In-Person
SELF-MYOFASCIAL RELEASE
A Two-Day Immersion of Self-Care & Movement Education
Move Better • Live Stronger
with Deborah Liu
Dates: 14 - 15 November 2026
Please contact us at school@indabayoga.com if you have any questions
OVERVIEW
Do you want to move more freely, recover faster, and feel better in your body?
Join Deborah Liu for a powerful two-day immersion into Self-Myofascial Release (SMFR), a highly effective practice that uses specially designed therapy balls to release tension, improve mobility, reduce pain, help prevent injuries and support recovery throughout the entire body.
Modern life, repetitive movement, stress, injury, and long hours of sitting can cause the body's fascia—the connective tissue that surrounds and supports every muscle, joint, and organ—to become tight, dehydrated, and restricted. These restrictions often contribute to stiffness, poor posture, reduced mobility, chronic tension, and pain, and can lead to injuries.
Through a systematic, head-to-toe approach, you'll learn simple yet impactful techniques that empower you to release areas of restriction, improve tissue health, restore freedom of movement, and address lingering aches before they become chronic issues. You'll leave with a practical self-care toolkit that you can use anytime to maintain a healthy, resilient body.
what is fascia?
Fascia is the continuous, 3D web of connective tissue that wraps around and infuses every muscle, bone, nerve, organ, and blood vessel in your body. When muscles are underused, overused, or misused, our tissues lose their natural “slide and glide,” forming adhesions or "sticky spots” that limit mobility, dampen athletic performance, and can lead to pain throughout the body or injury.
Using specialized self-massage tools, this workshop teaches you how to systematically hydrate, reinstate slide and glide, and release these restrictions, returning your fascia to its supple, elastic state.
Course Information
Benefits of Self-Myofascial Release
Reduce pain, stiffness, and muscular tension
Improve mobility, flexibility, and posture
Accelerate recovery and support injury prevention
Enhance athletic and yoga performance
Improve circulation and tissue hydration
Increase body awareness and movement efficiency
Reduce stress and calm the nervous system
Why everyone needs this practice?
This workshop is suitable for all ages, fitness levels, and movement backgrounds, including:
For Yoga & Pilates Practitioners: Deepen your flexibility and structural awareness. Releasing fascial restrictions allows you to move through your practice with greater ease, reducing strain on joints and helping you access deeper, safer ranges of motion without forcing the body.
For Athletes & Weekend Warriors: Speed up recovery, prevent injuries, and improve muscle efficiency. Clearing out micro-restrictions in the connective tissue enhances blood flow, optimizes muscle performance, and ensures you bounce back faster after heavy training or weekend adventures.
For Office Workers & Desk Warriors: Counteract the postural drain of sitting. Target chronic neck, shoulder, and lower back tightness caused by hours in a fixed position, and restore proper spinal alignment and breath capacity.
For Everyone Else: Pain and stiffness are not inevitable parts of aging or daily life. Learning these self-massage techniques empowers you to self massage consistently to maintain healthy fascia before it ever becomes a bigger issue.
Whether you're looking to improve performance, recover from training, manage chronic tension, or simply move with greater ease, this workshop will give you practical skills that continue to support your health and wellbeing long after the weekend is over.
What You Will Learn & Experience
The Science Made Simple: A clear, approachable breakdown of what fascia is and how self-myofascial release fundamentally changes tissue health.
Hands-On Self-Massage Techniques: Step-by-step guidance on using specialized fascia balls to release key tension hotspots from head to toes (feet, ankles, lower legs, thighs, hip flexors, glutes and hips, lower and upper back, shoulders, arms, hands, wrists, head, neck, face, jaw).
Empowerment Through Education: Leave with sequences by body part that you can practice at home in just a few minutes a day.
Deep Nervous System Reset: Experience a profound sense of calm as the fascial release signals to your nervous system to downshift and fully relax.
Move better. Recover faster. Live stronger in your body.
