Functional Yin Yoga Teacher Training
28th – 30th March
£435

 

This 3-day Yin Yoga training is perfect for those looking to gain the right building blocks to start teaching Yin and/or deepen their current understanding of the practice through introspection and functional anatomical study.

Course Content

This detailed introduction to Yin Yoga is perfect for those looking to gain the right building blocks to start teaching Yin and/or deepen their current understanding of the practice through introspection and functional anatomical study.

 

Yin Yoga often attracts a more experienced student or teacher who already has a base knowledge of other traditions of yoga or meditation. The practice of Yin Yoga involves targeting different areas of the body through long held postures. While there, you deepen sensation in the target areas/connective tissue – in doing so, you’ll develop skills of introspection and get to know yourself much better.

 

This training will give you a thorough understanding of skeletal variations within the human population, as well as meridian theory. In doing so, you’ll gain an understanding of yourself through stillness and meditation, which will lead to a transformation within your yoga practice whether you are a student or a teacher.

Learning Outcomes

On this course you will learn about:

 

  • Philosophy and origins of Yin Yoga
  • Principles of the practice
  • Anatomy and Meridian Theory:
    • Skeletal Variation and why we are all so unique
    • Anatomy clinics/workshops on archetypal yin postures
    • Range of motion clinics/analysing effects of movement on different bodies/tension and compression
    • A special segment on the anatomy/function of the spine
    • Meridian overview and its importance in the Yin Yoga practise
    • Chi and its relation to Yin Yoga
  • Daily Yin practices (morning and evening) and guided Meditation
  • How to teach different bodies functionally and safely
  • Understanding the archetypal Yin postures:
    • Props/variations of different postures
    • Guiding and talking students in and out of the poses
    • Safety in the practice of Yin
    • Duration of time in postures and the importance of the rebound
  • Learn how to structure/sequence your own Yin class skilfully and safely:
    • A more in depth look into sequencing and how to safely plan and sequence a Yin class
  • After the course you’ll be able to:
    • Teach a Yin Yoga class with confidence
    • Learn the skills of sequencing your own class through different methods to suit your style
    • Understand functional postures and how to safely assist students
    • Empower students and yourself with personal agency, recognising that we are all different and there is no one pose for all

Teaching Team

Emily Mergaert

Emily has been teaching yoga for more than 10 years and has studied Ashtanga, Rocket-Vinyasa and Yin Yoga. Her teaching takes inspiration from the above, with a careful understanding of skeletal variation, asymmetry, tension/compression, passive and active ranges of motion and proportion. Emily has taught Yin Yoga for more than 9 years and her teachings are inspired by the works of Bernie Clark, Paul Grilley, and Jamie Clarke.

 

Having the ability to view each body’s uniqueness through this lens, when teaching in this modern world, is key to the Yin Yoga method taught by Emily. She also includes the use of music to enhance the practitioners experience and to dive further into the meditative journey of Yin Yoga.

Schedule & Prerequisites

Friday March 28th

9:30 – 17:30

 

Saturday March 29th

12:15 – 20:15

 

Sunday March 30th

12:15 – 20:15

 

Prerequisites

This course is recommended to teachers with at least one 200hr teacher training, but is also open to experienced students who wish to deepen their knowledge and understanding of Yin Yoga. Yin Yoga experience is recommended.