YIN YOGA teacher TRAINING & IMMERSION – 100 hour
Fundamentals of Yin: Promoting Health and Healing at a Cellular Level
With Simon Low
Foundations and Advances in the Practice and Teaching of Yin Yoga
Yin Yoga has become one of the most popular approaches to yoga as a deep antidote and personal support for body, breath and mind within today’s stressful, fatigued and goal-orientated world, and as an essential balance to a dynamic, muscular yoga asana practice. Yin yoga can also be very effectively & seamlessly informed by Somatics, & the deep well of ancient & contemporary meditation teachings.
Simon Low's emphasises an intelligent, anatomically-sound, somatic approach, with particular reference to the myo-fascial body, joint care, the energy (or subtle) body, and the incorporation of pranayama and meditation within the yin practice, while cultivating the physical, energetic and psycho-spiritual benefits of yin yoga.
Simon’s multi-faceted approach is profoundly restorative, revitalising and reintegrative, promoting health and healing at a cellular level. His approach is essentially different to many other teachers: he will guide you to cultivate more ease & flexibility around joints, favoring an integration of gentle ground-based movement sequences. The way he teaches yin asana is deeply restorative and leans on a kind and sensitive approach to stimulating the tissues while invoking the innate willingness & potential of the body’s positive response, both during & after the practice.
The impact of de-stabilization around joints as a result of over-zealous yin practice must always be avoided. This common error when teaching Yin Yoga is one aspect of the contra-indications that will be addressed within this course.
Simon Low has refined and run this training for over 12 years in Asia and Europe.
As founder of The Yoga Academy in London, it is part of their 100-hour Yin Yoga Teacher Training Certificate, recognised by Yoga Alliance US or can be taken as hours counted towards Continuing Professional Development with The British Wheel of Yoga. Of course, it also offers itself as a deep personal learning-retreat experience.
You will learn and experience.
The fundamentals of Yin yoga, Somatics, pranayama & meditation within yin practice & teaching
Essential yin yoga anatomy & physiology throughout the course, including 4 ‘live’ Zoom classes with internationally renowned researcher and anatomy specialist Gary Carter
Over 25 key yin yoga practices to form an intelligent, accessible and effective base to develop.
The role of the breath & pranayama within yin yoga Pratyahara, Dharana & Dhyana & Meditation and yin yoga
Yin yoga and the ‘energy’ body from eastern & western perspectives Appropriate and inspiring philosophy
Psychology & Yin Yoga
The role of Somatics within yin yoga
Sequencing, timing, class planning, language,
Modifications & variations for pregnancy, ailments, injuries, postural anomalies, & the ‘golden’ years
Yin yoga in chairs & Yin Yoga with & without props
Yin & Yang class teaching
Teaching practice & mentoring
Self-practice guidance
Course manual & handouts
While the course offers a broad-based & intelligent foundation toward the understanding, practice & teaching of yin yoga, you will be encouraged to develop your own unique approach from this effective & authoritative foundation.
Somatics
Students often arrive to Yin class after a busy day, or with busy minds and eternally projected awareness. Somatic education practices are a perfect way to begin Yin yoga classes. They help students cultivate concentration, internalize the senses, and awaken the ‘feeling mind’. This can lead to a deeper experience of ‘presence’ with the more still yin asana that can follow. These practices are superfood for the brain and the nervous system.
Meditation Teaching and Yin Practice.
Many yoga students are keen to discover practices that help them begin or reconnect to the journey of meditation. Within the yin asana and seated periods in yoga classes, a natural pathway toward a regular meditation practice is revealed.
Students often encounter too much or too little verbal support or guidance from their teacher within a yin yoga, or even meditation class. Guided practices with themed spoken content can sometimes be too complex, too distracting, and even sometimes inappropriate. The voice is central when teaching yin yoga, and it is essential to create a safe and supportive space for students to fully immerse themselves into the frequencies of meditation within yin asana class. Finding the right balance between ‘holding the space’ and ‘teaching a class’ , and between ‘silence & speech’ are essential prerequisites for learning and authentic experience.
Applied Anatomy for Yin Yoga & Guest Teacher Gary Carter
Understanding essential human & ancestral anatomy is essential in all teaching & practice. This course offers authoritative content & guidance toward the practice & sharing of safe, accessible & highly effective yoga.
Contemporary anatomical research and understanding reconfirms the ‘whole’ body teachings of yoga, expressed dynamically through our ubiquitous fascial being and its myriad of functions, forms, fluids, magic and mystery. We will explore the latest research on the fascial body with Simon Low joined by the lively and uniquely informed Gary Carter, the international anatomy teacher & researcher who recently created the world’s first full-body fascia plastination in Berlin.
You will have a much clearer understanding of the optimal anatomically-sound approach to yin practice which will be reflected by the popularity of the approach that you will be prepared to share.
Gary Carter has taught for The Yoga Academy alongside Simon Low for over 20 years.
Who can join
This course can be booked as a personal retreat or as a teacher training.
We welcome Yoga teachers who wish to deepen their practice & want to learn to teach safe, effective and informed yin yoga or have a new perspective on teaching yin yoga.
We welcome experienced students wishing to significantly deepen their knowledge, experience and personal practice but are not interested in a teaching certificate. (In this case any course assessment would be optional to you if you prefer (we would then offer a certificate of attendance).
Certification
After completing the complete course, homework and assessment, you will be granted a certificate from The Yoga Academy & Yoga Moves for a specialization as a Yin Yoga Teacher Training (100-hours) recognised by Yoga Alliance US. If you prefer, it can also count as hours toward Continuing Professional Development with the British Wheel of Yoga and other organisations and trainings. Assessment will take place during module 2 where you will have the opportunities to display your understanding by teaching in 2-3 person small groups.
YACEP: Yoga Alliance Continuing Education Provider: 100 hours CE
Note: If you are not yet a yoga teacher, this course does not qualify you as a fully qualified yoga teacher, but instead as a specialization in yin.
Structure of course
This 100-hour certificate Yin Yoga training is offered in two modules with Zoom sessions in-between
The live in person learning combined with online learning bring the best of both modalities together. This approach gives time to develop understanding & skills, but also, and very importantly, offers you the time to embody the course material within the practices, from which personal experience you are best able to share the teachings effectively & authentically.
Dates & Price
Module 1: Tues-Sun | 30 Jan - 4 Feb 2024
Module 2: Fri-Wed | 5-10 April 2024
Times: 11.30-18.30
Location: Yoga Moves Fly Studio | Croeselaan 209 Utrecht
Plus two online follow up session via Zoom
Saturday 17 Feb 2024 | 11:00-13:00
Saturday 16 March | 11:00-13:00
Simon will also be offering a guided yin yoga classes online the modules to support your practice - date tbd.
Price for entire program: (includes 21% vat) €1990
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