Dates
14 - 15 November 2026
Schedule
DAY 1 - Saturday 14th | 12 - 3 PM Lower Body
Introduction
Feet, ankles, lower leg
Knee attachments
Thighs (quadriceps, IT band, hamstrings, inner thighs)
Hips and glutes
Hip flexors (psoas)
DAY 2 - Sunday 15th | 12 - 3 PM Upper Body
Spine: lower back, upper back, ribcage attachments
Shoulders - Rotator cuff
Shoulders to elbows (triceps, deltoids, lat seam)
Elbows to fingers (forearms, hands, wrists)
Neck and Head: Neck, head, face, jaw
Tuition Fee
£165
The tuition fee includes a professional set of Tune Up® Fascia Therapy balls, which retails for approximately £65. As part of the immersion, participants receive the complete set at around half the retail price, making the programme an excellent value while providing the essential tools to continue their fascia practice at home.
The set will be provided on the first day of the immersion and is yours to keep after the programme.
Please contact us at school@indabayoga.com if you have any questions
By making a booking, you agree to the full T&Cs, outlined below.
TEACHERS
Deborah Liu
Deborah Liu is the founder of Trū Yoga and an internationally experienced movement educator whose work brings together yoga, Pilates, fascia therapy, breathwork, strength and conditioning, and nutrition.
With nearly 3,000 hours of training across multiple disciplines, including BASI Pilates, Power, Vinyasa, Ashtanga, Iyengar and Dharma Yoga, as well as fascia therapy, fitness and nutrition, Deb brings a broad and integrated understanding of movement and the body to her teaching.
A lifelong athlete, Deb has competed in marathons and triathlons for more than 20 years, incorporating yoga and Pilates into her own training to develop strength, mobility and resilience. Her experience as both an athlete and educator has shaped her holistic approach to movement, recovery and wellbeing.
Deb developed a particular passion for fascia therapy and self-care after experiencing first-hand how it could transform her own movement and recovery. She is recognised as a leader in self-care fascia therapy across the U.S., Asia and Europe, and has helped thousands of people better understand and care for their bodies.
Deb has taught classes, workshops, trainings and retreats internationally and is known for her precise cueing, passionate teaching style and intelligently integrated approach. Her teaching encourages students to develop greater body awareness, understand how different areas of the body connect, and build practical tools to support strength, mobility, recovery and long-term wellbeing.
Terms & Conditions
Refunds and cancellation
Course cancellation by student
All cancellation requests must be submitted in writing to school@indabayoga.com and verbal requests will not be considered.
If you cancel your place prior to 30th September 2026, we will offer a refund minus 15% admin fee.
If you cancel your place after 30th September 2026, 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:
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.
In exceptional medical circumstances, a refund minus 15% admin fee may be considered only where supported by documentation from a fully qualified medical practitioner confirming inability to attend the training. To receive the refund minus 15% admin fee, documentation must be received before the in person training starts.
If such documentation cannot be provided, the cancellation will be treated as a standard cancellation under the terms above, and no refund will be issued.
Pregnancy: This course is not suitable at any stage of the pregnancy.
If you choose to withdraw from the course for any reason other than an approved medical circumstance as outlined above, no refund or deferral will be granted.
Every approved refund is subject to a deduction of a 15% administration fee.
Withdrawal after commencement
Once the in-person training has commenced, no refunds, credits, transfers, or deferrals will be issued under any circumstances, including but not limited to illness, injury, medical conditions, family emergencies, travel disruption, or personal circumstances.
This policy applies regardless of any supporting documentation and overrides all other cancellation provisions once the training has started.
Insurance recommendation
We strongly recommend that participants arrange appropriate insurance to cover unforeseen circumstances, including but not limited to illness, injury, medical conditions, travel disruption, personal emergencies, or any other situations within or beyond their control.
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.
It is your responsibility to ensure that your credentials and contact details on your Indaba account are accurate. All training-related communication will be sent using the details registered on your account.
If you arrive late, you may be denied entry. Refunds will not be issued for late arrivals.
Polite and respectful behavior toward staff, teachers, assistants, and fellow students is mandatory. Failure to comply may result in removal from the training program without the opportunity to complete it, and no refunds will be issued.
Indaba reserves the right to make minor adjustments to the Terms & Conditions, training structure and content. No refunds outside the specified terms will be offered.
Photography
Indaba reserves the right to photograph or film during the programme and to use these images for our website and marketing purposes.
By making a booking, you agree to the full T&Cs.