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.
This immersion is 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
Please note: experience with SomaYoga methodology is a pre-requisite to taking this Immersion. 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 Beginning SomaYoga series and asanas that could be helpful in preparing.
Yoga Alliance Registered Yoga Teachers (RYTs) can earn 20 CE credits at the conclusion of this immersion.
Register HERE to participate!
In this immersive 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 asana from several categories of postures will be discussed and practiced through the lens of SomaYoga.
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.
Immersion Dates & Times:
Friday, November 11th - Sunday, November 13th
Friday 5:00 PM-8:30 PM
Saturday 8:00 AM- 6:00 PM
Sunday 8:00 AM -4:30 PM
Location: attendance is in-person at the Main Street Yoga - Oregon studio (121 N Main St, Oregon, WI 53575)
Price: $465 before August 13th → $495 beginning August 14th
10% discount to Yoga North ISYI alumni, which is applied when you sign into your account tagged with the "alumni."
Sign up HERE for $40 off before August 14th!
The yoga therapy components of our certification programs and courses are based on our accreditation through the International Association of Yoga Therapists (IAYT), not derived from our status as an RYS® with Yoga Alliance Registry.