(No availability) Self-Paced 40-Hour Online Yin Yoga Teacher Training Course with Over 50 Postures

Certifications

The course/hours count as Continuing Education hours for Registered Yoga Teachers (RYT®) only.

How the training works

This course is laid out in 4 study areas:

• Anatomy for Yin Yoga
• Chinese medicine and Meridians
• Yin Yoga Theory and Practice
• Study of over 50 yin yoga poses.

There will be 3 live sessions to coordinate with the teacher, which are held through Zoom for Q&A, Yin yoga asana breakdown and practice / practice teaching.

Besides the live classes and the recordings of the lectures, students will receive the recordings of 5 Bhakti Prema Yin yoga and pranayama classes.

Course information

Students will receive a video for each topic. The 3 live sessions might be coordinated together with other students who are taking the course at the same time.

During the teaching labs the students have to teach to practice the techniques and postures they are learning.

Yin yoga is a nourishing practice that complements perfectly Yang practices such as Vinyasa and Ashtanga yoga. During this course, you will learn about Paul Grilley, the father of Yin yoga, and how this practice came into existence, and its tenets: functional anatomy, Chinese meridian theory, creative Sequencing, Use of props and modifications, as well as the practice of self-inquiry and mindfulness.

The anatomical principles taught in this course are applicable to every style of yoga, and knowing them will complement the way you teach Vinyasa flow as well. Besides learning about skeletal variations and their application in Yin yoga, you will also learn Chinese meridians theory and why this is relevant for Yin yoga.

This course will also introduce you to how to hold space during Yin yoga classes, share meaningful themes, lead meditations, and self- inquiry.

Ameriga, the lead teacher of this training, has trained extensively in Yin yoga with Jo Phee, the senior student of Paul Grilley, studying also for advanced modules such as cadaver dissection. In her classes, she brings together her technical knowledge with her experience in leading self-inquiry journeys grounded in yoga philosophy.

If you are already a registered yoga teacher (RYT), you will be eligible for 40 continuing education hours with Yoga Alliance upon the competition of this training.

This Yin yoga course will cover the following topics:

• Foundations of Yin yoga
• Roots and development of Yin yoga
• Yin yoga postures: use of props, modifications, and assists
• Art of sequencing Yin yoga classes
• Functional Yin yoga
• Interoceptive skills
• Svadhyaya
• Asking powerful questions
• Mindfulness
• Leading inquiries and journaling
• Anatomy
• Skeletal Variations for hips, shoulders, spine
• Connective tissue in Yin yoga
• The importance of appropriate stress
• Chinese medicine
• Introduction to meridian theory
• Analysis of Yin postures in relation to Chinese meridian theory

This teacher training is held online. Floripa Yoga & Kitesurf House is located in Ispica, Italy (GMT+1), and they will live-stream yoga classes via Zoom which you can participate from the comfort of your home.

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• 3 live sessions
• 40-hour online Yin yoga teacher training course
• The recordings of 5 hours of Bhakti Prema Yin yoga and pranayama classes

• Accommodation
• Meals

• A reservation requires a deposit of 100% of the total price.
• The deposit is non-refundable, if the booking is cancelled.