Yin Yoga utilizes floor poses held for 3-5 minutes each in order to modestly, within limits, target and stimulate fascia and ligaments through traction and compression. This basic introduction to Yin Yoga theory and its simple repertoire of poses is self-empowering for the support and physical therapy of the ligaments that make up joint capsules and the fascia network of the low back, spine, hips, sacrum, knees and ankles. In this workshop, the foundational principles of Yin Yoga will be discussed as well as the chemical responses that occur in the joints based on modern tissue regeneration research of why Yin Yoga is so uniquely therapeutic and rehabilitative to the joints.
This workshop is great for those who are curious about how this approach can aid their joints and fascia, teachers who are interested in incorporating Yin Yoga principles into their classes, and for those who are hankering for a decadently long Yin Yoga practice.
3 CEUS Available for Yoga Alliance
All are welcome. No previous yoga experience needed.
Cost: $59
Machelle has 29 years of experience as a yoga teacher, massage therapist, and childbirth educator. She holds a Masters Degree in Mythology and Depth Psychology and has completed a 300-hour advanced yoga teacher training in yoga psychology. With over 11,000 hours of teaching experience, Machelle has cultivated a therapeutic approach through Yin Yoga that weaves together yogic teachings with modern scientific research on tissue rehabilitation, traditional medicine, and psychology. This approach to the whole person aids one in feeling and understanding the bodymind connection both somatically and intellectually. Machelle is committed to serving students in a way that best fits their unique abilities and anatomic structure and combines storytelling, archetypes, poetry, neuroscience, psychology, and Five Element Meridian Theory in a way that is always aimed at facilitating a creative and grounded approach to self-development.
Lighthouse Yoga Center is located at 502 Kennedy Street NW #2B Washington, DC 20011