Online Course
This product is delivered online:
- Continuing education exam
- NOTE: The text Big & Bold: Yoga for the Plus-Size Woman is required for successful completion of this exam but is not included in this version. Purchase this version only if you already own the text or ebook.
Consisting of 75 multiple-choice and true-false questions, this continuing education exam is designed to be taken after reading Big & Bold: Yoga for the Plus-Size Woman. The exam will test your knowledge of the information presented in the book, so you can work with clients looking to make yoga comfortable.
Learning ObjectivesAfter reading the book and successfully completing the 75-question exam, you will be able to do the following:
- Identify and distinguish between styles of yoga.
- Learn the stages of creating a thriving home yoga practice.
- Discover ways to use props to help with alignment and proper posture in poses.
- Evaluate proper gear to make yoga comfortable.
- Learn proper techniques for breathing.
- Demonstrate seated, kneeling, and standing poses with variations that work best for the plus-size woman.
- Learn the benefits of reclined poses.
- Recognize the myths about home practice.
- Create energizing sequences for use at home.
- Create relaxing practices and sequences for home use.
Audience
Personal trainers, group exercise instructors, yoga teachers, and other certified fitness professionals who work with plus-size women.
Author
Laura Burns is a Yoga Alliance Experienced Registered Yoga Teacher (E-RYT 200) and a certified provider of Yoga Alliance Continuing Education hours. She holds a certification with Curvy Yoga and is a certified instructor with Accessible Yoga and Punk Rock Hoops. She is a community partner with the Yoga and Body Image Coalition and the creator of the HoopAsana and Radical Body Love yoga philosophies and practices.
Burns is a leader in the world of plus-size yoga and has studied with a number of recognized experts in the field of size-inclusive yoga, including Anna Guest-Jelley (Curvy Yoga) and Abby Lentz (HeavyWeight Yoga). In addition to training with these mentors, she continues to attend workshops and trainings on a variety of yoga disciplines, teaching techniques, and innovations in props and support. She has been interviewed for or authored a number of magazine articles, blog posts, podcasts, and television spots.
Burns believes that every woman deserves to respect and honor the body she has today. Her personal mission is to help people be more present in their bodies and more loving toward themselves, moving forward toward advocating for themselves and living the life they deserve.
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