Are you willing to traverse the darker aspects of yourself?
Shadow School is a calling to learn to embrace your dark side and bring it to the light to reconcile unconscious imbalances.
You’re invited to a Shadow School Yoga Challenge
October 1st- October 30th, 2021
Join us for an exhilarating 30-day experience that asks you to make space to surface the subconscious aspects of yourself. You’ll be tasked with tenderly examining the pieces of your persona you avoid or suppress and perhaps unconsciously overlook with yoga, mantra, meditation, and journaling prompts to encourage you through your process.
“Until you make the unconscious conscious, it will direct your life, and you will call it fate.” — Carl Jung
Shadow School is your summons to acknowledge your wild side, surface intense emotions, and expunge the parts of yourself you no longer need. You are ready to face the core beliefs, motivations, desires, and aspirations that bring darkness and lightness into your life.
We must eat our own shadow—haul it up from out of the pit and develop a conscious connection with it. Doing so not only prevents our unacknowledged darkness from haunting our thoughts and distorting our relationships; it also liberates tremendous psychic energy. — Excerpt from Rob Brezsny’s Shadow School.
Shadow School Yoga Challenge asks that you be open to receiving all parts of yourself; the sticky, uncomfortable, and undesirable.
You are ready to sit in all of it.
You will be supported by a community AND prompted to reflect with meditation, journaling questions, and classes themed on the emotions we’d rather ignore.
Fear, Grief, Anger, Shame, Guilt, Duplicity, Illusion, Attachment; you will tenderly examine and express each emotion in a Lila Flow Yoga class featuring original music by Pete Wonder.
You will enter the storm. You will ride the turbulence. You will receive the beauty and gems of your efforts as you progress through the Lila Flow Shadow School.
This challenge is FREE for all new members of Practice with Clara—we will share the coupon code for you to use for a month’s subscription in September.
What's involved?
- Lila Flow-focused yoga.
- LIVE yoga every Saturday.
- Meditations and mantras.
- Repetition to aid with your learning + development.
- Support from a community.
- On-demand content to do the classes at your leisure.
- Chance to win a gift from one of our partners if you complete the challenge!
Why Shadow School?
Inspired by one of her teachers, Rob Brezsney, Clara themed the latest Lila Flow Yoga Series to unearth the darker emotions we experience.
Shadow School takes this concept one step further to consider the unconscious aspects of the psyche, or as Carl Jung calls it, the Shadow.
“It is by going down into the abyss that you recover the treasures of life,” wrote Joseph Campbell. “Where you stumble, there lies your treasure.”
Jungian psychologists believe that you must confront your Shadow and bring it to the Light to awaken your inner divinity.
Rob Brezney writes: “Neuroscientists at Britain’s Bristol University have concluded that playing in the dirt can make you feel really good. That’s because most soil is crawling with species of bacteria that interact favourably with the human body, strengthening the immune system and stimulating the brain in the same way antidepressants do.
Let’s hypothesize that this is an apt metaphor for playing in the dirt of the shadow.”
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Shadow School Recommended Books
We’ve compiled a list of fifteen of our favourite books for you to review that goes into the darker aspects of the self and the psyche.
Pronoia – Rob Brezsny
Dark Night of the Soul – Thomas Moore
The Body Keeps the Score -Bessel van der Kolk
Untamed – Glennon Doyle
Women Who Run with Wolves – Clarrissa Pinkola Estes
Wheels of Life – Anodea Judith
A Path with Heart – Jack Kornfield
Myth Of Freedom – Choygam Trungpa
Dreaming in the Dark – Starhawk
When Things Fall Apart – Pema Chodron
The Power of Myth – Joseph Campbell
Addiction to Perfection – Marion Woodman
Maps to Ecstasy – Gabrielle Roth
Fierce Medicine – Ana Forrest
First We Make the Beast Beautiful – Sarah Wilson
Here’s How You Join Shadow School Yoga Challenge
If you’re already a member of the #PracticeWithClara community, you’re all set. You’ll see the Challenge Playlist in the Apps on September 27th.
If you’re not yet a member, join us for free for the duration of the 30-day challenge – Here’s how:
- Click here and choose the monthly subscription option
- Use the coupon code ▴ RELEASED SEPTEMBER 24th ▴ at checkout to get the challenge for free.
New members will be able to access the challenge, and if you’ve enjoyed practicing with us, you can continue with your subscription.
Important for new members:
It’s important to note that if you do not cancel your membership once the coupon code has expired, your paid subscription will begin and charge the $15.99 monthly fee.
Timeline for the challenge:
- September 24th: the coupon code for the challenge will be released for new members to access the challenge for free.
- September 27th: the Challenge Playlist will appear at the top of the #PracticeWithClara Catalog, including the web app and all apps. iPhone – Ipad – Apple TV – Android phone and tablet – Roku – Amazon Fire TV – Android TV.
- October 1st: Shadow School Virtual Yoga Challenge begins.
- November 3rd: we’ll send out a short form to be filled out by those who completed the 30-days to be eligible to win prizes.
We’ll check to see that you logged into the apps every day of the month, and from that list, we will hold a raffle to give out the prizes from our partners! Here is the clip of the raffle from one of our past challenges.
Rules for the challenge:
- Practitioners must complete the 30 days of yoga; however, we invite you to move the classes around to serve how you feel—if you’re tired, don’t push yourself. The point is making it to your mat every day, which counts towards the 30 days! Take savasana or rest on your mat when you need it.
