Kirk Yoga offers online courses crafted with a precision and accuracy that raises the standard for anatomy education in the industry. Yoga teachers and body workers around the world use our online classrooms to deepen their understanding of the human body and fulfill their continuing education requirements. Martin brings his engineering skillsets and his vast knowledge of biomechanics to the fields of anatomy and injury therapeutics with unmatched skill and precision. As you advance your knowledge, your teaching skills will grow concurrently to help you better serve your students and increase your income. All courses are recorded so that you can view them at any time from anywhere and on any device as long as you have internet connection.
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Anatomy Fundamentals - 101
Experience a playful, yet professional full-spectrum tour of the human body from a yoga-based perspective. Explore in detail each of five main body regions – the spine, the pelvis, the shoulders, arms/elbows/wrists/hands, legs/knees/ankles/feet. Each body section is presented in two 90-minute sessions that include beautiful full-color anatomical images in custom 3D renderings interspersed with dynamic moving images of muscles in motion and custom video clips of Martin showing a demos of important concepts with the skeleton. Learn not only HOW the human body works but also WHY the methods and actions of a skillful yoga practice are important.
Therapeutic Essentials - 201
This course builds upon the knowledge presented in the Anatomy 101 series to illustrate fundamental therapeutic principles of the body. In these extraordinary sessions, Martin works with students with actual injuries to demonstrate how to apply these principles and empower students to overcome their injuries. The course is structured to cover the five main body regions – the spine, the pelvis, the shoulders, arms/elbows/wrists/hands, legs/knees/ankles/feet. For each body section, two 90-minute videos are dedicated to specific injuries with a first video showing direct work with injured students and a second video review deconstructing the WHY and HOW of the work with each client.
Therapeutic Biomechanics of Healing - 202
Each of the course sessions is available separately allowing you to focus on the injuries you want to learn about. Each training is focused on a specific injury and deals the causes of and the therapeutic principles needed to help deal with the injury. Martin includes content and commentary on the latest available physiological research for each injury (material not available in Therapeutic Essentials – 201). High-quality graphics illustrating each type of injury are included.
Advanced Anatomy & Therapeutic Essentials - 301
This course builds upon the knowledge presented in the Anatomy Fundamentals 101 and Therapeutic Essentials 201 series to provide much a more detailed anatomical exploration of the wrists and hands, ankles and feet, and the knees. This course takes it to the next level by exploring the intrinsic muscles and tendon sheaths of the hands, the intrinsic muscles and ligaments of the feet such as the plantar fascia, and the highly refined structures that govern the knee. It provides an in-depth understanding of injury conditions to illustrate advanced therapeutic principles of the body. Martin works with students with actual injuries to demonstrate how to apply these principles and empower students to overcome their injuries. Two 90-minute videos each are dedicated to the wrists and hands, ankles and feet, and the knees.