5 Day of Hands on Bodywork and Learning new ways to Modify Yoga Poses for Injuries to the Neck, Shoulders, Low Back, Hip, and Knees.
Daily Schedule:
9-12 Yoga Ceremony, Chanting, Calling of Directions, Q&A
12-1:30 Break
1:30-5:30 Afternoon training
This 5-day course is dedicated to energizing your healing hands as a Yoga Teacher and to enhance your artistry in sequencing yoga asana classes.
Each day you will be training your hand’s-on assisting skills, waking-up your Anatomy understanding and learning effective ways to work one-on-one with Yoga Students in Asanas. We will cover how to work with injuries to spinal vertebrae, scar-tissue, musculo-skleletal injuries, and common yoga “trouble-spots”.
You will be learning the Hand’s on Assists for: side bends, spinal twists, backbends, inversions, abdominal core work, hip-openers, forward bends and the inner-work secrets to masterful hand’s on assisting.
Each day you will receive a different class plan, including classes for low-back injuries, backbends, twists, inversions, and hip-openers. Class sequencing is based upon Forrest Yoga class planning and is designed to heal injuries, get you stronger, and take you safely, deeper into your practice.
Day 1: Twists
Day 2: Backbends
Day 3: Hip-Openers
Day 4: Inversions
Day 5: Therapeutic Low Back
This course is designed for Yoga Teachers, but serious Yoga Students will also benefit and are welcome to join.
Daily Outline:
9-12 Yoga Ceremony, Chanting, Calling of Directions, Q&A
9-9:30 Ceremony & Chanting
9:30-11:30 Forrest Yoga Asana Ceremony
11:30-12 Q&A
12-1:30 Break
1:30-5:30 Afternoon training
1:30-2 Anatomy of Asana & Class Sequencing
2-4:30 Hand’s on Assisting Training
4:30-5:30 Asana Sequencing Training