50-Hour Online Yoga Therapy for Back Pain Teacher Training Certification, 35 Live Hours

Pre-application requirements

This course is open to all students who wish to deepen their knowledge and application of some of the highest teachings of yoga. Participants do not need to be yogis. Mastery of any yoga practice is not required. Only your sincere desire for knowledge and your commitment to personal are needed. Love for yoga is the most important eligibility factor for learning this course. You will need:

• Yoga mat
• Computer or smartphone with camera
• Internet connection
• Yoga blocks
• Pillow, bolster, or cushion
• Strap
• Notebook and pen
• Zoom

How the training works

This 50-hour online course consists of 35 hours of live sessions and 15 non-contact hours for self-study. It is flexible so you can complete it within 30 days or more. After booking, you will receive a link to access the classes through Zoom. Without submitting the required assignments, you will not receive a certification.

Timing of sessions (GMT+5:30)

Will be discussed upon booking.

Course information

With the support of the yoga trainer, implements personalized and evolving yoga therapy techniques that not only address the illness in a multi-dimensional manner, Pancha Kosa (five sheaths): Annamaya Kosha (physical body), Pranamaya Kosha (energy field), Manomaya Kosha (mental dimension), Vignanamaya Kosha (psychic level of experience), and Anandamaya Kosha (bliss and beatitude). It helps to reduce patient suffering in a progressive, non-invasive, and complementary manner.

1. What you will learn from this course

• You may offer special seminars for people with similar diseases or conditions
• You will learn how to use yoga to assist in healing ailments and managing conditions
• You aim to be part of a positive change regarding health and lifestyle habits
• You want to teach people how to prevent diseases
• In group classes, you can teach your students how to become healthy
• You will feel more self-confident when approached by students who come to yoga seeking support in their healing process
• Therapeutic applications of posture, movement, and breathing

2. Syllabus

i. Slipped discs

ii. Disc problems in the neck

iii. What is Whiplash injury?

iv. Nerve problems

v. Sciatica

vi. Spondylosis

vii. What is cervical spondylosis?

viii. Coccydynia

ix. Ankylosing spondylitis (bamboo spine disease)

x. Non-specific back pain (functional causes)

1.1. Stress and back pain

a. Muscles are weaker than your ancestors

b. Wrong muscles are overworked

c. Psychological stress

1.2. Yogic management

1.3. Yoga practices for chronic low back pain

3. Recommended texts

• Asana Pranayama Mudra Bandha by Swami Niranjananda Saraswati
• B.K.S. Iyengar, Light On Yoga.
• Yoga for Anxiety and Depression, Dr. R. Nagarathna and Dr. H. R. Nagendra.
• Yoga for Arthritis, Dr. R. Nagarathna and Dr. H. R. Nagendra.
• Yoga for Back Pain, Dr. R. Nagarathna and Dr. H. R. Nagendra.
• Yoga for Bronchial Asthma, Dr. R. Nagarathna and Dr. H. R. Nagendra.
• Yoga for Diabetes Mellitus, Dr. S.S. Srikanta, Dr. R. Nagarathna and Dr. H. R. Nagendra.
• Yoga for Digestive Disorder, Dr. R. Nagarathna and Dr. H. R. Nagendra.
• Yoga for Hypertension and Heart Disease, Dr. R. Nagarathna and Dr. H. R. Nagendra.