Yin yoga training and immersion

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Welcome to the next level of Yin Yoga Immersion with Senior Paul Grilley Trainer Joe Barnett! 

There is something for all levels of participants in this immersion. This  training is open to students, non-teachers, and teachers. You do NOT   have to be a student of Yoga University to attend this training. 

The  intention of this course will be to experiment with different  combinations of Yin Yoga and breath work to develop “Third Eye”   receptivity while releasing the joints of stagnation and fixation.

Yin   Yoga's techniques of surrender and observation naturally open what the   Yogis named the Third Eye: the space where visions and dreams are  projected ... though not necessarily where they originate.

As  the deep tissue is released in Yin Yoga, water channels open up in the  physical body, life force flows more freely and an equally fluid course  of visions often follow. Working a variety of these channels with a   complete sequence can induce a similarly broad spectrum of imagery that  begin to interweave and create a landscape of stories.

At this point golden opportunities arise:

• an opportunity to achieve a deeply restorative and conscious sleep  called  Yoga Nidra, “lucidity” in the terms of Western Dream Science.
• an opportunity to see and interact clearly and calmly with our Shadows as well as our Higher Selves.

Yin Yoga, Breath and Dream Work

• 4 Foundational Sequences and discussion of their Energy Curve.
• Pranayama for Yin Yoga: Yin Breath Work and Mantras vs Yang Breath work and Mantras.
• Yin Yoga is a path to sleep, to remembering dreams, to becoming lucid in dreams, and to receiving visions in meditation.
• Understanding the 5 Archetypal Yin Postures, and exploring the Variations
• 7 Phases of a Yin Pose and 3 Stages of Timing, the essential cues for leading
• and being led into a Yin Yoga experience
• Understanding and discriminating sensation: Tension vs Compression, Muscle vs Fascia, Physical vs Subtle Energy
• Introduction to the Functional Approach and the Yin Yoga Sutras of Paul Grilley

Details:

• Dates: Friday-Sunday, January 6-8, 2023
• Times:      
  • Friday 5:30p-8:30p
  • Saturday 9a-6p
  • Sunday 9a-6p
• Cost:           
  • $425 Early before December 6, 2022
  • $475 Late after December 6, 2022
  • To Register
  • Attending both Yin Yoga, Breath, and Dreamwork & Yin Variations TT? Great! We have a discount for you! 
    • $800 Early before December 6, 2022
    • $900 Late after December 6, 2022 
    • To Register
• *Fee includes training manual & handouts
• Refund Policy - one month prior to the event FULL refund less $150 - after 1 month prior to the event NO REFUNDS

See instructor bio below. 

Questions? Email us

This is one of our most popular trainings.  Back after a 3-year break, Yin Yoga Variations: An Intro to Leading a  Practice of Surrender Featuring the Twisted Tree Archetype with Senior  Paul Grilley Trainer, Joe Barnett is one of our most popular  trainings!   
There is something for everyone in this immersion. This  training is  open to all from beginner to advanced yogis. It is open to  students,  non-teachers, and teachers. You do NOT  have to be a student  of Yoga  University to attend this training. 

YIN VARIATIONS TT: An Intro to Leading a Practice of Surrender Featuring The Twisted Tree Archetype

• 5 Archetypal Yin Yoga Postures, their Target Areas, and their Variations
• Interactive, hands-on study of anatomy: Finding skeletal landmarks and testing range of motion (ROM).
• Understanding and discriminating sensation: Tension vs Compression, Muscle vs Fascia, Physical vs Subtle Energy
• 7 Essential Cues for guiding a Yin posture and exploring its variations
• 3 Stages of Time for skillful pacing of individual poses as well as whole sequences
• Introduction to the “Functional Approach” and the “Yin Yoga Sutras” of Paul Grilley
• “Narrations” practice: Roleplaying and dialogue practice between teacher and student: How to listen, how to lead
• 5 Foundational Sequences and discussion of their functions and variations, and the basics for building more

Yin  Yoga is a simple practice of quiet and surrender, a  practice of  settling into a posture for 3-7 minutes, relaxing the  body’s  resistance, allowing the deeper and stiffer tissues, the fascia that  wrap muscles and form joint capsules, to be safely and  therapeutically  stretched, hydrated, and strengthens . At the same time,  the techniques  naturally offer a deep rest for the body, and a refuge  for the mind  and heart.

Yin Yoga is a functional practice.
Guiding students toward this simplicity and surrender can be  challenging. It  requires a general understanding and appreciation of  the infinite complexity of human variation. Physically, mentally and  emotionally,  every Yogi is unique and requires a unique approach.  Realizing this, the founder of Yin Yoga, Paul Grilley, along with his  senior students and  assistants developed a system of Archetypes and  Variations and various  dialogue practices to help teachers help their  students toward greater  self-knowledge.

This Yin Variations 25-Hour TT will guide the student-teachers through the 3-Phase cycle of a Yin Yoga practice:

• #1: Explore and Communicate. Through some schematics, charts, and  lots  of movement and chanting, we will explore and communicate with the  body  and guide it into a shape, a posture that follows the its unique   landscape of twists, turns, tensions, and compressions. We will learn   how and where to “listen/ observe” and how best to respond to the   evolving needs of the body and mind.
• #2: Be still and surrender. We  will study what it means to “go  deep” into the body with Yin Yoga, as  well as what it means to “go  deep” into the mind and emotions, and  spirit with Yin Yoga. We will  compare and contrast these aspects of Yin  Yoga with seated Chakra  meditation techniques, as well as Yoga Nidra  Practices.
• #3: Rebound. Passively and steadily observe the flow of  energy  (i.e. chi, prana, “life force”) released on the exit of a Yin  pose. We  will discuss life-force channels of different traditions. We  will turn  to Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras for a look into the deepest of  endeavors of  all our yoga practices, to truly know ourselves.
   

The Yin teacher’s two voices: group leader and one-on-one consultant.

Through   a hands-on, interactive study of anatomy and movement, the Yin teacher   appreciates the endless variety of humankind. Through personal   explorations of the Yin Yoga Postures as well as dialogue techniques,   “Narrations,” with fellow students, she gains a set of practical tools   to successfully lead a class, or an individual through a one-on-one.
Posture Analyses: Anatomy and Function.
All  Yin Foundations courses include a brief analysis of each of the 5  Yin  Yoga Archetypes. In each of the Yin Foundations courses, a deeper  study  of one of the five. In this course, we will spend extra time on  the Swan  Archetype and its target areas, the glutes, and the lateral  thigh.

Details:

• Dates: Friday-Sunday February 3-5, 2023
• Times: 9a-6p Daily
• Cost:           
  • $425 Early before January 3, 2023
  • $475 Late after January 3, 2023
  • To Register
  • Attending both Yin Yoga, Breath, and Dreamwork & Yin Variations TT? Great! We have a discount for you! 
    • $800 Early before December 6, 2022
    • $900 Late after December 6, 2022 
    • To Register
• *Fee includes training manual & handouts
• Refund Policy - one month prior to the event FULL refund less $150 - after 1 month prior to the event NO REFUNDS

See instructor bio below. 

Questions? Email us