Acu-Yoga Teacher Training

April 2012 - Special Package Price
Using Yoga Postures to Stimulate Acupressure Points for Self-Healing

Once a year, the Acupressure Institute offers a teacher training integrating Yoga and Acupressure for both self-treatment and sharing with others. In our teacher training you will discover how Yoga postures combined with specific Acupressure points promote healing, and are a powerful tool for promoting your healing work in both your private practice and your teaching. Experience the transformations Acu-Yoga can facilitate. Learn to give your clients self-healing treatments combining Yoga and Acupressure.

Discover how Yoga postures stimulate points for relaxation and healing. Learn to relieve stress, and to strengthen the nervous, digestive, and uro-reproductive systems. Explore exercises that balance each of the Meridians and Chakras. Discover powerful breathing techniques, mudras, and mediatations to use for your self-healing and to share with family, friends, students and clients.

Taught by Michael Reed Gach, Ph.D., the author of seven books, founder of the Acupressure Institute, and originator of the Acu-Yoga system. Deepen your knowledge of Acu-Yoga, and learn practical teaching skills for sharing Acu-Yoga techniques. This is an exceptional opportunity to have your teaching mentored and supportively evaluated by the originator of the style!

An Acu-Yoga Teacher Certificate is awarded upon completion.

Apr 21 & 22

Acu-Yoga Foundations
Weekend   10am - 5pm
Michael Gach

Program $255.00
Non-Program $305.00
Prerequisite: None
Text Required: Acu-Yoga by Michael Reed Gach
Please bring a clean beach towel or yoga mat to practice on
Yoga and Acupressure are ancient Eastern body/mind/spirit healing practices. Acu-Yoga combines the benefits of both in a graceful, flowing set of postures. Learn to flex and strengthen your body, to stimulate your Qi flow, and to relax and center mind and body, all while nurturing your spirit.

In this class you will learn:
1. How to combine acupressure points with Yoga postures for the benefit of self-healing and to share in an Energywork/Bodywork practice.
2. How Yoga postures combined with Acupressure points can stimulate and balance each of the 12 Organ Meridians of Traditional Chinese Medicine
3. How Yoga postures combined with Acupressure points can stimulate and balance the Chakra system used in Yogic and Tantric traditions
4. Deep breathing exercises to energize and balance the body
5. Specific Acu-Yoga postures for relief of common stress related problems
6. Acu-Yoga exercises you can teach to clients to help relieve stress, pain and other common complaints

Special Package price with Acu-Yoga Teacher Training

Apr 23 - 26

Acu-Yoga Teacher Training
M - Th   9:30 - 4:30
Michael Gach

Program $595.00
Non-Program $695.00
Prerequisite: Acu-Yoga Foundations or consent of Instructor.
Text Required: Acu-Yoga Book & DVD by Michael Gach
Bring yoga mat
Learn to teach Acu-Yoga breathing exercises, meditations, and guided deep healing/relaxation techniques. In the Teacher Training process each student presents two yogic breathing practices along with teaching a series of three Acu-Yoga stretching exercises including the Acupressure points being activated in these exercises. You will receive specific, supportive feedback to boost your confidence and to help you craft a dynamic teaching style.
Gain insight and learn to dynamically teach:
1. Acu-Yoga Breathing Exercises
2. Acu-Yoga Meditations
3. Acu-Yoga Guided Relaxation Techniques

Special Package price

April 21 - 26

Both Classes for Package Price
(Program and non-Program. Classes must be taken in April 2012)

Both classes $795

For yoga teachers/students without a background in point location we
Strongly Recommend taking

April 17 - 19

Basic Acupressure
T,W,Th 10am - 4pm
Janiece Piper

Program $245

Save $100 - purchase the Acu-Yoga Teacher Training package,
and pay Program price for Basic Acupressure!
Michael Reed Gach is glad to answer any of your questions if you email them to
michael@Acupressure.com
Call the Institute (510) 845-1059 or 1(800) 442-2232 to register for classes,
and to ask questions of a school counselor.
Namaste