3-Hour YACEP Continuing Education Workshop – 3 Yoga Alliance CEUs
This continuing education workshop explores how modern movement science can enhance and support traditional yoga practice. Designed for yoga teachers and dedicated practitioners, the training blends classical yoga alignment with Animal Flow ground-based movement and mobility techniques that promote joint health, strength, and longevity.

Participants will explore joint-controlled mobility drills inspired by contemporary movement science alongside foundational Animal Flow positions and transitions. These techniques improve joint stability, coordination, and body awareness while supporting healthier shoulders, hips, and spine over a lifetime of practice. Through guided movement exploration and sequencing exercises, teachers will learn how to integrate mobility preparation and ground-based transitions into traditional yoga classes. The result is a more balanced approach that moves beyond passive stretching toward intelligent strength, control, and resilience.

Drawing on over four decades of experience in yoga, dance, and functional fitness education, Patty Jimenez Hamilton offers practical tools to help teachers expand their movement vocabulary while maintaining the integrity and intention of yoga practice.

Learning Objectives
Participants will:
• Understand the difference between flexibility, mobility, and joint stability
• Experience foundational Animal Flow positions and transitions
• Explore joint preparation and mobility drills that support longevity in the knees, neck, shoulders, ankles, and hips
• Learn how to incorporate mobility-based warm-ups into yoga classes
• Develop creative sequencing that blends yoga postures with ground-based movement
• Apply progressions and regressions to safely introduce new movement patterns

Instructor Bios

Patty Jimenez Hamilton, B.S., E-RYT 500, Animal Flow L1, YACEP (YA continuing education provider)

Patty Hamilton brings decades of teaching and instructor-training experience with a multidisciplinary movement background including dance, athletics, and sport conditioning. She holds ACE, ACSM, and Animal Flow Level 1 certifications and is known for creative sequencing and fluid transitions between strength, mobility, and yoga movement, integrating modern movement science including FRC-inspired mobility and StrongFirst strength principles.

Wendy Cota, B.S. (Exercise Physiology), E-RYT 500, CPT

Wendy Cota brings over 20 years of experience in yoga and fitness education. She holds ACE, ACSM, and Animal Flow Level 1 certifications and specializes in strength, mobility, and functional movement training.