Welcome to the Yin side.

 

If you wish to EXPAND your yoga REPERTOIRE, REFINE your SKILLS as a teacher, INCREASE your SUBTLE AWARENESS, IMPROVE the QUALITY of your classes, BALANCE OUT your yang practice and stay INFORMED, with alll the VALUABLE, up-to-date information this course has to offer (which we can't wait to share), then for all these reasons and likely many more,  this training is for you!

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Stretchy Suzie's Yin Yoga TT will take you to ANOTHER LEVEL. 

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Yin yoga has been with us since the beginning of physical yoga (asana); but as time progressed, yoga has become more and more yang-like in nature: more aerobic, energetic, hot, muscular, and demanding. Everything requires balance, and yin yoga is the balancing practice for yang forms of yoga. Yin yoga is slow, deliberate, calming, and yes, challenging, yet allowing. It is the “other half” of your practice that you may have been craving.

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In yin yoga there is time. . . lots of time: time to explore sensations; time to learn the appropriate depth for you in each posture; time to develop the habits of attending, noticing, and making appropriate decisions. 

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In this trining, you will learn the techniques of yin yoga in a way that will allow you to share this subtle, meditative practice with others. You'll develop your own strategies for teaching and working with all kinds of students, guiding them to listen to their body and find their edge.

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No previous experience is required, we MEET YOU WHERE YOU ARE, wether beginner to Yin Yoga, beginner to Yoga in general, or an experienced teacher. You will DEEPEN your own practice gaining more insights and FINE TUNE yourself, observing the POWERFUL TRANSFORMATIVE effects of the practice. You will make an experiential connection to all that you have heard or read about of prana (energy) releasing tension, blocks, or barriers on many levels. Thus providing the opportunity to EMPOWER the lives of so many others both on and off the mat.

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Through this training, you will find that your teaching of all styles of yoga will be affected through the many realisations you’ll experience.

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SO IF THAT DOESN’T EXCITE YOU, WE’RE SURE WHAT FOLLOWS WILL...​

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• Gain a new awareness of the wide range of anatomical human variation, which includes your own uniqueness, understanding what limits you in each posture. Learn all about the concepts of tension and compression and how tension can arise from a variety of causes, not just short, tight muscles.

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• Understand the difference between yin and yang styles of yoga

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• New generation anatomy and physiology — from the bones outward including the limits to movement and the significance of skeletal variation. How to use this information to avoid common injury pitfalls in the yoga postures. 

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• Learn a unique way to deepen your overall practice and address tissues rarely worked in more active yang styles of yoga. 

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• An in-depth study of the key Yin postures. Target areas, risk areas, how to adjust, prop, modify, integrate and counterpose. 

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• How to correctly cue classes, and gauge unhelpful habits students often make, allowing them to relax and further release tension, whilst bringing about more meditative qualities to the class.

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• How to switch the focus of a yoga practice and teaching from outer to inner, from aesthetics to functional. Explore mindfulness practices and how you can incorporate them into your yin yoga practice

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• Understand the roots of the practice, the philosophy and what it's all really about.

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• Insight into energy including prana, qi (chi) and the meridians, and Western energy medicine

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• Discussions on the best practices for teaching yin yoga and how to modify the practice for students’ unique bodies and/or specific conditions​. Find your voice, discover your powerful message, and learn how to intelligently plan a class. 

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• Uncover tools to support you to develop an even stronger sense of self and personal relationship. The stronger you are on all levels, the more authentic and successful a teacher you will become.

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