Anatomy for Embodied Yoga
A 15-hour anatomy training with Melanie Cooper, E-RYT500. A creative, functional approach to the body that helps you work with diverse bodies and build classes with anatomical coherence.
Why study anatomy for embodied yoga?
This course aims to kindle a passion for understanding the human body, and help you bring that knowledge into your classes. You’ll gain a deeper understanding of working with diverse bodies and building classes with anatomical coherence.
Yoga is increasingly recognising that poses have no inherent alignment: alignment is individual to each person. Embracing the uniqueness of every body makes a teacher’s role more intricate, and more fascinating and rewarding. The course takes a creative approach, looking at established yoga ideas through contemporary research.
We return throughout to questions such as “what is strength and flexibility?” and “what balances them?”. The focus is functional anatomy, exploring body reading, bandhas and gravity as pathways to healthy, balanced movement.
Melanie brings sensitivity, patience and a touch of humour to the subject.
Areas of study
The course is divided into seven digestible chapters, with short quizzes.
| Chapter | Topic |
|---|---|
| 1 | Introduction and general overview |
| 2 | Anatomy of breath and bandhas |
| 3 | Anatomy of the hips, knees and ankles |
| 4 | Anatomy of the shoulders, elbows and wrists |
| 5 | Anatomy of forward bends |
| 6 | Anatomy of twists and backbends |
| 7 | Flow classes to feel the anatomy teachings in the body |
Meet Melanie
Melanie Cooper is E-RYT500 in Flow, Nidra, Yin and Anatomy, and the author of Teaching Yoga, Adjusting Asana. She began teaching in 1997, after a practice rooted in Ashtanga from 1993.
She began teaching on teacher trainings in Goa in 2010, ran her own 200-hour trainings in London from 2015, and partnered with The Shala in London in 2018 to offer joint 300-hour trainings.
Fees
| Option | Price |
|---|---|
| Pay in full | £325 |
| Early bird, until 2 weeks before the course | 15% off with a code (£276.25) |
| 3 monthly instalments | £345 (3 x £115) |
| Alumni | Use your discount code |
Not included: accommodation, travel, food, snacks and insurance.
Cancellation policy
Courses are non-refundable and non-transferable, with no partial refunds for non-attendance or non-completion. In rare and extenuating circumstances a transfer may be possible, at the course leader’s discretion.
Where we are
14 George Street, Derby DE1 1EH, in the centre of the city. All-day customer parking is £3, paid on arrival at reception. Not sure the course is right for you? Ask us.
Tutor: Melanie Cooper
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