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UPCOMING200 HOUR YOGA THERAPY TEACHER TRAINING COURSE
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Learn to successfully & systematically approach Therapeutic Yoga for Common Ailments & Aging Populations |
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Abhijna School of Yoga offers 200 Hour Yoga Therapy Teacher Training
* with an Ayurvedic Approach to Healing and Yogic Management of Disease. (Español haga click aquí)
* with an Ayurvedic Approach to Healing and Yogic Management of Disease. (Español haga click aquí)
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Yoga Therapy and its impact in the worldMost people who come to yoga will often come with issues in their body such as injury, pain, and even chronic illnesses. Abhijna's Yoga Therapy Program is beneficial on giving you the tools to improve the way a student feels in their body, the way they relate to injury, illness or pain. The program will also expand your knowledge so you can work with all age groups without fear of not knowing how to approach a student's issue as well as giving you confidence when working with aging populations. Unlike other styles of yoga where we expect the practitioner to be "fit" and fit the posture to the students, at Abhijna Yoga Therapy we focus on allowing the student to progress from where they are, to explore different aspects of yoga so they can improve their approach to life.
Why sign up for 200 Hour Yoga Therapy Teacher's Training?Whether you are a skilled teacher, or you are starting your yoga teaching journey, knowing how to work from a therapeutic perspective will deepen your confidence as a teacher, expand the range of clients both private and group classes as well as increase the types of services you can offer to your community.
Which Styles of Yoga will I learn at Abhijna's 200 Hour Yoga Therapy Teacher's Training?The training offers a great length of education in the gentler styles of yoga (Restorative, Iyengar-based, and Joint Freeing series) that can be incorporated into active as well as gentle classes. Our institution works to train students to become structured and knowledgable yoga teachers.
For course fees for yoga therapy certification and other programs email us at therapy@yogakerala.net .
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UPCOMING PROGRAMS OCTOBER 2018 TO MAY 2019
200 Hour Yoga Therapy Teacher's Training Formación de Profesores en Yoga Terapia 200 Horas English:
200 Hour Hatha YogaTeacher's Training (No Pre-requisites) English:
Espanol: November 16 - December 14, 2017. UNICO GRUPO Pre-requisitos: Práctica constante en cualquier estilo de yoga de mínimo 6 meses de practica, tener buena salud. English:
300 Hour Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga Teacher's Training (Intermediate Series) 300H ASHTANGA VINYASA YOGA: April 11 - May 9, 2018. MANDATORY PRE-REQUISITES: as this is an advanced program, Student must have sufficient knowledge of the primary series, be in good health and have undergone an Ashtanga 200H TTC at a recognized school before undertaking this program. This course will be held in English ONLY. Attention Students:
What does a 200H Yoga Therapy TTC Include?
This is a comprehensive Yoga Teacher Training, designed to surpass the current 200 hour requirements of most Yoga Alliances. This training is the foundation of a 200 hour yoga therapist teacher training program. Upon successful completion of the 200-hours, students receive a certificate and may apply through Yoga Alliance for the 200-hour Registered Yoga Teacher designation(RYT). The yoga therapy components of our 200-Hour Teacher Training on Yoga Therapy follows Abhijna School of Yoga and Meditation Standards and is not derived from our status as an RYS® nor RYTs® with Yoga Alliance Registry. Our main sources are based on Ayurvedic principles and therapeutic benefits of yoga derived from different schools of yoga. The therapeutic yoga course includes:
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200H Yoga Therapy Teacher's TrainingAshtanga Vinyasa Yoga Teacher's Trainingmoments taken on shakti rooftop hall at
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Syllabus for the Therapeutic Yoga Teacher Training
covers the following aspects (To view the table of contents of full syllabus, click here or go to curriculum):
covers the following aspects (To view the table of contents of full syllabus, click here or go to curriculum):
1. Study of Health and Disease according to Ayurveda:
In this subject, we cover the basic principles of Ayurveda, the view of health and disease according to this ancient wisdom of india. The student is introduced to the Dosha Concept and its humors (Vata, Pitta and Kapha) and the five element theory. There is an understanding on how disease manifests on each body type and the student is introduced to changes in lifesytle, diet, yoga asanas and pranyamas which will help prevent/diminish the manifestation of disease. This is an important foundation for the yogic management of common diseases. 
2. Asana Methodology
This subject includes understanding the "Core Principles of Asana Practice" as well as giving the student the fundamentals for Sequencing & Drawing Postures. There is a deep understanding of asanas (yogic postures) and their therapeutic effects. We encourage the future Yoga Therapist to understand the ir patient/student and we provide a Health Assessment Foundation so that the teacher can easily tap into the patient's requirements and limitations. At the end of the training, the yoga therapist should be capable of teaching a basic yoga class on both series as well as being able to sequence for diseases in all fieds of yoga (asana, pranayama, meditation, cleansing techniques, mudras and bandhas) when necessary. 
