Yoga Therapy is the adaptation of yoga to a particular set of people-those with health problems. Although general yoga classes can often help resolve mild health problems, they may be ineffective for serious conditions.
Despite being specialized, yoga therapy retains the basic principles and aims of yoga. Therapy yoga is based on the holistic concept and therefore includes a balanced set of practices that calm and vitalize the mind and body, as well as acting on diseased parts.
Each class has a maximum of 10 - 12 students, this will give you the privilege to be closer to your master and to understand not only a commercial approach to yoga, but also the essence and transformation of powerful yoga science.
High-quality teaching, better learning and understanding, and better connection to your consciousness and inner peace. The following are aspects of the topics that you will cover during this yoga therapy program:
- Understanding the connection between yoga and therapy
- Understanding the difference between a yoga class and the therapeutic approach
- Analyze the holistic approach to balance the physical and mental
- Study the basics of science with Patanjali in modern life
- Study of anatomy within the asanas
- Study 33 asanas in detail with anatomy and pranayama
- Study the causes of the sickness and a program for supporting the healing process, for example, heart diseases, diabetes, hypertensive diseases, obesity, common disorders such as hormone imbalance, sleeping disorders, burnouts
- Study the start and basics and philosophy of Indian medicine point of view
- Study the importance of Doshas, Gunas, Marmas Acupressure points and science of nutrition in the process of healing
- Learn the importance of Chakras, Koshas, and Prana in yoga science
- Learn the therapeutic benefit of mantras
- Learn yoga Nidra and the benefit of meditation and visualization
- Become a yoga therapy teacher, with templates to learn to understand your patient and support the doctors
- The behavior of a yoga therapy teacher: Apply the Ethics of Patanjali
The difference between the Yoga Skyros Academy concept is that the lead teacher and master will train you. Therefore, based on the solid foundation of their yoga teaching concept, the newly certified Yoga Therapy Teachers can develop their holistic understanding and add on other holistic specifications i.e. Dr. Bach, Kinesiology on demand.
With the Yoga Therapy Teacher training, the academy concept takes a completely different approach - 100 percent practical and career-focused. Their graduates are qualified, competent, and employable from the day they get their certification.
Yoga Skyros Academy Therapy Teacher concept empowers and inspires. Yoga Skyros Academy offers a nurturing team environment in which to grow and evolve as yoga therapy teachers and individuals, as well as a place to make a career in yoga.
Yoga Skyros Academy has been training instructors to teach since 2005 and has set up many Hatha Yoga Teachers for success in the field of teaching yoga. You will be able to give individual treatments in Yoga Therapy from day one.
Typical daily schedule: Monday - Friday
- 08:00 - 09:00 Yoga class of 60 minutes
- 09.00 - 10:00 Breakfast
- 10:00 - 12:30 Yoga theory and teaching
- 12:30 - 15:00 Lunch break
- 15:00 - 17:00 Yoga theory and teaching
- 17:00 - 18:00 Yoga class of 60 minutes
- 18:00 Conclusion
Saturday
Sunday is a day off for visiting Athens and cultural sites. Please note that a detailed schedule will be provided after booking.
About your lead instructor
Dietmar Hellmann, Lead Teacher for the 200 RYT Yoga Therapy Yoga Teacher Training. Together with his wife, Lead Teacher for 200/500 RYT Hatha Yoga Teacher Training, forming the Yoga Skyros Academy – The Temple of Hatha Yoga. During the last 9 years, he worked in the Holistic Field. Registered Dr Bach practitioner with the Dr Bach Foundation in the UK. Clients are coming to them in order to remove negative feelings, which are hindering them to enjoy their full life. Diplom Kinesiologist for balancing the energies and removing negative emotions. Further massage therapist for Thai massage, aroma therapy massage, hot stone massage and Indian head massage.
With the 200 RYT Yoga Therapy Teacher Training, we want to use Dietmar Hellmann's specialty in the Holistic Field and bring it into the Yoga Therapy Teacher Training and to make the teachers understand how important it is to increase prana and hence to increase the Immune-system.
With this 200 RYT Yoga Therapy Teacher Training, they want to give doctors additional support to heal their patients.
