Date / Time: September 27-29, 2024
Friday: 6 pm ET – 9 pm ET
Saturday and Sunday: 9 am ET – 6 pm ET
Instructor: Laurie, Stephane and Guest Teacher Blaise T. Ryan, R. AC
Location: Education Centre and Online

Yin Yoga is a slow-paced style of yoga, incorporating principles of traditional Chinese medicine, with asanas (postures) that are held for longer periods of time than in other styles. The sequences of postures are meant to stimulate the channels of the subtle body known as meridians in Chinese medicine and as nadis in Hatha yoga.

Yin Yoga poses apply moderate stress to the connective tissues of the body—the tendons, fasciae, and ligaments—with the aim of increasing circulation in the joints and improving flexibility. A more meditative approach to yoga, its goals are awareness of inner silence, and bringing to light a universal, interconnecting quality.

Yin Yoga was founded in the late 1970s by martial arts expert and yoga teacher Paulie Zink Taoist yoga (Tao Yin) and has been gaining in popularity ever since.

Building on our Yin Yoga Teacher Training – Foundations course, Level 1, we will guide you to further and explore this quiet practice:
 
  • Understanding the Meridian System and Qi and how it relates to the practice of Yin Yoga;
  • Experiencing acupuncture to further appreciate the Meridian System and Qi;
  • Developing a meditative state through the practice of Yin Yoga and Mindfulness;
  • Exploring additional postures including contraindications, modifications and alternatives, the use of props and counter poses;
  • Sequencing for Yin Yoga classes for specific themes and needs.

Program Outline

This program will offer you the tools to help you and/or your students more deeply experience Yin Yoga. 

Topics covered include:

  • The major meridians and the most common acupressure points related to Yin Yoga
  • The Five Elements and the Organs
  • Holding space and incorporating Mindfulness practices into Yin Yoga practice
  • Meditations, breath and relaxation techniques that enhance the Yin Yoga experience
  • Additional Yin Yoga asanas (those not covered in our Foundational course) including contraindications, modifications and alternatives, counter poses, posture clinics of each asana
  • Props and how to use them for the additional poses
  • Sequencing Yin Yoga classes for: the spine, hips, legs, upper body, major meridian pairs and their corresponding characteristics
  • Benefits of Yin Yoga – physical, mental, emotional, energetic
  • Breath and Yin Yoga – Anatomy of breathing related to Yin Yoga
  • Anatomy – fascia, connective tissue, collagen, elastin, bone, tendons, ligaments, joints, hyaluronic acid and synovial fluid
  • Practice Teaching

Dates and Times

Friday, September 27, 2024 to Sunday, September 29, 2024

  • Friday: 6 pm ET to 9 pm ET
  • Saturday: 9 am ET to 6 pm ET
  • Sunday: 9 am ET to 6 pm ET

Cost

$525.00 per person with our EARLY BIRD SAVINGS!

Save $50.00 when register before June 30, 2024. $575.00 per person thereafter.

Included: 
  • Pre-course reading assignment and homework.
  • Book: “The Complete Guide to Yin Yoga Philosophy & Practice” by Bernie Clark, if not already provided when attending Part 1.
  • A 5-Class Package for Yin Yoga Classes at PranaShanti Yoga Centre.
  • A recording of the training is available until 7 days after the training ends.
  • Certificate of Training upon successful completion of the course.

Guest Teacher

Blaise T. Ryan,  R. AC, R. TCMP, has been practising Asian medicine and therapeutic techniques for over 25 years.  He began his formal studies in Acupuncture and Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) in the year 2000.  Prior to that he lived and traveled throughout Asia studying traditional Thai massage, Indian energy healing, food healing, and a variety of Asian martial arts.

In clinical practice since 2004 in Ottawa, Blaise is best known for his Traditional Chinese Medicine diagnostic skills.  Being proficient in pulse reading, tongue diagnosis, face reading, palpation, postural assessment, combined with his years of clinical experience, he is able to explain in simple terms the Chinese medical understanding of even the most complex and mysterious symptoms and ailments.

This is an important step on the path to healing.  Only when the problem is properly diagnosed, can the treatment be effective.  If the root cause of the problem is not treated, then symptom relief is at best temporary.

Traditional Chinese Medicine, when properly understood and applied is one of the world’s most advanced and cohesive systems of medicine.  Only with today’s modern science are we beginning to understand the depth of accuracy to this ancient medicine.

Blaise’s mission is to be an emissary of Traditional Chinese Medicine and Asian Acupuncture and help his patients unlock the healing power within their own bodies.

ONTARIO: LICENSED REGISTERED ACUPUNCTURIST (R.AC) & REGISTERED TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE PRACTITIONER (R.TCMP)

Note

This course is open to those who have completed our 25-hour Yin Yoga foundational training or similar program or have a consistent Yin Yoga practice  or other relevant movement training and/or experience.

For 200 hour certified Yoga Teachers this course provides CEUs with Yoga Alliance. This course is also part of our Yoga Alliance 300 Hour Hatha Yoga Teacher Training.

300 Hour Elective Module: 25 Hours

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