With Joe Barnett, Marcel van de Vis Heil and Esther Ekhart
This course is intended to generate a deeply nourishing experience for body, heart and soul. High up in the mountains of Portugal we dive in the yin universe. We look into the variations in human anatomy and how this influences our practice, we learn what the poses are supposed to do for us and how everybody can achieve that, regardless of age, experience or flexibility.
We will also explore chakras, meridians and mindfulness and their relevance for our daily lives, learning different meditation techniques.
This course will give you all the basics to teach yin yoga if that is what you hope to do, and to take the most out of your practice if teaching is not for you. More than anything, these 10 days are a time for gentle self development and self care.
Joe and Marcel are the leading teachers in this training and will teach the majority of the material, Esther will facilitate the mindfulness part in this training. We are also honored to be joined by Paul Grilley who will be guest teaching a module via Zoom on the big screen.
What will you learn:
- Anatomy: skeletal segments, muscle groups, the concepts of target areas and functional yoga, skeletal variations, tension X compression and more
- Yin Yoga Poses: analysis of poses, their modifications and alternatives and how to teach them
- Assisted Yin Routine
- Chakra Theory
- Meridian Theory and Tracing
- Mindfulness
- Chakra and Mindfulness Meditation
- The concepts of karma, samskaras, vrittis and vasanas
Daily Schedule
Day 1 (10th): Arrival day
| 17.30 – 19.00 | group gathering |
| 19.00 | dinner |
Daily
| 7.30 – 8.00 | meditation |
| 8.00 – 9.30 | breakfast |
| 9.30 – 11.00 | lecture |
| 11.15 – 12.30 | practice |
| 12.30 – 16.30 | lunch and time off |
| 16.30 – 18.00 | lecture |
| 18.15 – 19.00 | practice and meditation |
| 19.00 – 20.00 | dinner |
| 20.00 – 21.00 | lecture |
Day 10 (20th): departure day
| 7.30 – 8.00 | meditation |
| 8.00 – 9.30 | breakfast and check-out |
