Yoga 4 Athletes 55hr Training: Rochester NY + Online

- Yoga teachers, movement specialists
- Athletes
- Athletic directors, coaches, trainers, strength & conditioning, etc.
- NO yoga experience necessary

Yoga Teachers and Movement Professionals
This training helps you expand your knowledge, confidence, and brand, increase your engagement with a wider community looking to work successfully with athletes, and generate valuable (new) revenue to help you sustain your business. CE credit with Yoga Alliance offered.

Athletes
Learn more about your body – how to find game changing, career enhancing marginal gains in performance, both mentally and physically.  Level up. This will do it.

Coaches / Trainers
We hear repeatedly that coaches and trainers from professional, Olympic, and other elite to non-elite teams bring yoga. mobility, and myofascial release techniques to successfully impact performance, injury prevention and psychological game changers to their athletes. Learn how and why in this great, unparalleled training of and with your peers.

• 14 of practical techniques training, with the focus on working with athletes, coaches, etc., including asana sequencing and alignment considerations specific to athletes’ bodies and performance goals, as well as pranayama for in competition and recovery effectiveness

• 14 of anatomy, physiology, and biomechanics – both in lecture and applied/experiential on the mat

• 10 of teaching methodology with a focus on team dynamics as well as individual athletes - including seasonal periodization, sport/gender/age considerations, common injury awareness and modifications, etc.

• 6 of sports psychology concepts, athlete mindset barriers and opportunities; best practices in visualization and mantra; working with the WHOLE athlete

• 6 of practicum, practice teaching, small group discussion, etc.

• 3 of business building techniques, brief overview of professional development, marketing yourself to teams, schools, studios, honing your brand position, etc

• 3 hours of “testing” (written and light homework)

INCLUDED IN THE TRAINING

• TUNE Yoga 4 Athletes Training Manual – over 200 power-packed pages in four color digital format; phenomenal reference tool during and post training

• Friday night 90 minute yoga/mobility class with Vanessa Airey, owner, Tru Yoga and E-RYT, FRC mobility trainer, and Yoga 4 Athletes certified

• Additional four color digital presentations (3) for the anatomy sections with anatomical illustrations and how yoga poses embody and utilize the anatomical focus

• Teaching practice sessions, guided discussions, breakout groups, access to faculty, all structured for maximum learning and impact

• Recorded Zoom sessions, at your own pace and time, training modules delivered via easy to watch, pause, resume format with accompanying practice guides.

• Detailed assessments – both teaching practicum and final test, as well as a few homework assignments

• Graduation certificate

• Practice passes: 4 drop in passes per month for March, April and May, to be used at any weekly class at Tru Yoga (passes expire at the end of each month; so use them up each month.)

• CE credit with Yoga Alliance for yoga teachers; possible CE credit with other organizations on case by case basis

LEAD TRAINER: Leslee Schenk Trzcinski

TUNE Yoga founder and national Yoga for Sports and mobility specialist, Leslee's not your average yogi or movement specialist. A full-time yoga guide and coach for over 15 years, she draws from her decorated, Olympic-level and professional athletic history, her unique yoga and anatomy training credentials (including FRC certification, NASM certified and e-RYT and CE provider), as well her own practices that helped her unlock her athletic potential, cope with an aging athlete body, recover from numerous injuries, and navigate motherhood, career and life. She equally delivers decades of success and knowledge to her athlete clients (from Olympians and world champions to weekend winners) and yoga teacher trainees and movement specialists in her salty, irreverent, humble, and ego-less way. To top it off, she honed world-class marketing and business consulting prowess with years in broadcast journalism, writing articles for national magazines, and as a senior director of marketing and branding firms working with Fortune 100 and start-up Clients. (www.tuneyoga.com)

Lynne Staropoli Boucher

Lynne is a full-time Yoga Teacher/Coach through her project Yoga Revolution. As a life-long athlete and competitive Ultimate Frisbee player, Lynne combined her passions for yoga and sport by becoming nationally trained in Yoga for Athletes. In collaboration with coaches and trainers, Lynne has led over 700+ Team Yoga sessions for varsity collegiate teams in the past decade. Her leadership with college students/athletes has been recognized nationally, reflected in a national award for innovative yoga programming on college campuses, and the opportunity to speak at the White House. She is known to provide unmatched, powerful experiences of movement, meditation, and connection. In addition to Yoga for Athletes, Lynne specializes in Acro Yoga, Paddleboard (SUP) Yoga, Yoga Service, and Yoga Retreats. (www.rocyogarevolution.com)

Brandon Williams ("BWill")

BWill is considered one of the most inspirational and transformative leaders in the Northeast. He has been described as "a genius" in what he does for athletes of all levels, ages and sports, and those seeking greater health and wellness. He uses his talents to help Clients physically, emotionally, mentally, and spiritually. He draws from his own accomplishments as a college basketball player - whereby he was just inducted into his alma mater SUNY Brockport’s athletic Hall of Fame as one of the top all-around players in program-history - as well as deep study in strength and conditioning techniques for success as a personal trainer, life coach, and motivational speaker through his B3Fit Wellness Center in Rochester, NY. He is also a multi-instrument musician/producer/song writer/live arranger/engineer. (www.b3fit.com)

Andrea Escos, PT, E-RYT

Andrea is an accomplished physical therapist of over 30 years and deeply experienced yoga teacher who believes “awareness starts from the outside in”. She’s a lifelong athlete who has a rich heritage in sports - her father was a professional soccer player alongside international legend, Pele. Her passion for this content is incredible as it brings together unmatched expertise, training, and talent in a wide range of study and application in anatomy, biomechanics, subtle body, somatics, neurology, as well as yoga asana, yoga philosophy nada yoga (sound), etc.. “As a physical therapist and yoga teacher of several decades, I see the importance of maximizing functional mobility and teach anatomy understanding as well as how to sequence classes with subtle details that result in optimal impact.”

Anderson Allen, RYT

A powerhouse in the greater Rochester community, and specifically the yoga industry. An actor, poet, writer, community activist, and amazing, gifted, and inspirational yoga teacher. Anderson leads meditations during this training, among other possible contributions. (https://www.poeticallyundefined.com)

Dr. Kim Van Orden, PhD

A clinical psychologist and Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Rochester Medical Center. Kim is passionate about research education, mentoring students, residents, and fellows in clinical research. She has played a key role in contributing to the very important content of research literacy in this training, helping us know how to discern research methodologies and design – critical for compliance by coaches and athletes. She’s an avid cyclist, x-country skier, skater, and outdoors lover.

Dr. Tom Schenk, Orthopedic Surgeon, Shoulder Specialist

A key advisor on the anatomy modules, Dr Schenk enjoys a storied and long orthopedic career with national reputation as a shoulder specialist. He also brings hip and knee repair and replacement expertise to this content with work on athletes and all segments of the population. He has a talent for making complex anatomy principles easy to understand and apply. He is a gifted athlete in his own right - a lifelong expert skier and former competitive soccer player.