Fascia-Informed Yoga: A Self-Myofascial Release Workshop at World Peace Yoga

For yoga teachers, trainees and dedicated practitioners. Learn to weave self-myofascial release into any yoga class, or deepen your own practice. In this 3-hour live, hands-on workshop, you'll practice simple ball, block and roller techniques, learn how they affect tissue fluid and the nervous system, and leave with ready-to-teach openers matched to common peak poses.

New to self-myofascial release? Read my guide: What Is Self-Myofascial Release?

3 Yoga Alliance Continuing Education contact hours (Techniques, Training & Practice 1.0, Teaching Methodology 1.0, Anatomy & Physiology 1.0).

What we cover

• Fascia essentials for yoga teachers: what fascia is, its layers, and why slow pressure and movement help tissue glide and calm the nervous system

• The technique ladder, practiced on your own mat: compression, rolling, shearing, cross-fibering, pinning, winding and scribbling, with gentle, medium and targeted options

• Test, roll, retest: using yoga poses before and after release so students feel the change

• Class prescriptions matched to the peak pose: forward folds, backbends, shoulders and inversions, hip openers, twists, standing balance and restorative classes

• Safe group teaching: an opening check-in script, key cautions, modifications and props, and clear cueing for intensity and breath

• Practice teaching in small groups, with peer feedback

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Workshop outline

3 hours, live and hands-on, with 1 CE contact hour in each Yoga Alliance category:

• 0:00 Welcome, safety and scope: the opening check-in script, red flags and when to refer, "no nerves, no bones, no swelling," and teaching self-release only

• 0:15 Fascia for yoga teachers (Anatomy & Physiology): what fascia is, its layers, tissue fluid and glide, the nervous system, and why where it hurts is often not where it starts

• 0:45 The technique ladder on your mat (Techniques, Training & Practice): compression, rolling, pinning, shearing, cross-fibering, winding and scribbling with balls, a block and a roller, plus gentler options

• 1:25 Break

• 1:35 MFR matched to the peak pose (Teaching Methodology): prime, background and downregulate; practice openers for forward folds, heart openers and hip openers with test, roll, retest

• 2:15 Teach it: the cueing bank, group set-up, and modifications for pregnancy, osteoporosis, hypermobility and students who can't get to the floor; practice-teach a 10-minute opener

• 2:45 Q&A and wrap-up: questions and your take-home teaching guide

Who it's for

Yoga teachers, trainees and dedicated practitioners. Everyone practices together: you'll feel the test, roll, retest change in your own body, learn the techniques and the why behind them, then see how to teach it. Teachers and trainees earn 3 CE contact hours, and dedicated students leave with a home routine. No experience with myofascial release needed.

What to bring

Your mat and a water bottle. Please bring myofascial release balls if you have them (or 2 tennis balls in a sock), a towel, 2 yoga blocks, and a foam roller if you have one. No gear? Marda brings extras to share.

Want your own release balls?

Left to right: RAD Recovery Rounds (2 soft balls, $25) · RAD Rounds (3 sizes, $18) · RAD Centre (inflatable belly and hip ball, $25, sold separately by RAD and currently out of stock).

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About your teacher

Marda Zechiel is a 500-hour E-RYT and Yoga Alliance Continuing Education Provider with 18 years of teaching experience, and she completed Yoga Medicine's Myofascial Release Training. She is the founder of Marda Yoga and creator of the Alignment Yoga Sculpt Teacher Training, and has trained more than 175 teachers in 11 countries across 5 continents. Her teaching is strong, kind and practical: you'll leave with tools you can use in your very next class.

Cancellations and refunds

• This workshop runs with a minimum of 6 participants. If it doesn't reach that by November 13, you'll receive a full refund.

• Need to cancel? Cancel up to 7 days before the workshop for a full refund. After that, you can transfer your spot to a friend.

FAQ

Bring this workshop to your studio

Workshops are scheduled by request. Want one in your area? Email thepowerofyoga@mardayoga.com.

This workshop teaches self-myofascial release as a yoga practice and teaching skill. It does not cover diagnosis or treatment of any health condition.