- Practitioners are encouraged to interact with the day’s class by typing YES in the comments in the PWC App or the private Facebook Group. This practice promotes motivation, positivity, and inclusion within the community.
- The challenge is completely free for all new members for the month by using the coupon code. If you don’t cancel your subscription at the end of the challenge, you will be charged the monthly billing charge.
The 30-day virtual yoga challenges are free for all new members of Practice with Clara as we want to support and sustain the community-at-large, which means providing yoga to those who may not be able to afford it otherwise.
Save your Shadow School assets
We’ll be sharing the Shadow School Class Calendar and the Journaling Booklet on September 21st for you to preview the classes and content that will hold you accountable and inspire your progression throughout the month!
How we help hold you accountable:
The best way to create a habit is through accountability. Check-in each day with the Practice with Clara community to hold yourself accountable for completing your month of yoga!
Here are three ways for you to get in touch and say YES to completing the daily classes.
- In the PWC App: type ∾ YES ∾ in the comments after you finish the class to share that you’ve done your yoga.
- In the PWC FB Group: We will post the class daily; you can type ∾ YES ∾ in the comments to share that you’ve done your yoga.
- Daily notifications via the App – We will be sending a daily notification through the PWC app – you can opt-in through the app settings, and you can also opt-out if you’d prefer not to receive it.
You choose the method; we hold you accountable all month.
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More Opportunties on Practice with Clara
See the History of Our 30-Day Yoga Challenges
Take a look at the past 30-day yoga challenges.
Read the history of the 30-day challenges with the past partnerships, themes, interviews with professionals, and more.
Join an Upcoming 30-Day Yoga Challenge
See when the next 30-day yoga challenge is hosted to join the LIVE yoga & meditation classes.
Check out the events page to learn more.
Are you looking for more opportunities to practice yoga, for free?
Check out our Free Yoga page to see the latest offerings.
Choose from three unique, free, offerings:
▴ 30-day challenge
▴ 7-day series for beginners
▴ 7-day series for advanced vinyasa yogis
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✧ Frequently Asked Questions ✧
1. What is the Practice with Clara Membership & App?
Practice with Clara is an online platform and Apps that allow you to take your yoga with you anywhere, anytime! With hundreds of classes in various styles, including Hatha, Vinyasa, Restorative, Yin, Prenatal, and Meditation, there’s something for everyone at any level of the practice. The Practice with Clara Membership provides a monthly or yearly subscription package with the first 7-days free for you to experience the courses.
2. How is the Membership Different from the YouTube Playlists?
A membership to the Practice with Clara Apps provides:
- Access to the members-only library of yoga classes
- Weekly LIVE classes with Clara
- Unique events and workshops
- Downloadable assets including:
- Monthly Calendars
- Journaling Booklets
- Spotify Playlists
- Access to a community of yogis worldwide
- Q&A sessions with Clara
- & much more!
Clara’s YouTube Channel provides carefully curated playlists to introduce you to the free programs and yoga challenges for you to get a taste of what’s offered and commit to your wellness!
3. What Do I Get When I Join the 7-Day Program?
The 7-day programs include:
- 7-Days of Vinyasa Yoga Intensive
- 7-Days of Yoga for Beginners
These programs provide a weeks-worth of yoga classes to ignite your yoga practice and cultivate a new, healthy habit.
When you sign-up for one of these programs, you’ll receive:
- A welcome email to the program from Clara
- A class each day for 1-week
- Curated Spotify playlists to accompany each course
- A calendar to track your progress
- Access to the private Practice with Clara Facebook Group
These programs are free with no hidden costs or fees; PLUS, you’ll still receive the 7-day free trial on the Practice with Clara Apps once you complete the series!
4. What Do I Get When I Join the 30-Day Yoga Challenge?
We host quarterly 30-day yoga challenges that are always free for all members of Practice with Clara. Each yoga challenge is themed based on the season. We’ve provided our inaugural challenge, Reconnect | A 30-Day Yoga Challenge, as an email series for you to try to test your physical and mental discipline and endurance!
What you receive in Reconnect | 30-Day Challenge
- A welcome email to the program from Clara
- A class each day for 30-days
- Curated Spotify playlists to accompany each course
- A calendar to track your progress
- A journaling booklet to incite self-reflection
- Access to the private Practice with Clara Facebook Group
This program is free, anytime, with no hidden costs or fees, PLUS you’ll still receive the 7-day free trial on the Practice with Clara Apps once you complete the series!
5. I Want to Try the App, What’s Next?
Great, we’re so happy to have you join our community!
To set up the Practice with Clara App, here are your next steps:
- Sign-up for a membership
- Try the 7-day free trial, OR
- Choose the monthly/yearly subscription package.
- Download the Practice with Clara App to your device of choice. We have iPhone – Ipad – Apple TV – Android phone and tablet – Roku – Amazon Fire TV – Android TV.
- Peruse the classes’ catalog, and feel free to write in the comments if you have any questions or requests!
- Join the Practice with Clara Facebook Group if you’ve not already and converse with Clara and the community.
6. I’m Injured, Pregnant, or New to the Practice—Can I Join?
YES, no matter where you are at in your practice, there are classes for you on Practice with Clara.
We’ve created playlists for beginners and those who are new to the practice.
we also have the Prenatal Collections with classes from the 1st – 4th trimesters that I created when I was pregnant with my daughter.
Finally, I offer PLENTY of modifications and suggestions based on injury in all the platform classes.
The biggest thing is to always listen to your body; your body is the greatest teacher.
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