Embodyoga®: Yoga From the Inside Out
100-Hr In-Depth Study: deepen your field of awareness and open to a fuller vision of all that you are.
*The 2021/2022 course is being taught online. We may offer hybrid online/in-person options in the Amherst, MA area throughout the training year.
Yoga is the union of spirit & matter, Human & Divine. Embodying yoga means finding this healing union in our bodies, hearts, and lives. YCA’s 100hr In-Depth Study and 200hr YTT weave embodied anatomy and somatic awakening with bhakti yoga and a comprehensive philosophy program to support you in developing a grounded, integrated, living yoga
Through embodied inquiry, love, radical acceptance (santosha) and clear discernment (viveka), Embodyoga® approaches the study of consciousness through our bodies; and the study of our bodies through the awakening of consciousness. This immersion is a gateway to expanding and deepening awareness. If you want to significantly deepen your yoga practice, experience the layers of your Self more fully, and live a more meaningful life, this immersion is for you.
- Learn, find and feel “whole–body–support” templates for strong, graceful, and injury free yoga asana practice for all body types and abilities
- Inquire into the various systems of your body through embodied anatomy, developmental movement patterns, postures, breath practices, concentration and meditation, and sound
- Delve into the history and philosophy of yoga through talks, concentration, meditation and chanting of mantra.
- Apply the philosophical teachings to current life, ushering in the way for social and environmental change.
- Develop a depth and beauty in your personal yoga practice that is felt internally, and remains with you in your daily life, guiding you how to live yoga and be an agent of change, goodness and service here and now on Earth.
- Join a compassionate and loving community of diverse people to support you on your journey of Self-discovery, healing and awakening
The 100 In Depth Study is the first 100 hours of the 200 hour teacher training, This Embodyoga Immersion is open to yoga students and teachers of all traditions and backgrounds. Choose to take a 3hr Session, 1 full day, 1 full weekend or all 6 weekends. After completing this 100 Hour immersion you can go on to the second 100hrs and receive the 200Hr Embodyoga teacher certification.
Corinne Andrews will be your lead teacher and Matthew Andrews will be coming each weekend to teach the additional philosophy segments. Guest teachers will include Patty Townsend, Ananta Ripa Ajmera, Onatah Stoll, Naima Beckles, and Eric Mosley.
Lead Teacher
Guest Teachers (more coming!)
2021/2022 Dates
October 23/24
November 13/14
December 4/5
January 8/9
January 29/30
February 12/13
Daily Schedule
Saturdays and Sundays 10:00am EST – 1:00pm EST and 2:30pm EST – 5:30pm (break from 1:00pm-2:30pm)
Click on each weekend to expand the list of topics covered in each class session.
Weekend 1
Saturday Morning: Session 1
Welcome, Introductions, Mantra 1: Ganesh Invocation
Calm & Mobile Spine, Mobility at Pubic Disk and Differentiating Pelvic Halves from Spine with Applications in Asana
Saturday Afternoon: Session 2
Overview of Yoga History and Philosophy,
Intro to Rig Veda and Mantra 2: Agnimīle
Pranayama 1: Cellular Respiration
Sunday Morning: Session 3
Pillars and Weave of Embodyoga®
Mulabandha, Pit of the Belly and Core with Applications in Asana
Breath-Centered Movement
Sunday Afternoon: Session 4
Intro to Mother’s Symbol and the Quality of Sincerity
Pranayama 2: Ujjayi
Prop, Collapse, Yield in Yoga Asana with Hands to Tail, Feet to Head Pattern
Yoga Nidra: Yoga of Deep Rest
Weekend 2
Saturday Morning: Session 5
Tadasana Form and Trikonasana Form in Standing Postures
lliopsoas Complex and Adductors in Asana
Pranayama 3: Dirga and Resting Practices
Saturday Afternoon: Session 6
Rig Veda Part 2 and Mantra 3: Gayatri
Pelvic Diaphragm and Applications in Asana
Sunday Morning: Session 7
The 7 Embodyoga® Movement Principles
Variations on Savasana (corpse pose for final rest)
Sunday Afternoon: Session 8
Developing a Personal Practice
Navel Yield, Navel Stabilization and Integrating Limbs to Navel in Asana
Pranayama 4: Navel Flooding Breath
Weekend 3
Saturday Morning: Session 9
Anatomy and Movement of the Foot, Ankle and Foreleg and Applications in Asana with guest teacher Patty Townsend, founder of Embodyoga®
Saturday Afternoon: Session 10
The Upanishads, Mantra 4: Pavamāna Abhyāroha (asatomā sadgamaya)
Resting, Integrating and Pranayama 5: Beginning Pranayama Sequence
Sunday Morning: Session 11
Conchas, Lungs, and Thoracic Diaphragm in Respiration and Applications in Asana
Sunday Afternoon: Session 12
Intro to Maheshwari, Mantra 5: Maheshwari Invocation
Adaptations in Standing Postures
Inversions Part 1
Weekend 4
Saturday Morning: Session 13
Hyoid Bone and Digestive Tract
Back Bending Part 1
Jiva Bandha
Saturday Afternoon: Session 14
The Ramayana – Bhakti, Dharma and Karma, Mantra 6: Rama
Pranayama 6: Kapala Bhati, Resting & Integrating
Sunday Morning: Session 15
Anatomy of Ribs, Shoulder Girdle, Arms and Hands
Integrating Hands through Shoulder Girdle to Tail in Embodied Inquiry and Asana
Sunday Afternoon: Session 16
Spiral of Forearms
Classical Surya Namaskar, Surya Namaskar A and B
Integration of Marrow through Arm Bones and Lungs
Pranayama 7: Kumbhaka and Resting Practices
Weekend 5
Saturday Morning 10:00-1:00
Surya Namaskar Variations
Intro to Abdominal Anatomy and Abdominal Toning Practices
Pranayama 8: Ujjayi with Kumbaka and Uddiyana Bandha
Saturday Afternoon 2:30-5:30
Introduction to Sankhya Kārikā – Enumerating Reality
Introduction to Fluid Patterns of Developmental Yoga
Sunday Morning 10:00-1:00
Introduction to Fluid Patterns and Developmental Yoga with Applications in Asana
Pranayama 9: Cellular Respiration developing into sponging, pulsation, navel radiation and Navel Flooding re-cap
Sunday Afternoon 2:30-5:30
Not open for drop-ins
Weekend 6
Saturday Morning 10:00-1:00
Autonomic Nervous System and The Subtle Body
Applications in Practice
Saturday Afternoon 2:30-5:30
Yoga Sutras of Patanjali
Q & A, Resting and Integrating Practices
Sunday Morning 10:00-1:00
Calm and Mobile Spine with Lower Back Fundamentals
Seated Postures, Forward Bending and Twists
Sunday Afternoon 2:30-5:30
Kidney-Bladder Diagonal – Including Heart and Adrenals
Asana Investigations and Applied Touch
Closing Circle for 100hr In-Depth Study