25 Hour Continuing Education: Dedicated Practice/Advanced Asana

How to safely sequence and present advanced asanas for public classes and personal growth. Dedicated Practice is a 25 hour in-depth journey into how to safely sequence and present advanced asanas for public classes and personal growth. An in-depth practice of pranayama, mantra and yoga philosophy will enhance the postures as well as being its own aspect of dedicated practice. This will not be an all-inclusive list of advanced postures; rather it will be a way to engage with advanced techniques and learn how to play safely within five realms: arm balances, inversions, forward bends, back bends, and twists. Each pose lives on a continuum; there are foundational aspects in every advanced pose, and a gradient of progression available. Once we understand the direction of movement and how small steps forward can play within that realm, we see how we may be able to create sustainable progression within our own practice, or the practice of our students. Our classes will focus on specific components of these realms to see how they are fluidly sequenced into a practice – complete with a conversation about how and why sequences for advanced postures are executed mindfully. We will then workshop the postures, experientially learning their various components and how to safely and successfully build them up. This training is for all levels of practitioners; you don’t need to be able to bend over backwards to learn more about deepening your backbends! Learn more about expanding the realm of your dedicated yoga practice, and enjoy the process. Curriculum • Learn the three stages / kramas for hand balancing postures • Explore techniques that require dedication • Learn how to guide students safely and inclusively into and out of poses • Arm Balances – Grasshopper, Firefly, Peacock • Inversions – Headstands, Hands-free shoulderstand, Forearm balance, Handstand • Vishvamittrasana, Wheel • Dedicated Pranayama, Mantra and Yoga Philosophy All students are required to earn a Yoga Alliance certified 200 hour teacher training program before auditioning to teach in studio. Schedule • Friday, March 5th 6:00pm-9:00pm (online) • Saturday, March 6th 9:00am-5:00pm (in-person) • Sunday, March 7th 9:00am-5:00pm (in-person) Online via Zoom In-person at YYOGA Downtown Flow Refund Policy • If YYOGA is required to cancel the program/module for any reason → Tuition Fully Refunded • If a student has paid in full, but chooses to withdraw before the program/module begins → Payment refunded, minus non-refundable registration fee ($150.00) • If a student has paid in full and is required to withdraw before 50% of the program/module is complete → 50% of payment refunded, minus non-refundable registration fee ($150.00) • If a student has paid and is required to withdraw after 50% of the program/module is complete → No payment refunded Visit our YYOGA Teacher Training website or email our Programming Coordinator at [email protected] for more information!