South Boston Yoga

 

Join Hanneke for a 90min workshop designed to improve practicing student's form and help beginners understand the Pilates repertoire. Rest assured that you will not be bored during class. You'll actively be learning the basic principles and modifications to help you connect and move more efficiently. To wrap it up, the last 45min will include an ab-rocking workout to incorporate all you've learned!

 

Please note: the times for this workshop are: Fri 6p-8:30p, Sat 9am-5pm, Sun 9a-5pm

This training is for yoga teachers interested in delving into the world of pregnancy and yoga. The 15 hour immersion week-end will prepare students to work with the special needs of prenatal students, and certify them to design and teach a safe, specifically prenatal class.

The workshop will include sections on:

• The anatomy and physiology of Pregnancy
• Yoga’s view the pregnant body and how this model differs from the western medical model
• Historical practices in Birth and how those practices have affected the birth process.
• Myths surrounding prenatal yoga: which postures are truly contra-indicated and why?
• Appropriate postures for a prenatal yoga practice and class
• Modifications for different stages in pregnancy
• Yoga solutions to common pregnancy aches and pains.
• Meditation for both pregnancy and birth
• Pranayama for a prenatal practice
• Yoga practices for childbirth preparation
• Prenatal class components and sequencing, including discussion of how to conduct “circle time” and foster community through open communication in class
• Student teaching opportunities
• Immediate post-natal yoga considerations and steps for re-introducing mom back to practice

All students will receive a training manual containing the above components as well as suggested prenatal sequences for class development.

Yoga Tune Up® Therapy Ball Practitioner Training

Saturday, March 3, 12 - 7pm (w/ 1 hour break.)
$250 by Feb 17th, $295 thereafter.

Certified YTU Instructor Pricing: Priced as above with additional $25 discount (please select the appropriate item during purchasing, your credentials WILL be checked with Jill)

Put the power of self-massage into your own hands! This workshop empowers students of any level of health to adopt a simple and effective self-care regimen. The Yoga Tune Up® Therapy Balls can be used as an adjunct to Yoga, Pilates, recovery & prevention from injury or day-to day maintenance.

• Learn step-by step proven whole body series, approved by Physical Therapists, orthopedists, chiropractors and massage therapists to affect profound change in the rotator cuff, upper back, neck, jaw, hips, lower back, IT Band, calves and feet.
• Learn to identify bony landmarks, muscular attachments, fascia geography, pain physiology and specialized ball rolling techniques that penetrate into common high-tension areas.

• Forge new relationships with all parts of yourself, and live better in your body, PAIN FREE!
• For instructors of yoga, fitness, pilates,dance & personal trainers, the YTU Therapy Ball Sequences expand your teaching tool-kit and are a great way to introduce embodied anatomy concepts to your student base and to have fun while educating others.

These on-the-go balls can be used in a variety of settings and offer immediate relief. This self-preservation training equips you with a targeted approach to help you maintain your body, preventing injuries while saving you time and money on massage therapists and other costly treatments.

Open to practitioners of any level, or to anyone who LOVES a great massage!

Students at every level of fitness or disability are ushered into the awareness of your own anatomy tissue-by-tissue.

No yoga or massage experience necessary

 

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YTU: Hip Helpers for Classic Poses

Sunday March 4th, 1-3:30pm
$45

As your yoga practice evolves, you may find that some of your poses progress and feel expansive, while others are stubborn and stuck. Your hips are a major component of nearly every category of asana, from standing, to sitting, to inversions. The hips can be a confusing maze of muscles, bones and connective tissues. Many students will punish their hips, stretching and overstretching to try to change a pose, resulting in more frustration and pain. In reality, the hips are very simple joints that are wildly misunderstood. Hip Helpers will vastly improve your embodiment of your hip anatomy. Learn how to skillfully connect to your hips, legs, and core as they relate to the most classic poses in all of hatha yoga. This class explores many of the major seated and standing poses, and introduces multiple preparations and variations to help anyone at any level improve their postures.

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JILL'S BIO

Jill is a yoga and fitness therapy expert with more than 25 years of expertise including the moving arts of Yoga, Modern Dance, Pilates, Bodywork and Shiatsu. Her teaching playfully integrates the nuts and bolts of human movement coupled with profound yogic philosophy. Jill teaches her unique style Yoga Tune Up® internationally and has educated and certified dozens of specialized Yoga Tune Up® teachers who help people to live better in their bodies. Her innovative therapeutic approach is recognized by top Physical Therapists, Pain Medicine Doctors and Rehabilitative Specialists. She has been featured in Self, Prevention, Whole Living, Oxygen, Chatelaine, Redbook, Yoga Journal, Women’s Running, the Today Show and Martha Stewart Radio; the LA Times calls her "kinetically arresting." She is a "Contributing Expert" at Gaiam.com. Jill’s critically acclaimed DVD series include Yoga Tune Up®, the Pranamaya produced Yoga Link, and Gaiam's Yoga for Weight Loss. www.yogatuneup.com

Clean & Simple, a 21 day cleanse, will change your body, improve your digestion, and rev up your energy. Benefits include weight loss, better skin and more restful sleep. Twenty one days will help you break your cravings and dependencies, and set you on a path for making better ongoing choices that support your fitness and wellness goals. You choose how deeply you want to go with Colette’s support and expertise.

