Course curriculum

  • 1

    Welcome to the course!

    • A message from the trainers

    • How to use Thinkific

    • Before we begin... Pre-Course Survey

    • Self-Introduction

    • Reminders & Housekeeping
  • 2

    Manuals

    • Instructions

    • Teaching Workbook (Anatomy & Asana Engineering)

    • Chants, Pranayama, Mudras, Bandhas

    • Teaching Methodology, Business, and Ethics

    • History & Philosophy Manual Modules 1 & 2

    • History & Philosophy Manual Modules 3 & 4

    • History & Philosophy Manual Modules 5 & 6

    • Yoga Books
  • 3

    Week 1 - February 2

    • Week 1 Overview

    • Asana Engineering Recording: What is Yoga Asana?

    • Asana Engineering Recording: The Muscular System and Understanding "Neutral"

    • Week 1 Mantra - Gayatri Mantra

    • Audio: Inner Power Vinyasa Chants

    • History Recording: Meaning of Yoga

    • History Recording: Vedic & Upanishadic Period; Buddhism

    • Practice Teaching Recording

    • Module 1: The Meaning of Yoga (Video)

    • Module 1: The Meaning of Yoga (Audio)

    • Module 2: Vedic & Upanishadic Period (Video)

    • Module 2: Vedic & Upanishadic Period (Audio)

    • Asana Engineering Recording: Introduction to IPV Method and Asana

    • Asana Engineering Recording: Anatomical Position + Muscular System

    • Week 1 Practice Teaching Tasks

    • Week 1 Survey

    • Week 1 Takeaways

    • Week 1 Meditation
  • 4

    Week 2 - February 9

    • Asana Engineering Recording: The Skeletal System, Planes of Motion, Tadasana, Hastasana, Uttanasana, Ardha Uttanasana

    • Week 2 Mantra - Guru Mantra

    • History Recording: Meaning of Om & Legacy of the Vedas

    • History Recording: Sanatan Dharma

    • Practice Teaching Recording: Half Sun Salutation with Assist

    • Module 2: Buddhism and the Legacy of the Vedas (Video)

    • Module 2: Buddhism and the Legacy of the Vedas (Audio)

    • Module 3 Part 1: Sanatan Dharma (Video)

    • Module 3 Part 1: Sanatan Dharma (Audio)

    • Bonus Audio: Podcast Episodes on Sanatan Dharma and the Sad Darshan (Six Schools)

    • Asana Engineering Recording: The Skeletal System and Joint Movements

    • Asana Engineering Recording: Tadasana, Hastasana, Uttanasana (Padangusthasana and Padahastasana), Ardha Uttanasana, Virabhadrasana I

    • Week 2 Practice Teaching Tasks
  • 5

    Week 3 - February 16

    • Asana Engineering Recording: The Shoulder Girdle and its Joint Movements

    • Asana Engineering Recording: Padangusthasana, Padahasthasana, Virabhadrasana 1, Anjaneyasana, Parsvottanasana

    • Asana Engineering Recording: Binding Technique, Prasarita Padottanasana A-D, Giving students bodily autonomy, and why we don't cue the tailbone

    • Week 3 Mantra - Om Sahana Vavatu

    • History Recording: Krishnamacharya & Modern Yoga; Philosophy Recording: The Five Kleshas

    • Bonus Videos: Krishnamacharya and Iyengar Yoga Demo

    • Practice Teaching Recording

    • Module 3 Part 2: Krishnamacharya and Modern Yoga (Audio)

    • Module 3 Part 2: Krishnamacharya and Modern Yoga (Video)

    • Module 3 Part 3: Branches of Yoga (Video)

    • Module 3 Part 3: Branches of Yoga (Audio)

    • Week 3 Practice Teaching Tasks

    • Module 4 Part 1: Yoga Philosophy - The Kleshas (Video)

    • Module 4 Part 1: Yoga Philosophy - The Kleshas (Audio)
  • 6

    Week 4 - February 23

    • Teaching Methodology Recording: The Art of Verbal Cueing

    • Asana Engineering Recording: Garudasana, Adho Mukha Svanasana, Eka Pada Adho Mukha Svanasana, Hip Joint Mandala

    • Week 4 Mantra - Om Asatoma Sad Gamaya

    • Philosophy Recording: The Five Vrittis & The Eight Limbs of Yoga

    • Module 4 - The Vrittis (Video)

