In-Depth Asana Study: Twists

Twists are a family of asanas that, when practiced regularly in a healthy manner, offer numerous benefits for the spine and digestive health. Twists are wonderful for releasing stress, tension, and tightness in the body. Unfortunately, due to living a more sedentary lifestyle, many people experience discomfort and lose some range of motion in spinal rotation. As yoga teachers we have the ability to utilize these poses in such a way that can allow our students the opportunity to find the deep and rejuvenating benefits that twists have to offer. Participants can expect to walk away from this module with a new understanding of how to sequence and counterpose twists for the beginner to advanced student, as well as, their effects on the physical and subtle energetic bodies.

Training Includes:

  • High quality education consisting of a combination of lecture and practice

  • Unlimited access for the life of the course

  • Downloadable Manual

  • Self-Paced Learning

  • Certificate of Completion once you've completed the course

  • 8 CEU's with Yoga Alliance or 10 hours toward your OmBodies Yoga 500-hour Yoga Teacher Certification

Meet Your Teacher

Founder of OmBodies Yoga & Lead Trainer Heather Otterbine

Heather is a double 500-hour certified E-RYT 500, a Yoga Medicine Registered Therapeutics Specialist, and a YACEP (Yoga Alliance Continuing Education Provider) with Yoga Alliance, and the founder & owner of OmBodies Yoga. She opened OmBodies Yoga Studio in 2009 and has developed two successful teacher training programs, the OmBodies Yoga Foundational 200-hour & the OmBodies Yoga 500-hour Advanced Teacher Training, both registered with Yoga Alliance. Her Vinyasa yoga classes feature challenging, creative sequences with an emphasis on precision cueing and healthy alignment. She uses these elements in combination with a deep understanding of anatomy and physiology to draw in other aspects of the yoga practice, such as, pranayama and meditation.​ Heather has been a serious yoga practitioner for 20 years and teaching for 15 years of that. She completed the 200-hour Teacher Training Program with Sivananda Yoga in 2005, the PreNatal Yoga Teacher Training at Yoga Works in NYC in 2006, the 500-hour Advanced Teacher Training at Moksha in 2014, and has most recently, completed her second 500-hour Advanced Teacher Training Certification with Tiffany Cruikshank & Yoga Medicine and is currently working to complete her thesis for the 1000-hour Yoga Medicine Certification. Education: Double 500-hour certified E-RYT 500, (Experienced Registered Yoga Teacher) Yoga Medicine Registered Therapeutics Specialist, & YACEP, MBG Functional Nutrition Guide 1,800 + hours of training completed in various yoga traditions and styles, yoga therapeutics, & functional nutrition Has studied yoga with Tiffany Cruikshank, Seane Corn, Tias Little, Rod Stryker, Maty Ezraty, Noah Maze, Kathryn Budig, Rich Logan, Kim Wilcox, Shanna Linn, and many more fantastic teachers! 18 years experience teaching yoga, 11 + years training yoga teachers, developed both the 200-hour and the 300/500-hour OmBodies Yoga Teacher Training Programs

Who Is This Training For?

This course is for yoga students and teachers as well as anyone interested in deepening their understanding and exploration of twists in the yoga practice.

Apply These Training Hours To...

If you are enrolled in the OmBodies Yoga® 500-hour Teacher Training Program, this training counts towards your certification hours with OmBodies Yoga®. This training may also be used as CEU'S (Continuing Education Units) with Yoga Alliance. You do not need to be enrolled in our 500-hour program to participate. If you are interested in continuing to train with OmBodies Yoga® to receive an advanced training certification with us, you have the option to apply to our 500-hour program and this yoga teacher training’s hours will automatically apply towards your 500-hour certification. If you would like to learn more about our 500-hour Teacher Training Program, click the link below.
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