Certifications
Students who complete their training are eligible to register with Yoga Alliance as Registered Yoga Teachers (RYT200).
How the training works
- 30 livestream hours: Students should attend a minimum of 15 Zoom sessions of 2 hours long each (you can attend as many sessions as you want if that helps you, as long as these classes are provided). Livestream Zoom sessions are offered in a weekly basis in various time slots to help attendance of students from all over the world. These sessions are practicum (flows, asana lab, meditations and other techniques) and/or theory
- Timezone: EET or EESZ GREECE (GMT/UTC + 2h or GMT/UTC + 3h) live-streaming from Greece in English
- 130 archived hours (self-paced): learning from recorded sessions, audios, and pdf in a self-paced mode (flows, asana lab, techniques tutorial, philosophy, anatomy, etc.)
- 40 self-study hours (self-paced): self-study, reading chapters of books, completing short tests and quizzes, writing a personal journal, creating demo practices of teaching and of asana forms
Requirements to participate
Wi-Fi connection, device to connect online, yoga props (yoga mat, strap or scarf, two or more blocks or big stable books, pillow or bolster, blanket, wall, and chair for assistance to the exercises), wireless microphone or Bluetooth for the phone to be clearly heard at your recorded sessions.
Curriculum
The training has a traditional and functional basis and the methods you are learning will make you a well-informed yoga instructor upon the latest trends in yoga practice, assisting, cueing, sequencing, cueing, as well as in the understanding of the energetic theory-based on the modern science and the ancient observation. With the embodiment tool of yoga, you will be able to act not only as a yoga instructor serving multiple needs and communities but also as a spiritual coach moving beyond boundaries.
Expected outcomes
By the end of the training program, participants are expected to be able to:
- Teach confidently and safely at the basic level to mixed-level Vinyasa classes
- Design Vinyasa, Hatha, and Restorative yoga classes and courses based on knowledge of anatomy, physiology, kinesiology, and philosophy of yoga and feel able to develop their knowledge and practice in the future
- Feel awakened to apply the principles of yoga in their personal lives and to awaken those around them on this path
- Have ignited their inner fire of truth-seeking by researching individually on yoga and offering their own research work according to their scientific background if existed
- Know how to offer yoga-related services to their communities
- Know how to advertise their work and maintain a steady group of practitioners
- Combine other alternative methods they may be familiar with in their work in yoga
- Offer retreats, workshops, and alternative events to their communities
- Collaborate with teachers of other yoga systems to spread yoga worldwide and locally
Training focus
- Warm up / cooling down
- Sun salutations: Classic, A, B, Moon, Creative
- Standing, one-leg standing
- Hip opening
- Splits
- Side bending
- Twists
- Core Activation
- Seated postures
- Arm balancing
- Backbending
- Inversions
- Balance
- Bindings
- Finishing postures, supine and prone postures
- Flexibility exercises
- Breathing exercises
They also infuse
- Power
- Drills
- Functionality
- Conditioning
- Contortion
- Variations, Adaptations, Funky Variations, Props Use
- Nidra
Sequencing
- Peak Pose
- Waves
- Ladder
- Mix Flow
- Traditional Hatha, etc.
Dynamic
- Solar Classes
- Lunar Classes
- All Levels, etc.
- Theory and practice via livestream training and an online library with digital material, videos, and audio
Content
The content is divided into 10 modules that communicate with the practice:
- Module 1: Sun Salutations and Sun Salutation Poses
- Module 2: Standing Poses
- Module 3: Twisted and One-Legged Standing Poses
- Module 4: Kneeling and Sitting Poses
- Module 5: Sitting Poses
- Module 6: Handstands
- Module 7: Backbends
- Module 8: Inversions
- Module 9: Finishing Poses and Restorative
- Module 10: Hatha
Each of the 10 modules include:
1. Asana
Practice class videos, hands-on assist analysis videos, short asana analysis manual, extended asana analysis manual. Main asanas are covered with the different variations they appear in modern practice. Finally, there is a really extensive number of asanas that will be covered. Kinetic exercises from modern functional theory with experiential analysis.
