Anatomy of Movement Immersion

PROGRAM STRUCTURE & DATES

CURRICULUM & SCHEDULE

MEET THE TEACHER

PAYMENT & POLICIES

This 20-hour training begins with a course of 8 online classes where we focus on a specific part of the body each week. The online classes will be primarily lecture-based with some embodied experimentation. We will spotlight yoga poses, gym exercises and common daily activities, using these as practice material between classes.

The training will culminate with a weekend immersion of movement and application, where we’ll really bring the anatomy to life through locomotion exercises, yoga poses, and even some weight lifting. For the immersion, you have the option to join in person at our studio or online from home. There will be plenty of time for all of your questions + curiosities to be addressed!

8-week Online Course: Oct 6 - Nov 24
Tuesdays 7pm-8:30pm

Immersion Weekend: December 12-13
Saturday 1:00-5:30pm
Sunday 1:00-5:30pm

• Week 1 - Hips
  • Using the lens of warrior poses from yoga, squats in strength training, daily movements of bending down to pick something up, we’ll learn about the concept of Centration. 
    
• Week 2 - Shoulders
  • Through investigating Downward and Upward Dog Pose, throwing, hanging, lifting dumbbells, and the way that the arms swing in walking, we’ll explore the concept of Tensegrity.
    
• Week 3 - Upper Spine, Ribs & Diaphragm
  • Looking at twists and side bends as well as climbing, hanging and breathing, we’ll explore the concept of the Figure 8 and Shoulder Undulation.
    
• Week 4 -Lower Spine & Pelvis
  • Through exploration of forward bends, deadlifts and sitting, we’ll deepen our understanding of Muscle Activation with short vs long muscle, and uncoupling hip, pelvis and lumbar flexion.
    
• Week 5 - Knee
  • Using Warrior poses, lunges and chair pose, as well as squats and climbing stairs, we’ll learn about Negotiator Joints and training active limits within articular limits.
    
• Week 6 - Wrist, Elbow & Hand
  • With the lens of yoga Arm balances, plank, down dog, as well as push-ups, and all the common daily movements like pouring coffee, crawling, weight bearing with arms, we’ll learn about the concepts of Metacenter and oblique entry.
    
• Week 7- Ankle & Foot
  • Exploring balancing poses, warrior poses and walking and running, we’ll learn about the Lower Kinetic Chain. 
    
• Week 8- Neck & Head
  • Using Bridge pose, weightlifting, and computer work and cellphone use as examples, we’ll explore Kinetic Energy and Undulation. 

We will start each day with an immersive dynamic movement class (1 hour and 15 minutes), followed by specific exercises and motifs that will mix theory into practice.

On Saturday we will focus on:

• Differentiating hip flexion from spine flexion
• Contralateral movement (walking, stepping, running, lunging, crawling)
• Getting into and out of the floor using landing pads and folding/unfolding

On Sunday we will vote on which poses and movements we will cover from each of the following categories:

• Yoga poses/asana
• Gym/rehab exercises (or maybe the goal we want to achieve)
• Activities of daily living

Madeleine is a body researcher and educator, a certified Axis Syllabus teacher, a doctor of chiropractic, crafter, cafe co-owner, and artist. She lives a double life in a small volcanic town in Patagonia, Argentina and in the big jungle city Toronto, Canada. She is curious about how we become intimate with our anatomies and their movement, how we engage with agency and power over our bodies, and how we connect our bodies with others. She looks to expand her learning and teaching through curiosity, which is her main pedagogical tool.

She has had the pleasure of teaching embodied anatomy and movement classes, both online and in person, independently, and as a guest teacher at The Branches, SpiritLoft, and Cornerstone Studio. She has taught at Axis Syllabus intensives in Brazil, and is the co-founder of MADACA, a 2-headed monster made up of Madeleine and her collaborator Camila Seeger. MADACA runs the CONTINUED INTEGRATION series, which combines theory and embodiment practices as a way of to deepen learning and to commune intimately with one's body. Her approach to teaching anatomy in the context of yoga combines her experience as a yoga practitioner and dancer, her studies of the Axis Syllabus, and her training as a chiropractor, to center safety, discovery and consent while understanding the body as a whole in all its complexity