Online Yoga | Sensit Yoga Somatics

Advanced Sensit Immersion Online - New series for Sensit Yoga Somatics teachers and long-term practitioners

Maja Zilih — Sun, 20 Nov 2022 10:30:00 GMT

NEW series of advanced Sensit immersions for teachers starts this December!

It is designed for you to deepen your embodiment experience and become more adept in facilitating somatic journeys for your students.

Each session contains 2 hours of practice and 30 minutes of Sensit Yoga Somatics teaching methodology.

In December, our journey will include

- the exploration of connective tissues of bones and fascia,

- harmonizing the endocrine glands,

- somatic expression of thoughts and feelings,

- awakening the cellular consciousness

Price:140 Euros before November 25th, 180 Euros after.

You can attend live or via the recording, with unlimited access.

Hours lead to Sensit Yoga 300hr Advances Studies. In case of non-live attendance (via recording), if you wish the hours to count as studies, you will need to provide written answers to about 10 questions for each session.

Mind of the Body | Bone Intelligence and Skeletal Connections

Miltos Pavlou — Mon, 27 Dec 2021 12:33:00 GMT

ORDER with the December 2022 Holiday DISCOUNT:120€

Awakening bone intelligence and embodying skeletal connections impacts our postural comfort. Our degree of comfort directly influences our physiological state and our emotional wellbeing.

This course helps us awaken the innate intelligence of the bones, and bring forth their natural and optimal alignment with space and gravity.

In addition, practicing skeletal awareness contributes to our felt sense of being grounded, well-integrated living beings, trust-worthy and safe in our environment.

For yoga practitioners and teachers, direct bone understanding is essential for balancing stability, mobility, comfort and clarity of perception in various postural arrangements.

Areas of exploration:

Embryonic development:
- Energy pathways and patterns underlying the embryonic development of bones
- Bone materialisation: Journey from energy/space to fluid, to soft tissue, to bone.
- Reversing the process for softening tension and subtle-body awareness
- Creating a safety container through the felt sense of ossification, and current bone density
- Embodying notochord for spinal softness and fluidity of body and mind

Bone breath, meditations and energy work:
- Bone marrow: Taoist energy practices of bone breathing for regenerating the bone marrow
- Visualisations of bone layers and shapes for direct skeletal awareness
- Respiratory movement of axial and appendicular skeleton
- Whole-body release through cranial and coccyx respiration
- Deep calmness and quietness of the skeleton-to-gravity experience
- Bone fluidity and skeleton suspension in the aquatic surrounding

Particular skeletal emphasis:
- Drawing support from our foundations: Feet bones and articulations
- The role of spinal, pubic disks and meniscus in effortlessness of movement.
- Front body and back body skeleton
- Legs to pelvic halves connections
- Arms to ribcage connections
- Shoulder-hip quadrilateral in 3 planes of movement.
- Heel arch for opening a dynamic space in the articulations
- Cranial bones. Practices for deep release of jaw and neck tension
- Bio-tensegrity: Periosteal fascia as a source of the skeletal continuity

Teachers will additionally benefit from

◊ Studying methodology of teaching Sensit Yoga and Somatics with emphasis on the skeleton
◊ Familiarity with sequencing based in developmental movement
◊ Teaching exercises in Zoom’s small break-out rooms
◊ Homework for consolidating the knowledge
◊ Continuous support throughout the course
◊ Joining the Sensit Yoga Somatics Teachers Community

20 Hours (15 contact, 5 non-contact) count towards
- Sensit Yoga Somatics Advanced Teacher Training 300hrs, and
- Yoga Alliance Continuing Education

Price:

360 Euros

Life-time access to all the recordings

Testimonials:

"Sensit somatic practice has a deeply calming effect on my nervous system. Every movement arises more naturally, more easily, and the strength that is being built comes without the unnecessary tension. The way Maja teaches embodied anatomy through her meditative, step by step guidance, leads me to greater depths of awareness and self-realisation.
Being guided to initiate the movement through the consciousness of each organ, bone or other tissue, brings me into the now of my being, and turns time into means of self-knowledge. Memories of the past that arise, become useful information for the future. All this results in a sense of greater sense of confidence, self-trust, and ultimately their application in our actions outside the yoga mat!"

Ιoanna Petridou, yoga teacher, graduate of Physical Education and Sports Science school, and orthopedic assistant, 2021

"Deeply relaxating and rehabilitating"

M. Konstantoulaki, 2018

"It enriches my body perception, both in exercise and in any other form of movement. It is a silent revolution for the body-mind! It immensely helped my orientation in space when I was giving shiatsu therapy" - S.K.

