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Biotensegrity-Focused Movement for Yoga Teachers

Biotensegrity-Focused Movement for Yoga Teachers   – Are you ready to bump your understanding of fascia up to a new level?   – Do you ever wonder how you could move with greater ease, efficiency, and joy? – Is injury or chronic pain a regular feature in your life or your clients lives? Join us […]

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Myofascial Yoga Information Night

Are you interested in learning more about myofascial yoga? Come join us for an hour of myofascial yoga followed by an hour of Q & A and discussion about the 200 hour Myofascial Yoga Teacher Training starting in February. Workshop Details Date: Monday February 8th Hours: 5:30 – 7:30pm (mountain time zone) Platform: zoom (click here to receive […]

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About Myofascial Yoga Institute of Canada

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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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, […]

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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 […]

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Usui Reiki Certification Programs

Reiki Level’s 1, 2 and 3 certification programs Come join us for an all levels Reiki certification program! Beginning in September 2019 over the course of four Tuesday evenings, we will dive into the history, theory and technique of Usui Reiki. You can attend all three levels or just jump in for the levels you are needing. […]

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Myofascial Yoga and Biotensegrity Workshop

Embodied Biotensegrity, brings the biotensegrity paradigm beyond the intellect to one’s experience in the body. A synergy of theory, interoceptive practice, yoga philosophy and enquiry gives rise to a new understanding and experience of the body. Balance, ease, presence and wholeness arise. In this workshop Chris and Christine will lead you through the core principles […]

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