7 Day Yin Yoga Teacher Training in Rishikesh, India

Certification

The course/hours count as Continuing Education hours for Registered Yoga Teachers (RYT®) only.

At World Peace Yoga School, you will get a chance to enjoy a transformative yoga learning experience. Amid a favorable ambiance and innate blissfulness, you will get the best yoga-practicing experience. A Yin YTT in Rishikesh helps you meet the new version of your rejuvenating personality when you start radiating peace and love.

This Yin yoga teacher training program has been designed to assist you in walking through the yoga path. It is one of the best ways for developing a deep understanding of yoga practices and be a certified yoga teacher. A Yin yoga teacher training course is the best course for laying your groundwork to be a motivated yoga instructor.

What is Yin yoga?

Yin yoga originates from the Taoist principle of Yin and Yang, two completely opposite natures complementary to each other. Yin yoga is a powerful, slow, and subtle form of yoga that offers a deeper impact on tendons and muscles with its meditative impact. In this form of yoga, asanas are combined with pranayama and mediation with a passive relaxation along with deep opening. The postures in this form of yoga are mostly practiced on the floor and held for a longer duration (almost 2 to 5 minutes), the aim is to have a deeper impact on body tissues, tendons, and muscles while connecting the soul through a meditative approach. It is about letting go of different emotions to delve into a more intense connection with the soul. Yin yoga works with muscles and connective tissues which are considered almost 90% resistant to the flexibility of the human body. With its longer duration of pose-holding and practice of breath control, Yin yoga offers a relatively deeper impact while guiding in the direction of complete calmness. Asanas in Yin yoga are relatively similar to that of Indian Hatha yoga but practiced differently to offer a completely different meaning to relaxation and energy harvesting.

Benefits of practicing Yin yoga

• Strengthening internal organs
• Reduce anxiety and stress
• Improves flexibility and Increases blood circulation
• Balance the body and mind
• Enhances the flow of energy
• Improves joint mobility

Brief overview of what you learn in Yin yoga TTC

• The essential elements of Yin yoga: definition and principles
• The Yin and the Yang
• History of Yin yoga
• Yin yoga vs. Restorative yoga
• How to practice Yin yoga
• Anatomy of Yin yoga
• Comparative and functional anatomy
• Aesthetic and functional alignment
• Compression and tension theory
• Connective tissue
• Teaching methodology of Yin yoga
• Differences in bones and skeletons
• How skeletal differences affect the postures, range of movements, and the joints
• Skeletal segments to define compression areas
• Muscle groups to define tension areas
• Target areas of yoga asanas
• Beneficial effects of Yin yoga on connective tissues, fascia, and joints: anatomical and energetic benefits
• Archetypal poses and their variations
• Appropriate use of props
• Sequencing Yin yoga classes

Curriculum

Yin philosophy

• Meaning and importance of Yin yoga
• History and origin of Yin yoga
• Understanding the concept of yin and yang
• Yin and yang organ
• Yin yoga in daily life
• What is Yang yoga
• Yin tattva
• Tao and yin
• Meridian points
• Chakra
• Nadis
• Understanding yoga and yin

Yin pranayama

• What is prana and pranayama
• How to take Yin breath
• Types of breathing
• Healing pranayama
• Yang breath
• Cooling breath
• Breathing and Yin movements
• Different from normal pranayama

Yin yoga asana

• Camel pose
• Cat pulling its tail pose
• Caterpillar pose
• Child’s pose
• Dangling pose
• Deer pose
• Dragon pose
• Melting heart pose
• Ankle stretch pose
• Banana pose
• Half butterfly pose
• Butterfly pose
• Frog pose
• Happy baby pose
• Reclining spinal twist pose
• Saddle pose
• Shoelace pose
• Snail pose
• Sphinx pose
• Seal pose
• Square pose
• Squat pose
• Straddle pose

Teaching methodology

• Understanding the teaching Yin postures
• Building teaching skills
• Transition poses
• The right way of breathing in excuses
• Physical, mental
• Building communication skills
• Preparing for a class
• Managing a class

Alignment and adjustment

• Purpose of props and support material
• Right placement of the props
• Contraindication and challenges
• Overcoming teaching challenges

Anatomy and physiology

• Overview of the musculoskeletal system
• Understand the 14 skeletal systems
• Understand the 10 myofascial groups
• Effect of stretching on the body
• Tension and compression
• Connective tissue
• Bone differentiation
• Understand fascia and its importance
• Effect of Yin yoga on the fascia
• Hyaluronic acid and effect of Yin yoga
• Understanding of pelvic girdle

Teaching techniques

• How to teach Yin yoga
• How to teach the 27 Yin yoga poses with their variations
• Proper instructions
• The right voice
• Communicate effectively
• Proper adjustments / corrections
• Modify the pose
• Using props
• Understanding limitations
• Structure a Yin yoga class
• Create custom sequences
• Levels of self-awareness during the holding the Yin pose

Yoga Nidra

• Meaning and purpose of yoga Nidra
• Different schools and traditions of yoga Nidra
• Tantric origin of yoga Nidra
• Lifestyle and rules for yoga Nidra practitioners
• Benefits and risks of yoga Nidra
• Difference between yoga Nidra and meditation
• Yoga Nidra experience

Practices

• Technique 1: Basic relaxation practices
• Technique 2: Visualisation yoga Nidra
• Technique 3: Chakra awareness yoga Nidra
• Technique 4: Inner flame yoga Nidra

Daily schedule

Each class is important for you to grow. Not only learning from your teachers or books but by living properly in the school and following the schedule will also teach you a lot. You may have different habits in your daily life but by surrendering to the whole program, you will have a greater chance for change which you will see the difference in the end. You will start seeing the world with a new set of eyes.

All classes are mandatory. Only in the case of an emergency or illness, you can take leave with the permission of the respective teachers. Uninformed leaves will not be accepted and this will affect students' monthly performance.

• 05:00 - 06:00 Yoga sadhana
• 06:15 - 07:15 Yin yoga practice
• 07:30 - 09:00 Yin pranayama and meditation
• 09:00 - 09:45 Breakfast
• 10:45 - 11:45 Yin yoga philosophy
• 12:00 - 13:00 Yin yoga sequence and teaching methodology
• 13:00 - 14:00 Lunch
• 14:00 - 15:30 Body Meridian System
• 15:30 - 16:30 Self study and assignment
• 16:30 - 18:00 Yang practice
• 18:00 - 19:00 Dinner
• 19:00 - 20:00 Ganga Beach meditation (self)

Prerequisites

• Self-motivation
• World Peace Yoga School prohibits the consumption of meat, fish, eggs, black tea, coffee, alcohol, tobacco, and drugs
• Nudity is strictly prohibited

Code of conduct for students

Yogic discipline and a recommended code of conduct are expected from all the students. World Peace Yoga School has the following disciplinary rules for the participants.

• Smoking and alcohol are strictly prohibited in the school.
• Inform the kitchen manager in advance if you have a fast on any day to avoid food wastage.
• Always maintain discipline within the premises and be respectful to the teachers by obeying all the rules.
• Maintain punctuality and arrive on time for the classes - latecomers will not be permitted to join sessions.
• Return books, maps, or any goods which you might have borrowed from our institution.
• World Peace Yoga School offers accommodation only for its students who join the yoga courses, not to friends or family.
• Complete attendance is compulsory in all the scheduled programs of World Peace Yoga School.