CURRICULUM OVERVIEW
• Asana (Posture)
Classic postures are taught in detail. For each posture
students are encouraged to understand the human anatomy,
safety precautions and variations of each posture. Learn
to move through the postures of yoga with grace and
control. Gain the skills to pass these details on to
your students. Learn how to modify postures for different
needs and body types. The art of teaching yoga is knowing
the different variations for the asanas (Yoga poses).
By offering the right variation to the right student
and offering the use of props, you prevent the beginners
from hurting themselves and help the more advanced yogis
and yoginis to still be challenged. By doing so you
create a very rich teaching that suits all yoga students
regardless of their abilities. Recognizing the fact
that people absorb information differently, we give
the students tools to convey the instructions in a variety
of ways to achieve the desired results. We teach how
to recognize students who absorb information primarily
verbally, visually or kinesthetically. One of the most
critical of the teaching modalities is the practical
hands on approach to correcting the postures. Proper
adjustment is often critical for maintaining safety
of the student. It also allows for taking the more advanced
students to the next level of their abilities.
Building Flows:
If individual asanas (postures) make up the vocabulary
of yoga, then flows are the sentences and the stories
of yoga. You will learn to choose the story you wish
to tell your students, a story that is ultimately about
themselves. Learn to lead yoga classes that flow like
poetry.
• Pranayama
Breath is the foundation of all yoga practice. Our life
starts and ends with one breath and in between life
unfolds itself through our breath. There is a great
emphasis in our course on breathing and on how breath
can be used to cultivate prana (life force) as a bridge
to our higher self. You will learn anatomy and mechanics
of the breath, breathing methodology as well as several
different breathing techniques.
• Meditation
Dropping one's ego is fundamental to teaching yoga.
The practice of meditation greatly helps the yoga teacher
step out of his or her shell and adapt to whatever circumstances
present themselves. Thus, teaching comes "from
the floor" and not from a script in one's head.
In our Yoga Teacher Training Program we will discuss
several meditation and relaxation techniques.
• The Subtle Body
- Mudras, Chanting & Energetic Expressions - Discover
the joy of chanting and the power of mantra.
- The Five Koshas
- Kriya - is an ancient cleansing method that keeps
both the mind and body healthy.
- Prana & the Vayus
- Prana - integrative flow
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