"I experienced a greater connection with myself, listening to what the body has to say. Greater awareness, interoception and empathy are cultivated through micro-movements and observation". - E. Korpou, Yoga Teacher RYT500 - wellness coach | Yoga healing aka Εφη Κορπου 2021

Deep, conscious, and very liberating. This practice awakens the senses, unblocks the energy and gives the feeling of freedom and authenticity. The most gentle and at the same time enjoyable way to gain knowledge of the self and empathy toward others - E. Skopa, 2020

Very caring and multidimensional approach, with exploration and living experience at its essence. The feeling of grounding is very much felt as well as a feeling of internal volume. All the senses are increased and there are no mechanical movements. The sessions connected in a very natural way therapy with yoga practice. They teaching teaches how to connect the internal body sensation and patterns with the shape of an asana. It teaches how to prioritise the experience and then allow to express itself creatively in an asana form - Daphne Ramsi 2018

Nourish your Nervous System / Sensit Somatics, Restorative Yoga and Embodied Meditation

Maja Zilih — Mon, 27 Dec 2021 12:33:00 GMT

In this course you will learn how to nourish and support your nervous system from within. Embodied learning extends beyond the mere theoretical knowledge ABOUT the nervous system. It brings about an experiential understanding that directly facilitates a more efficient nervous system regulation.

The course provides you with a 100-page manual for knowledge consolidation and continuation of your personal practice. See a free manual sample © HERE

Restorative Yoga, Sensit Somatics and Embodied Meditation are 3 practices that help balance the sympathetic and the parasympathetic pathways, something we experience as wakeful awareness, deep regeneration, quiet presence, or inner-ease. In the longer run, regular work with our nervous system leads to better management of it's changing states, quicker recognition of our patterns and triggers, and a wider variety of choices in how we respond to the external stimulation.

During the course we will engage in a wide range of practices that will nourish your bodymind and help alleviate some of the symptoms of chronic over-stimulation, such as stress, headache, insomnia, shallow breathing, inflammation, and other.

The practice interweaves restorative yoga with pranayama, somatic spiraling on the ground, embodied meditation, practical techniques of stimulating the Vagal tone.

About restorative yoga:

Restorative yoga uses gravity and other forms of support (walls, cushions, chairs blocks) to create gentle passive openings in the tissues and achieve relaxation in the entire neuro-muscular system.
Maintaining restorative postures releases, hydrates and revitalizes fascia. It allows those areas of the body that tend to accumulate stress, to gradually soften the resistance and surrender to gravity. This process calms the nervous system and can become "imprinted" as a new habit of releasing stress at will. Gradually, this practice can lead to the prevention of future accumulation of tension in the muscles, fascia and the organ system.

Sensit Somatics:

In Sensit somatics we use the ground for rolling, effortlessly spiralling, rocking, pushing and yielding into the Earth, to release tension and discover the paths of least resistance in the body. We explore the changing states of the nervous system and become familiar with natural transitions between the activity and the resting state. Movement and meditation merge into one practice of heightened proprioceptive and interoceptive awareness, gradually taking us to a place of no guidance or instruction, where the non-voluntary, spontaneous expression can emerge.

During the seminar you will engage in an embodied learning of

- The central-peripheral, somatic-autonomic nervous system divisions, the motor and sensory properties, as well as the sympathetic, parasympathetic and enteric branches of the autonomous nervous system. You will learn how to recognise and embody states, transitions and associated pathways. You will experience the flow between the sympathetic and parasympathetic limbs of the autonomic nervous system, and you will learn to stimulate the parasympathetic vagus nerve. Embodied understanding of the workings of our nervous system improves the way we respond to the demands of the environment.
- Restorative sequences that address anxiety, insomnia, chronic fatigue, difficulty in breathing, and shoulder and back pain. You will be given abundant notes with pictures of poses and props, to facilitate the continuation of your practice and your teaching.
- Short restorative sequences that can fit into your daily routine
- Chair Yoga sequence
- Somatic/interoceptive rolling on the ground - sequences that release tension from the muscles and organs.

Yoga and movement teachers will additionally benefit from learning:

- Restorative Manual for Teachers, including whole class sequences as well as restorative postures for regular yoga classes. See some samples here
- Modifications of postures to accommodate different students' needs
- Chair yoga sequence
- Methodology of teaching restorative yoga
- Sequences for easier somatic rolling on the ground
- Sensit Yoga Methodology
- Meditation techniques

Price: 360 Euros

What's included:

- Life-time access to the recordings

- 100-page manual

- Questionnaire for teachers and assessment of the answers

This workshop is open to all practitioners.

