Ayurvedic Yoga Massage Training
About Adam Divine
Adam Divine is the anatomy teacher on the Himalaya Yoga Valley Centre teacher training. His interest in anatomy started with his study of massage in 2005 and he has been working as a body mechanic ever since. Adam is ITEC certified and has studied Anatomy Trains courses, as well as training with ayurvedic doctors in India and monks in Thailand. He has been practising Ayurvedic Yoga Massage for ten years.
Ayurvedic Yoga Massage Level 1
AYM combines deep tissue massage with coordinated breathwork and yoga stretching. Similar to Thai massage, Ayurvedic Yoga Massage is performed on a mat allowing for a full range of stretching. In addition; the deep tissue massage dissolves physical tension, while the assisted stretches and breath exercises realign the body and stimulate the natural flow of energy.
In this training:
- Students will learn how to perform a basic 90 minute AYM sequence
- · Each set of techniques will first be demonstrated in detail by the teacher
- Students will work with partners to practice each technique
- Students will receive lots of one to one attention from the teacher
- Use of props
- Therapist body mechanics and self care will be taught throughout
- Functional anatomy, pathology, contraindications will be taught for each technique
- Students will receive full AYM level 1 detailed photo manual
Level Two gives you alternatives to help you open up restricted areas and work with postural problems. You learn more advanced yoga stretches to target those areas. Level Two also includes walking on the body – using a chair or stool, you balance your body weight and use your feet to massage the body in long strokes. This gives you the potential to use more pressure if needs be adjusting your body weight. As in level one, you will be learning to communicate with your client, using coordinated breathwork to assist the stretches.
In Level Two you reach certification standard approved by Complimentary Therapists Association UK. Naturally Level One is a pre-requisite.
- Students will learn how about two hours worth of techniques and how to structure these into an hour or 90min session.
- Each set of techniques will first be demonstrated in detail by the teacher
- Students will work with partners to practice each technique
- Students will receive lots of one to one attention from the teacher
- Use of props
- Therapist body mechanics and self care will be taught throughout
- Functional anatomy, pathology, contraindications will be taught for each technique
- Students will receive full AYM level 2 detailed photo manual
- Students will receive Ayurvedic Yoga Massage Certificate