25-hr Embodied Massage Training | May 2023
Remedial Myofascial Release Techniques
with Eva Maxine Hamilton E-RYT 500, YACEP
MAY 2023
Fri - Sun, May 5, 6, 7th
Times
Friday 0900 - 1800
Saturday + Sunday 1200 - 2030
More Than a Massage...
Beneath the walls of your skin, fascia forms a fabric that weaves around and throughout every structure of the body, forming a tissue matrix that supports movement, stability, hydration, and awareness. Inevitably through our daily postural patterns, dehydration, immobility, and the natural processes of aging, this material can become tangled with adhesions (a process called fibrosis), molding a tense internal encasing surrounding our muscles and joints.
Myofascial release (MFR) is a remedial technique that utilizes tissue manipulation (like massage, pressure, and movement) to reduce this constriction. MFR is often performed as manual therapy by a trained practitioner (like a physical therapist), but can also be taught as a guided self-practice using simple tools and mindful movement to initiate release.
Unlike yoga, which originates in the sacred heritage of South Asian traditions, MFR is anchored in modern physical therapy but makes a wonderful partner to your yoga practice. Whether your classes are gentle or dynamic, MFR can support you and your students by improving the range of motion and neuromuscular communication, reducing tension and accumulated stress, and establishing a deeper relationship with your own body.
So often, our yoga students reflect that self-care is too expensive or time-consuming. Sharing this methodology can allow you to build a focused or full-body massage into your yoga classes and empower your students in their knowledge of their bodies and their ability to care for their own being.
About the training
In this 25-hr Embodied Massage Training, you'll learn how to integrate precise and powerful myofascial release techniques into your yoga teaching and practice.
Often our yoga practice reveals our most tight and tender places which can often remain contracted despite dedicated stretching. By skillfully applying a MFR technique, you may happily discover that the range of motion vastly improves. Despite the instant gratification, there is so much more to this practice and it is imperative that we understand the deeper structures of the body that we are influencing.
Our curriculum is centered around safety and therefore will include plenty of anatomical awareness. As we visit different zones of the body, we will deep dive into the components which construct, support and move each joint in order to understand the intended impact of each technique. Whether you’re an anatomy nerd or just stepping into this study, our learning approach will blend the intellectual with the embodied.
Upon completion of the course, you will feel confident in your understanding and application of these practices, allowing you to bring myofascial moments into your current teaching or to design in-depth full-length MFR-inspired yoga classes.
Included in this Training:
Receive our original MFR manual and two basic MFR balls + bag
Access to an online library of additional resources, including five MFR practice videos
Enjoy 2x daily MFR-inspired yoga practices
Deep dive in 2x daily lectures focused on theory, science, and teaching method
Explore in MFR technique tutorials for all major muscles and joints
Enhance your understanding and appreciation of fascia
Upgrade your anatomical confidence through an embodied approach
Learn sequencing and theming frameworks, as well as language and holding safe space
Integrate breath, sound, and movement techniques to support the release of tension
Adapt techniques for gentle practices or recovery, or intensify for pressure and dynamic classes
Educate your students on anatomy and movement through their own internal experience
Support your own teacher self-care and prevent physical and emotional burnout, through this caring method of embodied massage
