Myofascial Yoga and Mindful Ethics

Myofascial Yoga and Mindful Ethics is a yoga workshop held live on Zoom from Scarborough, Ontario, Canada, led by Christine Wushke. It brings myofascial yoga together with mindfulness-based movement, looking at how fascia awareness and nervous system science can deepen a yoga practice. It is Module 7 of the 200-hour Myofascial Yoga Teacher Training, and it can also be taken on its own for Yoga Alliance Continuing Education Credits or simply to bring myofascial yoga into your own practice.

What to Expect

The live session runs on a Sunday from 10 am to 3 pm Mountain time. Together you apply myofascial principles to the classical yoga poses and look at core yoga concepts, including mindfulness, non-violence and the source of true contentment, through the lens of polyvagal theory.

Topics include:

- Traditional yoga concepts alongside the modern science of nervous system regulation
- How polyvagal theory applies to yoga and other mindfulness-based movement practices
- Ball placement in yoga poses, with a focus on interoception and nervous system regulation for pain management
- Fitting traditional yoga philosophy, including mindfulness and non-violence, into a modern scientific framework
- How biotensegrity principles can bring more freedom and ease to yoga postures
- Why and how mindfulness-based movement can improve quality of life and reduce pain, anxiety and depression

The aim is practical: simple, impactful ways to increase mobility, decrease pain and feel more at ease in your body, along with a way to bring mindfulness-based movement into every class you teach.

About Christine Wushke

Christine Wushke is a yoga and meditation teacher, Reiki teacher and Hakomi therapist based in Okotoks, Alberta, with more than twenty years of experience helping people find wellness and spiritual transformation. Her teaching centres on Myofascial Yoga, a fascia-informed, nervous system-friendly approach that blends mindful movement, functional strength and gentle myofascial release using simple items found at home. She offers 200-hour and 300-hour Myofascial Yoga teacher trainings, workshops that qualify for Yoga Alliance Continuing Education Credits, and Fascia-Informed Reiki classes. Her courses draw on neuroscience, polyvagal theory, pain science, biotensegrity and Hakomi-informed mindfulness, and her work is inclusive, accessible and trauma-informed.

Before You Go

The workshop is taught in English. No level or prerequisite is listed. It is framed for yoga teachers in training, for those seeking continuing education, and for practitioners curious about adding myofascial work to their practice.

Registration includes:

- The live Zoom session
- Six hours of self-paced video and audio content
- Self-study and practice guides, unlocked when you register
- Monthly bonus practice sessions, with replays
- Lifetime access to the course content
- Use toward Yoga Alliance continuing education credits

The bonus practice sessions take place once a month on the Wednesday "teenth", a date between the 13th and 19th. Attending them live is optional, but they are a chance to practice with community and ask questions about the month's content. Replays are part of the course package for extra practice time.