1000-hour: single article page with photos.◦ Continuing Education (CEU’s).

• Online Application Form: picture on the background with icons http://themeforest.net/item/st-resting-joomla-restaurant-template/full_screen_preview/9716649

PROGRAM CALENDAR • Individual Program Pages: 4 column portfolio with categories http://showcase.balbooa.com/index.php/template/un-coverthen to single article.

REGISTRATION / GETTING HERE

• Accommodation Options: Gallery• Booking & Payment (link to system?)• Flights & Shuttles• FAQs: accordions on single article page full width image background (we could use a motif) http://showcase.balbooa.com/index.php/template/uncover

• Public Yoga◦ Schedule: google calendar extension?? https://joomla.digital-peak.com/demo/dpc/en/#-year=2015&month=1&day=30&view=month can be updated, can be viewed by day, week or month.. opens ligh-tbox for the event displaying location, time, etc.. DONT WORRY COLORS CAN BE CUSTOMIZED and can be inserted on a single article page over a background

◦ Class Descriptions: single article page with gallery◦ What to bring: full width image with buttons and text over it http://demo.templaza.com/dekor/?tf=1

◦ What to expect: full width image with buttons and text over it http://demo.templaza.com/dekor/?tf=1• Private Sessions◦ Yoga◦ Pranassage◦ Yoga Guide• Booking and Payment• Map of Grounds

MEDIA

Maybe we could have some sort of landing page with buttons like this instead of a dropdown menu???

• Videos: video thumbnails that can be sorted by category http://demo.joomlaman.com/extensions/jm-video-gallery-lite.html uses youtube and vimeo streams

• Interviews & Articles: masonry with sidebar & individual article in full width: http://demo.joomlavi.com/j3/jv-galaticos/index.php/blog/right-sidebar

• Photo Gallery: slider with thumbnails, fullscreen option with text and responsive http://demo.joomlaman.com/exten-sions/jm-video-gallery-lite.html also has the ability to open in fullscreen directly

• Press: masonry with sidebar & individual article in full width: http://demo.joomlavi.com/j3/jv-galaticos/index.php/blog/right-side-bar

KNOWLEDGE CENTER• Blog: masonry with sidebar & individual article in full width: http://demo.joomlavi.com/j3/jv-galaticos/index.php/blog/right-sidebar

TEACHER DIRECTORY The Nosara Yoga Teacher Affiliate Schools Find a Teacher in Your Area( goes to system?)

CONTACT• Forms: picture on the background with icons http://themeforest.net/item/st-resting-joomla-restaurant-template/full_screen_preview/9716649

• Google Map: most tem-plates already have this imple-mented

Footer:http://demo.templaza.com/dekor/?tf=1

Includes contact, social media icons, Instagram feed

Here are pages from the PDF book that Amba liked, if useful...

A shift in biologycreates a shift in consciousness.– Amba Stapleton

You get to arrive as a work in progress.– Don Stapleton

Standing there with resolute deter-mination, like a mountain, focusing upon the particular thoughts, feel-ings, and sensations that you have chosen as your practice, witness-ing the multi-dimensional layers of self, your essential and fundamen-tal nature will be revealed. – Yogi Patanjali, Sutra III

An experiential learning process will deliver you to a place where you’ve never been before, or maybe no one has been before. – Don Stapleton

The practice is not to gain external anything.

The practice is to gain consciousness.– Amba Stapleton

There is something within all of us longing to come into balance. – Don Stapleton

The practice is not to gain external anything.

The practice is to gain consciousness.– Amba Stapleton

If you have ever been loved, you’re already a teacher. – Don Stapleton

It is about being aware of what is.

– Don Stapleton

Evolution needs you to live your yoga. – Don Stapleton