Certification
Students who complete the training are eligible to register with Yoga Alliance as Registered Yoga Teachers (RYT®).
Overview
You sense the natural desire to deepen your practice and to share the practice with others, because you know it will make their lives better. You teach because you’re on the path of a conscious life that serves the world, making the world a better place. You teach to learn - about yourselves, about one another - and to walk the path.
Their yoga teacher training programs concentrate on learning and integrating the five essential elements of teaching yoga, preparing new teachers to teach with confidence and competence, and experienced teachers to deepen, refine, and expand their repertoire of skills and knowledge.
Refined teaching of asana, pranayama, and meditation
- Extensive exploration of how to teach each of over 100 postures for diverse ranges of ability and multiple conditions, focusing on the integration of informed verbal cues, visual demonstrations, and tactile cues
- Seven pranayama techniques and when, how, and to whom it is appropriate to teach them
- A variety of meditation practices that support varied conditions and intentions in contemplative experience
Practice teaching is part of the daily training program.
Creative sequencing
General class design plus in-depth exploration of how to design classes for different styles of yoga, levels of students, student conditions, energetic or postural focus, themes, and seasons, also for workshops and retreats.
Practical yoga anatomy and physiology
A comprehensive introduction to human anatomy and physiology as they relate to yoga. Understanding the basics of joints, movement, and stability in postural practice. The energetics and basic organ systems of human beings. Application to yoga therapy.
Hatha Yoga is a style of yoga that involves long holds in various seated and reclined poses to access deeper layers of fascia and to quiet the mind.
There are three tenets of old Style meditated techniques stretching Yoga: find your edge where you can feel the stretch but without straining; remain still; and allow yourself to stay here for time—typically three to five minutes. It’s a simple practice with profound therapeutic benefits for ***longevity, vitality, flexibility,* and more.
- 1:Anahatasana (Melting Heart)
- 2:Toe Squat (3 Minutes
- 3:Ankle Strength (2 Minute
- 4:Sphinx poses (2 minutes
- 5:Cobra Poses (2 minutes
- 6:Bow Poses (1 minutes
- 7:Cat pulling its Tail (1+1) 2 m
- 8:The Spinal Twist (1+1)2 M
- 9:Revolved Head to knee (1+1)
- 10:Marichyasana (1+1)
- 11:Bhara dvajas (1+1)
- 12: Shoelace /A/B/C/D
- 13:Reclined revolved 2/2
- 14: west stretching pose 1 minutes
- 15: Swastikasana 2+2(minutes
- 16: Viparita Karani 5 minutes
FORWARD BENDS AND HIP OPENERS
Forward bends are deeply calming asanas that draw us into the inner mysteries and dynamics of our lives.
all forward bends stretch some muscles in or around the pelvis,
Before folding forward, draw awareness to the breath and through
the breath to the entire length of the spine, focusing on relaxing and elongating the spine. In all seated forward bends, make the grounding of the sitting bones the primary action Assess students’ posture when they are sitting in Dandasana; if they are unable to attain pelvic neutrality (with the sacrum tilted slightly forward)
Initiate and maximize the forward fold through the anterior rotation
of the pelvis while maximizing the neutral extension of the spine.
In seated forward bends in which one or both legs are straight
Hatha or Vinyasa Yoga: What’s Right for You?
The best thing about yoga is that almost anyone can reap the benefits. All styles are easily modified to make them easier or more challenging. Whether you choose hatha or vinyasa, you can't go wrong with starting a yoga practice. Still, certain people may find one or the other works better for them.
Is hatha yoga right for you?
If you’re new to yoga, hatha yoga may be the right practice to start with. The slow-paced style can promote a relaxed environment to learn.
If you have any injuries or physical limitations, hatha yoga is a gentler practice that can be easier on the body.
If you are more interested in the breathing exercises and meditative aspects of yoga, hatha could be a better choice.
Vinyasa power yoga
As its name suggests, vinyasa power yoga is a more intense type of vinyasa yoga and involves faster transitions between poses. It includes challenging poses and sequences that build strength, stamina, and cardiovascular fitness. In a power yoga class, you should expect to work hard, get your heart rate up, and break a sweat. If you are looking for a good style of yoga to wind down in the evening, hatha may be better suited for that.
What Is Vinyasa Yoga?
Warrior I pose, called Virabhadrasana I in Sanskrit, is a classical vinyasa pose that strengthens the lower body and core muscles, and builds balance and focus.
Vinyasa yoga is a different dynamical style of yoga that involves moving through physical postures and linking them with your breath. It tends to be a very active style of yoga with quick transitions from pose to pose.
Hatha yoga is a slower practice, and you'll hold poses for longer than you would in a flow-style yoga class. This means it's a great practice for beginners and for people who want a more gentle activity that can help reduce stress and create mind-body awareness.
