VeraFlow is the dance-based stretch class with mindfulness
Who is Vera?
Not my great aunt!
Vera means 'true' in Italian and VeraFlow is all about
finding your true flow in body and mind
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WHAT HAPPENS IN A VERAFLOW CLASS?
So, it's a dance class with some stretching and relaxation at the end?
Not exactly. The stretching is mixed into the dance routines and continues throughout the class.
All the routines are choreographed to the music.
The class starts with a warm-up, progresses through standing routines, then moves to the floor and finally to a mindfulness exercise where you most likely be sitting or lying down on a mat on the floor.
What is Mindfulness?
Being mindful is not falling asleep!
Yes, the mindfulness section at the end of the class is usually a relaxing experience and that's because you're finally giving yourself time to just be with you.
Mindfulness meditation and visualisation exercises can help you to calm your mind and to find peace. They can help you to get a clearer understanding of how things really are – to get perspective.
Once you get good at being mindful you'll find that how you react to your every day life will begin to change. Aim to bring mindfulness into your workouts too throughout your VeraFlow classes.
"You just have to experience it"
or so they say
is for you if...
You love to dance and you love great music
The whole class is choreographed to music that will move you.
If you used to dance a VeraFlow class will take you back
and give you those butterly feelings again.
Throughout a VeraFlow class you'll hear a mix of different music styles.
Click below for a link to one of our playlists
Naomi I just want to say THANK YOU for touching us
VeraFlow instructors with the most incredibly moving music. There isn't one tune on either playlist
that I don't utterly adore!
I urge anyone that hasn't already to try a #‎VeraFlow class find an instructor near you and try it - I promise you will feel free of tension, stress and tightness its just bliss.
You know what it's like to feel stressed
Put your hand up if you feel stressed at least once a day.
We recently did a poll on Twitter and found that 86% of people feel stressed every day and the remaining 14% felt stressed at least once a week!
Exercise is well-dcocumented to help you feel in better spirits, add mindfulness into the mix and you've got a recipe for living a much less stressful life.
As an instructor not only will you be helping yourself but you'll have the opportunity to make a massive impact on many lives helping people to live stress-free.
You have muscular pain
There really is no need to live with muscular pain in your life.
If your muscles hurt you could go for a massage - sounds nice but just add up how much that will cost you each week!
Or you could teach regular VeraFlow classes which will give you a workout, improve your flexibility, balance and coordination as well as train you to be more mindful.
This is a huge selling point for participants but think of how it can benefit you as well. After all your livelihood counts on your body!
According to many class participants you'll feel like you had a full body massage
(no, not one of the nice relaxing ones, but a sports massage. So you'll get the benefit but without the elbows digging into you!)
You find yoga and pilates boring
Just as VeraFlow is not for everyone, yoga and pilates are not for everyone either.
That is, everyone is able to them with the correct instruction, but
not everyone will want to participate or want to teach. And that's ok.
If you find yoga and pilates boring, VeraFlow offers an alternative with engaging music, a variety of interesting stretching techniques and
mindfulness practise without any of the weird spiritual stuff.
Plus points for instructors as well as participants.
You need to teach classes which look after your body instead of make it fall apart!
Programs like Zumba have contributed to injuries and pain because we've been making our bodies perform movements they weren't used to doing.
In addition, the huge rise in popularity of HIIT concepts has meant we are putting our bodies under extreme strain to keep up with the latest trends.
Even yoga, traditionally a restorative program, has turned competitive for many people who instead of listening to their bodies, try to get into poses that their body isn't quite ready for.
These programs are not bad. But you need to give your body a chance to rest and recover otherwise it will probably lead to injuries, muscle tension and stress.
There is no impact in a VeraFlow class and it will be a welcome relief and restorative class to balance out your current class timetable.
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I always enjoy your Zumba class Cath but VeraFlow wow I really feel I've stretched parts of my body I didn't know I had!!! Lovely dance moves and the mediation/mindfulness at the end made me soooo calm and relaxed. Loved it come on ladies give it a go.
Brilliant Zumba class as always but VeraFlow! Wow! It was amazing! Will definitely be going next week! Great stretches, great routines and fab music! Thanks Cathie! Xxx
THIS IS WHAT YOU'LL GET
Instant access to videos, worksheets, audio files and transcripts to make it easy for you to learn whatever your preferred learning style.
Work at your own pace and in your own time.
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You can implement what you learn in your current classes and in your own life even before completing your training and becoming a licensed VeraFlow Instructor
A small group 9-hour training day with either Naomi - Creator of VeraFlow - or with one of the VeraFlow Masters.
You will put into practise everything you learn in the online training, get clarity on any questions you have and receive personal feedback
Naomi and the VeraFlow Masters will be there for you to answer any questions you might have by email.
You'll also have access to the exclusive forum for the VeraFlow team so you can connect with and get advice from a variety of people all over the world.
