GSY Level 2
In-Person Training & Retreat



Sayulita, Mexico
Jan. 27th - Feb. 3rd, 2024
Your Journey Continues at the charming beach town of Sayulita, Mexico!

Join James Knight, Founder of Gentle Somatic Yoga® (GSY), for an unforgettable training & retreat in a tropical paradise setting. 

James has been coming to Sayulita, Mexico almost every year since 2012 and it is one of his favorite places in the world. Not only will you be empowered with new skills for personal and/or professional development, be ready for some great surprises of local culture, secluded beaches, yummy food, and more...   Also, you are invited to bring a friend or family members to join you complimentary if your room accommodation allows, and they don't mind waiting until your breaks to spend time with you (trust us... they won't be bored!). 

Gentle Somatic Yoga is a simple, practical, and reliable form of brain-to-muscle repatterning that goes to the root cause of most muscular pain, stiffness, and posture imbalances. In GSY, we don't focus on stretching. Instead, we use a technique called pandiculation. The beneficial results can be immediate and long lasting for most people.  Be prepared to expand your capacity with an embodied sense of ease and freedom through everyday movement and vibrant health!
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ABOUT GSY LEVEL 2 Training

Gentle Somatic Yoga® Level 2 Course ~  Theme: Your Healing Journey Continues with the Energy Body and the Whole-Self

Facilitated by GSY Founder, James Knight

Continuing from the foundation in GSY Level 1 training, Level 2 expands your self-care tool kit to gift yourself and others.

Although many participants drawn to this method are movement educators, you don't need to be a yoga teacher/therapist or bodyworker to take this course. Anyone interested in learning new tools to take charge of their mental, physical, emotional and spiritual health are welcome. 


Some highlights of this course. You will learn:

  • 29+ ADDITIONAL Somatic Movement Flows®
  • Practices inspired from the body-oriented psychotherapy methods of Core Energetics and Bioenergetics to assist removing defense structures and neutralizing past trauma stored in the tissues and energy field. 
  • As well as the physical, the human body is made up of light, energy and consciousness. In this course we address the energy body, specifically the aura and chakras.
  • Deeper understanding and embodiment of the GSY philosophical underpinnings, along with practices to balance the whole-self.
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GSY Level 2 Training: The Energy Body and the Whole-Self

This training is right for you if:

  • You are a yoga teacher, yoga therapist, bodyworker or health care professional and want to acquire new skills that you can implement into your classes and/or private sessions. Continuing Education Units (CEUs) available
  • You aren't a yoga teacher, but a student of life who knows that the biggest investment you can make is your health. With these courses you want to take your own self-healing and self-care practices to deeper level
  • You want to increase self-awareness and refine listening to your body's messages. This includes finding your "Inner Yes" and continue to learn how to make nourishing decisions for you mind, body, and soul
  • You want to develop or enhance a daily home practice where you can learn to quiet the thinking mind, and fuel your body with renewed life-force energy
  • You want to have a deeper understanding how the mind and emotions affect the body, and learn new skills to unwind from old internal stress patterns
  • You want to learn Somatic Movements to resolve common physical conditions and ailments, such as: chronic back pain, neck and shoulder tension, tight hips, TMJ, etc... 
  • You would like to add-on our Certification Option to provide a credential and expand your scope of practice. Learn more HERE

More of what you will learn in this course:

  • 29+ Therapeutic Somatic Movement Flows® for self-care, emotional resiliency, health and wellbeing. This course continues from GSY Level 1. It includes offering reliable tools to support mental, emotional, energetic, and spiritual freedom
  • More skills for self-healing. Also, to help build your confidence to continue to share this innovative method with your friends, family, clients and students
  • Understand how experiences of trauma are stored in our tissues and muscles. And, learn how to release these unconscious holding patterns through somatic movements, breathing techniques, and mediations
  • How to maintain and grow an embodied experience of health and wellness through deepening our relationship with our Energy Body (Aura and Chakras)
  • Engaging the wisdom of the soma (somatic intellegence) in a safe and caring group container 
  • Modifications and use of props for the needs of:  beginner yoga students, active seniors, desk workers, chair yoga, athletes, individuals recovering from injury - pre and post-surgery, pregnancy, and much more
  • Recordings of all sessions. You will have access to them for three months after the course ends if you do not choose the certification option and 6 months with the certification
  • 32 hours of Continuing Education Units (CEUs) available
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** PLEASE NOTE **
  • Please budget approx. $50-80 each way for a taxi to pick you up from the Puerto Vallarta (PVR) airport, and drop you off in Sayulita (This amount is much less if you share your taxi with another participant. We can help you find out if others are arriving near the same time as you). Taxi rides are, on average, 45 minutes from Puerto Vallarta to the hotel. 
  • If you are willing to exit the airport and cross the pedestrian bridge to the other side of the highway, taxi’s are less expensive. We will send more information in an email and it will be on your thank you page.
  • It is possible to take a local bus from the airport to Sayulita. They run every 15 minutes or so and cost less than $5 USD. You'll need mexican pesos and know some basic spanish. Contact us for more info if you want to look into this option. James has done this before and he say's its not difficult and fun to drop into the Mexican culture that way. The bus ride takes about 1 1/4hrs. 
  • There are no banks in Sayulita, but there are ATM machines. Cash versus credit cards: Most places in Sayulita will take cash only (both mexican pesos and american dollars). The hotel will take credit cards but cannot do money exchange. You may consider buying pesos from your bank before you arrive in Mexico.
  • We will send you an email of a list of recommended things to bring with you on this trip. This will also be on your thank you page, once you register.
  • Please be aware of your health insurance restrictions and options for travel insurance. There are possible hazards in Mexico such as cobblestone streets, uneven or cracked surfaces, weather, digestive challenges, etc. These can all be avoided by being prepared.