Syllabus of asana (92 poses and innumerous variations):
- Tadasana
- Urdhva Hastasana
- Uttanasana
- Adho Mukha Svanasana
- Bhujangasana
- Urdhva Mukha Svanasana
- Kumbhakasana
- Chaturanga Dandasana
- Ashtangasana
- Anjaneyasana
- Uktatasana
- Ashta Chandrasana
- Virabhadrasana I
- Virabhadrasana II
- Virabhadrasana III
- Viparita Virabhadrasana
- Sirsangustasana
- Utthita Trikonasana
- Utthita Parsvakonasana
- Parsvottanasana
- Dwi Konasana
- Prasarita Padottanasana I, II, III, IV
- Kaliasana
- Ardha Chandrasana
- Ardha Chandra Chapasana
- Parivrtta Trikonasana
- Parivrtta Utthita Parsvakonasana
- Parivrtta Ardha Chandrasana
- Utthita Hasta Padangusthasana I, II, III
- Natarajasana
- Svarga Dvijasana
- Urdhva Prasarita Eka Padasana
- Vrksasana
- Garudasana
- Marjaryasana-Bitilasana
- Vyaghrasana
- Parighasana
- Vajrasana
- Bharadvajasana
- Virasana
- Sukhasana
- Siddhasana
- Baddha Konasana
- Agnistambhasana
- Padmasana
- Gomukhasana
- Malasana
- Skandasana
- Paschimottanasana
- Janu Sirsasana
- Parivrtta Janu Sirsasana
- Upavistha Konasana
- Urdhva Upavistha Konasana
- Ubhaya Padangusthasana
- Arhda Hanumanasana
- Hanumanasana
- Navasana
- Ardha Matsyendrasana
- Marichyasana I, II, III
- Surya Yantrasana
- Yogi Dandasana
- Purvottanasana
- Vasisthasana
- Visvamitrasana
- Bakasana
- Parsva Bakasana
- Eka Pada Koundinyasana I
- Eka Pada Koundinyasana II
- Titibasana
- Astavakrasana
- Maksikanagasana
- Utpluthih
- Anahatasana
- Ustrasana
- Salabhasana
- Dhanurasana
- Urdhva Dhanurasana
- Salamba Sarvangasana
- Sirsasana
- Pincha Mayurasana
- Vrschikasana
- Adho Mukha Vrksasana
- Anantasana
- Setu Bandhasana
- Jathara Parivartanasana
- Salamba Sarvangasana
- Halasana
- Matsyasana
- Eka Pada Rajakapotasana I, II, III
- Viparita Karani
- Supta Baddha Konasana
- Shavasana
Kinetic exercises from Hatha, Vinyasa, Ashtanga tradition as well as functionality and conditioning with experiential and partly extended the analysis
- Warm-up flow
- Surya Namaskar variations
- Chandra Namaskar variations
- Table Top Flow
- Kumbakhasana Flow
- Dancing Warriors Flow
- Utkatasana-Pistol Squat Flow
- Kaliasana Dance Flow
- Trikonasana functional flow
- Parsvottanasana functional flow
- Jathara Parivartanasana Flow
- Seated Poses Flow
- Roll back and forward Flow
- Vasisthasana Flow
- Core activation Drills
- Navasana jump back flow
- Vasisthasana Flow
- EPKII transitions
- Splits Drills
- Bakasana Drills
- Ashtavakrasana Drills
- Backbends Drills
- Camatkarasana-Urdhva Dhanurasana Flow
- Urdhva Dhanurasana Flow
- Ustrasana-Kapotasana Flow
- Inversions Drills
- Restorative
- Karanas
- Joints Flow
2. Techniques
Mudra (Pranic hand gestures and sealing poses, benefits, and circumstances to use them)
- Theory: the power of mudra
- Chin Mudra
- Anjali Mudra
- Ganesha Mudra
- Garuda Mudra
- Lotus Mudra
- Prithvi Mudra
Bandha (Internal locks, main, and secondary):
- Theory: the power of bandha
- Mula Bandha / Root Lock
- Uddiyana Bandha / Belly Lock
- Jalandhara Bandha / Neck Lock
- Double Bandha
- Maha Bandha / Great Lock
Pranayama (traditional breathing techniques and modern breathwork exercises):
- Theory: the power of pranayama
- Full Breath / Diaphragmatic Breath
