For me, teaching yin (and yoga generally) goes way beyond the physical. Yes, we’ll explore arrangements of the body, biomechanics, sequencing, and how to support the physical experience. But this training is about so much more - it’s about understanding what is going on underneath the surface, in the depths of the energetic levels of our being, how mind and heart are woven through the textures of our physical field.

This training will help you refine your ability to deeply explore what is going on in body and mind. We’ll enquire into the difference between doing and allowing - and how that allows us to perceive, understand, and create a relationship with how our sense of self plays out in our bodies and our lives. This is especially relevant to yin, but in fact ripples out into all forms of yoga practice, from dynamic āsana styles to meditation, philosophy and ethics, and life off the mat.

We’ll practice deep and nuanced observation, so that you can see what’s going on in students’ bodies as well as their energies, how they can be present, how they can soften, and crucially, how we as teachers can respond and support practitioners’ experience both physically and energetically. We’ll explore the various tools yoga teachers can use, from physical cueing, use of language, pace, rhythm, tone, and atmosphere.