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Hotelito Los Suenos
ABOUT HOTELITO


Welcome to the Hotel of Dreams, a place to relax, practice yoga, and explore the quaint tropical seaside village of Sayulita. Hotelito Los Sueños cares about your comfort, tranquility and a high level of friendly service.

The staff will provide you the best experience possible; clean, secure, tasteful and comfortable accommodations, optional morning and evening yoga classes taught by hotel sub-contractors, and a delicious vegetarian breakfast buffet. There are complimentary boogie boards, bicycles, beach chairs, and umbrella's available for day use.

Restaurants and evening nightlife are walking distance from the hotel. 

MORE DETAILS

Once you settle into Hotelito Los Sueños and you want to walk on the beach or swim in the warm ocean, it located no more than a 5-minute walk from the hotel lobby.

Other features include:

  • Air conditioning in every room (except the open air yoga studios)
  • Two Pools (new salt water pool!)
  • Smoothie bar/Breakfast buffet
  • Sun terrace
  • 2 beautiful open-air yoga studios with mats, bolsters, blocks and straps. The flooring is composed of a stiff rubber material to give just a bit more cushioning. The mats and studios are cleaned on a daily basis
  • Library
  • WiFi is available in all areas and is free of charge (however not always reliable... some areas better than others). There are internet cafe's in the town of Sayulita.
  • In-house massage therapists
  • Non-smoking throughout
  • No TV’s in the rooms.  Their unique hotel is based upon guests going out and experiencing everything Sayulita has to offer (and it has a lot!!) 
EXPLORE HOTELITO LOS SUENOS
SLEEPING ACCOMMODATIONS: 
Choose from a variety of rooms:

  • Standard Queen
  • Superior Queen 
  • Superior King
  • Superior Double - 2 Queen beds and a balcony
  • Suite with a kitchen
  • Villa with living room and kichen
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HANG SPACE
There are plenty of spots to kick off  your sandals and relax...

Parts of the beach nearby has natural shade from the trees. Otherwise the hotel can give you an umbrella...

The town of Sayulita is walking distance and has plenty of shopping, cafe's, and tequila bars for those who enjoy margarita's!

EAT & DRINK
Complimentary smoothie bar and delicious breakfast buffet is available each morning
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A WEEK IN THE LIFE
ADVENTURES
WATER SPORTS
SNORKELING
SEA LIFE
WHALE TOURS
SELF-CARE
MASSAGES
OUTDOORS
JUNGLE HIKES
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Gentle Somatic Yoga® and Somatic Wellness: GSY Level 2 in-Person Training and Retreat ~ The Journey Continues
Sayulita, Mexico | January 27 - February 3, 2024
About Your Facilitator:

James Knight, founder of Gentle Somatic Yoga®, is one of the early pioneers to bridge Somatics and yoga. He is an Experienced Yoga Teacher, Certified Hanna Somatic Educator from the Novato Institute for Somatic Research and Training (3rd wave), and Integrative Therapist. His passion is to inspire and encourage others to live a fulfilling life of physical, emotional and spiritual freedom.
 
From his combined experience as a lifelong yogi, intuitive bodyworker, body-oriented psychotherapist, movement educator and author, James created an easy and reliable method that reverses the cause and effects of muscular pain, stiffness, and other tension-based conditions. Most people find immediate and long-lasting beneficial results. 