The online training modules are:
Introduction
This section will help you plan out your study and understand the training process
What is VeraFlow?
We’ll cover the description, a little bit of the background story, what people say about VeraFlow, and the branding so you know exactly what we stand for and how to talk about the program.
Benefits of VeraFlow
Find out who will benefit from the class and how they will benefit, so you’re able to talk about VeraFlow to people and make it the solution to the issue they are looking to solve.
Contraindications and Precautions
Learn about who shouldn’t be taking a VeraFlow class and who to be careful with and provide modifications for.
Principles and types of stretching
There are a lot of different types of stretching which you may not even be aware about. We’ll talk about these and identify the types of stretching we use in VeraFlow classes. We will look at how your body reacts during the stretches and how to make the exercises more effective.
Warm-up recap and Format of the Class
Here we’ll be looking at the structure of the class and why it is how it is. Also we’ll have a quick recap about why we warm up and what’s important to include.
Mindfulness, Visualisation and Meditation
What is it and what are the benefits? I will also talk you though one mindfulness visualisation and one mindfulness meditation so that you can experience these for yourself.
Preparing to teach your VeraFlow classes
We really want you to be able to go out and teach as soon as possible after passing the live training day so that you don’t forget everything you’ve learnt and so that you’re still buzzing and really excited about it. So in this module we’ll talk about what makes a great venue and what equipment is needed.
Teaching Techniques.
What they are and how to implement them in your class. Use the cueing techniques as you go through the practical stretch videos to think about how you will teach and cue those moves in your classes. This will really prepare you for the live training day where we will be assessing you
throughout the day.
Practical Modules
We’ll go over all of the stretches used in the VeraFlow 1 class, looking at alignment, where we’re lengthening and where we’re contracting. We will touch on modifications and progressions and we will expand on these during the live training day.
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I can never thank you enough for creating VeraFlow, a class in which my participants cannot get enough of.
We always have so much fun, laughter and joy in class. 99.9% of them tell me they 'so lurve lurve class', 'its so different and enjoyable', some say that they hate zumba and find that VeraFlow makes them feel sexy with steps that are easier to follow then zumba, it helps them get into the music faster.
Those who dont like the very 'long held' poses in yoga and sometime painful poses, find that VeraFlow's 'yoga ish' poses, a very nice welcome.
Huge Thank You Naomi Di Fabio, for allowing me the opportunity to take VeraFlow Training and become an Instructor of this fabulous program.
I cannot wait to start VeraFlow now. I have learnt so much and taken away a wealth of knowledge and skills.
It was just what I needed to contrast from my other fitness classes.
As ever you have been a true inspiration and a wonderful & Inspiring person and teacher .
THIS IS WHY IT WOULD BE A MISTAKE TO WAIT
Remember what happened with Zumba?
When you're ahead of the competition they are always playing catch-up. You'll be offering something new, effective and different to the other instructors around you. It makes you more valuable and makes you stand out as the person who stays up-to-date with current trends.
Mindfulness, stress-reduction and dance-fitness are all
hugely popular right now.
VeraFlow combines all of them in a unique way
allowing you to offer what's hot right now.
Your talents are your gift to the world. When you know something can have a wonderfully positive effect both physically and mentally on those around you, you owe it to them and yourself to make that happen.
I'm not flexible enough!
Most people are fairly inflexible - It's completely normal and it's one result of sitting down for long periods. Lots of activity without stretching is also a huge factor in limiting flexibility, just as growing older causes a natural loss in flexibility.
As an instructor you do not need to be super flexible. Your job will be to lead and guide your participants, coaching them into the positions that you may not be able to do yourself at the moment. That is a great demonstration of every body being different and also takes the pressure off your students.
As you go through the online training you'll find practical videos which you can practise along to. Your knowledge about stretching will develop and you'll find that your own flexibility will improve.
Not being flexible is the number 1 reason you SHOULD start teaching regular VeraFlow classes! You'll be helping yourself while helping others.
The sooner you start, the sooner your flexibility will improve!
I have really bad balance
Being afraid of losing balance or falling over is very common and the only way to decrease the chance of that happening is to work on improving your balance.
There are modifications within a VeraFlow class that you can use for yourself even whilst practising at home before progressing as your balance improves.
As an instructor you'll be giving adaptations, modification and progressions in your classes according to the abilities of your participants.
I'm not a natural dancer
The dance routines are simple and repeat with the music.
We will always be here to help you to be successful. In addition to a video of the choreography you'll also receive extra instructional videos where necessary and choreography notes with counts, explanations, teaching points, cues and they're colour coded too!
You will receive new routines every three months (a full class). So your class participants have time to master them and progress the stretches before you move on.
Attendees have said that this is one of the main reasons they love VeraFlow classes: "I am actually learning how to dance"
I can never thank you enough for creating VeraFlow, a class in which my participants cannot get enough of.
