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Click here to view the reading listTeacher Training - Moksha Yoga
I am facilitating one more 60 Hour Yin TT in 2020 at Moksha Yoga in Bentleigh over four weekends:
- Aug 22-23
- Sept 26-27
- Oct 24-25
- Nov 21-22
Each weekend includes lecture, discussion, and practice.
Click here for detailed info and bookings
(via the Moksha Yoga website)
And good news! If you don't live in Melbourne, you can still attend. The entire TT will be live-streamed.
What about COVID restrictions? Should COVID restrictions mean we cannot gather in person on any of these weekends, the training will still be delivered through a mix of live and recorded lectures and practices and 1:1 sessions with me to answer your questions and make sure you are integrating key concepts. I have experience facilitating this TT online and am confident that I can deliver a high-quality experience no matter what restrictions we might have to work with.
Here is what a student from the March 2020 training had to say:
“Thank you. What a rich, fascinating, enlightening and broad ranging teacher training you have delivered us... For a 'non' yogi, you made this training very accessible and inclusive... Thank you for all the extra extra and hard work you put in to transferring this into an online format that was still so engaging and connected.”
Reading List
People say: idle curiosity. The one thing curiosity cannot be is idle.”- Leo Rosten
Dear Students,
As yoga teachers, I believe it is essential that we continually investigate the ideas (and assumptions) that shape the way we teach. New findings may challenge what we think we know! It’s great to discuss movement with our yoga peers but it’s also important to consider what scientists are discovering in their labs, coaches are learning as they train athletes for peak performance, osteopaths and chiropractors uncover through hands-on work, and Ayurvedic healers and TCM practitioners learn through needling, acupressure, and herbs.
The links below include cutting edge research on our evolving understanding of the role of fascia, how mindful movement might change your brain, and breakthroughs in the science of pain.
Some of what I’ve included is really accessible and some is more technical. If you struggle to understand something, don’t worry! Read or listen and jot down questions that might arise.
Each article and video has been chosen to represent different perspectives (sometimes conflicting). This is deliberate. The scientists, therapists, and teachers featured here are asking provocative questions about why movement matters and how it heals. In this training I invite you to think critically, consider what the experts have to say, and move your body to experience the theories in motion. We will discuss the concepts in relationship to cueing Yin poses and sequencing Yin postures.Yours in Curiosity,
Yin TT Reading List
MODULE ONE: YIN YOGA FUNDAMENTALS
Reading for Weekend One
Anatomy and Physiology: (click on the links below to read or watch)
Fascia in Movement: The Essentials by Tom Myers, Manual Therapist and author of Anatomy TrainsTypes of Connective Tissue: Crash Course by Hank Green, creator of Crash Course with degrees in biochemistry and environmental science
Stretching and Sensation: (click on the links below to read or watch)
The Stretching Debate by Julian Bowen, PhysiotherapistWhy Do Muscles Feel Tight? by Todd Hargrove, Manual and Movement Therapist and author of A Guide to Better Movement
Pain is Weird by Paul Ingraham, Massage Therapist and Science Writer
Reading for Weekend Two
How Can Yin Yoga Help: (click on the links below to read or watch)
Todd Hargrove, Why Practice Slow Movement?Peter Blackaby, Osteopath and Yoga Teacher Teaching yoga to people in pain
Liam Bowler, Structural Bodyworker Interoception: Know Thyself
David Plans, founder of BioBeats We’ve Lost Touch with our Bodies
Peter Deadman, Acupuncturist, founder/publisher of The Journal of Chinese Medicine, QiGong practitioner Movement and Stillness: Yin and Yang in Practice
MODULE TWO: YIN YOGA SEQUENCING
Reading for Weekend One
Myofascial Chains: (click on the links below to read or watch)
Tom Myers Introduction to Anatomy TrainsJournal of Anatomy Review Article Intermuscular Force Transmission Along Myofascial Chains
John Kirwood, Five Elements Acupressure and Myofascial Release Acupressure and Myofascial Therapy: A Unified Approach
Reading for Weekend Two
Qi and Meridians: (click on the links below to read or watch)
Paul Ingraham Do You Believe in Qi?Michael Graeme Tai Chi and Qi Gong from a Western Perspective
Dr. Daniel Keown, MD, acupuncturist, and author of The Spark in the Machine What is Qi?
Helene Langevin, MD, Director of NCCIH The Science of Stretch
Five Elements and Movement: (click on the links below to read or watch)
Peter Deadman A Brief History of QigongCarly Willsie, Acupuncturist, AMOA Graduate School of Integrative Medicine Basic Five Element Theory
BONUS: NOT REQUIRED BUT FASCINATING!
Helene Langevin, MD, Director of NCCIH Rat Yoga and Back PainTom Myers Can you Train Fascia?
Todd Hargrove What’s Better, Strict Training or Play?
Tensegrity and Cell Behaviour
The Body Electrician: Can Bio-Electricity Build Better Humans?