Understand movement according to anatomy. Teach with confidence.
Deepen your knowledge of functional anatomy, movement patterns, natural limitations, and prevention of injury strategies that can be applied immediately.
You Will Learn this and more:
- Why yoga injuries happen and how to prevent them – the varied alignment of joints
- How to recognise strain patterns in students
- Protecting joints and ligaments in particular yoga poses
- Hip, pelvis/SIJ, back, knee, foot and ankle, neck, shoulder, and wrist anatomy
- How to support injured students
- Strength inside the stretch – mechanisms of stretching
- Functional movement patterns according to an individual’s anatomy
Includes:
- Face-to-face training – theoretical, experiential and practical.
- Pdf handouts
- Video footage
- CPD eligible
- Limited numbers for more personal attention
Structure:
- Lower body
- Fascial connections with the whole body
- Pelvis, low back, SIJ, hip joints, knees, ankles and feet
- Common injuries and how to modify poses
- Upper body
- Fascial connections with the whole body
- Thoracic rings (ribs+thoracic spine), shoulder girdle, elbows, wrists, neck
- Common injuries and how to modify poses
Perfect For:
Yoga teachers wanting to teach yoga asana safely to students with an injury, hypermobility or just for an individual’s anatomy; teacher trainees; and long-term practitioners wanting a deeper understanding of their own anatomy.
Dates TBA – 2 x 3-hour teaching blocks – over 2 weekends.
Investment: $630 ($450 Early Bird before 14 June)
