Now is the time for well-deserved rest, for you and your students.
3 - 9 May 2025
yogaloft. STRASSEN (184 route d’Arlon L-8010)
with Alicia Cheung
Contrary to popular belief, the terms “strengthen” and “stretch” are not opposites. In other words, muscular tension is not offset through stretching, but through relaxation. Because the brain and nervous system influence our ability to let go and relax, Yoga teachers can help their students relax their bodies by guiding them through mental relaxation, otherwise known as non-sleep deep rest or Yoga nidra.
With relaxation comes a whole host of mental and physiological benefits:
reduced stress and anxiety
improved mood
improved memory, clarity and focus
decreased blood pressure
chronic pain relief
improved immune health, digestion, elimination
stronger cardiovascular system
Alicia Cheung E-RYT500 (Samdhana Yoga) is delighted to offer you a newly revised Therapeutic Yin Yoga and Yoga Nidra Teacher Training (50 hours) where we will explore the nervous system, subtle body and the art of relaxation through the lens of both a restorative Yin Yoga practice and conscious relaxation, Yoga Nidra. Through these two modalities, students can take their practice (and teaching) to a place of balance by understanding how the brain and nervous system are inherently responsible for our ability to stretch AND relax.
Be prepared to study neuroscience, explore and enjoy the basic postures of Yin Yoga, use of props and the deeply transformational benefits of Yoga Nidra.
Course content includes:
Daily practice of meditation, mindfulness techniques, Yoga Nidra, Yin Yoga
Integral and functional anatomy
Anatomy of the breath, diaphragm-releasing techniques, pranayama
Latest, evidence-based research on pain science, neurobiology, and fascial health
Exploration of the 24 basic postures of yin yoga including use of props, modifications and variations
Theory and practice of Yoga Nidra
Teaching methodology and sequencing principles
Yoga philosophy
Introduction to Thomas Myers’ muscle meridians
Lab and practice teaching
Upon completion, you will be qualified to teach Yin Yoga and Yoga Nidra, either separately or in combination.
Prerequisites: To receive continuing education credits, you must be 200 hour certified through Yoga Alliance. Students who are not certified can still attend and will receive a certificate of completion.
Daily Schedule:
Sat 3 May 7h30 - 17h00
Sun 4 May 7h30 - 17h00
Mon5 May 7h30 - 17h00
Tues 6 May 7h30 - 17h00
Wed 7 May 7h30 - 17h00
Thur 8 May 7h30 - 17h00
Fri 9 May 7h30 - 17h00
Price: €1100 (includes daily vegetarian lunch)
EARLY BIRD PRICING 10A% discount UNTIL 31 DEC: use code “YINYOGA10” at checkout.
About Alicia:
“I love drawing students into a kinesthetic realm of varying sensations as an invitation to go deeper into their bodies, and therefore, themselves. Holding space for another’s courageous, inner journey is a deep act of love. To do so carefully and with the intent to serve is undeniably the most rewarding life I can live. This has been my dharma for years….”
Alicia Cheung was first introduced to yoga when she was 8, but it wasn’t until 1991 at the age of 23, that she began studying yoga more formally. As Assistant Director of the Wellness Program at the Claremont Resort and Spa in Berkeley, California, she had the good fortune of mentoring with Nancy Minges, who exposed her to the teachings of Angela Farmer, Craniosacral Therapy, Feldenkreis and more. As time went on, her interests expanded to studying Iyengar yoga, Vinyasa flow, Yin Yoga and MyoFascial Release Techniques.
Life took a turn when a snowmobiling accident left her with a fractured spine. With the help of a holistic healer and yoga therapy, she fully recovered, and in 1996, she was inspired to begin studies in Traditional Chinese Medicine in Northern California. In 1998, she apprenticed with Dr. Xiao Ching Hu in Taiwan, learning many classical methods of treatment. It was in this same year that she also ventured to Nepal, and among other things, completed her first 10-Day Vipassana meditation course.
“After my first meditation retreat, I understood the power of the mind and how it can be either useful or a huge obstacle in our moment-to-moment experience. When the mind is ruled less by self-imposed limitations and more by love and kindness, this is truly the gateway to freedom.”
In 2001, she became a licensed acupuncturist and herbalist, moved to Thailand, and never looked back. There she worked as a freelance yoga teacher, nutritional counselor and acupuncturist for several detox centers and spas such as Five Senses, Napasai, The Sanctuary, The Spa, and Health Oasis.
She remained connected to her yoga tribe in the States, and in 2007, returned to California and began working with YogaWorks. With her deep love for yoga, wellness and travel, she created their Destination format for their world-renowned Vinyasa Flow program. What started out as one training in Thailand has now grown to trainings in Bali, Hawaii, Fiji and Morocco.
Alicia remains an avid student of Vipassana meditation, and has completed an 8-week Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction program based on the work of Jon Kabat Zinn. Her increased fascination with the body and the brain led her to four levels of Craniosacral Therapy studies with Leonid Soboleff, as well as participating in human dissection with Gil Hedley. Alicia creatively infuses all of her studies into her teachings. She is forever grateful and indebted to all the many teachers throughout her life.
Her students call her, “a loving, knowledgeable, intuitive and passionate life coach, teacher, and mama bear.” Alicia loves facilitating deeper journeys of self-discovery, and has lead over 30 teacher trainings in Bali, Hawaii, Thailand, Japan, Morocco, Fiji and California. She currently teaches 200-hour Vinyasa Flow trainings for YogaWorks, 100-hour Yin Yoga and MyoFascial Release trainings, 50-hour Chinese Medicine Nutritional Therapy programs, and several retreats and workshops throughout the world.
Alicia is founder of Samdhana Yoga (Bali) and a very happy mother to a teenager, Olivia.