Essential Low Back
Teacher Training
EXCITING NEWS: The Essential Low Back Teacher Training Returns!
Stay tuned for dates in 2024!
New Online-Format makes it accessible around the globe! For the first time, we are making the program accessible to native Spanish speakers by offering Spanish subtitles and online chat support! ! All sessions will be recorded and made available for participants for up to six months.
With yoga-related injuries on the rise, yoga instructors need to be proactively knowledgeable about prevention and safety. This course, based on two National Institutes of Health studies, will educate you about the different kinds of lower back pain and how to address them to keep your students — and you — safe and pain-free.
Robin has reorganized her highly acclaimed ELPB Training Program into an online format, breaking down the barrier of distance that has prevented so many teachers and therapists from having access to these valuable teachings. Additionally, Robin is providing Spanish subtitles and live-chat support in Spanish for the course. She has created a Spanish translation of the ELBP Book, available in PDF format to those who request it! This new format will also include newly produced video recordings of the ELBP practices from the book (formerly available only in audio version), and additional tutorial videos which weave in the newer techniques Robin has developed over the past decade. The whole package of videos and books will be made available to participants of the training and also to their students who enroll in the ELBP courses they teach once they’ve graduated.
$850 Early Bird, due: Nov. 1, 2023 $950 Full-Price. You may opt to pay a $450 deposit for us to hold your spot.
For Teachers and Yoga Therapists
In this intensive training, yoga teachers and therapists will develop the means to intelligently address the primary low back dysfunctions, hypo- and hypermobility, S.I. destabilization, pelvic misalignment, scoliosis, and lumbar-disc conditions. The intricate relationship between functional breathing and functional movement will be explored with scientific evidence to support the specific approach to sequencing and adaptation.
This training focuses on functional anatomy of the pelvic girdle, stabilizing exercises that develop core support, and an evaluative process that facilitates teachers and therapists in learning how to organize yoga practices which ensure students’ safety. The daily workshop format will include developmental and therapeutic practices, skill building through observation, co-teaching, and case studies to provide you with an abundance of knowledge and skills that are readily applicable.
Practicum requirement for this course involves the teaching of a 7-week series. Requirements include the completion of intake and evaluation forms for participants of the series, and a personal assessment/evaluation on the part of the instructor to indicate learning and growth. Competencies for C-IAYTs include: Yoga Foundations, Bio-medical Foundations, Yoga Therapy Tools and Therapeutic Skills, and Professional Practice.
Tuition includes a manual, Yoga Alliance Continuing Education Credits, and certification to teach The Essential Low Back Program as a series once the practicum is complete.
“The ELBP training was by far the best continuing education training I have attended since I became a yoga teacher 8 years ago. Robin has a wealth of knowledge, in both human physiology and traditional yoga philosophy that she packs into this 5-day intensive. Yoga teachers from any background and level of experience will walk away feeling more confident to teach people with low back issues. Robin’s grace and wisdom are an inspiration.”