3. Mudras ( Yoga Gestures)
Using mudras to heal physical aw well as emotional problems. The student is encouraged to practice from the book "Mudras: Yoga in Your Hands" from author Gertrud Hirschi. Our curriculum includes: Chin, Jnana, Shambavi, Nasikagra, Prana, Kerchari, Shanmukhi, and Kaki Mudra. 
4. The Yogic Diet
The student is introduced to a Sattvic and Yogic Diet. Also to understand the relationship between food and our emotions. Everything that we eat is food for our body/mind system. Food is the source and creator of prana (life force) that maitains our physical, mental, emotional, vital and subtle bodies and brings us vitality and health. The types of foods we choose to eat will reflect the level of our consciousness. The discipline of yoga suggests a pure vegetarian diet, which facilitates the development of sattva. Sattva is a quality of love, awareness, connection, and peace with all sentient beings. The student are also given the guidelines for ayurvedic diet according to each body type or dosha. 
5. Yoga Philosophy
The Yoga Sūtras of Patañjali are 196 Indian sūtras (aphorisms) that constitute the foundational text of Rāja yoga. The sutras spell out how the mind works and how is it possible to use the mind to attain liberation. It is a roadmap of human consciousness. It expresses the truth of human condition: how we know what we know, why we suffer, and how can we discover the way out of suffering. The student is introduced to the elements of his mind, to the concept of discipline and disciple as well as Abhyasa (constant inner practice) and Vairagyam (desirelessness) as foundation to enter into the Ashtanga Yoga or steps to tame one's mind and work towards Samadhi (Liberation). 6. Case Study
Throughout the training, the student should work on a case study. Particularly someone who they know such as family member, friend or co-worker who has a particular disease or group of diseases and research on this disease, to apply apply what has been learned during the course in order to deliver the following:
As final teaching practicum, the student should be able to deliver on his or her own a led class of 2 hours. The led class will encompass all the elements seeing in class such as:
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7. Study of Asanas Two main styles of yoga therapy are taught: Pawanamuktasana Series from Bihar School of Yoga and Iyengar Yoga Therapeutic Series, which include foundation postures for sequencing according to a disease as well as particular sequences given by Iyengar for particular diseases related to Cardiovascular, Inmune, Nervous, Digestive, Respiratory and Urogenital systems. Along with study of asanas, the student is introduced to safe cleansing sequences as Laghoo Shankaprakshalana, TTK Solution, Trataka and Jala Neti. 
8. Relaxation Techniques
Relaxing the body-mind system is of primary importance for the Yoga Therapist, as it allows the healing process to happen in the unconscious mind. Several relaxation techniques are given such as Yoga Nidra, Chakra Breathing and Healing the Body Mind. We suggest the to purchase the book "Body-Mind" Balancing from Osho. 
9. Study of Pranayama (breathing exercises) & Bandhas
In-depth study of Pranayama or vital energy as a healing technique . Practices as Full Yogic Breath, Bramhari, Nadhi Shodhana, Bhastrika, Kaphalabhati, Ujjayi, Sheetali and Sheetkari among others are introduced to the practitioner. The study of Bandhas include Moola, Uddhyana, Jalandhara & Maha Bandha. 
10. Esoteric study of yoga
It includes the study of Nadis (Ida, Pingala and Sushumna) and their function in our body/mind system; the study of the concept of Koshas or subtle layers of the body (a human being is capable of experiencing five dimensions of existence and they range from gross to subtle); the study of five Pranas or five primary forces, known as pancha prana, which operate in the physical body at all times. These five pranas are identified as: prana, apana, samana, udana and vyana. These pranas represent the inherent quality of motion which energizes every action from secretion of the digestive juices to the movement of the hand. They flow through all the elements, organs and the mind. Understanding the chakras and their relationship in the human body-mind system as well as the pranas and koshas. 11. Yogic Anatomy 
We teach psychic physiology of yoga. The program does not contain any elements of functional anatomy or structural yoga therapy. The course includes the ayurvedic approach to health and disease and sees the body as a unity. Daily reading assignments on the book yogic management of common diseases are an important part of the program.
Course includes a general study of the Cardiovascular, Respiratory, Digestive, Skeletal, Muscular, and Endocrine System according to Allopathic Medicine. 12. Yoga Nidra and Meditation Techniques 
Includes techniques for attentiveness, techniques to ease you out, tecniques for breathing, for quieting the mind, and for awareness. Several Meditation techniques are practiced everyday under the guidance of the teacher.
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