Level 2 - INTEGRATION

Primal

Primal is a foundation class working on core, upper body, leg and hip strength and stabilisation. It is the evolution of our Classic class. It has a more developed flowing warrior series (not vinyasa) which will allow you to bring both fluidity and expansion to your students. Intermediate students can develop into deeper expression while you expertly bring modifications for new students. Primal presents in both 60 and 75-minute versions, allowing you to alter it for a variety of time slots. It focuses on strength and includes gruelling arm and abdominal sequences for powerful strength development and muscle stabilisation to provide a safe foundation for everyone's practice.

Level 2 - INTEGRATION

WILD

WILD addresses a common imbalance in yoga practitioners and targets muscle and therefore joint stability. Yoga has a reputation for being about stretching, but we need to balance flexibility with strength if we are to stay healthy. Being too flexible is an imbalance and WILD addresses this imbalance, while challenging even the strongest student.

Learn this unique class which is the modern blend of yoga and strength training. Discover aspects of Kundalini yoga, pranayama, ballet conditioning, resistance stretching, HIIT timing for stamina and the incredible power of “Slow” strength training as well the strength building poses of yoga. Discover how constant movement allows the body to make micro adjustments and increase flexibility safely and effectively. Learn the “fire breath” to oxygenate the body and cleanse the nervous system.

Wild develops strong lean muscle, without wearing out the joints as many cardio vascular practises do and shines a light on often neglected areas such as lower abdominals, hip flexors, triceps, pecs, lats, calves and glutes.

Level 2 - INTEGRATION

Fierce Grace

Fierce Grace 60 / Refresher Course

Refresh and improve your knowledge of the signature Fierce Grace Class, while increasing your capacity to bring flowing expressive feeling to your class via voice, music, and pacing. Learn the new transition into cartwheel and its modifications, more injury modification wisdom and practice how to teach this one-hour class with less words but more motivation. We will review teaching protocols, the FG Method, and Q and A on general teaching points, as well as refresh all FG pose instructions.

This Teacher Training is the biannual recertification for all FG Teachers and renews their teaching contract. (All teachers need to participate every two years.)

Level 3 - EXPLORATION

Deep Core

Deep Core is one of FG’s premier classes and is the core of a yoga practice - it teaches sensitivity, awareness and alignment as a foundation for every type of class and a lifetime of safe practice. You will learn how to guide your student's awareness deeper within and teach them ego-less practice. You will gain tools for taking people deeper both physically and mentally.

Discover the “True Core” of the body and how it relates to almost every asana. Learn to teach and modify deep hip-openers, safe deep releases, core yoga alignment, Yin poses, as well as breath and relaxation to all levels and body types. Discover how to assist your students to make deep lasting changes by affecting their pelvis and lower back safely.

Poses are stripped back to their simpler forms in order to crate the space for students to understand their own alignment issues and problem areas.

This is not “yin” yoga, but with an inward turning accent we explore deep powerful hip openers, leg stretches, lower back and pelvis alignment as well as utilising yin style holds and a unique form of relaxation.

Level 3 - EXPLORATION

IN

IN is one of the first yoga classes that bridges Yin, Nidra, deep hip and leg stretches and physiotherapy. It is a magical mix of effective joint and muscle openers and stabilisers, with relaxing stretches and slow holds.

Lead your students deeper inwards towards their joints and connective tissue, while directing them towards their deepest relaxation yet, with meditation, Yoga Nidra and a long savasana.

Learn to teach this popular deep, slow, yoga-physiotherapy class, based entirely on the floor. You will teach your students how to open their hips, spine, neck, shoulders and wrists carefully, deeply and softly. Slow holds, stationary core activators, passively and actively open tight areas.

Level 3 - EXPLORATION

Fly

This unique class allows for periods of graceful movement following by brief stops to explore the entry protocols for a variety of arm balancing poses. You will learn how to break poses down for the beginner, as well as the more accomplished student and gain tools to work more deeply with all levels. Learn how to de-mystify user-friendly “glamour poses" such as Crow, Crane, Flying Pigeon, Crazy 8 and more and how to take your students safely into unchartered territory. Learn the anatomically correct way to align shoulders, upper back, elbows and wrists in arm balances.

Fly is woven together with the Fierce Grace principles of flow, intensity and rest, and you will practise how to move your students through both challenging and restful sequences. You will learn building blocks that allow you to vary your class each week and how to support both experienced and beginners alike, to change their perspective and use their body in a brand new way.

Level 4 - EXPRESSION

FG2

This one day course will teach you how to move your students into FG2, an evolution of the popular Fierce Grace class, giving an alchemical mix of structure and freedom. It normally takes a yoga teacher about ten years or more to be able to alter a class each week, varying, moving into different areas and keeping students surprised, while adhering to classical sequencing and safety protocols. Michele has developed a framework for teachers in FG2 to be able to vary classes within the first few years of teaching. This class brings the teacher the capacity to bring variety to students and have a set of interchangeable sequences at their fingertips.

Prerequisite for the Advanced Fierce (Beast) training.

Level 4 - EXPRESSION

Fierce aka The Beast

Learn entries into advanced poses through step by step instructions. Learn to ascertain who is ready for which progression, how to give a multi faceted instruction, motivate and coach advanced students and bring the advanced poses to students in a technically proficient way. Discover the modifications and cautions for the full 75 poses that cover the main advanced poses of many yoga systems. Learn how to teach in an inclusive way for all levels, and how to support those in an intermediate as well as an advanced practice.

Level 5 - SPECIALIST TRAINING

S.O.B.

Injury modification and rehabilitation class Stiff, Old or Broken incorporates the rehabilitation and modification course wisdom into a user-friendly and easily accessible class for injured students. The class provides a safe framework that allows you to work with a variety of knee, back, sacroiliac, shoulder, wrist and hamstring injuries safely, with confidence and through a series of poses that still challenges even an injured athlete while being safe enough for a novice or unfit person. It favours stabilisation and strengthening, while teaching correct alignment and leaves space for questions and tailored adjustments.

The class is suitable for beginners and advanced alike, who wish to work on alignment, postural integrity and address the causes of their injury or pain. It is very popular with beginners wishing to gain a solid understanding of yoga alignment and learn foundation poses at a slightly slower pace with more interaction with a senior instructor.