200 hrs yoga teacher training in goa

This Yoga Alliance certified teacher training provides a solid foundation to teach yoga, inspire others and deepen your own personal practice. The focus of this training is to provide students with applied knowledge of anatomy, alignment and assists with a deep focus on yoga philosophy. This course will help you to bring out your creativity, to find your voice and to give you the confidence to teach, educate and inspire students from a powerful yoga foundation. This training is appropriate for the serious student who would like to start teaching yoga, as well as the student who would like to deepen their own knowledge & personal practice. You will come away with a deeper understanding of the physical and spiritual side of yoga that combines together to create an exceptional yoga teacher.

Curriculum

This is a Multi-Style yoga teacher training course, open to all levels, our 200hr yoga teacher training course includes the breakdown study and practices of

• Yoga philosophy

• Anatomy and physiology

• Hatha yoga

• Ashtanga Vinyasa Primary Series (Mysore style) (Introduction)

• Vinyasa flow

• Yin yoga (Introduction)

• Pranayama & Meditation

• Chakras & Mudras

• Kriyas

• Alignment and Adjustment

• Teaching methodology

• Art of teaching

• Yoga techniques

• Lifestyle and ethics

Theme of the Training

• What is yoga and its philosophy
• Different paths of yoga,
• Fluctuations of the mind
• Understanding different body types through Ayurveda and yoga anatomy
• How yoga could be applied in our daily lives not just practicing yoga but applying it living life at its best more by being present

Our core focus would be on hatha yoga as its one of the ancient style of yoga through which all other styles have emerged, we will go through each posture key alignments how to move into the posture and how to come out of it when to breathe in and breathe out of it contra-indications benefits and also how to sequence the postures how to do adjustments in the postures.

Principles of sequencing will be taught so that students can create a vinyasa flow sequence according to the need of their students or the class. Learning Sanskrit names of postures to both expand your knowledge and enhance your professional skills

Ashtanga Yoga

• Introductions and history
• The elements of Ashtanga yoga: Vinyasa (breath-synchronised motion), Ujjayi Pranayama (victorious breathing), bandhas (inner locks), drishti (gaze points)
• Primary series: Sun salutations, standing series, seated series, finishing sequence.

Vinyasa flow

• Vinyasa flow, Flow Yoga.
• Principles of sequencing and teaching a Vinyasa Flow class.
• Transition from posture to posture with breath.

Yin Yoga

• Introduction to yin yoga
• Why we do yin yoga
• Theory of yin/yang
• Yin postures
• Yin sequencing

Course content in detail

• Our Yoga Alliance Registered 200-hour Yoga Teacher Training Program incorporate training hours in the following educational categories and topics.

Practical/Asanas

Practice techniques of 100 postures which includes standing postures, seated, back bending, core, inverted, arm balances and restorative will go through each posture of different group individually to have clear knowledge Modifications, other variations and advance variation of all postures.

• Practical theory:Corrections, modifications and variations are taught with each posture to make your practice easy plus to offer variations when you teach.

Teaching practice

• Includes practice teaching, receiving feedback, observing others teaching, hearing and giving feedback. Also includes assisting students while someone else is teaching.
• Students get to teach every day from day one. You will teach at least 20 minutes everyday.
• You may also teach at least one full open class during the course.
• Regular feedback are given by teachers and fellow students about your teaching so that you can improve and find your unique voice and style as a teacher.
• You will learn to give hands on adjustment.

Teaching methodology and technique

• Principles of demonstration
• Observing, assisting and correcting
• Instruction, teaching styles, qualities of a teacher
• Voice Modulation, floor presence
• Sequencing and structuring a class
• Alignment and hands-on-adjustment
• Dealing with injuries and safety precautions
• Business aspects of teaching yoga

Pranayama (yogic breathing)

• Introduction, its aspects, pranic body, different types of prana, types of breathing, anatomy of breathing, Yogic breathing.
• Eight types of pranayama
• Nadi-Shodhana (Alternate Nostril Breathing)
• Sheetali & Sheethkari (Cooling Breath)
• Bhramari (Humming Bee Breath)
• Ujjayi (The Psychic or Victorious Breath)
• Bhastrika (Bellows Breath)
• Kapalbhati (Frontal Brain Cleansing Breath)
• Suryabheda (Vitality Stimulating Breath)

Bandhas (Energy locks)

• Introduction:
• Jalandhara Bandha throat lock
• Mula Bandha root lock
• Uddiyana Bandha abdominal lock
• Maha Bandha great lock

Kriya – Yogic cleansing techniques

Jala Neti Nasal cleansing.

Philosophy content

• Meaning of yoga, concepts, history.
• Four paths of yoga ( Jnana, Raja, Bhakti, Karma Yoga)
• Hatha yoga, Nadis (energy channels), Chakras, kundalini.
• Vedas and six systems of Indian philosophy.
• Ashtanga yoga (Raja Yoga): Yoga sutras, aim of yoga, modification of mind, mental disposition, different levels of preparation, five afflictions of mind, Eight limbs of yoga, Kriya yoga, Samyama yoga, Types of Samadhi, Nirbija and Sabija Samadhi.
• Obstacles on the path of yoga, physical and mental disturbances caused by an un-concentrated mind, means to overcome obstacles, methods to control the modifications of mind.
• Life style and ethics for a yoga practitioner and teacher.

Anatomy

• Includes both human physical anatomy and physiology (bodily systems, organs, etc.) and energy anatomy and physiology (Chakras, Nadis, etc.). Includes both the study of the subject and application of its principles to yoga practice (benefits, contraindications, healthy movement patterns, etc).
• Practical anatomy with a major emphasis on muscular and skeletal structures and in depth study of anatomical and skeletal differences i.e. compression, tension, and proportion and orientation theory.
• Introduction and different body systems.
• Skeletal system, muscular system, connective tissue, nervous system, major joints of the body.
• 8 major joints of the body and its importance.
• Breathing and respiratory system.

Business aspect of yoga

• Career as a teacher
• Setting up your own studio, school or business
• Marketing strategy, advertising and PR
• Ethics in yoga business

Building network with other yoga teachers, schools , studios and retreats

Schedule for 200 Hour Yoga Teacher Training, (YTTC) Goa, India 2020/2021