‘We do not use the body to get into a pose – we use the pose to get into our body.’
(Bernie Clark, author of Yin Yoga)
AWHI Yoga and Wellbeing’s accredited 50/100 hour Yin Yoga Teacher Training (YTT) programme is a comprehensive and thorough journey to becoming a Yin Yoga Teacher. Whether you enroll with a view to teach or as a personal journey towards enhancing your own practice and knowledge, you’ll be guided towards a deeper inner-knowing and understanding of all things Yin. Our programme is suitable for anyone looking to learn more about the anatomy, theory and practice of Yin Yoga – haere mai!
Our 100-hour course is broken into two 50-hour modules: Module 1: Foundations of Yin (50 hours) and Module 2: Advanced Yin Teacher Training (50 hours). You can enrol for one or both modules, but Module 2 requires at least 20 hours of previous Yin Yoga training (see ‘Module 2 Prerequisites’ below for more information).
AWHI’s Yin YTT programme offers the theory, philosophy, anatomy, teaching and sequencing techniques that will enable you to experience and facilitate the profound physical, mental, emotional and energetic benefits of Yin Yoga. You will learn about the body’s subtle energy lines, key poses, sensitive cueing, modifications/intensifications, sequencing basics and how yoga philosophy applies to our practice both on and off the mat. If teaching is your goal, our training programme also prepares you to join the well-rounded, world-class yoga teaching whānau for which AWHI is so widely renowned. Not interested in teaching? That’s OK, too! Our training is equally suitable for non-teachers who simply want to learn more about their body, being in their body, how to work with meridian lines and other energetic properties, how to apply yoga philosophy to everyday life… and so much more!
The programme will be co-facilitated by AWHI co-owners Kathleen Kuehn (E-RYT 200) and Tom Brotherstone (E-RYT 500), who have both trained in Yin Yoga, meditation, yoga nidra and related modalities. Module 2 will be assisted by additional AWHI staff who have extensive training and expertise in trauma-sensitive and trauma-informed yin yoga.
Our 50/100 hour Yin Yoga training programme is accredited by Yoga Alliance (YAECP) and can be completed for 50 or 100 Continuing Education credit hours with Yoga Alliance.
You can read more about each module, including registration, pricing & booking details by downloading our information packet here or by emailing kathleen@awhiyoga.co.nz.
More details coming soon!