Hatha Yoga Training
integrating Somatic Awareness
find deeper physical, mental and spiritual stability through sensitivity (i.e. Ahimsa) where the body and mind are integrated
with liliana nuno
100-hour traIning With Lilliana
Explore how to bring somatic awareness to your body, practice and teaching in this personal and professional development course. Go deeper into yoga.
This training program is designed to help you connect with yourself and the immense beauty of Yoga, its original ancient essence, and the traditional teachings taught with respect and love from a somatic perspective.
Developing a somatic approach to yoga will help you bring a deep awareness of your body. You will be invited to be present to sensations to be sensitive in how you approach movement moment to moment. A path based on mindfulness through physical enquiry, a training designed to initiate a path of transformation towards a state of deep serenity in your life and in your yoga teaching.
Yoga offers us the possibility of a profound unfolding of the Self. A development that encompasses different aspects of our health: the physical, psychic and energetic. A way to discover how we relate to the world, nature and the people around us. An experience that allows us to relate with the past, the present and the future in a new way. The discovery of our potential, a path of consciousness.
The word “somatic” comes from the Greek word “sôma” which, for the Greek philosopher-poet Hesíodo, meant a “body experience”.
In somatic yoga we start a continuous learning process of being attentive to, and aware of, bodily sensations/experiences and of taking sensitive actions. Central to somatic yoga is the individual journey of each person, accepting strengths and limitations and growing towards inner harmony.
“We spend our days in the familiar world of our five senses, but what lies beyond that, if anything, we have no idea. There is a vast world, perhaps, waiting to be explored. We are meant to explore, to seek, to push the limits of our potential as human beings. The world of the senses is only a base camp: we are meant to be as much at home in consciousness as in the world of physical reality. “
— Eknath Easwaran
introductory somatic training
Pedagogical approach: teaching by continuous learning
Liliana presents simple techniques that are accessible to everyone.
Somatic approach to Yoga requires continuous learning. Every instruction you give to your students will be rooted in a deep exploration of your body and therefore your sharing will be natural and organic because it will come from your direct experience.
Therefore, this teaching training will provide you with the necessary tools to get to know yourself on a deeper level, a learning process that will help you to recalibrate the inner energy in a sensitive and attentive way, based on the yoga principle called Sthiram Sukham: to be as relaxed and stabilised as possible, within the path of self-awareness.
Through sensitivity (i.e. Ahimsa), we can find a deeper physical, mental and spiritual stability: body and mind are integrated with each other. When we organise the body in relation to gravity, a process of purification is initiated, deep tensions are released and space is created to allow the free flow of breath and energy. This facilitates the elimination of toxins and brings benefits to our entire system: nervous, respiratory, digestive, circulatory, endocrine, immune and reproductive.
A learning process in which you will be led to experience the practice of yoga in the attention to sensations and how to organise the body in relation to gravity. Being aware and sensitive to your actions and their impact will be the basis to guide you on the path of self-knowledge.
In this training you will acquire the necessary tools to start guiding your students to follow the path of self-inquiry, helping each person to work from their individual strengths and limitations and to be able to offer each person the necessary tools so that - on their own - they can start their way back to balance. Ethical and biomechanical principles will be also be studied, fundamental for personal practice and teaching.
Liliana will guide you on a path of self-inquiry, based on the fundamentals of Hatha Yoga and the OSSEUS method which she developed as a form of somatic re-education over her years as a dancer and three decades of study in the practices of Viniyoga, Ashtanga Yoga, Dynamic Yoga and Iyengar Yoga.
Her approach to yoga is based on accessing a state of equanimity. In this training we will study how to integrate the principles of Patanjali's Ashtanga Yoga to gradually develop a state of equanimity that will bring calm, confidence and joy into your practice and daily life. If we approach yoga with sensitivity, it will open our hearts and, with simplicity, show us a path of growth in our own life. It will allow us to see the way we currently live and how we can grow towards a fuller and happier life.
100-hour SOMATIC IMMERSION
For whom is this training:
Yoga students and teachers, people involved in somatic education and movement, therapists, educators and health professionals and anyone who wants to immerse themselves in the path of self-knowledge.
It is a useful experience whether your goal is to: deepen your personal practice, become a yoga teacher or learn a somatic approach when you already teach yoga classes.
Requirements for enrolment:
A regular practice, and if possible, joining somatic classes during the course period. In addition, the teaching and the course will be in English.
