4-Day Training Syllabus

Live Virtual Training Schedule

All Meetings are in Tucson Local Time.

Day 1 – Saturday November 11

Time	Activity
9-9:45am	– Maria: Opening Welcome – Welcome/Introductions – Present Syllabus, Manual & Learning System
9:45-Noon	– Maria: Ayurvedic Pulse Diagnosis – Begin with the Feet Powerpoint Lecture – Q&A/Break – Movement Refresh Video: Foot Relief Joy – Lunch
1-3:15p	– Break into Pairs: – Watch: Dorsiflexion Assessment & 3-Part Mobility Plan video – Practice together & try the 3-Part Mobility Plan – Reassess dorsiflexion together. – Watch: Single Leg Stand video – assess each other using the “Over-pronation/Over-supination” protocol and recheck single leg stance. NOTE:* page 28 in manual for protocol – Watch: Overhead squat video – assess each other (see also p. 28 manual). Then do the therapeutic protocol together (powerpoint slides 14&15). Reassess each other again. – Watch: Thoracic Rotation Videos (one is for standing/one is for seated). Assess each other – Q&A*/Break
3:30-4pm	– Understanding Gait & Assessing Large Movements Lecture
4-4:20 4:20pm	– Tools For Sustained Joy: Hip Mobility/Knee Balance practice – Wrap-Up

Tomorrow morning’s practice before class: check pulses upon waking, check tongue before tongue scraping, mug of hot water, garshana, oleation. For movement practice, consider watching short Rolling Patterns Video and follow along. Before you do the rolling patterns, try single leg stand or another balance pose noting sensation, balance, etc. After doing the rolling patterns, wait just one minute, then try your balance pose again. Is there a difference?

Day 2 – Sunday November 12

Time	Activity
9:00- 9:30am	– Maria: Good Morning, Q&A Discussion of this morning’s practice: Rolling Patterns – Movement Refresh Video: Ball Rolling the Kinetic Chains, Break
9:30- 11pm 11- 12:15	– Break into Pairs: Foot Assessment, Single Leg Stand, Overhead Squat, Thoracic Rotation, Gait Analysis (from prior homework-short video & photos that you handed in during prep work) – Discuss findings, Create & Implement short treatment plan, Re-assess single leg stand, overhead squat, thoracic rotation – Is there a difference? – Q&A, Discussion of use of Goniometer, Core Support & Stabilization Short Lecture – Break for Lunch
1:00-3pm	– Maria: Advanced Assessments Part 1 – Using Manual, videos, Maria demonstrating – Virtual Assessments: Watch videos/in-person – Break into Pairs: Pulsing, Dorsiflexion/Plantar Flexion, Hyperextension, Straight Leg Hip Flexion, and Hamstring Check at Wall – Pec Minor check, Shoulder internal/external rotation, Shoulder flexion, Carrying Angle
3:15-4:30	– Maria: In-Person Assessment Demonstration – Core Support & Stabilization, Practice with Maria – 3+1 P’s of Tension – Maria Assesses Student Virtually

For homework until next week, practice the assessments you’ve learned – practice them virtually and in-person. Watch the videos: Prone Psoas Release, Dying Bug, Hip Balance with Pelvic Blocks. These are all very important therapeutic techniques for working with Functional Yoga Therapy protocol. Take the week to try some of the techniques discussed this weekend for any imbalances you may have discovered in your body.

Day 3 – Saturday November 18

Time	Activity
8:00- 9:45am	Maria: Good Morning, Q&A from Homework – Advanced Assessments Part 3 – Break into Pairs: Partner Assessments including Psoas Test, Rectus Abdominis & Transversus Abdominis and Glute Max Test – Q&A/Break
10:00- 12:15pm	– 10min Q&A – Sadhana & Learning with Torrey Postal – Neurogenic Yoga & EFT – Break for Lunch
1:30- 4:30pm	– Tools for Sustained Joy: Core Stabilization Practice – watch video during lunch – Advanced Assessments Part 4 – in pairs: Prone Knee flexion, Hip internal/external rotation, Glute external rotation – Maria: Advanced Assessments – discussion of protocol in manual and Q&A – Maria & Group Assess Student Virtually – Wrap-up

For tomorrow morning prior to class, consider doing the Movement Refresh Video (11 minutes) for knee decompression and hip release.

Day 4 – Sunday November 19

Time	Activity
8- 10am	– Maria: Welcome Q&A from homework – Body-to-Jaw Alignment – TMJ: Lecture & Experiential (have a Q-tip handy) – Break into Pairs: Virtual Hip Height Assessment & Jaw Realignment Technique – Q&A/Break
10:15- 12:15pm	– Pelvic Floor Yoga Therapy Lecture and Experiential Workshop with Leslie Howard – Q&A – Break for Lunch
1:15- 2:30pm	– Tools for Sustained Joy: Shoulder Practice, Rotations Experiential
2:45-3:45pm	– Maria: Live Virtual Assessment of Student by Entire Group – Q&A/Discussion of Final Exam
3:45-4pm	– GRADUATION CELEBRATION

Time	Activity

Schedule may change, dates and times will remain the same.

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