For yoga teachers, this program counts as:

- 15 hours of continuing Yoga Alliance education

- 20 hours (15 contact, 5 non-contact) of Sensit Yoga Studies 100hrs, and of Advanced 300 Sensit Yoga Studies

- Questionnaire for teachers and assessment of the answers

For the teachers' certification, the questionnaire of 30 questions must be filled in and submitted for review.

4 Sessions of Nervous System Regulation and Support

Maja Zilih — Mon, 27 Dec 2021 12:33:00 GMT

During these 4 sessions we will engage in a wide range of practices that will nourish your bodymind and help alleviate some of the symptoms of chronic over-stimulation, such as stress, headache, insomnia, shallow breathing, inflammation, and other.

The practice interweaves restorative yoga with pranayama, somatic spiraling on the ground, embodied meditation, practical techniques of stimulating the Vagal tone.

About restorative yoga:

Sensit Somatics:

Price: 90 Euros

Special discounted price 75 Euros, for 3 days after the Free Live Facebook event

Price includes a a life-time access to the recordings

This workshop is open to all practitioners.

To get the best out of the event, you will need

1-2 yoga bolsters, or stacks of pillows, folded blankets, rolled-up sleeping bags

2 blankets,

4 yoga blocks, or books, A4 paper packs

1 yoga strap, or scarf, coat belt, long towel

1 big towel

RECORDED | Sensit Yoga Somatics Immersions I-II-III

Miltos Pavlou — Sun, 22 Aug 2021 14:18:00 GMT

ORDER with the December 2022 Holiday DISCOUNT: 350€

Sensit Yoga Somatics Immersions I, II and III

Virtual LIVE online Workshops | Recorded 2K/FHD Workshops

lead to

Sensit Yoga™ Teaching Fundamentals – diploma

(prerequisite: existing 200hr diploma)

Hours also count towards:

►Sensit Yoga 300hr Advances Studies and

►Yoga Alliance International 300hr Advanced Yoga Studies

The essence of the Sensit Yoga teaching methodology is engaging students in an embodied self-inquiry and self-exploration.

Students learn to work with felt experiences and sensations. They begin to trust the support they discover in their own body, and start to feel inspired and empowered by the guidance from within.
The guidance that the teacher offers is the key in this process. It facilitates the students' interoceptive journey, and helps them navigate in this new space in a way that can lift the curtains of conditioning, change old habits, and open the door to new landscapes.
Immersions offer an existing yoga teacher comprehensive material that is very well balanced between practical experience and methodology of teaching, so that each teacher can expand their embodiment practice, and at the same time acquire the necessary skills to lead their students in the path of Sensit Yoga.

Embodied anatomy explorations are inspired by Body-Mind Centering

Sensit IMMERSION I | 18h

18 hours (14 contact, 4 non-contact)

The Practice:

►Origins of movement: Embryology and developmental movement
►Relationship to gravity and space as our fundamental source of support. Actions of yield, push reach and pull
►Pranayama for awakened, embodied breathing
►Anatomy of the Breath: Lungs and Diaphragms
►Cellular, Embryonic and Mobious Breath

Sensit Yoga Philosophy, Methodology, and Teaching:

►Sensit yoga class structure
►Intelligent sequencing: Sequencing asana class from a developmental perspective. Designing classes with focus on the body systems
► Teaching interoceptive awareness. Articulation that engages students in self-inquiry and exploration. Vocabulary that empowers students to rely on their sensations, work with felt experience, and discover guidance from within. Giving students homework and helping them assimilate and apply the knowledge gained in your class.
►Functional movement, coordination movement and intelligent strength, to complement yoga asana, and prevent injury, with special focus on the beginner yoga students
►Anatomy of the breath, and pranayama for embodied breathing
►Conscious touch and self-touch for enhancing awareness and repatterning.
►Embodied Yoga pholosophy: Integrating the philosophy of yoga in your classes in a practical, comprehensive and embodied way
►Teacher's tools: Research, preparing and unpacking the educational material in regular classes

Price - Paypal Direct payment links:

220 Euros

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10% discount for payments of all three immersions

738 Euros

Sensit IMMERSION II | 18h

18 hours (14 contact, 4 non-contact)

The Practice:

►Biotensegrity and the system of Fascia
►The Skeletal Connections

Sensit Yoga Philosophy, Methodology and Teaching:

►Intelligent sequencing. Sequencing asana class with a focus on the whole: Fascia as our largest connective and sensory network
►Teaching interoceptive awareness: Repatterning old habits by awakenning consciousness in the body. Articulation that engages students in self-inquiry and exploration. Vocabulary that empowers students to rely on their sensations, work with felt experience, and discover guidance from within. Methods for helping students assimilate the knowledge gained in your class.
►Stira Sukham Asanam: Help your students experience incredible amount of support and comfort, by awakening their skeletal connections.
►Teacher's tools: Research, preparing and unpacking the educational material in regular classes
►Teacher's tools: Designing an effective workshop

