Yin Foundations (30 hrs)

A 3-day immersion into the depth of Yin - held through the Grace Tempany Method

25-27 September, 2026 | Cliff At Lyons, Celbridge, Co. Kildare

Who This Is For

Yoga teachers who want to deepen their understanding of Yin, beyond shapes and cues
Students who sense there is more to the practice than stretching
Teachers who feel there is something more to explore beyond teaching poses
Anyone curious about a more intelligent, body-led approach to practice
Those craving slowness, depth, and space

Training Pathways

For students wishing to complete the 100hr Art of Yin this Autumn, Functional Yin Foundations - Lower Body, offers the possibility of completing the first 3 days in person with a group of fellow trainees.
The remaining 70hrs can then be completed over 7 days online
- Part 2 - Upper Body: Oct 16-18 with Grace Tempany
- Part 3 - From Function & Feeling to Trauma & Healing: Nov 14-15 and 21-22) with Grace Tempany.
- Find more information here.

“I’ve been training with Grace Tempany since 2020, and this work has profoundly changed how I experience my body.

It moved me away from thinking about what I was doing, and into actually feeling it. Learning how to listen, how to stay, and how to recognise what was happening in real time. Over time, that built a much deeper sense of connection, between my body and mind but also the connection between sensation and response.

This training is an opportunity to experience this work for yourself - not just what I’ve learned, but how it’s shaped the way I feel and understand my body.”

— Anna

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What to Expect

This is not just a training. It’s a slowing down into the body. A re-learning of how we listen, feel, and respond. To ourselves and to others.

❋ Functional Yoga - Moving Beyond Shape

This approach is functional, not aesthetic. Rather than trying to achieve a “correct” pose, you’ll learn how to work with your body as it is including skeletal variation and individual differences.

It’s about understanding your body, and responding intelligently from there.

❋ FATE - Feeling At The Edge

Feeling At The Edge (FATE) is a core part of the Grace Tempany Method.

It’s not something that can be taught as a concept,
but it can be facilitated through how we practise.

It’s about finding a place in the body where there is clear sensation, attention, and the capacity to stay. Not pushing further, and not backing away.

This is where we begin to meet ourselves, allowing the experience to unfold over time.

This methodology is called Feeling At The Edge,
and what it reveals is often deeper than expected.

❋ Beyond Stretch - Fascia, Sensation & Nervous System

This is for you if you want to go deeper than just a “stretch”.

Rather than trying to “go deeper,” you’ll learn how to feel more clearly. We’ll explore a deeper relationship with fascia, sensation, the nervous system and the embodied experience of feeling.

And from that clarity, depth takes on a different meaning.

❋ Rebound - Stillness & the Practice of Feeling

This work is not about performing. It’s about creating time and space to feel.

Within this practice, Rebound is an essential part of it all. It’s where things begin to shift - not through doing, but through noticing.

It’s in these moments that interoception is enhanced, curiosity starts to emerge, and feeling itself becomes the practice.

From here, embodied language naturally emerges, not something to memorise, but something that comes through lived experience.

Because ultimately, you have to feel it, in order to know it.

FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions

Part I: Lower Body Surrender (Hip anatomy and lower body yin poses)
- Philosophy, Vision and Core Tenets of the Yin Practice
- Function or Aesthetics: The Unlearning begins
- Asana Lab: Lower Body Yin Poses and Functional Prop Usage
- Hip Anatomy: The Functional Approach – Anatomy and Skeletal Variation
- Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM): Lower Body Meridian & Target Area Mapping
- Rebound: Our essential component in tying the energetic and emotional bodies together
- Exploring the Mind – Considering the value of a yin approach to meditation
- The Teaching of Yin in Specific Contexts
- Yin Teaching Skills: Potential Challenges & Exploring The Courage to Teach
Part II: Upper Body Explorations (Shoulder anatomy and upper body yin poses)
- Consolidating the Functional Approach to the teaching of Yin
- Asana Lab: Upper Body Yin Poses and Functional Prop Usage
- Shoulder Anatomy: The Functional Approach – Anatomy and Skeletal Variation
- TCM: Upper Body Meridian & Target Area Mapping
- Rebound Considerations 101 - Melting Heart Explorations
- Acupressure for greater feeling and emotional healing
- Meditation – Tuning into the witness
- Self-Inquiry: Introducing the Shadow: Yin & Jung
- Yin Teaching Skills: Target Area Consolidation & Verbal Cueing
Part III: From Function & Feeling to Trauma & Healing
- 14-10-7 and Paul Grilley’s Functional Yoga Sutras
- Asana Lab: Poses for the Spine
- Spine Anatomy: The Functional Approach - Anatomy and Skeletal Variation
- TCM: Governor & Conception Vessels, Taoist Inner Alchemy Practices & Chakra Psychology
- Yinteroception, Somatics & The Wisdom of Rebound
- Meditation - Vipassana
- Are you Trauma-Yinformed? Yin as the Gateway Practice to Embodied Healing
- Yin Teaching Skills: The Inner Teacher & Refining Teacher Voice
No. This training is open to both teachers, students and practitioners.
If you’re curious about Yin and want to deepen your understanding of your own body and practice, you’re very welcome.
Absolutely. Many people join not to teach, but to experience the practice more deeply in their own body.
A mix of:
- practice
- theory
- discussion
- time to feel and integrate
The pace is slower than most trainings, with space to experience rather than rush through content.
This training is rooted in a functional approach and the Grace Tempany Method.
Rather than focusing on shapes, it centres on sensation, individual variation, and learning how to feel and respond within your own body.
No. A lot of this work isn’t something you think your way through.
It’s something you feel into, over time. It’s a life-long journey not a short destination training.
If you’ve been drawn to slow down, to understand your body more deeply, or to practise in a more honest and less performative way this work tends to resonate. And if you are still unsure, why not reach out and we can chat?