Melissa Nordin
Wellness, Nutrition, Education & Yoga
Alignment is Everything : Yoga & Plumb Line Intensive Clinic
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Does one side of your body feel more balanced than the other?
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Learn about your Plumb line to understand your body in space
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Learn to improve on common poses during yoga practice, tone muscle, protect joints, and gain core strength
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Learn YOUR alignment and go deeper on and off the mat
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200 hr YTT training

Pump You Up! Yoga Muscles Intensive Clinic
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Learn the secret to strong & powerful “yoga” muscles
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Muscles work together in families (force couples) during your yoga practice
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Improve strength & stamina in key poses: standing, seated, back bending, balancing, inversions and twisting poses
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Power up and go deeper into your yoga muscles, learn when to bind, build your personal growth in inversions, and take flight in your yoga practice
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200 hr YTT training

From Back Pain to Back Bends : Spine Intensive Clinic
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Prevent back pain, go deeper in back bends, and reverse the weekly stress on your spine
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Advance to the next level of your practice in Forward Folds, Side Bends, and Twists
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Learn about the 5 Spinal movements and where you fit in
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Improve strength, endurance & flexibility in your spine, back and core
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200 hr YTT training

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Hands On experience of the body in motion during yoga practice
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Evidence-based science practices from National Academy of Sports Medicine - NASM
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Topics include: Muscle Families, Joints & Connective Tissues, Spinal Movement, Posture, Alignment & Plumb Line
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Yoga teachers: Brush up on anatomy terms, postures, and connect with your class on a deeper level
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Yoga students: Peek inside a Teacher Training Program! Deepen your personal practice.Everyone can attend these Master Clinics
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**All 2.5 hr courses are approved by Yoga Alliance for continuing education & CPUs

Connecting the Dots : Your Joints & Yoga Intensive Clinic
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Joints are for stability and form a pillar to build your practice
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Some joints are for movement, and some are for stability
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​Learn to smooth out your transitions during yoga practice
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Learn to strengthen the tendons and ligaments around the joints
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Safely explore the boundaries of your range of motion, and go deeper in yoga poses
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200 hr YTT training
What Moves You? Total Body Flexibility Intensive Clinic
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There are 8 glorious ways your body moves in yoga practice
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Your movements and range of motion are unique to you
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Wondering if binding poses are ever going to happen?
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This intensive clinic builds body awareness and helps us recognize why it is ok that we all look different
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Learn tricks, cheats, and tips to going deeper in forward folds, balance poses, standing series, inversions, and more
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200 hr YTT training

Yoga Anatomy For Everyone
Anatomy & Physiology Intensive Master Clinics
RYT 200 YogaTeacher Training & Master Course Descriptions
RYT 500 Yoga Teacher Training & Master Classes
Systems of the Body : Advanced Physiology Intensive Clinic
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The Brain on Yoga
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Cardiovascular and Respiratory benefits of regular practice
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Neurological functions and benefits during practice
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Physiology of breath, concentration, and meditation within asana practice
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Muscle Recruitment and ongoing research applications of Yoga
Inside a Private Session : Private Yoga Teacher Intensive Clinic
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Evaluate a student in a private setting using evidence based tools and forms
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Learn to assess range of motion, movement & plumb line
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Tailor yoga lesson plans & personalize student "homework"
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Writing a client report, plan of action, & record keeping
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Interviewing a client and asking the right questions
Yoga as Therapy : Clinical Aspects of Yoga Intensive Clinic
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Low back pain, Diabetes, Hypertension, Joint Injury
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What happens to the mind/body connection in yoga practice
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The value yoga has for the student in their own care and treatment
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Yoga as Therapy for Addiction, Depression, Eating Disorders, Menopause, MS, Parkinsons, PTSD, Smoking Cessation, Trauma, Veterans, etc.
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Yin Yoga, meditation, visualisation techniques, modifications
Advanced Anatomy Application : Hands-On Advanced Adjustments Intensive Clinics - 2 Sessions
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How to modify yoga poses for all Yoga Bodies
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Brush up on joints, muscles, and tendons
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Recognize individual anatomy challenges and tailor specific alignment adjustments
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Recognize forces, joint moments, and muscle movement recruitment patterns to safely adjust any student
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Part 1: Sun Salutations A&B and standing poses (AM)
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Part 2: Seated poses, back bending, forward folds, savasana (PM)