8 Day 65-Hour Yin Yoga and Aromatherapy Teacher Training - AromaYin in Mandrem, Goa, India

About the course

Essential oils are concentrated plant extracts that have been used for centuries to promote physical and emotional well-being. They can be used in a variety of ways, including aromatherapy, topical application, and certain oils for ingestion. Some smell (and tastes) can create more positive emotions than others, depending on individual experiences and chemistry.

This is why a deeper understanding of how essential oils work and their use in a synergistic practice such as Yin Yoga is so vital.

The Yin and essential oil specialist for this module is Annelise Piers. She’s been steeped in yoga and essential oils since 2016 and specialized with Alexandra Denkinger M.D(Acu) in Yin Yoga Therapy™. She is serious about spreading and sharing the vision of deeper self-healing.

In this AromaYin course, Annelise brings together the fundamentals of Yin yoga, the ancient Taoist healing wisdom of acupoints, meridians, and chi flow, and the physical and energetic value of essential oils.

Learn about the Yin long-held stretches in stillness and how they target the connective tissues of the body, such as the ligaments, tendons, joints, and fascia. Get insight into how the Yin yoga practice helps strengthen those ‘yin’ tissues and also to improve flexibility, release tension, and calm the mind.

But most of all get insight into how to work with the Daoist Elements, Meridians, and flow of Chi not only in the Yin yoga practice but also how to deepen this experience with essential oils. This quintessential plant medicine is the very essence of the plant, stimulating our body’s innate intelligence to balance and heal itself.

You will learn to blend and use oils safely to enhance the movement of energy – physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual – through application along the meridians and at suitable acupoints.

In addition to their therapeutic benefits, essential oils can also be used to create a multi-sensory experience during a Yin yoga practice. Just like you learn to play our physical and emotional edges in long-held poses in yin, one learns to appreciate aromatic edges, taking this valuable insight into your teaching practice.

Combining essential oil therapy with Yin yoga can be a powerful and transformative experience on all levels - body, mind, and soul.

Essential oils

Essential oils are concentrated plant extracts that have been used for centuries to promote physical and emotional well-being. This quintessential plant medicine is the very essence of the plant, stimulating our body’s innate powers to balance and heal itself.

Yin yoga

Yin yoga focuses on long-held stretches and stillness. It targets the connective tissues of the body, helps to rejuvenate, to improve flexibility, maintain mobility, release tension, and calm the mind. But most of all in Yin yoga, you transform a yoga class into a healing space as work with the Meridians and the flow of Chi in the body.

AromaYin

Learn to choose and apply selected oils to support a specific intention in your Yin yoga practice. You will learn to blend and use oils safely to enhance the movement of energy – physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual – through application along the meridians and at acupoints.

Multi-sensory experiences

In addition to their therapeutic benefits, essential oils can also be used to create a multi-sensory experience during a yoga practice or in life. For example, lavender essential oil is known for its calming and relaxing properties, making it an excellent choice for a yin yoga practice focused on relaxation and stress relief. Peppermint essential oil is invigorating and can help to awaken the senses and increase focus.

And just like you learn to play your physical and emotional edges in long-held poses in Yin yoga, one learns to appreciate aromatic edges, taking this valuable insight into the healing powers of oils into your practice, teaching, and your life.

What you will learn

• AromaYin Teacher Training
• Essential Oil Therapy & Yin Yoga Healing with Meridians and Acu Points

Yin yoga foundations

• History and people
• The foundational components of Yin
• The practice principles
• The theory of yin vs yang exercise

Yin yoga practice and teaching

• 25 classic Yin poses
• Variations + additional poses for the upper body
• Functional alignment, individual skeletal variations
• When and how to use props
• Functional and energetic aspects of the poses
• Sequencing guidelines
• Sequences for Each Daoist Element & Meridian

Therapeutic aspects of Yin yoga

• The Concept of Balance, Yin & Yang and Chi
• The Theory of the Daoist Elements, Meridians & their Healing Wisdom
• Extracurricular workshop on acupressure points
• Dan Tien Healing breath
• Mindfulness

Foundational aspects of essential oils

• What they are
• How they work in the body
• The different families of oils

Essential oils and blending: formulae and safe usage

• Essential Oils (EOs) in Yin yoga
• Oils for the Dan Tiens and breathwork
• EOs and Chi
• Different oils for each element
• Essential oils on acupoints and along the meridians
• Essential oils for raising vibrations — oils for different states (alpha, theta, delta — Nidra, sound healing, mantra, chanting)
• Blending and creating mood / themes

Daily yoga practice

• Interactive AromaYin Workshops
• AromaYin Healing Immersions
• Meditations / Sunset Circles
• Lead yang morning practices for movement & balance

Daily schedule

Here is an example day, but we adjust to sunrise/sunset, temperature/mosquito time and it might change a bit from day to day depending on sunset/sunrise times and our venue.

Weekdays are study immersion, your weekends are free to explore the area and dedicate yourself to some self-study. Saturdays and Sundays are free and there are no meals provided.

The mornings start with a nature meditation followed by some movement with guided yang yoga classes. After breakfast, there are theory and methodology classes till lunch, followed by a long midday break. The late afternoons are dedicated to the Yin yoga practice and a sunset circle to complete the day.

Days can vary, but here is an example day:

• 06:30 - 07:00 Sunrise Sadhana – spiritual self-practice time
• 07:00 - 07:15 Nature meditation
• 07:20 - 08:30 Guided Yang yoga practice
• Breakfast break
• 09:15 - 10:15 Theory
• 10:20 - 11:20 Theory
• 11:30 - 12:30 Methodology
• Lunch and afternoon break
• 15:30 - 17:30 Yin yoga immersion
• 17:45 - 18:45 Sunset circle
• Occasional optional evening activities

65 hours AromaYin certificate

Accreditation as module block of 300hrs Yoga Alliance Certification and a module block of 700hrs Yin Yoga Therapy™ Professional diploma.

With successful completion of the training, students will receive a 65-hrs certificate from The Body-Mind-Soul Centre (registered school with Yoga Alliance) which can be accredited to the 300-hrs Yoga Alliance certification program / or alternatively can count as Yoga Alliance continuing education credits with YACEP Annelise Piers.

Additionally, students will receive a 65-hrs Yin Yoga Therapy™ Practitioner diploma, accredited by Alexandra Denkinger, Doctor of Medicine in Acupuncture M.D.(Acu) and founder of The Body-Mind-Soul Centre Yoga Alliance School, affiliated with the Indian Board of Alternative Medicine as a module of the 700-hour Yin Yoga Therapy™ Professional Diploma.