Price - Paypal Direct payment links:

220 Euros

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10% discount for payments of all three immersions

738 Euros

Sensit IMMERSION III | 30h

30 hours (21 contact, 9 non-contact)

The Practice:

►The Fluid Body
►Embodying the Koshas
►Endocrine System / Pranamayakosha, Chakras and Vayus
►Pranayama and Bandhas for beginners and advanced
►The Organ System
►The Nervous system / Restorative Yoga, Somatic Rolling, Pranayama and Meditation

Sensit Yoga Philosophy, Methodology and Teaching:

►Intelligent sequencing: Designing classes and sequencing with focus on the fluids.
►Designing classes and sequencing with focus on the Energy body - Chakras, Vayus and the endocrine system.
►Designing classes and sequencing from the Nervous System. Restorative asana and tension release through somatic rolling.
►Teaching interoceptive awareness: Repatterning old habits by awakenning consciousness in the body. Articulation that engages students in self-inquiry and exploration. Vocabulary that empowers students to rely on their sensations, work with felt experience, and discover guidance from within. Methods for helping students assimilate the knowledge gained in your class.
►Embodied Yoga pholosophy: Integrating the philosophy of yoga in your classes in a practical, comprehensive and embodied way

Price - Paypal Direct payment links:

380 Euros

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10% discount for payments of all three immersions

738 Euros

Immersion are independent, and can be attended separately.

The three immersions together lead to Sensit Yoga™ Teaching Fundamentals diploma

Immersions are open to all practitioners and movement educators, but they are of most use to yoga teachers with at least 1 year of teaching experience.

Price Immersion I - Paypal Direct payment link:

220 Euros

Price Immersion II - Paypal Direct payment link:

220 Euros

Price Immersion III - Paypal Direct payment link:

380 Euros

10% discount for payments of all three immersions

738 Euros

If you are a yoga teacher, the hours count towards to Sensit Yoga Advanced Studies and towards Yoga Alliance 300/500hrs.

There is a continuous support throughout the program that helps one with the material comprehension and integration. You will join our Facebook group Sensit Yoga Teachers Community

RECORDED | Free Virtual Yoga classes

Miltos Pavlou — Mon, 10 May 2021 17:14:00 GMT

Sensit Yoga™ | with Maja Zilih

Sensit Yoga™ videos under the guidance of Maja Zilih, E-RYT500 are now accessible through the categories below, or at the Sensit Yoga Youtube Channel

Somatics for Scoliosis | Sensit Somatics Workshop with Maja Zilih

Maja Zilih — Mon, 19 Apr 2021 16:15:00 GMT

Price: 110 Euros

In Sensit Somatics for the Scoliosis we explore our beautiful asymmetry and respond to the needs of our body.

We listen to sensations deep within our spine and pelvis, and we move gently to stimulate the dormant/compressed areas, and soften and relax the tense, overworked ones.

We embody our skeletal connections and myofascial tissues, as well as our respiratory, fluid, and nervous systems.

While we observe and address the physiological uniqueness of each side, we also become aware of the related psycho-emotional patterns and attitudes that we have adopted over time.

We bring the two sides into a respectful dialogue, continuous fluid exchange and dynamic integration.

Our body is a living, breathing bio-tensegrity system, within which everything is interconnected. Once we increase our sensory ability, we can harness our unevenness, from the perspective of a unified whole that we are.

In these sessions you will:

- Increase somatic awareness by actively listening to your body in movement
- Observe how the body has shaped your breath, and use the breath to re-shape your body.
- Use sound and self-touch to regain trust, awareness and sensitivity.
- Perceive, access and influence your internal spaces through imagery.

Sensit Somatics help us cultivate patience, self-acceptance and love for living in a beautifully asymmetrical body.

By offering our full presence and lovingkindness to a compressed organ or an overworked muscle, we invite the process of healing to unfold. We repattern a habitual way of thinking about scoliosis as an asymmetrical deficiency, and discover our own unique way to wholeness that is our essential nature.

For teachers, hours count as 4hrs of Sensit Yoga and Somatics education

RECORDED | 90-min Sensit Somatics

Miltos Pavlou — Wed, 10 Mar 2021 11:00:00 GMT

On this page you may find and buy Ultra High Definition / 4K recordings of Maja's selected Virtual Sensit Yoga Somatics Sessions to watch and practice at home