    • Module 4 - The Vrittis (Audio)

    • Module 4 - The Eight Limbs of Yoga (Video)

    • Module 4 - The Eight Limbs of Yoga (Audio)

    • Asana Engineering: Hip Joint Mandala, Camatcarasana, Virabhadrasana III, Urdhva Prasaritta Eka Padasana

    • Asana Engineering: Trikonasana, Virabhadrasana II, Parsvakonasana, Ardha Chandrasana, Viparita Virabhadrasana, Vrksasana

    • Asana Engineering: Padangusthasana A, B, and C & Sequencing Theory
  • 7

    Week 5 - March 2

    • Asana Engineering Recording: Virabhadrasana II, Trikonasana, Parsvakonasana

    • Asana Engineering Recording: Virabhadrasana III, Urdhva Prasarita Eka Padasana, Natarajasana (and a talk on mermaid pose), and Active/Passive Range of Motion

    • Philosophy Recording: The Eight Limbs of Yoga (cont.)

    • Module 4 - The Eight Limbs of Yoga (Part 2) (Video)

    • Module 4 - The Eight Limbs of Yoga (Part 2) (Audio)

    • Bonus Video: A Stroke of Insight TED Talk by Dr. Jill Bolte Taylor

    • Asana Engineering: Ardha Baddha Padmottasana (and lotus technique) and Svarga Dvijasana & Teaching Open Level Classes

    • Asana Engineering: Introduction to Twists

    • Asana Engineering: Parivrtta Trikonasana, Parivrtta Parsvakonasana, Parivrtta Utthita Hasta Padangusthasana, Parivrtta Svarga Dvijasana, Parivrtta Utkatasana & Assisting Theory

    • Asana Engineering Recording:Trikonasana, Parsvakonasana, Ardha Chandrasana, Utthita Hasta Padangusthasana

    • Asana Engineering Recording: Ardha Baddha Padma Padottanasana, and Svarga Dvijasana
  • 8

    Week 6 - March 9

    • Asana Engineering Recording: Ardha Chandrasana, Viparita Virabhadrasana, Vrksasana, Utthita Hasta Padangusthasana ABC, Ardha Baddha Padmottanasana, and Svarga Dvijasana

    • Philosophy Recording: Subtle Body

    • Module 5 Part 1: The Gunas (Video)

    • Module 5 Part 1: The Gunas (Audio)

    • Module 5 Part 2: Introduction and The Five Koshas (Video)

    • Module 5 Part 2: Introduction and The Five Koshas (Audio)

    • Asana Engineering: Parivrtta Adho Mukha Svanasana, Parivrtta Ardha Chandrasana

    • Asana Engineering: Chaturanga Dandasana

    • Asana Engineering: Wrist stretches, Kumbhakasana, Parsva Kumbhakasana
  • 9

    Week 7 - March 16

    • Asana Engineering Recording: All Twists and Twisting Method

    • Week 7 Teaching Methodologies - Cueing, Transitions, and Sequencing Part 1

    • Module 5 Part 3: The Nadis (Video)

    • Module 5 Part 3: The Nadis (Audio)

    • Required Viewing: The Neuroanatomical Transformation of the Teenage Brain

    • Module 5 Part 4: The Chakras (Video)

    • Module 5 Part 4: The Chakras (Audio)
  • 10

    Week 8 - March 23

    • Asana Engineering Recording: Twisting Assists

    • Asana Engineering Recording: Kumbhakasana, Vasisthasana, Forearm Plank, Forearm Side Plank, Chaturanga Dandasana, Crow & Revisiting Carrying Angles + Outdated Cues

    • Practice Teaching

    • Module 5 Parts 5 & 6: The Granthis & The Prana Vayus (Video)

    • Module 5 Parts 5 & 6: The Granthis & The Prana Vayus (Audio)

    • Subtle Body Anatomy Project

    • Week 8 - Granthis & Prana Vayus

    • Week 8 - Gunas & Healing

    • Week 8 - Practice Teaching
  • 11

    Midterm Exam - March 29

    • Midterm Examination
  • 12

    Week 9 - March 30

    • Asana Engineering Recording: Arm Balances 2, Asymmetrical Arm Balance Technique

