SELF-CARE FITNESS™ - Educator Trainings

The Yoga Tune Up® Certification Training (70 hour Program) strikes a balance between the worlds of yoga and fitness, attracting trainees of all ages, body types, and movement modalities. It breaks down the nuts and bolts of human movement by using a yogic lens of awareness, conscious relaxation and proper breathing techniques. The YTU Certification Training environment fosters trainees into a newly intimate understanding of their own architecture, diving deeply into integrated anatomy and body mechanics. You will go beyond formulaic instruction and truly learn how to think and teach creatively within your specific teaching environment, with both group classes and private clients. Trainees are presented with "template" Yoga Tune Up® classes that can be used to help jumpstart workshops and classes. Successful completion of the YTU Certification training is mandatory prior to teaching any Yoga Tune Up® classes or workshops. Please note that while there is Therapy Ball education included in this training it is predominantly a movement biomechanics based training. 

Completion of the YTU Certification Training is required to be a licensed YTU teacher.

This 70 hour training:

• Become proficient and comfortable with the fundamentals of anatomy, physiology and biomechanics and how to apply them in a private or group class setting
• Learn a step-by-step process to create memorable, accessible classes and learn to “think out of the boxana”
• Refresh your love of teaching and learn new classroom leadership skills
• Be prepared to teach your own Yoga Tune Up® classes, privates, and more

• Trail Guide to the Body by Andrew Biel

• The Roll Model: A Step-by-Step Guide to Erase Pain, Improve Mobility, and Live Better in Your Body by Jill Miller
• The Key Muscles of Hatha Yoga by Ray Long
• A Handbook on the Physiology of Yogasana, by Mel Robin
• 3 DVD Set of Jill Miller’s Hip Helpers, Shoulder Shape Up & Core Integration
• Fascia: Function, Physiology, and Application Webinar

Learn anatomy from the inside-out. This comprehensive anatomy module (15 - 20 hrs.) expertly guides you into your living tissues in a concrete and inspiring way. It provides you with a directly personal experience of the interplay of the many complex systems of the body and helps you to make them relevant and tangible for your students. Learn how the multiple layers of the body relate and function as a whole while simultaneously exploring specific anatomical structures, physiological processes and typical movement patterns and pathologies.

The unique YTU approach not only helps you to embody anatomy, but our educational methodology drastically improves any students' retention of the clinical language of anatomy in a completely accessible and fun way.Dynamic movement, combined with video, 3-D models, palpation, and self-massage tools and techniques,will invite you to traverse the muscles, joints, bones and fascia and their interrelatedness to breath, circulation, immunity, injury and newfound functional movement patterns. The curriculum is suitable for yogis of all levels, but also ideal for any movement professional who desires to sharpen their ability to perceive within themselves as well as correctly locate in others, the vital structural landmarks and meaningful continuities of the body within any yoga or fitness practice.Make anatomy relevant to you, and your students will follow!

*Required for Yoga Tune Up® Integrated Certificate or Yoga Tune Up® Integrated Therapists
Bring this module to your studio, club or program. Contact [email protected]

REQUIRED REFERENCE MATERIALS:
Trail Guide to the Body by Andrew Biel - www.yogatuneup.com/TrailGuide
The Roll Model: A Step-by-Step Guide to Erase Pain, Improve Mobility, and Live Better in Your Body by Jill Miller - Available at Amazon.com, barnesandnoble.com or www.yogatuneup.com/RollModel

RECOMMENDED READING:
The Key Muscles of Hatha Yoga, Ray Long  - http://goo.gl/4Vh0IK
A Handbook on the Physiology of Yogasana, by Mel Robin - http://goo.gl/QYoE3M
Fascia: Function, Physiology, and Application Webinar- ​http://ytu.io/2bmmGGI 

This 3-day training is open to students and teachers who wish to deepen their knowledge and understanding of Yoga Tune Up® processes and fitness therapy practices. The specific anatomy of the hips, legs, knees ankles and feet are explored in depth. Trainees are guided through a variety of hands-on adjustments, new assessment strategies, injury scenarios, deeper meditation instruction, and improving their teaching performance of these specific body regions. The Trainees are presented with "template" workshops aimed to inspire their own creative workshops and classes. No prior experience with Yoga Tune Up® is required, although it is helpful. The Immersion can be taken at any point in a teachers journey towards certification. Required for YTU Integrated Certificate and for Yoga Tune Up® Therapist consideration.

