300 Hour Advanced Vinyasa YTTC

• Sequencing Vinyasa yoga classes for beginners and advanced practitioners

• Learning from senior and highly experienced yoga teachers

• Expanding the knowledge of asanas while paying attention to key alignments and anatomical structures

• Deepen your own practice as well as learning how to teach others safely

• Analyzing the sequences and developing creative sequences with themes

• Theoretical / practical differences between different styles

• A platform to exchange experiences with teachers and fellow students on how to teach different target audiences

Anatomy classes will help you to refresh your knowledge and understand the key muscles and bones used in asana practice associated with health benefits and contraindications. The anatomy class is specifically connected to alignment and adjustment classes.

Topics covered are:

• Human physical anatomy and physiology

• Healthy patterns of movement

• Different body systems: skeletal system, muscular system, connective tissue, nervous system, breathing and respiratory system and major joints of the body.

• Understanding of yoga asanas from an anatomical perspective.

• Therapeutic applications of postures and working with injuries in asanas.

• Demonstration of more advanced asanas by category (standing closed-hip poses, standing open-hip poses together, forward fold, backbends, twists, inversions).

• Detailed study of how to get into the asana, how to modify, teaching beginners, what body part needs to be open, what body part needs to be strengthened and stretched for each posture

• Hands on adjustments with a focus on verbal and visual cues. Understanding the different types of adjustments (active / passive / resistance / partner) and developing a deeper sense of touch, pressure and body weight related to receiving and giving adjustments.

• One of the significant aspects of the course is to gain confidence in teaching, sequencing and to be a good yoga teacher

• Opportunities are given to teach from day one progressing from one-on-one to teaching larger groups

• Guidance on how to structure a class and improve and enhance teaching skills

• Opportunities to assist and adjust in asanas

• Regular feedback is given about planning, structuring and guiding a class based on student requirements, safety precautions and injuries.

• Discover YOUR unique personal style

• In addition to the above, insights into specific topics are given through workshops

You will learn:

• How to take the practice to a deeper and next level

• The theory and practice of Pranayama techniques along with the practice of Bandhas

• The theory and practice of Jala Neti (nasal cleansing technique)

• Practice different meditation techniques (breath-based, mantra, mudra, vipassana, metta and Chakra)

• Chanting of mantras and a class on yoga nidra

• Different obstacles in the practice and tools to overcome them

  You will have daily practice throughout the course. Personal guidance will be given with respect to pranayama and meditation.

The Yoga Philosophy section covers the following topics:

• Review of Patanjali Yoga Sutras

• Understanding Karma and Dharma

• Historical and cultural background of Bhagavad Gita

• Bhagavad Gita : A complete overview and its application to life and asana class

• Learning of different perspectives through Bhagavad Gita

• Emotional empowerment and emotional self-sufficiency through applied yoga philosophy

• Basics of Ayurveda

There will also be interactive sessions to understand complex philosophical concepts. Group discussions are held based on issues related to yoga. Our aim is to help students apply philosophy in daily life and also conduct an enriched yogic lifestyle.

In this class, the teacher will explain how to develop:

• your career as a yoga teacher

• how to set up your own studio, school or a yoga retreat centre

• marketing strategies

• ethics in yoga business

• building a network with other yoga teachers, schools, studios and retreats, among other related topics.