Yin yoga training and immersion

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

Yin Yoga is a very simple practice. We settle into an asana for 3-7 minutes and slowly relax our muscles to allow the deeper drier tissues–the connective tissues that wrap our muscles and make up our  joint  capsules–to be safely and therapeutically stretched, stimulated, and strengthened.

The alignment rules of the postures are also simple, but more importantly, they are functional and organic: We listen to our bodies and lead  ourselves into the shape that follows the natural contours of our spine, pelvis, and hips. However, bringing ourselves into this simplicity can be quite challenging. The practice of being still and quiet for minutes at a time can be trying enough, let alone while dropping into a powerful stretch that moves across wide sheets of fascia and drops deep into the  ligaments of the joints. And listening to our bodies to find the natural alignment of the pose requires a power of discrimination and an understanding and familiarity with the ever-changing sensations in the body.

Details:
   Date: Thursday, February 2, 2023
   Times: 6p-8p
   Cost: $50 Early - $60 Late - Discount Deadline is Thursday, January 26, 2023
   Refund Policy - one month prior to the event FULL refund less $20 - after 1 month prior to the event NO REFUNDS
   Link to register  https://clients.mindbodyonline.com/classic/ws?studioid=12529&stype=-101&sView=week&sLoc=0&date=02/02/23

See instructor bio below. 

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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