Week One: Over the course of first seven days you’ll slowly reduce and remove allergenic and energy-draining foods and replace these with living healthful foods including fresh vegetable and fruit juices, smoothies, soups, salads and simple protein while eating three meals and two optional snacks/day. All flexible menu suggestions and recipes are included to work within your daily demands.

Week Two: Over the course of the second week, you’ll remove any remaining allergenic and energy draining foods and substitute more living and raw foods (including one solid meal/day of fresh foods with selected protein and two liquid meals in the form of a smoothie, fresh juice or a soup. Bowel cleansing is an optional choice during this time.

Week Three: Healthful, delicious, and simple foods are reintroduced that support your daily energy needs. Information and guidance on how to maintain the strides you made are discussed and implemented in this week.

Logistics

• Group Meetings: Three Saturdays, March 3, 10 & 17, 12:30-2p
• Group sessions include a talk, discussion, check-in & meditation period.
• Cost: $149
• Optional Choice: Herbal bowel cleansing kit ($50)
• Required equipment: Blender for smoothies and a juicer (or access to fresh squeezed vegetable juices)
• Support: Daily access to an online forum for community support and one group Q & A call per week with Colette.

A powerful 3 hour vinyasa class based on the 4 chapters of the most sacred teachings of Patanjali, The Yoga Sutras. I will break them down, chapter by chapter, in an accessible way. I will teach you how the origins of this practice apply on a mental, physical, energetic and emotional level in vinyasa format. Take a journey with me back to the roots of what this practice was intended for. Halftime show not included…but chanting, advanced asana (modifications will be offered) and meditation will be included!!

 

 

 

Body Language is a unique 200-hour skill development program developed especially for movement teachers and therapists by Tom Myers, author of Anatomy Trains and international speaker with 35 years of deep experience in bodywork and movement. It is a unique synthesis of the world of contemporary movement and manual therapy, presented in an open and inclusive atmosphere of inquiry and exploration. Know your way through myofascial tissue with your hand, your heart and your movement.

Become certified as a Movement Analyst!

Body Language is the course you wish you had when you were starting out - brought right up-to-date!

Movement and manual therapy are rapidly integrating into a new approach to body structure, fitness, coordination, stability, and exercise. Get ahead of the curve!

• Expand your understanding of your clients' posture and performance whether your practice is movement or touch based
• Understand 'Fascial Fitness' in a direct and usable way. Fascia is the missing element of movement.
• Identifiy movement and stability patterns
• Certify as a Posture & Movement Analyst in standing, gait, breath and functional movement

All supported with Tom Myers’ visual feast of anatomy, including his unique new fresh-tissue dissections of body-wide fascial continuities.

Who is it for?

We invite all movement therapists to join us in an exciting and varied adventure in the science and art of kinesis, meaning guided movement. Specifically:

• Yoga teachers and adepts
• Pilates and Gyrotonics teachers,
• Personal trainers and athletic coaches
• Dance therapists and contact improvisers
• Martial artists
• Feldenkrais, Alexander, and other somatic practitioners
• Physiotherapists, manual therapists , and chiropractors with an interest in movement are also welcome

Schedule

Body Language Boston will take place on six weekends:

• April 13-16, 2012
• May 18-21, 2012
• June 22-25, 2012
• September 21-24, 2012
• October 26-29, 2012
• November 15-19, 2012

Course Objectives

• "Fascial Fitness" - Research is clear on ways to build fascial fitness. Fitness has long focused on muscle strength, and more recently on neuromuscular coordination, but specific ways of exercising and stretching have been shown to build fascial health. Most 'muscle' injuries are actually fascial injuries. Learn simple ways to supplement exercise routine to coordinate fascial fitness with your current work.
• Expand your skillful touch awareness to awaken “amnesiac” areas of the body, help people find their missing bits, build alignment, deepen stretches, change perception, and coordinate movement
• Learn to use the Anatomy Trains Myofascial Meridians map for movement and stability analysis and to see the body-wide connections and patterns

Registration

To register for this course, a completed application is required. Download the application here.

Tuition: $2995 through February 1, 2012: $3495 thereafter

Payment Schedule: Pay in full, or schedule a payment plan for your credit card to be charged in manageable increments.

For full descriptions and details including dates, instructors, testimonials, payment, application and more visit the teacher training page.

There are two programs scheduled for 2012.

• 3 Week 200hr Intensive from Aug 3rd - Aug 26th
• 6 month program including the 1st 9 days of the intensive training (Aug 3rd-11th), and then alternate weekends through January 2013

Whether you're interested in becoming a yoga teacher or just wanting to dive deeper into your own practice and experience of yoga, the South Boston Yoga Teacher Training is a great choice for a fun and intelligent exploration of a modern yoga practice.

This compassionate and intensive training will give you the insight, experience and confidence to teach a powerful class to any level of student. Learn the anatomy and movement of the body in relation to injury and rehabilitation. Learn safe and purposeful sequencing, gentle yet well directed adjustments and verbal cues. Learn to guide the subtle flow of prana, dive into meditative serenity and move from your intuitive and natural self.

This course will teach you how to guide your students through a safe, stable and purposeful yoga class to any level. We will delve into the evolution of modern yoga incorporating anatomy, smart sequencing, fitness and nutrition with classical examination of the sutras, meditation, breathwork (pranayama) and basic yoga philosophy.

With 200 in-class hours plus classes, readings, and practice teaching public community classes, you will be well prepared to teach multiple levels of classes on graduation.

This course is certified with Yoga Alliance for 200hr RYT.