Yoga and Fascia
Enhance your yoga teaching skills with a Yoga and Fascia further training course, aimed at deepening your understanding of how fascia (connective tissue) influences movement, flexibility, and tension release.
This training focuses on the vital role fascia plays in body alignment and mobility. You will learn techniques to integrate fascia-focused practices into your yoga classes, promoting physical ease and holistic wellness.
Ideal for yoga teachers eager to expand their expertise in body mechanics and improve their own practice.
Yoga promotes the health of fascia or connective tissue by stretching and stimulating the fascial lines, increasing elasticity, hydration, and flexibility.
This yoga and fascia specialized training delves into how yoga can directly influence fascial tissue. You’ll start by understanding the fascial system’s structure, including the back and front lines, superficial and deep fascia, and how fascia functions as a communication network within the body.
Through both theory and practice, you’ll learn targeted yoga exercises that address fascial tightness in key areas such as the upper back and neck, improving asanas, posture, and body awareness.
As the course progresses, you’ll dive deeper into topics such as proprioception, fascia’s role as a sensory organ, and its connection to pain and emotions. You’ll also learn techniques for targeted stretching to release fascia, improve posture, and integrate a mindful approach to asanas.
The training concludes with a focus on the deep front line, integrating fascia-focused yoga to regenerate the nervous system and stimulate the body’s core fascia.
Completion of the Sivananda Yoga Teachers’ Training Course.
Graduates of other teacher trainings: please contact tyrol@sivananda.net (for courses in Austria) regarding eligibility.
Fascia plays a key role in flexibility and mobility. Yoga promotes suppleness and strength, thereby supporting posture and contributing to holistic well-being.
“The asana must be firm and comfortable.” Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, II.46
The following certificate course is offered at the Sivananda Yoga Retreat House, Austria.
On completion of the training course, you will receive a certificate of participation.
The course is 4 days (3 nights) in duration.
A full day begins with the first meditation session at 6 am, and ends after the second meditation at 9:30 pm. See the daily schedule below for details.
| Location | Nights | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Sivananda Yoga Retreat House, Tyrol, Austria | 3 | from €337 |
The course instructors are senior teachers of the Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Centres.
Swami Narayanananda is a senior teacher at the Retreat House and in the International Yoga Teachers’ Training Courses. He shares his fascination for the deeper connections between body, mind and soul with much dedication and joy. His love for service expresses itself in a giving heart and hand.
Narayani Chaitanya has an excellent asana practice and demonstrates and teaches with ease and detail. Her area of expertise is healthy vegetarian cooking.
| 6 am | Satsang (group meditation, kirtan and mantra chanting, short lecture) |
| 8 am | Asana and pranayama class |
| 10 am | Vegetarian brunch |
| 10:45 am | One-hour karma yoga (selfless service) |
| Between 12 pm and 3 pm | Lecture or workshop |
| 4 pm | Yoga class or workshop |
| 6 pm | Vegetarian dinner |
| 6:45 pm | One-hour karma yoga (if not done in the morning) |
| 8 pm | Satsang (group meditation, kirtan and mantra chanting, short lecture) |
This daily schedule is subject to change.
A meditation cushion for the morning and evening meditation sessions is recommended. A meditation shawl is also advantageous.
To practice the yoga poses you will need a non-slip yoga mat or wool mat. You will need a blanket to cover yourself at the end of the yoga class during the so-called final relaxation.
Pillows, shawls, blankets, mats and much more can be purchased in our online shop or in our boutique after arrival.
For your stay you should bring comfortable clothing, slippers, walking shoes, rain gear, torch (flashlight), bathing suit and towels. Eyeglass wearers should bring a hard case for safe storage during the yoga classes.
Sivananda Yoga Retreat House, Tyrol, Austria
Accommodation and meals are in the non-smoking eco-hotel Hotel Pointner serving wholefood organic vegetarian cuisine.
All guest rooms have wooden floors and furniture, health mattresses, shower, toilet, hairdryer, telephone and radio. Most rooms have a balcony.
