Students will learn how to find their own teaching voice and style.  They will learn how to identify the differences and teach the various Yoga asana styles; Hatha, Traditional Hatha Flow, Vinyasa, Yin Yoga , Restorative, Power Yoga,  and modifications for Prenatal Yoga and Yoga for Seniors.  Student/teachers will learn how to create and teach a 60 minute yoga practice incorporating all of the important components of breath work, warming up, cooling down, creating strength, balance, flexibility, stretching,  meditation as well as, proper alignment and safety.   They will learn to control and manage their yoga class including people, placement, music, props, etc.  They will come away with the knowledge of important yoga business practices, professional essentials and more. 

Students will study and learn the 5000 year old history and origin of the Yogic tradition including learning Sanskrit names.  They will learn the eight limbs of yoga (moral disciplines, and observances, postures, breathing, focus, meditations, and enlightenment).  They will become familiar with the names and historic writings of renowned yogic gurus such as, Patanjali, Swami Sivananda, BKS Iyengar, and K Pattabhi Joist.

Workshops, lecture and group discussions will include teacher-student relationships, sexual misconduct, scope of practice misrepresentation, business ethics of teaching yoga, policies & insurance and their importance.   

Students will learn about Identifying poses and how they affect the subtle body energies.  They will learn about the human energy system, identify the chakras and the influence of each chakra.  They will also learn about the doshas, koshas, and vayus.

Students will learn the physical muscles of the body, where they are located and how different muscles work together to enhance movement in an asana practice.  They will learn about planes of movement, flexion and extension. and  hyper-extension.   The systems of the body will be explored (cardiovascular, digestive, endocrine, lymphatic, renal, reproductive, nervous, respiratory and the skin, hair and nails.   Students will learn muscle origin and insertion and the roles the muscles play – antagonist, synergist & fixator.  This and much much more will be discovered in the 30 hours of pre-required online study and the study in YTT200 which will use what the students learned to identify and  observe the behavior of the muscles affected in asana practice.

Students will learn various techniques for meditation (savasana, pranayama, walking, silent, guided, etc.).  They will be introduced to multiple pranayama techniques, bandhas, mudras, kriyas, chanting, mantra, yoga nidra, kumbhakas, etc.