8 Day 50-Hour Aerial with Acro Yoga Teacher Training in Bali, Indonesia

Certifications

The course/hours count as Continuing Education hours for Registered Yoga Teachers (RYT®) only.

At Aayaa Yoga, they have designed a small course for students who cannot attend the long course. The Aerial course is designed for students who would love to learn aerial yoga which is a modern fun way to practice this wonderful lifestyle.

Aerial Yoga also referred to as Fly Yoga, is beneficial for achieving a total-body workout by suspending oneself in a hammock two to three feet off the ground. The fabric acts like a swing, offering slight stretchability for flexibility and easy movement. This dynamic relationship with the ground enhances body awareness and understanding.

Aerial Yoga also has major health benefits by allowing one to stretch and strengthen the body, it also does not stress the joints or compress the vertebrae. The hammock acts as a support system for people with back pain or back disorders. Once you get a little practice, Aerial yoga is fun and filled with the benefits of yoga poses. Inversions were never so easy.

At AAYAA, the mission is to foster a deep sense of self, well-being, liberation, and education in all students through the embodiment of ethical values. The team consists of highly qualified trainers from diverse backgrounds, each with personal and academic experience. The 50-hour Aerial with Acro Yoga Teacher Training is beneficial for beginners and intermediate students who aspire to teach yoga as a career, as well as for those looking to deepen their practice and enhance their quality of life.

The organizers have contributed to their life’s purpose through the 50-hour Aerial with Acro Yoga Teacher Training course, designed to transform participants into the most powerful, authentic, and impactful versions of themselves. Upon completion, students will receive registration with Yoga Alliance Certification.

AAYAA Techniques, Training, and Practice

One of the most significant aspects of the training is yoga teaching techniques. This section of the course includes training, practicing, and teaching techniques of classic yoga practices, such as asanas, in accordance with the various yoga styles covered in the curriculum.

• You will learn to witness, several asanas, their modifications, changes, contraindications, and various methods to use props which with practice you shall master and teach.
• You will learn about the theory and practice of standing postures, sitting postures, inversions, backward extensions, arm balances, and various other postures.
• There will be in-depth study and practical teaching of mantras, kriyas, pranayama and several techniques of meditation
• You will master the Asanas on developing the standard of body alignment, witnessing and honing awareness of deeper physiological processes during the practice of each posture.
• You shall learn about Bhakti yoga which includes mantra chanting, kirtans, and Satsang
• Most importantly you will learn about Karma yoga. All these techniques help in cleansing, channelizing and locking energy in your body to the right principles

Anatomy and Physiology

This session will cover the following topics: general human body movement and terminology. The neurological, endocrine, respiratory, skeletal, and muscular systems, as well as their interrelationships, are in the context of yoga practice.

• In this the main learning will be detailing the human system with specialization in bones, muscles, origin, and insertions of muscles with nerve impulses.
• You will learn the basic summary of the structure and functions (Anatomy and Physiology) of various systems within the physical body.
• The most interesting part is the Anatomy of pranayama which specializes in energy systems, chakras, energy bodies, and also the vascular system.
• With these lessons, you will be an expert in the practical implementation of Anatomy and Physiology in yoga practices.
• Yoga asana benefits and contraindications 'Yoga's Key Muscles'.
• The body's pranic energy channels
• The pancha koshas (sheath)
• The universe's five elements
• The chakras (seven energy centres)

Teaching methodology and strategy

This module's goal is to teach you the skill of teaching as well as the business and marketing sides of yoga: Develop traits of a competent teacher such as voice tone, timing, class planning, asana sequencing, and the art of correction and alignment. Get the chance to hone your skills by teaching in small and large groups with other students.

• You will be learning the art of alignment in asana poses and hands-on adjustments with the support of props.
• Master the art of sorting and sequencing of asanas.
• The training includes the qualities and conduct of a yoga trainer capable of leading a session.
• You will also be learning some Sanskrit words to understand the basics of yoga.

Yoga Philosophy, Lifestyle and Ethics

In yoga philosophy, you will discover the purpose and goals of yoga, as well as the ethics and practices of living a yogic lifestyle because being a yogi you need to have an understanding of

• What yoga philosophy entails: Yogapradipika.
• What yoga is defined as:
• Why yoga pathways (jnana, raja, bhakti, and karma yoga).
• Why Patanjali Yoga Sutras have eight limbs.
• How some yogis became notable yogis by reading their biographies.
• Understand that the Bhagavad Gita is an ancient scripture that has been studied.
• Why yogic diet and way of life matter.

Course details

Aerial yoga

• Experiment with anti-gravity.
• Take use of all the advantages of inversion stances.
• Increase your flexibility, strength, core stability, and coordination.
• Learn how to create therapeutic treatment sequences.
• Push yourself to your limits and fly.

Acro Yoga Workshop

• Learn how to trust: “As you learn to support others, you end up allowing yourself to be supported. This is a fundamental of trust: take control by letting go” (Daniel Scott).
• Partner yoga practice
• Introduction to the basics of Acro yoga: base, flyer, spotter
• Proper alignment
• A multidisciplinary approach
• Facilitators who are certified
• Yoga in various styles
• Asana variations
• Lesson plans based on a theme
• Yoga for beginners, movers, and flyers

Meditation

• Daily morning meditation with intention-setting
• Pranic meditation
• Study the Vedanta philosophy and the most important yogic text
• Yoga Nidra
• Trataka (candle light meditation)
• Meditation on a cycle (stress management)
• Meditation in motion

Bhakti Yoga

• Performing bhajan-kirtan with live music
• Havan (fire ceremony for invocating energy)
• Ajapa-japa (repetition of mantra)
• Dancing and getting into a stage of bliss
• Feel the path of Bhakti yoga
• Live music is used to perform bhajan-kirtan

Daily schedule

• 06:30 - 08:30 Kriyas/pranayam/aerial
• 08:30 - 09:30 Breakfast
• 10:00 - 11:20 Philosophy/teaching methodology class
• 11:30 - 13:30 Asana clinic/adjustment/practicum
• 13:30 - 15:30 Lunch and recreational time
• 15:30 - 16:20 Anatomy/physiology class
• 16:30 - 18:00 Asana class: Aerial
• 18:30 - 19:30 Meditation/Kirtan/ayurveda/group discussion
• 19:30 - 20:00 Dinner
• 20:00 - 21:00 Study time