Events at Kindred
20 hr - Yin, Myofascial Release, Accupressure Points Training
20 hour in person training
With Mel McLoughlin
~ The Yin Space ~
20 hr - Yin, Myofascial Release, Accupressure Points Training
with Melanie McLaughlin
Sat 16th & Sun 17th May 2026
At Kindred Studios, Strandhill, Sligo.
Join us this May 2026 at Kindred Studios in the West Coast of Ireland in beautiful coastal Sligo - with Melanie McLaughlin for her inspiring, fun and sneakily deep 20 hour MFR / Yin Teacher Training programme.
We are keeping it small and intimate with only 15 places available.
We will take a deeper look into your fibre and fluid body where we will be integrating MFR (myofascial release techniques and equipment) and including Acupressure points and their meaning in a Yin Yoga setting.
This 20hr Advanced Myo-Fascia release module is open to any movement therapists and avid students of any movement modality.
"The fascial trains of the west are the acupuncture channels of the east" ~ Thomas Myer
The course material you can look forward to will include:
Morning Qigong warm-ups, Yin & MFR, lymphatic work (90min practical class)
Fascia study inc how it responds to different MFR techniques
The Use of different equipment to elicit different response in the fascia and why
Acupressure study of key points we can address in MFR and Yin Yoga
Sequences integrating MFR techniques into our practices
Finishing with 1hr class on each day to tie everything together somatically and intellectually
This course is for any graduate or practitioner who is ready to unravel deeper layers to teach to and learn more about the benefits of MFR techniques in a YIN setting. These techniques can be applied to any modality of healing/therapies.
About Mel McLaughlin
Mel has been passionate about a yin-style practice for over 15 years, through her own personal practice and self-study. In 2012 Mel formalised her training with Paul Grilley, and since then has acquired 240hrs through his Teacher Training programs in the USA. She continues to revisit him and other experts for ongoing training, and now shares this wealth of experience, insight and expertise through her very own Yoga Australia recognized 50hr Yin Teacher Training, and 20hr Advanced Yin Teacher Training courses. She is excited to be sharing this Advanced module with you and integrating her knowledge of Yin Yoga, Qigong, MFR , Metaphysics and Acu-Energetics.
WHAT TO BRING
Notebook, pen, extra blanket. All props are available at the venue, please feel free to bring your own.
VENUE
Kindred Studios, Strandhill. Sligo. Ireland. F91 FKN7
DATES
When: Saturday 16th and Sunday 17th May 2026
Time: 9am - 6pm daily
PRE-REQUISITES
This course is open to anyone including but not limited to those who have completed 20hrs+ of Yin Yoga Teacher Training /movement therapist with previous qualifications (if you would like to teach Yin yoga and MFR) and also to the avid student who wishes to learn more for themselves, but not teach.
*Please note *Participants who wish to formally teach this Advanced Yin Yoga & MFR Training will need to have successfully completed a 200-hour Yoga Teacher Training course prior to teaching. All participants gain certification.
RECOGNITION
This training is recognized by YA and YAI for Continuing Professional Development (CPD) points and member upgrades.
You will receive 20 CPD points.
PRICING
Price: €295
Earlybird: €275 (ends 28th February 2026)
Price includes a comprehensive manual /certificate and a set of your own MFR balls x4
Payment plans available at checkout
CANCELLATION POLICY
No refund within 30 days of training commencement date, under any circumstances. We will however transfer you to the next available course within a 12 month period. You can transfer to a friend.
ATTENDANCE POLICY
100% attendance is required for certificate to be awarded
When: 16th & 17th May 2026
Saturday 16th: 9am - 6pm daily
Price:
Full price: €300
Earlybird: €280 (ends 28th February 2026)
Location: Kindred Studios, Strandhill. Sligo
For information on our location, travel & accommodation suggestions, please click here
About Melanie
~ The Yin Space ~
Mel is a RYT500hr and senior teacher and has been practicing everything ‘yoga’ since her lengthy sojourn in India 22 years ago. While based at the Sivananda ashram in Kerala, Mel not only focused on the postures of yoga but meditation, breath work and every other positive experience yoga has to offer and spontaneously stayed on for her first of many teacher trainings.
One of the original leading teachers to bring YIN YOGA into the public eye in Australia, Melanie McLaughlin built a yin community and following from the ground up in Sydney. She now continues to lead internationally with new offerings of trainings and workshops each year. Its this desire to share and spread this love of yin and all its medicinal qualities to ALL bodies, that with huge personal satisfaction and enthusiasm, Mel leads her own 100/50/20hr Yin Yoga Teacher Training and advanced modules to yin enthusiasts.
Mel is an avid student of Paul Grilley and completed 240+-Hours training with him from 2013 through to today, which topped off her 15 year love affair with her own personal practice and exploration of yin. With this formal training under her belt Mel had all the tools to create a unique formula for teaching and understanding Yin Yoga.
The trainings are designed to give you a deep personal experience of yin (yoga and energy) as well as jam packed with intellectual knowledge and useable tools as a teacher. A level 3 senior teacher with Yoga Alliance & Yoga Australia gives you the student ongoing PDP and member upgrades when training with Mel, a leading yin yoga teacher in Australia and throughout Europe. Drawing on her studies of Metaphysics, Acu-energetics, Reiki, Qi Gong and other healing modalities, Mel’s teachings blends the physical, mental and energetic bodies in regards to yin yoga and teaching in general. An alumni ambassador for Lululemon, she also regularly contributes to Australian Yoga Journal, Women’s health and Women’s fitness magazine’s and various online health and wellbeing sites.
She was proud to have co-created and be a founding director of This Is Yoga and currently holds space online and throughout Australia and Europe at The Yin Space. Currently studying TCM and Qi Gong and fusing together all these trainings Mel found a platform to create her own unique teaching style, which is a blend of Western/Traditional Indian and Taoist approaches. Over the past fourteen years Mel had been both leading and assisting 200-Hour Teacher Training programs and Art of Alignment modules for ‘BodyMindLife’ and also opened ‘This is Yoga’ a studio she co-directed and launched, and is now director of her very own ‘The Yin Space’.
Cancellation policy
Weekly Studio classes: Cancellations must be done 12 hours prior to class start time, through our booking system. Cancellations after this time will still be charged. Cancellations must be made through our booking system Momence. Cancellations/Amendments sent in by email/Social Media are not valid and you will still be charged.
Workshops/Events/Retreats/Courses/Trainings: We do not offer refunds or credit for workshops, events, courses, retreats or trainings. All purchases are final. However, if you can no longer attend, you may transfer your space for free to another person by emailing hello@kindredstudios.ie at least 24 hours prior to the event start time.