Friday: 6 pm ET – 9 pm ET
Saturday and Sunday: 9 am ET – 6 pm ET
Instructor: Laurie, Stephane and Guest Teacher Rachel Lipton, RAc
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.
- 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.
- 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
Rachel Lipton, (Registered Acupuncturist #5038, College of Traditional Chinese Medicine Practitioners and Acupuncturists of Ontario) is a community acupuncture enthusiast who began her practice in 2016. She completed her 3-year acupuncture program in Victoria, British Columbia at Pacific Rim College.
“I first encountered community acupuncture in 2011 and knew I had stumbled across something game-changing. I was riveted by the shared treatment room concept – this place where people could walk their own healing path but do so in the energetic company of others. And I loved the commitment to affordability and patient access. It was all so simple, so clear, so generous. I knew this was what I wanted to do, and what I wanted to build and create somewhere someday.”
Returning home to Ontario, Rachel worked as a staff acupuncturist at Toronto Community Acupuncture and Toronto Acupuncture Studio. Her dream to open a clinic in a new city and help spread the community acupuncture movement more widely across Canada was sown early in her vision of practice. Rachel moved to Ottawa and opened OCA’s doors in May 2019. A community acupuncture room, with folks resting and healing peacefully together, is still one of her favourite places to be – even 12,000+ treatments later.
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