yoga asana anatomy
with Dr. Hermann Traitteur
Theory, Practice + Therapeutic Applications
An Online 3-Part Workshop Series
Series of 3 Sessions: $199+gst
Single Session: $75+gst
Live Online
Don't miss out on this exceptional opportunity to study with an orthopedic doctor, director of the Iyengar Yoga Institute of Berlin and a leading expert in the integration of anatomy and yoga.
Hips, Knees + Ankles
Explore the anatomy and pathologies of the hip, knee and ankle joints. Learn common ailments and clinical overviews of the three leg joints. Practice asanas and modifications to help with specific conditions and discover how to use props therapeutically.
Saturday, May 24 | 9:00-11:30am MT (Calgary Time)
Shoulders, Elbows + Wrists
Explore the anatomy and pathologies of the shoulder, elbow and wrist joints. Learn common ailments and clinical overviews of the 3 joints. Practice asanas and modifications to help with specific conditions and discover how to use props therapeutically.
Saturday, July 12 | 9:00-11:30am MT (Calgary Time)
The Spine + Trunk
Explore the anatomy and pathologies of the lumbar and cervical spine. Learn common ailments and clinical overviews. Practice asanas and modifications to help with specific conditions and discover how to use props therapeutically.
Saturday, August 9 | 9:00-11:30am MT (Calgary Time)
Recordings included with registration (available for 14 days)
Can't attend live? Register for the recordings and they will be sent along after each session.
Once registered, please check your email for important information regarding the workshop, including the Zoom link.
*Live Online means this event is hosted through Zoom and is interactive.
*CIYogi members and 12 month pass holders receive 25% off and 3 weeks access to recordings.
World-renowned Yoga Anatomy Expert, Dr. Hermann Traitteur comes to Calgary to share his in-depth knowledge of yoga anatomy and its applications to healthy practice, injury prevention and working intelligently with common ailments.
The structure of this weekend workshop will be a mixture of theory and practice through power point presentations, followed by asana practice, connecting the theory. The content of the workshop is based on Dr. Traitteur's book, Yoga Asana Anatomy.
Order your copy of the book HERE.
This workshop is for:
+ active, health conscious people
+ yoga students of all levels and traditions
+ yoga teachers and apprentices looking to deepen their understanding of anatomy and applications
+ those looking for intelligent approaches to movement to keeps bones and muscles healthy as we age
+ those looking for ideal ways to work wisely with common ailments and injuries
+ those interested in yoga as therapy
+ those looking to prevent injuries
About Dr. Hermann Traitteur
Dr. Hermann Traitteur grew up in the southern German town of Munich, where in the late 1980s, he first came into contact with Iyengar Yoga. After the fall of the Berlin Wall, he moved to Berlin in 1990, where he studied medicine and began his medical career at an orthopedic clinic. When he was studying medicine in Berlin, he also participated in a Teacher Training Program at the Iyengar Yoga Institute of San Francisco. Following his certification with the Iyengar Yoga National Association of the United States (IYNAUS), he furthered his education through annual stays at the Ramamani Iyengar Memorial Yoga Institute (RIMYI) in Pune, India.
In 1994, Hermann Traitteur and Claudia Böhm established Yoga Mitte — the first Iyengar Yoga studio in the former eastern part of Berlin. In the early 2000s, Hermann and Claudia were joined by Annette Herrenleben, who had been studying and assisting under the guidance of the Iyengar family at RIMYI in Pune for more than a decade. With B.K.S. Iyengar’s blessings, Yoga Mitte was renamed the Iyengar Yoga Institute of Berlin.
In addition to teaching regular yoga classes, Hermann Traitteur opened a yoga therapy practice in the same location. Since the end of the 1990s, Hermann has been a lecturer and assessor for Iyengar Yoga Teacher Training Programs throughout Germany. His dissertation, published in 2012, is a study of the effects of Iyengar Yoga on chronic neck pain.
About the Book Yoga Asana Anatomy
In the late 1990s, Hermann Traitteur began to teach anatomy and physiology through the nascent German Iyengar YogaTeacher Training Program. He developed handouts for the courses as he found the majority of anatomy textbooks were too complicated for the purposes of Iyengar Yoga and too difficult to understand for those without a background in medicine. From these emerged the book „Yoga Asana Anatomie“ first published in 2016, in German. Three years later came the English translation, which has gained greater depth and scope due to useful contributions made by Lois Steinberg and others. Yoga Asana Anatomy aspires to be readable and accessible to those without extensive medical knowledge. It is also intended to be a fascinating and informative guidebook for those with medical expertise. The text is constructed so that each theme’s anatomical explanations are coupled with corresponding color pictures. References are made to asana and to pathology, or, different health problems that can arise in the musculoskeletal system. Tips are provided about asanas that can be practiced as preventative measures. The explanations continually return to those found in the standard works of Iyengar Yoga. The book begins with a presentation of different concepts of the human, from the natural sciences to yoga philosophy.
