Functional Anatomy for Yoga Teachers

Functional Anatomy for Yoga Teachers

20 hour long Fills
Yoga Alliance Anatomy requirement

Price: $350

forrest Graduates $325

Date: July 13-15

Ellen Heed has a gift for translating the complex language of western anatomy into usable, practical concepts that yoga teachers successfully integrate into their teaching. Students learn names of bones, muscles, and connective tissues and how to locate them in their bodies. Why and how we are different from each other becomes the basis of how to use Forrest Yoga as a tool to develop our strengths and strengthen our weaknesses.

This fascinating three-day anatomy intensive will give yoga teachers new tools to communicate the benefits of Forrest Yoga. Ellen Heed studied yoga intensively with Ana Forrest for 12 years and designed this class specifically to address the needs of Forrest Yoga Teacher Trainees. This class satisfies the 20-hour Anatomy requirement for the National Yoga Alliance.

Module 1 : Reading the Bones: Posture, Alignment, and Spinal Pathology
Four Hours
In this module, we will learn how to use visual cues to assess the emotional history of any individual by reading the curves of the spine.

The module will also cover the physiology of bone formation, the plasticity of bone, and describe the effects of structural stress on our skeleton.

We will also learn how yoga can be used as an effective tool to improve alignment and the effects of gravity and aging.

Module 2 : Structural Muscles and Emotion in the Body
Four Hours

This module will focus on learning the twelve most important muscles in the body.
These muscles contain discreet emotional states and content that can be accessed
through yoga practice.

Discover the difference between postural and cosmetic muscles and learn to direct your yoga practice where it really counts.

Module 3:
Four Hours Total
Part 1 – 90-Minute Experiential Anatomy Yoga Practice*

Join us for a unique opportunity to experience the truth for yourself about the information given in the first 2 modules!

This yoga class will be a rare chance to connect the dots of asana practice with anatomical narration of each pose. You’ve seen it and heard it – now feel it.

Part 2 – Reading Body Types : How Connective Tissue Determines Body Type*

Our genetic inheritance determines that we’re all different. Learn the advantages of your genetic gifts and how to custom tailor your yoga practice for a perfect fit.

This module will cover the physiology of connective tissue and joint structure. We will examine various injuries, how they occur, and how to prevent them.

Module 4: Ruled by Blood –
Reading Biochemical Imbalance*
Four Hours

Biochemistry has a universal influence over the practice of yoga. This workshop explores the relationship between body type and blood chemistry.

What we put into and onto our bodies affects out yoga practice. What do dietary imbalance, toxic colons, nerve irritation, and physical injuries have in common?

Module 5 : The Biomechanics of Breath &
The Nervous System: Hardware of the Chakras Four Hours

Breath is the soul of yoga, driven by not one, but four diaphragms. Learn the elements of inspiration and how prana travels through the body.

We will explore breath from an East/West perspective. This module will move from the minute details of oxygen exchange in the cell to the use of breath as ecstatic practice.

We will complete our East/West dialogue by mapping the charkas directly
into the anatomy of the nervous system.