In-Person

20h cet

Beyond Flex-ability

WITH REBECCA HANNAH & DR IMELDA J.

Dates: 9 - 11 May 2025

OVERVIEW

Strengthen your flexibility, expand your potential, and transform your practice from the inside out.

Through breath practice, Beyond Flex-ability will explore how our nervous systems respond to stress and trauma, which helps us identify the aspects of ourselves that we subconsciously shield and resist. With this inner awareness, we can cultivate a safe and nurturing environment to engage more deeply in our physical practice in an enjoyable, creative, and personalised manner.

Course Information

This approach will include:

  • How to assess and understand different body types and restrictions

  • Intention/goal setting and how to create a personalised program for your students/personal practice

  • Polyvagal Theory and Neuro Spinal Integration (NSI) breath practice

  • A vocabulary of flexibility/mobility drills/modifications and advancements

  • Assisting and adjusting with a particular focus on flexibility, private classes and partner based assists

  • The creative use of props and how they can be used to both modify and advance postures

  • Therapeutic assists inspired by myofascial release techniques

  • The Art of Transitions and the importance of moving in and out of poses with a sense of control, fluidity and ease.

 Our intention behind this course is for you to discover a sense of fun, curiosity and lightness in your practice/teaching that you can use to support yourself and others

Schedule

Friday 9am-6pm

9.00: Centre in + polyvagal theory (part 1) + NSI breath practice 
10.00: Art of Flex-ability class (splits focus) 
11.30: Lunch
12.30: Lecture on anatomy (hip mobility) + Q&A
13.30: Skills and drills including assessment techniques/modifications and assists
15.45: Adjusting /Assisting
16.45: Myofascial stretch / therapy 
17.45: Savasana (handpan + meditation) 
18.00: end

Saturday 9am-6pm

9.00: Centre in + backbend anatomy + NSI breath practice 
10.00: Art of Flex-ability class (backbend focus) - Rebecca
11.30: lunch
12.30: Lecture on fascia (backbend focus) + Q&A + NSI 
13.30: Skills and drills including assessment techniques/modifications and assists 
15.45: Adjusting /Assisting 
16.45: Myofascial stretch / therapy 
17.45: Savasana (handpan + meditation) 
18.00: end

Sunday 2pm - 6pm

14:00: Anatomy Including breathwork. Focus the shoulders 
16:45: Creative sequencing and transitions  

Eligibility and Prerequisite

Open to experienced students as well as all teachers. A consistent Yoga practice is an essential requirement to join this training.

Accreditation

  • The training is counted towards the 20 Hour through the Yoga Alliance.

  • 20 Hours Continuing Education digital certificate will be provided upon completion of the full course

  • All the modules must be attended in order to receive the certificate.

Tuition Fee

Early bird until 15th March: £350

Regular price from 16th March: £400

*To ensure the successful fulfilment of the course, we kindly request that there be a minimum of 10 bookings.

LEAD TEACHERS

Rebecca Hannah:

Rebecca was introduced to yoga through physical theatre and performance. She trained in Ashtanga, Hatha moving her interests to martial arts, Tripsichore Yoga Choreography, calisthenics, mobility, and Kids and Teen Yoga training. Rebecca has taught worldwide, in over 16 different countries. Her own personal practice includes integrating vinyasa with contortion, mobility, calisthenics, and contemporary dance. Rebecca teaches with a rich interdisciplinary approach, exploring the importance of building strength to support flexibility using movement as a tool for mindfulness, communication, creativity and self-expression.

Dr Imelda J:

A medically trained yoga teacher, a movement creator at heart. She has spent over a decade practicing with the best teachers in the world. Her teaching methods combine Anatomy and Physiology with yoga practices to empower students & yoga teachers to understand movements from a more science-informed perspective. 

Her classes always feel fun, challenging and grounding. Her flow is intellectually sequenced based on Myofascial Meridian lines with the goal to retract compensatory movements, restore our natural alignment, and to balance strength, mobility, and flexibility. Open for all levels who enjoy sweaty and super creative movements. Have fun! You are in great hands. 

“Our bodies collect emotional signatures, yoga practice to me is to harmonise energies, allowing the subconscious to be seen and understood. The body benefits from movements, the mind benefits from stillness”

Terms & Conditions

Refunds and cancellation

Course cancellation by student

  • If you cancel your place prior to 15th March 2025, we will offer a refund minus 15% admin fee.

  • If you cancel your place after 15th March 2025, Indaba is unable to offer you a refund. Indaba will endeavour to offer the course place to another student if the course is sold out and there is a waiting list. If your place can be offered to someone on the waiting list, Indaba will issue a refund minus 15% admin fee.

  • Injury/medical conditions (includes Covid-19 and pregnancy) before the training starts: In the difficult circumstances of you suffering a serious injury or any medical conditions before the training starts, Indaba School of Yoga team will support you and work out the best way for you to continue the course. You may still attend sessions and either adjust poses or just observe the classes. If you are unable to participate in the training in any capacity, we can offer a refund minus 15% admin fee after receiving a certificate from a fully qualified medical practitioner. Please note that in order to consider a refund we need to be notified immediately.

  • Injury/medical conditions (includes Covid-19 and pregnancy) once the training has started: In the difficult circumstances of you suffering a serious injury or any medical conditions during the occurrence of the training, Indaba School of Yoga team will support you and work out the best way for you to continue the course. You may still attend sessions and either adjust poses or just observe the classes. If you are unable to continue the training in any capacity, we can offer a refund for the remaining modules minus 15% admin fee after receiving a certificate from a fully qualified medical practitioner. Please note that in order to consider a refund we need to be notified immediately.

  • If you leave the course for any reason not related to a medical condition after it has started, no refund or deferral will be granted.

  • It is mandatory to attend all of the teaching modules on the course in order to receive the certificate.

Course cancellation by Indaba

  • In the unlikely event of extenuating circumstances, Indaba reserves the right to cancel the course at any time. If the course is cancelled prior to the course start, the course may be rescheduled and if students cannot attend the new course then 100% refunds will be made. If the course is cancelled part way through the course, Indaba will rearrange the remaining modules of the course and if this is not possible for students to attend, we will refund the remaining course on a pro-rata basis.

Course Policy:

  • Indaba reserves the right to change the training venue at its discretion. Please note that students will not be eligible for a refund due to such changes. Any adjustments to the venue will be made solely at Indaba's discretion.

  • Pets and children are not permitted in the training venue. Please refrain from bringing them, as we cannot grant access to the room, and our team is unable to look after them during the course. No refunds will be issued if this results in you having to leave the training.

Photography

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