REQUIRED REFERENCE MATERIALS:
Trail Guide to the Body by Andrew Biel - www.yogatuneup.com/trailguide

​RECOMMENDED READING:
The Roll Model: A Step-by-Step Guide to Erase Pain, Improve Mobility, and Live Better in Your Body by Jill Miller - Available at Amazon.com, barnesandnoble.com or www.yogatuneup.com/RollModel
Fascia: Function, Physiology, and Application Webinar- ​http://ytu.io/2bmmGGI 
 

This 3-day training is open to students and teachers who wish to deepen their knowledge and understanding of Yoga Tune Up® processes and fitness therapy practices.The Shoulders Immersion focuses specifically on the intricate anatomy and physiology of the shoulders, arms, wrists, hands, head and neck, and breaks down these areas in fine detail. Coursework involves multiple embodied explorations of the upper body and the kinetic relationships of the shoulders to the core, the mind, and structural integrity. Trainees are guided through a variety of hands-on adjustments, self-care strategies with the YTU Balls, injury scenarios, pranayama (breath-based exercises), meditation,  and improving their teaching performance of these specific body regions. Trainees are presented with "template" workshops aimed to inspire their own creative workshops and classes. No prior experience with Yoga Tune Up® is required, although it is helpful. The Immersion can be taken at any point in a teachers journey towards certification.

REQUIRED REFERENCE MATERIALS:
Trail Guide to the Body by Andrew Biel - www.yogatuneup.com/trailguide

RECOMMENDED READING:
The Roll Model: A Step-by-Step Guide to Erase Pain, Improve Mobility, and Live Better in Your Body by Jill Miller - Available at Amazon.com, barnesandnoble.com or www.yogatuneup.com/RollModel
Fascia: Function, Physiology, and Application Webinar- ​http://ytu.io/2bmmGGI 

For yoga teachers, advanced yoga practitioners, Pilates and fitness teachers, massage therapists, dancers, and martial artists. This 4-day immersion is designed to enhance your connection to the abdominal core and is filled with practical tools for effectively integrating core work into your practice and teaching. Through embodied anatomy exercises, you will systematically travel within your core to explore the key structures that mobilize and stabilize the spine. Using Jill's original Yoga Tune Up® techniques, you will strengthen and stretch every last muscle fiber. You will be introduced to several core-related pranayama techniques to directly experience your diaphragm and experience daily self-massage with Yoga Tune Up® therapy balls. Learn how to apply core work to your daily yoga practice, as well as ways of integrating and sequencing the exercises in a class setting. Unique empowerment exercises will address the emotional blocks that often obscure core work, so that you may uncover and resolve your third chakra issues, and ultimately inspire others.

A Physioball is required for this course and will not be provided by the studio.  Trainees are responsible for bringing this each day.

REQUIRED REFERENCE MATERIALS:
Trail Guide to the Body by Andrew Biel - www.yogatuneup.com/trailguide
The Roll Model: A Step-by-Step Guide to Erase Pain, Improve Mobility, and Live Better in Your Body by Jill Miller - Available at Amazon.com, barnesandnoble.com or www.yogatuneup.com/RollModel

RECOMMENDED READING:
The Second Brain by Michael Gershon - http://goo.gl/BWrtb
Fascia: Function, Physiology, and Application Webinar- ​http://ytu.io/2bmmGGI 
Core Integration: An Experiential Tour of Diaphragm Dynamics- https://ytu.io/2bz8CO9​ 

• The anatomy and physiology of stress-relief
• Savasana studies: how to craft successful relaxation for yourself and your students
• Diaphragm discoveries: explore your breath mechanics
• Fail-safe meditation techniques for all
• ROLLaxation: Roll Model® Therapy Ball Techniques to hasten relaxation and pain relief

• Deepen your understanding of pain physiology and learn the optimal use of 4 different sized Roll Model® Balls (included with the training) to unravel patterns of pain and dysfunction.
• Refine your anatomical fluency of bony landmarks, muscular attachments, and the fascial seam-system through experiential mapping strategies to enhance your teaching and personal daily practice.
• Explore pain-erasing self-myofascial release in over-used areas of your body like your hands and knees, or completely ignored areas like the diaphragm and pelvic floor.
• Learn the art of crafting test/retest scenarios to provide instant feedback of improved function or reduced pain
• Learn tools for consistently creating innovative Therapy Ball sequences for yourself and your clients
• Improve classroom demonstration of Therapy Ball techniques and trouble-shoot classroom pitfalls and challenges when presenting to beginners or more experienced students.