9 Day 50-Hour Comprehensive Online Yin Yoga Teacher Training (3 weekends online)

Pre-application requirements

You will need access to a computer with video and sound, also a good Wi-Fi connection. Please also install Zoom to attend the live sessions.

Certifications

You will receive a certification of completion upon successful completion of the whole course and homework submission.

How the training works

This is an online Yin yoga teacher training and will take place from the comfort of your own home. All the training takes place via Zoom, an online conferencing platform. The sessions will be recorded and you will have access to them for up to three months once the course is complete. An email will be sent out with the required reading list and full course schedule.

The course is run over 3 weekends:

• The first two weekend sessions (October 16th -18th and November 6th - 8th) are 16 hours of online learning as per the schedule (weekends 1 and 2)
• The final weekend (November 27th - 28th) will be 9 hours of online learning and will cover Friday to Saturday (weekend 3)

Homework consists of 9 hours for the entirety of the course and will be in in your student handbooks. It is to be submitted up to 4 weeks of the end of the training, upon successful submissions and review you will receive your certificate of completion.

Timing of sessions - British Summer Time (GMT+1)

Weekends 1 and 2

Friday

• 18:30 - 19:00 Welcome
• 19:00 - 21:00 Philosophy / anatomy

Saturday

• 08:30 - 10:30 Yin practice
• 10:30 - 11:00 Short tea break
• 11:00 - 13:00 Yin yoga philosophy / anatomy
• 13:00 - 14:00 Lunch break
• 14:00 - 17:00 Yin posture clinic
• 17:00 - 17:15 Short break
• 17:15 - 18:15 Yin yoga philosophy / anatomy

Sunday

• 10:00 - 11:00 Yin practice
• 11:00 - 11:15 Short break
• 11:15 - 13:00 Yin yoga philosophy / anatomy
• 13:00 - 14:00 Lunch break
• 14:00 - 15:00 Yin posture clinic
• 15:00 - 16:00 Yin yoga philosophy / anatomy
• 16:00 Questions and final close

Weekend 3

Friday

• 18:30 - 19:00 Welcome
• 19:00 - 21:00 Philosophy / anatomy

Saturday

• 08:30 - 10:30 Yin practice
• 10:30 - 11:00 Short tea break
• 11:00 - 13:00 Yin yoga philosophy / anatomy
• 13:00 - 14:00 Lunch break
• 14:00 - 17:00 Yin meridian posture clinic
• 17:00 - 17:30 Final questions and close

Course information

The course as a whole is a comprehensive 50-hour training course in Yin yoga for yoga teachers and other disciplines such as Pilates/fitness teachers and bodywork specialists.

First weekend: Space Between Breaths: The Fundamentals of Teaching Yin Yoga

• What is Yin
• Yin / Yang Philosophy
• The Principles of Practice
• The benefits of a regular Yin practice
• Learn the difference between Restorative and Yin yoga
• Yin breath and meditation
• Develop your own breath practice for Yin
• Skeletal variations in individuals
• How these variations will affect the shape of asana
• Understanding compression vs tension
• The difference between yin and yang tissues
• Learn the main Yin asanas; contraindications, prop usage, how and when to support with props, alternative poses if a student is struggling, energetic benefits of the poses, entry and exit to keep students safe
• Transition asanas
• Class structure
• Sequencing basics

Second weekend: Anatomy of Yin Yoga - The Physical Body

• Understand the key joints, bones and connective tissue
• Learn how cells work and the importance of the fascial system
• Learn the 14 skeletal systems
• Learn the 10 myofascial groups
• Skeletal variations for the individuals
• Learn the 7 archetypes of all the Yin poses
• Dive deeper into the Yin asanas; contraindications, prop usage, how and when to support with props, alternative poses if a student is struggling, energetic benefits of the poses, entry, and exit to keep students safe.
• Class structure
• Sequencing to the individual

Third weekend: Anatomy of Moving Energy - The Dao and Meridian Theory

In this Anatomy of Moving Energy; The Dao and Meridian Theory for Yin Yoga, you will take a weekend dive into the Daoist theory and the relationship between the Dao and meridians for Yin yoga. You will learn about building practices to help move energy, how, and when to sequence for specific energy lines for both group classes and the individual. The role fascia plays in relation to the meridians.

• Understand the basic premise of Daoist philosophy
• Learn about the Meridian Lines; energetic qualities and how they manifest in the physical body
• Learn how to sequence yin classes specifically for the meridian pairs
• Theory behind how the Meridian lines are formed in the body
• Sequencing to the individual to help restore balance

This teacher training is held online. Gem Maryan Yoga is located in Glasgow, UK - British Summer Time (GMT+1) during summer and standard time (GMT+0) for sessions after October 25th, 2020 which Gem will live-stream yoga classes via Zoom which you can participate from the comfort of your home.

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• 50-hour online training
• Certificate of completion upon successful completion of the whole course and homework submission
• Contact hours: 41
• Non-contact hours: 9
• Yin yoga course manual

• Accommodation
• Food

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