50 Hour Advanced Yin Yoga Teacher training

50 Hours
Advanced Yin Yoga Teacher training

Dive deep into the Daoist Elements and Meridians and learn all the essential aspects of practicing and teaching this contemplative method. The philosophical and energetic aspects of Yin Yoga can be a gateway to deep healing and offer resources of inspiration for your practice and your teaching.

Yin yoga is simple, but not easy. Sometimes being still is the hardest of all asana. The stillness of the floor-based, long held static stretches (with relaxed muscles) create the space to practice mindfulness and cultivate awareness. We embrace our own physical limitations rather than trying to fight against them and work with the body just as it is, and that in and of itself is an amazing thing. We are practicing acceptance, surrendering to gravity, connecting our body to a Zen state of mind.

While we are expanding our flexibility and rejuvenate our joints, we reveal and release deep layers of tension held within your fascia. The healing wisdom of the Daoist philosophy provides insight and guidance to get in touch with our body, mind, and soul. We get the unique opportunity to release emotional tension, free stagnant or blocked energy, and to cultivate a peaceful quality of mind.

This 50-hour course unfolds over two weeks (10 study days) with enough free leisure time to enjoy after an extensive day of yoga practice, lectures and posture studies. Timings are from 10am to 4pm, but to integrate the Yang in our Yin -after all its all about the balance- you are welcome join in our early morning practice with different dynamic styles of yoga.

The teachings includes the foundations and principles of Yin, the physical benefits of the practice, the meditative possibilities and energetic effects from a Daoist / Oriental Medicine perspective.

For an embodied experience of the theory behind the practice students will have the chance to teach in the second week. Focus here is to imply sequences according to the Daoist Elements, understanding their energetic value and the subtle art of creating the ideal environment for a transformational experience of body, mind and soul to take place.

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Why you should join this course at Parimukti?

You are looking for an intensive program that will not only change your teaching skills but you on a deeper level as well
You are at the point of taking your profession to a higher level
We offer small class sizes so that each student can receive the individual attention they need in order to grow and thrive during this intense period
Daily practice of meditation, pranayama, and asana
Verbal and hands-on adjustments and their benefits and contraindications
Study of the Vedic and Upanishadic mantras
You’ll gain an understanding of different chakras and how to address and treat them
Practices like breath awareness, basic pranayamas, kriyas (cleansing techniques), and mantras will be presented and practiced within the course from the very beginning.

You want to learn more different types of yoga practice to be able to offer specialized yoga classes
You are keen to study with a team of highly qualified local and international teachers coming from different schools and backgrounds
We offer a multi-style program so you will be qualified to teach traditional Hatha, Ashtanga/Vinyasa Flow and Yin Yoga classes
Study of the asanas and their musculoskeletal alignment
Scientific background of hands-on adjustments
Chanting and meditation studies, movement meditations, heart meditations, and buddhist meditations.

eligibility

This is a life transforming journey for most people so we practice an attitude of non-judgement in all our training towards all fellow travellers around us. The training is not a competition as different people have different bodies and different level of expertise, from beginners to people already teaching. We insist on creating a nurtuting mutually supportive and an inclusive learning environment for all our students.

You must be in a reasonable physical shape.
You must have suffered no major injury or trauma in the recent past or should have by now healed completely.
You must be free of any mood altering medication.
You must be free of any blood pressure medication.
You must be able to fully dedicate your time to the training when you are in the course.
You must be willing to live in a group environment living learning and supporting like-minded students and teachers who will be taking the same journey as you.

CURRICULUM

PHILOSOPHY

History and people, 8 limbs of yoga, Patanjali yoga sutras, pranayama, chakras, mudras & mantras.

ASANA

Morning class for self practice of different dynamic yang styles of yoga

MEDITATION

You will be introduced to meditation techniques like silent sitting, movement meditations, heart meditations, and buddhist meditations.

ANATOMY

Muscular and skeletal system, understanding fascia, compression vs tension, joints and their movements, aesthetic vs. functional alignment

SELF HEALING TOOLKIT

Acupressure points for each meridian / asana, anatomy of the mind – mindfulness principles, the power of visualisation & Dan Tien breath, basics of Ayurveda – know your Dosha

CHI & MERIDIANS

Yin/ yang/chi defined, Theory of the 5 Daoist elements, 12 primary traditional Chinese Medicine organs & meridians, physical, energetic and emotional value, and functional aspects in the asanas

ART OF TEACHING YIN

Intention / expression / context / tools

PRACTICE OF YIN

25 regular yin yoga asanas, additional upper body poses, wall poses and modifications, special situations / target areas, elemental sequences

THE SCHEDULE

07:30 – 09:00

Dynamic Yoga Practice

Dynamic poses are usually one breath per movement. Movements are organic with very little actions and they create heat in the body.

07:30 – 09:00

09:00 – 10:00