Saturday, May 11 – Sunday, December 15, 2024
Yogashala Chile offers again the 100% face-to-face training of 50 or 100 hours of GPBALANCE, guided by the teacher and creator of the method, Gustavo Ponce. You can attend comfortably on weekends, choosing either 50 or 100 hours based on your availability.
GPBALANCE is a method created by Gustavo Ponce based on traditional yoga, honoring the Indian philosophical heritage, while offering a modern and concrete method. This hormonal yoga technique will allow you to restore your vitality and naturally rebalance your hormonal health and/or that of your students/patients.
This event is open to those who want to teach the method (yoga teachers, therapists, medical or paramedical professionals, etc.) but also to those who are interested in learning it for their personal practice.
Practice
Requirements
Two different 50-hour modules –alpha and beta– are offered. Completing one is enough if you wish to train for your own practice. If you wish to train as a teacher, you are required to complete 2 different sessions, or 100 hours of practical training.
During each of these 2 modules, you will study the complete series in a general way and delve into the theoretical aspects of the 5 sections of GPBALANCE.
The 5 sections of GPBALANCE
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The study of different breathing and postural techniques: Kaya Stairyam Sankalpa, Bija Mantras, Prana Vidya, Kapalabhati, Bhastrika 1, Bhastrika 2. These techniques work on stillness, stability and concentration of body and mind as well as the channeling of energy.
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Preparatory work of simple postures lying on the back, accompanied by visualizations and the various breathing techniques studied in the previous section. This enables us mobilize energy around pelvic region.
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Standing postures whose primary objective is to strengthen the flexibility, strength, balance and agility of our whole body. This also enables us to mobilize energy throughout the body.
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In this section, the focus is on pressing the pubis to the ground and strengthening the core area of the body as well as the abdominal area. We will also perform a series of inverted postures.
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This last seated section will cover different techniques such as Uddiyana Bandha, Agnisara Dhauti, Nauli, Ashwini Mudra, Nadi Shodhana Pranayama. The essential objective of these techniques being to achieve a rebalancing of the hormonal system in a more intense way than during the various techniques and asanas proposed in the previous sections. They also help to cleanse and lighten the body of functional obstacles caused largely by stress. We end this last section of the practice with a brief contemplation (which includes your last Sankalpa), Neo-Tummo and Yoga Nidra.
Alpha module
This alpha module will tackle sections 1, 3 and 5. We will focus the theoretical and practical teaching on the following techniques:
- 5-minute, slow breathing test
- Abdominal breathing and yogic breathing
- Ashwini Mudra
- Bhastrika 1
- Bhastrika 2
- Bija Mantra and “Humming”
- Bolt score
- Dead bug
- Exhalations through a straw
- The importance of cultivating balance
- Kapalabhati
- Kaya Sthairyam (the importance of sitting well and relaxing in the posture “Sthira Sukham Asanam”)
- Kechari Mudra
- Manipur Shuddhi and Ajapa Japa
- Meditation
- Nadi shodhana
- Prana Mudra, laying on of hands.
- Prana vidya
- Sankalpa (The power of autosuggestion)
- Sun salutation
- Tapping
- The 4 breathing patterns
- Timo (laugh)
- Uddiyana Bandha
- Ujjay
- Yoga Nidra
Beta module
This beta module will tackle sections 2 and 4. We will focus the theoretical and practical teaching on the following techniques:
- Anteversion and retroversion of the pelvis
- Ardha Matysana, Dandasana, Paschimottanasana
- Bandhas
- Bhramari Pranayama
- Bhujangasana Family
- Buteyko
- Collapsing Bridge: Activation of Swadhisthana Chakra (Original Tumo)
- Dinah’s Technique
- Headstand
- Importance of moving the hips, tilting the pelvis and twisting
- Importance of the pelvic floor muscles
- Intermittent breathing
- Kumbhaka (suspension of breath)
- Manipur Shuddhi and Ajapa Japa
- Meditation on the 5 reminders
- Navasana
- Neo-Tummo (in its two forms)
- Nitric oxide
- Pawanmuktasanas
- Prana-Apanasana
- Shoulder stand (Salamba Sarvangasana, Viparita Karani Mudra, Karna Pidasana)
- Soft quiks to the sacrum (Awakening Swadhisthana)
- Supta Gomukhasana (gonads)
- The CO2 paradox
- The power of visualization
- Vagus nerve
In-person course
Each session will systematically and progressively address the 5 sections that make up the GPBALANCE series. The whole series uses different techniques and concepts that we will see in detail throughout the teaching of the 2 modules:
- Asanas
- Mudras, especially kechari Mudra (used throughout the practice)
- Kriyas
- Bandhas (very frequently used during practice)
- Chakras and Prana
- Visualization and concentration (very frequently used during practice)
- Meditation
- Neo-Tummo
Theory
To deepen your theoretical knowledge of the method, you will have access to the PDF version of Gustavo Ponce’s following books:
- Book 10: The method
- Book 4: Breathing
If you want to train as a GPBALANCE Hormonal Yoga teacher and teach the method, learn how you can become a certified trainer.
Testimonials
I had the chance to take two hormonal yoga teacher trainings thanks to Frédérique Verdeau. The first, hosted by Dinah Rodrigues, was the start of my journey into hormonal wellness and yoga. This is why I did not hesitate for a second when Frédérique told me about the GPBALANCE training. Led by Gustavo Ponce, I was enthusiastic about this training. Gustavo is very pedagogical, he shares with great generosity all his knowledge learned from the greatest yogis masters and put at the service of hormonal balance. I experienced this training as a great homecoming. I came back to my breathing, to my body with a more developed consciousness. The exercises are varied, both accessible and demanding. A return to balance that accompanies me in my daily practice and that I look forward to sharing with my students.
Catherine Couput (France)
With Gustavo Ponce + Fanny Lehideux + Frédérique Verdeau + Pati Peguero (France, 2023)
If I had to translate GPBALANCE into one word, it would be "health". Despite the fact that I have recently started my first 50 hours of training, I can already perceive the wealth of information it contains, I think that everything I have seen so far leads on the right path to improve our physical, mental and emotional well-being. And I must emphasize that one of the things that has attracted my attention the most and that is still present, is that I am more and more aware of the importance of the breath, its power and its important impact on our body.
Caro Loberade (Chile)
With Gustavo Ponce + Karina García Pastén (Chile, 2022)
Since discovering the GPBALANCE method, my interest in yoga has grown considerably as I have seen the changes it has produced in my daily life. As part of my training, I recently had the opportunity to teach a GPBALANCE class to a group of 8 students I didn't know. I took the challenge seriously, I prepared the course beforehand and the feeling of being in front of a group of students that I could help, advise and share the GPBALANCE method with, was so great that it allowed me to visualize the possibility of continuing to teach the method to more people.
Felipe And Barros (Chile)
With Gustavo Ponce (Chile, 2022)
This practice overwhelmed me by the sensations it provides, a particular state oscillating between power and calm. It is so complete and so different from other practices, that it is worth discovering, teaching and practicing.
Fanny Chassefière (France)
With Fanny Lehideux + Frédérique Verdeau (France, 2021)