Body by Breath® Immersion
Purpose
Body by Breath® explores the science behind the diaphragm-vagus nerve connection and delivers a series of exercises that train and modulate your body for profound relaxation, increased body awareness, and mind-body connectivity. This is a resilience-building practice.
What to expect
Style/Lineage
Core competencies
By the end of this program, graduates will be able to…
- Describe the anatomy and physiology of stress-relief, including the Diaphragm-Vagus Nerve connection.
- Explain the physiology of the diaphragm and its importance in posture, digestion, coughing, and elimination.
- Describe the anatomy of the Vagus Nerve and the three zones we can stimulate it in: Supra-clavicular, Thoracic, and Subdiaphragmatic.
- Explore more then 10+ practices to mobilize, release, and strengthen the diaphragm.
- Practice body-based meditation techniques that are accessible to all
- Teach simple body-based meditation techniques that are accessible to all
- Guide students to use Roll Model® Therapy Ball Techniques to hasten relaxation and pain relief
- Guide savasana with an understanding of the vagus nerve, that help clients experience a body wide parasympathetic cascade of relaxation.
AYC allows each school to state and evaluate the competencies each student acquires. Students rate how well the program delivered them.
Program Emphasis
Evaluation methods
Program evaluations
- Written exam
There is a 45 question multiple choice exam
Program Faculty
Featured Faculty
Co-founder of Tune Up Fitness Worldwide and creator of the formats Yoga Tune Up®, The Roll Model® Method and Body By Breath. With more than 30 years of study in anatomy & movement, she is a pioneer in forging relevant links between the worlds of fitness, yoga, massage, athletics, and pain management. Jill is known as the Teacher’s Teacher and has trained thousands of movement educators, clinicians, and manual therapists to incorporate her paradigm-shifting self-care fitness programming into athletic and medical facilities. As the creator of some of the world’s best mobility tools, she has crafted original programs for Equinox, Golf Digest, 24 Hour Fitness, YogaWorks, and professional sports teams. Her programs help you to live better in your body with an emphasis on proprioception, mobility, breath mechanics, and recovery. Jill has presented at conferences and symposia worldwide in the fields of yoga therapy, fitness, fascia, pain, athletic performance, and mental health. She has the rare ability to translate complex physiological and biomechanical information into accessible, relevant moves that help students transform pain, dysfunction, and injury into robust fitness. Jill is a former anatomy columnist for Yoga Journal and has been featured in The NYTimes, Wall Street Journal, Prevention, Shape, Men’s Journal, Women’s Health, Yoga Journal, Self, on TODAY Show, Good Morning America & the Oprah Winfrey Network. Her video collaborations with Tom Myers, Katy Bowman, Kelly Starrett DPT & Jen Esquer DPT have been embraced worldwide. She is the author of the internationally bestselling book The Roll Model: A Step by Step Guide to Erase Pain, Improve Mobility, and Live Better in Your Body and Body by Breath: The Science and Practice of Physical and Emotional Resilience. Jill is also a contributing author on the topic of self-myofascial release in the textbook Fascia, Function and Medical Applications as well as Safe and Sound by Dr. Stephen Porges. Based in Los Angeles.