    • Asana Engineering: Natarajasana

    • Asana Engineering: Setu Bandhasana, Urdhva Dhanurasana

    • Practice Teaching

    • Asana Engineering Recording: Koundinyasana B, Eka Hasta Bhujasana, Astavakrasana, Visvamitrasana, Ganda Bherudasana, Eka Pada Galavasana, Parsva Bhuja Dandasana, Tips for Teaching Arm Balances, and Wrist/Forearm Massage

    • Asana Engineering Recording: The Core and it's function, Navasana, Marjarasana, Bitilasana, Salamba Bhujangasana, Salabhasana, Hip Extension Lecture, Dhanurasana,

    • Asana Engineering Recording: Bhujangasana, Urdhva Mukha Svanasana, Anahatasana, and Vinyasa Assisting

    • Subtle Body Recording - Show & Tell
  • 13

    Week 10 - April 6

    • Asana Engineering Recording: Understanding the Core and its Function + Prone Backbends

    • Asana Engineering: Using Blocks for Wheel and Chin Stand

    • Asana Engineering: Ustrasana, Matsyasana, Eka Pada Rajakapotasana, Kapotasana

    • Asana Engineering: Dandasana, Paschimottanasana, Janu Sirsasana, Parivrtta Janu Sirsasana, Marichyasana A & C

    • Practice Teaching

    • Week #10 Catch Up
  • 14

    Week 11 - April 13

    • Asana Engineering Recording: Setu Bandha Sarvangasana + Urdhva Dhanurasana

    • Asana Engineering Recording: Transitions and Sequencing

    • Practice Teaching

    • Module 5 Parts 4 & 5: The Granthis & The Prana Vayus (Slides)

    • Additional Resources: Gunas Quiz

    • Asana Engineering Recording: Dandasana until Hanumanasana

    • Week 11 - Ayurveda

    • Module 6: Introduction to Ayurveda (Video)

    • Module 6: Introduction to Ayurveda (Slides)

    • Module 6: Introduction to Ayurveda (Audio)

    • Additional Resources: Dosha Quiz

    • Week 11 - Pranayama Introduction

    • Week 11 - Practice Teaching
  • 15

    Week 12 - April 27

    • Practice Teaching

    • Module 5 Part 7: Awakening Our Consciousness (Video)

    • Module 5 Part 7: Awakening Our Consciousness (Audio)

    • Module 5 Part 7: Awakening Our Consciousness (Slides)

    • Pranayama Part 1 - Introduction

    • Pranayama Part 2 - Preparatory Techniques (Video)

    • Week 12 - Pranayama Preparatory Techniques

    • Week 12 - Seva, Ethics, Business, Practice Teaching

    • Sequence Defense Format
  • 16

    Week 13 - May 4

    • Asana Engineering Recording: Ustrasana

    • Asana Engineering Recording: Matsyasana, Eka Pada Rajakapotasana, and Kapotasana

    • Asana Engineering: Dandasana, Paschimottanasana, Janu Sirsasana, Parivritta Janu Sirsasana, Marichyasana A, Marichyasana C

    • Asana Engineering: Triang Mukha Eka Pada Paschimottanasana, Ardha Baddha Padma Paschimottanasana, Baddha Konasana, Upavistha Konasana

    • Pranayama Part 3 - Pranayama Techniques (Video)

    • Week 13 - Pranayama

    • Week 13 - Practice Teaching
  • 17

    Week 14 - May 11

    • Asana Engineering Recording: All remaning Forward Folds

    • Asana Engineering Recording: Inversions - technique and skills

    • Asana Engineering Recording: Inversions - using the wall

    • Teaching Methodology: Teaching Beginners in a Mixed-Level Class

    • Asana Engineering: Ardha Hanumanasana, Hanumanasana, Krounchasana, Surya Yantrasana, Gomukhasana, Agnistambhasana, Utthita Balasana, Sasangasana, Purvottanasana, Malasana, Uttan Pristhasana, Sukhasana, Padmasana

    • Asana Engineering: Introduction to Inversions

    • Asana Engineering: Sarvangasana, Halasana, Karnapidasana
  • 18

    Week 15 - May 18

    • Asana Engineering Recording: Supine Poses

    • Asana Engineering: Sirsasana B and Pincha Mayurasana

    • Asana Engineering: Adho Mukha Vrksasana and Viparita Karani

    • Asana Engineering: Adho Mukha Vrksasana and Viparita Karani

    • Asana Engineering: Supta Mastyendrasana, Supta Padangusthasana, Ananda Balasana, Supta Virasana, Savasana

    • Final Sequence Defense