Enlighten Up: Fascia and Self-Myofascial Release
Learn how to effectively integrate rolling into your yoga and movement classes. Improve proprioception, unravel tension, and reduce pain with simple and accessible tools like balls and foam rollers.
We will begin our journey at the surface of the body and layer by layer, tissue by tissue, sensation by sensation deepen our understanding and ultimately our connection with the miraculous temple that holds the self.
We will explore the world of fascia, the web that holds us together and tells our story, through various modalities including, movement, myo-fascial release, rolling, prop placement, visualization, and meditation. We will also study myo-fascial meridians (Anatomy Trains) how they apply to yoga as well as look at common injuries, habits and overuse “symptoms” associated with these specific lines of the body and how we can use yoga therapeutically treat these imbalances.
Date - April 15-16 2023
Instructor: Michele Theoret and Sadie Friessen
Saturday and Sunday 8:00am-5:00pm
Cost: $550+gst
This course is worth 25 CEUs for Empowered U 500HR Yoga Teacher Training and Yoga Alliance Continuing Education.
Learn how to effectively integrate rolling into your yoga and movement classes. Improve proprioception, unravel tension, and reduce pain with simple and accessible tools like balls and foam rollers.
We will begin our journey at the surface of the body and layer by layer, tissue by tissue, sensation by sensation deepen our understanding and ultimately our connection with the miraculous temple that holds the self.
We will explore the world of fascia, the web that holds us together and tells our story, through various modalities including, movement, myo-fascial release, rolling, prop placement, visualization, and meditation. We will also study myo-fascial meridians (Anatomy Trains) how they apply to yoga as well as look at common injuries, habits and overuse “symptoms” associated with these specific lines of the body and how we can use yoga therapeutically treat these imbalances.
Date - April 15-16 2023
Instructor: Michele Theoret and Sadie Friessen
Saturday and Sunday 8:00am-5:00pm
Cost: $550+gst
This course is worth 25 CEUs for Empowered U 500HR Yoga Teacher Training and Yoga Alliance Continuing Education.
Your Instructors
Michele Theoret brings over 20 years of yoga teaching experience, professional training in personal training and group fitness instruction, a Bachelor of Science degree in exercise science, Masters of Science in Natural Health Sciences, and Masters of Arts in Counselling Psychology. As a psychologist and yoga teacher Michele prides herself in meeting each student where they are at and supporting them through both education and practical experience. Michele has studied in many yoga and mediation traditions and integrates these teachings with her formal education in exercise science and psychology. www.empoweredu.ca
Sadie Dawn Friessen, RMT E-RYT500
Sadie has always found the human body fascinating. She is intrigued by its intricacy and innate ability to heal. This curiosity and wonder are what lead her to her studies as a Registered Massage Therapist and yoga instructor. Sadie has completed 550 hours of Yoga Teacher Training at Empowered Yoga and 2200 hours of Massage Therapy at MacEwan University. She has gone on to specialize in Myofascial Release and CrainoSacral Therapy.
Through her studies and experience, Sadie has a thorough understanding of how stress, pain, and a variety of physical conditions affect the body and body systems and it is her goal to help clients optimize function. Sadie is a senior faculty member for Empowered Yoga 200HR, 500HR, and 800HR programs.
Sadie has always found the human body fascinating. She is intrigued by its intricacy and innate ability to heal. This curiosity and wonder are what lead her to her studies as a Registered Massage Therapist and yoga instructor. Sadie has completed 550 hours of Yoga Teacher Training at Empowered Yoga and 2200 hours of Massage Therapy at MacEwan University. She has gone on to specialize in Myofascial Release and CrainoSacral Therapy.
Through her studies and experience, Sadie has a thorough understanding of how stress, pain, and a variety of physical conditions affect the body and body systems and it is her goal to help clients optimize function. Sadie is a senior faculty member for Empowered Yoga 200HR, 500HR, and 800HR programs.