4 Month 200-Hour Online Level 1 Yoga Protocol Instructor Training With 50 Contact Hours

Pre-application requirements

• Tailored for beginners, fostering a strong foundation for your yoga journey
• For open candidates there is no eligibility criteria
• For admission in the course, it is suggested / desired that the candidate should have passed 10th standard / secondary school certificate from a recognized board or equivalent. However, yoga institutions can define their own eligibility

Certifications

Earn your credentials from the prestigious Swasti Yoga Centre in collaboration with the esteemed Yoga Certification Board (YCB), Govt. of India, ensuring a recognized and reputable qualification.

Swasti Yoga Centre and Yoga Certification Board (YCB) Govt. of India Yoga Certification Board (Govt. of India) (yoga exam fees not included)

How the training works

• Required online tools: To join the training, you will need a stable internet connection and the Zoom, Google Duo, or Microsoft Teams apps
• Contact hours: 200 hours. Direct: 50 hours hands-on learning, indirect hours: 150 hours of supplementary, in-depth study
• Time commitment (hours per week): 12 - 15 hours
• This training takes 16 weeks (part time). Dedicate 12-15 hours weekly to your growth as a budding yoga instructor

Timing of sessions (IST, GMT+5.5)

This yoga teacher training is conducted online. Experience a comprehensive curriculum at a comfortable pace of once a week. Engage in enlightening 1-hour practice sessions and weekly one theory session, each carefully crafted to deepen your understanding and practice.

Curriculum / Course information

Highlights

• Benefit from the vast experience of our faculty, accumulating over 60 years in teaching, certification exams, yoga retreats, and global teacher training
• Join a diverse community with students from 35 countries, exposing you to global perspectives and opportunities for internships
• Experience the flexibility of online and offline modules, enriched by live sessions conducted by certified international faculty
• Delve into the yogic lifestyle, integrating its principles into your daily practices
• Engage in live online sessions facilitated through Zoom, Google Duo, or Microsoft Teams
• Begin your course promptly upon sign-up, with self-paced options available upon discussion with your instructor

Syllabus

Introduction to yoga and yogic practice

• Yoga: etymology, definitions, aim, objectives, and misconceptions
• Yoga: its origin, history, and development
• Guiding principles to be followed by yoga practitioners
• Principles of yoga (triguna, antahkarana-chatustaya, tri-Sharia / panchakosha)
• Introduction to major schools of yoga (Jnana, Bhakti, Karma, Patanjali, Hatha)
• Introduction to yoga practices for health and well being
• Introduction to shatkarma: meaning, purpose and their significance in yoga sadhana
• Introduction to yogic sukshma vyayma, sthula vyayama, and surya namaskar
• Introduction to yogasana: meaning, principles, and their health benefits
• Introduction to pranayama and dhyana and their health benefits

Introduction to yoga of texts

• Introduction and study of Patanjala Yoga Sutra including memorization of selected Sutras (chapter I-1-12)
• Introduction and study of Bhagavad Gita including memorization of a selection of Slokas (chapter II-47, 48, 49, 50 and 70)
• Introduction and study of Hathpradipika
• General introduction to Prasthanatrayee
• Concepts and principles of aahara (diet) in Hathapradipika and Bhagawadgita (Mitahara and Yuktahara)
• Significance of health yoga practices in health and well being
• Concept of mental wellbeing according to Patanjala yoga
• Yogic practices of Patanjala yoga: Bahiranga and Antaranga yoga
• Concepts of healthy living in Bhagwad Gita
• Importance of subjective experience in daily yoga practice

Yoga for health promotion

• Brief introduction to the human body
• Meaning and means of health promotion and role of yoga in health promotion
• Yogic positive attitude (maitri, karuna, mudita, upeksha)
• Concepts of bhavas (dharma, jnana, vairagya, aishvarya) and their relevance in well being
• Dincharya and ritucharya with respect to a yogic lifestyle
• Holistic approach of yoga towards health and diseases
• Introduction to first aid and cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR)
• Yogic management of stress and its consequences
• Yoga in the prevention of metabolic and respiratory disorders
• Yoga for personality development

Practical: demonstration skills

Prayer:

• Concept and recitation of pranava and hymns

Yoga cleansing techniques:

• Knowledge of dhauti, neti and practice of kapalabhati

Yogic sukshma vyayama and sthula vyayama

• Yogic sukshma vyayama (micro circulation practices): neck movement
• Griva shakti vikasaka (I, II, III, IV): shoulder movement
• Bhuja valli shakti vikasaka
• Purna bhuja shakti vikasaka: trunk movement
• Kati shakti vikasaka (I, II, III, IV, V): knee movement
• Jangha shakti vikasaka (II-A and B)
• Janu shakti vikasaka: ankle movement
• Pada-mula shakti vikasana - A and B
• Gulpha-pada-pristha-pada-tala-shakti vikasaka
• Yogic sthula vyayama (macrocirculation practices): Sarvanga pushti and hrid gati (engine daud)
• Yogic surya namaskara
• Yogasana
• Tadasana, vrikshasana, ardha, chakrasana, padahastasana, kati chakrasana, trikonasana
• Dandasana, sukhasana, padmasana, vajrasana,
• Bhadrasana, mandukasana, ushtrasana, shashankasana, uttana mandukasana
• Paschimottanasana, purvottanasana
• Vakrasana, gomukhasana
• Bhujangasana, shalabhasana, makarasana
• Pavanamuktasana, uttnapadasana, ardha, halasana, setubandhasana
• Vipareetakarani, saral matsyasana, shavasana

Preparatory breathing practices

• Sectional breathing (abdominal, thoracic, clavicular)
• Yogic deep breathing

Pranayama

• Concept of puraka, rechaka and kumbhaka
• Anulmoa viloma / nadi shodhana
• Sheetalee (without kumbhaka)
• Bhramari (without kumbhaka)

Understanding of bandha

• Jalandhara bandha
• Uddiyana bandha
• Mula bandha

Understanding of mudra

• Hasta mudras (chin, chinmaya, brahma, adi, jnana, dhyana and nasika)

Practices leading to meditation and dhyna sadhana

• Recitation of pranava and soham
• Recitation of selected hymns, invocations and prayers from Vedas and Upanishadas
• Body and breath awareness
• Yoga Nidra

Practical: teaching skills (methods of teaching yoga)

• Essentials of good lesson plan: Concepts, needs, planning of teaching yoga (shatkriya, asana, pranayama, and practices leading to dhyana)
• Principles of teaching yoga protocol to different groups (beginners, children, youth, women, geriatric population, and special attention group)
• Preparation for a yoga class (before and during the class)
• Factors influencing yoga teaching
• Class management in yoga: its meaning and needs
• Conducting yoga practical lessons: precautions and contraindications of practices)
• Salient features of ideal yoga instructors
• Models of ideal yoga lesson plans