RenYoga U: The Power of Fasting (June 20, 2022)

Presenting our RenYoga University Class (#005):

** This is a 1-Day Course **

Featuring special guest speaker: Larc Jaycobs, P.T.

In this course, we will (a) overview the why and how of fasting, (b) explore the great recuperative powers of fasting, and (c) hear from Larc Jaycobs who recently completed a 21-day fast at the True North Health Center in Santa Rosa, CA…

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Overview:

Fasting is as old as the hills. Yogis have been using fasting as a tool for physical rejuvenation, psychic clarity, and spiritual realization for thousands of years. It is a time-tested technique that is the perfect antidote for today’s fast-paced world where technological achievement is only outpaced by our societal tendencies to undermine our own health. 

The benefits of fasting are both numerous and great: cellular regeneration, a reboot of your digestive system, detoxification, disease prevention, heightened mental prowess, and so much more. That is why more and more are turning towards this practice to revitalize themselves. Indeed, this is a method that is readily accessible to one and all.

But let’s get real here: Fasting is about doing it. Suppose a person knows all about the benefits of yoga, but never rolls out their mat. In that case their knowledge has very little value as they will suffer the ill-effects of not practicing. Similarly, being familiar with fasting but not doing it fails to produce any of the benefits. So this course is a way to jumpstart the practice of fasting for those who have some background in the field, and it will also empower people completely new to the practice to be able to fast & break fast on their own.

And what better time to do this than on the eve of the summer solstice which is a great time to recharge and renew. Even more fortuitous is that the solstice is quickly followed by ekadashii, the main date for yogic fasting.

A special aspect of this course will be a presentation by Larc Jaycobs who has a varied and in-depth background in healthy living practices, and just recently completed a 21-day fast at the True North Health Center. Larc will openly share her experience and field any questions you may have.

So this is really going to be a jam-packed session where we both inspire and put rubber to the road wherein everyone feels motivated and empowered to embrace this great life practice.

Kindly find Larc’s extended bio appended at the bottom of this page.

This course fulfills Continuing Education credits with Yoga Alliance
as Satyam is an E-RYT 500 and a Yoga Alliance Continuing Education Provider.

Outcomes:

Each participant will get opportunity to:
(a) learn the physical, psychic, and spiritual benefits of fasting;
(b) gain a clear understanding of how to fast and break fast;
(c) realize how fasting can be a tool to reverse certain health issues, and fend off the effects of aging;
(d) become confident in using the practice of fasting in their own lives;
(e) be part of a supportive community that nurtures health life practices like fasting.

Class Time & Replay:

The course will be comprised of a single live online class with replays freely available for all registrants. All times are EST.

Monday, June 20: 7pm to 8:45pm

Questions & comments will be welcomed anytime via email (or here) and a single extra Zoom session will be conducted by the instructor to answer particular questions. The Q & A Zoom session will become part of the course catalog and be made available to all attendees.

Format:

– A welcome packet and course materials will be sent to registrants a few days (or so) before the course begins.
– The live online class will be a combination of lecture, discussion, and Q & A. The first portion will focus on the yogic system of fasting, and the second will be Larc’s presentation and experience with an extended fast. There will be a Q & A for both segments.
– Questions will also be accepted and replied to after the live session via video.
– All registrants will have access to Zoom replays of this course.

Registration:

Tuition for Live: $25 by June 15, 2022 // $30 after June 15, 2022

Tuition for Replay: $22 (anytime) // Replay Free for Live Registrants

Register today to reserve your spot!

Tuition may be paid via:
– Venmo: @RenaissanceYoga
– Paypal: Request an invoice or find us renyoga@gmail.com
– Check: RenYoga c/o Nicholson, 1192 Fearrington Post, Pittsboro NC 27312

Guest Speaker Bio: Larc Nicholson Jaycobs, P.T.

Larc Nicholson Jaycobs has been a practicing health and wellness professional for over 30 years.

Larc was Licensed as an Orthopedic Physical Therapist in 1991 and specializes in classical osteopathic manual corrective therapy. She fundamentally trusts in the innate healing mechanism from within the individual being. All of Larc’s work incorporates this understanding and includes such offerings as craniosacral therapy, surgical scar release, Reconnective Healing and The Personal  Reconnection. The latter two rely purely on Source Energy and are performed without physical touch.

Her latest passion is “Reconnective Healing, and The Personal Reconnection”, which has been stunning in its scope and healing capability. She offers Reconnective Healing through distance and in-person sessions to her patients and, upon patient request, their pets.

Larc’s certification in health coaching encompasses a broad array of dietary, lifestyle, and nature-based health strategies to promote optimal physiologic and psycho-spiritual wellbeing.

During the Covid 19 lockdown Larc formed the “Cold Water Plungers”, which consists of Nantucket women who accompany each other for peer-supervised swims during in the winter’s icy months. Larc swam straight through this winter of 2021-22 on every day that conditions were safe.

Ms. Jaycobs lives on Nantucket Island in Massachusetts with her husband and has two adult daughters.

Credentials:
Physical Therapist, Licensed in MA, NJ
Certified Health Coach
Credentialed Personal Reconnection and Reconnective Healing practitioner

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