Learn to Teach Yin - Level 1
Apr 18, 2025 - Apr 18, 2025
Feeling uninspired in your teaching? Looking
for something more balanced than the fast and furious classes
you're trained to teach? Want to add diversity and substance to
your teaching resume? Be careful – Yin might change your
life!
Prerequisites:
- Successful completion of a YA accredited 200 hour YTT program.
- Review of The Complete Guide to Yin Yoga by Bernie Clark (required text).
- No experience teaching Yin is required, although we recommend taking a few Yin Yoga classes prior to enrolling.
Curriculum:
- Module 1: What is Yin? The History & Lineage of Yin Yoga
- Module 2: Western Anatomical Concepts, Applied to Yin
- Practice 1: Supported Yin Yoga Practice – Introducing Sandbags
- Module 3: Eastern Anatomical Concepts, Applied to Yin (the “dot” activity)
- Practice 2: TCM Inspired Yin Yoga Practice – Assisting and Propping Practicum
- Module 4: Introduction to Sequencing, Common Questions and Adaptations
- Module 5: Drafting Your Yin Yoga Elevator Speech, Additional Resources & Next Steps
Outcomes:
- Students will understand the benefits of Yin Yoga from both Eastern and Western perspectives, and how to describe those benefits to interested students
- Basic understanding of the meridians from Traditional Chinese Medicine and how Yin Yoga utilizes these concepts
- Basic understanding of Western physiological concepts and how these apply to Yin Yoga
- How to use blankets, blocks, bolsers, straps, and sandbags to support the practice
- How to sequence a basic Yin Yoga class
- How to adjust the practice of Yin Yoga for certain populations
- Earn 8 CEUs for the Yoga Alliance
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$175.00
1 Session
Learn to Teach Yin - Level 2
Apr 19, 2025 - Apr 20, 2025
Prerequisites:
- Successful completion of a YA accredited 200 hour YTT program
- Review of The Complete Guide to Yin Yoga by Bernie Clark (required text)
- Completion of Learn to Teach Yin Level 1 OR significant experience teaching Yin
Curriculum:
- Module 1: Yin Yoga for the Upper Body
- Practice 1: Supported Yin Yoga Practice – Introducing Upper Body Poses
- Module 2: Eastern Anatomical Concepts, Learning the Meridians and Pressure Points
- Module 3: Yin Yoga –
Introducing the Wall
Practice 2: Supported Yin Yoga Practice – Assisting at the Wall - Module 4: Understanding Connective Tissue – The Fascia Multimedia Experience
- Practice 3: TCM Inspired Yin Yoga Practice – Assisting the Meridians
- Module 5: Intelligent Sequencing Techniques for Yin (and more)
- Practice 4: Supported Yin Yoga Practice – Applied Sequencing
- Module 6: Making Your Class YOURS – The Freedom to be YOU
Outcomes
- A toolbox of upper body Yin Yoga poses
- How to use the wall, with or without other props (great if you teach at a gym!)
- A deep understanding of western anatomical concepts including fascia, fascial lines, and anatomical variations.
- A basic understanding of the meridians from Traditional Chinese Medicine and how Yin Yoga utilizes these energy lines and pressure points
- How to plan, sequence, and adapt thoughtful Yin Yoga classes
- Earn 14 CEUs for the Yoga Alliance
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$275.00
2 Sessions