20-hour certification based on Judith's new book, Yogabody: Anatomy, Kinesiology, and Asana.
Deeply understanding the anatomy and movement principles of the body is an invaluable tool for yoga teachers and serious students. Not only does it help your teaching, it also enriches your own practice.
In this workshop we will practice Active Practice in the morning session and Quiet Practice in the afternoon session. Our work will be focused around learning specific anatomy by feeling it in our bodies and seeing it in other bodies. Not only will we stretch the hamstrings, for example, but we will also learn exactly where they attach and what exactly it is they do in the body besides make forward bends challenging.
Certificates are included for participation in all contact hours.
Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2010
Thursday, Jan. 21, 2010
Friday, Jan. 22, 2010
Saturday, Jan. 23, 2010
Daily itinerary:
- 10:00am - 12:30pm
Class - 12:30pm - 2:00pm
Lunch Break - 2:00pm - 4:30pm
Class
Judith Hanson Lasater, Ph.D. is a Physical Therapist and holds a doctorate in East-West Psychology. She has been teaching yoga since 1971 and trains students and teachers all over the U.S. and internationally. She helped found the Iyengar Yoga Institute of San Francisco as well as the internationally known Yoga Journal magazine. She was given a Senior Teaching Certificate from BKS Iyengar in 1983.
Judith is the best-selling author of Relax and Renew: Restful Yoga for Stressful Times; Living Your Yoga: Finding the Spiritual in Everyday Life; 30 Essential Yoga Poses; Yoga Abs, Yoga for Pregnancy; and Yogabody: Anatomy, Kinesiology and Asana, all published by Rodmell Press.
For more information on Judith, visit www.judithlasater.com or www.restorativeyogateachers.com.
- sticky mat
- 1-2 bolsters
- 5 blankets
- 2 blocks
- yoga belt, 6 feet long
- eye cover
Yogabody: Anatomy, Kinesiology, and Asana by Judith Hanson Lasater Ph.D. The book will be available for sale at the workshop.
About this book: In Yogabody, author Judith Hanson Lasater writes, "You can't fully understand the dynamic movement of asana without first understanding the basic structure of the human body." Drawing on almost 40 years' experience as a yoga teacher and physical therapist, she focuses here on macro anatomy and kinesiology in relationship to asana practice and teaching. Organized into five parts — the loco motor system, the vertebral column, the lower extremity, the trunk, and the upper extremity — Yogabody covers the body's bones, joints, connective tissue, nerves, and muscles. This valuable guide builds on what yoga teachers already know and enables them to quickly decide what might help their students move with more enjoyment and less difficulty. It helps yoga students understand how their own body functions. Packed with color anatomical drawings, black-and-white diagrammatic asana illustrations, and helpful charts, Yogabody is the Gray's Anatomy for yoga teachers and students.
Tuition will be refunded, less the $100 non-refundable deposit, if a request is received before December 20, 2009. No refunds will be made after December 20, 2009.
For more information, contact us or phone 214-366-2217