Comments from previous graduates: Amazing program! Christine brings her students on an eye opening journey of self awareness and self love while teaching them and empowering them to share the same with their own students. — Jamie The safety, care and warm embrace that Christine provides and the level of knowledge is simply above any […]
My yoga Mantra this week: Smaller, Smarter, Stronger.
My dear friend Joanne Avison said recently that “Fascia loves micro-movements.” It is a timely message. As a yoga therapist I often hear feedback such as “I can’t do yoga because I’m not that flexible.” When did this practice become associated with such extreme ranges of movement that the average person feels they can’t […]
Functional Movement and Mindful Strength: 50 Hour Certification for Yoga Teachers
Join us for a 4-day intensive this September to upgrade your yoga training! – Would you like to add mindful isometric strengthening components to your yoga classes? – Are you interested in teaching your students functional movements that will serve them in their everyday life? – Do you want to help your students achieve their fitness […]
Myofascial Adjustments for Yoga Teachers
Adjustments in yoga have become more and more commonplace in classes, but are we doing them properly? Find out how you can engage your student’s entire fascia system with hands-on adjustments during this module. YA credits are available for continuing CEU’s, or it can be used toward your yoga teacher training certification. Some topics to […]
Advanced Myofascial Yoga 50 Hours Certification: Level One
Myofascial Yoga 300 hour Teacher training: This week-long intensive* is for yoga teachers wanting to deepen their experience of yoga, Myofascial Release, or mindfulness in a supportive and trauma-informed atmosphere. This 50-hour course can be used as a standalone postgraduate certification (see below for prerequisites), or as the first 50 hours in the 300 hour, […]
Myofascial Unwinding: What It Is and Why You Should Do It
What is Myofascial Unwinding? Myofascial unwinding is a term coined by John Barnes to describe a type of physical movement that comes from a higher intelligence which he often describes as a “feeling” (rather than a “thinking”) intelligence. I remember the first time I attended John’s unwinding seminar: I had a sort of epiphany where […]
Get Started/Get Well Yoga Mentorship Program
I was having a conversation today with a young woman who has been looking into becoming a yoga teacher, but is feeling discouraged because no established yoga studios will hire a beginning teacher. This was sad to me; I felt her frustration. I, too, can sometimes feel the competitive and unfriendly atmosphere of the […]
Is Myofascial Yoga the same as Yin Yoga?
I have been asked over and over if Myofascial Yoga is like Yin Yoga. In the last six months or so I have taken a Yin Yoga training course and attended multiple classes so that I could get a feel for what it is, and discover a way to answer that question. And you […]
Myofascial Yoga and Mindfulness
Join us for an amazing weekend of Myofascial Yoga and Mindfulness Meditation! In this two-day intensive we will be learning how to apply Myofascial principles to the classical yoga poses. We will delve into core yoga and Myofascial release concepts like mindfulness, non-violence, and the source of true contentment. Also covered will be some simple […]
Yoga for Pelvic Health Weekend Intensive
Yoga for Pelvic Health This is quite possibly the most exciting module in the Myofascial Yoga Teacher Training program!* The pelvis is literally the central pivot point of our body, which means that a problem in pelvic alignment has maximum potential for detrimental compensation patterns, heading outward in either direction. John F. Barnes makes a […]
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