Training
Yin Yoga Training – Spain
With Tobie Tomkinson & Zoe Nash, 7th-14th July
50 HOURS CONTINUED PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT / DEEP DIVE IMMERSION.
OPEN TO ALL!
Yin Yoga is becoming increasingly popular; perhaps as a reaction to the ever increasing busyness of life, fast moving technology, and other stressors, and it is a perfect balance to the more dynamic “Yang” Yoga practices. It is slow, meditative and mindful; a chance to press pause and soften into the moment. Most Yin poses are floor based, held between 1 and 20 minutes, and they allow us to explore the resistance points in our practice and all their influences; from muscles, soft tissue and neural networks, through the breath to the emotions, awareness and states of consciousness.
Given time we can ask – what is sensation and how can we release what may show up in the physical body as ‘stretch’, the mental body as perhaps pain and the emotional body as a myriad of other things?
Whilst we will dive into the world of muscles, fascia, myofascial chains and other connective tissues, this is far more than just a physical practice. It is a chance to deeply explore one of the fundamental philosophical concepts of Yoga – the Koshas.
Due to the slower pace of the practice and its historical evolution we can also more easily focus our attention to the Traditional Chinese Meridian Lines – exploring sequences that target the physical, emotional and energetic benefits of these in correlation with the daoist elements.
Teaching Yin is a lovely opportunity if you wish to help others to explore their Koshas, guiding them to their own inner stillness. This practice also creates more space for you to share philosophies, meditations, stories, poems and other loves from your life.
As always at Ashiyana we will share and explore tools and experiences whilst encouraging you to find your own voice/style and to share from your heart.
Our Yin Teacher Training will cover…
- Practice and learn 25 key Yin poses, how to teach them, including modifications and their contra-indications
- Practice Yin Flows focusing on different Meridians and parts of the body
- The body’s muscular, fascial and myo-fascial meridian systems
- Anatomy related to Yoga, including but not exclusive to:
- Range of Motion – Osteo-morphology, tension & compression
- Resistance points: Neural / structural / mental / emotional
- Kinetic Chains
- The Therapeutic Edge
- Pain relief and catharsis
- How to plan and theme a Yin yoga class using Breath, Meditations, Meridians
- Introduction to the Chinese meridian system with an experienced acupuncturist
- Meditation and Pranayama
- The use of props to maximise comfort and relaxation of muscles and fascia
- Restorative poses, breathing, mindfulness and relaxation
- Morning Yin/ Yang sessions for your personal practice and develop a variety of ideas for your own classes
- Teaching Practice
- Assessment and class delivery feedback
After the training, you will receive either a CPD Certificate (Yoga Alliance) if you are a teacher already, or an Attendance Certificate if you are taking the course simply to immerse yourself in the Yin practice. The hours total up to a maximum of 50 hours depending on attendance and completion of coursework.
Pricing & Accommodation
Early Bird: €1250 in a shared room* / €1700 for single occupancy
Full price: €1450 in a shared room* / €1900 for single occupancy; €350 supplement for a luxury suite
*two people sharing a twin/double room; all our rooms have en-suite bathrooms.
Extra €100 Discount for Ashiyana 200 hour TTC Graduates.
50 hour Yoga Alliance – Continued Professional Development (CPD)
DISCOVER MORE IN THIS SHORT INTRO VIDEO
Some Personal Background
I have developed a passionate curiosity about the integral relationship between the ZangFu—the yin and yang organ pairs—their Spirits and our emotions. This inquiry has led me to deepen my journey as therapist, yoga practitioner and teacher by bringing my wisdom of the body from the acupuncture table the yoga mat. I completed a 300-hour Vinyasa YTT, and then her 500-hour Yin Yoga Teacher Training with Beta Lisboa in 2013.
I intend to bring a unique perspective and TCM-infused wisdom to the yoga mat in classes that inspire and illuminate the interrelation between the meridians and the related ZangFu. So my students leave invigorated with a newly felt sense of connection between body, mind and spirit, and a reverent appreciation for the intricate interconnections coursing throughout our beings.
I’ve just finished the Chinese Medicine 10 week Course with Zoe. I’m a much happier, brighter, more certain person than I was 10 weeks ago.
I’ve always wanted to educate myself more on Chinese Medicine, as I’ve never connected with modern medicine, and never felt it solved the problem.
The knowledge Zoe provides through the weeks really connected with me on so many levels. Whether she was talking through the symptoms of skin conditions and how that’s linked to the liver… Being someone who’s suffered with eczema throughout life, I was slowly healing myself as she was teaching. I’ve made so many notes, drawings of congee and broth recipes, of our organ clock and how the liver is doing its job when you sleep. So this now encourages me even more so, to get to sleep early, with the sunset, so my liver can do the job at the right time. And throughout the course I’ve been sleeping better, also, my pantry is now stocked with Burdock root and Hibiscus tea. So much love and knowledge is shared throughout the course.
We’ve only scraped the surface with Chinese Medicine over the 10 weeks, but still covering The Meridians, The Five Elements, The Menstrual Cycle, and the Kidneys too. All powerful topics that have their own sub-categories too.
Zoe thank you. I’m so grateful to have learnt this from you and to be on this journey. I hope many others decide to do this course and progress on the road to enlightenment.
Having Zoe as a Chinese Medicine and Yin Yoga Teacher opened a new world to me, a world of integration of different disciplines in a deep, high competent and fascinating way. Her confident and warm approach not only prepared my journey in the way I wished to in these two completely new disciplines to me, but gave me two of the most priceless gifts: calm and inspiration.
It was a step asking her for an acupuncture session which, even more than expected, completed and deepened that journey, afterwards leaving a feeling of my body, my mind and my soul in a beautiful stillness and full of compassion.
There is no other option to me than recommend a professional and personal contact to her, the benefits of both will certainly leave a sign and will stay with you for a long time.