- Ujjayi Breath / Oceanic Breath
- Nadi Shodhana / Alternative Nostril Breathing
- Kapalabhati / Fire Breath
- Brahamari / Bee Breath
- Bhastrika / Bellows Breath
- Anuloma Viloma / Alternative Nostril Breathing Variations
Mantra (Chanting for meditation practice):
- Theory: the power of mantra
- Garyatri
- Lokaksema
- Shanti Mantra
- Om Namah Shivaya
- Ganesh Maha Mantra
- Circle Chants from various traditions
Meditation
- Benefits
- Finding the personal voice for meditation guidance
- Types of meditation: theming guided meditation, visualization, non-guided meditation
- Scripts for guided meditations: solar and lunar, archetypes, shamanic, yoga Nidra, chakra affirmations, raja yoga meditation, positive affirmations, nature, theta healing, divine femininity and masculinity, mindfulness, etc.
3. Teaching methodology
- Sequencing Art
- Theming Art
- Cueing Art
- Fascia
- Hands-on Assists Art
- Class Plans
- Guidance Style
- Teacher's Energy
- Teaching Communicability
- Sacred Space
- Art of Voice
- Art of Vinyasa
4. Anatomy
- Shoulders muscles, Arms muscles, Upper Limb muscles
- Anatomy: Back and Neck muscles, Bones of Sternum, Ribcage and Ribs
- Skeletal System
- Anatomy: Chest and Abdominal muscles, Spine Anatomy
- Pelvis and Thighs anatomy
- Calf and Foot Anatomy
- Skull Anatomy
- Yoga applied anatomy: anatomy knowledge that serves the yoga practice, e.g. muscles and joints that work in each asana
5. Physiology
- Stretching
- Skeletal System
- Muscular System
- Respiratory System
6. Kinesiology
- Anatomical Position and Directional Terms
- Types of body movements
- Positions in Space
- Planes of Motion
- Joints Movements
- Joints actions, types of movements
- Kinetic Chains
7. Yoga history
- Postural yoga history
- Asana history
- Early yoga
- Classical yoga
- Hatha yoga
- Modern yoga
- Women in yoga history
8. Philosophy
- What is yoga
- Energetic airs / Vayu system
- Energetic bodies / Kosha system
- Energetic qualities / Guna system
- Energetic centers / Chakra system
- Eight Limbs Yoga / Ashtanga path
9. Yoga psychology and ethics
- Serving in teaching with love. Live, Love, Learn from a pedagogical point of view
- Critical Thinking
- Trauma-Sensitive yoga
- Non-Violent Communication
- NLP
- EFT
- Theta healing
- CBT
- Transformational leadership
- Reprogramming negative beliefs as yoga teachers
10. Marketing
- The professionalism of the yoga teaching
- The yoga teacher as a professional
- How to title the yoga sessions
- How to write a CV, resume, personal signature
- How to pricing
- How to find a job
- How to set up a brand
- How to title yourself as a yoga teacher
- Resources for online teaching
11. Journaling
- New Moon Journal
- Warrior Journal
- Goddess Journal
- Energy Journal
- Yamas-Niyamas Journal
Throughout the training, a certain selected bibliography is used and proposed for lifelong learning as well. Also, free eBooks are given to read and complete the exercises. This curriculum mirrors the in-person training and follows the Yoga Alliance guidelines in 200-hour training.
Finishing requirements
- Attend at least 15 livestream classes (30 live training hours)
- Submit the finishing requirements of the 10 modules and to graduate