Mar

PRACTICE4YOU 2025 – 3 with NEVAL ARAS

It is one of the sections of the Advanced Teacher Training 300 programme, specifically the Asana and Anatomical Development & Transformation section.

It covers explaining and practising how advanced asanas are applied to different bodies, including anatomical details and key points for entering poses.

The pose details provided during practice are explored through specific themes, with particular attention given to areas of the body where students typically struggle.

Program Objectives

The module is structured around the theme of anatomy and function. Each section focuses on a different functional theme and works on a different area of the body. Upon completion of all sections, the types of asanas will have been practised in general terms.

To define and practise an advanced approach to poses,
Deepening the practice by experiencing pranayama and meditation states within asana practice,
To study anatomy and body differences within a cause-and-effect relationship, to work towards pathology, to be able to create a structure tailored to specific needs in order to prevent injury or deepen the pose,
Possessing anatomical knowledge to create detailed, logical, anatomically appropriate, and effective lesson plans and to support students in performing difficult poses or poses that are challenging for them, including creating detailed and varied sequences.

Program Details

It includes Practice4You Practices, each prepared as 2.5-hour sessions, based on specific physical development themes!

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Instructor

Neval Aras

Founder & Lead Educator – SensingBodyAcademy

Neval Aras is a movement anatomy specialist, educator, and founder of SensingBodyAcademy, an international platform dedicated to the study of body intelligence, emotional anatomy, and conscious movement. Her work focuses on exploring the deep relationship between the physical body, the energetic body, and cognitive awareness. Through her teaching, she bridges traditional yoga knowledge with contemporary anatomical and somatic research, creating a learning environment where movement, perception, and understanding evolve together.

Neval designs and leads anatomy-centered yoga teacher trainings, professional anatomy programs for movement specialists, and psychomotor development education for therapists and practitioners. Her approach combines analytical depth with experiential learning, helping students develop a refined capacity to observe, understand, and work with the body. Originally working extensively in Istanbul, she has contributed to the development of many yoga teachers and movement practitioners. Today, based in Spain, she works internationally, offering programs and trainings that integrate anatomy, movement science, and embodied awareness.

Her teaching philosophy views movement not only as a physical discipline, but as a sophisticated system for cultivating awareness, intelligence, and transformation through the body.

Kurucu Eğitmen / SensingBodyAcademy

Neval Aras, beden zekası, duygusal anatomi ve bilinçli hareket çalışmalarına odaklanan uluslararası bir platform olan SensingBodyAcademy’nin kurucusu, hareket anatomisi uzmanı ve eğitmendir. Çalışmaları fiziksel beden, enerji bedeni ve bilişsel farkındalık arasındaki derin ilişkiyi araştırmaya odaklanır. Öğretim yaklaşımında yoga geleneğinin bilgisini çağdaş anatomi ve somatik araştırmalarla bir araya getirerek, hareketin, algının ve anlayışın birlikte geliştiği bir öğrenme alanı oluşturur.

Neval; anatomi odaklı yoga eğitmenlik programları, hareket uzmanlarına yönelik profesyonel anatomi eğitimleri ve terapistlere yönelik psikomotor gelişim programları tasarlamakta ve yürütmektedir. Yaklaşımı analitik derinlik ile deneyimsel öğrenmeyi bir araya getirerek öğrencilerin bedeni gözlemleme, anlama ve onunla çalışma kapasitesini geliştirmeyi hedefler. Uzun yıllar İstanbul’da yürüttüğü çalışmalarla yüzlerce yoga öğretmeni ve hareket uzmanının gelişimine katkı sağlamıştır. Günümüzde merkezi İspanya’da bulunan Neval, uluslararası ölçekte anatomi, hareket bilimi ve bedensel farkındalığı birleştiren programlar sunmaktadır.

Hareket öğretisini yalnızca fiziksel bir disiplin olarak değil, beden aracılığıyla farkındalık, zeka ve dönüşüm geliştiren derin bir sistem olarak ele alır.