THAY Graduate Membership Portal

Welcome to Three and a Half Acres Yoga’s Graduate Membership Portal. As a member, you will gain:

  • 50% off tickets to our educational workshops
  • Access to all alumni session recordings
  • Access to extended versions of training techniques presented during
  • alumni meetings
  • Access to special event recordings
  • Discounts on Land Yoga Workshops and Trainings
  • Listing of your support on THAY’s website

Training Tutorials

TOPIC: Trauma Sensitive Visualization Introduction

In this 6-minute video, Three and a Half Acres Yoga’s (THAY) Founder and Executive Director, Lara Land introduces you to Trauma Sensitive Visualization. Visualization techniques can be personally meaningful and are engaging to practitioners because of the symbols and imagery they provoke. Such techniques embrace the body and any arising sensation. Lara touches on scanning the body and the role of creative visualization.

Download the Trauma Sensitive Visualization
Introduction transcript
HERE
Read the Three and a Half Acres Yoga (THAY) Guide on Trauma Sensitive Meditation to learn more about visualization. You will also have access to scripts that you can use to aid the process.
Download the Trauma Sensitive
Meditation Guide
HERE

TOPIC: Trauma Sensitive Visualization Script

In this 11-minute video, Three and a Half Acres Yoga’s (THAY) Founder and Executive Director, Lara Land expands on her Trauma Sensitive Visualization Introduction and offers a script to guide this technique.
Download the Trauma Sensitive
Visualization Script transcript
HERE

TOPIC: Using Music in a Trauma Sensitive Class

In this 15-minute video, Three and a Half Acres Yoga’s (THAY) Founder and Executive Director, Lara Land discusses incorporating music in a trauma sensitive class.

Download the Using Music in a
Trauma Sensitive Class transcript
HERE

TOPIC: Trauma Sensitive Class

Three and a Half Acres Yoga’s (THAY) Founder and Executive Director, Lara Land shares a gentle 30-minute trauma sensitive yoga experience.
Download the
Trauma Sensitive Class transcript
HERE

TOPIC: Trauma Sensitive Body Scan

Three and a Half Acres Yoga’s (THAY) Founder and Executive Director, Lara Land walks us through a trauma sensitive body scan in this 16-minute voice recording.

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Download the
Trauma Sensitive Body Scan transcript
HERE

TOPIC: Self Touch

In this 14-minute video, Three and a Half Acres Yoga (THAY) Founder and Executive Director, Lara Land discusses self touch.
Download the Self Touch transcript here
HERE
Download the Self Touch Guide here.
HERE

Using Themes in Class

In this 7-minute video, Three and a Half Acres Yoga’s Founder and Executive Director, Lara Land leads us through the use of themes in the classroom environment.
Download THE Using Themes in Class transcript here
HERE
Download the Using Themes in Class Guide here
HERE

Strength Theme Class

Lara Land, Founder and Executive Director elaborates on the use of themes and introduces strength as a theme for the classroom environment. This is a sample class taught by Lara that you may view and use.

Download the Strength Theme Class transcript here
HERE

Self Touch: Mudra

In this 11-minute training video on self touch in yoga, Lara Land, Founder and Executive Director at Three and a Half Acres Yoga (THAY) discusses mudra, a symbolic or ritual gesture or pose. In Lara’s previous Self Touch training video, we learn about self touch in a trauma-informed yoga class, the importance of agency, pressure, and tapping. Self Touch: Mudra is a continuation of Self Touch. In it we’re offered more precise visualizations of the hand and body.
Download the “Self Touch: Mudra” transcript here:
HERE

Friday Night Yoga East Talk with Lara Land

In this 2 hour video, Lara Land discusses yoga, service, and identity with Yoga East.

Download the “Friday Night Yoga East Talk” transcript

HERE

Yoga + Art Projects Video I

In this 10-minute video, Lara Land discusses the therapeutic benefits of yoga and art.

Download the “Yoga + Art” transcript

HERE

Setting Goals

In this 6-minute video, Lara Land discusses goal setting in a yoga classroom.
Download the “Setting Goals” transcript here:
HERE

Important Documents

Three and a Half Acres Yoga (THAY) Teacher Roadmap

Follow the Three and a Half Acres Yoga (THAY) Teacher Roadmap to learn how you can become a Senior THAY Teacher.
Download the Three and a Half Acres Yoga
(THAY) Teacher Roadmap
HERE

2022 Zoom Protocol

Reference the 2022 Zoom Protocol to prepare for your next class.
Download the
Zoom Protocol
HERE

Special Events

Raising Spirits & Sober Support: Community Mocktail Making Class

In February 2022, our Junior Board of Directors hosted their first fundraising event! We collaborated with our partner, The Phoenix and our generous sponsor, Ferm Fatale to host an evening of mocktail creation, community, and education.
Download especially crafted recipes
from mixologist, Warren Davis
HERE

108 Sun Salutations for New Beginnings:
Welcoming the Spring Back

Three and a Half Acres Yoga (THAY) hosted a virtual 108 Sun Salutations: Welcoming Spring and New Beginnings fundraising event via Zoom on Sunday, April 24th, 2022.

In collaboration with THAY partner, Harlem Grown, 9 experienced yoga teachers each led participants through 12 Sun Salutations until we reached a total of 108.

View the full event’s recording below: