Teacher Training - Integrated Yin Yoga Teacher Training

Description

In the most beautiful serene settings of the Spanish mountains you have the opportunity to fully explore the principles and practice of Yin Yoga: You will be guided in daily Yin and Yang practice, absorbing it into the body. Lectures and demonstrations on anatomy to enrich the mind. Activities to bring energetic and elemental theory into practice. Exploratory group projects within a close community of students where discussions will be encouraged and practice teaching sessions provided to ensure that you have the confidence to take what you have learned and share it with others.

You will learn how Yin Yoga differs from other forms of Yoga asana prevalent today, we study the Yin poses and principles of practice in depth, learning how the tissues are affected as well as the energetic influences on the body.

You will also be instructed on how to sequence, work safely with injuries and teach responsibly.

Areas Covered:

Functional Anatomy and Applied Yin Yoga -
Structure and function of the skeletal and muscular system
Spinal range of motion and articulation of the pelvis
Demystifying tension vs compression
Skeletal variation and proportion
Fascial trains

Energetics of Yin Yoga -
Meridian and 5 element theory
Meridian line mapping
Shen and Ko cycle
Yin Yoga and the mind
Mindful touch and assisted Yin

Teaching Yin Yoga -
Yin poses, variations and use of props
Modifications for varying limitations, contraindications and injuries
How to theme and sequence a Yin Yoga class
Practice and enrichment of teaching skills

Venue:
Cortijo Caseria Del Mercado is a small organic, biodynamic farm high in the Alpujarras mountains of Andalucia, southern Spain with a huge array of fruit and vegetables grown on site. The farm cares lovingly for goats, horses and has a peacock breeding sanctuary. Their traditional practices honour nature, ecology and a heartfelt love for the land.
The retreat center has been specially adapted to host bespoke events and the main yoga shala faces West over the stunning mountain ranges. The Cortijo also has a natural mineral water swimming pool and a second yoga shala outside in the clear mountain air, under the shade of fruit trees.

The local area (the highest point in Spain) is fantastic hiking country with spectacular mountain views and isolated “White villages” where you have the opportunity to explore on your afternoons or half day off.

Accommodation:
The venues farm buildings offer various traditional, comfortable rooms with a communal and family feel. Each sharing until has a small kitchen with wood fires for cool evenings and windows opening on to the abundant flowers that wrap the buildings in colour.

Shared accommodation is included in the course fee but for an additional fee single rooms may be available, please contact us for availability.

Food:
3 Vegetarian meals a day are included in the training fee. The event will be specially catered for by our enigmatic award-winning Portuguese chef Alvaro and he will be utilizing local organic ingredients. Local cheese and bread makers visiting the farm will also contribute to the delicious meals which are shared out in the open air veranda.

There is a large communal kitchen where students can prepare their own snacks if needed and seasonal fruits and vegetables will be available from the farm.

The Teachers:
Jade Wood has been teaching Yin Yoga for osteopathic and yoga centres in Arabia, Asia and extensively throughout Europe. She brings influences from her training in Shiatsu massage and Traditional Chinese Medicine and guides body-honouring sessions rich with elemental and energetic wisdom. Her passion is how the exploration of the body affects the mind.

Emily Baxter is a muti-skilled practitioner in yoga, circus and anatomical arts. She has taught anatomy on many yoga trainings globally and has a passion for revealing the potential held in the structure of the body. She teaches with a focus on embodiment and always with a lighthearted approach.

For more information please visit:

www.integratedyinyoga.com

or facebook -

https://www.facebook.com/IntegratedYinYoga?fref=ts