Yin Yoga Teacher Training and Retreat with Biff Mithoefer and Prema Mayi

Exploring the Path of Yin Yoga 

A Yin Yoga Training for Teachers and Practitioners 

  

Biff  Mithoefer and Prema Mayi

At Enchanted Mountain Yoga Center - Garobapa - Brazil

November 24 - 30, 2013

In this training we will look at how Yin Yoga with its ancient yogic roots can affect our physical, energetic and emotional bodies. Through this understanding we will explore ways to lead a Yin class, and to incorporate Yin postures and philosophy into any teaching or practice.  

The training will include:

      - Taoist philosophy

     - The Yin practice of non-striving and how it influences our lives and our teaching

     - The movement of Qi or Prana in the body, and how it can be affected by Yin practice.

       - Anatomy and the understanding of our own natural pattern (li)

       - Understanding the postures and sequencing a Yin class

       -What it means to hold a safe, sacred space for a Yin practice

The purpose of this training is to help teachers and practitioners understand the basis physical, energetic, emotional and philosophical concepts of Yin Yoga in order to introduce Yin into their teaching and practice.This training is suitable for teachers and non-teachers of all levels. It is the partner training to “Embracing the Essence of Yin Yoga Teaching and Practice”. It can be taken alone of in conjunction with the “Embracing” module. Both are 50-hour yoga trainings. For more details on both trainings see www.biffmithoeferyoga.com.  

Location

Enchanted Mountain Center, located in the south of Brazil, is a magical enclave of tropical rainforest, white sandy beaches, azure blue waters, caressing breezes, and rolling dunes.

see more:
http://www.yogaencantada.org/o-centro 
http://www.enchantedmountainbrazil.com

The schedule includes:

• 7 nights

• 3 daily meals – vegetarian food

• 1 free afternoon

First day

16:00 – 19:00 – Check in

19:00 – 20:00 – Dinner

20:30 – 21:30 – Opening practice

Week schedule

19:00- 20:00 - dinner

7:00 - 8:30 - Yoga practice
8:30 – 10:00 - breakfast 

10:00-13:00 - class and yoga practice

13:00- 14:00 - lunch
14:00- 16:00 - Free time
16:00-19H00 - class and yoga practice

20:30 - 21:30 - evening activity 

Final day

7:00 - 8:30 - Yoga practice
8:30 - 9:30 - breakfast
9:30 - 11:00 - Closing circle

About staff: 

Biff Mithoefer Teaches Yin Yoga workshops and teacher trainings in the U.S. and Internationally. He is the author of The Yin Yoga Kit, and co-author of The Therapeutic Yoga Kit. Biff is a founder and director of the Jamtse Sponsorship Project, for the support of Tibetan refuge children. He lives with his family in Dorset, Vermont. see more: 

http://www.biffmithoeferyoga.com

Prema Mayi was born in Chile. At the age of twelve, she entered an ashram of Bhakti Yoga in Europe. Now, thirty years later, her natural, gentle zeal for bhakti is embellished with a warm-hearted maturity and an inspiration to share with others what she has imbibed, through the medium of sweet and melodic kirtan. see more: http://premamayi.com/kirtan/

The course will contain over 35 contact hours. Students who wish to receive a certificate for 50 hours of Yin training will be required to complete 15 hours of independent study and submit a written report to Biff within 30 days of completion of the course. The syllabus for this training has been approved by Yoga alliance and is used by Nosara Yoga Institute as part of their 500 and 1000 hour certification. It is also taught at Satchidananda Ashram as part of their advanced training. 

Contact: Gabriela de França Nanni

gabinanni@gmail.com

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