RATES FOR 7 NIGHTS 

***We have a limited amount of rooms allotted to us that GSY hase reserved and paid for. Book soon to ensure you get the room you want. Scroll down to find photos of each accomodation option. Special perk: You can bring guests complimentary if they are not taking the GSY training, if your room choice can accomodate them!
These trainings will most likely sell-out so reserve now!***
The cost of the training, for the rooms listed above, INCLUDES:
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Accomodation
Breakfast buffet at Hotelito Los Suenos
GSY Level 2 tuition fees
19% Hotel VAT taxes
Bicycles, boogie boards, beach umbrellas & towels
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A DAY IN YOUR TRAINING: This is a sample schedule and could be updated daily, as the needs of the group may change. Also we factor in additonal adventure/rest time during the week as well ~ typically Wednesday from noon onward is a "free day"...
7:00am to 8:45am - Breakfast
9:00am - 10:15am GSY Movement Class

10:30am - 1pm Learning Lab

1:15pm to 3:15pm

Lunch on your own. Time to explore the town and/or rest 
3:30pm - 6:00pm

Discussion and practice teachback. After, dinner on your own or as a group
A $500 non-refundable deposit is due at the time of reserving your spot (exception: a personal emergency, or travel restrictions change depending on your country of origin. Slight cancellation admin fees may apply).

The balance is due on January 11, 2024 ~ or pay in full if you sign up after Jan. 11, 2024.

12:23:2023 NOTE: Since it is so close to the start date for this training, please email us, before you put down your deposit, to ensure we still have rooms available: customercare@gentlesomaticyoga.com
 



Villa - Can sleep up to
5 People w/ kitchen
~ $2,843


(1 King Bed, 1 Double Bed, 1 Single Bed)

*There are 2 Villas at the Hotel. We have reserved only 1. Email us if interested in this option and we will check on availability.



Suite - Can sleep up to 4 people w/ Kitchen ~
$2,419

(2 Queen Beds)

*There are 2 Villas at the Hotel. We have reserved only 1. Email us if interested in this option and we will check on availability.





Superior Double Queen ~
2 Queen Beds $2,176







Superior King ~
1 King Bed  
$2,419






Superior Queen ~
1 Queen Bed $2,177

ONLY ONE LEFT!







Standard Queen ~
1 Queen Bed $2,116

ONLY ONE LEFT!



The cost per room accommodation below, does not include, certification. However the certification add-on can be added any time before, during, or after the training. Click HERE to learn more about the Certification option add-on.

SINGLE OCCUPANCY

(For One Person Taking Training)
*Non-Participant Guests are Complementary if Room Can Accommodate Them.


 These prices include your deposit of $500.

Scroll to checkout to pay your DEPOSIT ONLY and select your preferred room with no other balance today. 

Purchasing your room today GUARANTEES your room choice. 2 payment option is available at checkout.

Deposit only and selection menu secures your space in the training and we will do our best to match the room preference later.

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STANDARD QUEEN (1 bed) ~$2,116
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SUPERIOR QUEEN (1 bed) ~ $2,177
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SUPERIOR KING (1 bed) ~ $2,419
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SUPERIOR DOUBLE (2 Q beds) ~ $2,419
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SUPERIOR DOUBLE (2 Q beds) ~ $1,874

Please enter your information below to secure your room and spot in the training for the LEVEL 2 GSY Training.

*You can bring guests that are NOT TAKING the training at no additional cost, if your room choice can accommodate them! Select the single occupancy price as the double occupancy price is adjusted so both people are enrolled in the training.

** Please note that the "Shared" occupancy selection above for the Superior Double will need to be individually purchased by both participants. If you're bringing guests or fellow participant(s) sharing your room, please enter their name, email and phone number down below for our record tracking. If they are a training participant -- they are also required to register, pay a separate deposit, and sign the waiver to secure their space. (If you choose to, you can change the quantity of the deposit to (2) to pay theirs with yours. Otherwise, we can reach out to them separately with a payment link.)

Email us if you have any questions: customercare@gentlesomaticyoga.com

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Our cancellation policy is as follows: All payment plans and balance due payments must be completed by December 7, 2023. The deposit is non-refundable, unless it's an emergency.

Cancellations after December 7, 2023, your deposit is non-refundable. However, any remaining balance might be added to a future GSY event. We would need to check with Hotelito Los Suenos to find out if there are any added fees GSY would incur before making a decision.

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If you are bringing someone with you to share your room, as mentioned above, please enter their full name, email address and phone number below where indicated.
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If you want to secure your room with your DEPOSIT ONLY please select the room from the drop down menu directly below this text so that we can save your preferred room. We have made it easy for you to purchase your room in part of full with the order menu located further above the personal information form. 
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If you have any questions regarding checkout, please email us at CustomerCare@gentlesomaticyoga.com


You'll now be directed to complete our event waiver form. PLEASE NOTE: Your registration will not be complete without submitting this form.
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