We always have so much fun, laughter and joy in class. 99.9% of them tell me they 'so lurve lurve class', 'its so different and enjoyable', some say that they hate zumba and find that VeraFlow makes them feel sexy with steps that are easier to follow then zumba, it helps them get into the music faster!
Those who dont like the very 'long held' poses in yoga and sometime painful poses, find that VeraFlow's 'yoga ish' poses, a very nice welcome!
- Mama Joa
(a yoga-instructor-who-was-nervous-about-the-dancing, turned raving VeraFlow Instructor!)
Yes, there is a license fee to pay.
You'll be using VeraFlow branding, concepts and choreography to make money in your business. It costs money to run the back end, come up with choreography, film it, create the choreography notes, traning and everything else involved. Instead of asking for a cut of your profits we ask for a general license fee to be paid.
To make it more valuable to you we've included some extras and will add more when the opportunities arise. Check out everything that is included here.
You can read the license agreement here.
You can choose the license option that will suit you best. Currently the options are:
£120 per year (works out at £10 a month - paid annually)
£40 per quarter (works out at £13.33 per month - paid every 3 months)
£17 per month (paid each month)
Whichever option you choose when you sign up you will have one month free. So you will not actually pay the license fee until a month after you subscribe. This is to give you a chance to start teaching and therefore earn some money before you pay your first license fee payment.
What if I do not pass?
Attendees of the VeraFlow Instructor training course must have a fitness, dance teaching, yoga, PT or pilates qualification. If you have this and you study the online content thoroughly it is highly likely that you will pass.
If the VeraFlow Master Trainer believes that you would benefit from some extra time practising before delivering VeraFlow classes, they will feedback that you are referred. This means that you can come to another live training course free of charge (you must book within 6 months of your original training date).
Don't worry, a VFM cannot refer you just because you didn't laugh at one of their jokes! There is list of criteria that you must meet. These are explained to you in the online training and your VFM will go over them again with you at the training day. You will be referred if you do not meet the set criteria. In that case you will receive feedback.
The training day itself is very relaxed and the assessment is ongoing throughout the day. There will not be a time during the day when your VFM says 'it's assessment time'.
I find it hard to keep my mind in one place
That is completely normal and that's why Mindfulness training is so important. It's a skill to be developed and learnt. As an instructor you can practise yourself using the recorded meditations and exercises provided.
There are also some exercises which require you to actually do things with your body so you can't help but be fully involved. Intrigued?
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I don't have time. How long does the online traning take?
It doesn't have to take long at all. It's designed tpo take around 8 hours but some people have crammed it into one evening and passed their online assessment in time to attend a training the next day! That's not what we'd recommend though!
The online training is set up in bite-sized modules and contains worksheets, videos, audio files and transcripts to help you learn whichever way you prefer.
The online training is there to prepare you for the live training day where we put everything into practise.
Loved the online pre-training. WIsh all courses would operate like this. Can go at my own pace.​
Very very good. I loved the video footage and the ability to download material and worksheets​
Stretching is boring. My clients will think it's too slow and want more of a workout
A VeraFlow class is never boring! Great music and dance moves are used throughout the class to take participants on a journey. They have to engage their mind to both learn and follow routines as well as master the stretching techniques.
The first half of the class is all standing work, danced and choreographed to the music. You will break a sweat.
Let's be clear, this is not get in a stretch position and try to relax until you can go a bit further... then 20 minutes later not be able to walk because your legs have turned to jelly! This is a fun, effective and functional way of improving flexibility, balance and coordination. VeraFlow will challenge your perceptions of stretching.
I'm challenging you to give it a try!
Contact us to arrange a taster masterclass for you and your participants.
I don't have a fitness qualification
To teach VeraFlow you need to have some knowledge of anatomy and physiology as well as be very comfortable and skilled at teaching mixed ability groups using a mixture of cueing techniques. You need to be able to give adaptations, modifications and progressions and correct alignment issues.
If you do not hold the pre-requisite qualifications but you would like to teach VeraFlow check out our Dance Fitness Instructor Training Course specifically developed for you!
I can't make the dates/locations currently available for the live training
We work slightly differently to other programs.
We don't see the point of putting random location and dates online.
Instead we check where people are who are completing the online learning and schedule live training days in places which would be more appropriate for those people.
To get trained more quickly the best thing for you to do is to register online now!
If you're unsure then please contact us stating where you are based and when you'd ideally like to be completing your training.
***N.B. If you are NOT in the UK, Italy or the US please contact us before you enrol ***
That's fantastic!
There are a lot of different stretching techniques out there which you many be aware of. In VeraFlow we use passive, dynamic, static, Active Isolated and PNF.
Your ideas of stretching may or may not be challenged as you complete your study but we think you'll love the way flexibility, balance, coordination and mindfulness training have been packaged up in VeraFlow.
Contact us to arrange a taster masterclass for you and your students.
