Transform your own personal practice and improve your ability to “read” your student’s practice as you learn how to integrate the knowledge of anatomy into yoga asana. Learning anatomy has the capacity to deepen your experience of each posture and to learn how to get the most optimal stretch or engagement of your body. This workshop will also leave you with an improved ability to help your students deepen their experience of each posture. This is an experiential course where we explore the major muscles and how they relate to yoga practice. Through observation, hands-on exercises, and practice of specific asanas, you will learn the location and function of the key anatomical regions of the body and understand how they relate to asana, as well as how asana can in turn affect the body. By employing these techniques, you will become proficient at understanding and identifying imbalances in your practice as well as your students' practice. Common stresses and injuries for each part of the body will be addressed. You will learn how to apply asana therapeutically for specific injuries, as well as modifications (providing appropriate hands-on support and protection) to maximize the healing and strengthening that is possible from the practice of yoga.  The impact of pranayama and meditation on the nervous system will also be addressed. 

Each day consists of exercises to experience the anatomy as well as posture flows to incorporate the information.

CANCELLATION POLICY: All refunds will be charged a 10% cancellation fee.
If you drop out of the workshop after the start date, there will be no refund.

Tra Kirkpatrick, E-RYT 500 is a certified Pranakriya Yoga Therapist, Thai Bodyworker and teacher who has a private practice and teaches in Atlanta, GA. Inspired by the healing powers of Yoga ~ not just the “stuff” we do on the mat, but the deeper, magical qualities that help us unfold ~ Tra has spent the past decade sharing the practices of healing and wholeness that come from our willingness to go within.

As a therapist, body/energy worker, and teacher, Tra’s approach to healing combines the love and compassion inherent within Thai bodywork with the tools and techniques of Pranakriya yoga to restore balance, increase vitality, and improve mental and emotional well-being. 

Tra is the Yoga Therapy Internship Director with the Pranakriya School of Yoga Healing Arts and teaches advanced modules in Functional Anatomy and Therapeutic Yoga, Holding Space, assessment and yoga therapeutics, as well is a co-Director for the school’s 200-hour teacher training program.

Find out more about Tra and her classes and events at www.growithin.com.