Therapeutic Approach to Classic Asana in St Paul with Ann & Dan B
Yoga Sutra 2.46 Sthira Sukham Asanam “The posture should be steady and comfortable.”
Is your yoga practice hurting you? Are you concerned some of your yoga students are at risk of hurting themselves? Or perhaps you would like to get inspired about how to support yourself and your students increase mobility and freedom in their bodies and advance their mat practice to their next level of brilliance.
Yoga North International SomaYoga Institute is known for the methodology of SomaYoga- a unique blending of Somatics, Therapeutic Yoga, and classic yoga asana (postures).
In this intensive training, we will look at yoga asana through a study of anatomy, kinesiology, and SomaYoga methodology & techniques so your own practice and students’ practice can flourish with ease. Specific SomaYoga techniques – such as aligning from the spine out to the largest joints and the extremities, and using self-pandiculation to increase mobility and function – will be studied within the framework of this intensive workshop.
A variety of yoga asanas from several categories of postures will be discussed and practiced through the lens of SomaYoga. The curriculum will include a variety of standing poses, forward folds, twists, backbends, pre-inversion practices, and preparatory poses for arm balances. We will explore how to use good biomechanics in yoga postures to cultivate and maintain steadiness and ease in yoga asana (postures), how to use the technique of pandiculation to increase mobility, and how to modify, level, and use props in postures to progress students in cultivating optimal stability, strength, and mobility in yoga practice.
Perfect for yoga teachers who want to:
• safely teach poses for each individual’s anatomical brilliance
• practice the art of “seeing” bodies and learn how to help students come out of compensation and dysfunctional movement patterns
• deepen your personal practice and understanding of poses
• teach a more therapeutic aspect of asana by learning how to creatively level poses and use props
• teach asana to many levels and abilities of students
• cue poses from the center out
• integrate neuromuscular re-education (Somatics) into classic asana
**note: experience with SomaYoga methodology is a pre-requisite to taking this Intensive. To sign up, participants must have participated in Yoga North ISYI teacher training, SomaYoga & Somatics Intensive, or SomaYoga Approach to Classic Asana (Level 1). If you have questions about whether or not this workshop is right for you, please contact Yoga North. For motivated students, we do have some videos of the Beginning SomaYoga series and asanas that could be helpful in preparing.
November 11-13, 2022
Friday 9:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Saturday 9:00 am - 6 pm
Sunday 8:00 am - 1 pm
$465 before 10/31/23, $495 after
20 YACEPs available for YA registered teachers.
10% discount to Yoga North ISYI alumni
*To receive the alumni discount call the Yoga North office directly. Discounts must be applied at the time of purchase and can not be given retro-actively.
Registration through Yoga North