100h Yoga Therapy Foundation Training – INTEGRATION

In May 2023 our new 100 hour Yoga Therapy Foundation Training will be released. Spread over 5 weekends within one year this intensive training is designed for yoga teachers and health professionals with a solid foundation in the practice of yoga. This training is an opportunity to fine-tune your teaching skills for individual lessons as well as promoting choice and agency for your students in group classes. Based on many years of experience with the application of therapeutic yoga in One-on-One sessions for clients with a wide range of difficulties, we are dedicated to creating individual yoga practices that facilitate wellbeing and regeneration in an accessible and sustainable way.

BODY | Date: 19-21 May 2023

• movement skills and body reading
• understanding tissue repair
• functional anatomy
• āsana variations and intelligent sequencing

BREATH | Date: 16-18 June 2023

• breathing skills and physiology of the respiratory system
• principles from āsana to prāṇāyāma for the internal body systems (immune -, lymphatic -, circulatory and digestive system)

BRAIN | Date: 22-24 September 2023

• understanding the nervous system
• acute versus chronic pain
• supportive practices for optimal brain function
• working with the senses including pratyāhāra and relaxation

MIND | Date: 26-28 January 2024

• mental health awareness, mind centering
• refocus and grounding in times of overwhelm, stress and crisis
• meditation and embodiment
• strengthening the ability to self-regulate and finding balance in life
• assessing body language and behavior through the lens of the guṇas

INTEGRATION | Date: 8-10 March 2024

• self-awareness and the importance of one’s own self-care
• defining the role as a personal yoga teacher and safety measures
• coming to a real understanding of compassion based on YS 1.33 maitrī-karuṇa-mudita-upekṣā
• developing listening and motivational conversation skills