Yin Yoga & Myofascial Release - 4-week course with Johanna Hellinger

Learn about the philosophy and practise of Yin Yoga, improve physical and emotional wellbeing and bring balance into your life! The practice of Yin Yoga serves as an antidote to a busy, active lifestyle and naturally helps you to restore your energy levels. Myofascial Release involves compression that is held for a certain period of time and then released, so tension and trigger points can resolve - typically with Massageballs.

In combination, the two methods will give you a deeper understanding of your holding patterns and help you release tension, increase range of movement and heal yourself from chronic pain.

In this 4-week course you will:

• practice and modify Yin Yoga poses and evaluate when yoga props are needed.
• understand where and how you should feel the effects of the poses.
• understand how emotions affect us and their relation to the connective tissue.

In addition you will learn:

• Fascia lines and Meridians according to traditional Chinese medicine.
• Acupressure points to calm the nervous system, increase blood flow and release aches.
• Application of pressure & tension (with props such as: Tennis- or Massageballs, Blankets, Yoga Blocks).
• Breathing Relaxation techniques.

Course content

1. The practice of Yin Yoga and Myofascial Release
2. Spinal health, back body & feet
3. Digestive health & blood-flow
4. Upper body & breath

Yin Yoga & Myofascial Release comes with many Benefits

• Release of physical tension, exercise-related soreness and pain.
• Increase movement, flexibility, muscle function and endurance.
• Improve digestive health and blood circulation.
• Achieve mental wellbeing and resolve emotional issues incl. dissolving anxieties, worries and fears.
• Learn to deeply relax and improve resilience.

This course is for you, if...

• You want to learn how to practice yin yoga and integrate it into your life.
• You have been practicing yin yoga and want to move to the next level, learning more about embodied anantomy.
• You are looking for a comprehensive, safe, well-structured, intuitive approach to Yin Yoga with Myofascial Release techniques.

What you need for this course

Please note: There are only 8 studio spaces for this course. All equipment in studio will be provided and includes: yoga mats, straps, bolsters, blocks, massage balls and blankets.
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If you want to participate online or practice with the recordings you will need: a bolster or thick blanket, one yoga block and a set of 2 yoga tune up Massageballs or equal (can be 2 tennis balls and a sock).

2023 Course Dates

AT THE STUDIO OR ONLINE
Thursdays, ​for 4 weeks
starting 20th April
Time: 19:45-21:00

​Investment: €60 for 4 lessons 

Early bird: 50EUR until 26 March >> Use coupon code: YINYOGA10

JOIN THE STUDIO CLASS

JOIN THE ONLINE CLASS

​Should your plans change, you can cancel your registration (please email us) to receive a 50% refund up to 48h before the start of the first class. With less notice, we don't offer any cash-refunds. 
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If you have to miss one of the classes, you will receive a recap/recording by email afterwards. 

Earn 5 continuing education credit points if you are a registered Yoga teacher on Techniques, Training and Practise, Anatomy & Physiology and Yoga Philosophy, Lifestyle & Ethics.

About Johanna

Johanna is a passionate yoga teacher and Thai massage therapist. She is an experienced and registered Yoga teacher and continuing education provider with Yoga Alliance. She is also a certified Thai Yoga massage therapist and Roll Model Method practitioner.

Johanna began her yoga practise in 2005 to help with sciatic pain and stress. She started to experiment with different yoga styles and methods and traveled for 5 years - eventually in 2015 her travels brought her to India. She completed a 200 hour Hatha, Vinyasa, Ashtanga and Yin Yoga teacher training with Trimurti Yoga School in the Himalayan province of Dharamkot. Back in Lisbon she started teaching at Little Yoga Space Lisboa and in Lisbons parks whilst training as a Thai Yoga Massage practitioner with Hadadi School of Thai Massage. In 2018 Johanna did a further 300 hour training with Trimurti Yoga in Goa, focusing on the Philosophy of 5 Elements from Ayurvedic & Traditional Chinese Medicine perspective.

The Roll Model Method is the latest addition to her training. It is a self-care Myofascia Massage method, using Therapy Balls to erase pain, enhance performance and build emotional resilience. She builds this method into her Yoga classes and workshops to help her students to improve body awareness and feel better through self-myofascial release.

Johanna loves being out in nature and in touch with the elements; be it surfing in the ocean, walking her dog in the park or hiking in the mountains. She likes to meditate, laugh and to meet people from different places all over the world. Yoga is the ultimate form of balance for Johanna, bringing focus, peace and harmony into every part of her life. By practising and sharing her knowledge she believes that she can help to find a way to build self-awareness and transformation.

For more about Johanna, visit her website - www.yoganalisboa.com