HIGHLAND
YOGA
COLLECTIVE
Yoga Studio & Social Enterprise based in Nairn. we offer services that enhance wellbeing and have a social impact. Provided in a warm, accessible & inclusive space that is welcoming to all. We reinvest our profit to provide wellbeing sessions that benefit our local community.
EMBODIED MASSAGE
25-HR MYOFASCIAL RELEASE TEACHER TRAINING
At Highland Yoga Collective - Nairn
6, 7, 8th October 2023
About the training
In this 25-hr Embodied Massage YTT, you'll learn how to integrate precise and powerful myofascial release techniques into your yoga teaching and practice.
Often our yoga practice reveals our most tight and tender places which can often remain contracted despite dedicated stretching. By skillfully applying a MFR technique, you may happily discover that the range of motion vastly improves. Despite the instant gratification, there is so much more to this practice and it is imperative that we understand the deeper structures of the body that we are influencing.
Our curriculum is centered around safety and therefore will include plenty of anatomical awareness. As we visit different zones of the body, we will deep dive into the components which construct, support, and move each joint in order to understand the intended impact of each technique. Whether you’re an anatomy nerd or just stepping into this study, our learning approach will blend the intellectual with the embodied.
Upon completion of the course, you will feel confident in your understanding and application of these practices, allowing you to bring myofascial moments into your current teaching or to design in-depth full length MFR inspired yoga classes.
Included in this YTT |
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Receive our original MFR manual and two basic MFR balls + bag
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Access to an online library of additional resources, including five MFR practice videos
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Enjoy 2x daily MFR-inspired yoga practices
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Deep dive in 2x daily lectures focused on theory, science and teaching method
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Explore in MFR technique tutorials for all major muscles and joints
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Enhance your understanding and appreciation of fascia
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Upgrade your anatomical confidence through an embodied approach
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Learn sequencing and theming frameworks, as well as language and holding safe space
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Integrate breath, sound and movement techniques to support the release of tension
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Adapt techniques for gentle practices or recovery, or intensify for pressure and dynamic classes
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Educate your students on anatomy and movement through their own internal experience
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Support your own teacher self-care and prevent physical and emotional burnout, through this caring method of embodied massage
More Than a Massage...
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Beneath the walls of your skin, fascia forms a fabric that weaves around and throughout every structure of the body, forming a tissue matrix which supports movement, stability, hydration and awareness. Inevitably through our daily postural patterns, dehydration, immobility, and the natural processes of ageing, this material can become tangled with adhesions (a process called fibrosis), moulding a tense internal encasing surrounding our muscles and joints.
Myofascial release (MFR) is a remedial technique that utilises tissue manipulation (like massage, pressure and movement) to reduce this constriction. MFR is often performed as a manual therapy by a trained practitioner (like a physical therapist), but can also be taught as a guided self-practice using simple tools and mindful movement to initiate release.
Unlike yoga, which originates in the sacred heritage of South Asian traditions, MFR is anchored in modern physical therapy, but makes a wonderful partner to your yoga practice. Whether your classes are gentle or dynamic, MFR can support you and your students by improving range of motion and neuromuscular communication, reducing tension and accumulated stress, and establishing a deeper relationship with your own body.
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So often, our yoga students reflect that self-care is too expensive or time consuming. Sharing this methodology can allow you to build a focused or full-body massage into your yoga classes and empower your students in their knowledge of their bodies and their ability to care for their own being.
Who is this training for?
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This training is for anyone who wants to deepen their own practice and discover supportive tools and practices for your own body and self care.
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It is also for yoga teachers, personal trainers, therapists, massage / holistic practitioners who wish to add this healing modality to the services you can offer clients.
Facilitated by Eva Maxine Hamilton
About Eva
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Eva Hamilton is a Canadian Yoga Educator, specializing in the slow, supported and soulful practices of yin yoga and restorative yoga. She completed her first of many yoga trainings when she was just 17, teaching full time since 2008. She owned a studio in Canada for many years before she began to travel and teach around the world.
Her gentle approach is combined with an in-depth understanding of anatomy and functional movement as well as the mindbody connection and intricate workings of the human nervous system. Before becoming a yoga teacher, Eva studied religious studies at university and has a thorough understanding of philosophy and mysticism.
Eva specializes in educating on applied anatomy, yoga philosophy, teaching methodology, posture clinics & alignment, preventing yoga injuries, myofascial release, and more. Eva has completed over 1000-hrs of yoga studies and is registered as a Yoga Alliance YACEP (Continuing Education Provider).
Eva's intention in teaching is to craft a supportive & nourishing energy for her student's self-exploration. She places an emphasis on the internal experience and encourages self-empathy, kindness and curiosity both on and off the mat.
As a Teacher Trainer, her objective is to elevate the standard of yoga teacher trainings and train knowledgable, confident and compassionate teachers who embody their teachings, hold safe space, and pass along the wisdom of yoga in their communities.
Booking
The investment for this in person training is
£250 Early bird (by Sept 1st)
£300 regular price
Includes 2 basic therapy balls + Printed manual with over 100 pages of information + techniques
Payment plans available (3 instalments)
Pay in Full
£250 x 1
2 payment plan
£125 x 2
3 payment plan
£84 x 3