About this Event
Become a Certified Pranassage® Practitioner through two 50 hr trainings.
- 100-hour Yoga Alliance CEUs
- Level 1: Feb 19 - 22, Thursday - Sunday
- Level 2: April 23 - 26, Thursday - Sunday
- 9am - 6 pm each day
Benefits of this training:
- Expand your hands-on expertise to grow your wellness practice.
- Gain confidence with touch in group and private settings.
- Create safe, trauma-informed spaces.
- Deepen your awareness of somatic healing through prana, body and breath.
- Offer skillful one-on-one touch in a variety of therapeutic environments.
The Experience of Pranassage®
Pranassage® is a creative synthesis of yoga + bodywork: rooted in the principles of yoga, supported by anatomy, physiology, and sound body mechanics. Once the foundational techniques are understood, creativity and intuition in hands-on assists naturally unfold.
Graduates of the program become certified Pranassage® Practitioners, equipped to design individualized sessions that meet each client’s unique needs. These skills also enhance your ability to offer sensitive, supportive touch in a variety of therapeutic wellness spaces, from facilitating journeys to group yoga or breathwork classes to private somatic-based therapies.
Tuition:
$1500 per 50 hr training ($3000 total)
$200 non refundable deposit required to register and is applied towards tuition.
12 month, interest free, payment plans available.
Payment via Eventbrite will have additional fees. To avoid fees, use Venmo @marisaradhaweppner (like sending a payment to a friend) or PayPal (friends and family) [email protected] or Zelle to [email protected] (Sage Yoga and Wellness).
Small Group Size.
Trainings will be held in-person at Sage Yoga in Downtown Boise.
**Certification includes reading the Pranassage Manual, completing 12 practice client sessions and four 60 minute Group Calls (February - April).
Course syllabus:
Technique:
- How Pranassage® works.
- Explore the dynamics of a 35 posture sequence that induce yoga nidra.
- Efficient body mechanics that facilitate pranic release.
- Conditioning movements that increase kinesthetic intelligence.
- 12 Pranassage® Flow Sequences.
- Following the rhythm of natural pranayama.
- Harnessing relaxed awareness for releasing blocks and tension.
Methodology:
- How to create a context for Pranassage®.
- Create clear boundaries with student/clients.
- Sequence posture assists for generating different energetic effects.
- Design sessions that integrate a flow of posture, breath, directed pressure and Hara strength.
- Discover your personal style as a Pranassage® Practitioner.
- Assess and create support for individual needs.
- Communications: Co-listening; Reflective listening; Conscious language.
- Art of giving & receiving feedback.
Anatomy, Physiology & Kinesiology:
- Effects, Benefits & Contraindications for all Pranassage® flow sequences.
- Physiology of pranayama and use of breath in Pranassage®.
- Physiology of stress reflex & relaxation response.
- Muscle physiology and suspending the stretch reflex in a Pranassage® session.
- The somatic and prana relationship in Pranassage® sessions.
- Cleansing effect of Pranassage® sessions.
- Practice Pranassage® sessions with trainees in your group.
- Practice Pranassage® sessions with volunteer clients.
Philosophy, Psychology & Lifestyle:
- Where Pranassage® fits in yogic tradition.
- Relationship of Pranassage® to witness consciousness.
- Pranassage® as an inquiry into pranic energy field.
- Sacred space permits experiential learning environment.
- Dynamics of a one-on-one transformational relationship.
- As Is Principle; As If Principle from Self-Awakening Yoga.
- Power of intentionality as an integrating modality.
Practicum:
- Practice Pranassage® sessions with trainees in your group.
- 12 Practice Pranassage® sessions with volunteers.
- Practice leading relaxations and conditioning movements for client take-home use.
- Design a student/client intake interview.
- Self-evaluations.
Professional Practices:
- How to integrate Pranassage® into your classes and individual sessions.
- Network with related professionals and organizations and building local community.
- Yoga Alliance Registry.
- Insurance and Liabilities.
- Yoga Alliance Continuing education.
"The deeper we can relax without losing awareness, the more we can begin to feel the flow of prana that yoga promises." Amba Stapleton.
Amba is the creator of Pranassage and codirector and founder of the Nosara Yoga Institute. She will be joining us for part of each training to give lectures on zoom.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Sage Yoga & Wellness, 242 North 8th Street, Boise, United States
USD 228.18 to USD 1698.60