Program & structure of the training weekends:
Each module is a 2-day immersion, occurring on Saturdays - Sundays, with 6 hours of teaching each day.
Each day, we will begin the day with an exploration of Kriyas, Pranayama and Asana practice.
The second part of the sessions will be a combination of Asana presentations, somatic practices and philosophy studies.
This course offers CONTINUING EDUCATION HOURS (Cu)
Lilliana is a REGISTERED CONTINUING EDUCATION TRAINER with Yoga Alliance.org
topics that will be covered:
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You will explore the body through mindfulness, cultivating sensitivity in the practice of postures to find deep stability in the direction of deep relaxation. You will be invited to be present, in full at-tention to sensations. Specific somatic exercises will be introduced in order to get to know each part of the body in depth and, through simple movements, to be able to assimilate and understand the physiological process that is taking place.
Kapalabhati
Chandra Namaskar
Supine postures
Standing postures on one plane
Somatic exploration
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Asanas will be addressed by introducing specific connections between body parts. You will study the movement of the body inside-outside using Osseus lenses to optimise your relationship with gravity by developing new neuromuscular pathways to access new habits of integrity. You will study how to optimise the relationship between the main structures of the body - head, trunk and pelvis - to re-lease the flow of energy.
Surya Namaskar A
Bony lenses
Standing postures in two planes
Balancing postures
Somatic exploration
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The principles of Hastabandha, Padabandha and Merubandha will be introduced in order to access the muscles closest to the centre of the body. The diaphragms of the human body and their rela-tionship to the breath will be introduced. We will study more challenging Asanas that will help us to strengthen the centre, the spine. Discover why structural integrity is essential to our physical and mental health.
Introduction to Pranayama, Suxmarexaka
Chandra Namaskar - Surya NamaskarA-B
Anteflexions
Retroflexions
Somatic exploration
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You will study the relationship between structure and breath. Pranayama: Progressive introduction to the practice of breathing techniques, in this immersion you will study the breath and the muscular activity involved in this process, inviting you to explore the breath and its impact in each moment. We will also introduce the basic concepts of vipassana meditation, deepening the recognition of the flow of thoughts, sensations and emotions.
Introduction to Pranayama, Suxmapuraka
Chandra Namaskar - Surya Namaskar
Twisting
Inverted postures
Meditation
expectation and requirements
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This course will be a gateway to somatic awareness (Osseus Method). Walk a path of self-inquiry to develop a deep attention cultivated from a sensitive and honest practice that will deeply nourish the body-mind unit.
How is it done?
By being patient and sensitive in exploring and discovering the body as an instrument of aware-ness.
Exploring the deep muscles of the body to reorganize it in relation to gravity.
Developing neuromuscular recalibration, i.e. developing new neuromuscular pathways to release tension.
Clarifying the importance of structural and functional organization in the release of breath.
Cultivating a deep awareness of your actions and their impact, initially in your yoga practice and gradually in your life as well.
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Approximate daily flow:
12:00 to 12:30 pm: Introduction and Meditation
12:30 to 15:00 pm: Yoga Practice
15:00 to 15:45 pm: Lunch Break
15:45 to 16:00 pm: Shala Break
16:00 to 17:00 pm: Presentation and Philosophy
17:00 to 18:00: Exploration and Teaching
18:00 to 19:00: Somatic and therapeutic class (with material)
Class observation and attendance:
We suggest that you regularly attend Somatic classes so you can deepen your experience.
List of books:
Light on the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, B. K. S. Iyengar.
Emotional Anatomy: The Structure of Experience, Stanley Keleman.
Dates & Time 2024:
Saturdays - Sundays | 12.00 midday - 19.00
21 & 22 Sept
5 & 6 Oct
9 & 10 Nov (new date)
30 Nov & 1 Dec
8 & 9 Feb
22 & 23 Feb
8 & 9 March
Location: Yoga Moves TERWIJDE | Musicallaan 163 | Utrecht
(free parking available and 5 minute walk from Terwijde Train Station)
Price:
NEW: Our Training prices are exempt from VAT (BTW) because we are CRKBO registered, therefore we have changed the prices:
Until 1 April €1,150
Until 1 June €1,250
Until 1 August €1,350
Regular €1,450
We have one or two spots available for persons in financial need to join for a lesser amount. To apply, please click here.
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