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Online Yoga Course
This course is designed to provide you with the foundation to build a strong and sustainable yoga practice. Learn from world-class yoga teachers and practitioners, and experience the transformative power of yoga from the comfort of your own home. This course caters to beginners and experienced practitioners alike, offering a return to the basics, emphasizing correct posture alignment, breath-to-movement correlation, increased stamina, and the creation of sequences. Whether you're seeking something new or aiming to deepen your practice, this course will equip you with fundamental techniques and methods that will ignite your love for yoga.
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Highlights
- Five 2-hour live sessions
- Online sessions will be held over Zoom
- Online sessions’ time zone: Hayes, UK (GMT)
- Learn fundamental techniques and methods to build your daily self-practice
- Suitable for beginners as well as existing practitioners
- Class start time will be discussed with students
Skill level
- Beginner
- Intermediate
Yoga styles
Program
Pre-application requirements
Please install Zoom to attend the live sessions. The course is open to beginners as well as advanced practitioners
How the course works
The course consists of five two-hour live sessions. Led by experienced teachers, you will receive step-by-step instructions, a comprehensive course manual in PDF format, and a holistic approach to yoga. Classes are flow-based, with a strong emphasis on alignment and weight balancing.
Timing of sessions (GMT)
Course starts Every Monday and ends every Friday at 8 a.m. (GMT) or you can discuss a more suitable timing with the instructor.
Course information
What to expect
- Step-by-step instructions from live online teachers
- Course manual provided in PDF format
- A comprehensive course focusing on a holistic approach to yoga
- Flow-based classes with emphasis on alignment and weight balancing
- Learn ancient breathing and meditation techniques
- Encouragement of self-practice, providing a wealth of takeaways
- Open to beginners and advanced practitioners
- Structured sequences and movement-based practice for calorie burning and overall well-being
- Learn the fundamentals of traditional yoga postures with a focus on proper alignment
Course structure
The basics of yoga breath
A yogic breath is the most fundamental part of your yoga practice. When you practice yoga with proper breathing, you will correlate breath with movement; and thus yoga becomes like a dance. In this course, you will learn the following breathing techniques:
- Breath of fire - an ancient breathing technique to increase metabolism and relax the nervous system
- Alternate nostril breathing - Another ancient technique used by many yogis to get instant relaxation and stress relief
- Deep yogic breathing - This technique is compared to how babies breathe, deep core breath
- Ujjai breath - An ancient breathing technique used for the transformation of the mind, body, and soul
Fundamentals of Hatha and Vinyasa
With countless yoga styles available, this course aims to teach you a practice that you can confidently pursue at home. Each day, the course begins with a breathing technique to ignite your movement and posture practice. You will explore different styles of Surya Namaskars (sun salutations) and engage in varied sequences daily.
Hatha yoga: Widely considered the first quantified style of yoga. In the West, Hatha yoga often refers to static postures held for extended periods. On the other hand, Vinyasa Flow yoga typically emphasizes movement. In this unique course, you'll have the extraordinary opportunity to learn Vinyasa yoga from world-class teachers. The Yoga Cave Initiative will guide you in seamlessly threading different postures together, creating a fluid and dynamic practice.
Alignment vs. Movement
As self-practice is encouraged in this course, teachers will emphasize aligning each posture before transitioning between them. Fundamental alignment techniques for each posture will be taught, facilitating a deeper practice. Once you've grasped these alignment foundations, the course will progress into Vinyasa, the art of movement. This traditional practice will teach you how to gracefully flow from one posture to another. Common sequencing techniques will inspire you, bringing authenticity and grace to your yoga practice. Embark on this transformative journey and enhance your understanding and practice of Hatha yoga.
Instructors
Shankar Shankar
Shankar is a 500-hour+ qualified international yoga teacher specializing in Hatha and Ashtanga Vinyasa flow style yoga. He is also the founder of The Yoga Cave Initiative, an online initiative to promote authentic and classical yoga teachers from India who have exceptional skills. He is an ex-city worker turned yoga specialist who traveled throughout India learning yoga from authentic yoga teachers, realizing his transformational connection to yoga and his purpose to impart this beautiful system of life to others. He has taught the subject at all levels in several countries around the world.
Retreat location
This course is held online. The Yoga Cave Initiative is based in Hayes, UK (GMT) and they will live-stream the classes via Zoom which you can participate from the comfort of your home by just using your phone or computer.
What's included
- All classes
- 5 live sessions for 2 hours
- Course manual in PDF format
- Step-by-step instructions provided by live teachers online
What's not included
- Accommodation
- Food
Cancellation Policy
- A reservation requires a deposit of 100% of the total price.
- The deposit is non-refundable, if the booking is cancelled.
