29 jours-300h en formation de professeur d'anatomie du yoga, ajustements et séquençage avancé à Goa, Inde

This is a four-week program. It is an intense schedule that runs over six days with Sundays off. Students should be prepared to dedicate evenings to their studies with homework set on a daily basis.

The day will start with morning practice commencing at 7:00 a.m. Breakfast and lunch are provided with time allocated to go out for dinner nearby. There is always the option to order from the restaurant.

Yoga course details

The program offers a modern approach to teaching yoga with an emphasis on developing a self-practice in Ashtanga Yoga and Vinyasa Flow.

The course offers a comprehensive module in Yoga Anatomy and Physiology for students to gain technical information on how to use the physical body effectively to develop a safe and intelligent practice.

This is an advanced yoga teacher training course in Goa and students are advised to have a minimum of two years of yoga teaching experience along with a 200-hour YTTC certification. This will allow students to fully access the curriculum, building on existing teaching skills and knowledge. Students will be sent pre-course studies to ensure that there is consistency in the level of the participants.

Group sizes are small and intimate. The number of students is capped at 12 students on both courses.

300-hour teacher training course objectives

• Develop a practice of Ashtanga Vinyasa and understand the role of Ashtanga yoga in the practice
• Understand the technicalities of advanced Vinyasa Flow postures and complex transitions
• Learn advanced sequencing including pyramid, mandala and music flow
• Learn how to adjust postures
• Develop commentaries to give anatomical and technical instructions
• Take a holistic approach to the anatomy of yoga through the fascial body
• Connect with meditation and advanced breathwork
• Study from The Yoga Sutras and Bhagavad Gita

Key modules

The anatomy of yoga

Students will learn about the skeletal muscular system to determine how and why the body moves through a yoga practice. The module is taught in a practical way with functionality being taught through the application to postures, looking at how you stretch versus how you strengthen.

The role of the fascial body will be referenced throughout in order to appreciate the holistic approach to bring about movement, knowing how to overcome resistance in the body. This module will include the anatomy of the shoulder, hips, spine and feet alongside working with the superficial front and back lines, spiral lines, and arm lines.

The concept of biotensegrity will be explored in depth. The is focused on dispelling some of the myths surrounding the physical part of a yoga practice. This is undoubtedly a very technical module.

The theory is then integrated and referenced throughout the YTTC in order to bring a very technical and intelligent approach to your practice and teaching. Students will learn about anatomy through experimental and functional movement.

Advanced Vinyasa Flow

Morning practice will include peak posture flows. With several set sequences to learn, students will flow through dynamic sequences, reaching a final destination. Flows are technical with anatomical references given throughout, hence learning anatomy through movement, a key feature of this course.

Students will develop a self-practice of Vinyasa Flow by understanding how to prepare the body to achieve or advance postures. Peak postures will include King Pigeon, Vasthistasana, Grasshopper, Koundinyasana 1&2. The classes will bring together the traditional alignment of Ashtanga yoga and functional movement.

Teaching methodology

Students be encouraged to build on their existing repertoire of teaching tools. In particular, this module will focus on how to develop a yoga class commentary, with technical anatomical references given in an accessible and populist way. In understanding the anatomy of the postures and what is done to achieve a particular posture, precise technical instructions can be given to encourage intelligent practice.

Advanced teaching methods will include the music flow, mandala sequencing, peak posture pyramid and Rocket Vinyasa. This module allows students to demonstrate what they have learnt throughout the 300-hour teacher training course and there is ample opportunity provided to be experimental.

Ashtanga yoga adjustments

Students will develop a hands-on approach to teaching skills. An adjustment allows deeper access to postures. It is an important part of the practice of Ashtanga yoga. Adjusting in Vinyasa Flow is becoming increasingly popular.

The module will outline what you can and cannot do in a yoga class and will facilitate practicing the adjustment of key Vinyasa Flow postures.

Advanced yoga workshops

These workshops are taught in a fun and progressive environment with the aim of understanding key Vinyasa Flow postures and transitions.

Students will explore postures in terms of a combination of traditional alignment and functional movement, looking at how you move from posture to posture with the transference of weight being as important as the posture itself. This is how you develop an intelligent practice. Workshops include:

• Shoulder stability
• Happy hips
• Ashtavakrasana and more
• Backbending - a transition
• Myofascia release

Workshops will include mini flows, yogi drills and mindful stretching, partner work and exploration, cuing tips and playtime.

Yoga philosophy

Students will learn about the surrounding philosophies of Ashtanga yoga and the history of this practice. Teachings will come from Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras and Bhagavad Gita.

Typical daily schedule

• 06:00 Tea and contemplation
• 07:00 Vinyasa flow or Ashtanga yoga
• 09:00 Breakfast
• 10:00 Anatomy of yoga with posture analysis
• 13:30 Lunch
• 14:30 Teaching methodology / yoga philosophy
• 16:30 Afternoon workshop / Restorative yoga / Rocket workshops
• 18:00 Free-time / dinner
• 20:00 Study time
• 22:00 Night night!