Undertake this journey with Victor Chng, the leading Yin Yoga teacher in Asia to completely master three Yin Yoga Training in 100-hour. This Yin Yoga training involves three courses:

1. 15 - 18 April – The Theory & Practice of Yin Yoga
2. 19 - 22 April – The Meridian Series
3. 23 - 25 April – Yin & Yang Intensive Training

You will be immersing entirely throughout this 100-hour to completely master different aspects of Yin Yoga in totality. Let us find out exactly what you will learn in each course:

The Theory & Practice of Yin Yoga

You will develop a complete understanding on the principles of Yin Yoga, the nature of your joints & its limitation, and successful teaching techniques for Yin Yoga. We have developed the programme to empower teachers to have a more complete view on developing a balanced practice for oneself and sharing it with your students.

Key Learnings:

• Learn about the difference between Yin & Yang Yoga
• Learn about Connective Tissues & Joints Movements
• Learn how to teach Yin Yoga successfully in class

Meridian Series

This course provides a completely different approach to yin practice by providing an energetic dimension. The main discussion involved understanding movement of energies in the body and how it relate to maintaining good health. All series involved a particular line of energy which in turn stimulates the organs in the body. It expanded the view of the last training by providing an energetic consideration to the practice.

Key Learnings:

• Understanding the Meridian Theory
• The relationships of Five Elements & Five Major Organs
• The Concepts of Prana & Chi
• The relationships between Nadis & Chakras
• Practicing powerful Yin Meridian Series
• Developing your own sequent
• How to teach the meridian series

Yin & Yang Yoga

This training is about bringing balance in one single practice by uniting both Yin & Yang Yoga together. You will moving from Yin to Yang and vice versa and experience a different nature of the practice. The practice brings together a balance between expansive & up-raising energy versus withdrawing and quieting energy. Within complete stillness there is dynamic energy and within dynamic energy there is complete stillness.

Key Learnings:

• Learn a deeper dimension of yin & yang and changes of the season
• Learn how to develop successful yin-yang sequences that meet your needs
• Learn how to observe, teach and adjust asana
• Understand the relationships between each group of asana

About Victor Chng

Victor has been doing yoga since 1999. His main motivation to teach yoga comes from wanting to bring healing to people in all layers of one's being. Victor met Paul Grilley – the founder of Yin Yoga in 2004 Dec and has completed a teacher training with Paul on Yin Yoga and Anatomy for Yoga. He continues to study with Paul and Sarah Power on residential yoga teacher training programs. Victor is greatly indebted to his teachers for giving him permission to teach Yin Yoga and to continue exploring this path with his own intuitive knowledge.

As a Chinese, Victor is highly inspired by ancient Chinese art of healing such as The Yellow Emperor Sutra, I-Chng, Taosim, Buddhism and Confucius. His teaching goes beyond looking at the body as muscular-skeletal structure, but an embodiment of energies and consciousness. He seeks to open every layer of his being in his practice and imparts the same view to his students. Integrating Yin & Yang energies is what he views as an holistic path to bring oneself back to centre. Finding the right balance in a lifestyle that supports every aspect of one's life is the core to his teaching. Victor's is able to simplify and systematically teach students ways to practice effectively and progressively in the journey of yoga. In his teaching, you will find the four pillars of adopting a new perspective on yoga, a new way of engaging the practice, a behavioural change and transformation of consciousness.

Since 2005, Victor has been teaching Yin Yoga successful all over Asia. He has trained more than 500 teachers in Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Japan, Hong Kong and China. Victor is also the founder of www.yogainasia.com. You may contact Victor at 65 98260088 or email info@yogainasia.com.

About Yin Yoga

What is Yin Yoga?

Yin Yoga is a quiet practice which emphasizes on holding longer time in each pose while encouraging the entire body to relax. In Yin Yoga we encourage the body to be completely relaxed . The stretch is passive and we are using the weight of the body to provide traction to the tissues, especially deep connective tissues in-between muscular layers and the surrounding joints. Typically, each pose is maintained for 3 to 5 minutes. The poses typically target the lower body around the lower back, sacrum and hips. It also works at the knees and ankles. Yin Yoga targets the joints by encouraging more opening and spaciousness in each joint. Therefore, people usually feels more freedom of movement after each practice. The body also naturally feels lighter and more relax.

Can a beginner do Yin Yoga?

A beginner challenged at all fronts in a yoga class. He is neither flexible nor does he have strength. It is important to focus on one issue at a time. Yin Yoga is going to tremendously improve a student's flexibility. If they can first do more Yin Yoga, they will find that they will be able to do more in general classes. This builds more self-confidence for students to stay with their yoga practice. Many people are discouraged by yoga because they feel that they do not have the right flexibility.

What are some of the benefits of Yin Yoga?

There are many benefits to be gained from Yin Yoga practice. Physically, it allows the body to become more flexible in a safe way. It also stimulates the meridians in the body while staying in the pose longer; this will bring vitality to the organs. It also promotes physical and mental relaxation and one feels more calm and at ease after the practice.

What if I cannot stay in the pose for a long time?

Do not struggle in the pose. Relax the body more, especially if you feel areas of tension. Do not try to push or move too much while holding in the pose. Focus on the breath to release more tension of that area. As you come back for more regular practice, you will find that the same area of tension will be reduced.

Is there any potential harm in doing Yin Yoga?

Just like any other yoga practice, not engaging the practice correctly will cause more harm then good. It is important not to push more in a yin pose, but staying relaxed at all times by keeping the external body soft. We do not want to use a yin attitude and yang engagement in a yin practice. This may cause unnecessary injury. In general, people who are guided well in class find them absolutely beneficial. We have not known of any bad effects in doing Yin Yoga.

Contact

To register for this training, please contact Phyllis Pek at phyllispek@gmail.com or +65-91130823 / +6016-2636092