Hatha yoga poses
There are 84 poses in classical hatha yoga. Fifteen of these are "primary postures" and include:
- Paschimottanasana (back stretching pose)
- Mayurasana (peacock pose)
- Swastikasana (auspicious pose)
- Gomukhasana (cow face pose)
- Veerasana (hero's pose)
- Koormasana (tortoise pose)
- Shavasana (corpse pose)
- Siddhasana (adept's pose)
- Padmasana (lotus pose)
- Simhasana (lion pose)
- Bhadrasana (gracious pose)
- Kukkutasana (cockerel pose)
- Uttanakoormasana (stretching tortoise pose)
- Dhanurasana (bow pose)
- Matsyendrasana (spinal twist pose)
Deep Fascia
Going deeper yet, we come to a thin layer of in vesting deep fascia, what some consider true fas cia in contrast to the superficial fascia found in the subcutis of the integument. Deep fascia is dense, organized, fibrous connective tissue that surrounds and penetrates ("invests" in) deep structures such as muscles, bones, nerves, and blood vessels. (Visceral for parietal] fascia suspends the organs within their cavities.) Like ligaments, aponeuroses, and tendons (they are all made of closely packed bundles of col lagen fibers), the deep fascia is a relatively flexible structure; while flexible, the deep fascia forms com partments capable of resisting muscular tension, limiting outward expansion of muscles as they con tract, and thereby contributing to pushing blood out of muscles and toward the heart (becoming a mus culovenous pump).
Forward bends and hip openers tend to be very calming and are excellt on the path towards Savasana. Twists are neutralizing - stimulating when calm, calming when stimulated. Move with the breath to find a sense of inner invitation for deeper release and exploration.
Developing Healing Communication Skills
All of this is predicated upon refined communication skills. As you develop your communication skills, you are able to more skillfully engage with clients, better understand their needs and conditions, and more naturally establish trusting rapport with them, thereby better empowering them to make the best choices they can in curing and healing. This begins with personal yoga practice, where cultivating the attributes of self-awareness, self-care, and self-acceptance allows you to be more fully present in your interactions with others. In later chapters, you'll look closely at the techniques with which one might best engage in this cultivation in his or her yoga practice, the heart of which is self-study and the art of which revolves around reflective self-consciousness in asana, pranayama, and meditation practices. You can also go beyond the yoga practice to further develop your communication skills;
Alignment Principles: The functional anatomy and biomechanics of each asana give us its alignment principles, which tell us how best to position the body in each asana. When the alignment principles of any given asana are embodied in the practice, we find easier access to stability and ease while further ensuring the maximum benefits of the practice. When one misunderstands or ignores basic alignment principles, the benefits of the asana can largely be lost while its risks are increased. It is thus important to have a clear idea of where one is going before going into an asana. It is equally important to adapt basic alignment principles to one’s unique conditions.
Ayurveda Yoga flow:
- Vata Balancing Class
- Tadasana 2–3 minutes - Focus on balancing the breath, awakening pada bandha, and cultivating a firm grounding through the feet and legs.
- 2. Vrksasana - 1–2 minutes on each side.
- 3. Adho Mukha Svanasana1–2 minutes* . Focus on grounding evenly through the hands and feet while staying present in the
- breath.
- 4. Balasana Rest 5 breaths.
- 5.Virabhadrasana II - 10 breaths on each side, moving dynamically in and out of the lunge.
- 6.Utthita Trikonasana - 5 breaths, then transition to the next asana.
- 7. Utthita Parsvakonasana - 5 breaths, then switch sides on asanas 8–9.
- 8. Garudasana - 1 minute on each side, Prasarita Padottanasana 5–10 breaths.
- 9. Parsvottanasana - 1 minute on each side, focusing on strong roots.
- 10. Tadasana - 1 minute, renewing intention and strong roots, Ashta Chandrasana, 5 breaths on the first side, moving dynamically in and out of the lunge.
- 11. Virabhadrasana III - 5–10 breaths on the first side, then release to Ashta Chandrasana, vinyasa, and switch sides on asanas
- 12. Salabhasana A - 5 breaths, then vinyasa.
- 13. Salabhasana B - 5 breaths, then vinyasa.
- 14. Salabhasana C - 5 breaths,
- *13,Ustrasana - 3 times, 5 breaths each time, optional vinyasa between each time.
- 15. Balasana 5 breaths
- 16. Bharadvajrasana A - 5 breaths on each side.
- 17. Paschimottanasana - 1 minute.
- 18. Halasana 5 breaths.
- 19.Savasana - 5–10 minutes, wrapped in a blanket to stay warm.
- 20. Sukhasana
